Yorkton This Week 2022-10-26

Repair rather than trash hope of program

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer

It was an opportunity to get some help fixing a variety of items as a Repair Café was held Saturday in Yorkton.

The idea is a simple one, rather than throwing something not working into the trash bin where it ends up in the landfill, why not seek out some help to fix it?

People were invited to bring items such as small electronics, computers, bikes, clothing and textiles, where people were on hand to hopefully effect some small repairs.

“Repair cafes are an international concept,” explained Amber Harvey with Yorkton Public Library location for the event, adding one was held in Yorkton in 2019.

Harvey said the concept brings togeth er local volunteers willing to try and fix and repair various items, with people bringing something they feel might be fixable.

Fixing something is better than throw ing it away, added Harvey.

“It’s the whole sustainability con cept,” she said.

Locally they had 20 people pre book appointments to bring items in, said Harvey, adding walk-ins were welcome as well.

The ‘café’ was hosted by Affinity Credit Union and the Saskatchewan Waste Reduction Council and was held at the Yorkton Public Library.

RCMP investigate death at Key First Nation

By SASKTODAY.ca

RCMP are investigat ing the death of a 51 year old man from The Key First Nation.

On Oct. 23, 2022 at approximately 5 a.m., Kamsack RCMP received a report of a firearms discharge at a residence

on The Key First Nation, police said.

Officers immediately responded and located an injured man in the residence. He was pro nounced deceased by EMS at the scene.

RCMP said his family has been notified and have been offered Victim

Services. They are not releasing the victim’s name at this time.

Kamsack RCMP, Yorkton RCMP Forensic Identification Services, RCMP Historical Crimes Unit and the Regina Provincial RCMP General Investigation Section all assisted with

the initial investigation.

Saskatchewan RCMP’s Major Crime Unit has taken over the investiga tion into the man’s death, which in conjunction with investigation by the Saskatchewan Coroners Service, has now been confirmed to be a homi cide.

Police said investiga tors would like to speak to anyone with infor mation about the man’s death, or who noticed anything suspicious in the rural area southeast of the “Four Corners” intersection on The Key First Nation during the early morning hours

of Oct. 23. Information can be reported to the Kamsack RCMP by call ing 306-542-5560 or your local police service. Information can also be submitted anonym ously by contacting Crime Stoppers at 1-800222-TIPS (8477) or at sask crimestoppers.com.

City invests in new online platform

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer

The City of Yorkton is set to invest in a new community engagement platform.

“City Council previously directed Administration to implement new ways to help inform and engage our com munity with decisions relat ed to City projects, plans and programs,” related Jody MacDonald, Marketing Coordinator with the city at the regular meeting of Yorkton Council.

Work has been ongoing, said MacDonald.

“In 2020, we revealed the City’s website redesign, which provided several new options for ratepayers and clients to make online submissions. These included modules that

allows the public to pay for utilities and City services online by credit card, to sub mit community events to our online community calendar, to subscribe to our News and Notices, to submit complaints with supporting photos, and for business license holders, to post details and photos of

their business to our online Business Directory. We have also used our online form builder to conduct surveys and to carry out contests,” she said.

“We have additionally increased social media activ ity through Facebook and Instagram, and more recently implemented the Voyent Alert

app, which provides residents with notices for emergencies, vehicle accidents, water ser vice disruptions and tempor ary street closures.”

But, it was felt more still needed to be done, offered MacDonald.

“Even though we have increased our community

engagement through our web site and social media, we were still missing an effective way to keep the public informed while also allowing them to communicate and engage with us on the progress of specif ic projects. So in the spring of 2022, staff reviewed a var iety of engagement strategies, tools and techniques utilized by other municipalities,” she said.

The search was narrowed down to one community engagement platform, Bang The Table EngagementHQ. Bang The Table already works with over 900 municipalities and government agencies across Canada and the United States, providing an all-in-one digital engagement platform that collects and connects

Rob Clifford works to fix an electric heater during a ‘Repair Cafe’ event Saturday.

Even though we have increased our commun ity engagement through our website and social media, we were still missing an effective way to keep the public informed while also allowing them to communicate and engage with us.

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Jody MacDonald, Marketing Coordinator with the city

All That Jazz to perform in November

YORKTON – Yorkton ‘s ALL THAT JAZZ Big Band under the direction of Larry Pearen is set to perform at the Painted Hand Casino Show Lounge on Nov. 9th.

Backed by an 18 piece big band, the show will fea ture several instrumental soloists and vocal soloist Adelle Sawatzky.

The Show will include hit selections of Count Basie’s ‘Alright, Ok You Win!’, Bing Crosby’s ‘Blue Skies’, Glenn Miller’s ‘In the Mood’, ‘Tuxedo Junction’ and ‘String of Pearls’, Duke Ellington’s ‘It Don’t Mean a Thing’ and ‘Take the A Train’, Ella Fitzgerald’s ‘Sentimental Journey’, Benny Goodman’s ‘Sing Sing Sing’, and Woody Herman’s Woodchoppers Ball as well as Kool & the Gang’s Celebration, Feeling Good, Billie Holiday’s God Bless the Child, Earth Wind and Fire’s In the Stone, Skyfall a James Bond Movie hit, a medley of Stevie Wonder, and a vocal duet by The Prayer and more.

Advance adult tickets for the show are $15.00 and $20.00 at the door.

Students are free to attend but must be accompan ied by an adult and can enter the Show Lounge using the east parking lot door.

Advanced tickets are available from Fuzztone Music, Saddles & Steel Music, from any All That Jazz Big Band Member or Larry Pearen at 306.621-0523.

CITY

Continued from Page A1 community feedback. Bang The Table has been successful ly used by other Saskatchewan cities such as Regina, Lloydminster, and Swift Current, said MacDonald. MacDonald said the new platform “will provide both City and neighbouring resi dents, as well as local busi ness owners, an online forum for engagement activities including polls, surveys, dis cussion forums, idea boards, and more. ‘Shape Your City’ seamlessly connects to the City website, establishing a con venient touchpoint for infor mation, feedback and updates on current and upcoming City

projects, plans, programs and contests. This tool will allow public information meetings to be held online and will gen erally augment our existing engagement practices (such as committee meetings, mail outs, etc.).”

The platform is supposed to improve communication from the City to residents.

“The goal of ‘Shape Your City’ is to provide a respectful space for residents to interact with each other and increase the depth and breadth of pub lic involvement in City process es. With the convenience and flexibility of the platform, we hope to increase participation rates in our public engagement

process, and to include the voices of those who may have been missing from the conver sation,” said MacDonald.

“Shape Your City will also help staff to provide clear and effective reporting to Council regarding community feed back on key issues and pro jects, affording Council the opportunity to make decisions with a better understanding of community implications. Input from the community can be tailored to the needs of the pro ject and all the feedback sub mitted through the platform is constantly monitored by Bang The Table and City of Yorkton admins to ensure inappropri ate or objectionable comments

are removed quickly.”

Projects submitted through ‘Shape Your City’ are con sidered live documents that will continuously be updated by the project management team, while the projects are in progress. Once complete, the project page will be archived and live on the site for public reference.

The ‘Shape Your City’ plat form carries an annual cost of approximately $12,000 and is funded from the existing oper ating budget.

Mayor Mitch Hippsley said the current Council has been very focused on bet ter community communica tion because too often there

is “misinformation” floating around. He said the new plat form “makes it so easy,” to get the correct information out to people.

Councillors Dustin Brears and Quinn Haider said the platform is another example of efforts to better communicate with residents.

Coun, Darcy Zaharia said in looking at a budget survey already on the platform it proved to be “very informa tive,” adding it’s important “to keep our citizens more updated on what’s happening.” Council was unanimous in supporting the new platform which is accessible through the city’s webpage.

Youth take in curling clinic in Yorkton

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer

When it comes to attracting youth to sport it’s important they get introduced young.

And that was exactly the hope of two days of clinics for youth held at the Yorkton Curling Club Sunday and Monday.

On Sunday 64 youth – a full roster -- participated in a clinic geared toward

those who already had at least a basic understand ing of the sport, and had an interest in refining their skills. It was geared toward youth Grade 6-12, although it was not a school event.

