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Winnipeg-based artist Ruby Bruce or Zhaawenoodin (Southern Wind), and Yorkton Mayor Mitch Hippsly lock a bike to one of the 25 new stands installed in the downtown area.

City unveils new bike lock art

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer The official unveiling of the design to be incorporated into downtown bike locks was held Monday in City Centre Park.

“Yorkton has several multiuse pathways throughout the community and by providing additional bike lock stations

in the downtown area that are safe and secure, we’re hoping to increase the use of our pathways and bike lanes,” detailed a city release at www.yorkton. ca.

The need for bike lock locations was initially identified by the Yorkton Business Improvement District, the Yorkton Chamber of

Commerce and local downtown shop owners after seeing more people looking for ways to get healthy and be outdoors following the start of the pandemic, noted the release.

A Downtown Parking Review was completed in 2021 and one of the recommendations from the review that was also accepted by City Council

was to install more bike lock stations around the downtown area.

“We currently have a few bike lock stations in our downtown that were initially designed and installed as part of a Yorkton Active Transportation Collaborative project and with our new designs, we wanted to keep a

similar style to ensure continuity, but we also wanted our new bike lock stations to be designed by an Indigenous artist,” detailed the release.

That effort moved forward after the city received a $12,000 Healthy Communities Initiative Grant, funded by the Government of Canada,

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SHHF holds induction dinner Friday night YORKTON – The Saskatchewan Hockey Hall of Fame held their induction dinner in Yorkton on Friday night.

The induction saw several local and provincial individuals honoured, as well as two local teams.

“This is the first time it has ever been in Yorkton,” said Chad

Holinaty, organizer of the event, adding, “this is the twelfth annual hall of fame dinner.”

Holinaty said the event was originally scheduled to take place in 2020, but had to be paused due to the nature of the global pandemic.

“We’re really excited to have a good rep-

resentative group of the Mallers, and of the Terriers and their staff that are coming in here tonight – so awesome to have those team reps as well as all of the other players, grass roots, and builder inductee categories,” said Hollinaty.

The 1992-93 Mallers were among the two

teams inducted into the SHHF, as well as their head coach, Allan ‘Al’ Harrison’ and the team’s manager Wayne Henley, who were inducted posthumously.

The Mallers would go on to win the Air Canada Cup in 93, besting SteFoy Gouverneurs in the finals of the tournament.

The 2013-2014 Terriers were also honoured with an induction for their winning season which ended when they beat the Carleton Place Canadians to win the Royal Bank Cup. Among the individuals honoured with inductions into the player category were

former NHL players, Kelly Buchburger, originally from Langenburg, Clifford “Cliff” Koroll originally from Canora and Nicholas “Nick” Schultz, originally from Strasbourg.

A posthumous induction was honoured to Mandi Schwartz.

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Carla Beck wins leadership of Sask. NDP John Cairns, SASKTODAY.ca REGINA - Carla Beck has won the leadership of the Saskatchewan NDP. Results were announced this afternoon at the NDP leadership convention in Regina. According to the final results, Beck won with 3,244 votes to 1,492 for Kaitlyn Harvey.

Beck becomes the first female leader of the provincial NDP, replacing Ryan Meili. In speaking to reporters afterwards, Beck was excited about taking over the top job in the party.

“It’s exciting, I’m not sure it’s fully sunk in yet. You know, I’m not someone who takes anything for granted, so I was doing the math pretty care-

fully when the results came up. But mostly I’m excited and very eager to do the work that’s in front of us and thankful, so thankful for the team that we’ve got around us.”

The plan for Beck was to celebrate with the party tonight, and then “tomorrow we go back to work.” Beck indicated there will be a caucus meeting Monday, and “a lot of

outreach ahead of us.”

As for her reaction as first female leader of the NDP, Beck thought of her grandmother.

“When I look at my grandma, who is here today, (it’s) not something I’m sure she would have thought she would see in her lifetime. When I look at my daughters, when I look at the messages that have come in from young women, and women

who have been around politics for a long time... it’s special, it’s an honour, and I can’t wait to do the work with that whole team of fantastic MLAs and female leaders that we have.”

Beck is a social worker by profession and a former Regina school trustee who has been MLA for Regina Lakeview since 2016.

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BECK Continued from Page A1 She had campaigned using the theme “Stronger Together,” and had the backing of much of the caucus and party establishment in the race. Her opponent Kaitlyn Harvey ran on a strong progressive platform emphasizing issues such as concern over climate change.

In speaking to reporters Harvey had no regrets about her campaign and the message it put out about the need to do better and to hold politicians to a higher standard.

“We gave everything we could to make sure that that message is carried forward, and I’m so proud of everything we accomplished in a short period of time,” said Harvey.

There were some tensions during the final stretch of the campaign with Harvey at one point accusing the party establishment of wanting Beck in and Meili out. In the end, both the Beck and Harvey campaigns called on the result to be unanimous, and Harvey indicated she had spoken to Beck and was plan-

ning further discussions. Harvey also plans to run in the Saskatoon Meewasin byelection.

Beck said she had spoken to Harvey the previous day prior to the results and felt the healing in the party was already happening.

“I’ve said this many times. Our opponents are not in this room, and our opponents are not the hardworking people of Saskatchewan. The only way we have a path to be able to deliver a better government, an NDP government in 2024, is by working together. That’s my strength, it will continue happening but it’s already happening.”

Beck said the message to the Harvey supporters was “there’s space for you here.” She said her promise to them is “if you share our values and you want to see solutions to the things we are talking about, I will take your call, I will come have a coffee, we will look for that common ground. I am confident in almost all cases we’ll be able to find it.”

On Twitter, Premier Scott Moe gave his con-

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Carla Beck gratulations to the province’s new Leader of the Opposition.

“Congratulations to @ CarlaBeckSK for earning the support of membership and being elected the next leader of the Saskatchewan NDP and the Leader of the Official Opposition.”

While some leadership conventions have been known for long delays and counting into the wee hours of the night, it was a relatively short afternoon for the Saskatchewan

NDP in the convention hall at the Delta Regina.

Party members paid tribute to the outgoing leader Ryan Meili earlier during the convention, followed by the final candidate speeches and showcases. Those all ran longer than expected and the voting deadline was pushed back a half hour to 3:30 p.m., but vote results were announced not long after that. In the end, Beck took 68 percent of the vote.

In speaking to repor-

ters after the result, Meili said the clear result should help the party going forward.

“I’m really pleased to see a positive leadership race... and members made a really clear choice. And sometimes that really helps, because it allows our membership to say ‘this is our leader, and we’re able to now move forward with the most important things.’”

Meili said Beck is “a pretty special person.

You might not necessarily think of social worker and politician as being a natural fit. But what she’s got a real ability to do because of that background and of course her time is an MLA and a school board trustee, is to connect with people.

She really has that emotional intelligence. And what my hope is for the party is that we are able to get as many people to have exposure to an experience with Carla.

Because when you have a conversation with her, you always go away feeling heard, understood, and she has that integrity where that’s not just the way she makes you

feel, it’s what she’s really done.”

The outgoing leader also expressed his desire to see the party united, and to address what has been seen as an issue for the party in recent years -- a revolving door at the top, with party leaders continually departing following bad election losses.

“We’re a party that has gone through multiple leadership races in a short period of time, and we’ve had a hard time coming out of those leadership races,” Meili told reporters.

“I think we’ve had troubles. When you have troubles as a party, it’s easier sometimes to say it’s this group’s fault, it’s that person’s fault, than it is to say, ‘oh, we have work to do. Let’s focus on the things that will be effective.’ And that’s my real message, and my call to members today is there’s work we can do that will get us somewhere, there’s work that we can do that will have us spinning our wheels, let’s do the former... We cannot be starting over and over again, every time.”

INDUCTION Continued from Page A1 Schwartz played for the Notre Dame Hounds and graduated from the school in 2006. She then went on to continue her hockey career at Yale University, according to the induction dinner’s program.

“At the start of her Junior season, Schwartz extended her consecutive games steak, playing 11 games (73 total) before facing a sudden illness. In December 2008, Schwartz had a tough road ahead when she was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia,” read the program, adding, “after receiving treatment and the news that her cancer had gone into remission, Schwartz would later learn that the cancer returned in December 2010. On April 3, 2011, Schwartz tragically passed away in a Regina hospital after

being admitted the day preceding.”

Mandi’s mother, Carol Schwartz, was in attendance to accept the induction.

In the builder category, Gerald ‘Gerry’ James was inducted for “James was a duelsport athlete, playing competitively in both hockey and football. At age 16, James was playing for the Winnipeg Monarchs Junior hockey team and a year later would become the youngest Canadian Football League (CFL) player to ever play,” read the program.

“In 1951, James would move to Toronto to play for the Toronto Maple Leafs’ Junior affiliate, the Toronto Marlboros.

With the Marlboros, James would win the 1955 Memorial Cup – only a few months after winning his first of two CFL Most

Members of the 1992-1993 Mallers were inducted into the SHHF along with their head coach Allan Harrison and team manager, Wayne Henley. Both Harrison and Henley were inducted posthumously.

Outstanding Canadian awards. A few days after the Memorial Cup win,

James made his NHL debut with the Toronto Maple Leafs. During

James’ career, he would appear in 149 NHL games, scoring 14 goals and add-

ing 26 assists along with 257 penalty minutes,” read the program.

