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Top notch work – Employees recognized By DEVIN WILGER N-R Writer The Yorkton Chamber of Commerce’s Employee Recognition Event is designed to help businesses show appreciation for the employees that make their businesses strong. This year, the awards event was expanded into two categories – one for front line staff and one for support staff. Darcy Tymko of Value Tire and Battery won the support employee of the year award. Tymko, who drives the service truck for Value Tire, has been with the business for about 17 years. He says that he was shocked to be nominated, but that he loves his job and appreciates the recognition. “It’s nice to know you’re appreciated for the role that you do,” Tymko says. Continued on Page 3.
AWARD WINNING WORK – The Saskatchewan Drama Association (SDA) 2013 Region 4 High School Drama Festival was held recently in Yorkton, featuring eleven competing plays from eight schools in the region. Sacred Heart High School Drama Club’s production of ‘In the Garden of the Selfish Giant was selected as Best Overall Production. Pictured are students Corrigan Fafard and Michelle Puchala. See more on Page 7.
Sask. disabled assisted – province wraps up wait list
The Government of Saskatchewan has announced it has fulfilled its multi-year commitment to address a waitlist of 440 people across the province with intellectual disabilities that required specialized, residential, and/ or day programs to meet their needs. In addition another 215 Community Living clients beyond the original waitlist have been served. The initiative, launched in 2008, represents the largest investment in Saskatchewan history in support of people with intellectual disabilities, at a total of $62.5 million. “This is a milestone day for every one of the 440 people on the original wait list, and the rest of our province as well,” Premier Brad Wall says. “I am very pleased to announce that services are
now in place, or in development, for every one of the people on the list. It is our government’s goal to make Saskatchewan the best place to live in Canada for people with disabilities, and this is another step toward that goal.” The Community Living Waitlist Initiative involved funding for new, expanded, or existing services in 41 communities across the province, including in Yorkton, and funding for almost 500 new staff positions in communitybased organizations (CBOs). The initiative was supported by partnerships with the Saskatchewan Association of Rehabilitation Centres (SARC), Saskatchewan Approved Private Service Homes (APSH) Inc., Saskatchewan Housing Corporation, and dozens of
individual CBOs. The initiative was multifaceted, including government investments in new
Quick fact: Gov’t partners with about 200 CBOs, 270 housing authorities and 250 not-forprofit housing organizations to provide a broad range of services...
capital for 75 new group homes and service expansion, including the addition of more than 1,000 weekly
hours of supported independent living. The government has also invested in a new day program funding standard, enhancements to support approved private service homes, complex needs programming and specialized supports and funding to help CBOs meet ongoing recruitment and retention challenges. In 2012, the province invested $17 million to support front-line workers at agencies that provide critical services for people with intellectual disabilities and children at risk. In addition, the Province invested $1.8 million in 2012 to increase level of care rates at Approved Private Service Homes that provide services for Community Living clients. The 2013-14 provincial
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budget includes $4.2 million in operational funding to finalize the waitlist commitments. The government will also provide $1.2 million in operating funds and $1.0 million in capital funding to provide services for individuals with emerging needs during 2013-14. “The completion of the waitlist initiative is just one example of our commitment to ensuring Saskatchewan is the best place to live for people with disabilities,” Wall says. “And of course, we couldn’t possibly reach that goal without the support of our many partners across the province. So, to them, and on behalf of everyone who will benefit from this initiative, I say thank you. Together, we make a difference!”
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Farm safety means having back up By DEVIN WILGER N-R Writer The recent and tragic death of a 58 year-old farmer in the region has highlighted the need to be cautious around grain bins, and look at ways farmers can prevent risks while working. Glen Blahey, with the Canadian Agriculture Safety Association, says there are a number of dangers surrounding grain storage facilities, beyond when people fall into the bin. There are instances where producers are injured in an attempt to clean bins, getting entangled in the augering system. Other instances can involve spoiled grain getting caked on the walls. When producers try to clean these bins, the material can fall off and suffocate them. A crust of grain can also forms on top of the bin, resulting in a void of grain in the bin. When someone enters from the top the crust collapses they fall into that void, which is filled with grain and suffocates them as well. “One of the challenges that exists is that not all grain bins have an internal ladder or a system for getting out. If you try to access or slip in to a grain bin from the top and it’s half-filled with grain there’s no way to get out,” Blahey says. As well the physical aspects, there is also the danger of treated or fumigated grain, Blahey says, which can cause serious health concerns. Mold is another dangerous thing to inhale, which can cause serious health problems.