Then on Monday, a ‘learn-to-curl’ session, which is more geared to beginners, with little, or no experience on the ice.

There were 32 schools in the area which had

been contacted to have students involved in the Monday sessions, which included on-ice and off sessions, with more than 80 taking place, a number reduced by the weather conditions.

“We’re trying to get kids back to curling,” offered Dave Baron one of the local organizers in a recent Yorkton This Week story about the clinics.

Saskatchewan curl er Kirk Muyres, who was part of the 2011 Canadian Junior Curling Championship team, was one of the instructors. He said just seeing so many young players out on the ice was gratifying.

“It’s great they are here and you want them to have some fun,” he said, adding that’s the first step, having youth having fun, learning the techniques of the game, sweeping, sliding and throwing rocks.

“You want them excit ed about the sport. That’s so important.”

Muyres said everyone – youth included – have so many recreational options these days, ran ging across a long list of sports, but also dance, video games and more, and that’s a good thing. In fact, he said he believes youth should try many things, exploring until they find what they truly enjoy.

Of course Muyres said

he also believes curling has a lot to offer in terms of being something youth embrace.

Curling can take you to the highest levels, playing professionally around the world, he said.

“If you work really hard there’s the oppor tunity to be great,” said Muyres.

It can put you into provincial play where you can be the ‘local hero’.

Or, it can just be a lifelong sport enjoyed at the local club level, added Muyres.

“Anybody can play the sport,” said Muyres, adding in comparison to other sports curling is

even a reasonably priced option.

Of course the next step is to keep the youth attending the clinics involved with curling.

To that end CurlSask has a new initiative this year, a “series of U15 Triples Spiels designed to support young curlers love of the game and pro vide the opportunity to practice their skills, and meet curlers from across Saskatchewan.”

Triples Curling is a new discipline that has been developed by Curling Canada. As its name suggests, curl ers compete in teams of three when playing ‘Triples’. All ends con sist of six shots per team,

with each player throw ing two of those shots.

Triples games consist of three ‘sets’ of two ends each. Each set can be seen as a two-end ‘minigame’, with each team playing with the hammer for one of these ends and without the hammer for the other.

One of the unique features of the Triples discipline is that curlers are required to play a different position (i.e., lead, middle, and skip) for each set of the game.

Yorkton hosts one of the U15 events Nov. 5 and 6.

These spiels assist in the preparation for those playing in the U15 Triples Cup.

Kirk Muyres gives a few curling pointers.

Perspective

Elections must move into 21st Century MURRAY MANDRYK

Murray Mandryk is a political columnist with the Leader Post Politics

Ask anyone today to describe how we vote in provincial elections and the description they will provide will be one that hasn’t much changed in more than 100 years.

They will tell you they walk or drive (the only difference being, today is we now use a petroleum-powered vehicle instead of a horse and buggy) on a very specific day to a polling station usually located in a school.

There, they will tell you they wait in line before being given a pencil and paper ballot and directed to a makeshift booth where they privately mark an X beside the name of their choosing.

They then take the ballot to the ballot box and wait. Several hours later after all such bal lots are tabulated by hand late into the night, they get to see whether their choice won and whether enough colleagues were elected to form a government.

It’s surely a time-honoured tradition and right-of-passage once you turn 18 years old. We’ve fought wars over the simple right to be able to cast that ballot.

Yet we are witnessing a situation where those who show up at the polls to vote on election day are significantly dwindling. We can barely get 50 per cent of those eligible voters to show up on election day. For most byelections where the results won’t change who is in power, it has dwindled to about a quarter of eligible votes.

The greatest democratic crisis we face right now is people’s unwillingness to vote.

This is the very issue Saskatchewan’s Chief electoral officer Michael Boda, is trying to address in his recent 69-page Recommendations for Legislative Reform report.

Undoubtedly, the most controversial element of the Boda’s report is his call to move towards an election-week as opposed to an election day that would see more voting by mail-ins or at advanced polling stations.

But what will cause an even greater stir is his recommendations for “vote anywhere” loca tions, less emphasis on local polling stations and more emphasis on centralized locations that would greatly reduce costs of elections, expanding the rules to extraordinary voting, telephone or video conference voting and bal lot tabulators that would be quicker and more accurate.

“The system would allow for greater flexibil ity of the voter, which I think is really import ant,” Boda told the Leader-Post.

To be clear, Boda is not calling for the total elimination of E-Day voting — something that would be unpalatable for many. And people like me who treasured the walk to my nearby school to vote may feel something is being taken away.

But something is being taken away when we don’t have more people voting. Low turnout makes political manipulation that much easier.

Elections aren’t being manipulated by crook ed voting machines or other advancements as alleged by U.S. supporters of Donald Trump after America’s 2020 election.

Manipulation occurs by discouraging or mak ing it more difficult to vote when we should be making it easier.

To that end, Boda further recommends a com plete scrapping of the province’s 1996 Election Act, providing clause-by-clause recommenda tions on how it could be better.

One of many excellent recommendations the Chief Electoral Officer calls for is the proper tools to deal with Internet misinformation.

“Online disinformation and misinformation is becoming an increasing problem for election administrators around the world,” Boda wrote in his report. “The act should be amended to provide the chief electoral officer with addi tional authority to counter disinformation and misinformation.”

It serves as a reminder we do live in a changing world where we simply have to adjust.

Why wouldn’t we?

We don’t harvest with horse-pulled binders and thrashers anymore. We don’t buy things with cash that we lined up at the bank to with draw.

So why in this 21st Century should we be vot ing in the same old way we did 100 years ago?

Murray Mandryk has been covering provin cial politics since 1983.

Harvest Showdown reaffirms farm importance

Whileit has been noted before –including in this space over the years – it never hurts to remind of the importance of agriculture to the city.

The community as we know it, or more specifically the roots of what Yorkton is today, began because there was an influx of settlers, most lured to the area by the prospect of land ownership with plans to farm and the prosperity that could bring immigrant farmers.

European immigrants were of course not the first to live in the area, they did begin Yorkton with its agrar ian roots.

Settler farmers needed services and Yorkton rose up to service those needs.

Flash forward to today and we see a vibrant city, but at its core it is still very much a community which exists to service the surrounding farm sector.

Take a moment to envision a Yorkton without its agriculture service sector, and you see a much diminished city.

Gone would be the two huge canola crush plants, Grain Millers processing oats, TA Foods processing flaxseed, Heartland Livestock, the farm machin ery dealerships, and the list could go on. If they were not here to serve the farm community, the jobs associated with those businesses would be gone too.

It would be a decidedly smaller, and far less vibrant Yorkton.

But, increasingly those of us who

live in the city are less connected to the farm. Our community relies on farming and our jobs may exist as a result of farming, but we don’t have ties that put us on the farm to understand what the sector really is.

That’s where an event such as next week’s Grain Millers Harvest Showdown is an important one.

While many might think of the event in terms of the excitement and enter tainment of PBR bull riding and coun try-themed dances, Harvest Showdown is also very much about education.

Typically, through the years’ bus loads of area students attend the event where they learn about the source of the food first hand.

It’s one thing to enjoy a glass of cold milk and a bowl of oatmeal before school, knowing you enjoy both, but another to see a cow and understand she is where milk comes from, or to see oats before they are processed.

Certainly educating youth about the importance of area farms in terms of producing food is important, but students need not be the only ones learning at an event such as Harvest Showdown.

Everyone should take some time to walk through the displays, maybe stop and have a chat with a producer about their cattle, or how the harvest was. In so doing you will better understand a cornerstone sector to our community and learn a bit more about what’s on your daily table.

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Smile cookies bring in the dough

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer

Yorkton obviously had an appetite for cookies, and for helping raise funds.

Through Tim Horton’s Smile Cookie promotion where proceeds from every Smile Cookie support charities and community groups, the Brayden Ottenbreit Close Cuts for Cancer initia tive received $10,759.

The local Smile Cookie program has been raising funds for five years, and Greg Ottenbreit said the 2022 amount is the highest.

“It’s totally incredible,” said Leone Ottenbreit, who added this year they were directly involved helping bake and decorate the hundreds of cookies sold locally.

