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The ultimate in downsizing, a tiny house By DEVIN WILGER N-R Writer What is your idea of a small house? Rod Thiessen’s house is smaller. The local builder was showing off his tiny house at Rocen Autosport, talking to people curious about the shrunken abode. The house has a footprint of 8x16, with a sleeping loft above the
main living area. It is “fully liveable,” Thiessen says, with a 5 gallon hot water heater, a furnace, fridge and stove. The extremely limited amount of square footage requires some novel solutions to problems that are not an issue in a regular-sized house. For example, the bathroom sink is mounted within the shower in order to save space.
“Everything had to find its place, because there is a lot of mechanical involved... There are lots of little nooks and crannies, and lots of places to put stuff.” Building things is Thiessen’s life-long passion, and that’s also why he decided to build the house, for the sake of building something he hasn’t built before, and giving himself a new challenge. Building a tiny house requires a large amount of plan-
ning, since you have to make sure each square foot is used as efficiently as possible. There are a few different reasons why Thiessen thinks people would like to own a tiny house. He suggests that it would be a good recreational home, for example, or housing for someone who works on oil rigs and doesn’t want to share an apartment with a number of other tenants. It could be a temporary home, or something someone could live in for four seasons. “For those who really want to live minimalistic, this is small, moveable living quarters.” Thiessen admits that since the structures are such a new concept, the laws surrounding them are still up in the air. That is the case locally. There are currently no laws specifically regarding tiny houses in Yorkton, nor does the city know of any permanently located in the city. Two areas where the city would want to talk with a potential homeowner about are sewer hookups as well as safety issues concerning a civic address for emergency services. While the size of a camper trailer, Thiessen says that the tiny house is built more like a full sized house, with full insulation to make it liveable in the winter, residential quality windows and so on. The roof is also held to the standard of a residential building, just to a smaller scale. “After 30 years it’ll still be holding out water, and that’s just not true of
a camper. After thirty years your camper will be in the dump.” While people are interested in the concept, Thiessen’s house is the first time many people have seen the concept first hand. He hasn’t met anyone who has been inside a tiny house
before. Thiessen’s tiny house is for sale, $35,000 will get you a new, small home. If the house sells, he plans on making more, and has some ambitious plans for the build. “The next one will be a train caboose.”
FRONT PAGE PHOTO – Yorkton’s A&W locations were part of a nation-wide effort by the restaurant chain to help end MS as part of the Burgers to Beat MS campaign. The West Broadway location brought in $3,831.51 and the east Broadway location bringing in $601.55, for a grand total of $4433.06. Money was raised through part of each teen burger sale, donations from guests as well as selling items from the renovations at West Broadway. To celebrate meeting their goal, the West Broadway location inaugurated the Root Beer Challenge, with assistant manager Samantha Hoffman (left) and supervisor Julie Lawson getting a bucket of root beer dumped on their heads by Robin Everett (left) and Chris MacCannell. Photo by Devin Wilger.
Notice of Call for Nominations PUBLIC NOTICE is herby given that nominations for the office(s) of: Mayor: City of Yorkton Councillor: City of Yorkton - Number to be Elected Six (6) Board Member: Good Spirit School Division No. 204 - City of Yorkton Subdivision - Number to be Elected Three (3) Board Member: Christ the Teacher Roman Catholic Separate School Division No. 212 - City of Yorkton Subdivision - Number to be Elected Four (4) will be received by Kathy Ritchie - Returning Officer or Jessica Matsalla — Associate Returning Officer, for the City of Yorkton on the 21st day of September, 2016, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and during regular business hours (8:00 a.m. to noon and 1:00 — 4:00 p.m. - Monday thru Friday), commencing on the 6th day of September, 2016 to the 20th day of September, 2016. Forms may be submitted: a) personally by the candidate or by an agent (must also provide an ‘Appointment of Candidate’s Agent’ form), to the Returning Officer’s Office, City Hall, 2nd Floor, 37 — Third Avenue North, Yorkton, Saskatchewan. b) by registered or ordinary mail to P.O. Box 400 — Yorkton, Saskatchewan — S3N 2W3; c) by fax at 306-786-6880; d) or by e-mail to kritchie@yorkton.ca or jmatsalla@yorkton.ca Note: In the case of Nomination papers being submitted by an agent or permitted in b), c) and d), the ‘Candidate Contact Information Form’, must accompany the Nomination Paper and the onus is on the Candidate to ensure that the completed nomination papers are received by the Returing Officer or Associate Returning Officer prior to the deadline of 4:00 p.m. — September 21, 2016.
COOKING FOR CLYDESDALES – The Saskatchewan Clydesdale Association was at the Yorkton Co-op, raising money to sponsor shows, host clinics for kids who are interested in draft horses and help promote the Clydesdale breed of horse. Pictured is Delvin Szumutku, getting hot dogs ready. Photo by Devin Wilger.