At Monday’s unveiling Yorkton Mayor Mitch Hippsley said he has always like Indigenous art, noting it’s “always been one of my favourites growing up.”

Having the art incorporated into 25 bike lock locations in the city will be “a benefit to us all,” he said.

Trevor Acoose with the Yorkton Tribal Council said his organization sees it as a positive that the city “is taking on these types of initiatives,” adding they are proud to be involved as a way to share indigenous

culture through art.

Monday Bruce said she has always been an advocate on putting elements of Indigenous art and culture in public spaces, and this project is an example of how that can be accomplished.

The Yorkton Bike Lock stations’ new design created by Bruce has been given the name Misâskwatômina, which is Cree for “the fruit of the tree of many branches”.

“I recreate what I see and feel, such as my kin, community, heritage, and culture, as well as local flora and fauna,” she

stated in the release.

The art piece features the bear, the deer and bird tracks along with Saskatoon berries, explained the artist Monday.

All elements are Indigenous to Yorkton and the province of Saskatchewan.

In particular, the bear represents strength, bravery, and good health.

The deer represents vigilance.

The bird represents freedom, and their tracks represent the importance of physical movement and activity.

The Saskatoon berries pay homage to local plant life, while the Saskatoon branches signify the journey thus far and yet to come.

All elements encompass together creates Mino Pimatisiwin, also known as living a good life, she said.

BIKE Continued from Page A1 to create and install more bike lock stations in the downtown area, explained Nicole Baptist, Bylaw and Safety Supervisor with the city.

In 2022, the City put out a Call for Indigenous Artists to submit their design for our new bike lock stations and Ruby Bruce was selected by the Adjudication Committee with the winning design.

From among the pro-

posals received Ruby Bruce or Zhaawenoodin (Southern Wind), a Winnipeg-based artist and mother who originates from the Métis community of St. Laurent, Man. was selected to provide the final design.

In her works Bruce “concentrates her work on the interconnectedness of plants and wildlife, as well as the natural beauty of Canada’s prairies,” noted the release.

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Two children, one in traditional Swedish garb, partake in the playful viking games.

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Carolyn Thauberger, organizer of the event.

Midsummer festival debuts in Dubuc

By Tyson Off Staff Writer DUBUC – The first Midsummer Festival arranged by the Melville and District Scandinavian Club was held on Sunday.

Around 50-60 people were in attendance to partake in the midsummer festivities with some decked out in traditional Swedish garb.

Yorkton This Week spoke with event organizer Carolyn Thauberger about the significance of the festival and the roots of her interests in it.

“I’ve been interested in Scandinavian things for quite some time,” said Thauberger.

Thauberger said her interests for Scandinavian culture started with dance. She had been involved with Ukrainian dance but moved on to Scandinavian dancing later in life.

“I really loved it, but then I got a little bit on in years and it was hard to keep up – so I started my own dance group – Scandinavian dancers – and that is a more sedate kind of thing,” said Thauberger with a laugh.

“For twenty-five years I directed that dance group and Jonathon Ward was our fiddler – he was in the symphony orchestra at the time, but he loved Scandinavian Folk dancing, so he danced with us whenever possible,” said Thauberger.

Ward was also in attendance at the event to provide musical ambiance for the midsummer celebrations.

“Jonathan Ward has been principal viola and composer with the Regina Symphony Orchestra since 1989. In addition, he teaches at the University of Regina’s Conservatory of Performing Arts and for the Regina Public Schools Fiddle Program, which takes place in three inner city schools,” read an excerpt from wards bio, adding, “for many years Jonathan provided the fiddle music for the Regina Nordiska Scandinavian Folk Dancers. A skillful folk dancer, he often performed with Nordiska in that role as well.”

“I had played fiddle with Carolyn’s Scandinavian dance group – 20 years ago or so,” said Ward, “this is a good way to sort of reconnect with the whole Scandinavian thing.”

“So, he’s here today to lead us around in in our Midsummer Festival – we’re following Swedish traditions and the Swedes would set up a fancy midsummer pole,” said Thauberger.

“I think it used to be a straight pole, but at some point, it turned into a cross,” said Thauberger, adding, “I don’t know the significance of that, nor does anyone else.”

Nordic crafts, Viking and Saami tents were on display for the public to view.

Jonathan Ward, principal viola and composer for the Regina Symphony Orchestra, offered traditional Scandinavian songs on his fiddle.

The raising of the Maypole by festival attendees.

“It has often been speculated that the maypole originally had some importance in the Germanic paganism of Iron Age and early Medieval cultures, and that the tradition survived Christianisation, albeit losing any original meaning that it had,” read an article on the the raising of Maypole according to Wikipedia.

Thauberger said this is the group’s first attempt at holding a midsummer festival that is open to the public.

“The Melville and District Scandinavian Club...it’s been fairly low key in that its been serving just its members with events,” said Thauberger, noting, “they’ve done talks and presentations, and they’ve gone to museums, and held luncheons, and celebrated festivals like midsummer with picnics and things like that.”

“This time we wanted to try something that was open to the public,” said Thauberger.

“We started organizing two months ago and have pulled it together quite nicely,” said Thauberger, adding, “I think we’ve got a wide range of things – there’s a lot of stuff here for children.”

The event featured the traditional raising of the pole and dancing, viking games, various children’s races, tug-ofwars in different age categories as well as displays of Nordic crafts, Viking and Saami tents.

Though midsummer festivities are

typically held on the summer solstice, which occurred on the 21 of June this year, the celebrations were held on the weekend for convenience.

“Scandinavians are not particular about a lot of things – they go with what’s reasonable, what’s logical,” said Thauberger in regards to why the festiv-

ities were held on the weekend.

The event took place at Thauberger’s home in Dubuc, where she is originally from.

“I went to school – university – when I was 16,” said Thauberger, adding, “I hadn’t lived here since, other than around 2005 or so I took over my mother’s house here and I used it as a summer cottage because I was teaching in BC, and going to university there, and finishing off my doctorate...so I just used it as a summer house.”

Thauberger said when the pandemic happened, she moved back.

“I thought, ‘this is a place the germs will not find me’,” said Thauberger with a laugh.

Thauberger, who holds a PHD in teaching reading and education, said “I’m always up for doing something,” with regards to holding another Midsummer event next year.

“When I retired from teaching three years ago it left quite a hole in my head where I used to think about teaching,” said Thauberger, adding, “I still had all the same hobbies that I normally do – a lot of them are Nordic related – I do Scandinavian crafts and Scandinavian folk dancing and things like that, and I also organized a lot of events in British Columbia at the Scandinavian community center.”

“So, I’ve been involved with the organization of a midsummer before, but I have never done it all myself,” said Thauberger.

Thauberger said she welcomed the challenge of organizing the event.

“Yes, it challenging, and that’s what I had wanted – something where I would have to be creative, something where I would have to think.”

Thauberger said the event was originally planned for Saturday but was postponed until Sunday due to heavy rain. This, unfortunately, saw several attractions having to cancel due to being booked for other events.

“This is a June in Saskatchewan – it’s very likely that you’re going to run into rain,” said Thauberger.

Thauberger said her first attempt at a Midsummer Festival was a learning experience.

“My first mistake was to make a metal midsummer pole – you don’t put a metal pole thirty feet in the air in Saskatchewan and hope to live,” said Thauberger with a laugh, adding, “perhaps next year I’ll try to find something wooden that would go up there.”

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During her run for the NDP leadership, Carla Beck described the biggest division in Saskatchewan as not one between right and left but one between rural and urban.

If this is somehow a revelation to the NDP, it surely isn’t to most in rural Saskatchewan living rural/urban divide each day.

And what the NDP don’t get is how related this divide is to changing politics.

While the Saskatchewan Party has won every rural seat for consecutive elections now, it has also won a majority of urban seats.

That includes places like north Regina that used to be NDP bedrock but now sees Trent Wotherspoon as the party’s only MLA north of Dewdney Avenue. There are reasons why.

About 170 unionized workers have already been laid off at Evraz Steel with as many as 300 layoffs expected — surely, one of the biggest private employers in Regina.

The problems in the industry are complex, but the lack of pipelines being built is part of it.

This is something new Saskatchewan Energy Minister Jim Reiter has seized upon, saying we need either a change in attitude or a change in the federal government. Reiter was equally quick to note that NDP leadership is anti-pipeline and has opposed further oil developments.

It’s politics but a lot of those unionized laidoff steelworkers — who might have voted NDP at one time — likely agree.

This might now be what Beck — the favourite to win her party’s leadership as of this writing of this column — and the NDP want to hear.

But the reality is that increased oil and mining wealth and ever-larger farms has made this province considerably more conservative in the past two decades.

Not only is the NDP no longer the province’s natural governing party but also there’s questions whether if the NDP is relevant anymore.

The answer to that may be better determined by how it emerges out of the weekend’s leadership contest.

But the problem for New Democrats is that they can’t wrap their heads around not only how politics has changed but also how far they have drifted from their pragmatic roots.

Reaction to another recent federal government development calls that into question.

Saskatchewan cattle and pork producers are now facing warning labels on ground beef and pork packaging because of saturated fats.