The amount raised also officially pushed the fundraising effort of the Brayden Ottenbreit Close Cuts for

Cancer over $1 million through the 25 years since its inception.

“It is amazing,” said Leone Ottenbreit, adding the amount is thanks to the many partners they have worked with over the years. “. . .We’re so thank ful for the community support.”

Mauricio Gomez, owner of Tim Horton’s in Yorkton is one of those partners. He said the cookie sales were a good way of helping the local com munity.

“It’s a very good opportunity to help the people suffering from cancer,” he said, adding they are “very happy to partner” on an effort that is such a posi tive one in the community.

The current fundraiser for Close Cuts is the Angels Among Us campaign where people can order angels, nativity scenes and new this year, nativity addons: three wise men and/or two sheep, which can all be ordered via Facebook.

Ottenbreit book fun application time

The 2022 Brayden Ottenbreit Memorial Book Fund is currently accepting applications.

The fund was started by the Kinsmen Club of Yorkton as a way to continue the legacy that began when five-year old Brayden Ottenbreit died from cancer in February of 2000, and his family asked that people attending his

funeral donate books in his memory to promote and encourage a love of reading and literacy that Brayden had developed during his short life.

Each fall, the cam paign runs to encourage local schools, organiza tions, daycares, etc. to apply for the funding through the submission of a 500-word essay, stat ing their need for the

funds, along with the specific items that they would purchase with it, if they were chosen as the recipient.

Organizations and school staff and others are encouraged to con sider applying for this program and to send their essay to bookfund@ sasktel.net before the deadline of midnight Sunday, Nov. 20.

Fire fighter up for SUMA award

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer

Yorkton firefighter Neal Matechuk will have his name submitted for a Meritorious Service Award and the 2023 SUMA Convention.

Yorkton Council was unanimous in supporting the nomination at its

regular meeting Monday.

As in previous years, the City has endeavoured to recognize employees who have in excess of 20 years of service with the City of Yorkton, explained Kaylee Diduck, Human Resources Advisor with the city at Monday’s meeting.

Traditionally, Council

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Serving the Parkland Area

has approved up to four employees to attend the SUMA Banquet.

“In 2022 we have one employee who is inter ested in being put for ward for nomination,” said Diduck.

Matechuk has 20 years of service with the City of Yorkton.

“He began his career in April of 2002 as a pro bationary fire fighter, in April of 2003 he moved into a full time position and in March of 2022 he became Captain. In his new role as Captain, Neal is responsible for such tasks as running the day-to-day operations of his platoon, he’s required to run incident command at scene and provide leadership to his crew,” said Diduck.

The SUMA Awards Banquet will be held in April 2023.

Greg and Leonne Ottenbreit accept the cookie Smile donation to Close Cuts from Vishal Sharma and Mauricio from Tim Horton’s in Yorkton.

Draft horse clinic hosted by Clydesdale stable

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer

For area horse owners a recent clinic at Tail Winds Arena was an opportunity to learn more about showing their animals.

The day saw the Saskatchewan Clydesdale association host a Draft Riding and Decorating Clinic and Foal Show at the arena just outside of Yorkton.

The clinic, held Oct 15, was open to members of the asso ciation as well as non-mem bers wanting to gain hands-on experience with Clydesdale horses.

The clinic started with a riding portion, where partici pants were matched with a Clydesdale and could ride to their comfort level in either English or Western tack.

Following the riding, a jumping demonstration fea

tured Shelby Newton on Clydesdale BreLee Lilac.

Linda Banga, a highly regarded Clydesdale breeder and trainer from the Canora area, led the draft horse decor ating part of the clinic.

The clinic began with par ticipants watching how to do a tail bun and mane roll and then, with guidance took on the tasks themselves. This type of grooming is in preparation for a show, not just your day-to-day

grooming. A foal show was held after the clinic. Classes were for fil lies and colts, with a Grand Champion Foal then selected.

There was also a junior class.

Jared Martin of Brunthill Farms with his Filly, Brunthill Zest, took the Grand Champion Foal, and Grand Champion Saskatchewan Bred Foal.

All participants of the jun ior showmanship class had

their first-ever experience of an in-hand Clydesdale class, with some juniors as young as five.

All junior participants did excellent.

A huge thank you went to event judge Bill Aulie.

Event sponsors included Legacy Coop, Neil CampbellNC Clydesdales, Canadian Tire, Michelle Schneider and Eva Hudy, and the Saskatchewan Horse Federation.

Photos Courtesy Twylla Newton

Soil conservation still a key goal

Grain and oilseed producers had to have shud dered just a bit following a recent report by David Lobb, speaking to the senate committee on agricul ture and forestry’s soil study.

Lobb said not much has changed since the Senate’s Soil at Risk report in 1984.

If that is true it is suggestive that efforts to bet ter conserve our topsoil the past four decades have little impact toward improving things.

My writing career doesn’t reach back quite four decades, but it is close, and certainly through that time I have written a lot of articles on soil conserva tion.

Through that time their have been initiatives such as Save Our Soils, a move to zero, or no till seeding in an attempt to preserve trash cover to protect the soil from blowing in Prairie winds and to better hold water in the soil, and a move to chem fallow for the same reasons.

Each of the steps was supposed to be helping, and when the measures are added up, we might

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expect to see some rather positive results.

While obviously 40 years is not a massive amount of time in terms of soil creation, it should have been enough time to show measures being taken are mov ing the needle in the right direction.

Given that soil health has to be a paramount con cern because it is such a critical resource when it comes to food production, the statements by Lobb at the very least require a fresh look at conservation, and how to best go about it.

Of course the question that should also be asked is how the sector undertook significant changes in how they do things because research suggested the changes would help have now been shown at best as moves to tread water in terms of soil conservation.

While research can never be flawless, in the end it really has to be correct. It is disquieting when efforts toward soil conservation come up flat, and the efforts of the farm sector for some 40 years are having limited impact.

Certainly moving forward, the agriculture sector already has its challenges; climate changes and how to best adopt GM technology a couple leading the way; and now perhaps an overhaul of how to best conserve soil jumps into the mix – again.

Of course in the end the agriculture sector needs to get it right. The soil resource is finite and cer tainly a critical one, so preserving it as best we can is a must.

However, that is best achieved by needing identi fication and implementation as quickly as possible as another 40 years of spinning our wheels is not a reasonable option.

Harvest all but complete in province

Harvest is virtually com plete across Saskatchewan as dry weather through much of September and October allowed producers to effective ly harvest their crops without major weather delays.

Harvest started early for many producers in the south west and west-central regions after another dry growing sea son.

Late seeding dates and weekly precipitation during the flowering and seed filling stages delayed harvest in the eastern and northern parts of the province until the latter half of August but resulted in higher yield potential.

However, the weather remained dry, and producers were able to gain momentum with their harvest and get all their crop in without any major issues.

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

There was good harvest progress over the past week, even with shortened days due to heavy fog and dewy mor nings delaying producer starts until the early afternoon.

Harvest progress has reached 81 per cent just ahead of the five-year average of 76 per cent.

Producers are predicting that harvest will be wrapped up in about a week to ten days as long as the weather holds out and no rainfall is received.

The majority of crop left to combine is canola and produ cers are reporting that yields have improved greatly in some areas when compared to last year.

There were only trace amounts of rainfall reported this past week, most moisture came from the early morning fog and dew.

While most of the region received greater amounts of precipitation over the grow ing season than last year, after several weeks without a sig nificant rain, producers have found their fields to be drying up very quickly. Cropland top soil moisture is rated as one per cent surplus, 29 per cent

adequate, 50 per cent short and 20 per cent very short.

Hay and pasture land top soil moisture is rated as 25 per cent adequate, 52 per cent short and 23 per cent very short.

Yield estimates for the region show a large improve ment over last year and many producers are extremely happy with the amount of grain they have in the bin.

Hard red spring wheat is estimated to yield 46 bu/ac, durum 40 bu/ac, flax 27 bu/ ac, canola 39 bu/ac and len tils 1,361 lb/ac. Hard red spring wheat was also reported to be graded as 72 per cent 1CW, 26 per cent 2CW, one per cent 3CW and one per cent 4CW/ feed.

