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The Royal Canadian Legion General Alexander Ross Branch No. 77 in Yorkton marked the official kick-off to Veteran’s Week on Saturday with a flag raising at the cenotaph on Smith Street in Yorkton. It was just one of several activities in the last few weeks all focused on recognizing the contributions of veterans, lead-

ing up to Remembrance Day ceremonies Nov. 11 at the Flexihall in the Gallagher Centre. Those attending are asked to be in their seats by 10:40 a.m. From left; Comrade Matt Stringfellow, from the 64 Battalion John Bencharski, (in the back) Comrade Gerald Webster, and president Comrade Ken Gordon raising the flag.

Demand rises at local food bank

By Tyson Off Staff Writer A University of Saskatchewan poll found that food bank use in the

Prairies is the highest in the country.

“CHASR’s Taking the Pulse of Canada survey had 1,001 respondents across Canada who were

contacted via landlines and cellphones. Nearly 78 per cent of respondents said they had used coupons or bought food items on sale, 58.6

per cent said they had decreased household food waste, and 54.5 per cent said they had planned meals to ensure they had enough money

and food. As well, 30.7 per cent said they had eaten less healthy food because it’s cheaper,” read a media release from the University of

Saskatchewan.

Yorkton This Week spoke with the local Salvation Army’s

Roger Phillips Chamber Builder Award at the 2022 Achieving Business Excellence awards held in Saskatoon at Prairieland Park on Nov. 5.

“The Roger Phillips Chamber Builder Award was presented to Evan Ortynsky, owner and president of Key Auto Group. Evan continues to dedicate his time and

expertise, as he has done for decades, to not only his hometown Chamber in Yorkton, but to the provincial and national Chambers as well.” detailed a media release

for the awards.

“I’m very honoured by the recognition,” said Ortynsky upon accepting the award, adding, “I have to first say thank you to my family.”

“My family has always been so very supportive, so I’d like to thank my wife Brenda and my son Joseph.”

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Ortynsky presented major ABEX award

By Tyson Off Staff Writer YORKTON – Evan Ortynsky of the Key Auto Group was honoured recently with the

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Ed Malinowski family recognized with award

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer The highlight presentation at the grain show awards reception has long been the announcement of the Farmer

Recognition Award.

The award sponsored by Hammond Realty has been awarded since 2002, and this year went to a family with deep ties to the Yorkton Exhibition Association.

Ed Malinowski started with the YEA board back in 1974, after showing horses since 1961, and has been named honourary president for his years of dedication.

Now he and his wife Donna

are the elder states-people of the Malinowski family who were presented the recognition award Thursday evening.

“It’s just an honour to win this award,” said Len Malinowski who spoke briefly

for the family to those assembled at the reception.

Malinowski who followed his father’s footsteps, not only into farming, but to the YEA

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FOOD Continued from Page A1

Ministry Leader, Roy Bladen, about the impact of food prices on the local food bank.

Bladen said food bank usage was up around 15 per cent in September, and has climbed to 18 per

cent in November.

Bladen said the cost of food is to blame.

“You got out and spend $100 on food and you’re lucky to fill a plastic bag.”

Bladen said the organization will make it to

Christmas with what they have, “but not sure after that.”

“It’s a concern going forward,” said Bladen, adding, “the cost of living is costing people more to get the basics - then they don’t have the money to

go to charities.”

Bladen said that the organization used to serve about 65 families a month, but that number has risen to 95.

Bladen said that multiplying that number by five equals the num-

ber of individuals utilizing the food bank.

“We need to raise $130,000 to be able to run our food bank program for 2023,” said Bladen.

Bladen said those who wish to participate in the Salvation

Army’s Christmas Kettle program are urged to contact the Program Co-ordinator, Gwen, at (306) 744 - 3000.

“We can’t foresee the future - we have to remember sharing is caring,” said Bladen,

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board and the president’s chair too, said there were years of sweat and tears that went into the farm that started out at 300 acres when he came back to the operation.

In the ensuing years the farm has grown, to where they now farm 5000 acres and run 150 cows, and Len’s son Colton is in the fold too.

While the farm has grown, they have stayed ready to help others when needed.

In announcing the recipients Jack Dawes said the family “is known in the area as good neighbours,” always ready to snow blow a roadway, or pull someone out of the mud.

Len Malinowski said while they have grown, he doesn’t expect that to continue.

“I’m pretty happy I don’t want to grow anymore,” he said.

After some congratulatory handshakes Len consented to a short interview with Yorkton This Week where he expanded on the good feeling the award brought the family.

“It was a really great feeling,” he said, adding he is particularly appreciative for his father who is now 82.

Father Ed actually took over the farm himself, three-quarters of land from his father Joe, so the core of the Malinowski farm has been in the family for

involved. “. . . You’re not babysitting 24 hours. You can’t beat family members to do the job.”

The farm grows canola, wheat, oats, peas, a variety of crops to keep rotations working, and building on a philosophy that some diversity is good.

“I like a little bit of everything,” said Len.

Wade Berlinic with Hammond Realty, left presents the Farmer Recognition Award to Tracy, Ed, Kelsey, Donna, Colton and Len Malinowski. years.

There was a time it was unclear if the farm would survive. When high interest rates hit in the 1980s things were too tight on the small farm to support Ed and Donna and their son Len, so Len headed west to B.C., where he sold cars.

But, Len’s heart was back on the Yorkton-area farm and he eventually came home and bought the small holding in 1998.

He also made a decision, if they were to be successful long term they had to grow.

“We had to move forward,” he said, adding the alternative was to sell out.

The growth was quick adding a dozen quarters

in “the next couple of years,” and now owning 20 quarters and renting 12 more, and a herd of cows.

“We committed a lot,” said Len, noting he and his wife Tracy had offfarm jobs in the early years, as they were taking no money from the farm dedicating that to

expansion. In addition to working on and off farm the couple had a family of three, two daughters now working and a son back with the farm.

Len said the farm life is not an easy one.

“You work hard seven days a week, 14 hours a day,” he said, although he then added “I don’t find

it work. I enjoy everything I do.”

That said Len pointed back to the award as in-part verifying all the hours are recognized.

And, all the effort has proven worthwhile.

“Now we can enjoy life,” said Len, adding it helps that son Colton and his wife Kelsey are

That is why the cows remain today, even though Len notes at present they are not a profitable part of the farm mix.

While cattle struggle to be profitable, on the grain and oilseed side of things 2022 was a year for the record books.

Len said in his 24 years running the farm the past year “is one of the best years we’ve ever had.”

The year was special because conditions were such that crops were good, and prices are as high as they have ever been.

“You don’t usually get both,” said Len with a smile.

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“Secondly, the Key Auto Group team, every one of them, especially one of my Senior Managers and my partner Joel Martinuk,” said Ortynsky.

“I’ve always been so proud and thankful to call Saskatchewan home—it is a place that is blessed and built for success in business—we’ve got it.”

“Congratulations to all the business nominees – you’re all winners here tonight – we’re all winners,” said Ortynsky, adding, “thank you to the Saskatchewan Chamber for continu-

ing these awards – it is really beautiful to see a business community out like this and thank you for your everyday work for the betterment of Saskatchewan.”

“The Roger Philips Chamber Builder award is named in honor of Roger Phillips, who originated the ABEX Awards...the award is presented to an individual with a long-standing history of committing time, thought leadership and guidance to the Chamber network in Saskatchewan,” read a media release from the Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce from 2018.

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YBID AGM The Yorkton Business Improvement District held their membership appreciation night and Annual General Meeting on Nov. 2 at the Painted Hand

Casino. Pictured here, Top left photo, Donna Brothwell Executive Director for YBID. Main photo, members gathered for food and discussion.

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Young teamster enjoys pulling sport

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer The big horses were put to work over two nights at the Dave’s Diesel Heavy Horse Pulls at the Grain Millers Harvest Showdown.