City takes the poetry challenge By SHANNON DEVEAU N-R Writer Yorkton accepted a challenge offered by the City of Regina to have a local poet open Monday evening’s council meeting with the reading of her own poem. The initiative was held in conjunction with UNESCO’s World Poetry Day which happens annually on March 21 and National Poetry Month, celebrated each April across North America. Taking to the podium was local poet and member of the Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild Joyce Bagley who read a poem she had published in the Saskatchewan publication, “Folklore.” Pemican and Saskatoon Pie “With the long days of summer, they came and pitched their tent beside the Little Saskatchewan River in the poplar trees and Saskatoon bushes near my grandmother’s farm.
Their grandmother wove willows into baskets; my grandmother bought one big enough to hold a line of folded clothes then they sat on the veranda for tea. I played with Lone Star and Lost Eagle. We collected smooth rocks from rough river sand and watched two ducks swim silently. Their grandmother called, ‘Don’t play in the water the swift river current might pull you away.’ My grandmother didn’t believe in spirits. She said, ‘Stay out of the water, there is a swift current you can’t see.’ It meant the same thing. We found a crayfish and a turtle instead. We helped our grandmothers pick Saskatoons to dry for pemican to make Saskatoon pie. Then they took us swimming where the river is shallow and the river spirit doesn’t go. Our grandmothers are gone now; the Saskatoons are almost gone. My friends and I are on the opposite side of the river. The current so swift
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between us.” – Joyce Bagley The project was a partnership between the City of Regina, the Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild and the League of Canadian Poets. Thirty communities from Victoria to Cornerbrook took part in the first challenge, held last year.
When it comes to working around these buildings with restricted openings, Blahey says that one of the most important things is to not work alone. Because of the difficulty of getting out, having someone else there means that there is someone available to help if there is an accident. This is especially important with buildings with confined entries, and time is critical and that other person might be the only chance of getting out safely. In general, he adds, one of the most important aspects of farm safety is to have an overall plan for working alone, and to ensure that people know where you are and what you’re doing. Such a plan could make a difference between life and death. “It’s critically important that when farmers are going out to do their work, if they’re going independently or sending an employee, that they set up some kind of a follow up system so someone checks on them on a regular basis, so they’re not out there and possibly injured and in trouble.” Blahey says that farmers should also take a look at their practices, to examine how they can change what they do in order to prevent putting themselves in a dangerous situation. “It’s pre-planning. It’s taking a step back, identifying where the risks are, identifying how dangerous those hazards are, so you’re assessing the risks and developing a strategy to deal with them before you go in.” As farmers get ready for seeding, Blahey also says that it’s time for people on highways to be aware of farm equipment and pay attention to what they are signalling and trying to do. He says that many people, in a rush to get by equipment, get into accidents as they ignore a tractor trying to turn into a field, for example.
May 6-12 is Mental Health Week By SHANNON DEVEAU N-R Writer
May 6-12 has officially been proclaimed Mental Health Week in the City of Yorkton. Making a presentation to council on the topic was Jackie Washenfelder, Executive Director of the Yorkton Mental Health Drop-In Centre.
They hope through increased awareness and education the stigma surrounding mental illness will be reduced and in turn encourage a healthier community where people won’t be afraid to seek treatment.
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THE EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION EVENT, held by the Yorkton Chamber of Commerce, expanded to two awards this year. Above, Mandi McDonnell (l) presents Darcy Tymko with the Support Employee of the Year award, at right, Don Rae presents Debbie Sweeney with the Front Line Employee of the Year award.
The winner of the front line award was Debbie Sweeney with the Palliser Way Co-op Gas Bar. Sweeney has been there since the business opened two and a half years ago. A cashier, she says that she loves her job and that she wants to make customers feel comfortable at the business. Bruce Thurston, Co-op General Manager, says nominating Sweeney was an easy choice, and that she has been an ambassador for the business ever since she began work. He says he’s glad to see her win, and that she deserves the recognition for her work. “It was an easy nomination. Debbie is an ideal employee, she goes above and beyond, she’s just a perfect person,” Thurston says. “She loves the Co-op, and we love her.”