The majority of crop dam age this week was due to wind, waterfowl and rain. Some of the crop is coming off tough and being placed into aeration bins or grain dryers.

Farmers are busy combin ing, harrowing, hauling grain, hauling bales and applying post-harvest herbicides.

Provincially

Now that harvest is almost complete in all regions of the province, producers would like to see some steady precipita tion before the ground freezes and winter arrives.

Crop yields vary throughout the province, depending heav ily on the amount of moisture received throughout the sea

son. Yields in the southwest and west-central regions are once again below average, with some producers reporting slightly improved yields com pared to last year. Yields in the eastern and northern regions were much improved and many producers are reporting yields higher than average. The lar gest impacts on yields this year were drought, gophers, grass hoppers, wind and drowned out crops in the spring.

Average yields are being estimated as 44 bushels per acre for hard red spring wheat, 31 bushels per acre for durum, 93 bushels per acre for oats, 64 bushels per acre for barley, 36 bushels per acre for canola, 34 bushels per acre for peas and 1,165 pounds per acre for lentils.

Quality ratings for all crops are largely in the top two grade categories for each respective crop. The largest contributors to downgrading were light ker nel weights due to drought, insect damage, grain bleaching or discolouring from rain, and an increase in diseases such as ergot in cereal crops such as spring wheat and durum.

Moisture conditions are a concern for some producers, especially those who have struggled through the season with infrequent and minimal rainfalls. Even the regions that started the year with a surplus of moisture are now becom ing very dry and producers are hoping for rain soon.

Significant precipitation will be needed this fall and over winter to replenish mois ture levels in the soil and dug outs. Heading into winter, top soil moisture on cropland is rated as 22 per cent adequate, 35 per cent short and 43 per cent very short. Hay and pas ture land topsoil moisture is rated as 16 per cent adequate, 37 per cent short and 47 per cent very short.

Hay yields greatly improved across much of the province as higher amounts of precipita tion allowed for early growth and rapid regrowth throughout the growing season. Hay land in the southwest and west-central struggled once again through drought-like conditions which resulted in less-than-optimal hay yields. Provincially, aver age hay yields on dry land are reported as 1.4 tons per acre (alfalfa), 1.4 tons per acre (alfalfa/brome and wild hay), 1.10 tons per acre (other tame hay) and 2 tons per acre (green feed). On irrigated land, the estimated average hay yields are 2 tons per acre (alfalfa), 2.3 tons per acre (alfalfa/brome), 1.5 tons per acre (wild hay) and 3 tons per acre (greenfeed). Most of the hay going into win ter is rated as fair to excellent, with only one per cent rated as poor.

Due to improved hay yields, winter feed supplies for live stock such as cattle have also improved. Producers in the northern and eastern regions

have indicated they will have surplus or adequate inventor ies of hay, straw, green feed and feed grain. Producers in the southwest and west-cen tral report they did not have the ability to replenish their feed stocks completely and are sourcing their feed from other parts of the province, with some purchasing hay from Alberta or Manitoba. For some producers, their feed inven tory is too depleted and feed too costly to purchase, leading them to reduce their herd size to fit the feed they have avail able.

Water hauling was once again common for many areas of the province as dugouts, sloughs and other water bodies dried up and become unsafe for livestock. Producers con stantly tested water quality and were forced to move cattle off pastures that had unsafe water, putting increased pres sure on already struggling grasslands. More rain and an above average snowfall this winter is needed to ensure that water quantity and quality is not an issue next year.

Without large amounts of rain in the latter half of August and through September, many soils in the province were too dry for proper germination of winter cereals and produ cers elected to not risk seed ing winter wheat and fall rye. Across the province seeded acres of winter wheat fell an estimated 23 per cent while fall rye acres fell 17 per cent. Producers who did seed win ter cereals have reported that the crop did not germinate well or at all.

Now that harvest is com plete, farmers will be able to complete fall work such as fixing fences, moving cattle, hauling grain and bales, pick ing rocks and other miscellan eous field work. Farmers will continue to do their field work until the ground freezes or a big snowfall occurs.

This is the final Crop Report of the 2022 growing season.

A complete, printable ver sion 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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Avian influenza risk remains

The Animal Health Control Area Order that was set to expire on October 21, 2022 has been extended until November 17, 2022. This is due to continued outbreaks of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in domestic poult ry. The order from

Saskatchewan’s Chief Veterinary Officer pro hibits the movement to and participation of birds in shows, auctions and agricultural fairs, as well as any other events where birds would be brought together from multiple locations.

The Animal Health

Control Area Order helps to reduce direct contact between birds from dif ferent locations, thereby reducing risk of disease transmission between flocks. The primary source of HPAI spread is linked to wild birds, so the risk of disease spread will remain high through

out the rest of the fall migration season, which typically occurs until mid-November.

Poultry producers and small flock owners are reminded to follow all necessary biosecurity protocols to protect their flocks from the disease. Small flock owners are

encouraged to confine their birds indoors, if pos sible, during wild bird migration. Producers should contact their vet erinarian immediately if they have concerns about the health status of their flocks. HPAI is a feder ally reportable disease and the Canadian Food

Inspection Agency is cur rently leading the HPAI response, with support from the provincial gov ernment. Further infor mation on how to protect flocks and recognize the disease is available at www.saskatchewan.ca/ avian-influenza-poultry. — Submitted

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Raider Gridders move onto league final

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer

The Yorkton Regional High School Raider Gridders are on their way to Weyburn for the SHSAA South Rural League finals, but it was not an easy road to get there.

Yorkton hosted the Central Collegiate Cyclones Saturday, and at least for a half, the game was a nail-biter.

Yorkton scored two touchdowns early, but the Cyclones responded with three of their own, thanks to a couple of nice pass ing plays.

“We didn’t expect it. We didn’t think they could throw the ball like they did,” said Raider Gridder coach Roby Sharpe. “But, when we got to the half it was a chess match.”

A late Raider Gridder TD in the first half sent the teams to the halftime break deadlocked at 21 apiece.

The offences remained

sharp in the second half, in particular Yorkton’s.

Moose Jaw added 13 for a respectable 34-point effort on the day, but it was far from enough Saturday.

The Gridders rolled up 39 second half points for a 60-34 win.

Yorkton coach Roby Sharpe said the game sort of played out as they had anticipated.

“It was kind of our game plan the whole way. We wanted to run the ball,” he said. “The idea was just to grind them and wear them down.”

With that in mind Yorkton rushed for 193 yards in the first half, and then added 172 in the second half for 365 on the afternoon.

The Raider Gridders threw for 179 yards, including 92 in the open ing half.

And in the second half when they started see ing Moose Jaw defenders with their hands on hips after plays, Sharpe said

they knew their plan was working.

“We just started run ning the ball at them more and they didn’t han dle it,” he said.

It helped too that the Raiders scored early in the second half, then jumped on a kick-off return fumble and took that in for a major too.

The two majors in a span of about four min utes really swung momen tum in favour of Yorkton.

Weyburn earned its berth in the final blitz ing Moose Jaw’s Albert E. Peacock Collegiate Tornadoes 43-13 in their semi final contest.

The final will be a rematch of the 2021 final, a game Weyburn won.

The teams met earlier this season though, and Yorkton won.

So how do the Raider Gridders repeat the early regular season success?

“We played them once. We know how to beat them,” said Sharpe, not elaborating greatly on

the game plan, although he hinted it may be run heavy.

“If you want to play high school football in

Saskatchewan you’ve got to be able to run the foot ball,” he said, adding that is particularly true as the season moves into the

playoffs late in October and into November when the weather can be cold and snow is a possibility.

Rush ink Sask-born netminder

Saskatchewan Rush fans may soon have a net minder who learned the game in the province on the floor with the prov ince’s NLL franchise.

The Rush recently announced inking goal tender Laine Hruska from Warman.

“I’m definitely con fident and excited,” offered Hruska in a recent interview with Yorkton This Week. “I’ve been putting in a lot of work this offseason.”

In a recent release head coach and associ ate general manager Jimmy Quinlan said he was pleased to have the netminder back with the team.

