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West Coast Amusements was in the city last week to supply rides, games and attractions for the Yorkton Exhibition held July 6-9. The midway was just one element of a varied entertainment package presented by the Yorkton Exhibition
Association and its sponsors, including live music grandstand performances, chariot and chuckwagon racing, petting zoo and food booths. See related stories and photos on pages A3, A6, A7, A9 and A16.
Water park upgrade moves forward By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer A major water park dehumidification upgrade will move forward in Yorkton after a tender approval Monday. The work is needed to protect the facility, said Taylor Morrison, Gallagher Centre General
Manager, with the city at the regular meeting of Yorkton Council Monday. “The Access Communications Water Park at the Gallagher Centre uses a dehumidification system to either remove warm, humid air and replace it with fresh air, or mix the warm humid air with
fresh air, depending on the outside temperature. Without this system the conditions inside the facility would become uncomfortable for users and, if left unchecked, would cause deterioration of the structure,” he explained. Morrison noted, “$600,000 was approved
as part of the City’s capital budget for this project and the City was successful in receiving a grant through the Canada Community Revitalization Fund for the amount of $400,000 in addition to the approved budget amount.” The project involves numerous aspects includ-
ing structural design, system controls and related electrical design as well as the dehumidification design, supply and installation. The tender accepted Monday dealt only with the dehumidification supply and installation. In May an invitation to tender was advertised
and three tenders were provided. The lowest tender was supplied by Ainsworth Inc. for $560,000 excluding applicable taxes, said Morrison. Some pre-tender work had been completed, and has already been put
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Richards wins Star Search championship By Tyson Off Staff Writer YORKTON – It was standing room only on Saturday night for the GX94 Star Search finals held at the grandstands of the Yorkton Exhibition grounds. Eight finalists performed and competed for a shot at becoming the 2022 Star Search Champion. In the end it was the Opaskwayak Cree Nation’s Zack Richards who would earn the vote from the judges with his renditions of ‘Tennessee Whiskey’ by Chris Stapleton and ‘Let Me Down Easy’ by Billy Currington. Yorkton This Week spoke with Richards after the announcement.
Richards said he was struggling to find the words to describe how he was feeling. “Star Search has been something I’ve wanted to conquer for quite some time now,” said Richards, adding, “this year, having the support from my girlfriend was so key in being able to be here and compete.” Richards said he would like to build off his success at Star Search. “I’d like to solidify myself as an actual recording artist and try to build off of this momentum that I have from winning,” said Richards. When asked if he’d like to thank anyone, Richards said, “I’d like to thank my mom and dad.”
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WATER Continued from Page A1 through the project budget, including structural and dehumidification design totaling $22,465. “This leaves $577,535.00 remaining in the project budget. However, the $400,000.00 Canada Community Revitalization Fund grant is provided to assist with project costs, leaving 977,535.00 available for the project,”
said Morrison. After taxes, all of the dehumidification supply and install bids would be over the remaining $577,535.00 available City funds. “This is not surprising given that the preliminary design and cost estimating was provided prior to final design and prior to the recent hikes in inflation,” said Morrison.
Further, there are some other project costs that are not part of the scope of this tender, including approximately $25,000.00 in electrical and controls costs as well as the remaining consultant fees of $5,000.00, he explained. When all costs, including taxes, controls and electrical, design and consultant fees were included the total anticipated cost of the project is
$673,465. After using the Canada Community Revitalization funding, there would be approximately $304,070 of City funding that could be returned to reserves and used on other projects, said Morrison. The city dollars will be kept in the Gallagher Centre Reserve. Council was unanimous in accepting the tender.
Kozak wins 2022 Junior Championship YORKTON – Last week saw Yorkton’s Ella Kozak compete in and win the 2022 Saskatchewan Junior Women’s Provincial Golf Championship. Kozak, 16, led the 54-hole championship at the Royal Regina Golf Club from start to finish and claimed a dominating 16 shot win over defending junior champion Brooklin Fry of Shell Lake. It feels really good,” Kozak said after the trophy presentation. “It was a good three days and a solid three rounds, pretty good weather, I’m happy with the outcome.” Kozak will now turn
her attention to the United States Junior Girls Championship in Kentucky next week. She is just the second Saskatchewan woman to play in the prestigious event, Anna Young did so in 2012. Kozak carded an opening round score of 5-over par, 78 at the Royal Regina Golf Club on Tuesday July 5th. She led Shell Lake’s Brooklin Fry by four strokes. Kozak shot an even par, 73 on Wednesday, July 6th in day two of the event which put her 15 shots clear of the field after the Deer Park Golf Course member built a six-stroke lead on the 5th.
Kozak, 16, led the 54-hole championship at the Royal Regina Golf Club from start to finish. Courtesy of Golf Saskatchewan
Discretionary use for Myrtle Ave. property By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer Yorkton Council unanimously approved a discretionary use for a Warehouse and Sales Facility at 236 Myrtle Avenue. The subject property is zoned C-1 City Centre Commercial and Warehouse and/or Sales Facilities are listed as a Discretionary Use in the zone, explained Carleen Koroluk – Land Use Planner with the City at the regular meeting of Council Monday. “The applicant, Yorkton Distributors, is owned by Farmer’s Business Network Canada, Inc. (FBN) and is a digital and technical farm input sales business where transactions processed through an online
digital platform. The business utilizes multiple locations in the city and has recently given up a lease at one of their current locations,” she said. “They have entered into a new lease for the subject property and are currently using the front portion of the building for office use under a separate Development Permit. The property owner is using the back section of the building for personal storage and the applicant is proposing to use the middle portion for warehousing of oil and related products.” Koroluk did note Myrtle Avenue is a mixed-use area – the long term objective would be to transition the street to Commercial uses. “The proposed use
will have a low impact and generate very little noise, traffic movements and heavy traffic,” she added. “Business carried out at this location is part of FBN’s input direct sales and logistics operations. The bulk of activities are coordination of the logistics for products being supplied from the warehouses on Ball Road to the farmer members.” The Myrtle location will also store and sell packaged oil products (jugs and small containers), vehicle and farm equipment batteries and oil filters. “Planning Services has consulted both Building Services and Fire Services with regards to specific oil products being warehoused and
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Parading on a sunny Saturday The Painted Hand and SIGA Parade held Saturday morning saw many different businesses and organizations strutting their stuff. The parade was held down Broadway Street.
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Politics To maybe better understand the fight over COVID-19 in the last two years, let’s explore the fight to bring in Medicare 60 years ago. In one major way, it’s quite similar and boils down to one single word. “The sentiment expressed today is: ‘freedom,’ ” said author and former newspaper political columnist Dale Eisler in a recent interview with Postmedia. “It (the medicare fight) was about overreach by government. The doctors at the time used the term conscription: ‘We are being conscripted into this’.” Immediately after the former Co-operative Commonwealth Federation government (that morphed into the NDP) implemented the province’s universal medicare law on the July1, 1962, most Saskatchewan doctors went on a 23-day strike. Eisler, who wrote about the 1962 medicare implementation crisis in his books Rumours of Glory: Saskatchewan & the Thatcher Years and False Expectations: Politics and the Pursuit of the Saskatchewan Myth, noted doctors of day were even more politically charged than today. In fact, this was something that at least one doctor later admitted: “We were clumsy, awkward, we were highly rhetorical, we used all the antics of bad politicians: exaggeration, dire threats of what might happen,” said the late conservative Senator Dr. Staff Barootes in an interview with Eisler for his book 'False Expectations'. “Our concern was that once government took physician care services, we would become technicians or tradesmen being paid salaries by only one paymaster.” And doctors received plenty of high-power political and heavyweight support. One such supporter was Ken Kramer of Kramer Tractor who was then president of the Saskatchewan Roughriders. After attempting to get Roughrider players to speak out against the implementation of Medicare, Kramer solicited Father Athol Murray of Notre Dame Hounds-fame for a speaking tour during the doctors’ strike. The fiery Catholic priest did not mince words: “We must get off the fence and make our views known,” Murray said in a July 8, 1962 speech in Prince Albert reported by the Prince Albert Daily Herald. “This thing may break out into violence and bloodshed any day now and God help us if it doesn’t.” At a later rally that day at a Saskatoon high school, Murray’s rhetoric became even sharper. “A wave of hatred is sweeping Saskatchewan. There has been a death. There will be violence and there will be bloodshed,” Murray said in his speech broadcast provincewide. “There are Reds here. I can’t see them. I can smell them. You communists may think we’re naive and hollow-chested, but we gave 100,000 boys fighting for the freedom you are fighting against. “You Reds, I want you know that we’re proud as hell when it comes to Canada. I loathe the welfare state and I love free-swinging freedom.” But notwithstanding the anger, fierce rhetoric and rallies at the Saskatchewan legislature attracting thousands, then-Woodrow Lloyd-led CCF government did not budge. On July 23, 1962 an agreement was reached with the doctors — one that allowed them to opt out — ending the strike. The CCF would pay a significant political price, losing the 1964 provincial election. Also, the architect of Medicare Tommy Douglas, who by that point had left provincial politics to lead the newly formed NDP, would lose a seemingly safe Regina seat. But the Ross Thatcher Liberal government that replaced the CCF did not scrap mediocre. In fact, within a decade it would be adopted as a national policy by ensuring Progressive Conservative and Liberal governments. To this day, public health remains imperfect, but it also is a source of immense national pride. So perhaps the lesson of its implementation 60 years ago is that even the most vitriolic political/health care debates do simmer down. After all, if we could survive the Medicare fight 60 years ago, one suspects we could survive most anything. Murray Mandryk has been covering provincial politics since 1983.