A historic vote took place in the Saskatchewan legislature. The Lung Association of Saskatchewan and the Saskatchewan Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization say they are pleased with the passing of Bill 604, The Public Health (Howard’s Law) Amendment Act. “This is a great example of how making public health a priority and putting aside partisan politics can lead to positive legislative change for the residents of our province. Saskatchewan is leading the country as we become the first province in Canada to have a mandatory asbestos registry,” says Jennifer Miller, Vice-President of Health Promotion for the Lung Association of Saskatchewan. Howard Willems passed away in November due to asbestos exposure on the job. He was just 59 years old. Right up until his death, he advocated for a mandatory registry of public buildings that contain asbestos. “We lost our stepdad because he didn’t know that there was asbestos in the buildings he entered. If he had known there was asbestos, he would have taken the necessary steps to protect himself and would still be with us today” says Jesse Todd, stepson of Howard Willems and representative from the Saskatchewan Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (SADAO). The government adopted a voluntary registry in the fall of 2012, but it wasn’t enough. “Today is a tremendous victory for our organizations and all the hard work that we have invested into this cause to support Howard’s efforts during the last two years of his life. It puts our minds at ease that Saskatchewan is preventing other families from going through the loss and sadness that our family has gone through,” adds Todd. The Private Member’s Bill brought forward by Cam Broten was supported unanimously by the government. It will be mandatory for all buildings that contain asbestos that are under the control of the government or its agencies, to be included in an electronic public registry. Continued on Page 6.
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EARTH DAY – The Yorkton Regional High School took part in Earth Day this year. The school took part in various activities to emphasize the way energy is used and the way small changes can lead to a more environmentally conscious life. Shayna Kemp and Shelby McGillivray (pictured) are on the school’s SRC and put together a number of ways to save energy. These include shutting off half of the lights in the school, getting teachers to cut down on paper used and encouraging car pooling among students. Kemp says that they pair also put together different tips for each day, such as turning off the tap when brushing your teeth. “Little things can actually help, it’s not just big things that make a difference.” The students are planning to expand the scope of the project for next year.
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It’s Victims Awareness Week It’s a shame there is a need for such a week but through awareness and taking a stand perhaps things will begin to change. April 21-27 is Victims of Crime Awareness Week in Saskatchewan, to coincide with National Victims of Crime Awareness Week. This annual event is an opportunity to raise awareness about the needs of victims of crime and tragedy, and about the programs and services available to victims of crime and their families in Saskatchewan. This year’s theme is “We All Have a Role”. Victims of Crime Awareness Week also recognizes the work of Victims Services staff and volunteers across the province. “I have had the opportunity to meet with a number of Victims Services staff and volunteers across the province since becoming Minister, and I’m always struck by how kind-hearted these people are,” Justice Minister and Attorney General Gordon Wyant comments. “We could not ask for a more compassionate and dedicated group of people to be delivering these services.” During Victims of Crime Awareness Week, all of the nearly 300 volunteer Victim Support Workers and nearly 90 board members will be recognized for their service to the people of their communities. To show the province’s appreciation, Minister Wyant will host a luncheon at the Legislative Building for long-term volunteers who have completed 10, 15 and 20 years of service. There are numerous Victims Services programs spread out across Saskatchewan – including in Yorkton – that provide a range of services. This includes support in the immediate aftermath of a crime, specialized responses to domestic violence and sexual assault, and support for children and other vulnerable witnesses who are required to testify in court. If you need help or you can give help, reach out for the betterment of the community.
Spare the victim, banish the bullies The way I see it... You can bet if it happened to one of their daughters they would not only reopen an investigation but there would be real action taken to see that justice was served. Police are insisting they have no grounds to reopen a case that recently saw a Halifax area teen take her own life after being raped and photographed by four boys and then harassed endlessly until she obviously felt she could no longer take the pain. Rehtaeh Parsons, age 17 died in hospital last week after non yielding taunts by fellow classmates and strangers that lasted for nearly two years. Apparently passed out drunk at a party (no this isn’t a good thing but in no way means what happened to her is excusable) Parsons was not only (allegedly) raped by four boys but they took photographs and subsequently posted them online for all to see. The teen moved cities and schools but, “She was never left alone,” he mother says. “Her friends turned against her, people harassed her, boys she didn’t know started texting her and Facebooking her asking her to have sex with them... it just never stopped.” Reportedly at least one of the boys involved admitted to what happened while showing off photos of himself in the act yet police refuse to reopen the case?
