Yorkton This Week 2022-09-28

Bruno’s Place opening in Oct.

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer

A new low barrier emergency shelter will finally be opening as October arrives, after some delays in renovations.

“It’s going to be the first week in October,” said shelter coordin-

ator Angela Chernoff Wednesday.

Chernoff said it is important to be opening, because “it’s getting cold.”

The new shelter at 139 Dominion Avenue in the city was initially expected to open in June, but Chernoff said there were issues accessing

some materials, which delayed inspections, but now it is close to ready.

With the issues accessing materials Chernoff added costs rose, and they are always interested in donations to help offset those increased costs. People can email coordinator.shelter@ phclc.org if they wish to

donate.

The facility would also welcome canned food and dry goods.

The kitchen was busy Wednesday with a brisket supper fundraiser. Chernoff said the supper was raising money specifically for a commercial washer and dryer.

The shelter, now

named Bruno’s Place will have 13 beds and Chernoff said there have been weekly calls of interest already.

The facility’s kitchen has been open, and serving meals, with a lot of interest.

Chernoff said they have seen 15-35 people out for breakfast, and

lunch and supper up to 70.

Breakfast will remain a regular feature.

“That was always part of the original plan,” said Chernoff.

However, lunch and supper will only be for shelter clients once the beds open in October.

Culture days kicks-off locally

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer

Culture Days, a national celebration of arts and culture, officially kicked off across Canada today.

In Yorkton, students toured the brick mill, learned about wheat weaving, and studied the history boards about the community, as part of local efforts to mark the day.

And, a special guest stopped by to take part in the local effort.

Shannon Bowler, executive director of Culture Days nationally made Yorkton one of a trio of stops planned for Saskatchewan as the event launched across the country.

“This is my second Culture days as executive

director, the first one I’ve been able to travel for,” she said on the Yorkton stop.

Bowler said she decided to make Saskatchewan

her stop on opening days because the provincial organization in the province have always been both active, and supportive of Culture Days.

“I really wanted to come out here and show our support for them,” she said.

Locally Bowler said Yorkton “has been a

Culture Days champion for years and years and years,” so stopping in the city was a natural, and she got to tour the mill which she found was a treat.

So what exactly is Canada’s culture from the perspective on the national organization’s head?

Bowler said it really shouldn’t be a discussion as to how Canadian culture is defined, adding it just isn’t all that important to have a single sentence definition.

“I don’t know if we should be so focused on one sentence ‘what Canadian culture is’,” she said.

Instead, Culture Days are more about an exploration of the diversity of culture, includ-

ing nationally, but also allowing people to better appreciate local and event family culture and diversity.

“It’s discovering what’s here and really seeing the value . . . Learn about the differences,” offered Bowler, suggesting it’s more “a web of identity.”

Over time the web changes based on experiences, but as we learn more we are able to better understand and appreciate what we have in a community or as a country.

This year a focus for Culture Days is truth and reconciliation, which includes not only events Sept. 30 as National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, but throughout the period up to Oct. 16.

Rail Safety Week marked in city

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer

It’s Rail Safety Week in Canada, and Tuesday Const. Henry Neumiller of CN Police was in Yorkton meeting with Mayor Mitch Hippsley to discuss the week.

Neumiller said it was one stop on a week-long itinerary where he would be “encouraging rail safety education

with (area) communities.”

For example, Neumiller had already held a session with CN staff in Melville, was heading to Regina Wednesday, had a school visit to Punnichy planned, as well as stops at area grain handling facilities to talk to commercial drivers.

“Commercial drivers are a high risk group,” he explained, adding they put a lot of miles on, and when handling farm

products are usually delivering near rail tracks.

This year the provincial Ministry of Highways and the Canadian Safety Train Express are reminding everyone: See Tracks? Think Train!

“Railways in Saskatchewan are a vital part of our transportation network, ensuring our food, fuel and fertilizer moves around the globe,” Highways Minister Jeremy Cockrill said

in a recent release. “We urge all Saskatchewan residents to be aware of the risks associated with railway crossings and protect themselves and their families.”

“Rail is a vital mode of transportation throughout Saskatchewan and we want to remind everyone to be extremely careful around tracks and trains,” Canadian Safety Train Express CEO Perry Pellerin

said in the release. “It’s not a play area and drivers need to constantly be aware of loco motives at crossings through out the province.”

Rail Safety Week raises the profile of rail safety in Canada, with education aimed at keep ing everyone safe at railway crossings and rights-of-way.

Neumiller said this year people appear to be reminded

A brisket supper was a fundraiser for equipment needs at Bruno’s Place.

Students study local history at the old mill site.

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Continued from Page A1 to take care around rail lines and trains. He said while only a few years ago accident numbers appeared in decline, things have turned the wrong way coming out of the COVID shut-down of many activities.

“2022 is a very different year as far as rail accidents in Saskatchewan are concerned. In the first six months of this year we’ve had almost as many incidents as in all of last year,” he said, adding this year there have been deaths too.

In analyzing the incidents, Neumiller said this year in each incident the vehicle driver had been in error, adding the CN Police don’t look to assign blame, but rather seek to understand the reason for the incident so they can work to prevent a repeat at the location.

Neumiller said the key is for drivers to be aware that trains can be dangerous, and to be cautious.

For example;

· Any time is train time! Trains do not

always run on schedule. They can run at any time, on any track, and come from any direction.

· Speed Misperception: Because of their size, trains appear to be much further away and traveling much slower than their actual speed. Don’t be fooled!

· Trains can’t stop quickly. The average train needs at least 2 km / 1.25 miles to stop.

Pedestrians also need to be diligent.

For example; flashing

red lights mean that a train is approaching.

Do not walk around or behind lowered gates at a crossing and never cross the tracks until the lights have stopped flashing.

Today’s trains are very quiet – you may not hear one if you’re listening to music, talking to your friends, or focused on your phone. Even though trains whistle at most crossings, you won’t hear them if you’re wearing headphones. Around

train tracks or in stations, obey all warning signs and signals and use caution when using headsets or cell phones.

Stay off the tracks!

Taking a shortcut across the tracks or being on railway property is illegal, and trespassers

can be seriously injured or killed.

Do not drive around lowered gates: it’s illegal and can be deadly. If you think that a railroad signal may be malfunctioning, call the emergency number posted on or near the crossing signal, or your local law enforcement agency.

If your vehicle ever stalls on railroad tracks, get out and move away from the tracks, even if you don’t see a train.

Find the Emergency Notification System sign and call the number provided to inform them about the stalled train.

If you choose to walk or play around railroad tracks, you are trespassing on private property. Consequences can range from fines to fatality.

The only safe place to cross railroad tracks is at a designated pub-

lic crossing. Railroad tracks, trestles, yards, and equipment are private property.

Follow directional signs and markings that let you know where it is safe to cross the tracks. Crossing the tracks anywhere else is dangerous and illegal.

Saskatchewan has 13 operational, privatelyowned shortline railways. These operate on more than 2,000 kilometres of track and connect to more than 6,000 kilometres of federallyregulated track.

Motorists with any questions or concerns regarding railway safety, signage, work zones and more are welcome to reach out to the Highway Customer Service Centre at 1-844-SK-HIWAY, Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., or visit us online anytime.

Gallery hosts reception for Vancouver artist

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer

Tennis

The Yorkton Pirates held their annual Tennis Tournament at the courts behind the Western Development Museum Saturday. For those interested in the sport, the club, which offers free lessons, stay active throughout the year. During spring, summer and fall, the club meets from 4 – 7 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. –noon at the WDM-area courts, and at the Melville courts Thursday evenings. Once the snow falls the club meets at the Flexihall at the Gallagher Centre in Yorkton. For those wanting to know more about club check out their Facebook page (Yorkton Pirates Tennis Club), where they post weekly about club happenings.

An artist reception for the latest show at the Godfrey Dean Gallery was held Saturday in Yorkton.

The show, hanging until Oct. 22, features Vancouver-based artist Ho Tam’s photography, design, and book making art practice.

“The exhibition is a major installation featuring hundreds of images, photographs, prints, design elements, and texts which explore topics of identity, history, culture, and social justice.

“The exhibition at Yorkton consists of about ten sets of work, from photography to print works. Almost all of them

are related to my publications from the past ten years,” Ho Tam told Yorkton This Week in a previous interview. “. .

. The exhibition ends up not being so much an installation in that sense - it is composed of many sets of work that I have made in the last ten years. I guess my idea for this exhibition is to revisit many different stages and aspects of my life. Mainly they seem to relate to my bookwork overall.”

The works were created in the last 10 years.

Ho Tam, who was in attendance Saturday was born in Hong Kong when it was a British colony, but moved to Toronto with his family in his teen years.

Terriers split at SJHL Showcase

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer

It was Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League

Showcase time and that meant the Yorkton Terriers playing a pair of games in Warman. The first of those

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games was Sunday evening against the Nipawin Hawks and the Terriers started things as Greg Nelson scored only 5:33 into the contest. The goal proved the only marker of the first period.

The game stayed defensive through a scoreless second frame, and most of the third as well.

Dalton Mayes finally gave the Terriers a bit of extra cushion scoring at

unassisted empty netter at 18:14 to round out a 3-0 Yorkton win.

In net Allen was perfect stopping all 41 shots by the Hawks to record the shut-out.

Reid Lalonde faced 40 shots in net, allowing two goals in the loss.

The Terrier winning streak came to an end Monday afternoon at the Showcase.

The Terriers had won their first four games and were looking to make it five straight

when they took on Kindersley.

The Klippers would lead 1-0 after 20-minutes after Cash Arntsen scored with only 1:26 left in the opening stanza.

A short-handed effort by Karsten Kruska tied the game at 17:26 of the second period.

But, a powerplay marker by Brayden Koch at 15:37 of the third would salt the 2-1 win away for Kindersley.

Tommy Bouchard was in the Terrier net for the loss facing 35-shots, while Logan Falk recorded the win for the Klippers facing 27.

The showcase is an opportunity for players

to show their talents in front of NHL, CIS and NCAA scouts from across North America.