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he past few weeks in our city have been a veritable blur of activities, giving residents and visitors a huge range of things to do and enjoy. Whether you attended the recent Yorkton Exhibition Association Summer Fair, the Canada Day celebration at the Western Development Museum, weekly June Days organized by YBID at City Centre Park, YTC’s National Aboriginal Day festivities, the RCMP Musical Ride or so many more that the list is too long for this space, Yorkton has certainly been living up to its slogan ‘Where Good Things Happen’. Things may have skewed a bit to holding events in June this year, at least those which were held in front of the Legacy Co-op Grandstand because there are plans to undertake phase two of its construction – the finishing touches – in the coming weeks. That will mean the grandstand will go from a gathering place for events to construction site, so activities were a bit compressed this year. Of course having a lot of events at the grandstand in just a few weeks did not seem to stop people from coming out, so that was a good thing. That we have had so many things to do locally is perhaps an opportune occurrence in the summer of 2022 given the price of fuel which has put a definite damper on thoughts of travel. With the price for a litre of regular gasoline hovering around the $2 per litre level for weeks now anytime one can stay home and have fun rather than head-
ing down the highway seems a prudent thing to do. Perhaps we will come to appreciate anew all that our city has to offer, and that would be a positive thing. Too often we think the best things happen elsewhere while we actually have a lot of enjoyable outings right here in Yorkton. That our busy June and now into July has happened we seem to finally be emerging from months of being largely shut-in in the face of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. There is no doubt there was a pent up desire by many to just get out the front door and be with other people in a setting which was relaxed and fun and in recent weeks crowds have been good for the whole range of happenings locally. Of course there is some suggestions we might see COVID reappear in a more significant way in the coming months. These things do seem to be somewhat cyclical in nature and since they also tend to mutate with new variants always seeming to pop up, it is unlikely we have seen the final impact of the pandemic. What will that mean in the coming months is of course an unanswerable question at this point, but as we continue to gather and enjoy our summer for the first time in three years, we shouldn’t exactly abandon all thoughts of COVID. After all, some level of vigilance in terms of our own health, and the health of our community is never wasted.
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Terriers hosting 4-on-4 ball hockey By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer If you are missing local hockey action, the Yorkton Junior Terriers have something planned that just might fill the void. The club will host the inaugural version of what they hope becomes an annual fundraiser, a 4-on-4 ball hockey tournament. The event, which will feature teams with four players and a goaltender in the ‘rink’ will be held the evening of Aug. 19 and then all day Aug. 20, explained Grayson Neufeld the Director of Marketing
and Public Relations with the Terriers. The event will be played on two outdoor
rinks in the Gallagher Centre parking lot, with a third floor in the curling rink. There is space for 16
teams, said Neufeld, with an entry fee of $400. The fee includes 10 tickets to the cabaret scheduled for Saturday with the music of Odd Man Out. Fifty per cent of the entry fee, or half of $6,400 if they have 16 teams, will be paid out in prize money, said Neufeld, adding the other 50 per cent is fundraising for the team. For teams wishing to register they can find forms online at www. yorktonterriers.com/ ballhockey For those wanting to watch the action refreshments and food will be available on-site.
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Kiddies Day Parade Participants of the Kiddies Day Parade took to the streets of downtown Yorkton on Thursday. Lead by mem-
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One-stop-shop event helps Ukrainians settle in Saskatchewan By John Cairns, SASKTODAY.ca REGINA — For the Ukrainians who flew to Saskatchewan this past week, the nine-hour flight was the easy part. Now the hard part is getting health cards, SIN numbers, drivers licences, jobs, bank accounts and all the rest of what needs to be done to settle in Canada. This week, the University of Regina’s Research and Innovation Centre has been the location for what is described as a one-stop shop for those 900 displaced Ukrainians. It is open Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of this week and its services are avail-
able to those Ukrainians who have already recently arrived as well as those on the humanitarian flight from Warsaw that arrived Monday. The goal of the event is to make the transition to life in Canada as easy as possible for those Ukrainian arrivals. Several groups set up at the location with booths from such agencies as the Ukrainian Canadian Congress, the Regina Open Door Society Inc., the city of Regina, Regina Police Service, as well as local property companies and the major banks, among others. There was also information on how to learn English as a second language, and interpreters were also there to help those who did not know English.
The Ukrainian arrivals are able to work in Canada for up to three years, and job opportunities resources were available at the event. “An event like this is really important, because settlement and ensuring they have what they need to successfully settle in Saskatchewan is one of our key and primary goals as the government in Saskatchewan is ensuring they have the support they need for successful transition into our province,” said Chantelle Patrick, one of the directors of the Saskatchewan Ukraine Response Team. “We really hope they choose to stay in our province for the long term and make a home here.” The location of the event
was a convenient one, because the Ukrainian arrivals from the Warsaw flight had been staying at the University of Regina campus while they seek more permanent living arrangements. Among the Ukrainians who were at the event Thursday were Nataliia and Ihor Osoba. They said they were very thankful to be there. Through an interpreter, they told reporters that before they moved to Canada, they had done research online and found Saskatchewan had a large Ukrainian community, and very good support from them. Another at the event was Olga Machuga, from Lviv. She had fled the Russian invasion on Feb. 24, “because I was real-
ly scared and didn’t know what to expect,” she said. Machuga spent 33 hours in the car trying to get through the border. Since then, she had been staying with friends in Poland and Germany and continued to work online. Now she is in Regina, and plans to connect with her mom’s friend in Winnipeg. Machuga says she is thankful to be in Canada, which she saw as a better fit than Central Europe because of her English language skills. She was grateful for the warm welcome Ukrainians are receiving from Canadians. “People are really nice to you — very, honestly, nice. That feels like amazing — being loved is the best feeling ever.”
Stats Can paints rosy picture for Sask. workers SASKTODAY.ca REGINA — Job numbers released by Statistics Canada for June 2022 show Saskatchewan added 22,300 jobs, an increase of 3.9 per cent, compared to June 2021. All of the growth was in full-time jobs. Seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 3.9 per cent in June 2022, the second lowest among the provinces. It was down from 6.6 per cent a year ago, down from 4.8 per cent a month ago, and below the nation-
al average of 4.9 per cent. The 3.9 per cent statistic represents the lowest unemployment rate in Saskatchewan since November 2014. For two consecutive months, several all-time employment records were hit, including overall employment (592,900), female employment (276,300), off-reserve Indigenous employment (67,400), and off-reserve Indigenous full-time employment (55,700). Year-over-year employment gains were reported for health care and social
assistance up 8,200 jobs, construction up 4,000 jobs and accommodation and food services, up 3,400 jobs. Over the same period, the private sector was up 19,000 jobs (+5.8 per cent), female employment increased by 11,300 jobs (+4.3 per cent), and youth (aged 15-24) employment was up by 6,000 jobs (+7.1 per cent). In June 2022, Saskatchewan’s seasonally adjusted employment of 577,800 exceeded its pre-COVID February 2020 employment level of 574,100.