In fairness, this is from Health Canada so it's certainly not directly political.

It can also be further argued that there is nothing inherently wrong with telling people what may not be good for them in the packaging … although why raw ground beef or pork is of equal priority to warning labels on our McDonald’s bag or ice cream cone is rather interesting.

Even more interesting is the reaction from city folks — some with NDP ties — that see legitimate concern over this issue as just more (as one old NDP warhorse put it to me in a letter) about “belly-aching” from farmers.

City people in Saskatchewan should know full well that it’s been an incredibly tough winter and spring for cattle producers. They should further understand that what they deem to be just “health issue” is something else.

But it seems some city people — especially those with particular points of view — understand and/or care less and less about rural issues.

Even in the past 15 years since the province rallied behind the beef industry because a few cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) crippled the industry, things have changed.

With a shrinking rural population and immigration, most of us aren’t just “one foot off the farm” as we once claimed.

And a once more-pragmatic NDP has changed as well, seemingly moving further left.

The NDP may be right about the urban-rural split, but they seem incapable of figuring out how it is tied to their own politics.

Murray Mandryk has been covering provincial politics since 1983.

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Be proud this Canada Day

W

hile it has always been important to pause July 1 to celebrate our country, perhaps it is even more important for Canada as a nation this year.

Certainly as a country Canada is not perfect, and probably there is no nation which can ever suggest perfection because the views of citizens are so divergent in terms of what they expect from their country.

But, if we pause just a moment to look at our country, Canada is a pretty special place to live.

That is perhaps easier to see from the perspective of the world we are currently living in.

We are just now emerging from a worldwide pandemic which fundamentally hit almost every aspect of our lives over the last two-plus years. While Canada’s response to the pandemic may not have satisfied everyone, if you look around our community and country we fared fairly well although the loss of thousands of lives will always be lamented.

Yes, there are still people freely traveling across our nation to hold an allowed rally in Ottawa to protest lost freedoms, although they can carry out the protest, which suggests our freedoms are still firmly in place.

Then, if we cast our eyes abroad, we only need to look south to recent decisions by the Supreme Court of the United States regarding women’s rights and carrying handguns to recognize we are avoiding such landmines of social regression.

In Ukraine, we feel for the people as Russia continues its invasion, with a willingness to bomb and destroy even civilian targets as it continues unwarranted aggression.

Canada has not yet been drawn into the war, but it has as a country and through its people, responded with aid

and support for Ukraine.

And then circling back to our own community we continue to do what we can to make this country accepting and inclusive for all.

Within the last few months in Yorkton a permanent multi-coloured Pride flag was installed on the front of Yorkton Regional High School.

It might not seem so important, but the flag on the front wall of the school is very much a symbol for students to be accepting of others which of course is a crucial step in building an inclusive society not just in school, but beyond the walls of the schools as well.

More recently, YRHS unveiled a second flag which again is very much a symbol of understanding and acceptance.

A Survivor’s Flag was hung in the hallway just outside the doors of the Anne Portnuff Theatre at the Yorkton Regional High School. The location was selected so that the flag, as a symbol of the process of reconciliation in Yorkton, will be visible not just to students but to the community as they visit the school.

It is part of ongoing efforts locally in regards to reconciliation with First Nations, an effort which included a celebration of National Indigenous Peoples Day June 21.

If we needed more reason to mark July 1, we need look no farther than the acceptance of our varied cultures, from a recent celebration of Ukrainian dance held here, to Filipino festivities recently at Sacred Heart at the Pinoy Filipino Festival to Holi festiviie -ancient Hindu festival, also known as the Festival of Spring, the Festival of Colours or the Festival of Love – held in conjunction with YBID. So Friday, remember our Canada is a rather special place, and we should celebrate our country with pride.

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The college received $440,000 for applied research programs through the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) College and Community Innovation (CCI) Program. The goal is to showcase modern farming techniques and provide research and training in all aspects of agriculture, with an emphasis on digital agriculture for people in

eastern Saskatchewan.

“We are very excited to receive this recognition for the applied research program at Parkland College,” said Gwen Machnee, Parkland College’s applied research co-ordinator, in a media release. “This funding will help establish our partnership with Keeseekoose First Nation for the development of the Smart Farm and bring great opportunities for our students and business partners.”

The partnership between Keeseekoose and the college began in the summer of 2021, when Keeseekoose indicated its desire to begin farming some of its land and

invited Parkland College to participate as its training and research partner.

The College will be engaging students in paid positions to work with researchers and businesses, giving the students valuable work experience before graduation.

“This grant is a great opportunity for Keeseekoose First Nation and for our partnership with Parkland College,” said Chief Lee Kitchemonia of Keeseekoose First Nation. “We are very happy to be able to develop agricultural technologies and train our people to work in this vital industry.”

A partnership between Parkland College and the Keeseekoose First Nation received a grant from the federal government. In the photo are Chief Lee Kitchemonia of the Keeseekoose First Nation and Gwen Machnee, Applied Research Co-ordinator for Parkland College.

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Canada Day festivities at Sask parks Canada Day celebrations will be taking place in a number of provincial parks on Friday, July 1, with a variety of themed activities and offerings.

“Our parks have planned a day full of Canada-themed fun for the whole family to enjoy this July long weekend,” Parks, Culture and Sport Minister Laura Ross said. “Everyone is welcome and encouraged to participate in the festivities, whether staying the night or just coming out for the day. There is no better way to celebrate Canada Day than in one of our beautiful provincial parks!”

Each participating park will offer the following activities, though some parks may have additional offerings: • 1:30-2:30 p.m. - The Great Canadian Floatie Race - Floaties provided • 2:30-8 p.m. - Bring your “Eh” Game - Come-and-go self-use activities • 3-4 p.m. - Cake/cupcakes Celebratory treats • 3-4 p.m. - Maple Scented National Flag - Playdough craft • 3-5 p.m. - “Wear’s” Your Pride?

- Canadian tattoo station • 4-5 p.m. - Let your Canada Pride Shine - Lantern craft

• 5-6 p.m. - Ultimate Canuck Quest - A park venture with clues and directions • 7-8 p.m. - Test Your True North Knowledge - Trivia game Area participating provincial parks include; Good Spirit, Duck Mountain, Greenwater Lake.

Other parks involved are; Rowan’s Ravine, Echo Valley, Buffalo Pound, Cypress Hills, Saskatchewan Landing, Douglas, Duck Mountain, Pike Lake, , Meadow Lake, Candle Lake, Great Blue Heron, Moose Mountain and Narrow Hills.

Visitors planning to participate in any of the Canada Day festivities are encouraged to pre-register online to help the parks prepare. To pre-register, visit http://parks.saskatchewan.ca and search events by park.

Several other special events will be taking place in provincial parks this summer, including themed event days, Summer Cinemas, SaskExpress performances and live music in partnership with the Sask Band Association.

Additional details and dates will be available on Sask Parks’ Facebook page at http://facebook.com/saskparks.

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Rhythm and Ribs returns after two years YORKTON – The Health Foundation’s Rhythm and Ribs made its return over the weekend after being postponed for two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The three-day food and entertainment event had thirteen bands and musicians

perform with multiple vendors grilling up some classic barbecue cuisines.

The event saw over 1000 people come and go on Friday night alone, according to a member of security working the gate.

Over 1000 people came and went on Friday to experience the food and entertainment.

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A band performs on the main stage of the festival.

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Native Prairie focus of week Governments dole out weekly proclamations like business cards, with seemingly everything getting one.

So it becomes increasingly a case of lost noise in our world, as modern society never seems to have the patience to investigate this to determine what is truly important, and what is merely chaff, in a world where our collective thoughts are mostinfluence by the latest social media meme.

We have the incredible tool of the knowledge of much of the world at our fingertips – well if you can ever figure out all the ‘apps’ on your cell phone – but we seem to lack the patience to investigate to learn.

So when the

Government of Saskatchewan proclaimed June 19 to 25, as Native Prairie Appreciation Week did most of us even know, and if you did happen to see that the week was being marked did we delve into why it was important?

Granted, it’s not easy keeping track of ‘weeks’ and causes. The email inbox has them piling up on an almost weekly basis, but in this case why concern over native prairie. “ S a s k a t c h e w a n ’s prairie landscape is part of what makes our province so unique,” Environment Minister Dana Skoropad said in a government release.

“This week emphasizes the importance of recognizing our native prai-

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Calvin Daniels rie for its benefits to not only people, but as a habitat for many species that call Saskatchewan home.”

On some scientific level it is the idea that native prairie makes Saskatchewan unique, but interview 100 people on the street across this province and ask them what makes their home unique I would suggest it’s a pretty sure bet native prairie is not

among the answers.

Equally, even recognizing native prairie versus a common pasture for cattle, or a field gone wild from lack of cultivation, would be beyond most of us.

Of course, native prairie is a grassland ecosystem that is one of the most diverse systems on earth, according to the aforementioned release.

“Native prairie eco-

systems are some of the most at-risk ecosystems in the world. Native Prairie Appreciation Week is an opportunity to draw attention to the need to conserve these important areas,” it stated.

“We recognize the importance of having a healthy and sustainable native prairie from an agricultural, economic, and ecological perspective,” Agriculture Minister David Marit said in the release.