The SJHL Showcase, which is part of the regular season schedule, features 12 games with each of the league’s 12 teams playing two games.

In related news

Terrier Caleb Allen was named Sasktel Goalie of the Week for the week Sept. 19-25.

In two games for the week, the rookie goalie allowed just one goal, recorded his first shutout of the campaign, and was even credited for an empty net goal Sunday evening in the Terriers 3-0 win over the Nipawin Hawks.

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Judy Neibergall talks to Vancouver artist Ho Tam.

Staff Photo by Calvin Daniels

Yorkton Mayor Mitch Hippseley and Const. Henry Neumiller of CN Police at a press event in city last week.

Up Front

Sports Hall of Fame adds members

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer

For the first time in eight years the Yorkton Sports Hall of Fame and Museum held an induction ceremony.

The event, held Saturday at the Gallagher Centre, saw the Hall of Fame welcome two teams and five individuals.

The induction, the first since 2014, saw a number of firsts.

It was the first time an inductee would join his father, brother and niece as members; Randy Atkinson – his father Howard inducted in 1994 in the builder category for baseball, brother Ken inducted in 2001 as member of the 1969-70 Senior Terrier hockey team, and niece Rhyna Atkinson inducted in 1998 as a member of 1988 Midget girls Blitz Volleyball team.

It was the first time for posthumous inductions; Larry Renton and Vic Kreklewetz.

It was the first time for an induction of a team from 50 years ago; the 1964 Yorkton Collegiate Institute Gridders eight-man high school football team.

The inductees, or family each had an opportunity to present to the full house, and in each case they were humbled and proud to be recognized.

For Susanne Mitchell who was inducted as a builder in the sport of taekwondo hearing her accomplishments summarized in the induction presentation was almost surprising.

“When you hear it . . .

It seems like a lot,” she said, adding she became as involved in the sport because of family. “. . . I wanted my youngest son to get involved in something . . . I think sport is important for everybody.”

Mitchell, who was featured previously in Yorkton This Week (see www.yorktonthisweek. com), even had some words of encouragement for those in attendance.

“Always remember to do your best to be your best,” she said.

Ian Gordon who was inducted as an athlete in hockey spent most of his playing days outside the city, but related how his foundation was laid in Yorkton.

“A huge thank you to Yorkton Minor Hockey because this is where it started for me,” he related.

Gordon, who was featured previously in Yorkton This Week (see www.yorktonthisweek. com), said the kids he grew up playing with really helped him grow as a player.

“We spent so much time together we just wanted good things,” he said.

Vic Kreklewetz was inducted posthumously as an athlete in hockey.

“In 1961 Vic Kreklewetz was the playing coach of the Yorkton Terriers senior hockey team when he lost his life in a tragic car accident while travelling to Saskatoon to play in a league game. Hundreds attended his funeral or sent their condolences to the family and community, confirming Vic

was one of the most respected and talented local athletes ever.

“An editorial in the Yorkton Enterprise called him “a natural leader, a dynamic competitor and an all-around top performer. These same qualities made him an equally outstanding husband, father and representative of his community and country,” noted the induction program.

His widow, now Sylvia Gay, said he would have been happy he was remembered by the induction, calling him “just a diehard hockey enthusiast who persevered through thick and thin for the love of hockey.”

The 1964 Yorkton Collegiate Institute Gridders eight-man high school football team, had a year to remember.

“In 1964 the Yorkton Collegiate Institute Gridders team went undefeated on their way to the Saskatchewan High School Athletic Association 8-man football championship.

Although the team won the first ever 8-man high school championship in 1961 when there were 25 teams competing for the title, it was in 1964 when 43 teams competed for the title that the Gridders had their most successful season,” detailed the program.

“The team, made up of 14 veterans and 13 rookies, went undefeated. They easily defeated their opposition at the local league level, as well as during regional and provincial play-offs.

“In the provincial semi-finals, Yorkton defeated Broadview while Gull Lake defeated Lloydminster. The Gridders went on to defeat Gull Lake in the finals 30-0 and were awarded the Garvie trophy, emblematic of 8-man football supremacy in Saskatchewan. Counting all league games and the five provincial play-off games, the Gridders scored 309 points while giving up only 19. Four of their games were shut outs with three of those coming during the play-offs.”

Stan Len spoke on behalf of the Gridder team. He said the team was a special one where “everybody was treated as equal.”

Len also quickly pointed to coach Ed Magis for much of the team’s success.

“Coach Magis is the heart and soul of the Gridders,” he said. “He taught us a lot about life on, and off the field.”

Len said the players gathered are proud to have a legacy now, their picture in the local hall of fame showing they

were “one helluva good football team.”

Larry Renton was a builder in slo-pitch. His involvement with the slo-pitch league began in 1977 and continued for more than 20 years.

“’Build it and they will come’ is most likely a fitting description of Larry’s thoughts and dreams as he spearheaded the development of the Yorkton slo-pitch diamonds at York Lake Regional Park,” detailed the program. “Once these diamonds became a reality the fledging local league went from 10 teams to 45 teams with more than 1,000 players.”

“I just know dad would be so proud,” offered his daughter Laurie Renton. She said her father always seemed to know “. . . when to step up, when to step in.”

Randy Atkinson, long time radio broadcaster was inducted in the media category having served as a radio sports announcer for 36 consecutive years; 25 of those years with CJGX Radio in Yorkton, three with CFQC in Saskatoon and the past eight with The Rock FM in Yorkton.

Atkinson, featured previously in Yorkton This Week (see www.yorktonthisweek.com), said when he was first asked to do colour commentary for a hockey game in radio, the $20 fee was only a bonus.

“It didn’t matter to me. It was the door opening to broadcasting,” he said, and what has followed is a long career including doing play-byplay for more than 1000 games in eight sports.

The 2005-2006 Yorkton Junior A Terriers, featured previously in Yorkton This Week (see www.yorktonthisweek. com), were the second team inducted.

The 2005-06 Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) season was one to remember for the Yorkton Terriers, culminating with a berth in the national Junior A championship game (then known as the Royal Bank Cup) in Brampton ON, televised nationally on TSN, finally losing to the Burnaby Express, thanks to a hat trick by future NHLer Kyle Turris (who would be drafted third overall in the 2007 NHL entry draft) were crowned RBC Cup champions with an 8-2 victory, giving the Terriers the silver medal.

Terrier Captain Brett McRuvie said the team still “holds a special place not only in my hockey career, but in my life,” adding it was “. . . a special team (players

are) always looking back on with amazing memories.”

The YSHF&M has displays on the second floor of the Gallagher Centre. Showcases contain some of the nearly 300 historic

artifacts that have been collected by the organization over the years, and portraits of all previous inductees are on display.

Over the winter the artifacts will be going online as a virtual

museum as well.

Potential inductees must be nominated by members of the community, and forms for the next round of inductions will be available in January.

Dave Baron, left, talks to inductee Ian Gordon.

David Rodney, left, wth inductee Randy Atkinson.

Inductee Susanne Mitchell and her husband Wayne.

Perspective

Estevan vs. Elbow becomes the great SMR debate

MURRAY MANDRYK

Murray Mandryk is a political columnist with the Leader Post

Politics

The century-old battle for struggling rural Saskatchewan communities has long been a fight to secure that next great economic opportunity.

Often for small towns, such economic opportunities are little more than the ensuring the survival of the local hospital or school. For a century now, that’s made for some very tough decisions of how much and where to spend scarce public tax dollars.

But once in a blue moon in Saskatchewan, along comes an even bigger economic opportunity.

Where to build Saskatchewan’s small modular reactors (SMRs) is that opportunity … although we don’t seem quite past the first fight over whether we should be building a nuclear energy facility in the first place.

SaskPower announced last week it intends to choose in the next year between the Estevan and Elbow areas as the site of the province’s first small modular reactors.

However, the final decision as to whether or not we should build SMRs at all won’t come until 2029.

Until then, expect more heated debate on the pros and cons of wind, solar, geothermal and hydro (including buying more hydropower for Manitoba) as better, cheaper options for the province than the potential $20 billion for SMRs by 2042.

But for now the fight is whether to build the facility near Estevan (there are potential sites at the Boundary Dam and Rafferty Dam and Grant Devine Dam) or near Elbow (around Lake Diefenbaker somewhere between Gardiner Dam and the Diefenbaker Dam).

Largely based on historic, and economic/political reasons, one might assume the Estevan area would have the inside track.

“The Estevan area has been a very important part of SaskPower’s history. Through the Boundary Dam, Shand power station producing stable, reliable baseload power for decades, to the hundreds of employees that call Estevan home,” said SaskPower president Rupen Pandya during last week’s press conference.

“By identifying the Estevan study region, the opportunity to continue this history is exciting.”

Estevan has long been known as Saskatchewan’s Energy City for its oil and coal. And with coalfired electrical generation supposedly phased out by 2030, this city and area are facing major job losses at a time when the trajectory for jobs in the oilfields are also on the decline.

From that perspective, there is a great political and economic argument that Estevan should be the choice.

That said, it can similarly be argued that other rural parts of the province like Elbow in West Central Saskatchewan have struggled as well _ often, without the resources advantages the southeast has enjoyed.

Moreover, the potential of Lake Diefenbaker has not been realized since its creation (although recently plans for a major irrigation initiative may better tap into that potential).

“SaskPower has evaluated nuclear power for a long time and throughout all of these studies Lake Diefenbaker has been always been at the top of the list as one of the most technically suitable locations to potentially to host a nuclear facility,” Pandya added last week.

The SaskPower President further noted proximity to water, issues with the existing power transmission infrastructure and the ability to support a workforce will all be considerations.

These might considerations in Elbow’s favour, given it’s pretty much in the middle of Saskatchewan’s four largest cities.

Being a more centralized location is important consideration because SaskPower has perhaps as many issues with electrical distribution within the province as it does with generating power.

Whatever the choice, it needs to be done wisely

“This is a huge project as well as potentially a huge economic boom for communities,” noted NDP economy critic Aleana Young.