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Indigenous spirituality making a return By Miranda Leybourne, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (Brandon Sun) It has been over a year since Cowessess First Nation announced 751 unmarked graves had been found at the site of the former Marieval Residential School in Saskatchewan. Rallies and movements calling for Canada Day to be cancelled, or at least tempered with serious reflection on the way the country has treated its Indigenous population, were heard across many social media platforms leading up to July 1. Now, many of Manitoba’s Indigenous, Inuit and Métis peoples are turning back to the spirituality of their ancestors and their land as a way to cope with the trauma of their shared experience. Books like “Braiding Sweetgrass” by Robin Wall Kimmerer, and “Returning to Ceremony: Spirituality in Manitoba Métis Communities” by Chantal Fiola are finding their place among bestseller and must-read lists. Summer camps are gearing up throughout the province, aimed at teaching Indigenous wisdom to the new generation. Frank Tacan, an elder and knowledge keeper at the Brandon Friendship Centre, was raised in Sioux Valley Dakota Nation, and is a residential school survivor. He attended Pine Creek Residential School for four years. He said the discovery of unmarked graves at residential school sites across the country is causing many to question what they were told about spirituality and religion growing up. “People are think-
ing, why would churches do that when they work for God?” Tacan said. “People are frustrated and confused because of this, so now they’re trying to turn somewhere for spirituality.” It’s not an easy thing to do for a residential school survivor, or their children or grandchildren, to find their way back to faith. It’s a journey, but one that Tacan said is important to undertake. “They’re asking how to heal their trauma. It could take a lifetime, it could take an hour. It depends on the individual. They’ve got to find who they are in this world as an Indigenous person, as a Métis person, as an Inuit person.” Many people on the road to healing get frustrated when they’re met with others from outside their communities who don’t understand — or don’t care — about the trauma Indigenous Canadians have been through, dating back to colonial times. Discouragement, Tacan said, can easily turn inward into shame. “A lot of people get discouraged because non-Indigenous people say, ‘get over it,’” Tacan said. “We shouldn’t be ashamed of who we are, but colonization is still going on.” Intergenerational trauma is something that’s at the core of healing through Indigenous spirituality and wisdom. Tacan recommends starting simply, by having the courage and commitment to identity as Indigenous and reconnecting with the earth. Going to a sweat lodge or smudging ceremony can open up further opportunities. “Take your shoes and socks off and plant your feet on Mother Earth and get that connection that
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Brandon Friendship Centre knowledge keeper Frank Tacan, shown in his office, says the discovery of unmarked graves at residential school sites across the country is causing many to question what they were told about spirituality and religion growing up. you lost when you were taken from your home to be put into those institutions. It brings back that connection to who you are in this world as a human being.” Turning to elders, such as Tacan himself, can open many doors. “Our elders are very compassionate. They talk about the seven sacred teachings: love, respect, courage, honesty, wisdom, humility and truth. The churches don’t teach that. They teach ‘love thy neighbour’ — what the heck does that mean? People are confused and frustrated. But when they look at our traditional way of life, they’re getting that ‘a-ha’ moment.” Susie McPherseon Derendy grew up along the banks of the Churchill River in northern Manitoba. She currently lives in Brandon, and sits in a sharing circle on reconciliation once a month at Knox United Church.
She said it’s important to acknowledge the worldview that was in place in the Americas prior to European contact, a view that included ancestral truth and wisdom. “I hope that personal reconciliation will help us to be part of the collective work of reconciliation for all communities,” Derendy said. “There is a western worldview knowledge system and an Indigenous worldview knowledge system. We would all do well to learn from both.” For Derendy, spirituality involves seeing herself as part of creation as opposed to having dominion over it, something that she said is often taught in Christian churches. “Life can be seen as ceremony. You can connect with the sacred anywhere, anytime and it’s also within us. To me, that’s a real key piece. When colonial Christians
came and taught our people to dismiss their Indigenous way of knowing, it disconnected them from themselves.” Derendy said she’s happy there’s a resurgence in the Indigenous community to connect with creation and find out who they are as part of it. “Our people are born into this challenge, where the message has been ‘you’ve got to be like us, the white way is the right way,’ and so I think Indigenous spirituality is to resist that, and to ourselves as part of the sacred, part of creation.” A return to Indigenous spirituality, Derendy attested, is for Indigneous people to see themselves as no less an important part of reaction than the trees, stars and waters. With Pope Francis set to visit Canada later this month, from July 24-30, the National Indian Residential School
Circle of Survivors submitted a request to the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB). The group is asking the Pope to acknowledge that many students who were forced to attend residential schools died at the institutions and were buried in unmarked graves, with no word being given to their families and no permission granted to bring their bodies home for burial. It’s also asking the pontiff to admit that the church failed to let authorities know about the widespread abuse that went on at residential schools, choosing in some cases to transfer the abusers to other facilities. Acknowledgment and apology, while important, aren’t going to heal people, Tacan says. “We’re tired of apologies. I want to see action. That’s what’s going to heal us as First Nations, Métis and Inuit people.”
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All dressed up The Yorkton Regional 4-H Show was held last Wednesday as part of the annual summer fair. The show attracted eight clubs from around the region with nearly 90 youth members and approximately 100 steers, heifers and cows with calves. Tuesday, July 5, was the female show. Grand champion heifer was shown by Ava Loveridge, from the Goodeve Club. She showed an Angus heifer born Jan 21, 2021. Reserve champion heifer was shown by Cassidy Beres, also from
the Goodeve club with a Simmental heifer born Feb 10, 2021. Wednesday was the steer show with judge Brent Stewart from Russell, Man. The Grand champion steer was shown by Kade Bilokreli from the Springside club with a Simmental X Angus steer. It weighed 1342 lbs and sold for $4.20/ lb. It was purchased by Grain Millers. Reserve champion steer was shown by Trinitie Beres from the Goodeve club. It weighed 1272 lbs and was purchased by the Mazer Group.
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Where might GM take us? There are two areas of future development in agriculture which have long held my interest in a significant way. The most recent of those is the potential of robotics for everything from tractors sans an on-board operator, to robotic ‘bees’ pollinating crops, to sprayers using sensors to only apply chemical to weed plants. There is little opposition to robotic development, although it must, in many cases be shown to be reliable and of course affordable. The other area of development is seen by many to be much more of a ‘Pandora’s Box’ and that is genetically modi-
fying plants and animals. I recall years ago sitting entranced by a presentation in Yorkton by futurist and economist Dr. Lowell Catlett who worked at the New Mexico State University as I recall. The presentation at the time was called ‘The Future is So Bright You need to Wear Shades’ – although that might be paraphrasing a touch. Still I recall him talking about farmers one day being able to raise goats which have been genetically modified to have cheetah skin. At the time it sounded very much like something out of a scifi novel, but it was also
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ition to wheat going down the same path. But, herbicide resistance is only the tip of what genetic modification might mean. For example, it was earlier this year that a genetically-modified pig heart was transplanted into an American patient. The result of the oper-
ation was not what was hoped, with the patient dying some 40 days after the operation, but initially it looked good from reports, and suggests that the technology may well be viable. That is potentially huge when you consider availability of organs for transplant are generally in short supply. GM developments may ultimately be life saving. Of course getting GM organisms from successful development to where they are approved by government regulatory offices – in particular if they are to be for human consumption –can be a long, and costly process.
Depending on which side of the GM debate one sits, reams of red tape can be positive as it delays development of a feared technology, or as a road block to developments aiding producers and consumers. What is of course is needed is a balance, regulations which allow the science to grow, while still making sure there is a watchdog being vigilante. Ultimately though, GM technology will grow. Whether that ever means there are ‘cheetah-goats’ is unknown, but the crops and animals we produce in the future are likely to be genetically different from today.
Wet conditions delay haying operations, warm weather needed SASKTODAY.ca YORKTON - Wet field conditions continue to delay haying operations and pesticide applications for many areas of the region. Warmer weather is needed soon for crops to advance as many are at least a week or more behind their normal stages of development for this time of year. Crops are in good condition overall but will need some heat and timely rains to help things along. Crops that have been in standing water have yellowed and will need dry weather to improve. Rainfall in the region ranged from 56 mm in the Craik area to trace amounts. The Esterhazy area reported 38 mm of
rain, the Bulyea area 20 mm, the Foam Lake area 15 mm, the Ituna area 14 mm, the Bethune area eight mm the Kelvington area 6 mm and the Yorkton area 1 mm. Cropland topsoil moisture conditions have improved and are now rated as nine per cent surplus, 73 per cent adequate and 18 per cent short. Hay and pasture land is rated as six per cent surplus, 74 per cent adequate, 17 per cent short and three per cent very short. Crop District 5A is reporting that 21 per cent of the cropland and 18 per cent of the hay and pasture land has surplus topsoil moisture at this time. Haying continues when field and weather conditions allow.