“Our producers know that sustainable grazing management of native pastures supports biodiversity on these ecologically important lands, sustainable growth in production of their operations, and will maintain this ecosystem for generations

to come.”

While the agriculture department might recognize the importance, in our world it’s becoming ever more critical you find a way to educate the populace on why, because they vote on who controls the purse strings to fund things – including programs to help preserve native prairie.

And therein lies the biggest question, how do you catch the attention of people in a meaningful way these days, to scratch just a few keystrokes deeper into something to learn a bit more than a government release proclamation?

Hopefully a few of you will Google native prairies and begin that process today.

Flooding and drowning out of seeded crops a concern SASKTODAY.ca YORKTON — The region received more rain this week and some areas of the region experienced flooding and drowning out of some seeded crops. The rain stalled last minute attempts of some producers to get the last of their fields seeded.

The rain also hampered spraying activities across the region. For most of the region crops germinated well and hay and pasture land is fairing well under the current growing conditions.

The Pelly area received 72 mm, the Saltcoats and Melville

areas 61 mm, the Yorkton area 42 mm, the Rose Valley area 30 mm and the Bethune area 10 mm. Producers are now hoping for warm sunny days with minimal wind to allow their crops to grow rapidly. Weeds have been noted to be growing quickly now that daytime temperatures have been higher, but recent conditions have hampered attempts to control them.

The topsoil moisture rating has improved once again with the almost weekly rain the region seems to receive.

Cropland topsoil moisture rating is 17 per cent surplus, 67 per

cent adequate and 16 per cent short. Hay and pasture land is rated as 12 per cent surplus, 69 per cent adequate 18 per cent short and three per cent very short.

Regionally, 76 per cent of the fall cereals, 41 per cent of the spring cereals, 28 per cent of the oilseed crops and 60 per cent of the pulse crops are at their normal stages of development for this time of year. Twentyone per cent of the fall cereals, 58 per cent of the spring cereals, 72 per cent of the oilseed crops and 35 per cent of the pulse crops are behind in crop development. Cool weather and

excess moisture delayed many crops early in the season.

Producers are busy

spraying when able and scouting for insects and disease. Areas that had been damaged by

flea beetles are now reseeded and will hopefully catch up to the rest of the crop quickly.

Research on building blocks of photosynthesis Victoria Dinh USask Media Relations SASKATOON – Cell division is one of the most important biological events that occurs in living organisms, as this process provides the building blocks of growth, development and life itself. In a new study recently published in the prestigious journal Nature Plants, University of Saskatchewan (USask) researchers took a deeper look into how plants control the growth of the important cells that allow them to convert sunlight into chemical energy.

“Mesophyll cells are the site of one of the defining traits of the plant kingdom—the ability

to capture sunlight and convert it into chemical energy through photosynthesis—and are arguably the most important cells inside every plant,” said Dr. Chris Ambrose (PhD), an associate professor in the Department of Biology at USask’s College of Arts and Science.

How mesophyll cells grow and develop their delicate, network-like structure can have many implications on their ability to turn sunlight into energy. Plant cells are unique in that they are encased within rigid cell walls that do not allow them the ability to rearrange during growth, which is a fundamental step in the development of animal

cells. To maintain their structure, plant cells need to grow and develop only in specific directions – referred to as the cell division plane.

To tackle the question of how cell division patterns influence the organization of the photosynthetic mesophyll cells in plant leaves, PhD student Liyong Zhang and supervisor Ambrose used confocal light microscopy to watch cell divisions in living leaves over the course of several days.

The team found that each successive cell division occurs perpendicular to the previous, creating T-shaped cellular intersections. These intersection points provide the starting location of intercellular

space formation. However, as the intercellular spaces enlarge over hours to days, cell divisions stop alternating, and instead cells begin to point toward the enlarging intercellular space. In contrast to alternating cell divisions, these space-oriented divisions do not establish new T-shaped cell junctions. This halts the production of new intercellular spaces, which ultimately dictates leaf size, shape, and photosynthetic efficiency.

An important discovery by the team was that this delicate balance between two cell division planes is controlled by a protein called CLASP. In plants lacking a functional CLASP protein, this balance

of cell divisions is broken, resulting in highly disorganized mesophyll cells, which may ultimately compromise the plant’s ability to properly photosynthesize.

“This study sheds new light on a fundamental pillar of plant biology—cell division patterning—and establishes a new link with one of the defining cell types in plants, the leaf mesophyll,” said Ambrose.

Ambrose’s research group plans to build on this work by further studying how oriented cell division planes influence later processes in a cell’s life, such as cell size and shape, and ultimately how this contributes to the shape and functioning of leaves.

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By Tyson Off Staff Writer YORKTON – The local artist’s exhibition currently on display at the Godfrey Dean Art Gallery features multiple submissions from talented artists in the area.

One artist used her spot in the exhibition to showcase her acrylic paintings displaying historical Yorkton buildings.

Jeann Spilak currently has five pieces in the exhibition, three of which are acrylic paintings. They include the now demolished City of Yorkton office which once stood on 3rd Avenue North next to City Hall, the original Simpson School, now demolished but was once a part of what is now the Prairie Harvest Christian Life Centre, and the CPR Railway Station, which once stood near the City Centre Park.

“They are sort of architectural designs of the actual buildings – so of course it has to be pretty precise,” said Spilak of her works, adding, “you almost kind of have to be a draftsman to get everything right and get your measurements right.”

Spilak said there is no

definitive design when it comes to other types of art she practices, but that the paintings of the historical buildings had to be specific.

“I do use a bit of pencil – I don’t start off with pencil, but I add my corners and do my points of interest to begin with so I can measure my metric and millimeters and centimeters to get it right.”

Spilak said that although she had been practicing different types of art for 30-40 years, she hadn’t considered architecture until about 15 years ago.

“I started with the schools – I did all the Catholic schools and I did Sacred Heart,” said Spilak.

Spilak said she’d been working at Sacred Heart High School as a librarian at the time.

“I really loved Sacred Heart,” said Spilak, adding, “it started because we were having a reunion in 1991 and I thought for the reunion I’d like to have a couple pictures of Sacred Heart – that was the old Sacred Heart of course.”

The old Sacred Heart is what is now called the Gladstone Seniors Residence.

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Spilak’s painting of the now demolished Simpson School.

“It was quite an experience,” said Spilak.

“Of course, I did St. Joe’s because they were demolishing St. Joes,” said Spilak.

St. Joe’s, another Catholic School located across from the Yorkton Regional High School, which was demolished in the mid-2000s, another painting of Park Place, a former bed and breakfast in the city and also a painting of Harvest Meats.

Spilak took time to reflect on some of her past works and achievements.

“I’ve been in the local artist show for the last 30 years or 20 years,” said Spilak, adding, “I did have a show here about seven years ago...it was all miniatures.”

Spilak said that Don Stein – the curator for the Godfrey Dean Art Gallery at the time - asked Spilak if she could do up 200–300 miniature paintings for the show.

Spilak agreed and said it took her two or three months to complete all of the miniature paintings.

“Most of them were landscape – most of it was Saskatchewan, some of it was Canada,” said Spilak, adding, “I had a little part of just portraits – grandkids and friends,” and, “I had a little collection of abstract ones that I did with alcohol inks.”

“Some done with oils, some done with water colour – I’ve done all the mediums, I guess,” said Spilak.

Spilak said that along with practicing different forms of art she also taught them as well.

“For two or three years I taught at Mental Health,” said Spilak, noting that the art was therapeutic for the people learning it.

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Jeann Spilak has been practicing art in the city for upwards of 40 years.

“Most of the student art there is still hanging on their walls,” said Spilak.

Spilak mentioned that she also taught classes at the Godfrey Dean Art Gallery for upwards of seven years.

Spilak said that over the years she’s delved into many different artistic mediums and referenced using burnt beeswax.

“I did burnt wax – which was really interesting,” said Spilak noting that the process was “way too much work, way too hard, way too time consuming.”

“I burned my beeswax outside for about twenty hours to get it black,” said Spilak, “anything you touched with it – you can’t make a mistake.”

Spilak explained her process when it comes to

making art.

“Usually when I’m doing one thing I’m doing five other things at the same time – I never really do one thing at a time,” said Spilak.

“I start a painting of something and then I look at it for a few days... and then I do something else meanwhile and then I get back to it...you know you get a better perspective when you don’t do it for a few days – and then you just see it in a different light,” said Spilak.

“Some things take a lot more concentration than others,” said Spilak, noting, “Patrick Place – for me – was really hard, it had so many curves and curvatures.”

“It was actually quite difficult for me,” said Spilak.

“Everything is a challenge, and you know,

when you start it, you have a totally different idea than when you’re just thinking about it,” said Spilak.

Spilak talked about parting with her art and the issues that arise with having an abundance of it.

“You have all these painting, and so, what do you do with them,” said Spilak, adding, “you’ve got to find a place for them,” and, “I can’t keep everything forever.”

When asked if she could part with her painting of Simpson School, Spilak said, “I think I’d like to maybe make a print of it first.”

Jean Spilak’s art, along with over 50 other local artists’ work, is available to view at the Godfrey Dead Art Gallery until June 30.