Nomination forms may be obtained at the City Clerk’s Office — City Hall or on the website at www.cityofyorkton.ca. Nomination forms for the School Division Board Members may also be obtained from the respective School Division offices. Dated this 31st day of August, 2016. Kathy Ritchie - Returning Officer
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Calvin Tokarchuk announces mayoral bid By DEVIN WILGER N-R Writer Candidates are beginning to announce their intention to run for mayor and council in the 2016 civic election. The most recent to announce is Calvin Tokarchuk. One of Tokarchuk’s main campaign points is increasing the amount of transparency about what happens in city hall and how it affects people within the city. Tokarchuk’s goal is to have an open dialog between people within the community and city hall. “I don’t know if everyone gets the whole story. People don’t mind paying
taxes, so long as they know where it’s going, and that it’s going where they need.” Tokarchuk believes some of the issues will surround the how lots are priced, how the city is encouraging development and how tax dollars are being used. “Some of the questions are the money that has been spent on our roads, where it’s been spent and how it’s been spent. Some of the future ideas about spending a ton of money now for the future, and leaving us in the lurch.” For example, he would like to see the budgeting process for the city be completely public from
beginning to end, and notes that without transparency there can be a lot of rumors and hearsay about what is going on with city projects. Not looking at any one demographic to make his support base, Tokarchuk believes that the city needs someone new in city hall, with new ideas and a fresh perspective on the issues facing people in the city. “My personal opinion is as long as you take care of people, they are going to take care of you. As long as you are looking out for everyone’s best interest – and that is supposed to be what city council and the may-
or’s jobs are, to look after the best interests of taxpayers and citizens.” The owner of Du-all Drywall in Yorkton, Tokarchuk says that he believes that his experience in running the business is an asset for his mayoral bid. “My business experience over the past five years will really be a bonus in running a city like a business, because really that’s what it should be run like.” He also says that a mayoral bid will not be an issue with running his own business, and says that he has a good staff in place to keep the business running.
CALVIN TOKARCHUK has announced his intention to run for mayor of the City of Yorkton. Photo by Devin Wilger.
YBID hosts meetings with city and business By DEVIN WILGER N-R Writer The Yorkton Business Improvement District wants to open a dialog between businesses within the City of Yorkton and the city itself. To do this, they have begun a series of coffee meetings, hosted by locations throughout the city to give the chance for people to talk about their concerns. Phil De Vos with YBID says that the series of meetings was spurred on by a desire to have businesses speak to city administration, and this series of meetings was inspired by similar informal meetings, frequently held in B.C. “We want to see what kind of reactions we get.” Topics brought up to the city were concerns about pop-up car dealerships and what the city can do about them, as well as discussion about what is going on with the intersection at Highway 9. There was also talk about ideas around a shop local campaign in the city. The initial meetings have been positive, with a higher than expected turnout and an active
discussion. De Vos says it’s a fact finding mission, and in that sense the meetings have already done their job. De Vos says the vision for the meetings into the future is to have two a year, one between business and city council, and one with businesses talking to each other, and listening to people who have had success in the city. “We have a lot of business people who are really smart, and they have been very successful, and we tend to say ‘we’re not going to listen to that guy, because he’s from here, we’re going to bring in so-and-so from Toronto or Vancouver.’ We’ve got a lot of smart people here, they just don’t have the opportunity to show us how smart they are.” For his part, Mayor Bob Maloney says they want to have an open and accessible city council, and they want to meet people to be able to talk with council about their concerns with what is going on in the city. “I think it’s a good opportunity to get the word out and talk to people one on one. That often works, and I think works well.”
MAYOR BOB MALONEY and members of city council meet with local business people at the most recent YBID Coffee Session. The next meeting is at West Broadway grill on Thursday, September 8. Photo by Devin Wilger. While the meetings are a good opportunity to talk to the mayor and members of council, Maloney emphasizes that the meetings are far from the only time that
people can speak to them if they have a concern. “I would like to think that our doors are always open, that people can always pick up the phone or knock on my door... I
think this is a good opportunity for people to come down as a group and have a chat.” The next meeting is on Thursday, September
8 at West Broadway Grill at 7:00 p.m. followed by one on September 15 at 2:00 p.m. at the Yorkton Public Library. The meetings are free, as is the coffee served.