Livestock producers in the region now have six per cent of the crop cut and two per cent baled or put into silage. Hay quality is rated as 32 per cent excellent, 64 per cent good and four per cent fair. Pasture conditions are currently rated as 16 per cent excellent, 68 per cent good, 14 per cent fair and two per cent poor. Crop damage this past week is attributed to wind, localized flooding and lack of moisture. Like much of the province, producers continue to deal with gophers and grasshoppers and are controlling these pests when conditions allow. There have also been reports of aphids starting to show up in some fields.
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Harvard Media is excited to announce Lyle Walsh as our Community Ambassador. Lyle Walsh is well known for developing two successful radio stations in the community GX94 and Fox FM. Lyle has been a leader and supporter of Yorkton businesses for many years. Lyle was pressed back into service with Harvard Media to provide leadership to the Team during the trying times brought on by the pandemic. Harvard Media wants to say “THANK YOU LYLE” Lyle has agreed to continue contributing to the success of local businesses through his role as Harvard Media’s Community Ambassador.
During summer in Saskatchewan, farmers can salvage hay along provincial highways which provides an opportunity for those in need of feed for livestock. According to the Government of Saskatchewan, anyone may cut and bale hay, any time after July 8, without permission from the nearby landowner, provided mowing/salvage operations haven’t already begun. “The annual hay salvage and mowing program provides many benefits by taking into account the needs of area landowners, producers and motorists,” Minister Jeremy Cockrill said. “The hay salvage and mowing program strikes a balance by combining the needs of different groups and delivering a costeffective program.” Cutting grass along provincial highways provides many benefits as it optimizes snow storage in ditches which reduces drifting on the road surface during the winter. At the same time, it provides a neat appearance improving visibility and control of brush and noxious weed growth. The ministry delivers the mowing program with the assistance of contractors. This year, approximately 41,000 hectares were tendered. The first cut began last month and focused on the northern region. The second cut of mowing will begin as early as July 15. Mowing in the west central and southwest regions including Swift Current and North Battleford Districts begins August 15. This allows additional time to salvage hay in anticipation of below normal moisture conditions. The Government of Saskatchewan is planning to improve more than 1,100 km of provincial highways this year, for a total of 3,500 km over the past three years. The government has set a 10-year Growth Plan target of improving 10,000 kilometres of highways. With this year’s improvements, the province is ahead of the pace needed to meet this target. The Government of Saskatchewan has invested more than $11.5 billion in highways infrastructure, since 2008, improving more than 18,400 km of Saskatchewan highways. — Submitted
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Terrance Littletent has been hoop dancing for 33 years. Pictured here with the 17 hoops he uses to symbolize the 17 weeks it takes a fully matured eagle to leave its nest. from drugs and alcohol pretty much all my life,” said Littletent, adding, “at 43 years old I’ve been alcohol and drug free – I’ve never smoked a cigarette in my life.” “That’s the benefits of the dance that was brought to me – to my life,” said Littletent. Littletent said that learning the dance was learning teachings.
“The five basic teachings of hoop dance are to listen, watch, learn, respect and love,” said Littletent, adding, “I had to learn these teachings growing up in order to learn the hoop dance.” “Once I knew I was able to follow these teachings my uncle passed the hoop dance down to me,” said Littletent.
“After I learned the five basic teachings, I was given the five stages of hoop dancing and that’s where I learned the five stages of hoop dancing of life,” said Littletent. Littletent went on to describe the five stages of the dance which were performed to the tune of traditional Aboriginal drumming. “We had the birth
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stage, we had the calling of our spirit – with our mother and father when we’re born into this world – when they come together, they create that life – which is us,” said Littletent, noting the fourth stage of the dance was called stacking and weaving. “When you go through your hoops, you wiggle through your hoops, you wiggle your legs body and arms and represents you’re weaving your culture to make it strong and it shows you your identity,” said Littletent. “The fifth stage was everything put together in this life – we acknowledge the eagle because it teaches us stages of life and we learn as mother
nature teaches us how to live our life and how to respect each other,” said Littletent. “When I’m hoop dancing, I dance with 17 hoops,” said Littletent, noting, “it takes 17 weeks for a fully matured eagle to leave its nest.” “When I have all the hoops on my body – all 17 hoops – I dance around in a circle – it represents an eagle flying around its nest,” said Littletent, adding, “it goes back to its mother and father and it acknowledges mother and father for nurturing and loving that eagle,” and “when that’s done, it takes off and flies away and starts his or her circle of life,” Continued on Page A15
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WASACASE - It is with great sorrow that the family of Pamela Cecile Wasacase announce her passing at her home surrounded by family on June 30, 2022 after a lengthy battle with cancer. Pam was born on July 31, 1972 in Esterhazy, SK. She was the first born of four to Richard and Gloria (nee Wasacase) Pelletier. Pam attended school in Esterhazy, riding the bus from her home in Gerald, SK to Esterhazy until a family move to Coquitlam, BC. After a few years they moved back to Gerald. She again attended school in Esterhazy. She moved to Yorkton later to be wed to Dallas Langan, having a son Donovan. Years later she had another son, JR. Pam had a tremendous sense of family and family values. She loved everyone, had many cherished relationships with her aunts, uncles, cousins and lifelong friends. Pam was always smiling, a smile that lit up the room and was as beautiful a smile as there ever was. Pam had many positions, working at Canadian Tire, from which she was forced to resign from due to the cancer treatments, Manager at the Kahkewistahaw Gas and Convenience Store, where she worked with several of her family members, then as an Admin Assistant for SIIT with her cousin Tim. Pam had many interests, she loved to play Bingo, card games with family, loved a good game of croquet, always willing to do a two-step or a polka. She loved kids, especially the little ones! She was not shy to dole out several cheek soaking kisses to all kids in the family. Her greatest joys were her boys and her extended family, she loved and cherished them all. Pam was kind, gentle, fiercely loyal and the bravest, strongest woman that we have ever known. She fought many battles against cancer, learning she had the dreaded disease during the time her sister Sabrina was battling it too. Although she may have lost the war to cancer, she has won her eternal glory, along side many family members who have passed before her. Pam was predeceased by both her parents, Richard and Gloria Pelletier; her brother Richard Pelletier; her sister Sabrina Wasacase; her paternal grandparents Joseph and Isabelle Pelletier, along with many aunts, uncles and family members too numerous to mention. She leaves to mourn her passing and to keep her memory alive, her sons Donovan and JR, her brother Malcolm Pelletier (Joyce) of Yorkton; her nieces and nephews Tommy, Kirsten, Braidy, Darnell, Keisha, Cole, Shay-Lynn, Makayla, Tessa, Jaycee, Tiahanna, Urijah, Kaydence, Tommy Jr, Bexley, Wren and Traeton, along with many other family and friends. “Time spent with family is worth every second.” A Wake and Prayer Vigil was held on Tuesday, July 5, 2022 and Funeral Mass was celebrated on Wednesday, July 6, 2022 all from St. Gerard’s Roman Catholic Church. Rev. Fr. Louis Kim Nguyen was the Celebrant. Justin St. Pierre served as the crossbearer and Tim Roussin and Candace Sharpe were the lectors. Interment followed in the Yorkton City Cemetery with Dion Roussin, Darnell Pelletier for Curtis Roussin, Shane Brazeau, Mitch Brazeau for Corey Pelletier, Eric Langan and Tommy Pelletier serving as the casket bearers. Honourary Bearers were everyone that knew and loved Pam. Condolences can be sent to the family at baileysfuneralhome.com. Arrangements were entrusted to Bailey’s Funeral Home.