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How seniors can deter thieves and prevent muggings Some criminals target seniors. Even if your reflexes aren’t as sharp as they used to be, the following tips can help limit your risk of being mugged.

1. Maintain good posture

When you’re running errands, make sure you exude self-confidence.

Stand up straight, look forward and try to walk at the same pace as other people.

2. Remain aware of your surroundings

To help you spot potential threats and avoid them, it’s important to be mindful of your surroundings. It’s a good idea to briefly make eye contact with the people you pass. This will pre-

vent potential attackers from catching you off guard. Additionally, stick to well-lit and busy areas.

3. Ensure your valuables are hidden Keep your bags, purse and wallet close to your body, and avoid wearing jewelry, expensive watches and high-end clothing. This will make you a less attractive target for thieves.

4. Keep your distance If someone makes an aggressive move and demands that you give them your money, don’t try to resist. If possible, throw the thief the requested object and stay far away to protect yourself.

If a physical confrontation is unavoidable, use whatever you can to defend yourself, like your car keys,

purse or cane. Aim for weak points such as the eyes, nose and knees.

Moreover, make as much noise as possible by shouting or scream-

ing.

Are you interested in learning self-defence techniques? If so, look for senior friendly courses in your area.

Signs you may need a mobility aid As you get older, slips and falls can lead to serious injuries. A mobility aid, however, can be used to help you keep your balance.

Here are three signs that may indicate you’d benefit from using an assistive device.

1. You often lose your balance If you find that you frequently hold onto walls and furniture to keep your balance or are in constant fear of falling, it may be time to invest in a mobility aid.

2. You feel more tired than usual It’s normal to feel weary after walking and standing for long periods of time.

However, if you quickly get wiped out by these activities, it may be time to think about investing in a wheelchair or scooter.

3. You have frequent falls Trips and falls can happen to anyone, but if falling becomes a frequent occurrence,

Benefits of online dating it may be time to consider using an assistive device such as a cane or walker.

Investing in a mobility aid can greatly increase your

independence, safety and overall well-being.

Talk to your doctor or physical therapist to find out what type of device would work best for you.

As you get older, it can become more challenging to meet new people, and the likelihood of encountering your soul mate in the park or at the grocery store is low. Online dating, however, is a great way to meet someone special. Here are a few of its benefits.

1. You’ll clarify your priorities Online dating sites allow you to filter potential partners using specific criteria. You can search for

people who live near you or have similar hobbies and interests.

This is a great way to discover what you’re looking for in a future relationship.

2. It’s easy to break the ice Online dating allows you to talk over the phone, online or through a video chat.

It’s a great way to break the ice and get a feel for someone before you meet them in person.

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Online dating is a convenient and practical way to find romance from the comfort of your home. Grab your computer, smartphone or tablet and start searching for love today.

Give him some time “This is your great-grandma and great grandpa,” I told my grandson as I handed him a photo of my parents.

“Do you think I look like them?”

He shook his head. “Not yet.”

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Tips for finding love after you retire Have you recently retired? Are you looking for someone to

share your life with?

Fortunately, falling in love has no age limit.

Here are three tips to help you find that special someone.

1. Adjust your expectations As you get older, love can manifest in unanticipated ways.

Indeed, what you want and value in a relationship is likely to change.

Therefore, make sure you adjust your expectations. Your new relationship is likely to be different from prior ones.

2. Keep an open mind Whether you live

alone or in a retirement home, the key to finding a romantic partner is to stay open to meeting new people. For instance, when running errands, be willing to strike up a conversation with a stranger.

3. Step outside your comfort zone Don’t be afraid to use a dating site, consult a marriage agency or attend organized activities and outings for people in your age group. This will make it

easier to find a potential partner who shares the same passions and interests as you.

To take the first steps toward finding love, look for seniors’ events in your area.

What you should know about hematomas in the elderly Hematomas, more commonly referred to as bruises, are skin lesions that are often accompanied by a purp-

lish mark. They mainly occur on the arms and legs and are common in older people. This is because as you age,

your skin thins and the blood vessels become more fragile. Here’s what you need to know.

Causes Hematomas are mainly caused by physical shocks like falling or banging into an object. Other factors that can contribute to bruising include damaged blood vessels, blood-thinning medications, excessive sun exposure, certain diseases and vitamin deficiencies.

Treatment Immediately after

a shock, apply an ice pack wrapped in a cloth to the affected area to reduce pain and swelling. Your doctor or pharmacist may also recommend medication to relieve your discomfort.

Prevention There are several changes you can make to your home to reduce the risk of falling. For example, remove clutter to make it easier to move around, improve the lighting and install grab bars in places like the bathroom.

Do you often get bruises for no obvious reason?

Are your bruises painful and

won’t go away, even after several weeks? If so, consult your doctor immediately.

What seniors should know about social media Seniors might not be the demographic individuals initially associate with social media.

However, Pew Research notes that seniors’ social media usage has been steadily rising for a number of years, proving that individuals 65 and over are not tech-averse.

Pew data from 2019 indicates that 46 percent of individuals 65 and older use Facebook.

Social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram can be a great way to stay connected with family and friends and stay up-to-date on community events. But social media usage is not without risks, especially in regard to users’ safety.

Seniors without much

social media experience can heed these safety tips as they navigate popular platforms and discover all they have to offer.

• Examine your account settings. Social media users can control their privacy settings so they can decide who can (and can’t) view their online activity. Each platform is different, but profiles set to public generally allow anyone to view individuals’ activity, so seniors should set their profiles to private to limit access to their information.

• Be mindful of your social media social circle.

It’s easy to make virtual friends via social media, but seniors should be

mindful of who they accept as online friends.

Carefully consider each friend request and decide just how big or small you want your social media community to be. Many individuals prefer to limit their online social circles to individuals they know well and want to stay in touch with, and that can serve as a good measuring stick when deciding whether or not to accept a friend request.

• Avoid sharing personal information.

Seniors are no doubt aware that they should never share especially personal information, such as their Social Security number.

However, seniors also

should hesitate to share personal information like vacation plans. Seniors who post about upcoming trips could return home to find they’ve been victimized by criminals who scoured their social media accounts

Talking to an elderly relative about their driving Do you have an elderly family member whose driving has become dangerous?

If so, telling them you fear for their safety can be difficult. Here are a few tips to help you broach this sensitive subject.

Give examples Prepare a list of your relative’s risky driving activities. For example, not coming to a complete stop at an intersection or driving the wrong way down a one-way street. You can use these examples to gently question your loved one and determine whether they’ve forgotten the rules of

the road or if their vision, hearing or reflexes have deteriorated with age. If needed, you can suggest they consult their doctor.

Be compassionate Losing the ability to drive can be frightening for someone who’s been doing so for decades. Therefore, approach the subject gently, and choose your words carefully. You don’t want to infantilize your loved one.

Above all, be empathetic when expressing your concerns.

Offer solutions Instead of telling your loved one

they must stop driving immediately, suggest ways they can get behind the wheel more safely. For example, ask them to avoid driving in poor weather conditions or stressful situations like rush hour. This will help

them maintain some of their independence.

If your relative is in complete denial and their driving is out of control, you may want to consider anonymously reporting them to your local driving authority.

and learned when they were going to be away.

A good rule of thumb is to keep personal information private and limit posts to information that is not overly specific or sensitive.

• Recognize the threat posed by scammers.

Social media platforms have had varying degrees of success in regard to keeping their sites scamfree. But scammers find a way, and users must

take steps to avoid being victimized. Never click on a link within a post from someone you don’t know and avoid anyone soliciting donations through social media platforms.

Seniors are engaging with social media more than ever. Such engagement requires seniors to be mindful of the many ways to protect their privacy when spending time online.

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The show featured over 50 different local artists with various mediums in practice.

Local artist’s reception at GDAG

By Tyson Off Staff Writer YORKTON – The local artists reception was held at the Godfrey Dean Art Gallery over the weekend.

The exhibition, which has been running since June 1, showcased the talents of local artists from the area.

“This is important to have a reception – for all of our exhibitions we try to do that, but this one in particular,” said Jeff Morton, Director and Curator at the Godfrey Dean Art Gallery.

“The local artist show has been going on here for years – always in the month of June,” said Morton, noting that the past two years the local artist exhibitions haven’t seen a

reception due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Morton said he was happy with the turnout for the event.

“We’re back now, to welcoming people,” said Morton, adding, “with a show with over 50 local artists, you know, a lot of them have come out.”

“We’ve got a good crowd here and it’s really nice to see people talking about their artwork,” said Morton.

Morton said he enjoyed seeing all of the local artists get together to talk with each other about their different art works.

“Standing in front of it, pointing at it, sharing ideas – it’s a lot of fun,” said Morton.

Morton said he was impressed by all the local artwork on display at the gallery.

“I’m drawn to some of the

work on fabric – so my own personal taste – I think that’s really interesting kind of work for people to work with,” said Morton, adding, “there’s such a range – I love the Sonic the Hedgehog drawing as much as I love the horse painting as much as I love Jeann Spilak’s abstract pieces.”

“There’s something to love about everything,” said Morton.

“Shout out to the bird carvers, it’s a local group of retired guys – there work is so detailed,” said Morton adding that their work is “scientifically accurate”.