“We are excited to have Laine back. We liked what we saw out of him last year in the short time he was with us and are excited to see what he can do with a full training camp learn ing our systems and the team’s nuances,” he said.

Hruska rejoins the Rush after the proverb ial cup-of-coffee with the franchise this spring.

Hruska had been drafted by the Georgia Swarm—he was the high est drafted Saskatchewan lacrosse player ever taken in the NLL draft, being drafted 13th over all in the 2020 NLL Draft -- spending most of last season in that organiza tion, before a late season release, after which he signed on with the Rush for the last couple of weeks of the campaign.

Hruska said he hopes that brief time with the Rush will become an asset now.

“I was able to show a little bit of what I bring to the table,” he said.

While the end result was not as hoped in Georgia, Hruska said he was happy for the chance with the Swarm.

“It was a great oppor tunity,” he said, add ing Georgia was a great organization to work with.

And, as a rookie goal tender breaking into the top two was not going to be easy, although Hruska said he went to camp with the Swarm with the goal of breaking into the

top two.

“I wasn’t going to training camp thinking I was going to be a number three,” he said, adding his attitude was “. . . to show what I bring to the team and to fight for a spot whether that was as number one or number four.”

Along the way of show ing what he could do Hruska said he was try ing to improve his game too.

“I think there are things I learned, like when to challenge hard er,” he said, adding it is critical to be able to move out to challenge NLL shooters to cut off angles, but then be able to get back to the posts too if the play moves in closer.

“I worked on challen ging out and then getting back to my posts.”

Another focus for Hruska last season was to be as big as he can when facing shooters.

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He said he is naturally a bigger body -- stand ing at 6-foot-1 and weigh ing in at 265 pounds -- so he needs to use that to advantage because again NLL shooters find the smallest holes to score on – which was rather evident facing shooters just as Lyle Thompson and Shayne Jackson with the Swarm.

“It’s a whole other level when you get to the NLL,” said the 21-yearold netminder.

In terms of bigger netminders recent Rush addition Alex Buque is a large netminder at more than 300 pounds, so will watching him help Hruska?

The young goalie said he tries not to fashion his play on any one player.

“What I try to do is not pick one goalie to look at but instead pick little pieces from various goal ies,” he said.

It’s that jump in play that Hruska takes the

greatest adjustment.

“It’s just learning how to be a pro, on and off the floor,” he said.

Hruska played with the Mimico Mountaineers Jr. A this past season.

Suiting up for 14 games, Hruska finished with a 0.709 save percent age, now he just wants a chance.

“As much as I appre ciate the chance to play

for the Rush I just want to play in the league as well,” he said. “. . . I just want to be able to show that I can stand against the shooters wherever they come from.”

Laine Hruska

Photo by Steve Hiscock/Saskatchewan Rush

A strong run game helped Yorkton win Saturday.

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Local radio journalist headed to Sask Ag Hall of Fame

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer

Local radio listeners, especially those with an interest in agriculture, will know the name Jack Dawes.

For decades he has been on radio where his primary interest has been the farm sec tor, with air time on sta tions in Prince Albert, Dauphin and Yorkton.

Now Dawes’ near forty-year career is being recognized as he is one of six individuals who will be inducted into the Saskatchewan Agricultural Hall of Fame is during its 50th anniversary celebration this fall.

It’s an honour Dawes said he certainly did not see coming.

“It’s always unexpect ed, but much appreci ated,” he said in a recent interview with Yorkton This Week.

Dawes said he has known about the selec tion for several weeks, time he has taken to reflect on his rather long career.

“It’s given me a month to think about it. It’s given me pause thinking back over my career,” he said, adding the reflec tion led him to one very basic realization – “how fortunate I’ve been.”

Dawes said over the years he has of course covered previous hall of fame inductions, former Premiers such as Allan Blakeney and Grant

Devine, the sort he called “highly accomplished public figures” and pro ducers such as Zenith Faye, and he said he had to ask himself “do I really fit in with that crowd.”

Dawes didn’t start out expecting to be a farm reporter. In fact, his background was not particularly related to agriculture. He said as a youngster his family was on his grandfather’s farm near Portage la Prairie, MB. for a few years, but he was not at all know ledgeable about farming.

And, he hadn’t start ed out thinking radio in terms of a career either.

Dawes only came to radio and then the farm ing circles after a sevenyear career in teaching, followed by about eight years in radio, television and newspaper (regular news) reporting, includ ing tine with the original incarnation of this news paper.

“I have a liberal arts undergrad degree (BDN University) and a bunch of “learn-by- doin’” experience,” he wrote at saskfarmwriters.ca

But then fate took over and he was drawn into farm reporting.

That path was aided by Norm Roebuck, a well-known farmer in the Yorkton area.

Dawes related how Roebuck a farmer, busi nessman and commun ity builder in Yorkton proved a sage advisor in his early years of cover ing agriculture.

“At CKOS TV in

Yorkton he took me under his wing and quickly taught me how to relax in front of the cameras,” he wrote at saskfarm writers.ca “At the time I had no inclination that ag reporting would become a career, but one day –on short notice (10 min utes) – I was handed an assignment to interview then federal ag minister (and minister in charge of CWB) Otto Lang! The lesson learned was, of course – keep calm and chive on!”

The next step was a move to radio.

“At CJGX Radio, Yorkton, I was the (some what reluctant) news director for several years. A local farmer, Doug Sherwin, had been the voice of agri culture to east central

Saskatchewan before I came here in about 1972. I was intrigued by how he went about his radio work with a laid back and casual approach that very much suited the material and his audi ence, I thought.”

So, when Dawes was offered the opportunity to ‘do ag’ in 1987, he said he was eager but as was typical of most people in the media, wondered how would you “fill” a 30-minute slot with ag material.

“I very quickly real ized ag journalism really is no different than regu lar “news” reporting. The show (and interviewing farmers) became a pas sion to me and quickly expanded to an hour daily. The biggest chal lenge, learning to ask the right questions, is still a work in progress,” he said.

Dawes said in real izing early on he didn’t know much about many aspects of agriculture he took a rather simple

approach to interviews, asking questions he believed his producer listeners would be inter ested in hearing the answers too.

Dawes said he recalled being asked early on what made him so passionate about agriculture, he said it came back to the people he was interviewing. Their enthusiasm for the diverse industry that is agriculture simply showed through in his interviews.

In fact, Dawes said he believes all the people he has talked to about farm ing “are worth a number of university degrees” in terms of what he learned over the years.

Dawes said he also realizes that he has been fortunate in terms of hav ing a radio show which allowed him to create a full story, not just a sound bite like big city press is often relegated too.

“I was never satisfied. I was always digging for more details,” he said. “.

. I never liked just look ing for the quintessential clip.”

There have been times Dawes moved away from radio and ag reporting, but he stayed connected to the sector, includ ing several years in the employ of the Prairie Oat Growers (2002 to 2011).

“I learned a whole new side of agricul ture helping set up the first oat commissions in Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Alberta,” he said.

“The job also gave me experience in news letter writing. The direc tors were of course all farmers and were the best people I have ever worked for.”

Now Dawes, 81, is back on the air again, this time with The ROCK 98.5 FM.

So through all the years, what is the most memorable story?

Dawes said he recalls the debates over the early safety net programs such as GRIP and NISA, but ultimately he had to say the years-long fight over the eventual fate of the Canadian Wheat Board, admitting he leaned toward change.

“I thought if I was in business I didn’t think I’d want the government telling me how to do that business,” he said.

And, Dawes has always loved music too, from his days playing with the MG Stillbridge Band playing the old Moustache Lounge in Yorkton, to still playing his saxophone with the adult band, but it is his farming reporting he will always be best known for.

Dawes, who lives in Saltcoats with wife Jeanette, will be formally inducted to the Hall of Fame at a ceremony in Saskatoon Saturday, Nov. 12.

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Jack Dawes visits with Sherry Grunert on the combine as harvest wrapped up recently.

Hair care tips for white hair

Over time, your hair follicles produce less melanin, the pigment that gives your hair its colour. Besides turning your hair white or grey, less melanin also chan ges its texture and con dition. Here are four tips to take care of your hair as it changes.