“As this moves forward, I wanted to make sure that we’re picking the best sites for this project … and not picking winners and losers.”

Whichever becomes the choice, let’s hope it is done wisely.

Murray Mandryk has been covering provincial politics since 1983.

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History must be our teacher

a historically interesting week in our city.

This evening (Wednesday) a supper will be held as a fundraiser for the Yorkton Brick Mill Heritage Society.

While the speaker Sara Shymko, Exec Director of Agriculture in the Classroom is likely to focus on the need to engage youth in terms of knowing about agriculture, behind the event is of course the desire to preserve the history that is the old mill.

And with the bricks and mortar of the mill comes the ability to preserve both local history, and in particular the significance of farm history to the community.

Jump forward to Saturday, and the local Alexander Ross branch of the Royal Canadian Legion will be holding its official kick-off to the banners commemorating past service personnel.

The annual banner installation is a lead-up to Remembrance Day, and we know how important that day is to remember the horrible impact of war, and how in remembering we should learn to avoid such conflicts whenever possible. Sadly, it is a lesson our world refuses to take to heart as we see in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and how that conflict is impacting people not just in Ukraine, but family and friends right here in our area.

While war remains an all too regular an occurrence in our world it doesn’t change that it is important we remem-

ber the history of those Canadians who have given the ultimate sacrifice for our country.

And right in the middle of the two events mentioned will be local efforts to mark the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

The Yorkton Tribal Council will be holding a walk Friday morning, with speakers planned for City Centre Park in the afternoon.

The day is a solemn affair in the sense that the history it reflects on is a truly ugly chapter in Canada’s history. Far too-many tales of true horror have come out in regards to how First Nation’s youth were treated in residential schools, and the impact of those abuses that still have a rippling effect in the lives of individuals and families.

But, as deplorable as the abuses were, it does not mean we should sweep them into a closet and ignore they happened.

History has happened, and whether it was good, or bad, we should take it as a lesson to move forward from.

We as a country – all of us – need to reconcile the past and grow together for the good of our children and country.

It’s not always an easy journey, but if we look to the past for lessons, and we are willing to work together it can be achieved.

That is what history is, a teacher, if we are willing to learn its lessons.

Wednesday,

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

Happy Wordy Wednesday! Let us learn about the Saulteaux language this week, which is one of the most widely spoken of all North American Indigenous languages, regionally known as Saulteaux, Ojibway, Ottawa (Odawa), Chippewa, and Algonquian. Saulteaux is also one of the major Indigenous languages spoken in Yorkton and surrounding areas. In Saulteaux’s world view, there is no word for good-bye, because they believe they would see each other in the spirit world. So upon parting people will usually say Kika-wapamin minawa, meaning “I’ll see you again” (Saulteaux Language with Lynn Cote on YouTube). The Yorkton Public Library and the Yorkton Tribal Council will host a dedication ceremony on Thursday, September 29th at 11:00 a.m. at the Yorkton Public Library. You are invited to attend.

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Land Titles building receives structural improvements

By Tyson Off Staff Writer

YORKTON – The Land Titles building, located at 49 Smith Street East, recently received some much-needed attention in regards to the buildings’ exterior.

“It’s a municipal heritage property and it was built in 1908,” said Lisa Washington, Manager of Community, Culture and Heritage Recreation for the City of Yorkton.

The Land Titles building received an addition in 1930 and in 1981 an expansion was added.

“Together, this whole entity is the Godfrey Dean Cultural Center,” said Washington, adding, “with this piece it was designated a municipal heritage property in 1989.”

“It has character defining elements for it to be a municipal heritage property,” said Washington, noting the building reflects the Georgian Classical style of monumental architecture.

“Because it’s a municipal heritage property we also want to preserve and conserve the character defining elements—that means we have to work with very specific contractors that know their stuff,” said Washington.

Washington said that support to do the work for the project was received through the Saskatchewan Heritage Foundation, an organization which “provides grants to individuals, community groups, municipalities and corporations working to preserve our heritage,” as noted on the SHF website, SaskHeritageFoundation.com.

“In 2020 an exterior masonry evaluation of this portion of the Land Titles building was completed,” said Washington, noting the report recommended repairs to prolong the structural integrity and beauty of the building.

“Some of the practices that were done with local repairmen weren’t common to the years of construction,” said Kurt Stechyshyn, Facilities Manager for Recreation and Community Services with the City of Yorkton.

“That’s where this company—specifically Willhelm Masonry—came in,” said Stechyshyn, adding, “some of the

repairs that they do are consistent with the times of the actual construction.”

“They’re doing it old school,” said Stechyshyn, adding, “that’s the privilege of working with these guys.”

“One of the guys that was on site— he’s worked on thousand-year-old buildings in England previous to coming to Canada—so they definitely have the right people within their company to do the job within the municipal scope,” said Stechyshyn.

Stechyshyn said that few companies are in the business of maintaining older structures like the Land Titles building.

“They grind out every single joint... they go through and have a process to refill it all,” said Stechyshyn, adding, “everything that you see that joins block to block or tyndall stone to tyndall stone, or whatever the case may be, that is what they do—they grind it all out.”

“After talking with them and understanding the procedures they do and why they do it then you can have a better realization to it,” said Stechyshyn, adding, “when [the company] does

heritage buildings he’s got guys selected from around the province that he pulls in to come to work for him to do these jobs.”

“Very specific people—and I’m going to say they’re getting harder and harder to find to be able to comply with these old types of practices,” said Stechyshyn.

“Something they’re running into is age—they’ve got a lot of older people working on these jobs—and I guess— truth be told as well—this went out with public tenders, with Sask tenders, with everybody it needed to and we had one company that actually bid on the job, so that tells you that there isn’t many people that are capable of keeping up the practice,” said Stechyshyn.

Stechyshyn said that preserving the upper parts of the buildings aesthetics continues to be a specialized area.

“Some of the struggles may be as we go higher and we start getting into the corners and the finishings...where we’re running into problems and finding people that are actually capable of doing that work,” said Stechyshyn.

“So now we’re starting to look into

areas of this continent—like in Eastern United States where they still preserve a lot of these old building—and that’s where you’re going to see the guys that re-create these metals and the different finishes up on the top end,” said Stechyshyn.

“The only thing they didn’t touch was the upper level because it is 100 per cent rock solid—there was no failure to it whatsoever—which is not shocking but surprising” said Stechyshyn.

“It preserves the heritage and the history of Yorkton—the Land Titles building is one of several land titles buildings in the province and so we get connected to other municipalities that way,” said Washington, adding, “the unique architecture of the time and talking to the people that were working on this—that knowledge they have—it’s intangible heritage right there about how to do the mixing and the work in between because masonry might not necessarily be a trade people want to go into.”

Washington said the building sees plenty of use throughout the year.

“Pre-COVID we had over 250 bookings annually here,” said Washington, adding, “in 2021 we had 145 [bookings].”

Washington estimated there will be 200 bookings by the end of 2022.

“It’s actually one of our most wellused buildings with respect to arts and theatre groups using it meetings, workshops, parties and social gatherings, community programming...religious organizations that use it on Saturdays and Sundays,” said Washington.

“Talk with the people and the public that come here and even the users that are renting the spaces that might come for a wedding—they’re choosing this space,” said Stechyshyn, adding, “that’s where we want to go a little bit further and start talking about the outside of the building so it’s more of an appearance thing—a curb appeal to the public—they can recognize it as an art gallery without reading signage.”

“It’s speaks to sustainability, environmental—keeping these [buildings] have value to the community with respect to the stories, the heritage, but also environmentally,” said Washington.

Beginner band players get some tips

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer

First year band members at Yorkton schools gained some new insights into their instruments at a beginner band camp Saturday.

The camp, held at Yorkdale Central School involved students – mostly Grade 5s – from Good Spirit School Division and Christ the Teacher School Division schools.

Colette Karapita, one of the organizers of the event, explained the camp was really a very basic, introductory one for students – more than 100 -- just entering school band programs.

For example, clinicians were focusing on the core basics such as how to properly open an instrument case, how to properly put an instrument together,

how to clean it, how to make the first sounds from it.

In all classes covering eight different instruments were held.

The new school year is something of a restart for band programs, which were held through COVID, but with numbers of participants down and what they could do limited, said Karapita.

“There were a lot of things we were not allowed to do, but at least we got kids playing together,” she said.

This year it appears things are back to pre-COVID normals.

“They tell us to go normal,” said Karapita.

That said, Karapita added, students are still allowed to mask instruments and take other precautions, if they feel they should, and sanitizer is available.

GSSD staff hold Terry Fox event

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer

The Terry Fox Run was marked by Good Spirit School Division staff Friday.

The staff relay ran from Miller School in Melville to MC Knoll School in Yorkton to celebrate Terry and gain a small appreciation for his sacrifices,” explained Miller principal Chad Lechner.

The run commenced at Miller School in Melville at 8:45 a.m., and proceeding down Highway 10 to Yorkton arriving at MC Knoll around 1:00 p.m..

Staff members from Miller, Melville Comprehensive and MC Knoll were involved in the run.

“The goal of the run was to become role models for our students and create an awareness of what Terry Fox accomplished,” said Lechner.

“As the years pass – 42

-- we must hang on to all that Terry did.”

While fund-raising

was a by-product of this endeavor it is not the primary goal, he added.

Running for a good cause

The Bernie’s Journey fundraiser was held Saturday. Brayden Ottenbreit Close Cuts for Cancer and The Health Foundation partnered to host the run which departed from the Yorkton Fire Hall early Saturday morning. A sunny morning weather-wise allowed a number of participants to join Bernie Wlock in a 5K/10K walk/run in honour of his own battle with cancer. Wlock is an avid local volunteer who participates in the Pacer’s Running

Club and is also the Race Director of the Health Foundation’s Charity Road Race. Proceeds from registration, pledges and the pancake/ sausage breakfast go to the Brayden Ottenbreit Close Cuts for Cancer Local Cancer Initiatives Program through The Health Foundation. A special shout out went to the Yorkton Firefighters who cooked up the pancakes and sausages following the event.