That’s shameful. Nothing can bring Parsons back but what kind of message is this sending to other would be attackers and/or the teens that are the victims? How very sad. “My daughter wasn’t bullied to death,” says the girls “She was disapShannon Deveau father. pointed to death. Disappointment in the people she thought she could trust, her school and the police.” Following in the wake of another well publicized teen suicide of Amanda Todd who took her own life after becoming the victim of cyberbullying, the death has opened a nation-wide debate – should Canada have stricter laws when it comes to this type of bullying? Without any hesitation I say yes. Yes to tougher laws all around. How can we as Canadians stand by and watch outcomes like this and the people who cause them walk away scot-free? How would you feel if this were YOUR daughter? Stricter laws, education, awareness initiatives or a combination of all of the above, there has to be ways we can deal with happenings like this to make them stop. A little childhood teasing is one thing but months of endless, degrading torment is another and someone – other than the victim – should pay the price.
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Astronaut selection needs experts, not reality TV The Mars One project is searching for candidates to be the first humans on Mars. It’s going to be a oneway trip, as the red planet is far enough away that a return trip is next to impossible. It takes a particular kind of personality to pick up and leave everything they have on Earth behind and pack up to live on another planet, one which is much less capable of supporting life than the planet they’re standing on right now. So it might be expected that the people selecting these candidates are going to use a rigorous process to ascertain who is right to be a modern explorer, and take on an adventure far away from home. Currently, the project is looking for applicants who are “mature and interesting,” but aren’t that concerned about their academic background and qualifications. Unfortunately, they have also announced that the selection process involves a process akin to reality television, and I begin to mentally pen the obituaries of everyone involved. The process will work in the following manner. Rounds one and two will involve candidates outlining why they should go to Mars, answering standard questions, passing health tests, and so on. It’s pretty typical stuff, though it is a concern, at least, that they are focused more on personality than survival skills
Things I do with words... Column Devin Wilger and relevant abilities. Then we hit round three, which shows that Mars One is not quite the expedition for science and advancement as a species you might expect. In fact, it’s a reality show, where candidates compete to get on the ship. It even has an audience vote, better known as the least reliable way of ascertaining who is actually best at a task. While I’ll admit that reality television has a certain base appeal, you’re generally watching people whose decisions aren’t going to have life or death consequences. If a contestant on Project Runway makes an ugly dress, nobody dies. If someone in a settlement on Mars makes a major error, you’re going to get some
fatalities. Each action has much more serious consequences when you’re in a remote outpost where no help is forthcoming. It’s especially frightening because an audience vote isn’t going to be an expert considering whether a person is best at the task. Instead, the audience will gravitate towards whoever they like best, which may have nothing to do with actual survival skills. People with severe personality problems thrive on reality television, but are going to be a serious problem on Mars, where you’re stuck with them. Considering that audiences are also prone to rigging votes in order to get the most amusing results possible, I can’t see this selecting the best candidates at all. Selling the selection process as a reality competition show, you’re no longer thinking of the best interests of the crew. Mars One is an interesting idea, and I can understand why they want a television component to their plan. It’s a project that needs funding, there’s nothing cheap about sending people to another planet, and selling a television show about the process is going to at least raise some capital. However, it’s a scary thought to consider that someone’s lives are going to be in the hands of someone selected by an audience vote on a reality show. It’s only slightly more dangerous than skydiving with a malfunctioning parachute.
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“Pay-as-you-weigh” pricing?
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Last week the wires were active with suggestions that people with obesity pay more for airline travel. This discussion was prompted by a Samoan airline announcing that they would begin charging passengers by the pound. It was also stimulated by Bharat Bhatta, an economist from Norway, suggesting that heavier passengers pay a surcharge while lighter passengers are offered discounts. The logical argument of course is that larger individuals take up more space and use up more jet fuel. This line of reasoning is sure to find ample supporters, as people who “choose” to be fat must clearly bear the consequences of their gluttony and sloth. But why stop at airline travel? Here are some additional ideas for where businesses could charge larger individuals more: 1. Cab rides: This is not just to cover additional fuel costs but also to pay for wearing out the suspensions (assuming that these actually exist in cabs); 2. Hotel rooms: Not only will this cover the mattress surcharge but also cover the cost of the increased consumption of water, soap and extra towel required to “service” the greater body surface; 3. Gym memberships: To cover the additional wear and tear on the treadmills and other exercise equipment; 4. Amusement park rides: To pay for taking up more space, using more electricity and taking longer to load and off-load;