1. Don’t pluck it. Pulling out your grey hairs can damage the follicles. This results in coarse or frizzy hair.

2. Give more thought to hy dration. Greying hair needs more mois ture than younger hair. If your hair is mostly grey, choose products with extra moisturizing properties. If needed, add a hair mask or oil to your hair care rou tine.

3. Use a specialty shampoo. About once a month, use a product designed to prevent your hair from turning yellow. The sun and pollution are two fac tors that can accelerate hair discolouration.

Alcohol consumption as a senior: 3 risk factors

Have loved ones or medical professionals expressed concerns about your drinking? It’s important to know that age-specific issues may contribute to an unhealthy relationship with alcohol, leading to mental and physical problems. Whether you drink alcohol regularly or occasionally, your health demands that you examine your hab its.

Risk factors

Certain events later in life can trigger excessive alcohol con sumption, such as:

1. Retirement. Some older people dedicate a significant portion of their lives to their work and view retirement as a series of losses. They may not know how to use or value their free time. Alcohol can become a way to com pensate for losing their professional life.

2. Loneliness. Older people who no longer have children in their care, have lost their life partner or don’t have a large social circle are at increased risk of drinking alone and becoming alcohol dependent.

3. Health problems. Getting sick, losing mobility or experien

cing chronic pain can make an older per son preoccupied with declining health. They may resort to alcohol consumption to numb the sadness they feel at losing their abilities.

Do you recognize

yourself in any of these descriptions? If you need help man aging your drinking, don’t hesitate to talk to a healthcare profes sional. They can advise you and direct you to appropriate resources.

4. Protect your hair. White or grey hair is more sensitive to the elements, like the sun, chlorine and heating appliances. Use cream or sprays to give it an added measure of pro tection.

Talk to your hair dresser or colourist for advice on the best hair care products for your hair type.

Frightful

Many Yorkton yards are decorated for the Halloween season with a variety of witches, ghosts, goblins evil clowns and smiling pumpkins.

Staff Photos by Calvin Daniels

Terriers scuffle in third of three road losses

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer

A three-games in three-days road trip proved a difficult one for the Yorkton Terriers as the SJHL team went winless.

The gauntlet run started Thursday with the Terriers at the Access Communications Centre to play the hometown Battlefords North Stars.

For 20-minutes it was a defensive affair.

In fact, through 20-minutes only one goal was scored, an even strength effort from Marshall Light to give the home side a 1-0 lead.

In the second frame the offences found the mark, and the goals started to pour in.

Jackson Allan made it 2-0 only 29 seconds in, and then it was 3-0 on a Colby Bear marker at 4:02.

Then it was the Terriers turn with a goal by Cade Kennedy striking first at 6:03, then at 7:01 Dylan Ruptash made it 3-2 before Clay Sleeva tied the contest at 7:52.

But, the Stars inched back ahead at 13:15 with a goal by Kian Bell.

In the third the North Stars added to their lead as Holden Doell scored an unassisted goal 1:15 in and then added another at 5:09 to make it a 6-3 contest.

And the Battlefords deluge continued on Bell’s second of the contest at 10:17, and an unassisted marker by Zane Florence at 10:45 extending the lead to 8-3, with Steven Kesslering making it a 9-3 final with a goal at 19:44.

To start Caleb Allen was in net for Yorkton facing 36 shots and allowing eight goals before being relieved after the eighth marker by Tommy Bouchard.

Josh Kotai was the North Stars netminder. He faced 34 shots.

The Stars and Terriers were back at it again Friday.

And, for the second night the Stars scored the only goal of the first period, a marker by Holden Doell only 1:29 into the contest.

In the middle frame the teams traded goals Kian Bell at 6:53 for the Stars, and Clay Sleeva putting the Terriers on the board at 14:16.

In the third a powerplay goal at 2:37 from Kelton Klein gave the home side a 3-1 lead.

Colby Bear made it 4-1 with a goal at 7:49, and 5-1 when he added his second straight at 10:15.

Yorkton put one more on the board, as Dylan Ruptash scored at 17:35 to make it 5-2, but that would mark the final score, a second straight win for the Stars over the Terriers.

Josh Kotai was in net for Battlefords facing 27 shots in the win.

Caleb Allen was in net for Yorkton facing 36 shots in the loss.

After giving up 14 goals to Battlefords in the pair of games against the North Stars the Terriers were in a lower scor ing affair in Kindersley Saturday.

The Terriers scored first, an unassisted effort by Clay Sleeva 11:24 into the game.

The lead lasted only a few ticks more than a minute as Brock Evans tied the game with a powerplay marker for the Klippers at 12:29.

The 1-1 deadlock held until the third period when Matthew Mazzocchi gave the home side their first lead of the game only 29 seconds into the frame.

At 2:52 of the third period

Tylin Hilbig gave the Klippers a 3-1 lead.

A powerplay goal by Brock Evans at 7:39 extended the lead to 4-1.

Pavel Mckenzie would add one at 19:19 for Yorkton, but it was too little, too late as the Klippers added a powerplay goal by Josh Morton at 19:38 as the Terriers dropped the deci sion 5-2.

Tommy Bouchard was in net for the Terriers facing 35-shots.

Cody Jaman was the net minder for Kindersley facing 43-shots.

The game was the 13th of the season for Yorkton, with the loss dropping their record to 6-7 for 12 points.

Terrier head coach Mat Hehr said the games weren’t as bad as they might look.

“I think for the three games we were right in the games,” he told Yorkton This Week Monday.

Hehr said the team went into the final stanza close enough on the score board to be in the mix for points “and then just fell apart in the third period.”

And, the North Stars are hot this season too.

Battlefords has only one overtime loss in 14 games this season, and Monday was rated the top team at the level in the country, related Hehr.

“The team plays well in all facets. They do the little things right. They play a good 200-foot game,” he said.

Hehr said the team iced 16 rookies on the weekend, and late in the three games it showed with some mental errors.

“It’s still very early. We’ve only played 13 games, so there’s definitely no need for panic,” said Hehr, who added, “… We hope this group can continue to develop through the year.”

But, if the young players don’t take a step, the Terrier coach said they will certainly look to add a veteran, or two to steady things.

In regards to a veteran pres ence the Terriers received bad news as Karsten Kruska is out for the season with a broken femur.

The next action for Yorkton sees the Terriers host Humboldt Wednesday, Oct. 26, before heading to Wilcox to take on Notre Dame Thursday.

Things don’t get easier with the Broncos rated number nine in the country, noted Hehr.

And then with Harvest Showdown in Yorkton the Terriers are back on the road.

Hehr said the Terriers will just need to get back to basics and jell on the road, “The more simple we can play the better for us,” he said.

Maulers take win and a loss over weekend

By Tyson Off Staff Writer

YORKTON – The Yorkton SECON Maulers went 1-1 against the Warman Wildcats in back-to-back games on Oct. 22nd and 23rd at Westland Arena.

Game One

The first game of the series saw the Maulers take a 2-5 win over the

Wildcats with goals coming from Tanner Wiens, Luc Fortier, Shaden Duliak and Kaidon Mah for the Maulers and Kazden Mathies and Isaiah Arnold for the Wildcats.

Blake Sittler was in net for the win with 26 saves.

Luke Brunen was in net for the Wildcats, blocking 30 of 33 shots.

Stars of the game were the Maulers’ Blake Sittler and the Wildcats’ Isaiah

Arnold.

Game Two

The Maulers fell 3-2 to a shootout loss in the second game of the series with both goals for the team coming by way of Vinay Junek. Tylan Henrikson and Jeter Korte scored in regular time for the Wildcats with the shootout win ner coming by from Zane Normand.

Blake Sittler was once again in net

for the Maulers, facing 26 shots and saving 24.

Corben Schnurr was in net for the win facing 25 shots and blocking 23.

Stars for the game were the Maulers’ Vinay Junek and the Wildcats’ Kazden Mathies.

The Maulers will travel to Saskatoon this weekend to face the Saskatoon Contacts in back-to-back games Oct. 28th and 29th.