Kurt Stechyshyn and Lisa Washington pictured here in front of the Land Titles Building.

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Young trombone players get some hands on training.

Staff Photo by Calvin Daniels

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Lions Wine Festival popular as ever

By YTW Staff

The Yorkton Lions 19th Wine Spirits and Beer Tasting Festival took place on the evening of Sept. 17, at the Flexihall in the Gallagher Centre. This was the first Wine Spirits and Beer Tasting

Festival to be held since 2019 due to the ongoing nature of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“There was 23 vendors, 28 tables, plus five restaurants,” said Don Reed, Chairman of the festival and acting President of the Yorkton Lions Club.

Reed said the organization estimates 700-800 people attended the event.

“Big thank you to everybody,” said Reed, adding, “thank you to the vendors, thank you to the people that attended moreso than anything else, and thank you to the sponsors.”

Parkland College partners with YTC for wastewater operator course

YORKTON–Water and wastewater operators play an integral role in the maintenance of a clean water supply supporting the health and well-being of our communities.

Parkland College is partnering with Yorkton Tribal Council and three of their departments (Labour Force Development, Pre-Employments Supports and Technical Services) along with Indigenous Services Canada to deliver a program called ‘Intro to Water Operators’ that will provide strong foundational training in the water and wastewater disciplines.

The program is designed for those who are new to the field of study or those who are already working in the field but who want to upgrade or fulfill their continuing education requirements. This training is made possible through a unique teaching partnership formed between Parkland College and ATAP

Infrastructure Management Ltd.

This 19-week program combines weekly online training with ATAP in students’ communities along with weekly classroom training focusing on math and essential skills in Yorkton. This course is divided into eight units and includes presentations, assignments, handouts, and quizzes. Included is two weeks of work placement where the students receive on-the-job training in the field.

Communities involved are Kahkewistahaw First Nation, Ocean Man First Nation, Key First Nation, Cote First Nation, Keeseekoose First Nation, Cowessess First Nation, Zagime Anishinabek First Nation and Ochapowace First Nation. “By providing the right tools and direction, we can build a prosperous and self-sufficient future for our Indigenous Peoples,” comments Frank Keshane, Director of Adult Education and PES Advisor, YTC.

Close Cuts donation

Yorkton Hyundai recently wrapped up its 2022 Close Cuts Bucks Campaign with an official cheque presentation to Greg & Leone Ottenbreit from Brayden Ottenbreit Close Cuts for Cancer. The donation was for $12,200. All funds raised by Ron Kaban and his staff were designated to a cancer-related initiative undertaken by The Health Foundation through the local

Cancer Initiatives Program. In addition, the draws were made for raffle which included a tailgate bench donated by Yorkton Hyundai and made by Gerry Vandane, a wooden ride-on airplane (a replica of one that Brayden had) donated and made by Gerry Vandane and a framed wolf paper tole created and donated by Mary Butts and Frameworks Yorkton.

THANK YOU to our committed newspaper carriers!

On this occasion we extend our thanks to the people who distribute the print edition of our newspaper to the community.

We appreciate the role you play in providing a trusted news source to our region.

With a kind word or brief note, let your carrier know you’re grateful for their service.

Event held at Gallagher Centre Sept. 17.

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‘Intro to Water Operators’ program being offered through Parkland College.

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Could niche crop interest return

It is interesting how certain random occurrences create thoughts of a much larger scale.

For example, I was recently reading Gardener’s Notebook by Debbie Hayward, and she made reference to borage.

While Hayward was referring to borage in terms of a garden, my mind jumped back several years to when there was talk in the farm sector in Saskatchewan that it could become an important niche crop since the plant is also commercially cultivated for borage seed oil extracted from its seeds.

Borage seed oil has one of the highest amounts of -linolenic

acid (GLA) of seed oil, and in herbal medicine has a long list of applications.

The crop never quite achieved the level of production one might have expected from the ‘hype’ at the time, although to be fair there were a long list of crops that were thought to become important crops as the sector looked to diversify.

Of course the general concept of crop diversification faded as prices for familiar cereal and oilseed crops jumped. Why take risks with a new crop if the value of wheat and canola penciled out as profitable more years than not?

And, in the case of

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canola, there was a level of diversification within the crop with identity preserved varieties offering farmers some added premiums for production.

In the process interest in crops such as borage, lupins, caraway, coriander, fenugreek, hemp, seabuckthorn and many others simply

disappeared for most.

Niche crops of course are also a greater risk, with limited markets, and almost non-locally.

And, because the markets are limited it takes only moderate swings upwards in production to see prices decline.

That does not mean the crops are no longer

grown, but broad interest has certainly quieted.

It’s not a crop-only phenomenon either.

With the Grain Millers Harvest Showdown on the not so distant horizon in Yorkton it is easy to recall llamas were once a highlight of the event with large shows taking centre stage.

The llama was going to be an important farm animal. It was a shortlived story though, as was the case with red wattle hogs, ostrich, Vietnamese pot-bellied pigs, emus, meat rabbits, fallow deer and again the list goes on.

Of course on the livestock side even

normal hogs were supposed to explode with access to cheap feed, a waiting workforce, and land that would benefit from the manure as a fertilizer. It happened for a time, but as job numbers climbed creating staffing issues, and cereal process jumped tightening potential margins, even the prospects for the pig sector dimmed.

Today, the idea of diversifying too far from the well known and understood is far less considered, but one suggests one-day oilseed and cereal process may well slump, and suddenly borage or coriander or even emus might look good again.

Weather has slowed harvest progress

Many producers experienced cool, damp weather this past week which halted or slowed their harvest operations until conditions improved.

Other producers that were able to continue either finished their harvest or are very close to doing so.

Harvest progress for the province is at 73 per cent, up from 64 per cent last week and ahead of the five-year (2017-2021) average of 68 per cent.

An additional 18 per cent of the crop is ready to be swathed or straightcut.

East-Central Saskatchewan:

• Crop District 5 –Melville, Yorkton, Cupar, Kamsack, Foam Lake, Preeceville and Kelvington areas

• Crop District 6A –Lumsden, Craik, Watrous and Clavet areas

Harvest progress was limited across the region last week as frequent showers and cool, damp weather prevented many producers from getting out into their fields.

Harvest progress now sits at 52 per cent, up from 46 per cent last week but still behind the five-year average of 60 per cent.

The weather must improve quickly to allow producers to continue their harvesting activities.

Much of the grain coming off is very tough and damp and must be dried down before it can be safely stored.

Many producers in Crop District 6A have completed their harvest and have moved onto other field activities.

There were several showers that passed through the region over the last week, some areas only got one to five mm, while others received quite a bit more.

The Pelly area received 44 mm, the Foam Lake area 24 mm, the Elfros and Semans area 18 mm and the Lipton area 13 mm.

Cropland topsoil moisture is rated as one per cent surplus, 53 per cent adequate, 37 per cent short and nine per cent very short.

Hay and pasture land topsoil moisture is rated

as one per cent surplus, 43 per cent adequate, 46 per cent short and eleven per cent very short.

Pasture conditions are rated as seven per cent excellent, 29 per cent good, 41 per cent fair, 20 per cent poor and four per cent very poor. Pastures greatly benefited from early season rains which allowed them to carry cattle all season long with minimal grass and water availability concerns.

The majority of crop damage this past week was due to wind, light frost and waterfowl.

The rainfall received this past week will hopefully not have a large effect on grain quality as it could lead to leaching of standing or swathed cereal crops.

Producers are busy combining, swathing, drying grain and moving cattle

Provincially Harvest is most advanced in the south-

west region, where 96 per cent of the crop is now combined. The westcentral region has 89 per cent combined and the southeast 65 per cent. The northwest region has 63 per cent combined, the northeast 58 per cent and the east-central 52 per cent.

Ninety-seven per cent of lentils and field peas, 94 per cent of durum, 78 per cent of barley, 77 per cent of spring wheat, 52 per cent of canola and 35 per cent of flax has now been combined. An additional 36 per cent of canola is swathed or ready to straight-cut.

Precipitation was generally welcomed after several weeks of dry weather. Concerns about field and equipment fires have eased and there is hope that the rain will be enough in some areas to allow pastures a little regrowth.

The Pelly area received 44 mm, the Melfort and Moosomin areas 30 mm, the Lipton area 13 mm,

the Rosetown area nine mm and the Vanguard area four mm.

Provincial cropland topsoil moisture is rated as one per cent surplus, 37 per cent adequate, 40 per cent short and 21 per cent very short. Hay and pasture land topsoil moisture is rated as one per cent surplus, 28 per cent adequate, 42 per

cent short and 29 per cent very short. These conditions have declined across the province due to strong winds and a lack of rain.

Pasture conditions are rated as four per cent excellent, 23 per cent good, 31 per cent fair, 25 per cent poor and 17 per cent very poor. Conditions vary across

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the province, with the southeast, east-central and northeast regions in good to excellent condition due to rainfall in the spring and throughout the summer that helped maintain pasture grass.

The majority of crop damage this week was due to wind, waterfowl, wildlife and lack of moisture. There were several reports of hard frosts across the province but producers say damage is low due to crops being so well advanced. The recent rain will likely cause some minor downgrading to standing or swathed cereal crops due to bleaching.

Producers are busy wrapping up harvest, hauling bales, moving cattle home or to market, hauling water and engaged in post-harvest field activities such as herbicide application.

A complete, printable version of the Crop Report is available online at https://www.saskatchewan.ca/crop-report.

Follow the 2022 Crop Report on Twitter at @ SKAgriculture.

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The Summit Series remembered after 50 years

Today marks the 50th anniversary of Paul Henderson’s historic goal to give Team Canada the edge in the 1972 Summit Series over Russia.

The entire series created a lasting memory for a nation, with many recalling it as the greatest sports moment in Canadian history. So here, a few local fans and a couple of added ‘friends’ who were old enough in 1972 to remember the series look back with their memories.