Five businesses receive ABEX nominations Yorkton will be well represented at this year’s ABEX Aw a r d s . Representing the best in Saskatchewan business, the awards recognize achievement in Saskatchewan businesses in a wide range of categories. Five Yorkton businesses received seven total nominations in six categories. CORE Real Estate was nominated for the Community Involvement Award and Marketing Award. Cornerstone Credit Union was nominated in the Community Involvement category. The Growth and Expansion Award saw a nomination for R.H. Electric Ltd. Dustin Nehring and Taylor Lange of N.L. Construction Inc. were
nominated in the Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award category. TA Foods Ltd. received a nomination for the Export Award as well as a nomination in Priority Focus, the newest ABEX category. This year the Priority Focus category is focused on immigration. Juanita Polegi, Executive Director of the Yorkton Chamber of Commerce, congratulates all of the businesses which were nominated for this year’s awards. “I think it’s a demonstration of the incredible businesses that we have here in Yorkton.” This is a strong year for Yorkton at the ABEX awards, and Polegi says that it speaks well for the local economy. “When you’re looking at the entire province and we’ve got five busi-
nesses in those categories... It’s a testament to those businesses and their ability to showcase those strengths.” The one category with two nominations is Community Involvment, with both Cornerstone Credit Union and CORE Real Estate getting a nomination. Polegi is not surprised that the Community Involvement category has more than
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Admitting our problem
The old saying goes that the first step of solving a problem is admitting you have one. Saskatchewan, as a province, has a drinking and driving problem. A recent Mainstreet Research poll has finally given us the answer as to why, and it’s at least partially because we don’t actually think it is a problem. Nineteen per cent of respondants said drinking and driving is fine if it’s just over a short distance, an attitude most commonly reflected by people in the 18-35 age demographic. Saskatchewan does have a problem. In 2015, there were a total of 122 fatalities on Saskatchewan roads, but 53 of them – or 43 per cent – were the result of drunk driving. Going by the numbers, if Saskatchewan residents stop drinking and driving, we will cut the number of fatalities on our roads by half. In 2015, that would have meant 53 people who would still be with us today, including adults and children. There will be fewer collisions overall, making our collective insurance go down. There are only benefits to seeing drinking and driving end in this province, but it’s not going to, because people do not view it as a problem. SGI and the provincial government, for their part, have at least tried to stiffen penalties, with long driving prohibitions and the possible seizure of vehicles as threats for people who are caught. That hasn’t helped, and it hasn’t even helped for people who work for SGI – former Minister in Charge of SGI Don McMorris was famously caught and charged with impaired driving himself. It’s clear he agrees with the people who think it’s fine to travel a short distance under the influence, mainly because he did. This is not to blast McMorris, but to use him as an illustration of the problem we are facing. Even people who know that impaired driving is a problem will occasionally think it’s not something that applies to them. The idea that it’s a problem for other people, in other places driving on different roads, that’s the uphill battle that the province has to face. It’s getting everyone in the province to admit that drinking and driving is a problem, and in this case we can’t even get people whose actual job involves spreading that message to admit it’s a problem. What needs to happen is a change in attitude, but how do we actually get people to change their minds? The punishments are strict at the moment, and there are always movements to make them stricter, but it’s not working. Instead of spreading the idea that drinking and driving is dangerous, we instead have a situation where people think that getting caught is dangerous, which is defeating the purpose. Instead of calling a ride, we instead have people trying different routes home where they might not encounter police. This is in no way suggesting that the punishment should be more lenient, but that something needs to happen in addition to the punishment in order to convince people to get a ride home. Maybe we need to give people an actual demonstration of what alcohol does to their reaction times and judgement, convince them that it’s a problem for them as well as a problem for everyone else. There would be a question of SGI could actually demonstrate this – finding drunk people and sitting them down in a driving simulator, perhaps – but it’s a thought, a way to get people to realize that they are affected by alcohol just like everyone else. Maybe we just need to find a new way to educate people of the dangers of driving under the influence, because the current method simply isn’t working as well as it needs to. Maybe we just need some peer pressure, it could simply be up to those of us who don’t think it’s okay to keep a close eye on the one in five people who do. In some cases, it won’t matter if people don’t actually believe drinking and driving is physically harmful if they definitely believe it’s socially harmful. But the main thing is that we need to recognize that it is a problem in this province, and it’s clear that for a significant percentage of people living in Saskatchewan that hasn’t happened yet. Those are the people who continue to drive under the influence, and those are the people who caused over 40 per cent of the fatalities on the province’s roads in 2015. Those are the people we need to reach, and we’re going to have to get creative to break through the wall of denial that they’re living behind.
Do not privatize SaskTel ever Premier Brad Wall is floating the idea of selling SaskTel, seemingly as a tactic to see if anyone would actually like the idea. By referencing the idea of selling it enough, he will get an idea of the reaction people might have if SaskTel were to be put up for sale, and whether or not it would be good or bad for the Saskatchewan Party’s chances at re-election. As a result, it’s somewhat important to give him the reactions he craves, because that’s the only way to get the result we want. Here’s my reaction: Selling SaskTel is not something which will benefit the people of Saskatchewan. The reason comes down to the slightly odd position which SaskTel lives in as a service provider. As a crown corporation, it has to do a lot of things a private corporation wouldn’t, or even couldn’t, because it has to be accountable to everyone in the province. That means it has to at least attempt to serve everyone here, even if that means doing things that are not going to make much money. For example, take how they have a fairly extensive cell phone network, which they proudly proclaim is the most extensive in the province. It exists because they have to do this, because they’re accountable to the people of the province. It’s not extremely profitable to put a cell phone tower in a tiny town with maybe 300 potential customers, but it’s something SaskTel has to do because it’s their job. They also make money doing this, it’s a profitable company, but a lot of the things they do are not going to be easy to justify on a balance sheet. They also aren’t cutting corners the way that other internet service providers like to do. For home internet, Saskatchewan does not have caps on the amount of bandwidth someone uses, you’re only limited by the speed of your connection, something which stands in stark contrast to a the majority of the private ISPs in the country. This is slightly important if, for example, you watch video streaming services like Netflix or purchase any videogames digitally on services like Steam – the largest game I own is 50 gigabytes to download – which could send you sailing over a bandwidth cap relatively easily, especially if it’s something modest like 200 GB. As more people resort to streaming for their entertainment, it’s important to remember that there’s a reason why we don’t have to worry about bandwidth caps in this province for the most part, and that reason is SaskTel doesn’t do them. If it was fully private, it likely would, look at everywhere else in the country. SaskTel does have data limits on mobile internet plans, everybody does, but it also has an unlimited option, which is otherwise rare – though you do get