The big horses getting into the traces and pulling thousands of pounds is a long time highlight of the Showdown in Yorkton, and this year nine teams – all of them Belgian horses – did not disappoint.

The teamsters and their teams, all members of the Qu’Appelle Valley Horse Pulling Club competed in three categories; lightweights with teams under 3200 pounds combined weight, medium weights teams under 3500 pounds and heavyweights.

Among the teamsters was Jonny Luster, barely a teen at 14, but already becoming a veteran of the sport, including pulling at one of the premier events in Canada, the Calgary Stampede.

For Luster it was a record-breaking summer in 2021, when he became the youngest teamster to ever pull at the Stampede at 13. He was still the youngest this year at 14.

Luster, from Montmartre, Sask., said he started after helping his dad when he first

Jonny Luster, 14, was the youngest teamster at the Dave’s Diesel Heavy Horse Pulls at the Grain Millers Harvest Showdown.

started in the sport.

“He (Jordan) started four or five years ago, and I’ve always helped him,” said Jonny Luster.

So it wasn’t too surprising he would eventually get a team of his

own to drive – his team is now Jimmy and Rogue, although he was driving Tom and Stormy in 2021 at the Stampede.

Now the father-son team train two teams spending countless hours

getting their horses in shape and ready to pull.

“We work then every day,” said Jonny, adding when school doesn’t get in the way he’s right there usually driving the teams five miles a day “to

get them in shape.”

So Jonny became comfortable around the big horses at an early age.

“I was putting in six hours a day standing right beside them,” he said.

So what makes a good

pulling team?

Luster said it is very much up to the horses themselves.

“They’ve got to have the heart. A horse that wants to do it,” he said.

Then it’s training, getting the team to lean into the harness together so they pull as a team.

“You want the bellies down in the dirt for good pulling,” offered Luster.

While Luster followed his dad into the sport, he stays because it’s something he has found a real passion for.

“I love it. It’s my favourite thing to do,” he said.

So he and his dad stay busy pulling.

“There’s a pull every weekend somewhere,” said Luster, adding unless things like haying get in the way they take in a lot of events each year.

Of the many shows the Stampede does stand out.

“That’s the biggest one,” offered Luster, adding he hasn’t done well on the big stage just yet.

“I got last, but I did get the teamster award,” he said, adding he’s proud of that award as it goes to the teamster who presents his team looking good in the arena, and do as they are supposed, not jerking the sled on pulls, or stepping over the lines.”

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Perspective Sitting off to a rocky start for Moe

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Murray Mandryk is a political columnist with the Leader Post

Politics It is incumbent on governing politicians to be honest, responsible and accountable.

If not always completely forthright in their justifications and explanations, governing politicians do need to be responsible and accountable for their choices.

As such, Premier Scott Moe’s government is off to a bit of a rocky start in the fall sitting of the Saskatchewan legislature.

Even before Lt.-Gov. Russ Miristy could start reading the Speech from the Throne, the agenda he was to outline was being overshadowed by one invited guest.

Lumsden-Morse MLA Lyle Stewart’s decision to invite long-time friend, former MLA and convicted murderer Colin Thatcher as one of his guests on the floor of the assembly was immediately met with condemnation.

Thatcher, was still a sitting MLA when he was convicted in 1984 of the first-degree murder of his ex-wife JoAnn Wilson. After failed appeals, Thatcher served 22 years before being released on parole from his life sentence.

His invite to the throne speech was condemned by most everyone except those in the Saskatchewan Party government whose explanations and justifications ranged from naïve to bizarre.

Stewart — who worked for Thatcher 40 years ago as a constituency secretary and was once embroiled in another Thatcher legal fight when the current Sask. Party MLA accompanied Thatcher the Wilson house after JoAnn Wilson’s murder to seize Thatcher’s daughter Stephanie — called Thatcher a “fine man” on throne speech day. If anyone deserved to be there that day it was Thatcher, Stewart said.

Policing and Corrections Minister Christine Tell immediately backed Thatcher on throne speech day, saying “Colin served his time” and was a “free man” who had “the right to be here.”

His criminal conviction “does not matter.”

The next day, Stewart issued a statement saying Thatcher’s invitation was “an error in judgement”. Meanwhile, Moe a day later would say while he personally wouldn’t have invited Thatcher as Stewart chose to do, he wasn’t sure what he and his government were being asked to apologize for.

After what one can only assume was a weekend of heated phone calls and conversation, Moe stripped Stewart of his legislative secretary duties Monday. The Premier then offered an “unequivocal apology”, saying the Thatcher invitation he called a distraction was the wrong message to send in a province with the highest domestic violence rate in the nation.

The following day, Tell said she “supported” Moe’s apology. While not immediately apologizing herself, Tell acknowledged that the wrong message was sent by inviting Thatcher and perhaps by her message. (Rather than calling him “Colin” in a familiar way as she did the previous week, Tell made a point of only referring to him as the “subject”.)

By now, you likely get the picture of what went very wrong for the Sask. Party government in the early days of this session.

It was simply too slow in demonstrating why government must be responsible, accountable and exercise good judgment.

If anything, the first week of the fall sitting was all about how the government was being anything but responsible and accountable — a bad look for a government whose centrepiece legislature this fall is all about taking a “significant” step towards our Constitutionally guaranteed jurisdiction over natural resources.

The new Saskatchewan First bill is serious business, establishing a new tribunal to calculate the costs of what the government deems harmful-to-the-economy federal environmental policies.

This gives the province a better legal tool if decides to proceed with a court injunction or reference case, Justice Minister Bronwyn Eyre explained to reporters last Tuesday.

Some say the new legislation actually amounts to little more than window dressing, but the government wants to it to be taken seriously.

To do so requires government demonstrating it is serious, responsible and accountable.

In that regard, the Sask. Party government is off to a bad start this sitting.

Murray Mandryk has been covering provincial politics since 1983.

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Remembering more important than ever I t may seem like such a repetitive thing when each year at this time this space is dedicated to our need to mark Remembrance Day, but it remains such an important thing to do.

In fact, it is becoming more important these days unfortunately for all the wrong reasons.

Remembrance Day should be a day we gather to remember the men and women who have given their lives to protect our freedoms through too many wars, and to say thanks to those who are protecting our lives today.

That should be what the day is about.

But, today we can’t ignore the day’s importance as a warning of what seems almost inevitably to be repeated.

Take a moment to watch any documentary on one of the two world wars and the death and destruction is terrible.

Now think about the ‘advancements’ in armaments which militaries have managed in the decades since, and another encompassing war might be one we don’t ever fully recover from.

Anybody with a modicum of common sense can tell that, but if we look around our world today, common sense seems in rather short supply.

Russia has invaded Ukraine and that country is being battered, its people killed or on the run as refugees as it defends against the invaders. The

Ukraine people have proven determined defenders and Russian leader Vladimir Putin is threatening nuclear strikes.

How can any human being consider that after seeing photos of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the Americans in 1945?

It’s a disturbing thought that nuclear bomb research and refinement even happened after what happened to those two Japanese cities, but it has.

And while Putin is currently the one threatening their use, he is not the only wild card out there.

North Korea is every bit as threatening in terms of turning to nuclear weapons in even the most minor of disputes.

It is the threat of war, war that could all too easily escalate to encompass more and more countries, that adds a new level to Remembrance Day. It can be a day of reflection on how horrible war was and is, and how we need to do everything reasonably possible to never allow a third world war.

So Friday morning it is to be hoped the Flexihall at the Gallagher Centre is packed as we remember and reflect.

Crowds have usually been good, but there are thousands in the city and frankly each of those people should be gathering enmass to say thanks and think about how we keep our country and world safe.

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It is Veteran’s Week this week, lest we forget. In my opinion, no word is more important than ‘peace’ that we should always remember. Peace is a concept of societal friendship and harmony in the absence of hostility and violence.

The term ‘peace’ originates most recently from the Anglo-French pes, and the Old French pais, meaning “peace, reconciliation, silence, agreement.”