Randy Atkinson, local radio broadcaster

I could Google the Summit Series and a ga-billion sites would pop up. But since there was no social media in 1972 - I’ll go by memory. I had just graduated from the YRHS that summer. Everyone knew the Summit Series was coming. But, no one knew what that meant. The Russians consistently won the World Championships and Olympics. They were considered amateurs - so we could never have our very best pros play them - until the Summit Series.

Getting informationwasn’t like it is today - TV (2 channels), radio and newspaper. They called it Team Canada - but as a Bobby Hull fan since 1961, I was choked when they left him off the team.

Hull had just finished 3rd in scoring - but had signed with the Winnipeg Jets of the WHL - the pol-

itics of sports. And Bobby Orr - his Bruins won the Stanley Cup that yearmissed the entire series - it was the beginning of serious knee problems for him. Two real difference-makers though - Hull & Orr. Most were unsure what to make of this. NHL’ers should clobber these guys - shouldn’t they? But, the likes of Ken Dryden, Frank Mahovolich and Dave King (and some others), all said these guys are really good. We’ll seeand we did. We scored in the 1st minute of game 1 - and then to quote Vince Lombardi - “WHAT THE HELL’S GOING ON OUT HERE? With the Canadian portion of the series done - it’s 1 win, 2 losses and a tie. And we were introduced to Yakashev, Kharlmov and this 20-year-old goalieVladislav Tretiak - playing brilliantly! Now to Russia and - lose the first one - need the last 3!! I think most of us were stunned. At times it had also been a very vicious and dirty series. Bobby Clarke’s two hander on Kharlamov would have gotten him a big time suspension today. JP Parise, angry over the barrage of Canadian penalties, skated by the officials with his stick poised to swing at someone’s head. But, the Canadians had been taking a lot of slashes and high sticks from the Russians toothey didn’t play physical. And there was no getting back at these guys - “I’ll wait until we play them again” - there was no again - no Russians

were in the NHL. Then I think Canadian players began to put all the other crap behind them - we can’t go out like this - let’s play hockey. Win game 6 & game 7 - WOW - still in it.!! Paul Henderson gets the game winner in both games. Paul Henderson!! Wasn’t even sure he was good enough to make the team. I’m sure those that can remember that far back (50 years) - for us Canadians - we know where we watched the game and who we were with. Then, complete agony and anguish when we trailed by 2 going into the 3rd. Really!!

Battle all the way back, and then fall short. But I believe this is also the beginning of our ability to raise our game by playing with emotionnever quit - work harder - will yourself to greatness. Third period - we tie the game - then, with less than a minute to go, Phil Esposito takes a desperate swipe at the puck and it gets through to Henderson (who had fallen behind the play).

First shot - Tretiak save - rebound - shot - HE SCORES!! Paul “Freakin”

Henderson again - an instant Canadian hero!!

Absolute bedlam where I was - and across Canada. A comeback for the ages. It wasn’t Canada’s best team - or the best Canada-Russia series or games. But this was the first - and there’s never another first! To have been able to watch it - and think back - you reflect on a real exciting and lasting memory.

Gord Brewerton, Vice-President and Group Publisher Prairie Newspaper Group

On September 28th, 1972, I was a fresh-faced 11 year-old attending Beaconsfield High School, in Montreal, Quebec.

Classes were cancelled that day, and televisions were wheeled in to the school auditorium and cafeteria so that we, students and teachers alike, could cheer on Team Canada. Being from Montreal, I was a Habs fan through and through, and Toronto was our despised rival. Despite the hatred that my friends and I held for the enemy just six hours east on the 401, We all became Leafs fans that day, albeit for just a few short days.

Reflecting on it now, I realize that my pride in Canada, and being Canadian reached its zenith that day.

Henderson succeeded in uniting the country in a way never experienced before.

In spite of language issues, politics, and regional differences, we cheered together as a united nation that day.

Today, Canada needs another hero like Henderson.

Ken Chyz: Yorkton Councillor

the game and the series went on my thoughts certainly changed.

In the fall of 1972 I was working in Hay River Northwest Territories. I made a point to watch every game. It is still one of the most exciting sports events I have ever watched. When the goal was scored, the people I was with and the house I was at went absolutely nuts.

Calvin Daniels, Editor, Yorkton This Week

As you are aware, I am a die hard Blue Jays fan. I remember exactly where I was in 1992 and 1993 when the Jays won the World Series.

I also know exactly where I was when Paul Henderson scored the winning goal in 1972.

When the series started and Canada came out flying and scored a quick goal, I thought the series was going to be a blowout for Canada. Obviously as

It is a touch mindbending to just realize the famed ’72 Summit Series happened five decades ago.

That’s a half century, and that seems like such a big chunk of time. It was 12, an age I can’t say I remember with a great deal of specific clarity, but the ‘series’ is a sharp memory.

To be fair the highlights have been on television through past anniversary coverage and documentaries, so that perhaps has kept the memory sharper than most from 1972, but let’s face it, as a kid growing up in Saskatchewan at the time it was a two channel TV world and hockey was a huge part of viewing.

Hockey Night In Canada was a Saturday night treat watching with dad, and like youngsters across the nation I loved the show.

I collected hockey cards, and Esso hockey stamps, and shot an orange ball against the barn dreaming I was in the NHL.

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I wasn’t aware of the politics behind the series, wouldn’t have understood the clash of east versus west ideologies, but I knew Canada was the best at hockey and we’d win all eight games.

I suppose I learned the real gut wrenching pain of defeat as the Russian team surprised a nation in the opening games.

And, I learned what a hero was as Paul Henderson, a workman like player in the NHL, rose to carry a nation on his back in Moscow.

When he scored ‘the goal’ to win game eight on Sept. 28, 1972, I was in class at the Centennial Junior High School in Tisdale – shop class I recall. Of course it wasn’t a day for Mr. Bourne to teach us the difference between a drill press and a press drill. It was a class sitting in front of a TV amid the apparatus of a shop, lathes, and drills and drafting tables, watching what would become the biggest sports moment I have ever watched.

Since then there have been other moments, a Canadian Olympic gold, the first in 50 years from Salt Lake City in 2002, the 1989 Grey Cup – regarded as the greatest Grey Cup game ever played – when Ridgway booted a 35-yard field goal with nine

seconds left for a 43-40 Saskatchewan victory over the Hamilton TigerCats at the Sky Dome in Toronto, the Blue Jays first World Series win in 1992, the Raptors win in 2019, but none have quite had the raw emotion and lasting hair raised on the back of my neck memory as Henderson’s goal.

We celebrated as a nation in 1972, and for those of us of a certain ago we still remember it keenly.

Randy Goulden, Yorkton Councillor

this was a battle on and off the ice.

The first game, 7 – 3 loss at the Montreal Forum. Indeed, a devastating hit to the country.

Even having the team being booed.

Hearing Phil Esposito pleading for understanding.

This series was a battle between the best ever goalies, Tretiak and Dryden.

Many years later my husband Rex had a long conversation with Ken Dryden (when at the Yorkton Film Festival as an award winning filmmaker) about the series. They talked about the strength of the USSR team, the incredible pressure on the Canadian players, Bobby Clark’s slash knocking Kharlmov out of the series in Game 6, and the series being the catalyst for an exciting new era of International hockey.

I can still remember the battle for hockey supremacy very well. As a teenager, I thought “How dare the Russians think they were better than we Canadians at OUR game”? It was our game and I held hockey as “definitive” Canada.

Although, when I think back now, the resolution was so poor, we still thought it was incredible to see hockey in color because prior to that my family had only a cheap 20” B&W. Although, it was so great to sit and watch hockey together, we boys only spoke hockey and commented about the game as our hearts and passion for the game raced. I will never forget trailing the Russians in that game and wondering “how could we?” but deep down, just knew this was not the way it would end!

ing room together.

Curt Keilback, former sports director for CJGX radio, and NHL play-byplay broadcaster.

1972! Where were you when Paul Henderson scored the winning Goal?

Coming at 34-seconds remaining in game 8, the time Canadians came together in a moment of joy; my husband for the pure sport, me watching a landmark achievement of the cold war diplomacy.

With the polarization of nuclear power, and the political systems, Communist East Bloc and the Democratic West,

And it kick-started a worldwide reshaping of hockey.

During that series our work stopped, school stopped, differences of cultures, language and regions stopped. We gathered as Canadians to share a moment of joy.

Where was I September 28, 1972, along with 16 million Canadians – sharing this with Rex, our children in our living room on Betts Avenue!

My father was always at work trying to support our struggling family & had little opportunity for relaxation, but it seemed he made time to be very glued to this first ever series. It was quality time with my father to sit down and be so involved with my best friend watching beloved hockey. My older brother also used the opportunity to be so engaged with us & the series. I remember vividly how we all sat in our living room glued to a 20” colour Zenith television that we had bought from John Wytrykysh at the Eaton’s store only months ago.

Activities to do this fall

With its vibrant leaves and fresh air, autumn offers numerous activity options. Here are four you may enjoy.

1. Create a garden Certain plants like daffodils and tulips must be planted in the fall for beautiful spring blooms. If you don’t have any outdoor garden space, use pots instead.

2. Go walking

Take a stroll in your area or on a trail in the woods. Breathe in the refreshing air and admire the flora and fauna in your natural surroundings. Make it more festive by com-

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bining your walk with apple or gourd picking.

3. Develop your crafty side

Cloudy and dreary

An old man went to the Doctor complaining that his wife could barely hear. The Doctor suggested a test to find out the extent of the problem. “Stand far behind her and ask her a question, and then slowly move up and see how far away you are when she first responds.” The old man excited to finally be working on a solution for the problem, runs home and sees his wife preparing supper. ” Honey” the man asks standing around 20 feet away “whats for supper?” After receiving no response he tried it again 15 feet away, and again no response. Then again at 10 feet away and again no response. Finally he was 5 feet away “honey whats for supper?” She replies “For the fourth time it’s lasagna!”

days are perfect for crafty activities like knitting or sewing. Make something new for yourself or take extra pleasure in making a gift for a loved one.