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Devin Wilger limited speed over a certain amount of bandwidth – and there is another side effect to the way SaskTel operates their data plans. It makes other cell phone providers alter their pricing to stay competitive. I actually don’t use SaskTel as my mobile provider, but I still get benefits from their pricing structure. In order to compete, my provider has a Saskatchewanonly cell phone plan which is significantly cheaper than offerings that exist in other provinces for the same amount of service. That plan exists because otherwise the provider would not be competitive. Which is not to say SaskTel is perfect, because it isn’t, or that it’s the best option for every consumer on every service. But that’s not the point, even if you don’t use SaskTel you see some benefits from their existence, and operating a telephone service as a crown corporation has clear benefits for consumers that going private will not. And we have clear examples of this in every other province in the country, Ontario pays a lot more for cell phone and internet service than we do, because they don’t have anyone as the equivalent of SaskTel. For years, Saskatchewan and Manitoba have been touted as the best places in the country for mobile plans, though Manitoba might not last as MTS was just sold privately. We are cheaper than everyone else, because we had crown corporations that were holding the line on prices and keeping things low for everyone. If SaskTel goes the way of MTS, so too will that advantage. It’ll be more expensive to do business here, more expensive to entertain ourselves, more expensive to call our friends, more expensive to live. Instead of selling off the company, SaskTel should be used as a competitive advantage. Cheap bandwidth can be used to sell Saskatchewan as a great place for tech startups, and if we want to keep diversifying the economy giving companies reasons to locate their businesses here is a way to do it. SaskTel can be used to build the economy because nobody else handles internet like they do. The short version is that selling SaskTel is a bad idea, and hopefully any government dumb enough to do it would find themselves ousted in the next election.
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The gravity of the situation Wow. September already. Where’s the rewind button? The 2nd of September finds a very thin crescent Moon joining Jupiter and Venus low in the west. You have 35 minutes after sunset to spot the group, so don’t dawdle. Hopefully it won’t cloud over like it did for the Venus - Jupiter conjunction last week. Not quite as challenging, in the south west, Mars continues to move eastward between Saturn (above) and Antares (below). Not the stuff of legend, but what’s not fully appreciated is that the star and those planets would not
be there were it not for Gravity. A few weeks ago at a yard party, a retired friend (we’ll call him Brian, ‘cause that’s his name) was having a bit of a struggle getting out of a low-slung lawn chair. “Jeez”, Brian wheezed, “gravity seems to be getting stronger every year”. Normally, I would have chuckled, had it not suddenly occurred to me that I was beginning to experience the same effect (I’m also having difficulty reading fine print, but I’m not sure of the connection yet). Gravitation is a mysterious phenomenon responsible for
The Universe from your own back yard by Jim Huziak jim@darkskies.ca. making objects ‘gravitate toward’ each other: stars, planets, galaxies, and apparently Brian and his lawn chair. Everything in the universe is attracted to everything else. Some things bump into other things, but if they miss, they will eventually go into orbit around each
other. The Moon orbits us, we orbit the Sun, the Sun orbits the centre of the Milky Way Galaxy, and the Milky Way, with its local group of galaxies, orbits the Laniakea Cluster which orbits the Virgo Supercluster which orbits the Great Attractor which... and so on. Galileo started it all
by dropping canon balls from the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Much later, an apple falling on his noggin gave Sir Isaac Newton the Universal Law of Gravitation, which explained things just fine until Albert Einstein proposed his General Theory of Relativity, surprisingly without a single blow to the head. Now we’re all confused again. I majored in physics when I started university because I thought I wanted to know this stuff. What I learned was... no, I don’t. I care less why we have gravity; I just want to
enjoy its effects. Well, maybe except for the lawn chair part. “So”, I said to Brian (well, I didn’t, but should have), “maybe gravity is getting stronger, but without it, we wouldn’t have stuff like planets and stars to look at, and then where would we be? And what would I write about?” So, pull up a lawn chair and enjoy the skies, secure in the knowledge that the same mysterious force that holds the stars and planets in their courses also holds you firmly in your seat, apparently a little firmer with each passing year.
Good reasons for tax support of athletes Troy Media/ - A trip to London, England, is wasted without spending a few hours in the National Gallery or the lavish British Museum, to see the wealth of plundered cultural artifacts of a global empire. Entry to these - and more - is free thanks to perpetual funding of the United Kingdom’s National Lottery. The money saved (versus what you would spend just to enter Paris’s Louvre or any of the grand museums of Berlin) you can spend in the gift shop on art books to bring home. From a tourist’s point of view, that’s lottery profits well-spent. From the perspective of a fan of our national sports programs, using lotteries to fund local athletes would likewise be a good investment. And from a taxpayer’s point of view as well. According to the CBC, Canada’s Own the Podium program allots around $30 million a year to athletes aspiring to represent us at the Olympics. The money is carefully targeted toward those
expected to come home with medals, versus the happy amateur toilers who sacrifice and train every day just to “do their best” on the international stage. Canada spent about $5.5 million for each of the medals our athletes won at the Rio Olympic Games. That’s half of what Australia paid per medal, says CBC. In fact, Canada spends less per capita supporting national sports programs than Australia, New Zealand or the Netherlands. So our Olympians are pretty cost-efficient. Where does the money come from? Far and away, it comes from corporate donors. Thirtyfour major donors are listed on the Canadian Olympic Committee website. Even you and I can donate to the Canadian Olympic Foundation and get a refund at tax time. But this is an inefficient way to fund our athletes. Greater funding can be had, with more generalized support for all athletes as opposed to targeting winners.