In many languages, the word for peace is also used as a greeting or a farewell, for example the Hawaiian word aloha, as well as the Arabic word salaam (Wikipedia). Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding,” Albert Einstein.

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Varied fare The 33rd annual edition of Grain Millers Harvest Showdown offered varied activities for those attending, from board game demos, to a trade

show, cattle show and sale, draft horse events grain show and youth-oriented educational displays which attracted hundreds of area students.

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Santa parade set for Nov. 27 SASKTODAY.ca The Santa Claus Parade in Yorkton is set for Sunday Nov. 27.

The 25th annual parade will again follow the ‘reverse’ parade format, with the floats stationary, and viewers driving through the display.

Anyone wishing to enter a float can go to www.yorktonbid.com for entry forms.

Gates for viewing will open at 5 p.m. and are scheduled to extend to 7

p.m., although it may be extended to 8 depending on line-up.

Cars can begin lining up at 4:30 p.m., from the Bradbrooke Avenue entrance.

Due to safety issues no pedestrians will be allowed through the parade route.

The line up should be reduced for 2022 with two lines going through the parade area.

In a lead up to the parade a pancake breakfast will be held at the

Yorkton Fire Hall from 7:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., with Santa visiting on Saturday.

A movie matinee is set for 11 a.m., Saturday with caroling in the park from 2-4 p.m., and Yorkton Tribal Council will be providing hot chocolate and hotdogs.

A movie matinee is also set for 11 a.m., Sunday with more caroling in the park from 2-4 p.m., and Boston Pizza providing hot chocolate.

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Langenburg band up for music award

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer It was a major pat on the back for the Blu Beach Band originating out of Langenburg.

The rock foursome’s album ‘A Dog’s Breakfast’ has been announced as a finalist for Saskatchewan Music Awards in the category of Album of the Year.

“We were super surprised,” said band member Carter Vosper.

“Although it’s something we’ve thought about since we recorded our first album in our parents’ basement in 2019, we did not expect it to happen this quickly.”

The nomination is one Vosper said he thinks might have come because the band is active in the province.

“We think it might have to do with the 40-plus strictly Saskatchewan shows we’ve played so far in 2022,” he offered.

The nomination is one the band hopes means people like what they are doing.

“We hope it means that people are enjoying what we’re doing, and that it leads to further opportunities to pursue our music career,” said Vosper. “This year has been full of new accomplishments and experiences for us, and we plan to keep this going with another album and tour

this summer with shows all over Canada.”

The band consists of four Langenburg area players; Eric Vosper from Langenburg on bass, Riley Buchberger from Langenburg on drums, Remi Berthelet from Esterhazy on rhythm guitar and vocals, and Carter Vosper on lead guitar and vocals.

The band mates now reside in Regina.

“We formed as a three piece around 2015 called The Firm, and played for years under that name as a strictly cover band,” explained Carter Vosper.

“It wasn’t until we added Remi Berthelet that we started writing our own music and changed our name to Blu Beach Band.

“I think what brought us together was a love for the same music, and all growing up in musical families.

“We also discovered together that we love entertaining a crowd, and have really been coming out our shells in terms of stage presence since the album’s release.”

Vosper said the band is influenced largely

by Canadian music citing bands such as The Sheepdogs and Peach Pit, as well as a funk band called Vulfpeck.

“We also love classic Canadian rock bands like The Tragically Hip or The Guess Who,” he said. “We play a mix of all these

Originating out of Langenburg the Blu Beach Band is up for a provincial music award. genres, which I would call Surf-Funk-Rock.”

As for their music Vosper usually takes the lead in terms of new material.

“I usually come to the band with a song, typically inspired by whatever I’m going through at the time,” he said.

“Then everyone adds their personal touch and it evolves into something entirely new.

“With some of the

songs, we had lots of time to craft them throughout the lockdown, and others emerged in the studio during the month that we recorded it.

“The ones that everyone contributes to are usually the best, and I think this next album will feature even more collaboration.”

So, when the band looks back at their songs to-date which are they most proud of?

“I’d say were most

proud of the songs on this new album,” offered Vosper. “In particular, ‘Not on my Watch’ and ‘Those Eyes of Yours’ have become our favourites to perform live, and they are doing the best in terms of Spotify and Apple Music streams.

“We still close every show with the first song we ever wrote though, called ‘Do You Wanna Love Me’ which has become our crowd favourite.”

The public is invited to vote on the Album of the Year beginning Nov. 7, and ending midnight Nov. 16, voting will be open via www.saskmusicawards.com The Blu Beach Band are playing at the Grey Cup Festival on Nov. 19, at 4:00 p.m. on the Harvard Media Stage.

The band’s social media includes Facebook: Blu Beach Band and Instagram: @ blubeachband

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Local football coach faces CWE legend

Yorkton’s Jason Boyda gets into a ring argument with CWE star Danny Duggan, part of the action in Yorkton Friday.

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It was another night of heels and heroes, suplexes and full nelsons as Canadian Wrestling’s Elite (CWE) returned for a night of action at the Yorkdale Central School gym in Yorkton.

The action was highlighted by a feature bout appearance of WWE alumni ‘British Bulldog’ Davey Boy Smith Jr. Smith went to the ring wearing the championship belt versus Danny Duggan, a true villain on this night arriving waving an American flag.

Duggan had come to the ring earlier and taking the microphone belittled the local high school football team for its lopsided loss in Weyburn.

Then he turned his vitriol on coach Jason Boyda.

Boyda would make his way to the ring to implore Duggan to become the good guy he once was, and offered to ‘hug it out’, but the gesture only led to Duggan pushing Boyda to the canvas. It was at this point Smith appeared to save Boyda from further harm, and the tension for the main event was set.

While chants of ‘Canada’ erupted from the fans in support of Smith in the final, it would be Duggan who prevailed to take the CWE Central Canadian Championship belt.

Other matches on the night saw Bull Bodnar, formerly of Yorkton top ‘The Canadian Rottweiler’ Kash.

And, the 400-plus pound Big Chief bested CWE EZ Ryder.

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Fall fairs all about connections and memories The Yorkton Harvest Showdown has always held a rather important spot in my memories.

As I have no doubt wrote about in the past one of my first assignments as a rookie reporter at Yorkton This Week was to interview the then Yorkton Exhibition Association manager Shaun Morin about the plans for the first Showdown. I found Shaun driving pegs through the asphalt at the Agriplex parking lot to facilitate tie downs for tents being put up to house cattle.

The event has come a long way since then.

But, some stories have threads which con-

tinue to weave through the years.

Flash forward to this years show, now in its 33rd edition, I am taking photos of some youngsters in the show ring with calves, and Shaun is sitting in the stands.

We remind each other of that interview long ago, and then I learn the six-year-old in the ring trailing a calf is his grandson. It seems I might well be interviewing a Morin relative one day related to Harvest Showdown.

Of course connections are a huge part of events such as Harvest Showdown, or Edmonton’s Farmfair, or Regina’s Canadian

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Calvin Daniels Western Agribition, or the Royal in Toronto – they are places old friends gather each year often to renew acquaintances made through the same event decades earlier.

I remember in my life before journalism showing stock at Agribition in that show’s earliest

years – the first decade actually. There was a friend of my Dad’s who was a huge wrestling fan, and it so happened my Dad and I watched Stampede Wrestling out of Calgary every Saturday unless seeding and harvest got in the way. Well this friend bought piles of wrestling

magazines through the year and he would pass along a huge stack to a voracious young reader and fan. It was a huge part of the Agribition experience for me.

I also look to the Royal for one of my best memories as a youth. I was 12, in Grade 6, and Dad pulled me from class for a week to head east. We rode the train – the food was great, at least I thought so – and the view from the observation car amazing.

And the show was incredible. We never saw rabbits, or chickens, or goats at summer fairs back then (1972), but at the Royal they were all there, and I

was in awe. It was outstanding.

I do recall my Grade 6 teacher telling Dad I’d learn more on the trip than I would in a week of class. He was correct in that. I doubt I recall a lesson from Grade 6, but I certainly recall the Royal trip.