“It’s really nice to see all their pieces together and to be able to celebrate what they’ve been doing here for so long,” said Morton.

Morton said the exhibition

will run until June 30; at which time the gallery will be closed for two days to install the next show.

“There’s two exhibitions this summer – one is an augmented reality show – so this is one you walk through the gallery with a tablet that we have here in the gallery for you or you can download the artists app yourself,” said Morton.

“Augmented Reality (AR) is an interactive experience of a real-world environment where the objects that reside in the real world are enhanced by computer-generated perceptual information, sometimes across multiple sensory modalities, including visual, auditory, haptic, somatosensory and olfactory,” according to Wikipedia on the article of

Augmented Reality.

“It’s like being inside of a cartoon or a movie,” said Morton.

“This is an artist inspired by works on stage, theatre, playwriting and Pixar movies,” said Morton, adding, “it’s going to be a lot of fun for families, for kids I think – really technology heavy kind of show.”

Morton said the artist, Andrei Feheregyhazi, developed the smartphone app used in viewing the exhibit, himself. “[We’re] pretty excited to give him that kind of opportunity and to be able to show that kind of work here,” said Morton.

The exhibit, ‘New Bernard Style’, will debut on July 8 at the GDAG.

YTC National Indigenous Peoples Day

A competitor shows off their jigging skills. Youths in attendance had a chance to compete in a jigging contest.

A petting zoo at the Outdoor Arts and Crafts Market held at the Yorkton Tribal Council grounds for National Indigenous Peoples Day.

Attendees partook in various activities during the event.

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KRIGER - Gerhard (Gary) Kriger passed away on Monday, January 10, 2022 at the age of 96. He was born in Poland to Adolf and Lydia (Fitz) Kriger on August 23, 1925.

Gary and his parents immigrated to Canada in May, 1927, settling north of Springside, 1 1/2 miles west of Devil’s Lake (now known as Good Spirit Lake). In 1943, after years of selling cream and saving the cream cheques, Adolf bought land north of Yorkton (Mehan) when Gary farmed with his dad until his passing in November, 1964. Gary and his mom attended a wedding in New Sarepta, Alberta in April, 1947 and during this family visit he met the love of his life, Violet Litke. They were married January 9, 1948.

This union blessed them with 5 children, 15 grandchildren, 27 great grandchildren. Before his passing he knew that baby Noah (February 18, 2022), 28th great grandchild and his first great great grandchild (August, 2022) were expected making him feel very blessed. During the years of 1965-1977, Gary jockeyed tractors and combines from the midwest US states enjoying every minute of this journey! In 1977 he purchased a John Deere dealership, Preeceville Implements, where he spent many a long hours, selling it in 1992. After moving to Yorkton, he continued to farm with his two of his sons. Gary and Vi moved to the Bentley, Yorkton in 2017 where he enjoyed playing pool with friends and residents, cards with family, visiting with staff and residents. Sept, 2021 they moved to the Gladstone Seniors Residence where they resided till his passing. Gary was preceded by his daughter Margaret Kriger, grandson Keith Kriger, parents Adolf and Lydia Kriger, brother Arthur Kriger (in infancy), in-laws Gottlieb and Wanda Litke. He leaves to mourn and cherish his memories his wife of 74 years 1 day, Violet; daughter Shirley (Richard) Florek, Velva Kershaw, (Hannah(Jeremy) Johnson), Kristopher Kershaw, (Andrew, Matthew, Kristopher), Michael (Kristi) Kershaw, (Karson); Margaret’s sons, Darren (Maria) Folkerson (Quinn, Victor, Pearl), Robert (Ashlee) Folkersen (William, Ava), Dale (Jaedyn, Maggie (Jesse); Allen (Donna) Kriger, Shawna (Darcy) Kemp, Shayna (Travis), Brett (Danika), Brittney, Kevin (Jill) Kriger (Journey, Deacon); Dennis (Noreen) Kriger, Lucas (Nora) Kriger (Morgan, Courtney, Chealsey), Tim (Samantha Gray), (Tristan); Stephanie Kriger-Bazley, (Levi, Landon, Elise), Lindsay (Michael) Johnson (Dennis, Colton, Raelean); Walden (Donna) Kriger, Rebecca (Shawn) Prier (Noah), Sara (Bowen). A celebration of life will be held at 10:00 am on Monday, July 4, 2022 First Baptist Church, 35 Smith St. Yorkton.

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KACHANOSKI - The family of Helen Kachanoski of Yorkton, widow of Reg Kachanoski sadly announce her passing on Wednesday, March 2, 2022. She was 88 years of age. The Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, July 2, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. from the Yorkton Memorial Gardens Family Centre.

Memorials in memory of Helen may be made to the Salvation Army, 147 Booth St, Yorkton, SK S3N 0J7 or to the Palliative Care Program, 270 Bradbrooke Dr., Prairie Unit, Yorkton, SK. S3N 2K6 as gifts of remembrance.

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Accompanist Chris Fisher led the St. Gerard’s choir in the hymns. Regan Morris played a piano solo. The readers were Regan Morris and Justine Magnus. General Intercessions were given by Christina Wallace. Kristen and Sarah Polegi presented the Gifts of Offering. CWL Members attended the Funeral Mass and formed an Honor Guard. The honorary bearers were all of Angeline’s grandchildren and greatgrandchildren. The interment followed in Garden of Crucifixion, Yorkton Memorial Gardens with Murray Polegi serving as urn bearer and Michael Polegi serving as picture bearer. Donations in memory of Angeline may be made to St. Gerard’s Parish or to the Health Foundation for the Yorkton Regional Hospital as gifts of remembrance. Condolences can be left for the family at www.baileysfuneralhome.com.

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Holi celebrations held for YBID June Days in City Centre Park

By Tyson Off Staff Writer YORKTON – The Yorkton Business Improvement District held their third installment of June Days on Thursday night.

Keeping in step with past events, this week focused on Indian culture with an emphasis on Holi.

“Holi is a popular ancient Hindu festival, also known as the Festival of Spring, the Festival of Colours or the Festival of

Love,” noted Wikipedia, adding, “it is predominantly celebrated in the Indian subcontinent but has also spread to other regions of Asia and parts of the Western world through the South Asian diaspora.”

Indian food, music, activities and celebrations were available for people to enjoy and partake in.

The last June Days event will take place on the 30th and feature an all-Canadian theme.

City of Yorkton Councillor Quinn Haider partook in the celebrations.