The vehicle of choice should be our lotteries. It’s unseemly how much of the roughly $14 billion a year in profits from legalized gambling in Canada finds its way into the general revenue of provincial governments. Each lottery region spends millions a year on community sports, recreational and cultural infrastructure. Well and good. But hundreds of millions still end up in general government revenue, in lieu of legitimate taxation for legitimate spending. On several levels, that’s just not right. To fund athletes to represent us on the world stage, it would be more ethical to tap the billions that governments make from gambling than using this money to build schools or hire nurses - a task that should be shouldered by fair taxation from everyone. Likewise, it’s better for Canada to assume responsibility for training athletes and presenting national role models than to give large corporations tax incen-
tives to do so. Let legitimate taxation fund our public sphere and keep the proceeds from gambling far away from political hands. Many a treatise on its corrupting nature has been written since governments became addicted to gambling. There’s more than enough money to go around. There’s more than enough to build rinks, pools, fields and centres of excellence to foster the benefits of healthy living all around the country, at every level. If we agree to pay our doctors more in the health-care system, for instance, we need consensus to pay for it from a fair system of taxation. Or ring roads, or whatever. It is more ethical that we can choose to participate in a lottery, for instance, knowing that the vast profits come back to us in better cultural infrastructure, of which sports and athletics play a huge part (especially during Olympic years). There are always priorities for governments
to balance at budget time. That’s why we elect them. But giving them a slush fund of lottery money, while squandering more in tax incentives for corporations to bolster their public images, corrupts both politics and our general support for the Olympic movement. National assets like Britain’s museums or Canada’s athletes cannot get consensus for increased taxation. So we turned to corporations to gain opportuni-
ties that taxpayers end up subsidizing anyway.
Let’s just take gambling profits out of politicians’ hands. Give this money back to communities for better cultural amenities, including high-performance sports.
Greg Neiman is a freelance editor, columnist and blogger living in Red Deer, Alta. Greg is included in Troy Media’s Unlimited Access subscription plan.
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Winter sports for Olympic roster - maybe? After delving into sports hoping to one day to be part of the Summer Olympics for last week’s column, curiosity had me looking at the roster of sports for the winter version of the Games. The list of current Winter Olympic sports is shorter than its warm weather counterpart. That has always created at least the thinking among some that there is an opening for more winter sports to become Olympic events - the reasoning that there is some desire to create a greater balance between the two versions. Whether that desire is real, or not, the chance to broaden the roster of winter events is rather limited. We may see basketball as a winter sport, in the sense it is played during our winter season that is not how the Olympic Committee sees things. It is rather obvious winter sports must have elements of snow and ice in order to be considered a Winter Olympics sport. Fair enough, they want to keep the lines between the Summer and Winter versions easy to understand. If they were to transfer basketball, then why not volleyball? Or, handball? Or, badminton? Where would the line be once the doors opened? So when looking at what sports might fit the Winter Olympics you have to deal with the criteria of snow and ice as integral parts of the sport as step one to admission. The parametre of snow and ice dramatically limits the list of potential sports. There simply are not dozens of winter sports sitting in the wings that are waiting for Olympic recognition. On the summer side, as last week noted, there are numerous rather unknown sports; netball and korfball as examples, but there do not appear to be the same waiting list on the winter side. My first thought was broomball. It was once quite popular locally, although that was before my time, which means it goes back a long way. There was some interest in trying to get the sport going in Springside last winter, but I’m not sure if that came to fruition. Certainly broomball is played on ice, but whether it has the number of countries involved is doubtful. Ditto for ingette. Once widely popular in our province, with the emergence of women’s hockey, it has seemed to all but disappear. Ringette would have had an uphill battle even if its previous popularity returned. The Olympics
wants sports involved that have both men and women involved. It was why baseball and softball worked as a unit in their effort to get back on the Summer Olympics roster. One sport that does get mentioned, at least on online sources, is bandy. If you have not heard of bandy you are not alone. “Bandy is a team winter sport played on ice, in which skaters use sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team’s goal,” related Wikipedia. “Based on the number of participating athletes, bandy is the world’s second most popular winter sport. Only ice hockey is more popular.” I found the latter claim a bit of a stretch over skiing either downhill, or cross-country. “The sport is considered a form of hockey and has a common background with association football, ice hockey and field,” continued Wikipedia. “Like football, the game is normally played in halves of 45 minutes each, there are eleven players on each team, and the bandy field is about the same size as a