5. Ball games: For occupying an extra seat and obstructing the view. Why not add all of these to the list of things that obese people are already paying more for, like health and life insurance, oversized clothing, bigger cars and sturdier home furniture? That will certainly teach them to finally see the light and begin shedding those pounds. But wait – did anyone mention that obesity rates are already markedly higher in poor income neighbourhoods, and that being obese already reduces an individual’s chances of employment and promotion despite ability? The assumption underlying the “pay as you weigh” pricing strategies is that body size is a matter of choice and responsibility. Unfortunately, for most this is not the case. Let me state it clearly: Obesity is not simply a matter of laziness, overindulgence or lack of will power. It is a result of complex and diverse drivers of weight gain, including genetics, medications, stress, depression, addictions, eating and sleeping disorders and gut bugs – to name just a few. The fact that obesity is far less under individual control than generally assumed is further evident from the fact that fewer than one in 20 individuals embarking on a weight loss attempt are likely to keep any of the weight off. The jury is still out on whether such failed attempts at weight loss are detrimental to health – they certainly are to the ego. There could also be a number of
unintended consequences of such a “pay as you weigh” policy, such as people starving themselves and abusing diuretics, laxatives and anorexic agents (including tobacco) to lose weight prior to boarding a flight. Such unhealthy weightcontrol practices are already widespread amongst competitive athletes who participate in sports that involve weight categories (e.g., boxers and wrestlers). This could be life threatening when it involves patients who are on medications for blood pressure or diabetes, where even short-term attempts at weight loss can result in increased health risks, such as stroke and hypoglycaemic shock, for example. A single emergency landing because of a diabetic patient skipping breakfast before weighing in for a flight would by far outweigh any potential savings to the airline (not to mention the inconvenience to other passengers). Ultimately, however, it is a matter of fairness. If airlines wish to treat their passengers like cargo, then a pay-asyou-weigh policy may appear justifiable. But if an airline sees itself as providing a service, namely, transporting human passengers, then the average price of a ticket (and the average size of a seat) should increase. This is the only fair distribution of costs, and the only fair way to accommodate everyone. Playing a game of blame and shame is not a constructive solution to the obesity problem. Arya M. Sharma, MD, Troy Media Corp.
The battle to save Canada’s tree farm
To the Editor:
One of Stephen Harper’s taxpayer-funded government TV ads brags about federal tree planting. What an insult to the former PFRA employees who have served with excellence at the Government of Canada tree farm at Indian Head and who are now receiving notices that they’ve just been fired! Sadly right now, they are putting together the last shipments ever to be distributed from that historic tree farm. They’ll save nickels and dimes – less than the cost of just a handful of their vicious attack ads – but they’ll obliterate a valuable prairie land conservation and management service which has helped enrich
Canada since 1901. Selling it off is bad policy in itself, but even worse, the government has no open, fair, transparent and business-like process for doing so in a proper manner. They are so utterly incompetent, they don’t even have a complete and accurate inventory of the land, buildings and other assets that they own at Indian Head. They’re working from information that’s two decades out of date. In addition to growing millions of trees to support farmers and prairie agriculture, the Indian Head site has also been the venue for world-leading agro-forestry science and research. The Conservatives say they will continue that work, but
there is no business plan for doing so and they’re in the process of vandalizing the facilities that would be required. They claim a tree farm is out of date and no longer needed. But just last year, farmers ordered more than three million seedlings from Indian Head, and there was active demand for at least two million more. Orders in this last year may well skyrocket beyond seven million. Over 10,000 people have petitioned the government to change its decision. It should accept that sound advice. At the very least, the divestiture process should be changed. The tree farm is not some wreck to be junked. It is a hugely valuable piece of
property with enormous current value and future potential. They should slow down. They should maintain tree farm operations for at least a year or two more, keep the assets and expertise in top-notch condition, and give adequate time for decent proposals to come forward that will preserve and continue the service long into the future. Serious and respected prairie-based individuals and organizations are trying their best to develop sensible plans for taking over, but they won’t have a chance if the Harper regime continues its headlong rush just to dump it! Ralph Goodale, MP, Wascana, SK.
Are standardized exams the way to go?
To the Editor:
Someone is trying to reinvent the wheel – provincially standardized exams for high school students. There are perhaps a few hurdles to consider and overcome. Children come to school with a myriad of desires, ambitions and abilities. These are formulated by another myriad of parental influences or lack thereof, with expectations based on cultural
and financial environment. Next comes the educator. This person as well, is influenced by his own background, training and personal purpose in life. The exams, tests, are formulated by whom and based on what qualifications? Being educated doesn’t automatically qualify one to be an educator. These exams are corrected with what discipline in mind? Perhaps we should continue to
train the students to cope with the unknown and allow the student to choose his/her own destination in life. Let the employer take the responsibility of choosing and training suitable people who are interested in work available rather than attack the wage and benefit situation first. Emmanual Oystrick, Yorkton, SK.