General Employment

Marketing & Communications Specialist WĂƌŬůĂŶĚ ŽůůĞŐĞ ǁĞůĐŽŵĞƐ ĂƉƉůŝĐĂƟŽŶƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ ŽĨ DĂƌŬĞƟŶŐ Θ ŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂƟŽŶƐ ^ƉĞĐŝĂůŝƐƚ͘ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ Ă ĨƵůůͲƟŵĞ͕ ƉĞƌŵĂŶĞŶƚ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ ďĂƐĞĚ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ zŽƌŬƚŽŶ͕ ^< ĂŶĚ ŝƐ ƚŽ ďĞŐŝŶ ŽŶ :ƵůLJ ϭϭ͕ ϮϬϮϮ͘ The Opportunity: dŚŝƐ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ ŝƐ ƉƌŝŵĂƌŝůLJ ƌĞƐƉŽŶƐŝďůĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ ŝŵƉůĞŵĞŶƚĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ŽůůĞŐĞ ŵĂƌŬĞƟŶŐ͕ ďƌĂŶĚŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂƟŽŶƐ ƐƚƌĂƚĞŐŝĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĞŶŚĂŶĐĞ ƚŚĞ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶ͛Ɛ ƌĞƉƵƚĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ĐƵůƚƵƌĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ĂĚǀĂŶĐĞ ƚŚĞ ŐŽĂůƐ ĂŶĚ ŽďũĞĐƟǀĞƐ ŽĨ WĂƌŬůĂŶĚ ŽůůĞŐĞ͘ tŽƌŬ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞƐ ƉƌŝŵĂƌLJ ƌĞƐƉŽŶƐŝďŝůŝƚLJ ĨŽƌ ŽǀĞƌĂůů ŽůůĞŐĞ ŵĂƌŬĞƟŶŐ͕ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂƟŽŶƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ďƌĂŶĚŝŶŐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ƵƐĞ ŽĨ ƐƚƌŽŶŐ ƚĂƌŐĞƚĞĚ ŵĂƌŬĞƟŶŐ ĐĂŵƉĂŝŐŶƐ͘ WŽƐŝƟŽŶ ǁŝůů ůŝĂŝƐĞ ǁŝƚŚ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂů ĐŽůůĞŐĞ ƐƚĂī ĂĐƌŽƐƐ Ăůů ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵ ĂƌĞĂƐ ĂŶĚ ǁŝƚŚ ĞdžƚĞƌŶĂů ƉĂƌƚŶĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ƐƚĂŬĞŚŽůĚĞƌƐ͘ What You Bring: • dŚĞ ŵŝŶŝŵƵŵ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶĂů ƋƵĂůŝĮĐĂƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ ƚŚŝƐ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ ŝƐ Ă ďĂĐŚĞůŽƌ͛Ɛ ĚĞŐƌĞĞ ŝŶ ƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ͬ ŽŵŵĞƌĐĞ ;ǁŝƚŚ Ă ĨŽĐƵƐ ŽŶ DĂƌŬĞƟŶŐ Žƌ ŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂƟŽŶƐͿ͘ • dŚĞ ŵŝŶŝŵƵŵ ĂŵŽƵŶƚ ŽĨ ƉƌĂĐƟĐĂů͕ ƌĞůĂƚĞĚ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ƌĞƋƵŝƌĞĚ ƚŽ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵ ƚŚĞ ĚƵƟĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ ŝƐ ϰ LJĞĂƌƐ͛ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ŝŶ Ă ƐŝŵŝůĂƌ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚ͘ dŚŝƐ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ǁŝůů ĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƚĞ ŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞ ŽĨ ŵĂƌŬĞƟŶŐ͕ ďƌĂŶĚŝŶŐ͕ ĂĚǀĞƌƟƐŝŶŐ͕ ƉƵďůŝĐ ƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ŵĂŶĂŐĞŵĞŶƚ͘ • ĞƌƟĮĐĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ͬ Žƌ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ǁŝƚŚ &ĂĐĞŬ ůƵĞƉƌŝŶƚ͕ ,ŽŽƚƐƵŝƚĞ ^ŽĐŝĂů DĂƌŬĞƟŶŐ͕ 'ŽŽŐůĞ ŶĂůLJƟĐƐ͕ 'ŽŽŐůĞ ĚƐ͕ ,ƵďƐƉŽƚ͕ ĂŶĚ ĚŽďĞ ƌĞĂƟǀĞ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵƐ ;WŚŽƚŽƐŚŽƉ͕ /Ŷ ĞƐŝŐŶ͕ WƌĞŵŝĞƌ WƌŽ͕ ĞĐƚ͘Ϳ ǁŝůů ďĞ ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌĞĚ ĂŶ ĂƐƐĞƚ͘ • džƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ŝŵƉůĞŵĞŶƟŶŐ ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ĂŶĚ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ŵĂƌŬĞƟŶŐ ƐƚƌĂƚĞŐŝĞƐ͘ • ĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƚĞĚ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĂƌĞĂƐ ŽĨ ďƌĂŶĚŝŶŐ͕ ĚŝŐŝƚĂů ŵĂƌŬĞƟŶŐ͕ ŵĂƌŬĞƚ ƌĞƐĞĂƌĐŚ ĂŶĚ ĂĚǀĞƌƟƐŝŶŐ͘ • ĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƚĞĚ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ŝŶ ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĨƌŽŵ ĞƋƵŝƚLJ ŐƌŽƵƉƐ ŝŶ Ă ĐƌŽƐƐͲĐƵůƚƵƌĂů ƐĞƫŶŐ͘ tŚĂƚ tĞ KīĞƌ͗ • &ƵůůͲƟŵĞ ŚŽƵƌƐ ŽĨ ϯϳ͘ϱ ŚŽƵƌƐ ƉĞƌ ǁĞĞŬ͕ DŽŶĚĂLJ ʹ &ƌŝĚĂLJ͘ • ŽŵƉĞƟƟǀĞ ŽŵƉĞŶƐĂƟŽŶ ŝŶ ĂĐĐŽƌĚĂŶĐĞ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŽůůĞĐƟǀĞ ĂƌŐĂŝŶŝŶŐ ŐƌĞĞŵĞŶƚ͘ • ŽŵƉƌĞŚĞŶƐŝǀĞ ďĞŶĞĮƚƐ ĂŶĚ ƉĞŶƐŝŽŶ ƉůĂŶ͘ • WƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂů ĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƟĞƐ͘ • WƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂů͕ ƌĞƐƉĞĐƞƵů ĂŶĚ ŇĞdžŝďůĞ ǁŽƌŬ ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚ

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Athlete and coach prep for Nationals

By Tyson Off Staff Writer YORKTON – A local teenager is headed to Niagra in August to compete in the Canada Summer Games with Team Sask’s Canoe/ Kayak team.

“I’m pretty nervous, but I’d say I’m actually more excited,” said 17-year-old Elia Bolme in an interview with Yorkton This Week.

Bolme said she has been kayaking since 2016, when she was 11-yearsold.

“I just fell in love with the sport – I love water and I just like being out here,” said Bolme.

Bolme credited her coach and family for her recent achievements.

“My family is fairly athletic – my parents both have always been really invested in me doing well in sports, and school and honestly anything that I do,” said Bolme, adding, “my whole family is just really athletic.”

Along with Bolme,

Courtesy of Jessica Riley

Elia Bolme will represent Team Sask’s Canoe/Kayak team in Niagra at the Canada Summer Games in August. her coach, Jessica Riley of Yorkton Canoe and Kayak Club, will also be attending the summer games, having been selected to train the young athletes for the event.

“I’ve been named the female coach for the team,” said Riley, adding, “I get to team up with

Saskatoon and Regina coaches – we have a great young group of athletes that are going.”

“It’s a multi-sport event, there’s about 5000 people and I think 18 different sports, so it’s kind of a huge competition,” said Riley.

“This is my 15th year with YCKC,” said Riley,

“it’s really cool to see how we’ve kind of grown our club and the kids that we have.”

Riley said she is proud of Bolme’s achievements.

“It’s kind of cool for a Yorkton athlete to be a part of that and for me to have seen her journey.”

Riley said the past two years have seen a lack of

competition due to the global pandemic.

“Coming out of COVID – we haven’t had a lot of competitions, so we were a little nervous going into her trials of where she would rank and she ended up ranking fourth overall.”

Riley said that Bolme will go through a rigorous training routine leading up to the event.

“Next weekend she’s at a training camp – we start to talk about crews and putting people together and seeing what the best fit is with everything.”

“We train just about every day – unfortunately it’s, of course, an outdoor sport, so it depends on the weather,” said Riley, adding, “we have been fortunate – with some of our grant partners – we have a paddle machine, so on the off days we no longer have to just stop – we can still do technique and stuff like that off water.”

“So, if it’s storming, we can still be inside

doing some things, so she doesn’t lose a day,” said Riley.

“She’ll probably train twice a day plus there’s usually running and weights and everything else mixed in,” said Riley, adding that the teen will continue to coach younger athletes on top of everything else.

“I feel it’s a great opportunity for her to explain what she’s been learning,” said Riley, “when you know what you’re talking about it’s easier to find it internally – like you can catch yourself a little bit more when you’re telling it and you’re watching it from someone else.”

Riley, who started paddling in 2000, competed in the Saskatchewan Summer Games hosted in Yorkton that same year.

“Those multi-sport events are a great way to get people in – I didn’t know at that age that I would be here doing these games that many years later.”

18U AAA Expos in action

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer In spite of rain the Parkland 18U AAA Expos managed to play a game against the Sask5 Giants Saturday.

The Giants scored one in the first and added another in the second for an early 2-0 lead but then their bats went cold.

The Expos cut the lead in half with a run in the second,

then added three in the fourth and two in the fifth on their way to a 6-2 win.

Ty Ulmer was the winning pitcher for the Parkland side, going the distance scattering nine hits over seven innings, while allowing only the two runs, and striking out nine. He walked only one.

Josh Kirk took the loss for the Giants.

Jackson Hungle and Carter

Phythian had multi-hit games for the Expos.

Thursday action It was essentially over early as the Regina 18U AAA Wolfpack took on the Parkland 18U AAA Expos Thursday evening at Pirie Field in Melville.

The Wolfpack scored six runs in the top of the first inning, added four in the

second, and then cruised to a 13-5 win.

Regina had 13 hits on the night.

The Expos did manage a four-run fifth inning but it was not enough.

Bryker Smith took the loss on the mound for the Expos, allowing nine hits and 10 runs over one and two-thirds innings.

Joe Stawarz was the win-

ning pitcher based on four innings of work allowing one run on four hits and striking out three.

Ashtyn Shields went 2-for-3 at the plate for the Expos.

Up next the Expos play a doubleheader on the road Canada Day against the East Central Red Sox, then head to Saskatoon July 2, to face the Cubs.

Badminton holding promotional day July 5 In Canada we often think of badminton as a sport we were introduced to in school and typically played with cheap rackets and nets on the beach, or in the backyard.

But it is much more than recreational activities with the Badminton World Federation hosting professional events around the world, and the best players competing for medals at events such as the Summer Olympics and the Commonwealth Games.

Josephine Wu is one of the top Canadian players.

The Edmonton-based Wu, competed in mixed doubles for Canada at the 2020 Olympics finishing tied for ninth with partner Joshua Hurlburt-Yu. “Wu made her BWF World Championship debut in 2018, playing women’s doubles with Michelle Tong.

Later that year, she formed a mixed doubles partnership with Joshua HurlburtYu. In 2019, they won gold at the Canadian Championships, the Pan American Championships, and the Pan American Games.

They successfully defended their Pan Am Championship title in 2021,” noted her bio at olympic.ca.

The Olympic spot was naturally a career highlight to-date for Wu. “It was representing

Canada on the biggest sport stage in the world,” she said, adding even without people in the stands the experience was amazing. “…

I was feeling a lot of pride being able to represent my country.”

In the moment of playing “I was just really thankful the event even went on . . . I was really just thinking my hard work didn’t go to waste.”