football pitch. It is played on ice like ice hockey, but like field hockey, players use bowed sticks and a small ball.” So basically take a soccer pitch, flood it to create a really big sheet of ice, and play hockey with larger player numbers. Some YouTube videos are pretty interesting. I suspect with some play-by-play, a colour commentator, and a team you cared about, it would be generally fun to watch. Wikipedia did offer some history which was interesting as well. “Russian monastery records dating back to the 10th to 11th century’s record games which may be ancestors of bandy,” it stated. “A game that could be recognized as essentially modern bandy was played in Russia by the early 18th century, although the rules used differed from those invented in England at a much later date. In modern times, Russia has held a top position in the bandy area, both as a founding nation of the International Federation in 1955 and fielding the most successful team in the Wo r l d Championships. Russians see themselves as the creators of the sport, which is reflected by the unofficial title for bandy, ‘Russian hockey’. “The first match, more recently dubbed the original bandy match, was held at The Crystal Palace in London in 1875. However, at the time, the game was called “hockey on the ice”, probably as it was
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considered an ice variant of field hockey. “The name “bandy” comes from Britain, which has played an important role in the sport’s development. Bando, a game played in Wales in ancient times, is similar to bandy. It was played throughout the country in varying forms and is still found in some areas. The earliest example of the Welsh-language term bando occurs in a dictionary by John Walters published in 1770–94. The game became particularly popular in the Cynffig-Margam district of the Vale where wide stretches of sandy beaches afforded ample room for play. As a winter sport, British bandy originated in the Fens of East Anglia where large expanses of ice formed on flooded meadows or shallow washes in cold winters, and skating was a tradition. Members of the Bury Fen Bandy Club published rules of the game in 1882, and introduced it into other countries. The first international match took place in 1891 between Bury Fen and the then Haarlemsche Hockey & Bandy Club from the Netherlands (a club which after a couple of club fusions now is named HC Bloemendaal). The same year, the National Bandy Association was started in England. “The first national bandy league was started in Sweden in 1902. Bandy was played at the Nordic Games in Stockholm in 1905 and between Swedish, Finnish and Russian teams in Helsinki in 1907. A European championship was held in 1913 with eight countries participating. “As of 2016 national federations exist in over 30 nations, including Afghanistan, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Belarus, Canada, Czech Republic, People’s Republic of China, Denmark, England, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Somalia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, and the United States.” Note Canada does have a national body, but it has zero ‘Net presence, so check it out at www.usabandy.com or http://worldbandy.com If there is a variation
on hockey why not a variant on curling too; called ice stock “Ice stock sport (also known as Bavarian Curling) is a winter sport, somewhat similar to curling,” again related Wikipedia. Competitors slide ice stocks over an ice surface, aiming for a target, or to cover the longest distance. Ice stocks have a gliding surface, to which a stick (ca 30 cm) is attached. The sport, mostly practised in southern Germany, Austria and Trentino-Alto Adige/ Südtirol, has been demonstrated at the Winter Olympic Games on two occasions. Although the sport is traditionally played on an ice surface, events are also held on tarmac in summer. “Although the sport is probably much older, the first proof of ice stock sport being practised stems from a 16th-century painting by Belgian painter Pieter Brueghel. It would take until the 1930s before the sport became organized. A German federation was established in 1934, and German championships were established two
years later. “ E u r o p e a n Championships were first held in 1951, and World Championships were first held in 1983, after the International Federation Ice Stock Sport (IFE) had been established. “First written mention of ice stock sport as messengers arrive to bring news of the capture of Richard Lionheart to Leopold V Duke of Austria, who were playing ice stock on the frozen river Donau by Vienna shortly before Christmas 1192.” There are several disciplines in ice stock sport, of which only target shooting and distance shooting are contested in international championships. The game can be seen on YouTube. In the target shooting version, two teams of four players each take turns in aiming for a target, the so-called Daube. Points are gained by being closest to the Daube after all four players have thrown
their stock. In distance shooting, the aim is simply to slide away the ice stock as far as possible. Yes there is ice stock in Canada. Just search Canadian-Ice-StockFederation on Facebook or www.icestockcanada. ca Bandy and ice stock may be the most likely sports to join the Winter Games at some point, but there are a couple of others to mention too; in particular ice surfing, which is more or less a snowboard with a sail that allows competitors to race, and it’s sort of counterpart ice sailing, a bigger sail on what looks like a boat ( www.iceboating.net ). There is also snocross on fat tire bikes, ( a definite winner in my books ), and snowshoe races ( www.snowshoerunning. org ), which fit. So there you have it, obscure as they may be, but there are winter sports that could join the Olympics should they truly desire to expand that side of the Games.