LAIDLAW - The family of Robert Laidlaw of Wroxton, beloved husband of Gwen Laidlaw, sadly announce his sudden passing at his home on June 29, 2022. Robert was 76 years of age. Robert (Bob) Murray Laidlaw was born in Yorkton on June 20,1946 to Murray and Vera Laidlaw (nee Thomsen). They lived on the original family homestead south of Wroxton. Bob attended a one room schoolhouse at Rothbury School. He was a strong student but never liked the public speaking and school plays part of things. He enjoyed curling and had many bonspiel trophies to show for it. He attended church at the Castleton Church in the country and would talk about their church picnics. He then went on to high school in Churchbridge. The family moved off the farm in 1964 and made Churchbridge their home. After graduating high school, Bob had many work experiences. He worked hauling gravel, digging basements, and hauling logs around Hudson Bay. In 1966 Bob met Gwen Donaldson at a wedding. Bob was best man for his cousin Bob Ritchie and Gwen was maid of honor for her cousin Grace Elaschuk. Soon after, Gwen asked Bob to be her escort for high school graduation and they have been together ever since. They were married on May 19,1972 in Roblin, MB. In 1970 he became an elevator operator for UGG. He ran the grain elevators in Inglis, MB and Ashville, MB. While in Ashville, Bob and Gwen welcomed their daughter, Sandra, in 1974 and their son, Scott, in 1977. In 1979, Bob was being transferred to Carberry, MB and Bob and Gwen had a decision to make, continue with grain elevators or go back to working on the family farm. Farming was always in his blood, and it was what made him truly happy, so the family moved back to the farm in May of 1979. They worked together to rebuild the barn, several outbuildings, and a house, many of which had been destroyed in a fire. Bob and Gwen worked and volunteered in the community. They attended the United Church in Calder and were always helping whether it was for the Ladies Bake Sale or yard cleaning that needed to be done. He spent time in the winter helping at the skating and curling rink because it was important to help keep things going for the community. Farming had so many ups and downs but through the years, Bob and Gwen worked side by side on their mixed farm supporting each other the whole way through. Years of crop failure, low prices, fires, floods, hail never made him quit. Every spring he was ready to plan what he was seeding and head out to get the crop in the ground. They expanded the original 4 quarters by adding on 2 more. They also rented 2 additional quarters as the years went on. Bob and Gwen raised feeder steers, pigs, and chickens for years. His steers often became his pets, and it was always hard for him to ship them off in the spring. Bob took great pride in his animals and his crops. Even as Bob was nearing the end of his farming career, it was never far away. In 2005 he worked at PH Elevator in Yorkton. Later on, Bob and Gwen rented their farmland with the condition that he came along as a hired hand. He spent 7 more years continuing to work the land. Farming was his life and there was nowhere else he wanted to be, right up until the very end. He was an amazing father. He supported and guided his children no matter their decisions that they made through life. He was always there with a quiet voice and a strong opinion and was there to pick them up when they fell. He was proud of everything they accomplished. He instilled in them his strong work ethic and determination…or as Gwen called it, stubbornness. In 1999, Jason Diduck was welcomed into the family as his son-in-law. They got along so well, talking about farming, discussing auctions that happened and auctions that were coming up. In 2005 and 2008, Carter and Jaydon were born into the family. These boys were Grandpa’s pride and joy. He was there every day when they came home from the hospital never wanting to miss a day with them. He came to hockey games, football games, soccer practices, music recitals and picked them up from school when needed. He was there for every special event. They never missed a single hug from Grandpa when he would leave. He was so proud of everything they did. Bob was predeceased by his parents Murray and Vera Laidlaw, a sister, Lillian, in infancy, brotherin-law Brian Donaldson and sister-in-law Eleanor Donaldson. Bob leaves to mourn his wife of 50 years, Gwen, his son Scott, his daughter Sandra and son-in-law Jason and grandsons Carter and Jaydon Diduck, his sister-in-law Brenda (Steve) Ilienko and nephews Travis (Cheryl), Ryan, Corey Ilienko and his brother-in-law Wayne Donaldson. The funeral service was held on Tuesday, July 5th 2022 from the Yorkton Memorial Gardens Family Centre with Crystal Bailey officiating. 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YTW_earlug_1x24.nil.indd/14px24ag/earlug/YTW-tfc /f/c Obituaries Obituaries LEIPERT - Myra Anne (nee Kerluke) May 6, 1966 – June 19, 2022. Myra passed away suddenly but peacefully on Sunday, June 19, 2022 at her home in Otthon. She was 56 years of age. Myra Anne Leipert was born on May 6, 1966 at Wadena, SK; the 4th child of Doris & Bill Kerluke. She attended school in Wadena, then Elfros, ands graduated from Wynyard in 1984. Myra began her working years at the Elfros Hotel; then the Mozart Credit Union, all while living in Wadena. She met Dale Leipert at the Mozart CO-OP, and in 2003 the ciuple were united in marriage in Yorkton. The couple have made their home in Otthon ever since. While here Myra started work at Cole’s Book Store, where she was employed for over 18 years. She enjoyed reading and collecting books, and she also possessed a vast collection of coins. She loved giving their three cats a pampered lifestyle. Myra always had a willingness to help elderly people and she never expected anything in return. Her kind and caring nature always shone through. She had a wonderful sense of humour as anyone on Facebook would know. One of the perks of working at Cole’s was that while she developed numerous friends in the Yorkton area, she got to keep in touch with people that she knew from the Wynyard and Wadena areas. Predeceased by her father Bill; Myra leaves to mourn her passing and to cherish her memory her beloved husband Dale; her mother Doris; brothers Mark (Star); and Miles (Wendy); her sister Andrea (Les); nieces & nephews: Shantel, Logan, Tanner, Michael, Rebecca, Sara, Amy and Evan, and their spouses; as well as great nieces and nephews. Her in-laws, Albert & Shirley Leipert, and Terry and Wes Lonoway; and her many other relatives and friends. Cremation has taken place, the memorial service was held on Friday, June 24, 2022 from the Yorkton Memorial Gardens Family Centre with Crystal Bailey officiating. Tributes to Myra were given by sister Andrea and Niece Shantel. The interment will take place at a later date. The family wishes to thank the first responders, all the people who have made phone call and messaged, for the cards, flowers, memorials, and for the food to the house. Special thanks to Lucy for going above and beyond for us in our time of need. A big thank you to Crystal Bailey for a beautiful service, and to the staff of Bailey’s and Yorkton Memorial Gardens for the funeral and luncheon arrangements. Your kindness will not be forgotten.
VICTORIA VARGA – Hi mom, you did so much for us growing up raising three kids, and you had all your funeral arrangements made, so we didn't have to fret, but left it to us to write your obituary. You held our hands when we learned to walk and cheered us onto university, so you must have felt we were capable, here goes: Mom was born August 11, 1935, on a farm at Insinger, Saskatchewan, the first of four children of Kay and Joe Malinowski, and left us after 86 revolutions around the sun on November 23, 2021. Where she began, there was no indoor plumbing, heat came from a wood stove, the farm work was done by hand as there was no tractor, and grandpa did not install electric power until she had moved to the city. School was a long walk, and maybe a horse ride or by sleigh on cold winter days. We found mom's report cards showing marks putting her first in the class at her one-room school. What smarts we have come from, mom. She shared with us stories of growing up without much money but how she never felt poor. Finishing grade 9, mom went off to sewing school in Saskatoon and then moved to Winnipeg and began work as a seamstress. She was a sewer all her life, and only weeks before passing had her sewing machine in for repair. If there was a job to be done, mom did it. She could sew a dress, hammer a nail, grow a garden and lead a cub pack. Married in 1954 to Rudy Varga (deceased 1996), mom had three children. She stayed home when we were young but sometime after went out to work in the grocery trade, mostly as a cashier, order taker and bookkeeper. It all sounds rather straightforward until you ask how many times the store was robbed at gunpoint. Mom learned to manage on a frugal budget early in life, and those skills never left her. She was the consummate saver, whether it was plastic bags or margarine containers, blazing the trail for today's reuse and recycle trend. Despite our encouragement she would not part with her floral covered couch, even when moving into her brand-new apartment a couple years ago. Old and out of style, it was comfortable, and mom would take no guff about buying a new one. Later in life, mom found Bruce Massey (deceased 2017) when he asked her to dance at The Legion, and for sixteen years they were a loving couple enjoying time together travelling and sitting beside a campfire. We would like to give special thanks to Bruce's son Glenn and his wife Annette, who provided friendship, great care, and assistance. There are many not mentioned here from mom's family, Bruce's family, friends from bowling, The Legion, Widlake apartment and others who were close and dear to her. An informal graveside farewell and interment will take place at Yorkton Memorial Gardens on Saturday, July 16, 2022, at 1:00 P.M. A celebration of her life will follow at Len and Tracy Malinowski's farm. If you wish to attend and need directions, email: vickifarewell@gmail.com. Missing mom dearly are the kids David (Dianne), Donna (Robert Lanning), Darrell (Shana McGuire), Anne-Marie Smith and grandchildren Ben and Sara. The family would like to extend a heartfelt thanks to the staff of the palliative care unit at St. Boniface hospital, Winnipeg. You are very special people. In lieu of flowers, a donation can be made to The St. Boniface Hospital Foundation.