Fall fairs have a way of creating moments we will not forget.

Shaun and I will always remember that interview long ago.

He will now add a grandson in the show ring to his list of memories, and I was there to see him smiling proudly.

That is the magic of such shows.

Gardiner Dam gets new HQ while plan to double Sask. irrigation stalls

By Julia Peterson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (The StarPhoenix) The Gardiner Dam has been reshaping Saskatchewan waterways — and lives and livelihoods — since it opened in 1967.

But a 10-year plan to use the dam and Lake Diefenbaker to more than double the province’s irrigation capacity is now more than two years behind schedule, and is just getting off the starting block.

This fall, the dam has opened a new head office, making it easier for workers from the province’s Water Security Agency to monitor the dam, get training and do regular maintenance and repairs.

Speaking at the new office, Minister Responsible for the Water Security Agency Jeremy Cockrill said the $6 million upgrade was badly needed.

“Drinking water for roughly 60 per cent of Saskatchewan’s popula-

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Minister Responsible for Water Security Agency Jeremy Cockrill speaks at the opening of the new Gardiner Dam Head Office. The investment is the first major construction to the office site at Cutbank since Gardiner Dam was built in the 1960s. tion comes through this dam,” he said. “It’s very important. We have a number of staff that work here each and every day.

So what this office investment does is it really gives a better working space for the people and

equipment that work for the Water Security Agency, keeping the Gardiner Dam running.”

The new office is only a fraction of the work the government has planned at Lake Diefenbaker.

In July 2020, Premier Scott Moe announced a $4 billion irrigation expansion project at the site to take place over the next decade, culminating in hundreds of thousands more acres of Saskatchewan land getting irrigation from the lake.

At the time, the government said work would begin “immediately, to stimulate the economy.” The first phase of the project was to focus on the rehabilitation and expansion of the Westside irrigation canal system, which the government said was “one of the most shovel ready irrigation projects in the province.”

In all, the project was expected to create around 2,500 construction jobs annually for 10 years.

Nearly two and a half

years later, Cockrill said the project remains in its infancy — focused on consulting with producers and local communities on both sides of the dam.

He said the dam was originally built with irrigation in mind, and that producers want to see it used to its full potential.

“We look forward to figuring out how we expand going forward, but there is some pretty exciting potential for Saskatchewan,” he said.

According to Cockrill, this project — like many other large infrastructure projects — was slowed by of the COVID-19 pandemic, since people were not

able to meet in person and visit sites.

Now the government hopes to make some “pretty significant progress here in the next few years” and get back on track with the 2030 Growth Plan, he said.

“What we’re seeing is kind of a restart on that engagement.”

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Sacred Heart Saints Boy’s soccer win provincial silver SASKTODAY.ca The Sacred Heart Saints Boy’s soccer team finished their season Oct. 30, bringing home a silver medal from the Saskatchewan High School Athletics Association 4A Soccer Championships in Moose Jaw. The boys had to overcome several challenges leading up to even qualifying for a chance to compete at provincials.

The journey began with regional play downs hosted in Regina, on Oct. 21 and 22, where the Saints were ranked fourth.

Sacred Heart won their first game 6-1 over Regina Luther.

Goal scorers were Noah Wyatt with three, Nathan Mushanski, Dylan Haug and Ololade Olaleye with singles.

Simon Hartman had the winning in goal.

The win over Luther led to a match against the second ranked Regina Laval squad.

The Laval game ended up going into extra time and ultimately penalty kicks.

During the penal-

ties, the Saints scored four straight goals by Noah Wyatt, Dylan Haug, Nick Looft and Kapaya Chilufya while Waylon Smuk stopped two out of four shots from the Laval players.

The penalty kicks win qualified the Saints for the provincial championships in Moose Jaw. Sacred Heart was ranked third entering the provincial tournament.

The first game against Martensville got started with a bang.

Very early on in the match, the Saints had a corner kick, and Waylon Smuk was able to get a solid head on the ball putting home his first of three corner kick header goals for him in the match.

Noah Wyatt had two goals in the match and Nick Looft and Nathan Mushanski had the other goals.

Hartman had the winning goal.

The win moved Sacred Heart onto the gold medal match where they faced a tough Moose Jaw Central team.

The first half ended in a 0-0 draw with both teams having chances but

no goals.

The second half was much the same until around 25 minutes in when Moose Jaw scored two goals.

The Sacred Heart boys did not give up and were rewarded when awarded a penalty kick. Noah Wyatt made no mistake putting home a rocket.

“Ultimately this should have shifted momentum but a call by the official ultimately put the Saints down a player,” offered coach Scott Hoffort.

The boys worked hard to tie the match but could not overcome the disadvantage of one less player on the pitch.

But a silver medal finish is still an accomplishment worth celebrating.

“Winning a medal at a high school provincial championship is extremely difficult and this team has won two silver medals in a row,” said Hoffort.

Hoffort thanked all the Saints players” for their effort and courage on the pitch” and recognized the graduating seniors, Jack Malinowski, Kapaya Chilufya, Simon Hartman, Waylan Smuk, Dimitri Demaulan and

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Sacred Heart Saints Boy’s soccer team Ty McManus “for all they have offered the Saints soccer program.”

Hoffort also noted the Saints other coaches

Robert Okeny and Emily Kruger for having “done a fantastic job molding the team into a formidable opponent.”

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The Saints look forward to again battling for a provincial gold medal next year, he said.

U15 curling event in city SASKTODAY.ca The Yorkton Curling Club hosted a U15 event on the weekend.

The first time event attracted five teams who played a series of games on the way to the top-

three teams taking home medals.

The gold medal winning team were the Hazy Hackers, the trio of Brandon Weiss, Treston Stewart, and Eli Chomos.

The Outsliders took the silver medals with

a team of Owen Ostafie, Jordy Zbitniff, Merrick Derkatch, and Paisley Wolkowski.

Team Emerald Green of Carter Grindheim, Nolan Steckler, and Kade Comfort took the bronze medals.

Coverchuk rides four at Yorkton PBR With the PBR Canada National Finals set for Nov. 11-12 in Edmonton, Saskatchewan’s Cody Coverchuk will be looking to make history.

The Meadow Lake cowboy is the two-time PBR Canada champion, winning the last two finals, and hopes to become the first rider to win three straight titles.

As it stands only Yellow Grass, Sask. cowboy Aaron Roy has won three titles.

Coverchuk certainly appears to be headed to Edmonton on a roll, after being the only rider to get scores on all four bulls he rode at the Touring Pro Division’s Mazergroup PBR held in Yorkton as part of the Grain Millers Harvest Showdown over the weekend.

In Round 1, Coverchuk was unrivaled, topping the field when he conquered Pure Feeling (Vold Rodeo) for 84.5 points.

Coverchuk then took on Stutter Step (Vold Rodeo) in Round 2.

Continuing his momentum, he made the eight second whistle for 84

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Saturday night Coverchuk remained as

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hot as a branding iron topping two more bulls including Farva in round

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ZEIBIN - Sam Zeibin passed away suddenly on October 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 working in Toronto and helping on the family farm in the summer. In 1950 he moved to Yorkton and joined the construction industry. This would become his lifelong vocation. He first started working 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. The funeral service was held at Zion Lutheran Church on October 21, 2022 with Pastor Kai Buck officiating. Organist was Verna Liebrecht who led the congregation in singing the hymns “Be Still My Soul”, “Lord Take My Hand and Lead Me”, and “When Peace Like a River”.

Pallbearers were family members, John Bodnar, Jonathan Bodnar, Michael Bodnar, Nash Bodnar, Peter Fullmann, and Kathryn Fullmann. Interment was at Yorkton Memorial Gardens.