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Getting the most from your plum trees Two of my favourite plums for fresh eating, crisps and plum cake are ‘Patterson Pride’ and ‘Pembina’. ‘Patterson Pride’ was one of Dr. Cecil Patterson’s selections from 1942 but not introduced until 1960 (Dr. Patterson was the first head of the University of Saskatchewan’s Horticulture Science Department). Its fruit is sweet, tender and juicy with bright red skin and golden flesh. The 4.5 cm diameter free-stone plums ripen from midAugust onwards. The tree is semi-dwarf with slightly weeping branches. ‘Pembina’ matures a week or so later. Its fruit is 5 cm in diameter with orange-gold, soft, juicy and sweet flesh wrapped in dark red skin with a heavy bluish bloom, almost purple. The tree is more upright, spreading and vase-shaped. Planted about 30 years ago on a sandy knoll, they have been amazingly drought-tolerant and are still producing well. One of the perceived problems with growing plums is pollination. Without successful pollination there is no fruit. So, what makes a good pollinator? As Darryl
Fehr of the Little Tree Nursery, Martinsville, puts it, “Nobody knows what the plums are doing at night.” But it is not as complicated or confusing as once thought. There are 4 major groups of prairiehardy plums: (a) hybrids of the Asian and Canada wild plums (b) Canada plum selections (c) Asian plum selections, and (d) cherry plums. ‘Patterson Pride’ and ‘Pembina’ are in the first group, hybrids of our native Canada wild plum (Prunus nigra) and the Asian plum (P. salicina). Others in this group are ‘Prairie’, ‘Supreme’, ‘Superb’ (syn. ‘Perfection’), ‘Geddes’ and ‘Brookred’. These hybrids will not pollinate each other or any other plum. In order to produce fruit, these hybrids must be planted close enough to a Canada wild plum for a bee to transfer pollen. Although less available in the nursery trade than they once were, several prairie nurseries continue to offer Canada wild plums. Their fruit is small but they make an excellent ornamental as well as serving in the role of pollinator. Canada plum (P. nigra) selections are the second group of plums in
terms of pollination. ‘Dandy’, in this group, is best pollinated by a Canada wild plum. Its clingstone fruit is 3-4 cm in diameter with yellow, mild and juicy flesh. The skin is yellow blushed with red, thin, tender but astringent and slightly bitter. Only fair for fresh eating, it is excellent for jam. It is also an excellent pollinator for other early flowering plums such as ‘Brookgold’. The Asian plum cultivars will pollinate each other. You will need two different cultivars within bee-flying distance. Among these are: • ‘Brookgold’ – 2.5-3 cm; bright gold skin with orange blush; juicy, very sweet yellow flesh; free-stone; great for fresh eating; poor for canning and jam. • ‘Fofonoff ’ (syn. ‘Homesteader’) – 4 cm; flesh is light green, firm, juicy, very sweet; freestone; light green skin with pink bloom, thin and tender; good for fresh eating and jam. • ‘Ivanoka’ – 3.5-4 cm; flesh is orange-pink, firm, juicy, sweet; semifree-stone; skin is yellow with red over-lay; good for jam and pies The last group is the cherry plums, hybrids between the western
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Godfrey Dean New Summer Exhibitions! Paula Cooley: MIX July 10 to Sept. 2, 2016 Mixed media sculpture by Saskatoon artist Paula Cooley reflects her passion for ocean waves and forms of nature. On closer inspection, you can see Cooley is also interested in the menacing aspects of shape and form, giving her work greater depth behind the smooth shiny surfaces. Shannon Yashcheshen: PORTRAY July 17 to Sept. 2, 2016 The work for Shannon’s exhibition is here and we’re experimenting with different configurations. Each time you visit you will see how the selections are evolving, until the final exhibition is complete. Yorkton Family Resource Centre Drop In Centre @ SIGN on Broadway. Monday to Saturday – 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Tuesday – 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. www.yorktonfrc.ca Free to participate! Yorkton Lake Golf & Country Ladies Club is looking for new and existing members to golf in their Fun Golf every Monday and Wednesday mornings at 9:00 a.m. This is a beautiful 9 hole golf course and we welcome all ages as well as any inexperienced golfers. Crossroads A support group for women experiencing or who have experienced domestic violence. Thursdays 1:15-2:30 p.m. Family Resource Center SIGN on Broadway *Free childcare and transportation available* & Thursdays 630 - 8:30 p.m. Shelwin House (please call for address) *Adults (women) only* Group is open to all women who feel a need for support on their journey. Please contact 306-782-5181 or 306-7837233 for more information. Cribbage & Pool The Yorkton Retired Citizens Inc. group invites interested cribbage and pool players to come out to St. Gerard’s Church – lower level – Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1:00 to 4 p.m. for the afternoon for pool and crib, light lunch included. For info. call Helen at 306-783-0802 or Joan at 306-783-6042. Volunteers Needed! The Canadian Red Cross is seeking volunteers for the Friendly Visiting Program for Seniors. Volunteers will be trained to provide weekly visits or phone calls to socially or geographically isolated seniors in Yorkton and surrounding area. One hour every other week is all that is required to provide social interaction with a senior and peace of mind for family and caregivers. For more information contact 306-620-3281 or email michelleb.smith@redcross.ca The Yorkton Legion Track Club The club is open to all Yorkton and area athletes born in 2003 or older.
Coaches also needed. To register or learn more contact Club Manager, Marcel Porte at marcel.porte@bayer.com or call cell: 306-621-7716. Tot Spot Boys & Girls Club Drop-In Centre @ SIGN on Broadway Mon., Tues., Thurs., & Fri., 9 a.m. to noon. Tues., Wed., Thurs., 2-4 p.m. Free to participate!