Dance donation

There are 17 dancers and their fam ilies from Extravadance Yorkton, Canora & Preeceville heading to Disneyland in July 2023 to par ticipate in the Dance the Magic Summer Classic. They will have the opportunity to perform inside the Magic Kingdom, participate in a Disney parade and learn from Disney choreographers and dan cers. The trip was given a recent

boost with a donation from the Yorkton Kinsmen. The donation was for $3000. Here, back row from left, Elmer Hollinger of the Kinsmen presents the cheque to dancers, Jayme Varga, and Stephanie Dubiel, and instructor Kristin Weber. Front row from left are; Rhaylon Varga, Bryir Varga, Kayleigh Lambert and Jiliann Dubiel.

MEMBER APPRECIATION NIGHT

YBID INVITES ALL MEMBERS TO MEMBERSHIP APPRECIATION NOV. 2ND AT THE PAINTED HAND CASINO ALL MEMBERS WELCOME.

COME AND GO FOR 5:30PM– 7:30PM COCKTAILS AND FINGER FOODS, DOOR PRIZES AND UP DATES.

SAVE THE DATE - SANTA CLAUS PARADE FOR NOV. 27TH

Priory Vote of Thanks for area woman

Priory of Canada, Dr. André M. Levesque, on Oct. 15 at the organ ization’s Investiture at Government House in Regina.

Whiskers & Tails

Do you want to adopt a pet bird? Before visiting your local pet store, make sure you know what to look for in a suitable cage. Your bird’s health and well-being depend on it. Here are a few tips for choosing the right cage.

DIMENSIONS

The cage should be large enough for your bird to fly around but not so big that it feels lost. The ideal cage size depends on how big your bird is and whether you plan on housing one or several birds in the same enclosure.

SHAPE

The shape of the cage depends on the type

of bird you adopt and its flying preferences. For example, most birds fly horizontally. Therefore, long cages are most suitable. On the other hand, tall cages are more suitable for birds that like to climb, like parrots and parakeets. It’s also good to look for a cage with several perches.

BARS

Make sure the spacing between the bars isn’t too big. Your bird shouldn’t be able to stick its head through. If your bird likes to climb, choose a model with smooth bars. Finally, make sure the door has a secure latch.

Visit your local pet store to find a cage your new feathered friend will love.

Yorkton St. John’s Ambulance’s Medical First Responder Unit Chief, Susan Mould, received the Priory Vote of Thanks from the St. John Ambulance Chancellor for the

Courtesy of St John’s Ambulance

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Obituaries Obituaries

REESE - With heavy hearts, the family of Kathleen Muriel Reese (Goulden), wish to announce her passing on August 13, 2022, at the age of 84. She was laid to rest at a private family graveside service. A huge thank-you to Jason Kopan for such a beautiful service. Kathy was the post master in Ebenezer for 58 years, and ran the office until shortly before her passing. Her list of friends and acquaintances is a long one, as she led a very active life. She was a proud member of the Royal Canadian Legion and the Red Hat Society. She loved to cook and hosted many dinner parties for family and friends; but also enjoyed the quiet times she spent at her cottage. She curled for many years with family and friends. She loved to go golfing with anyone, but especially with her grandsons. She was able to do a lot of travelling to different places in the world, with her daughter and family. She loved these holidays, but was happy to come home too. She loved music and the arts, and attended every concert and show she could. Kathy was pre-deceased by her husband Floyd Allan Reese and her parents Raymond and Muriel Goulden (Powell). She leaves to mourn her passing and celebrate her life, her many friends and acquaintances, but most of all, her children and grandchildren..who love and miss her so much. Memorial donations in memory of Kathy may be made to the Kelvington Health Centre. The staff went above and beyond to care for her..truly angels.

Zeibin - Sam Zeibin passed away suddenly on Oct. 14, 2022 at his home at the age of 93. He was born on April 14, 1929 on the family farm by Verigin, Saskatchewan to Michael and Mary (Konkin) Zeibin. He was the youngest of three children. He was raised in the Whitesand School District northwest of Kamsack. It was there he attended a one-room country school until Grade Nine. He then attended high school at the Kamsack Collegiate Institute. After graduation he spent two winters work ing in Toronto and helping on the family farm in the summer. In 1950 he moved to Yorkton and joined the construc tion industry. This would become his lifelong vocation. He first started work ing for Logan and Black Construction before moving to Weber Construction where he continued to work for many years. After retiring from construction, he moved to Regina and became a housing inspector for Sask Housing. He

also worked part-time for Christie-Hill Funeral Home and Crematorium as a driver.

While living in Yorkton he met Pauline Graf and they were married on April 25, 1951.

They had three children - Karen, Sheryl, and Jim. Sam was a loyal church member. He served two terms as congregational chairman at Zion Lutheran Church and fifteen years as church treasurer. In 1975 he designed and oversaw the construction of the narthex and the west side office rooms. In 1993, when the parish hall was built, he was the construction supervisor. In 1995, when Lutheran Church Canada purchased their office building in Winnipeg, he spent a month there helping with the renovations. Sam loved being involved in construction. He built many houses for family and friends, including both of his own homes. When Sam was 82, the last building project he was involved with was helping with the construction of his grandson’s house. Sam loved to garden. He was very proud of his large garden that he would plant every spring. He would give a lot of the vegetables he raised to his family as well as to his friends. Sam was predeceased by his parents, Michael and Mary Zeibin of Kamsack, his brother Peter in infancy, his sister Florence in infancy, his brother Michael Zeibin of Kamsack, his sister Merry Kelpin of Nelson, B.C., his grandson Christopher Fullmann of Langenburg, and his wife Pauline. He is survived by his three children, Karen (Peter) Fullmann of Langenburg, Sheryl (John) Bodnar of Yorkton and Jim (Emilie) Zeibin of Fort Saskatchewan, Alta He is also survived by five grandchildren, David (Jhenifer Pabillano) Zeibin of Vancouver, Jonathan (Jennah Johnson) Bodnar of Yorkton, Jennifer (Mike) Plambeck of Edmonton, Michael (Tamara) Bodnar of Yorkton, and Kathryn (Richard Eliuk) Fullmann of Yorkton. He is survived by eight great-grandchildren, Nash and Anna Bodnar, Samuel, Emilia, Zoe, and Iris Plambeck, and Linna and Tavi Zeibin. To send flowers to the family or plant a tree in memory of Sam Zeibin, please visit our floral store.

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Hands on training in virtual reality

By Tyson Off Staff Writer

YORKTON – A vir tual reality exhibit at the Career Explorations event held on Oct. 18th at the Flexihall gave youth attendees a chance to try out prospective careers.

“It’s a suite of activ ities that simulate what it’s like to do these jobs in the real world,” said Kelly Ireland of the Regina District Industry Education Council.

“This is just one of 28 scenarios that we have,” said Mark Edmonds, Executive Director of RDIEC, adding, “if kids read through the list of the 28 programs and there’s an interest there, we basically give them an opportunity to kind of delve into the career,” and “there’s 28 different programs, this is the HVAC (Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning) repair per son.”

“In this scenario you get a phone call from the building owner that says, ‘hey, my building is really hot, come and fix my air conditioning’,” said Ireland, adding, “so these guys show up on the roof of a building and they have an assist ant that they can listen to on their watch or they can read the manual and it basically says, ‘hey, there’s these four prob lems with the system, you need to figure out how to fix each of those.”

The VR program uses an Occulus VR headset to give users an immersive experience.

“When you grab some thing, you’re really hold ing it and if you let go it drops,” said Ireland, add ing, “it’s a really cool way to give kids a chance to try some different career experiences that they

otherwise wouldn’t get a chance to.”

Ireland, a recently retired teacher, said he spent the last ten years of his career as a School Administrator, but was a technology consultant for Prairie Valley School Division prior to that.

“This is kind of going back to those days for me where I got to work with the technology and really get to see kids get excited about the different things that they can do with technology...just having those ways to experience learning outside of the traditional classroom set ting or even getting out in the field—this is kind of a bridge between those things,” said Ireland.

“As a recently retired teacher, this is a great way for me to stay con nected to students but also express my love and appreciation of technol ogy,” said Ireland.

Ireland said that the VR experience is a great way for young minds to learn and experience new things.