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YTW_earlug_1x24.nil.indd/14px24ag/earlug/YTW-tfc /f/c Obituaries Obituaries HESKA - It is with heavy but grateful hearts, the family of Grace Heska announces the sudden passing of their beloved mother and grandmother. She met her Lord and Savior October 29, 2022 following a hip replacement surgery and recovering at St. Peters Hospital in Melville. Grace was predeceased by her husband of 64 years, Daniel Heska, Parents: Alice and Bill Chorney, twin brother Lawrence, sister Elsie and brothers Ernie and David. Left with precious memories are her sons: Brian (Jane) and Terry.

Grandchildren: Shannon (Blake), Ryan (Cheryl) and Drew (Faith).

Great Grandchildren: Hillary, Jennah (Rik), Seth (Alyssa), Jordyn (Hunter) and Kaeden.

Sisters: Darlene and Irene, along with many nieces and nephews.

Our dear Gracie had unfailing love for her “Danny” and “precious children”. She was steadfast in her faith and loved to talk about her Lord to all that would listen. Gracie was a faithful friend and neighbor, always making time for anyone who needed her. Grace loved children and was a grandmother to all. Gracie carried peace and joy in her heart. She was patient and kind, gentle and good. Grace was a true servant of the Lord and was our angel here on earth. She will be greatly missed by all that knew her. The funeral service was held on Friday, November 4, 2022 from the Heritage Baptist Church in Yorkton with Rev. Brian Kirsch officiating. The family tribute was given by granddaughter Shannon Heska. Betty Fritzke read scripture. The interment took place in the Yorkton City Cemetery with grandchildren Drew, Seth, Hillary & Jennah serving as the urnbearers. Memorials were to Heritage Baptist Church. Condolences can be left at baileysfuneralhome.com

SAKAL - Elsie Sakal of Yorkton, beloved wife of Lawrence Sakal entered eternal rest on October 22 at the Yorkton Regional Health Centre. Elsie was born on May 2, 1948 in Canora, Saskatchewan, daughter of John and Mary (nee Kopeck) Homeniuk. She was raised on the family farm in the Canora district and attended Wysla School. While she was in school she enjoyed playing all kinds of sports. Mom met the love of her life, Lawrence Sakal at a dance at Sunnyside Beach. They were married on October 23, 1965 at the Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Canora. They then moved to Yorkton in 1971.

Throughout her life she had various jobs. She worked as a Nurses Aide at the Canora Hospital and later at the Yorkton & District Nursing Home. She was also employed as a custodian at Saint Alphonsus School. Elsie had many hobbies. She enjoyed cross stitching, sewing, knitting, and crocheting and was very good at them. She gardened and looked forward to see her rose bushes grow year after year. She was an excellent cook and baker. The grandchildren always looked forward to her perogies and cabbage rolls. They were the best! Mom was always concerned about her family and kept up with what was new with the grandchildren. Mom always looked forward to taking her yearly trip to Toronto to visit her sister Margie and other relatives. When mom discovered FaceTime she would spend hours talking to family and friends. Elsie leaves to cherish her memory her beloved husband Lawrence; children, Cheryl (Murray) Loster of Yorkton, Annette (Ken) Kokot of Swan River Manitoba and Chancey (Lorlei) Sakal of Yorkton; grandchildren Bo, Gabe, Katelyn (Joel) Kellogg, Calista, Keira, Rio and Emma-Lee. Elsie is also survived by two sisters, Victoria (Eugene) Korol and Margie Robertson; as well as several nieces and nephews and many cousins. She will be forever missed by all who knew her. The funeral service was held on Saturday, November 5, 2022 from the Yorkton Memorial Gardens Family Centre with Doreen Day, Certified Celebrant officiating. Granddaughter, Calista Kokot gave the family tribute. The interment took place in the Trinity Columbarium with Cheryl, Annette and Chancey serving as the urnbearers. Condolences can be left at baileysfuneralhome.com

BLOMMAERT - Margaret Evelyn (Hasper) Blommaert entered into eternal rest at the beautiful age of 98 on November 1, 2022.

Margaret was born in the Theodore area to Adolf and Tillie (Gabert) Hasper. Her parents farmed south of Theodore in the Creekside area. Margaret worked on the family farm and helped her mother with her younger brothers.

She attended Creekside School.

As a young woman, Margaret moved to Brandon, MB and worked at MacKenzie Seeds and then she made a move back to Yorkton and worked at the Yorkton Union Hospital as a nurse’s aid.

Margaret met Bernard in 1946 and they married on October 28, 1947 in the Theodore United Church.

They built their home together on a farm north of Yorkton. Their marriage was blessed with three sons; Barry, Dennis and Dave.

She was a hardworking farm wife, helping Bernard with harvest, milking cows, raising chickens, turkeys and pigs. She always had a huge garden, along with fruit trees and beautiful flowers beds. She made sure their yard was perfectly landscaped, with not a weed to be found. At the same time raising their sons and maintaining the house. She worked side by side with Bernard for 50 years on the farm. In 1997 they moved to Yorkton and made the adjustment to city life. She still enjoyed gardening and tending to her flowers. Together once again they worked side by side and soon had one of the best kept yards on their street. After Bernard’s passing in 2007 Margaret moved to a condo and enjoyed her time there making new friends. She also enjoyed her quiet time for reading, crocheting and knitting. She loved receiving phone calls and visits from family. Margaret was blessed with good health that allowed her to live independently for 13 years. Mom enjoyed her weekly shopping with Dave and a lunch date.

During these years she also did some travelling with her son Dennis and wife Lorraine, to Hawaii and a Rhine River Cruise from Amsterdam to Basel Switzerland. At the age of 96 Margaret moved to The Bentley and she adjusted nicely to her new home. She rather enjoyed the fact that she did not have to cook or clean, and once again made some dear friends. In July of 2022, mom moved to the Theodore Health Centre, as she required more care. She shared with her family, “I guess I go back to where I started.” Margaret was predeceased by her parents, Adolf and Tillie Hasper; husband, Bernard; son, Barry in infancy; daughters-in- law, Lynne Blommaert, Lorraine Blommaert; brothers, Willie, Ervin, Melvin and Richard. Margaret leaves to celebrate her life, Sons Dennis and Dave (Debbie); Grandchildren, Chris (Jenn) & Peyton and Jacob; Kathy (Sean) & Alex and Kaitlynn; Joshua (Kendra) & Slade and Nash; Jason (Sky); Brother Ken (Thelma); Sisters-in-Law Helen and Gail. Many nieces, nephews and friends. If friends so desire, memorial donations may be made in Margaret’s memory to The Health Foundation. A funeral service was held for Margaret on Saturday, November 5, 2022 at 2:00 pm from the chapel of Christie’s Funeral Home in Yorkton.

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UNYI - It is with great sadness that the family of Sheryl Unyi (nee Neuls) announce her passing on October 30, 2022 at the Yorkton Regional Health Centre. She leaves to mourn her passing her loving husband Amos, her sister and brother-in-law Bernice and Tom Gullason, her sister-in-law and brother-in-law Iris and Bill Yaremko and their family Jason and Tracy, her brother-in-law and sister-in-law Wayne and Maryann Unyi and their family Haley Jo, Nicole, Grayson, Payton, MacKenzie, Margaret, Hogan and Hayes. Sheryl is predeceased by her parents John and Elsie (nee Kraushaar) Neuls and Amos’ parents Ernie and Hazel (nee Griffith) Unyi. Sheryl was born on February 21, 1955 at St. Peter’s Hospital in Melville. She took piano lessons and completed her Grade VIII Royal Conservatory of Music.

She played the organ in her church and for many weddings.

Upon her Grade 12 graduation from the Melville Comprehensive School, she enrolled in the Licensed Practical Nurse course at the Wascana Institute of Applied Arts & Science in Regina. Upon graduation she was employed by the Yorkton Union Hospital for over 13 years until health issues forced her into giving up her career. She made many lasting friendships with her co-workers. Sheryl and Amos were married on August 2, 1986 at St. Andrew’s United Church in Yorkton. They enjoyed over 36 years of marriage. Sheryl was a devoted wife and best friend to Amos. Due to declining health, Sheryl became a resident of the Yorkton & District Nursing Home in May 2016.