Wu is also on a shortlist for the Canadian team headed to Birmingham, England for the Commonwealth Games, starting July 28, with new partner Ty Alexander Lindeman, the change largely one of convenience with Lindeman also from Edmonton allowing for easier practice time as a team.

When asked about the Commonwealth opportunity Wu said who will be going has not officially been announced although she admitted to being hopeful.

In the meantime, a new initiative to promote badminton is being launched.

It was over 87 years ago, on July 5, 1934, that the International Badminton Federation (now BWF) was founded.

In recognition of this significant date, and to make this a day of celebration for badminton globally, World

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Sports Badminton Day will be held annually on July 5, noted a release.

In the story BWF President Poul-Erik Hoyer expressed his excitement at the news: “World Badminton Day provides a unique

opportunity for us to simultaneously celebrate and promote the sport we love. I am excited to follow the various World Badminton Day activities and to observe their impact on our sport globally.”

Wu said she likes the idea of a day to promote the sport.

“I think it’s a good way to bring awareness to the sport,” she said, adding it is important to remind people that while it’s great as a backyard recreation, it can be much more.

“It’s good to tell people what competitive badminton is like.

There’s not a lot of people that know about the competitive side.”

Wu said internationally it is a different story with badminton having a much higher profile in

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Josephine Wu

many countries.

Wu added overall the sport is hugely popular with it being among the sports most widely played at one level, or another.

For her own part, Wu picked up a racket at a young age, following in her mother’s footsteps.

“Mom grew up playing badminton,” she said, adding she and her dad were both playing recreationally at a club and she was running around the courts at a very young age.

“As soon as I was old enough and strong enough to hold a racket, I was.”

Wu’s father perhaps saw the potential in his young daughter and enrolled her in a summer camp for the sport before she had turned six.

Wu said she is told “after the first day” she told her father “I love this sport.”

So what is it about badminton that Wu fell in love with?

“For me it’s just the complexity of the game and there’s a fine balance of endurance, and also strength,” she said.

Wu said much about badminton is out-thinking an opponent with one shot not always about scoring a point, but instead forces an anticipated sort of return which sets up a next shot – a lot like thinking several moves ahead in chess.

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The challenges of accurate communication “Say what you mean and mean what you say,” doesn’t always mean our message is heard, much less understood.

I stared at the text from my friend, puzzled.

Her first words seemed kindly intended, then without a pause or sentence break, her message went into reverse.

It seems God had shown her something about me. Something good.

And troubling.

Say what? I had to read the text twice. It had two thrusts, and they cancelled each other out.

That’s strange, I thought, wondering how to respond. This was a longtime friend, although until recently not a close one. But from

all I knew of her, the message seemed entirely uncharacteristic.

I texted back a brief thanks, adding something to the effect that I’m grateful that the Holy Spirit directs me when I need direction, and though I don’t always get it right, I pray to listen well.

She texted back the next day. Apparently my curt response made her scroll up and reread the text message she’d sent. Horrified, she realized that while she had said what she meant and meant what she said, while dictating that message to me, her phone had autocorrected one word and entirely changed the message’s meaning. She

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The same technology contributed to some frustrating moments when my youngest granddaughter tried to tell me the title of her current favourite book series. “It’s RRReverafter,” Lois said, with a charmingly long R at the front. “Can

you find it in the library on your phone?”

“I’ll try. Tell me the title again?”

“RRReverafter,” she repeated.

“Ever after? Forever after? River Rafter?” I tried them all. Nothing worked.

“No, Nana. I’ll look.

Let me have the phone.”

I gave it to her, and she dictated the title.

“RRRReverafter!” She

lengthened the Rs dramatically. Spoke loudly.

Shook the phone, willing it to understand. It didn’t.

We batted a few more possibilities back and forth, but the search for the elusive title came up empty each time.

Finally, I realized the problem—and it wasn’t only technology. Lois has apraxia of speech, a condition resulting from the circumstances of her birth. She knows what she wants to say, but sometimes has difficulty making others understand. “Nana,” she told me once, “I don’t speak English very well yet.”

Like my friend, she’d meant what she said, and she’d said what she meant. But her mes-

sage wasn’t received. I had a thought just then.

“Lois,” I asked, “who are the main characters?”

She told me. I typed the names into Google Search and we quickly found the collection, titled (why didn’t I think of this?) “Whatever after….?”Her huge sigh of relief made me chuckle.

Even when doing our flat-out best to be clear, misunderstandings arise. Thankfully, scripture tells us God always hears the prayers of believers who, with wholehearted devotion, seek his ear.

But as I mentioned to my friend—sometimes I get his messages to me wrong. I pray to be a better listener.

Always something new for gardeners When it comes to gardening, there is always something new under the sun! During a recent visit to Edmonton, we of course had to visit the Muttart Conservatory.

The first thing we saw, even before we walked in, was a stunning display of New Guinea impatiens growing a mass planting in a six-foot cone-like structure. The luxuriant planting of the lush darkgreen foliage and the bright blooms was truly an eye-catcher!

So, what is the difference between the regular garden-variety impatients and the New Guinea impatiens? These stunning plants originally come to us from Southern Asia and Africa. The family is a big one. If your garden reading has mentioned the term “touchme-not” flower, it is the impatiens plants that are being referenced!

Why do they have this odd name? Because the seeds are very small, and when they are ripe, the

tiniest touch will have them sprinkling out into the garden!

(Just a little garden factoid: many gardeners have a plant known by several names; “orchid plant” is a popular one.

The plant grows several feet tall, has pinkishpurplish blooms, and seeds itself very easily.

This plant is a relative of the impatiens and is called Impatiens glandulifera, the “Himalayan balsam”, and because of its invasive tendencies, it is banned in parts of the US and also banned in the EU. Imagine that.

Regular impatiens have soft green leaves, about one to two inches wide, and the flowers can be double but are quite often singles, in a multitude of bright colors ranging from white to pinks to purples and electric tangerine shades. They are fond to partial shade conditions, in damp soil.

Not wet. They don’t like to have wet feet. If they get a little gangly we can

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Gardener’s Notebook pinch them back and they will do just fine. And they will give us a real display of beautiful blooms!

New Guinea impatiens look slightly different.

The glossy leaves are slightly longer in shape, and the flowers are slightly bigger as well, and quite flat. It is the variegation and beautiful coloration in the leaves that is the real giveaway of the difference in variety, and also that the new guineas may not have quite as many blooms as their cousins. They grow a bit taller than regular impatiens and will tolerate a bit more sun. A “bit” of sun is an important thing to remember.

The plants are tender and can actually experience something similar to sunburn; this condition makes the leaves turn brown, and if it happens, move them to a shadier spot.

Whichever impatiens you choose, you will be given a bright and beautiful show of lovely flowers!

Did you know that June 30 is Asteroid Day? In 2016, the United Nations declared the day as a chance to “observe each year at the international level the anniversary of the Tunguska impact over Siberia…on 30 June 1908, and to raise public awareness about the asteroid impact haz-

ard.” That event was the Earth’s largest asteroid impact in recorded history. It is astonishing to learn that there are over one million asteroids that could potentially hit the earth , and scientists know about only one percent of them. It sounds like an action movie, doesn’t it (and the theme was indeed in the movie ‘Armageddon’). It is one more example of

how fragile our earth is, reminding us to nurture and care for it, and above all, appreciate it! Visit the hort society at www. yorktonhort.ca and see what’s new. Thank you to our friends at YTW for their wonderful work each week. Gardeners, enjoy time in your garden and savor the new beauty that is out there every day. Have a great week!

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Pickleball monthly report

By David Weiman I realize the weather has not been very cooperative but the “hard rocks” or shall we say the “less stable” have been diligent and been out playing at Heritage Heights and K of C courts.

Some of our club members went to Brandon’s open tournament last weekend and placed well. Janet Simpson and Arlene Osicki landed a silver medal in their category. Arlene’s hubby, Gerard just missed the medal round, something about his partner?

Matt Harold and Alvin Sieben landed a bronze in their category. Good job members.

On August 20th Pickleball Saskatchewan in conjunction with Ituna will be holding a 3.0 clinic in the morning, contact Chris at 1-306-795-7180

for info. In the afternoon there is a 3.5 clinic in Yorkton contact Anne at 1-306-621-8926 for info.

Our board has been busy with putting together a 3 year Strategic Plan, coordinating our three new coaches and working with the city on possible changes to the Heritage Heights playing possibilities in the future.

Some of our crew went to play at Fort Qu’Appelle last week. What an amazing outdoor facility for a smaller city. We are green with envy. That said, we had a great time playing and did some measuring while we were there.

At present, we are working with a builder to put together two storage sheds, one for Heritage Heights the other for the K of C court area. In the sheds we can have some of our equipment and court maintenance

supplies to help better look after the courts.

Generally the courts are quite good with Heritage starting to crack up somewhat. The north side of K of C had the north fence “beefed up” and reassembled. We are waiting for additional slats for both courts to help reduce the effect of the wind. Yes, we have wind in Saskatchewan. Dave Bella, Ken Koslinek and Brad Ouart have been re-taping the courts (five in total) at the Gallagher, slow tedious work but their finished product is impressive.

Little by little more improvements are being made to the Yorkton Pickleball facilities.

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