4. Take a class

Register for an online or in person course to learn a new skill, such as cooking, computers or a second language. Many options are available free of charge or at a reduced rate for seniors.

When Paul Henderson put that puck into the Russian net, we boys all jumped off the couch and yelled with all the testosterone we had! Jumping up and down, we hugged each other. Immediately, we started analyzing & re-playing the goal & just how we showed our competitors that we were the best!

This series I watched with my father is forever cemented in my memory as a milestone in the bond I had with him. I can still see us in that liv-

When Henderson scored the winning goal I jumped out of my chair and my head hit the ceiling. It was an incredible moment! Impromptu parties broke out everywhere.

I wound up at the Regina Curling Club and had a great time partying with people I had never met. Later that night I had to do a sportscast on CKCK television. There was only one thing to talk about: the goal, the game, and the series. Nothing else mattered.

It may have been the only time a Regina sportscaster went 10 minutes in September without mentioning the Roughriders once.

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Mitch Hippsley, Yorkton Mayor

National Day FOR TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION September

2022

Why you should wear orange on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

remind Canadians about the dark history of re sidential schools, honour the victims and celebrate the survivors.

The day is also known as Orange Shirt Day. Here’s why.

Why wear orange Orange Shirt Day was inspired by the experi-

ence of residential school survivor Phyllis Webstad, whose grandmother bought her an orange shirt when she was six years old. She proudly wore the shirt on her first day attending residential school.

However, when Phyllis arrived, school officials took her shirt away from her and cut her hair. She never saw her orange shirt again. Webstad says orange reminds her that her feelings didn’t matter while attending the school and that no one cared.

A dark legacy Webstad is one of 150,000 First Nations, Métis and Inuit children ripped from their families and communities and forced to attend residential schools between the late 1800s and 1996. The Canadian government and the Catholic Church ran the schools designed to strip the children of their language and culture. It’s estimated that between four and six thousand children died due to the schools’ rampant abuse and poor living conditions.

Orange is the colour of hope

Many residential school survivors are still coping with the trauma they experienced as children.

Wearing orange recogni zes the resilience and strength of those who survived while paying tribute to those who didn’t.

Wear orange this National Truth and Reconciliation Day to show that every child matters, that their feelings count and that someone cares.

The Raider Gridder juggernaut continues to rumble down the gridiron

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer

The Yorkton Regional High School’s senior football team continued its winning ways Saturday.

This time it was the Swift Current Colts who rolled into the city and left after a thorough trouncing by the Raider Gridders.

The scoring in the game was nicely split for Yorkton, 27 coming in the opening half and 17 in the final 30-minutes for their 44 points.

Oh yes, on defence the Raider Gridders remained stingy, shutting out Swift Current. To-date this season Yorkton has allowed only 10 points against, with three shut-

outs in four outings.

The Raider Gridder run game was rolling in the game, with 122 yards in the first half with runs from five different ball carriers, then adding a combined 62 yards in the second half for a total of 184 in the game.

The game was also notable as Raider Gridder coach Jason Boyda was tossed from the game after officials deemed his complaints of a hit to his quarterback was a little too boisterous.

The Swift Current player who had been the target of Boyda’s ire would eventually be ejected too after picking up a third objectionable penalty.

Also before the contest started members of the 1964 Yorkton Collegiate Institute Gridders team in the city for the team’s induction into the Yorkton Sports Hall of Fame were recognized.

The ’64 Gridders went undefeated on their way to the Saskatchewan High School Athletic Association 8-man football championship.

“Although the team won the first ever 8-man high school champion-

ship in 1961 when there were 25 teams competing for the title, it was in 1964 when 43 teams competed for the title that the Gridders had their most successful season,” detailed the HoF induction book.

“The team, made up of 14 veterans and 13 rookies, went undefeated. They easily defeated their opposition at the local league level, as well as during regional and provincial playoffs. In the provincial semi-finals, Yorkton defeated Broadview while Gull Lake defeated Lloydminster. The Gridders went on to defeat Gull Lake in the finals 30-0 and were awarded the Garvie trophy, emblematic of 8-man football supremacy in Saskatchewan.”

The current Raider Gridders head on the road for their next game, taking on Albert E. Peacock Collegiate in Moose Jaw, Saturday, Oct. 2.

Atom Gridders win regular season finale

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer

It was a perfect conclusion to the last day of summer - an Atom Gridder victory in their last home game of the season.

The Gridders’ offence was explosive for all four quarters in their victory over the visiting Regina Cardinals, and with the 40-20 win, the local Atoms wrap up their regular season with a 4-3 record.

“Our O line created gaping holes for our run game,” reported Mark Schendel, Yorkton’s Atom head coach. “I always

say they (Offensive Line) are the heartbeat of the offence. It always starts up front.”

The Gridders offence gashed the Cardinal defence for numerous big chunk plays. Kelson Hawreluik (three touchdowns) and Carter Britton (two touchdowns) led the running attack. Preston Tratch and Adarius SchigolPeterson also had scores for the Gridders.

“Pick your poison. Both Kelson and Carter have tremendous speed and outstanding vision. They are a nightmare for opposing defences,” sug-

gested Schendel.

Schendel would also note that it was a complete team effort on Wednesday.

“Our D made some key stops just when the Cardinals were trying to swing the momentum,” he said.

Schendel also credited his defensive coaches.

“Cam Barton and Jesse Nielsen always do a great job of in-game adjustments,” said the head coach.

The Gridders defence would bend, but not break, especially in the second half.

Summit Series remembered in book

The 50th anniversary of an event only comes around once, and when it is arguably marking the greatest sports event in a country’s history, scribes are likely to take the opportunity to chronicle the history in book form.

And so it has been this year in Canada as the ’72 Summit Series between this country and Russia in Hockey marks the anniversary.

A number of books have been released on the series, a couple previously written of here; Ice War Diplomat by Gary Smith and 1972: The Series That Changed Hockey Forever by Scott Morrison, and now we look at a third title on the subject.

The Greatest Comeback: How Team Canada Fought Back, Took the Summit Series, and Reinvented Hockey is John U. Bacon’s contribution to looking back at the fabled series.

Of course this was a story that was never suppose to have the drama it turned out to have, as Bacon noted in his introduction.

“Team Canada opened the Summit Series as one of the most heavily favoured teams not merely in the history of hockey, but in the history of sports.

“Just about every Canadian fan, journalist, player and coach expected the greatest hockey team ever assembled to crush its untested opponents, eight games to zero. Team Canada’s

leaders were so certain of victory that they invited 35 players, two full teams’ worth, to their training camp in Toronto, and promised all of them that they would get into at least one game.

Anticipating little competition from the Soviets, they figured they could use the older players for the first four games in Canada, then let the younger players mop up the last four games in Moscow.

“But that, of course, is not how it went,” he wrote.

So when Bacon was approached to write the new book it was too good an opportunity to pass up.

“It was the last chance to tell the story fresh,” he said.

It was the access to players that Bacon said gives his book fresh insights.

“The value of my book is they asked me to do it,” he said, adding that allowed him to interview the likes of Bobby Clarke and Phil Esposito and others, mining their memories for fresh insights into the series.

Of course with such access Bacon said he keenly felt a responsibility to tell the story well on behalf of the players.

Still, is Bacon surprised the series still draws the level of interest that it does?

“At the time it happened we knew it became a much bigger thing that we expected,” he said.

For those who might not know about the series; “The Summit Series took place in September 1972, when Cold War tensions could not have been higher,” details the publisher’s page at www.harpercollins.ca. “But that was the whole point of setting up this unprecedented hockey series. Team Canada, featuring the country’s best players—all NHL stars, half of them future Hall of Famers—would play an eight-game series, with four games played across Canada followed by four in Moscow. Team Canada was expected to crush their untried opponents eight games to zero, with backups playing the last four games.

“But five games into the series, they had mustered only one win against a tie and three stunning losses. With just three games left, Team Canada had to win all three in Moscow—all while overcoming the years of animosity and mistrust for one another fostered during the Original Six era. They would also have to overcome the ridiculous Russian refereeing

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that resulted in stickswinging fights involving the players, a Canadian agent and Soviet soldiers; surmount every obstacle the Soviets and even the KGB could throw at the players and their wives; invent a hybrid style of play combining the best of East and West, one that would change the sport more than any other factor before or since; and win all three games in the last minute.

The series resonated across the nation.

When Paul Henderson scored in the last minutes of game eight to salvage a series win for Canada, a hero was born, a nation cheered, and history was assured.

“Foster Hewitt made the call: “Henderson had scored for Canada!”,” wrote Bacon.

“Not just “scores,” or even “scores for Team Canada.” But for Canada, the country, and all its native sons and daughters. And they were all watching. When Gretzky and Messier constantly refer to Team Canada as “we,” though they were just 11-year-old kids watching, that tells you

what the team meant to the country. By Game Eight, Team Canada was the country.”

Bacon said players understood the importance even more when they flew back to Canada after the historic series and found out “the whole country had shut down” watching the pivotal games from Moscow.

And, 50 years later, Bacon said he sort of expected a lot of attention to the anniversary, including the many books.

That said, the interest from younger people was less anticipated.

“I’m surprised . . . by people in their 30s – their parents hadn’t met yet (in 1972) –who are interested,” he said, adding it is further testament to just how unique the series really was.

“It was the most unifying moment is Canadian history,” offered Bacon.

Yes, there was confederation itself, but that was a slow process over many years, and the two world wars, but those where a shared experience with Canada’s allies, so the Summit Series stands out.

“This is Canada’s alone,” said Bacon, adding for eight nights in 1972 every Canadian was aware of the series.

“. . . It brought Canada together more than anything before, or since . .

. Name another moment when every Canadian knew exactly where they were. It was bigger than

hockey – no question.”

Of course it was also about the game, the one Canada has always held dearest too.

“Canada is the only country where the top sports, one, two and three are ice hockey,” noted Bacon.

While Canadians are naturally humble in most things, that changes when dealing with hockey. Bacon said we are prideful when it comes to our beloved sport, and that showed in 1972 as the series played out, and still shows with the interest remaining in the series 50-years later.