Sheryl, Amos and their family members spent many hours together visiting and attending recreation activities. Many lasting friendships were made with the other residents and their families and Nursing Home staff.

The Funeral Service was held on Saturday, November 5, 2022 from Zion Lutheran Church, Yorkton, Saskatchewan with Pastor Kai Buck officiating. Organist Karin Roulston led the congregation with the hymns “Beautiful Savior”, “Lord Take My Hand and Lead Me” and “Children of the Heavenly Father”. Cyndi Hoffert sang “Waltz of the Angels” and “Hallelujah” at the memorial luncheon. The interment followed in the Garden of Gethsemane, Yorkton Memorial Gardens with Jason Yaremko, Tracy Dumonceaux, Haley Jo Unyi, Nicole Baptist, MacKenzie Unyi, Margaret Unyi, Cory Kraushaar and Jarette Kraushaar serving as casket bearers. Memorials in memory of Sheryl may be made to Zion Lutheran Church or to the Melody Manor Activity Department – Yorkton & District Nursing Home.

YAHOLNITSKY Frank Yaholnitsky passed away peacefully in the morning of October 29, 2022. Born in the Yorkton district on March 9, 1930, Frank was one of the six children born to Nick and Sophie (nee Malayny) Yaholnitsky.

He attended Rosemount school and later helped on the family farm.

On January 21, 1953 Frank married Angie Halarewich in St. Gerard’s Roman Catholic Church, Yorkton, SK and the couple made the family farm across the highway from Memorial Gardens home.

Together they had seven children: Warren, Barry, Edwin, Randy, Kenneth, Darryl, and Carla.

Throughout his lifetime, Frank was a very dedicated, hard worker. He was a grain buyer, farmer, and truck driver (for which he received many awards). In 1958 he joined Green Acre Memorial Gardens as a Caretaker and dug graves by hand with his dad and later, his sons. He took a lot of pride in his work and liked to do things “right”. Frank received the Award of Merit from the Western Canadian Cemetery Association for his years of service in helping to establish and maintain the Yorkton Memorial Gardens. The farmyard was also always well kept the grass always mowed, the garden weeded, the tractors polished and vehicles clean. Frank enjoyed his motorcycles and took many trips with Angie to various locations including B.C. and the USA. At 50 years old, he decided to attain his private pilot’s licence and own his own planes. He usually owned two at a time “Just in case I crash one!” Frank is survived by his wife of 70 years, Angie Yaholnitsky, his children: Warren, Barry, Edwin, Randy (Janet), Darryl (Kerrie), Carla (Darrel) Numerous Grandchildren and great Grandchildren, his sister Ruth Yacyshyn. He was predeceased by his parents Nick and Sophie Yaholnitsky, his sisters Ethel Lubinski, Alice Derworiz, Christine Dobko, brother Earnest Yaholnitsky and his son Kenneth Yaholnitsky. The funeral service was held on Wednesday, November 2, 2022 from the Yorkton Memorial Gardens Family Centre with Rev. Steve Rosluk of Central Baptist Church officiating.

Granddaughter, Tanya Lemond gave the eulogy. Pianist, Karen Delong led in the hymns ‘Beyond the Sunset’ and ‘How Great Thou Art’. The interment took place in the Garden of St. Matthew with Randall & Darcy Yaholnitsky, Dolan Lemond, Matthew Obuck, Russell Musey and Gord Kolebaba serving as the casketbearers. Memorials were to the Ride For Site program. Condolences can be left at baileysfuneralhome.com

GALLAGHER - Who was George Gallagher? He was a son. A brother. An uncle. A grandfather. A great grandfather. A friend. A farmer and a successful businessman. But above all he was a husband and father. And by all he was loved. He was born in 1930 to Fergal and Alberta Gallagher in Yorkton, SK. Although it was January the 3rd, he was the new year’s baby for Yorkton. It was just the beginning of his remarkable and notable journey on his ninety-two years on earth.

George began his career in broadcasting in Yorkton as a teenager. After a few years at CJGX he was given the opportunity to start a new radio station in Dauphin, MB. From there he moved on to CJOB Winnipeg for a while but being from Saskatchewan, the province of his youth, George could not resist returning home. He returned to CJGX radio where he met his wife of 68 years, Doreen Smith.

Opportunity came in many ways. George was able to purchase CJGX with several partners which became his foray into business ownership.

More importantly, George married Doreen in 1954. Together they created a family of six children. In 1970 George purchased CKRM radio in Regina and a few years later CFMQ-FM. He was ahead of the audience and created a place for fans of country music and easy listening to call home.

He always maintained a presence in Yorkton with CJGX which was his pride and joy for decades. George also owned CFQC radio in Saskatoon during a portion of the 1990’s. During the late 70’s George decided that he wanted to add pilot to his resume of accomplishments. He successfully flew his first solo flight in June of 1977. He never looked back and continued to pilot his planes into the 1990’s. As a sideline after he sold two of his radio stations in the early 1980’s, George developed a destination golf course and resort at Canyon Lake, Texas. George always believed that a community is built based on what people give back.

Throughout his life he was involved in organizations that were dedicated to creating strong communities for the people who live and do business there. He belonged to the Elks, Lions, A.C.T, the Western Association of Broadcasters, the Canadian Association of Broadcasters, was President of the Senior Yorkton Terrier Hockey Club and served a term on Yorkton City Council. In the early 2000’s George made a commitment to Yorkton by contributing to the creation of the Gallagher Centre which remains a centre of pride in the community today. Upon retirement George devoted his time to his family, his love of golf and developing an incredible green thumb that resulted in a backyard retreat envied by all his neighbours.

George was predeceased by his son Bobby in 1989. George is survived by his wife Doreen of 68 years; his children Blair, Brett, Shauna, Brooke (Betsy) and Kelly (Gary); sister Laura and brother Jack. As well, George has nine grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren that always put a smile on his face. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to SaskAbilities or the Alzheimer’s Society of Saskatchewan. A Memorial Service will be held at Regina Funeral Home and Cemetery, 4001 East Victoria Avenue, Regina, SK on Friday November 18, 2022 at 10:00 a.m.

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The Last Post Fund is a non-profit organization whose mission is to ensure that no Veteran is denied a dignified funeral and burial as well as a military gravestone, due to insufficient funds.

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But bull riding is fickle, he added. One weekend you might cover four bulls and be on the top of things, “and the next day fall off after one jump,” he said.

“It’s the nature of the sport.”

So Coverchuk will enjoy the Yorkton performance for a day, or two, then focus on Edmonton, where he will take his usual straight forward approach.

“I just try and ride each and every bull,” he said, adding he doesn’t get too concerned on which bull he draws, noting you have to ride whatever they put under you.

When it comes to the upcoming finals it won’t matter which bull a rider draws as every one taken to the finals is going to be a critter a rider can score well on, if they make the whistle, added Coverchuk.

“They’ll bring the best 50 bulls in Canada . . . The bull power will be second to none,” he said.

For the most part the Yorkton event attracted young riders, many just learning what it’s like to ride in the PBR, meaning Coverchuk and Roy were the veterans at the event.

“When I went in the dressing room there were a bunch of kids I didn’t really know,” said Coverchuk, who added they recognized him, and they had questions aplenty.

“I try to give the kids as much advice as I can,” he said, adding he still remembers “being a wide-eyed 18-year-old,” who was excited to get any help he could from a veteran rider.

But, in the days ahead it will be all work toward that third title, which would be unprecedented.

Coverchuk tries to play it cool in the interview.

“I haven’t really thought about it,” he said, but there is an edge of nervous excitement in the voice.

But, he did add Yorkton was a confidence builder so close to the big weekend, especially noting “three of the bulls went away from my hand this weekend,” and he still rode them.

“Obviously I want to do that in Edmonton, but I’ll just take it one bull at a time.”

Coverchuk said bulls don’t always follow a script, so you have to ride in the moment.