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JONES Dorothy Elizabeth Jones, known to all as Betty, passed away peacefully in Burnaby, BC on Dec. 9, 2021. She was born on the family homestead north-west of Springside on June 13, 1921 to Ethel and Isaac Bucknum, the oldest of five siblings. She attended Clear Creek and Good Luck schools north of Springside, later graduating from the secretarial training program at Yorkton Collegiate Institute. Betty began her working career in Bangor as the secretary/bookkeeper for George Morris’ garage and service station. It was there she met her husband to be Victor Jones. They were married in 1944 and had two sons, Russel & Garth. Tragically on Dec. 15, 1955 Victor passed away due to a sudden heart attack. Betty and the boys had to leave the farm and moved to Regina where Betty worked for British American Oil for three years. She lived with her parents and young sister who looked after the boys when Betty was at work. Betty moved back to Yorkton in 1959, purchasing a home on Wallace Avenue where she started a rooming and boarding business. After a few years she was encouraged to return to work by George Morris at the Morris Rod Weeder plant. She retired in 1986. Betty was a very strong woman to have brought up two energetic boys on her own who both graduated from university. During her life and her retirement Betty did a lot of volunteering: she served meals at the Yorkton Legion and was president of the Legion Ladies Auxiliary; belonged to the Westview United Church Women; volunteered at the Yorkton Nursing Home; was the coordinator of volunteers at the Yorkton Union Hospital and was recognized for her volunteerism when she received the Lieutenant Governor’s Medal in a formal ceremony. Betty was well known for knitting toques for newborns at the Yorkton Union Hospital. Her hobbies included crocheting and knitting, which led her to win many ribbons at the Yorkton Fair. She loved to walk around her neighborhood and attend Aquasize classes at the Gallagher Centre. After each class she would enjoy coffee with the others from the class. Betty loved to watch sports on television, especially curling. She travelled to several Canadian Women’s Curling Championships across Canada and even attended the Women’s World Championships in Switzerland. Predeceased by her husband Victor; parents Isaac and Ethel Bucknum; brothers Everett & Lloyd Bucknum, sister Phyllis Barber, sisters-in-law Adeline Bucknum (Laube), and Margaret Bucknum (Evensen) and brothers-in-law John Barber and Doug Badke. Betty is survived by her two sons: Russell (Sandy) and Garth; sister, Beverly Badke; grandchildren: Carley Pierce (Mike), Morgan Jones, Roxanne Jones (Russell), Kira Jones, great grandchildren Marissa Jones, Kaitlyn and Mason Pierce and numerous nieces and nephews. The funeral service will be held on Saturday, July 16, 2022 at 10:30am at Westview United Church. The interment will follow in the Bangor Cemetery.
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LITTLETENT Continued from Page A12 “Basically the story of the hoop dance that I do is the story about that eagle – how we learn about mother nature – teaches us to respect and to learn, to respect your parents and how they nurture and love you and when you’re ready to leave that nest you always give them gratitude for that,” said Littletent. “So that’s how I learned about hoop dancing – the five basic teachings – to respect, to listen to my parents, to listen to my elders, to listen to my heart – listen to the wonderful things in life,” said Littletent, adding, “the creator gave us the gift of listening – listen to the wonderful things in life.” “I benefit a lot with hoop dancing because it taught me those disciplines – to respect my body, mind and spirit – and to be humble,” said Littletent. Littletent said he was being recruited by the Regina City Police for training and would be passing the dance along. “I’ll be able to put the hoops away for a little bit and pass it down to my daughter who I’ve been teaching since she was two – she’s 24,” said Littletent, adding that his daughter is passing the dance down to his first grandchild who just turned three.
“Hoop dancing is just not a dance to me, it’s a way of life,” said Littletent. Littletent touched on some of the history of hoop dancing. “Hoop dancing originated from the Hopi nation...they’re the ones that used the hoop dance to show the dexterity of hand and eye co-ordination for the children,” said Littletent, adding,”a lot of their homes were along rock cliff dwellings, so they had ladders.” “Hoop dancing built their dexterity and hand eye coordination so they could climb up these ladders into their homes [and] escape from enemies or predators.” “The other nations used it for a rite of passage for their young warriors,” said Littletent, noting, “they would go out there in the wilderness – fast for four days – they would be out there for as long as it took to have their vision.” “A vision quest is a rite of passage in some Native American cultures. It is usually only undertaken by young males entering adulthood,” read an article from Wikipedia. “When they were done their vision, they would go back to the community and instead of verbally speaking what they had seen through their vision they would take these
hoops and tell that story of what they’d seen and heard,” said Littletent. Littletent spoke about his experience performing in Yorkton, noting that the crowd was really receptive to his words, humour and the dance itself.
“It was great – just to be part of a real live crowd,” said Littletent, adding, “this year was so busy for me – as soon as the restrictions were [lifted] I was able to get booked solid right to the end of September.” “Just to be out there on
the road and performing and sharing the good words and the dance itself – it’s good to be doing that instead of being online.” said Littletent, noting he continued to perform the dance to online audiences. “It’s good to be back.”
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underway in Canada, running from June 19 to 25. Part of the focus this year is how native forages can be a boon to cattle producers and the environment. While most cattle producers in the prairies rely on an introduced species of forage plants, there is budding interest around using native species — the same species that sustained populations of bison who survived on the prairies for thousands of years. Native forage on the prairies was replaced by cereal production largely due to settlers from Europe who came over in the 19th century, whose grazing practices were different from those of already established local farmers. World War One ushered in a huge demand for cereal grains due to reduced production in war-torn Europe. This led to an increased shift from range land to annual grain production, resulting in a loss of perennial ground cover and a reduction of carbon stocks in soil. Another unintended side effect of increased cereal production was an increase in tillage as well as a loss of soil structure as native perennial forages and their deep root systems were replaced. This ultimately contributed to the huge dust storms of the 1930s. Dr. Sean Asselin, a perennial forage breeder with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)’s Swift Current Research and Development Centre, is passionate about the groundbreaking work he and his team are doing with native forage plans and how it can help farmers. Asselin, who is originally from Manitoba and joined the AAFC’s Swift Current location just before the pandemic, has a PhD in plant breeding and genetics and a Masters degree in plant science. He develops
native plant populations and seed sources through a mix of conventional breeding methods and more advanced phenomics. This involves collecting native plant materials from various sources such as wild collections and evaluating them under real growing conditions, making selections for different traits based on how well the plants perform. “We’ve done work on improving biomass production…and seed production. A really big focus of this work with native species is identifying traits that, while they may have been useful from an evolutionary standpoint, make it really challenging to work with the species from a production standpoint,” Asselin says. Asselin and his team are moving towards getting good establishment traits on the native forages so that they’re more reliable and less risky for producers to use. Part of this includes using something called hyperspectral imaging technology, which is a quick way of scanning seeds. Predictive models can then be developed based on this imaging data. Plant breeding is both a science and an art, where judgements must be made based on many factors. One of the things Asselin focuses on is trying to make sure that the materials he works with are adapted for specific growing regions. “That really is a critical thing,” he explains. “Sometimes you can have a plant that may be native to Saskatchewan, Alberta and Mantioba, but if you get a seed source that’s too far away from where it’s intended to be used, you can start to run into adaptation issues.” The major benefit of using native forages is biodiversity. Asselin and his team try to push populations in the right direction while maintaining genetic diversity. A lack
of diversity can lead to a lack of resilience in foraging land when inclement weather or pest issues come up. Different plant species have different characteristics, and that gives them different abilities to withstand different stressors. At the same time, different species are contributing in different ways to the environment. The intention of these natural types of synergy systems is to have different species reach peak quality and biomass at different times of the season. These regenerating systems mean, potentially, that producers don’t have to do as much nitrogen and phosphorus dumping on their range. Asselin is hopeful that producers will consider introducing native forages into their systems, and says his industry is trying to make the materials realistic and reliable for producers to use. There is a demand for native plant materials, particularly in rangeland situations. Not all native seeds are expensive and difficult to establish, so it’s a matter of finding suitable ones for each environment. Lydia Carpenter owns Luna Field Farm, along with her husband Wian Prinsloo. The farm, located south of Belmont, produces grass fed beef and pastured pork. Their
mission is to use ecologically sound grazing and livestock management practices to produce high quality pasture raised and grass fed meats. Their animals are moved through various pasture stands and aren’t returned to an area until it’s seen an improvement in pastureland, which is determined by assessing the rate of regrowth, plant density and increased diversity. In the winter months, their animals are fed using a bale grazing technique, with hay bales placed out on their pasture. They use a mixture of perennial and annual pasture forages, hay and minerals to feed their animals. Carpenter agrees that biodiversity is essential for the health of the animals she and her husband raise and the environment. Luna Field Farm uses a mix of imported forage, such as Kentucky bluegrass, and native forage. According to Carpenter, both are important for the success of their operation. With a clear focus on carbon sequestration, ecosystem services and regenerative technology being seen in the industry, it’s likely more and more producers will become open to — or at least interested in — introducing native forages into their pastureland.