Mark Messier noted the pride in his foreword to the book, and it seems a fitting excerpt to end with.

“The whole thing was just an incredible display of pride and grit and determination. Not only to come back again and again and again, but to finish the job the way they did. The Canadian pride was in full bloom.

I had uncles who were in the air force, and we’d all heard stories about World War II. I know this wasn’t war, but this was as close as we would get. To see it live, to feel it, to see your heroes, and this incredible effort fighting for Canadian pride – an unapologetic pride, so rare for us – we will never forget it. This was the first time kids my age really felt the full magnitude of Canadian pride,” he wrote.

The Atom Gridders will wrap up their sea-

son on Sunday with a Bowl Game in Regina. The bowl game pairings will be based on the final standings for the 11-team league.

The Yorkton Atom Gridders wound up their regular season with a win.

The Yorkton Raider Gridders ran over Swift Current Saturday.

Autumn brings glory and opportunity

A chilly breeze licks my legs, bare in the morning sun. My favourite season has arrived. The season of golden glory. Of harvest. Of gratitude. Of farmers and big machines working late in surrounding fields. Of evening fires, hot dog roasts and hot chocolate. It’s the season of reaping. Of finishing up and finishing well.

Last Sunday afternoon, Tabatha, Cash and I took a long walk down nearby country trails. As always in autumn, every leaf seemed a flower and against the azure sky, every cloud a cauliflower. The air felt as crisp and sweet as the apples our friend

Roger had given us that morning at church. Grasshoppers vaulted across our paths and chickadees called “cheeeese-burger, burger, burger,” over and over. Long grasses whispered to saplings, thickly sprung in the year or so since a wildfire razed the area; evidence of the astounding power of nature to heal.)

Everywhere I look in autumn, I see glory. Glory in the skies. Glory in the fields. Glory in every twirling leaf. Glory in the glow of sunset reflecting on the faces of those sharing it with me. Glory, glory, glory. God’s glory, shining all around.

Autumn brings

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another glorious thing— opportunity. Here in the prairies, we know what follows—a ferocious, biting winter. We also know we must use this time to prepare.

The Preacher and Benjamin are working overtime to finish the tiny summer cottage/winter storage shed tucked between

the barn shed and the fence. They will make it tight, seal it well against snow and scurrying creatures. When I walk the back alley, I see our neighbours digging carrots and potatoes and wrapping bushes in burlap. They’re also covering boats with tarps. Putting away summer things. Putting up

Christmas lights. Some are fixing fences and raking leaves. Together we are preparing for the burden of killing frosts and snow three miles deep (or so it feels). I have a goal of my own— making space in the garage for a car.

Whether winter, spring, summer or fall, each season is a beautiful gift that reflects its giver. “Every good and perfect gift comes from above,” scripture tells us, “coming down from the Father of lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.” (James 1:17) When our world, personal or global, feels suddenly to tilt off its comfortable axis, how refreshing to

The Queen remembered

The world lost a great monarch and statewoman with the passing of Queen Elizabeth II.

I always thought she was a wonderful lady, a shining example of unwavering dedication, loyalty and service to her country. When she was just a young woman of 21, she made that famous speech on her birthday saying “This is a happy day for me; but it is also one that brings serious thoughts, thoughts of life looming ahead with all its challenges and with all its opportunity…I declare before you all that my whole life whether it be long or short shall be devoted to your service…” and her steps never faltered from this promise. At the tender age of 25 years old, she became Queen after the death of her beloved father, King George VI, in 1952. What a responsibility for someone so young!

I was one of the millions who watched the various services of goodbye to the Queen, and

one thing I took special interest in was the use of flowers as part of her farewell. After decades of receiving all kind of bouquets in her royal career, bouquets that ranged from formal exotic blooms to squashed and slightly broken clusters of flowers, clutched in the little eager hands of her youngest subjects, but given to her with love, it was interesting to see what flowers would grace the Queen’s final farewells.

A beautiful wreath was on top of her casket as the Queen left Scotland for the last time. It was subdued, elegantly done with white flowers, and I read that the flowers were gathered by her staff from the Balmoral gardens. During the many commentaries about the Queen in the days leading up to her funeral, one that I heard said that while the Queen was at Windsor in the last two years during covid, her staff picked flowers

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from the gardens there every Friday to make the bouquets of flowers that she loved so much.

Then at her funeral, the floral wreath atop her casket was a bright and beautiful wreath, in pink, burgundy and golden flowers that included roses, myrtle, scented geraniums, dahlias, hydrangea, scabiosa, and of course, rosemary.

If you remember, gardeners, in the language of flowers, rosemary is the plant of “remembrance”, and sprigs of fragrant rosemary were in between all those other beautiful flowers.

And an interesting note, in the first speech that Charles gave as king,

there was a framed picture of the Queen, and a vase of flowers on his desk, and I read that the vase contained rosemary and sweet peas, one of her favorite flowers.

Then there was the astonishing sight of drifts and drifts of bouquets at Green Park near Buckingham Palace… touching floral tributes from thousands, speaking volumes in the language of flowers of the love and respect they felt towards the Queen. And on that final ride to the Queen’s committal service, the route and the hearse was rained with more bouquets, and many roses, many red, the floral message of “love”.

I have read on many occasions that the Queen greatly enjoyed her gardens and took great pleasure in spending time in them. We can imagine how she delighted in seeing the first blooms of spring, smelling the fragrances of her favorite flowers….and we can wonder whether she found comfort and solace in the peace of the garden during times of worry or

remember that God is changeless. His Word promises that nature’s seasons will keep coming (and keep passing) as long as earth exists. And that no matter the season, we can count on his faithfulness through each one.

My life and age parallel this glorious season. I ponder how best to prepare for the winter of life and its certain end. Long ago, I resolved to make following Christ my highest life goal. But here and now, what must I finish? What can I intentionally leave in the hearts and minds of those who know me? I have this opportunity to prepare—I pray to use it well.

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She was a beautiful English Rose; rest in peace, Queen Elizabeth, after a life well-lived. You will be greatly missed.

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GIBSON - Mr. William ‘Bill’ Gibson passed away peacefully in his sleep, with his devoted wife, Merla by his side, at the Red Deer Hospice, on Saturday, September 10, 2022 at the age of 85 years. He was the son of his late parents, David and Hazel Gibson of Tonkin and Yorkton, SK. He grew up on their family farm near Tonkin, attended the Armstrong country school and graduated from the Yorkton Collegiate Institute. He met and married the love of his life, Merla Gibson (nee Holland), while both attending the University of Saskatchewan to pursue Education Degrees and started their career journey as teachers in the Saskatchewan education system. Bill’s first teaching position was at Uranium City High School with the rest of his career at the Yorkton Regional High School for thirty-three years; starting as a High School Biology teacher, moving to a guidance counselor and finally as Vice Principal. The youngest of his family, Bill was always involved in sports, participating in softball in his younger years, golf and curling throughout his life, and later as an organizer in several sporting activities. He served as President of the Saskatchewan Curling Association in 1988 and received honorary membership in 1989. He also received a life membership in the Yorkton Curling Association and was inducted into the Yorkton Sports Hall of Fame as a Curling and Golf Builder, in 1996. When Bill and Merla relocated to Alberta in 1998 to be closer to their grandchildren, Bill continued participating and organizing with the Retired Teachers Golf Group at River Bend Golf Club and with Senior Curling at the Red Deer Curling Club. Having chaired the Red Deer Committee that hosted the World Horseshoe Tournament in 2002, he was granted the Volunteer of the Year Award by the Alberta Horseshoe Pitchers Association. In 2004, Bill created the unique “Six in One” curling bonspiel format which has made the Red Deer Senior Bonspiel a great success since its implementation. Bill was active in the communities in which he lived. Belonging to the United Church of Canada all his life, he was part of the Westview United Church in Yorkton and the Sunnybrook United Church in Red Deer. He also served as President of the Condominium Board at Pine Point Place residence in Red Deer for fifteen years; and was an active member of the Red Deer Kiwanis club helping organize their annual golf tournament at Sylvan Lake, a fundraiser for projects benefitting the youth and seniors of Red Deer. Bill was a proud, devoted, and much-loved husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, teacher, community leader, and friend to many. As a family, Bill and Merla enjoyed several activities including, golf, curling, skiing, camping, travelling, and several family reunions. While Bill’s accomplishments were many, it was his ability to influence and inspire others and his friendly nature and positive attitude that will be his most lasting legacy. He will be deeply missed by his family and friends. He will be lovingly remembered by his wife, Merla of sixty-four years; his son, Brock (Sandra), his granddaughters, Krista, Morgan, and Stacey; his son, Gray (Jocelyn), his granddaughter, Taryn (Matt Galachiuk) and his great granddaughter, Avery, his grandson, Colin, his granddaughter, Madisen; his son, Glenn (Megan), his granddaughter, Alexa; and his daughter, Noralee (Sean Bradley), and his grandsons, Brett, Connor and Ryan. Bill was predeceased by his brother, Calvert and his sisters, Joanne, Donna, Betty and Margaret. Heartfelt thanks from the family to the Nurses and Doctors on Unit 22 and Unit 33 of the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre and to the support staff at the Red Deer Hospice for their compassionate and professional care of Bill in his last two months. If desired, Memorial Donations in Bill’s honor may be made directly to the Red Deer Hospice Society at www.reddeerhospice.com. A Celebration of Bill’s Life will be held at the Sunnybrook United Church, 12 Stanton Street, Red Deer Alberta on Saturday, October 8, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. Condolences, memories and photos may be shared and viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com. Arrangements in care of Parkland Funeral Home and Crematorium, 6287 – 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer. 403.340.4040.