The Caring Closet Lower level of Safire Clothing & Accessories Quality, free used clothing for women who require outfits for career or educational purposes. Donations are accepted. Fittings are done by appointment. Call 306-521-0332, 306-783-0026 or 306-786-1570. Parkland Right to Life Meetings Meets every third Wednesday of the month @ St. Gerard’s Hall basement @ 7.30 p.m. For info. call 306-783-6240. St. John Ambulance First Aid Classes OHS Standard First Aid/CPR classes. Personalized courses and online training also available. For more info. or to register call Judy at 306-783-4544 or email: sjayyorkton@sk.sja.ca.
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the Westview United Church.
Yorkton Creators 4-H Club Welcomes new members ages 6-21. Projects include cooking, sewing, woodworking and cloverbud. For more info. call Vi at 306-782-4721.
Club DJ Heritage Baptist Church Thursday evenings 6:30-7:45 p.m. • for children Grades K-6 • a mid week program designed to engage local children with church • Bible stories, crafts, games, music and more... Call 306-783-7912 for details.
Singers Unite! Yorkton Community Concert Choir Practices every Monday at 7:30 p.m. in the choir room at the YRHS (use parking lot entrance) Contact Laurene at 306-782-0460, Shanni at 306-783-9145 or Anna at 306-744-2729 for details. Calling all Bridge Players! The Yorkton Duplicate Bridge Club has started up. The club meets weekly on Wednesdays at 1:00 p.m. at the Yorkton Public Library. Call Del Lubiniecki at 306-548-5518 for more details. Yorkton and District United Way • looking for dedicated people interested in taking part of a growing organization that helps agencies and crucial services in and around the Yorkton area. To learn more call Kristin Parsons at 306-782-9389 or email yorktonunited way@sasktel. net. Yorkton Prostate Group Meeting • meets every 3rd Thurs. of the month in the meeting room at the hospital • promotes early detection and speedy recovery Call 306-782-5748 for information. Al-Anon Al-Anon meets Mondays, 8 p.m. at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, and Wednesdays at
Kinette Club of Yorkton • Meets the second Wednesday of every month at 7 p.m. To learn more or to attend, contact Club President – Melissa Kirwan at 306-730-7733 The Torch Club – leadership, growth and empowerment program for youth ages 10-13 Call Erin at 306-783-2582 for details.
THE NEWS REVIEW - Thursday, September 1, 2016 - Page 11A Call John Denysek at 306-782-1559 or email: jdenysek@sasktel.net to join or to learn more. Parkland Therapeutic Riding Association Horseback riding and other activities for children and adults with physical and intellectual disabilities. Meets Tuesdays at noon Shadow Stables. For more info call 306-7827930 or 306-782-7782 or email mbozsik@sasktel.net. Big Brothers Big Sisters In-School Mentoring Be a Mentor – spend one hour a week. Play games, do crafts, read books... Make a difference in the life of a child. For info. call 306-782-3471.
A Series of Bible Talks are being held at the Rokeby Hall beginning on August 28 at 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Everyone welcome. For more information, call 306-270-6477. All are Welcome to come and hear the teachings of Jesus from the Bible each Sunday starting September 4 at 3:30 - 4:30 at Yorkton Auction Centre (east on Hwy. 10 to Rosemount Rd. then 1 km south) 306-270-6477 To place your Community Event contact The News Review at 306-783-7355, or e-mail: editorial @yorktonnews.com.
GOOD GIRL – Hey there, my name’s Lilly. I’m a six month old spayed female shepherd mix, and I’m one smart puppy. I’m eager to please and already know basic commands, so I’ll be easy to train. Since I’m up to date on vaccinations and have a microchip, I’m ready to meet my new family and join their loving, responsible home. To learn more come visit the SPCA, call 306-783-4080 or visit www.yorktonspca.com. Photo by Devin Wilger.
Treasure Chest Toastmasters Club • meets weekly on Wednesday evenings from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at SIGN on Broadway. Impact your world by enhancing your communication and leadership skills. Guests and new members welcome. For more information contact: Faye 306-782-2994; or Joanne 306-783-3034. Yorkton Branch of the Saskatchewan Genealogical Society Monthly Meetings Yorkton Public Library For info. call Sharon Lindsay at 306-783-7054. Adult Dance Group (Troyanda Ukrainian Dance Ensemble) Ukrainian Orthodox Auditorium Wednesdays, 6:15 to 7:15 p.m.
Habitat for Humanity Volunteers Wanted To get your name on the volunteer list for a build or to be part of a committee, go to www.habitatyorkton.ca and click on “Volunteer Now” Dart League Attention dart players, steel-tip action is under way at Gunner’s Lounge at Royal Canadian Legion. This is a fun league for all ages, so beginners are encouraged to come out. For more information call 306-782-1783.
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Community Adult Band Rehearsals Tuesdays 7 p.m. at Yorkton Regional High School Band Room. Two bands – Community Concert Band and Yorkton’s ALL THAT JAZZ Big Band New members welcome! For more information, contact Larry Pearen, Director 306-621-0523 (days) 306-782-4182 (evenings).
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Grief Share The Grief Share support group is sponsored by people who understand what you are experiencing and want to offer you comfort and encouragement during this difficult time. For more information call: Margaret Yost 306-728-4744 or St. Paul Lutheran Church at 306-783-4266.
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Save the Yorkton Brick Mill Become a member and be a part of a great historical venture. Learn more or get involved by visiting: www.yorktonbrickmill.org Interested parties can also call 306-783-0290
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