Purple prairie clover is a native plant that Sean Asselin is studying.
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Shane Hue new EPCCA president By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer For Shane Hue racing pony chariots and chuckwagons was a childhood dream that became a reality because of the people around him. “I started in 1994,” related Shane Hue the new president of the Eastern Professional Chariot & Chuckwagon Association. While Hue said it was “typical” for racers to get their start following in their father’s footsteps, that was not the case for him. “I was always into saddle horses,” Hue told Yorkton This Week as the first drops of rain started Wednesday morning on the backstretch where the horses are stabled for the summer fair. As a youngster Hue admitted “I was always interested in racing . . .I just loved the sport. I remember when I was little sitting on the end gate (of a truck) and just watching. I was always in awe.” That was where Kirby Kleibor came into the picture, a neighbor who raced.
Kleibor was heading to the United States to demo race chuckwagons, and he told Hue, by then a bit older he could go and get his chariot and give it a try. “He (Kleibor), got me into racing. That was how I initially got into it,” said Hue. The first drive of a chariot was interesting to be sure. He had the team hitched and took them off the road into the ditch. It was sandy, with a bit of a trail visible, so off he went running with the team. Next Alvin Hardy, again with a helping hand in terms of horses and gear, and soon Hue was set. “Alvin used to have a breeding program,” explained Hue, adding that gave him access to some ponies to run. Hailing from Hudson Bay helps. The town has a good track anyone can use, and Hue said it does get used. “There’s always someone there practicing,” he said. And whenever racers gather, whether at a practice track or a race event like the one in Yorkton,
there is lots of help for a new driver. “The biggest thing I find with our sport through the years, it’s competitive, but everyone looks out for everyone,” he said. Hue said those in the EPCCA know they have to help, especially new drivers, to keep the sport going. He added the sport is not low cost to get into, so a helping hand is a near must along the way. Hue said you might buy a horse to run for $1500, but such horses don’t usually win. “Top competitive horses are in the $8-12,000 range for the proven ones,” he said. So with a top chuckwagon team valued at near $50,000 the cost is indeed high. But, there are new drivers taking the plunge. “I think in our club we have a lot of promise,” said Hue, adding he counts five rookie chariot drivers and two new chuckwagon racers this year. Most drivers start with chariots and move up. Hue himself spent six seasons racing chariots before moving up to
Shane Hue chuckwagons. “I didn’t have enough horses coming out of high school and working,” he said. Today, racing is a family affair with wife Jen helping train, daughter Mackenzie often working the infield at races, and son Cooper, 18, in his first season driving a chuckwagon. “It’s a big family sport,” said Hue. Having his son com-
peting makes Hue smile too. “His rookie wagon year – that’s definitely one of my highlights,” said Hue. And then there was the 2014 season. “I had my hook really going good,” offered Hue with a smile. It was indeed going good as he finished second overall in the EPCCA that year, including winning his first show
at Preeceville. Later that season a 10-day championship was held with races split between Prince Albert and Saskatoon. “I won that one too,” he said. So what keeps the 44-year-old racing? “I think it’s just the people you meet,” he said, then adds there is the competitive nature too of “always trying to get better.”
EPCCA race in city By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer A long-time feature of the summer fair in Yorkton has been chuckwagon and chariot racing. The final day of Eastern Professional Chariot & Chuckwagon Association racing at the fair was Friday. Clint Salmond coming out of heat five topped the day in chuckwagons with a time of 63.84, with Pamela Peterson second
in the heat and on the day at 64.21. Casey Peterson was third on the day with a time of 64.24 out of heat 13. When the three days of times were added Kevin Gareau had the best aggregate time at 193.53. Casey Peterson was second overall for the races with a combined time of 193.71. Wayne Salmond was third at 194.32. On the chariot side
of the action Casey Peterson in his ‘A’ unit topped Friday at 61.80. Carol Hooge was second fastest Friday at 62.34. Crystal Drechsler was third Friday at 62.38. Peterson’s ‘A’ unit would have the best three-day accumulated time at 187.73. Hooge was second overall at 188.43, with Drechsler third overall at 188.46.
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Cutting the barrels is a crucial element of chuckwagon racing.
Which 7s team will Saskatchewan’s Scheck play for? When you grow up in Saskatchewan rugby is not the first sport you might be expected to excel in. But, that is what happened for Lucas Scheck of Cactus Lake, in the Macklin area of the province. Scheck, 19, is among the top 7s rugby players in the country, which at present means he will be playing some high level games this summer, although he’s not quite sure with which team. Scheck might be headed to Birmingham, England as part of Canada’s men’s team attending the Commonwealth Games, or he might be a member of the Headliners one of the squads in Premier 7s Rugby which is set to launch its second season in the latter half of July. Scheck was a Headliner in 2021 with Premier 7s launched with a single tourney style event – typical of 7s play such as the World Rugby Men’s Sevens Series. Moose Jaw’s Delaney Aikens was on the
Loonies who won the women’s wide in 2021. This year the league hits three cities; San Jose, Washington and Austin. Scheck said the Premier 7s experience in 2021, while “COVID was always in the back of the mind” went well. That said, Scheck said the sport is really just emerging here. “In North America rugby is still not very popular,” he said, adding it is getting better. Premier 7s is part of that, so too is the fact the sport is now part of the Summer Olympics. “The Olympics are the biggest event to go to as an athlete,” said Scheck. The appeal of 7s, said Scheck is its short, intense play. “It’s electric. It’s 14 minutes (of action). It’s not like baseball where you can go get a hotdog and a beer and come back 30-minutes later and you haven’t missed anything,” he said, adding in 30 minutes two games of 7s have basically been played. So as July arrived Scheck was simply
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from his coach Scheck was soon on a national team trajectory. Certainly Scheck hopes he can earn a Team Canada spot mov-
ing forward. “It’s getting paid to play the game you love and travel the world for fun. What more could you ask for?” he said.
Sports training hard and awaiting which team he might be with the rest of the summer. Obviously being with Team Canada would be huge, but Premier 7s is a solid option too, said Scheck adding there is too much overlap with scheduling to do both. But, back to how Scheck found rugby? “Rugby’s not big in Canada or Saskatchewan,” he said. However, Scheck would head to Athol Murray College of Notre Dame in Grade 9. “Notre Dame opened so many doors for me,” he said. “It was completely different from what I would have gotten at home.” One of the differences was a more diverse sports program which
included rugby, a sport three older sisters had played, so he took it up too. While Scheck said he played a variety of sport; hockey, football, baseball, he seemed to fit rugby well. “I was pretty good at it, and I usually stick with anything I’m good at,” he said. It helped that Scheck sort of came under the wing of coach Rob MacDowell. “He’s basically the guy for me . . . He built me up, sculpted me,” said Scheck, adding MacDowell played for Canada in the past. It was his coach that got Scheck involved with the provincial program. “I did alright for myself,” said Scheck. And, with some help
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Waiting is hard, but God’s timing is perfect “The train was supposed to be here by now and it’s still NOT EVEN IN SIGHT!” I would hear that sentiment (and at least eight variations) often over the next hour. My friend and her twin grandchildren had waited with eagerness for this holiday. It would be the children’s first long train ride. Their bags were packed, they were ready to go. I drove them to the VIA station about six-thirty a.m., expecting just to drop them off. The train was already about two hours past schedule. Rhonda had kept a close eye on the updated departure time and we’d been granted a little more sleep. But as usual, passenger trains must bow
to conflicting freight trains, and we now learned they’d have to wait a little longer. Peyton and Jonny hopped in an out of the van, dashed up and down the waiting area, complained to other travellers, and craned their necks as though that would help them see further down the tracks. Finally, there it was. The bright light indicating their train’s arrival, far in the distance. “It’s coming! I see it, I see it!” Jonny jumped up and down, not even trying to contain his excitement. “Jonny! GET BACK!” his grandmother cried when he leapt alongside the tracks, too near the slowly moving freight
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Sunny Side Up train passing the station. Further down the track, the passenger train had stopped moving. The children noticed. Jonny panicked. “Gramma, we’re already LATE. YOU need to DO something!” Rhonda sighed. “It’s coming. Honest. We just need to be patient.” A VIA employee passed us. “Sorry folks.