“You can’t make too many game plans. A bull can do something really different than they did before,” he said.

So Coverchuk has a straight forward approach for Edmonton.

“They guys there are going to be the very best in Canada so I just want to roll in there and let it all hang out on every single bull,” he said.

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Western life artist Alexandra Verboom Fritz.

Artist focused on cowboy life

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer Alexandra Verboom Fritz has always been drawn to create art.

“It’s always been a lifelong passion of mine,” said the 31-yearold Goodeve, Sask.-area

artist.

With her interest already ingrained Verboom Fritz began to take art more seriously while still a teenager.

“It was probably 15 years ago,” she said, adding it was even more recently she began to

show her work publicly.

Initially, Verboom Fritz said her artistic focus was wildlife, but her interest has changed now.

Today her artwork is all about horses and cattle and cowboys.

“I’ve always been

super passionate about western life,” she said. “I wanted to keep western life alive.”

So Verboom Fritz’s artwork took a different path.

She related she had generally found doing wild animals quite easy, and that skill translated fairly well to ranch stock, although capturing horses accurately does take some added attention.

“Animals are super easy,” said Verboom Fritz, adding “cows and horses are pretty easy for me.”

The challenge with horses is their faces.

“The shape of the face is harder to capture,” she said.

It does help Verboom Fritz is familiar with the horse as an avid rider herself.

“I’ve always loved horses. . . I grew up riding English (style),” she said.

Then her personal path changed too. She took a job as a bookkeeper with the Gang Ranch

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in the Chilcotin region of the Central Interior of B.C., a job that put her at the heart of a working cattle ranch, which certainly fired her already existing interest in the cowboy way of life.

The job allowed the artist to take hundreds of photos of cowboys riding their horses, working the cattle, photos Verboom Fritz works from to create her art.

That said, while photos are a guide, she said she isn’t attempting to copy the image exactly, so extraneous things such as trees, rocks and sky are left out in favour of backgrounds of complimentary colours.

The job at the Gang Ranch also had the artist meet a young ranch hand Lane Fritz, who would become her husband.

Fritz was originally from Saskatchewan, and the couple would move back with Lane taking a job at Crescent Creek Angus. They now live on the boundary of the Gary Pasture, an ideal locale

for her art work.

“I just wanted to live somewhere pretty and in the boonies,” she said with a smile.

The locale, still close to cowboys and cows for photos, allows Verboom Fritz time to create art.

A large piece can easily take 30 to 50 hours.

Of course those are not constant hours at the easel. In fact, Verboom Fritz said she works in oils because she can paint for an hour or two, go spend time with her child, then return to the piece and still manipulate the still wet paint.

“I love oils,” she said, adding they are easily manipulated on the canvas where she tends to mix and blend colours of a piece.

The effort though is paying dividends in the sense people seem to like Verboom Fritz’s work, at least at her booth at the Grain Millers Harvest Showdown in Yorkton.

“It’s been really good so far. I’m getting good feedback,” she said

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We will remember this 1975. WW1 veteran Jim Collie lay in his nursing home bed, wide awake and restless long past bedtime. The orderly on duty noticed—the Preacher, then a theology student working to pay off college debt.

“What’s wrong, Jim?” “Don’t you smell it?” the old soldier asked, anguished.

“Smell what?”

“The stench. All those bodies…”

After the war ended, Jim, one of the few surviving members of his regiment, The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), had the devastating task of identifying his fallen comrade’s bodies. Fiftyseven years later, those memories haunted him.

Sometimes he talked of other war duties. He demonstrated how to clean his rifle, his blueveined hands bending the invisible weapon open, then pushing and pulling the cleaning rod through the barrel.

After straightening and polishing it, Jim raised the rifle to shooting position, checked the sight, then lowered it and folded his hands.

“Did you ever have to point it at an enemy,” Rick asked once, “knowing that if you didn’t pull the trigger, he’d pull his?” Jim’s head fell to his to chest. He never spoke of war to my husband again.

Involvement in battle robs soldiers of peace of mind and heart. PTSD

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Sunny Side Up devastates; steals many sufferers from life by suicide and other means of self-harm. Battlefield memories can wound as deeply as on the day they were made.

We’ve known other veterans. Sometimes we’ve marched beside them on days of remembrance, I in my capacity as a representative for my MP bosses, and Rick as padre for a

local Legion. Every time I’ve had that privilege, every time I’ve laid a wreath at a cenotaph, it shrinks me. Even as a mere stand-in, who am I to walk beside those who willingly defended the freedoms I too often take for granted?

The veterans our nation honours on Remembrance Day have laid down their weapons. Their night-

mares are past. But many more uniformed officers have replaced them. We remember them all with gratitude for their countless sacrifices and prayers for their protection.

Many who see battle are followers of Christ, with remarkable stories of Divine protection and enablement.

But whether or not they wear a uniform, every Christ-follower is automatically the target of a very real enemy.

Since his stunning fall from Heaven, Satan, the enemy of all God’s creation, has prowled the globe, watching for vulnerable souls to destroy.

Robbing them of faith, hope and love. Injecting them with toxic doses of

pride, fear, despair and hatred—the basic recipe for war.

Only Jesus Christ has power over that Cosmic enemy. We remain strong not through worldly weapons, but by trusting God’s sovereignty, believing his Word and clothing ourselves in spiritual armor.

“Jim,” asked the Preacher that night in ‘75. “Can I pray with you?” The veteran nodded. Simply and quietly, my theology-student fiancé prayed for peace.

For rest. Then he left the room. Next time he checked, Jim was sleeping peacefully.

We remember that.

We remember him. And on November 11, we will remember them.

More about McCrea’s famed poppy “Papaver Rhoeas” is the plant immortalized in John McCrae’s “In Flanders Fields”. This hearty annual is lovely to look at, with bright red petals streaked with black at their throats. In Europe, this poppy, also called the corn poppy, is considered more of a weed than a thing of beauty because of its invasive growing habit, with seeds that can lie dormant until the right growing conditions come along, such as tilling or disturbing the soil.

Such were the conditions the spring of 1915 around Ypres; despite the horrific ravages of war on the landscape, the warm weather caused the poppy seeds lying in the battle-mangled soil to germinate. This was the sight that caught at the heart of LieutenantColonel John McCrae, moving him and inspiring him to write his haunting poem.

And the poem inspired two women to do great things with their perception of the poppy as a symbol of remembrance.

One poppy story began in North America, with a lady named Moina Michael who worked at the YMCA Overseas War Secretaries office in New York. On November 9, 1918, Moina was at work thumbing through a magazine that had printed the poem “In Flanders Fields”. She was deeply moved by the words in the last verse about holding the torch, causing her to write her own poem “We Shall Keep The Faith” in reply, and she made a promise to herself that she would always wear a red poppy to keep the memory of the fallen soldiers alive. Moina must have liked flowers, because she always decorated the office with flowers at her own expense.

On that particular day, her efforts were rewarded by several visiting soldiers who left a ten dollar donation in appreciation for the cheerful setting in the office. Moina used the money to buy 25 red silk poppies from a nearby department store; she wore one of the poppies

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Gardener’s Notebook and gave the rest to delegates attending a local conference, explaining the purpose of the poppies. And a tradition was born.

Meanwhile, the other poppy story was taking place with Anna Guerin, born in France, moved to Britain in 1911, then went to the United States at the beginning of WW1. Anna wanted to put her efforts into raising money for victims of war. She took on various projects with this goal in the United States, but she saw the poppy as the perfect symbol to make people aware of the suffering and sacrifice of war, so Anna made her way ‘across the pond’ to England and try to convince the British Legion of her idea. She believed in the idea so strongly that she said she would pay for a million poppies herself, and even went to France to be sure that the order was completed.

The British Legion decided to make eight million more. How heartwarming to know that all those poppies sold out! Imagine her joy if Anna knew that the British Legion now distributes over 40 million poppies!