“The best learning scenario, or the best learning situation, is when you don’t realize that you’re learning— you’re just having fun— and that is kind of like going back to as a child when you’re just soak ing up every experience around you and every thing that you do is learn ing, but you’re having fun doing it.”

“To be able to give some potentially jaded teenagers a chance to do that and then to maybe—if you have some discussion with them afterwards—open up their eyes to just the pos sibilities of some of these things that they found really fun here —this could turn into a career

for you,” said Ireland, adding, “you may not know what you’re doing in grade 10 or 11, or— heaven forbid—12, but if you’ve experienced something like this it gives you an idea of where you might want to go in the future.”

“Basically we try and connect kids grades 7-12 to a career path of choice – so we try and base it upon their inter ests and their passions,” said Edmonds of the his organization, adding, “we try and give them as much information about a potential career pos sibilities for themselves that they might have questions about...moving through the education system and eventually graduating and going out into the work force.”

When it comes to the VR portion of RDIEC, Edmonds said that the

organization works close ly with Regina Work-Prep and Careers Labs VR, the designer of the software they use.

“Kids basically go in, they get into the program and virtually get a real feel for what the career might be like, so this is just giving them an idea of what an HVAC person does,” said Edmonds, adding, “it’s very applic able, this gives kids an opportunity to kind of do

some hands on stuff—vir tually of course—but as close in a simulation as you could possibly get to the real thing.”

“RDIEC is a nonprofit corporation estab lished in 2013 as a result of industry education councils being high lighted as best prac tice in the Government of Saskatchewan’s Framework for Provincial Education Plan 2020 – 2030,” read

a description from the organization’s website.

“Our mandate is to help all of southern Saskatchewan, so we’ve partnered with all the southern school division; Chinook, Good Spirit, Sunwest, South-East Cornerstone and Prairie South – basically every thing Saskatoon South,” said Edmonds.

“Connecting educa tion to industry is what we do,” said Edmonds.

Bigs Halloween costumes store open

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer

Needing a Halloween costume for the chil dren?

Then you might want to head down to the Linden Square Mall in Yorkton and check out the Boys and Girls Club costume store.

The idea of the cos tume shop started backed in 2017 related Lorraine Moeller with BGG, although “the last two years it’s been on hiatus because of COVID.”

While the actual exchange was shelved for two years, donations from the public and from stores with unsold outfits at season end continued.

“We have a ton of stuff,” said Moeller.

With two years of donations on hand, Moeller said they need ed more room for a store, and Linden Square Mall came forward with a location.

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The costumes are free to take, said Moeller, although donations are welcome, as are swaps, bring in costumes that no longer fit youngsters and exchange for one that does.

Moeller said the cos

tume store is just one way of helping families with their budgets, add ing with the cost of fuel, food and other things ris ing, buying costumes can put a strain on finances.

The exchange is also

a good way to divert used costumes from just going to the landfill.

“There’s also an environmental aspect as well,” offered Moeller.

“It’s environmentally friendly to reuse.”

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An attendee of the career expo practices an HVAC scenario. The VR simulation was presented by the Regina District Industry Education Council who work closely with Regina Work-Prep and Careers Labs VR to

Members of RDIEC at Career Explorations, Mark Edmonds (center left) and Kelly Ireland (center right).

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I flipped through my Sunny Side Up archives the other day—over twenty years worth of weekly scribbles. Some seemed worth a second look. Here’s one of my favourites, published initially in 2004.

When I stop talking, I hear things. Old voices, sometimes. Wondering. What do you wonder? I ask. They answer this way…

We wonder, in this ‘golden age’, why no one warned us about all the iron ore we’d have to chisel through to find it. We wonder why we thought one day life would be easy. We won der if this’ll be the day it gets easy.

We wonder, when all we’ve got is time,

Garden checklist time! We’ve probably all cleaned up most of our gardens, but it seems there are always some small tasks to do before the first snowflakes start to drift through the air.

I’ll tell you an interest ing experience that hap pened just a couple weeks ago. I know we have chatted about not clean ing up every last leaf or every last perennial stem from the garden, because these untouched places offer shelter and habitat for many garden-friendly bugs. On this particular day, I was mowing the lawn and came to a leafcovered area under a tree. I glanced down.

What was happening? The earth was moving and undulating! Guess what it was? Hundreds of ladybugs, maybe thou sands, were disturbed from their hiding places under the leaves as I wheeled the lawnmower near to them! Needless to say, I made a very quick retreat and left them in

why God couldn’t have spread it out over all those days when there was never enough. We wonder why we took so long to discover how few things in life are truly important. We wonder, scanning the purple evening sky, why we made time for so few sunsets.

We wonder why we spent more time being busy than just being. We wonder, given so many days, why we don’t have more to show for them. We wonder, in retro spect, why we didn’t reach farther, stretch higher, dig deeper.

We wonder, con sidering our pension cheques, why we ever thought money could make us happy. We

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We wonder, meeting a child, if it’s all right to talk to them. Just to remember. We wonder, when given a hug, how to get one every day.

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wonder, when our pos sessions choke us, why we didn’t give more of them away when they still meant something to someone.

We wonder if tele marketers are the only ones who know our number. We wonder why we’re so reluctant to call others ourselves. We wonder, when the mor ning sun finds our win

dows, if we’ll ever get used to waking alone.

We wonder, when someone tells us some small thing we did mat tered, why we didn’t do them more.

We wonder by what miracle our children believe we were such good parents after all. We wonder, when they boss us, who gave them permission to switch

We wonder, flipping through old photos, why we ever complained about being unattract ive. We wonder, when the music’s sweet, if we can still dance—or why we never learned. We wonder, gazing in the mirror, who let that stranger in.

We wonder, in win ter, who’ll win today, the sidewalk or us. We won der, in summer, why we stopped picking flowers.

We wonder, at church, if they’d forgive us for yelling, ‘Louder and slower, please!”

Checking the fall prep list

peace.

So now, time for homework. Do ladybugs hibernate? Yes, they do. Although we commonly call it ‘hibernate’, I read that the term is actual ly called ‘diapause’ for insects. Their metabolic rate falls and the insects go dormant. Insects like ladybugs are ectother mic, cold-blooded. That means they cannot regu late their own body tem perature, and that is why they have to find a warm place to winter.

Ladybugs will look for a safe, secluded, warm spot where they can spend the winter. It can be under leaves, in hol lows of trees, under bark, among stems in the gar den, all kinds of places. If they do not have a good place to winter, they will perish. Sometimes they may even try to come inside our homes, and who can blame them for wanting to escape a bit ter winter! I read that if we find a ladybug

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indoors, curled up in a corner of the windowsill, we should just let it be.

They don’t hurt anything, and when spring comes we can hopefully transfer it safely outdoors when it is warm enough.

And one more fact oid: guess what a group of ladybugs is called? That amazing gathering of the beautiful ladybugs that I saw that afternoon is called a “loveliness”. And truly it was!

So if you still have some corners of the gar den that you think you have to “clean up”, try to contain that compul sion to have everything leaf-free, twig free, and

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bare to the ground. You will be giving beneficial insects a bit of a chance to survive if they can find a place to call home for the winter.

Other tasks for this time of year: marking places where you have new or smaller peren nials. This will prevent them from getting dug up or tilled up in the spring and will also show you where something did not come up in the spring. Not every perennial sur vives, unfortunately.

Now is also when we can plant some new bulbs, and once again, mark them, too. It seems

to be some kind of weird gardening law that when we are planting bulbs, we invariably dig up bulbs that were already there! Has that happened to you? So mark the new additions carefully.

It is also a good time to empty containers of soil, clean them out, and stack them neatly. It is so much more fun to go out

We wonder, when filled with longing, how a body can look so old, but feel so young.

We wonder, when our birthday candles could light a dark street, why a child still peers out from the mirror in our soul. We wonder, read ing our old scrapbooks, if any of it mattered. We wonder, on birth days, why the thought that this one may be our last bothers us less each year.

We wonder, reviewing our senseless worries, why we didn’t trust God more. We wonder, reviewing our blessings, why he chose to send so many.

We wonder, when we finally let go, what we were so afraid of.

in the spring to a nice, neat stack of containers, rather than a tumble of containers filled with fro zen or water-logged soil.

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