Could be another twenty minutes.” The twins slumped in disappointment. When, finally, their train pulled alongside the boarding area, their moods quickly reversed. I recognized the children’s anxiety. I’ve worked with many immigrants who must wait— not hours, but months and most often years,
for a decision on their applications. They tell me their stories, each one different, many heartbreaking, many deserving of quicker processing—or so they believe. But because I’ve had over a decade of experience in that area, my perspective is a little different than theirs. No, I tell them, you’re not alone. Many people are in this same waiting pattern. Hearing nothing doesn’t mean a negative decision, and nothing you can do will rush this. All you must do now is wait (hopefully, patiently) for the process to complete. It will. Really. They don’t like hearing that. Who does? But I recognized
the twins’ anxiety for another reason. As a follower of Jesus, I know from long experience I can trust God to keep his promises; to answer my prayers one way or another. But all too often, there’s me. Craning my neck. Jumping up and down too near the tracks. Pounding on the counter, demanding quicker processing. Pulling on my Saviour’s sleeve, so to speak. “DO something, Lord. It’s almost too late.” It’s a lesson I must keep re-learning. God doesn’t follow any human schedule. And even when it seems he’s waited too long, we can trust his answers to arrive in his own perfect time.
To like beets, or not to like beets
It’s a veggie we either like or we don’t. Not much middle ground when talking about beets! But they are a delicious vegetable, edible from the root to the tip of the leaves, and high in folate, potassium and vitamin A. And they’re low in calories! Let’s talk beets. Beets, beta vulgaris, come to us from the Middle East, and were even grown by the Egyptians. Raised not only as food, beets were also valued for medicinal properties in the Middle Ages. Beloved by many cultures, beets are eaten cooked or boiled, made into soups, pickles, cooked and mixed with horseradish, and the beet leaves can be used as a colorful addition to salads, or steamed and eaten as a green. I remember how delicious the beets were that Mom made for us: she picked them when they were still quite small, boiled them, then
served then with a generous helping of butter and lemon juice. They were so delicious that they almost tasted like candy, and even the selfmade sauce of butter and beet juice in the plate looked very appetizing to sop up with homemade bread. And her pickled beets were so delicious I remember them still. Beets are easy to grow. Their favorite spot would be a spot in our gardens that receives full sun. Work the soil and don’t sow the seeds too thick. Our beets will be ready to harvest after about eight weeks. We can stagger the planting of beets so that we can extend our harvest. I read that we can plant beets till midsummer; beets can take the cold a little better than other garden vegetables, so they will be fine into fall. When fall comes, beets are good keepers if we store them in a cool and dry place. Did you know that each beet seed is actually
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Gardener’s Notebook several seeds together? That is why people who sow their beets thinly and then thin them out again after they come up always have a nice crop of beets. Bigger isn’t always better with beets. We can start to harvest our beets when they are egg-size or even slightly smaller. Some beets do grow to mammoth proportions in our gardens whether we want them to or not, but beets of this size are difficult to manage for cooking, even thought they look extremely impressive when pulled from the garden! (Just as a sidenote, the same
goes for zucchini: for best flavor and texture they should be picked when they are the size of a large cucumber, about six to eight inches long. Growing them to the size of Fred Flintstone’s club does not mean they are better! By that time, they get seedy and pithy, and are not nearly as tasty as smaller zucchini.) My Mom’s favorite beets were always ‘Detroit Dark Red”. We also enjoy the “Chioggia” beets which are so pretty with their red and white circles. We have grown golden beets, and while they are pretty on the plate, they are more of a
novelty, and I think most gardeners will agree that the favorite beets are the traditional burgundy beets. Here’s a beet factoid: beets produce a red coloring called betanin, and it is used in various interesting and surprising ways, like to improve color and even flavor in bought jams and sauces. Perhaps you will be
able to find some beets at the Yorkton Gardener’s Market which begins on July 16 at the corner of Melrose and Simpson in Yorkton. For info call Glen, 783-7040. Thank you to our friends at YTW for their great work. Find out what’s new with the hort society at www.yorktonhort.ca and have a good week in your garden!
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Parkland 18U AA Expos in action over the weekend By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer The Parkland 18U AA Expos hosted the Regina Pacers Saturday at high noon. The Expos hit the score sheet first with a pair of runs in the first inning. They would add one more in the fourth before trading single markers in the fifth to make it 4-1. The Expos added a fifth run in the sixth, before the host Pacers made it close with a three-run seventh. Brandon Spilchen was the winning pitcher.
Spilchen allowed four hits and one run over six and a third innings, striking out eight. Logan Wolkowski threw two-thirds of an inning in relief out of the bullpen. Wolkowski recorded the last two outs to earn the save. Daniel Meyer took the loss for the Pacers. The right-hander lasted four innings, allowing six hits and three runs while striking out five. The teams met again for a mid-afternoon contest and this time the Pacer offence was hot, starting with four in the top of the first inning,
then adding six in the fifth inning and three more in the sixth inning on their way to a 13-5 win. Josh Curtin took the win for the Pacers. He lasted five and a third innings, allowing six hits and five runs while striking out ten. Riley Aston threw one and two-thirds innings in relief out of the bullpen. Colton Hubic took the loss for the Expos. The pitcher allowed five hits and eight runs over four and a third innings, striking out two. The Expos has seven hits including two each by Jeff Stewart and
Matthew Datema.
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The Lumsden 18U AA Cubs visited the Expos in Yorkton Thursday, with both teams plating a bushel of runs. The Expos jumped out to a 4-0 lead after the first inning, only to have the Cubs score seven in the top of the second frame. But, when the Expos added three in the homehalf of the second inning the game was tied 7-7. The third inning proved the big one for the Expos as they scored 10 for a commanding 17-7 lead.
The Cubs cut into the big lead with two in the fourth inning, but that would be it for their offence, while the Expos added two in the sixth frame to complete a 19-9 win. The Expos had 18 hits in the game with Brandon Spilchen leading the way with four. Matthew Datema was credited with the win. He went two and two-thirds innings, allowing seven runs on four hits and striking out one. Liam Baron threw three and a third innings in relief out of the bullpen.
Sebastian Dreger took the loss for the Cubs. He lasted two and a third innings, allowing four hits and three runs while striking out four and walking one. Henry Seidlitz had started the game for Lumsden. He went one and one-third innings, allowing seven runs on eight hits, striking out three and walking one. The Expos head west for a split doubleheader Saturday, July 16, facing the Unity Cardinals then taking on the North Battleford Beavers with both games in North Battleford.
Parkland 18U AAA Expos play White Butte By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer The Parkland 18U AAA Expos traveled to White Butte to face the Broncos July 6. The Expos scored one in the top of the first only to see the host Broncos
respond with a pair in the home-half of the inning. The teams then traded single runs in the second inning. The Broncos finally broke open a close contest scoring five in the fourth. The Expos managed one back in the fifth, but that was it as the host team
took an 8-3 win. Thomas Huculak earned the win for the Broncos. He lasted three innings, allowing four hits and two runs while striking out seven. Karter Scott threw two innings in relief out of the bullpen. Chaz Jaeb took the loss for the
Expos. The right-hander went three and a third innings, allowing four runs on two hits and striking out one. The Expos next head to Optimist Park to face the Regina Athletics today (July 13), and are at Cairns Fields for a doubleheader with the Saskatoon Giants Sunday, July 17.
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Races took place for three days. Continued from Page A16
Thursday
The second day of chariot and chuckwagon races took place Thursday at the Yorkton Exhibition. When the EPCCA races were complete the top chariot was driven by
Carol Hooge with a time of 62.44 in the 16th and final heat of the day. Crystal Dreschler was second in the 16th heat, and overall in a time of 62.51, while Casey Peterson was third in the race, and overall at 62.76. Kevin Gareau in heat six had the top time
Thursday at 63.74. Shane Hue was second overall with a 64.77 in heat eight, while Wayne Salmond out of heat 13 was third overall with a time of 65.09.
Wednesday
While rain Wednesday morning threatened to
cancel the first of three days of Professional Chariot & Chuckwagon Association sanctioned races event organizers were able to get the track into condition for racing although the chariots were held back four hours from the original schedule.
When the chariots finally did run Ross Schnell emerged with the day’s best time at 62.61 in the 12th of 13 races. Casey Peterson was second in the race and on the day with a time of 63.71. Pam Peterson was third best on the day tin a
time of 63.12. When the chuckwagons ran the Casey Peterson rig ran a quick 62.91 in heat 14. Casey Peterson in his second wagon was second on the day topping race 16 with a time of 64.531. Shayne Salmond was third overall at 64.83.
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