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SCHWITZER - Lauretta was born to Paul and Gertrude Maccan on May 23, 1943 in Melville, SK. She attended school in Melville and during her high school years she worked at Piries Drug Store after school. Lauretta married Allen Schwitzer on October 20, 1964 where she then helped work on the farm. They raised two children and life became very busy. Grain farming along with raising pigs, and years later ranching elk and buffalo became the main part of their life together. Lauretta and Allen went to many Canadian and International bison shows and sales together and Checotah Bison Ranch became a very well known name in the bison industry. In 1997 their hard work earned them the title of Premier Breeder at Agribition in Regina, SK. Lauretta also worked at Harvest Meats in Yorkton for fifteen years along with running the store at the Parkland Mall where they sold bison meat. She loved planting and looking after her flowers and taming her wild animals. She enjoyed cooking and baking, sharing it with everyone. Lauretta was very sociable and enjoyed talking to anyone. Her faith was strong, attending church every weekend even if she was away on vacation. Lauretta had a zest for life, always laughing and joking with everyone all of the time. She had a feisty side to her and kept everyone around her on their toes. She was either causing the trouble or trying to keep you in line. Lauretta leaves to cherish her memory her beloved husband Allen, son Trent, daughter Kim Molnar and grandchildren, Amanda Schwitzer (Brett), Payton Molnar (Dallas) and Leyden Molnar. She is predeceased by her parents Paul and Gertrude Maccan, son in law Jerry Molnar as well as numerous other relatives. The Funeral Mass was held on Thursday, September 22, 2022 from St. Gerard’s Roman Catholic Church with Rev. Fr. Louis Kim Nguyen as Celebrant. The cross bearer was Terry Wassell. The scripture readers were Payton Molnar and Amanda Schwitzer. Joanne Reid read the Prayers of the Faithful. Len Gadica and Len Varga lead the congregation in the service hymns. Special music shared was “Phone In Heaven” by Mike Manuel. The interment followed in the Garden of Gethsemane, Yorkton Memorial Gardens with Fawn Cox serving as urn bearer. Memorials in memory of Lauretta may be made to S.T.A.R.S Air Ambulance as gifts of remembrance. Condolences may be left for the family at www.baileysfuneralhome.com.

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Saltcoats artist at pARTners Gallery

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer

Saltcoats artist Hanna Yokozawa Farquharson is having a new show at pARTners Gallery in Yorkton.

The show -- Gaia Symphony & Light from Water -- has selections from two previous exhibitions,” explained the artist.

“They are made with antique silk kimono fabric,” she said.

“Gaia Symphony invites the viewer to listen to the symphony played by Gaia, our planet earth. Viewing this presentation of Gaia with our eyes, we are enabled to hear the music of Gaia with our ears and ultimately our inner being.

“This is related to one of Japanese called (Kan-Non). Kannon means “See the sounds.” Kannon is a Bodhisattva who sees the sounds, listens to the voice of the universe, and conveys it to the ground.”

For the artist the ‘medium’ has a very personal connection.

“The works in this exhibition use antique kimonos including my mother’s kimono,” explained Yokozawa Farquharson.

“Light from Water involves production of a series of embroidered representations of crystallized water drawing on the work of Japanese scientist/author, Dr. Masaru Emoto.

“Water is seen as a living, communicating, inter-relating reality. Water is sacred in many

cultures and a body of work showing the spiritual/sacred geometry of water would show the emphasis upon the beauty of nature and the beauty of microworlds.

“I believe that by working with antique kimono fabric and using thread from my mother’s kimono obi (Sashi), I will be able to depict the beauty of water in this medium.

Traditional Japanese kimono garments display that Japanese craftsmanship which have a gemlike quality when held in your hands. The materials craftsmen wove long ago make me feel humble and blessed.”

Yokozawa Farquharson of course adds to the works with her own skills.

“I am using a technique called seed-stitching for this work. I seed the light threads on/within the fabric,” she said. “May seeds of light begin to rise in viewers’ heart and soul.”

For Yokozawa Farquharson art just came naturally.

“I think I was in an environment of making things from an early age,” she told Yorkton This Week. “Because my parents were busy, my older brothers made creative crafts with certain materials, I watched them and we would make and draw things together.

“Many of you write poems and novels, make music, play musical instruments, work with wood and soil, grow flowers, bake pastries and breads, making meals and so on. I con-

sider all of these things to be art, and I do not separate hobbies from art. Everyone creates something in their daily lives, so I consider everyone an artist and a creator.”

Today, Yokozawa Farquharson’s focuses on art using fabric.

“I think cloth is a wonderful medium that allows us to put our heart and soul into the fibers, while at the same time having the convenience and freedom to change its shape and expression in any way we want,” she said. “Depending on how you use it, you can create 3D objects and enjoy the interweaving of shadows and light.”

With her pARTners show Yokozawa Farquharson hopes viewers ‘feel’ her art.

“I think you can see the sound of quiet air flowing and feel the water flowing through your body resonate and echo each other,” she said.

While noting she likes all the works in the show a couple did come to mind when asked for her personal favourite including Prairie Summer and Prairie Winter.

“I believe that moving to Canada has awakened something that was dormant inside of me by allowing me to experience the majestic and beautiful scenery and to surrender to the flow of life,” said the artist. “This work represents the view of winter and summer sunrises at The Anderson Lake in Saltcoats, where I live.”

While choosing a favourite was difficult

A work by artist Hanna Yokozawa Farquharson.

explaining her inspiration was easier.

“The common theme is to heal the earth,” said Yokozawa Farquharson.

“Gaia Symphony represents the sound of the earth’s living creatures. And this is a collaboration with Agnes Martin who was born in Macklin, Sask, one of the greatest painters of the 20th century in the world. The idea for these works came to me when I was trying to figure out why Agnes continued to paint Grid Lines.”

And Light From Water “was inspired by the beautiful photographs of water crystals studied by the late Dr. Masaru Emoto. This work showed me with my own eyes that the micro world contains various messages to mankind.

“The two artworks share the vibrations (HADO) of the desire to help heal the earth.

“Both of these projects were able to receive the grants from SK Arts.”

The show will hang at

the gallery in the Yorkton Public Library through until Oct. 30, with a reception and artist’s talk Saturday, Oct. 1, at 2:00 p.m.

In addition, Yokozawa Farquharson noted she will be holding an online presentation called ‘Message from Water’ with Michiko Hayashi from EMOTO PEACE PROJECT at the Culture Days Yorkton event Sunday, Oct. 9, at 7 p.m., connecting Japan and Saskatchewan. https://culturedays.ca/en/ events/48e5ef54-1f08-478fbd0a-e101bb829b8d

Michiko Hayashi is the Global Director and Ambassador of the ‘EMOTO PEACE PROJECT’.

Michiko worked as an administrative personal assistant to Dr. Masaru Emoto for 11 years until his transition in 2014, explained Yokozawa Farquharson. He was the founder of the Emoto Peace Project, the pioneer of HADO (vibration), researcher of water, and

author of world best-seller “The Message from Water,” “The Hidden Messages in Water,” etc.

Hayashi is the successor of his legacy. She will talk about how water is powerful connected to consciousness through MESSAGE FROM WATER. The children’s book “The Message from Water” has been translated into 34 languages. She is the author of anthologies “Womb to Thrive” and “Love Letter to Water”. She speaks Japanese, English and Spanish.

There will also be a free event called ‘Heal the Earth’ at one of the Yorkton Arts Council’s Culture Days Yorkton events, an in-person event combining the performance of crystal singing bowls and light language healing Saturday, Oct. 15, at 1 p.m. You can make a reservation if interested in this event at https://culturedays.ca/ en/events/d7455fed-bf8b4db8-97cc-2e18e50d5dea

Dumas headlining comedy night at Tapp’s

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer

A local lounge will be filled with a people smiling and laughing Oct. 1.

Tapp’s Sports Lounge and Grill will host the sold out comedy night Oct. 1, featuring host Jarvis Zawatsky along with Eric Bzowy and headliner Scott Dumas.

Dumas, who grew up in the Ottawa area, didn’t start out wanting to be a comedian.

“I worked in finance in my 20’s in Ottawa; Freedom 55 with London Life, the Bank of Montreal as a Financial Services Manager,” he told Yorkton This Week. And then something changed.

“One week before my 30th birthday I bolted towards the mountains by driving my jeep to Calgary to re-locate for my bank job.” Recounted Dumas. “While working here I found out by accident, that there was a Yuk Yuks in Calgary. I went down to see an amateur night. I was hooked.

“I had watched comedy at Yuk Yuks in Ottawa for years and always thought I could pull it off.”

And then the door opened for Dumas.

“They started doing workshops at the Calgary Yuk Yuks on Tuesday nights, which was amateur night. I went down for the first workshop

ever. I was asked that night if I wanted to go on that night. I said yes -- had a blast for five minutes.

“Three months later I quit my bank job and pursued comedy.”

It was a big step, and interestingly Dumas went that direction for a less than conventional reason.

“I wanted to do comedy because nobody else wants to do it,” said Dumas. “I am not afraid of the stage.

“And I only wanted to work four hours a week and have my days off.”

Material for Dumas comes from observing the day-to-day.

“I tell stories about my life and also observational humour,” he said.

“My process of writing is basically making lists of things I think are funny. I play around with one story, then play around with another story. And

that second story calls back to the first story.

“I also play the guitar and sing some dumb songs.”

For influence Dumas said comedy is now his job, so he works at it.

“I get my influence from being afraid of working a full time job,” he joked.

And, of course he has those he admires too.

“I really like Brian Regan, Stewart Francis, Jim Carrey, Derek Edwards, Mitch Hedberg -- too many to mention,” said Dumas.

So where does Dumas hope comedy takes him?

“I like to say that my goal was to headline a Yuk Yuks club. I have

blown past that and frequently headline clubs all across the country, except my home town of Ottawa. The guy doesn’t like my act,” said Dumas, who is well-travelled now.

“I have done comedy in every province and two-of-three territories – performed at the YYCOMEDY Festival, FunnyFest, and most recently, Okanagan Comedy Festival.

“I run a successful monthly show for the last five years at artsPlace Theatre in Canmore, Alta.

I also am in a film. I play a doctor in February’s Dog, which is up for a Rosie Award at the Alberta Film Board.”

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