Two poppy stories, two determined women with a dream to create a lasting legacy of remembrance using the poppy, and awareness of the tragedies of war, not only for the fallen but for those left behind. The Legion site, legion.ca, tells us that the poppy should be worn on the left side, over the heart. The site says that “The act of Remembrance is one of the most important ways to honour and thank veterans for their sacrifices.” If someone in your family served, visit the Legion site to find out how their picture can be

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Next spring, let’s plant poppies in our gardens, and remember. Visit the Yorkton hort site at www. yorktonhort.ca Thank you to our friends at YTW for their great work. Have a good week.

Photo Courtesy Jackie Sedley

50 years in Gamma Master Chapter A Beta Sigma Phi ritual was held Oct. 30th by the local Gamma Master Chapter in Yorkton to honour Colleen Haider for being a member

for 50 years. Haider holds the Torch Bearers degree, the highest level in the organization.

PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL CHURCH TO CONFIRM EVENTS DUE TO COVID-19 PRAIRIE HARVEST CHRISTIAN LIFE CENTRE

72 Melrose Avenue • PHONE 306-786-6840 Senior Pastors Des & Cheryl Klingspon Employment Program 306-786-1840

Online Sunday Worship Service 10:30 a.m. will be on our Facebook page • Contemporary Worship • Children’s Ministry • Youth Ministry phclc.org “Changing our world with the love of God.”

Destiny International Christian Assembly Establishing Ministries and Releasing Destinies

109 Maple Avenue, Yorkton Senior Pastors Dag & Bukky Lawale

Every Sunday - Worship Service at 10:30 a.m.

Every Wednesday - Bible Study at 7:00 p.m.

Last Friday of each month - Prayer Meeting at 7 p.m.

For more information please phone 306-782-2427

“A Place of New Beginnings”

St. Andrew’s United Church SECOND AVENUE AND SMITH STREET OFFICE 306-783-4157 MINISTER REV. JEN DRESSER

Website: http://www.standrewsyorkton.ca Facebook: St. Andrew’s United Church

Online (Zoom/Facebook/Youtube) and in person!

Join us Sunday, November 13th at 10:30 am

Church of God in Christ Mennonite AT SALTCOATS SUNDAY SCHOOL EVERY SUNDAY AT 10:00 AM SUNDAY MORNING WORSHIP SERVICE AT 11:00 AM EVERYONE WELCOME Pastor Laurel Wiebe -- 306-898-2099 Pastor Tim Warkentin - 306-217-8222

Holy Transfiguration Ukrainian Orthodox Church 89 Bradbrooke Drive, Yorkton, SK S3N 2Y2 306-782-2998 Father Michael Faryna 306-601-9043 Wed. Nov. 9: Moleben - 2:00 pm • Saltcoats Nursing Wed. Nov. 9: Akathist - 6:00 pm • Yorkton Thurs. Nov. 10: Remembrance Service - 11:00 am • Sheho Sun. Nov. 13: Divine Liturgy - 10:00 am • Yorkton Wed. Nov. 16: Akathist - 6:00 pm • Yorkton

Westview United Church 355 Bradbrooke Dr. • 306-783-3063 westviewuc.ca Worship Sunday’s @10:30 am Sunday school starting Sept 18th

Minister: The Rev. Deborah Smith

St. Mary’s Ukrainian Catholic Church 155 CATHERINE STREET 306-783-4594 Conducted by Ukrainian Redemptorist Fathers Phone 306-783-4594 or 306-783-7778

Saturday - 5 p.m. (English) Sunday - 9:00am (Ukrainian) 11:00am (English) SICK CALLS ANYTIME—BAPTISM AND MARRIAGE BY APPOINTMENT

St. Mark The Evangelist Orthodox Church 160 Betts Ave., Yorkton, Sask

“Services In English” www.stmarkyorkton.ca

Saturday, November 12th - Vespers 6:00 PM Sunday, November 13th - Divine Liturgy 10:00 AM Priest: Rodion Luciuk Phone: 306-786-6216 Cell: 306-621-5341

The Joy of the Lord Is the Antidote to Fear Trust in the Lord and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.

Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart. ~ Psalm 37:3-4NIV

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Trade show for swim fundraiser

Staff Photos by Calvin Daniels

A new trade show was held in Yorkton Saturday. The Yorkton Aquabatix Artistic Swimming Club presented the ‘November Market’ as a fundraiser.

The event held in the gymnasium at St. Paul’s School in the citywas sponsored by Yorkton Pharmacy.

Sacred Heart girls’ soccer team wins bronze medal SASKTODAY.ca The Sacred Heart girls’ soccer team won a bronze in provincials.

In the regional playoff game, the girls played Moose Jaw Central and won the game 5-0 to advance to provincials.

Against MJ Central Sacred Heart goal scorers were Sophie Smith with three goals and Angela Fetsch with two.

“Entering provincials, we knew that we were going to have to work hard, but we had strong faith that we could win our first game if we played hard enough,” reported Samantha Jonassen.

In a game against Luther the Regina team was winning 1-0 at half, and then in the second half they were up 2-0.

Then Fetsch had a free kick outside of the 18-yard box, and “she scored such a beautiful goal,” said Jonassen.

This left the game with a score of 2-1 with about seven minutes left.

“The amount of heart that was left on that field from the girls was unbelievable to watch, and it made the coaches really proud,” said Jonassen.

Unfortunately, the girls lost this first provincial game with a score of 2-1 against Regina Luther.

“The girls left their defeat on the field and came out with just as much energy and heart in their bronze medal game on Saturday,” said Jonassen.

The girls started the game with a 5-0 lead at half against Chief John Keenatch, and the game ended with a score of 6-5.

Fetsch scored five of the goals, and Keisha Quinto scored one.

“It was really intense, but the girls did not stop fighting until that final whistle blew,” said Jonassen.

Sacred Heart girls’ Soccer team

25th Annual

Santa Claus Parade Sunday, November 27

Gate opens 5pm - 7pm (may run till 8pm) Gate line up starting at 4:30pm from Tims/Bradbrooke entrance.

No vehicles permitted to line up before 4:30 pm.

Car line up will be reduced with two lines through the Parade for 2022.

Bring your favorite food and drink for the short wait.

Tune in to 90.5 FM as you arrive.

SAT. NOV. 26TH 2022 Pancake Breakfast Yorkton Fire Hall 7:30am – 10:30am Visits with Santa at Pancake Breakfast Movie Matinee 11am Carolling in the park 2pm – 4pm all welcome

Family Goodie Bags to the first 500 vehicles at the beginning of the parade.

One per vehicle.

Hot Choc. and Hot Dogs in the park by YTC 2pm – 4pm City activities – Walking and Swim

SUN. NOV. 27TH Movie Matinee 11am

No pedestrians allowed through parade route due to safety issues.

City bus provided at Co-op stop at 4:30pm, 5pm, 6pm

Carolling in the park 2pm – 4pm all welcome Hot Chocolate in the park by Boston Pizza 2pm – 4pm Santa Claus Parade 5pm – 7pm

Terriers top Hounds in Wilcox SASKTODAY.ca The Yorkton Junior Terriers were in Wilcox Friday to take on the Notre Dame Hounds.

The homeside Hounds took a lead mid way through the opening period when Samuel Borschowa scored at 9:46.

The Hounds lead held until the final minute of the first period when Lowie Vreys tied the game at 19:08, and JD Hall gave the Terriers a 2-1 lead at 19:19.

The Hounds tied the contest 2-2 with the only goal of the middle

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stanza, a marker by Kyle Kalamaras at 7:46.

But, the third period belonged to the Terriers with Tijs Vreys breaking the tie at 15:53, and Maddux Nollski adding an empty netter at 19:25 to complete a 4-2 Yorkton win.

Caleb Allen was in net for the Terrier win facing 43 shots, while Tucker Inabinet took the loss in the Notre Dame net facing 34 shots.

The Terriers next hit the ice Thursday and Friday in a pair of road encounters in Flin Flon, and then a game in LaRonge Saturday.

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