It’s high time everybody paid their fair share To the Editor: I would like to extend a bouquet to the investigative reporters at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) for exposing the extent of tax avoidance and evasion in Canada. It
is my hope that the CBC exposure will result in a public clamor that spurs the Harper government into action. The very rich should not be allowed to have their way with politicians, and, by extension,
the general public. If that lost revenue were to be recovered, it would go a long way toward paying for social services and infrastructure renewal, and reducing or eliminating the deficit. Politicians are fond of telling us to “tight-
en our belts,” while they allow the very wealthy to use tax havens and loopholes to get away without paying their fair share of taxes. William Dascavich Edmonton, AB.
To the Editor: To date Habitat Yorkton has constructed three homes for families to purchase that have impacted 11 children’s lives, children who otherwise would have lived in substandard housing. Habitat for Humanity Yorkton’s mission is to break the cycle of poverty and build strong communities by helping people gain access to affordable and sustainable housing. Our vision is simple – a world where everyone has a safe and decent place to live. Over the past number of years Habitat Yorkton has partnered with a number of organizations, businesses, the City of Yorkton, schools and community groups to build these homes and make home ownership a dream come true for three families. We are now asking for your help. Habitat Yorkton has new three families waiting for their homes to be built, and we have run into the issue of not having enough lots to build more homes. A property just came on the market that would secure three house lots to build on. Due to the strong housing market, property likes this goes quickly. We are asking for help to raise $120,000.00 to acquire this much needed resource, without lots to build on we cannot build homes. Our first Habitat family – Corey and her children. Our next family is Shannon, a mother of three young children, one with a rare bone disorder. The last health issue came when she was playing and fell; she ended up with 23 small fractures to her arm. Shannon, who works two jobs to support her family, will require a special home to accommodate this child. An organization or individual funding one ($40,000 per home) or more of the homes ($120,000 for the three) will of course mean naming rights on the builds… but it will also mean families and children who live in substandard rental properties will have a decent place to live. Habitat Yorkton embraces youth involvement no matter at what age. Many of our youth have united around our region to support this cause. Young people ages five to 25, have participated in raising money, house building to learn skills, and have learned the meaning of giving. For example, there are kids five to eight years of age, who, instead of having a birthday party, collect the money usually spent on a gift and cake, and donate it to Habitat. “All people deserve a home and should have a good life. Even kids can make a difference.” – 2nd grader McKnoll School Schools from Esterhazy, Melville and other areas of the Region took the opportunity to enhance skill development by supporting the last house build. Skills like dry walling and carpentry were all tasks the students learned. This is part of our Learn and Build Experience. It provides a hands-on opportunity for high school students ages 16 to 18, to develop practical skills and learn about the issue of poverty and community action. Visit: www.habitatyorkton.ca to learn more or to get involved. Yorkton’s Habitat for Humanity Commitee.
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After Boston: combatting the climate of fear Many people spend years preparing for the Boston Marathon. To have it end in an act of absurd tragedy, as it did on April 15, is likely not something for which any participant prepared. As former Chair of the Public Safety Committee for five years, I take a special interest in issues involving national security. My colleague, Ryan Leef, Conservative MP from the Yukon, was a distance runner before he entered politics. A mere hour before the
bombs detonated, he crossed the finish line. The following day, in the House of Commons, all parties agreed to pass his subsequent motion, “that this House condemn the attacks perpetrated during the 2013 Boston Marathon and express its deepest sympathies to the victims of this senseless violence and to their families.” The Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade’s Emergency Watch and Response Centre in Ottawa received more
Parliamentary Report Op-Ed Column by Garry Breitkreuz than 500 calls immediately following the bombing. Calls to my office have since brought suggestions and opinions about both the bombing and the unknown persons behind it – and how
to stop such people and those like them who purposely leave terror in their wake. Though no Canadians were physically injured in the explosions, as can be expected many
The best guacamole for Cinco de Mayo I love experiencing the tastes of different cuisines and I use any excuse I can find to switch things up a bit at the dinner table. Celebratory dates from around the globe are perfect for this and May fifth marks Cinco de Mayo: a celebration of Mexican Heritage and Pride. A common misconception is that Cinco de Mayo is Mexico’s Independence Day, which is actually on September sixteenth. Cinco de Mayo is simply Spanish for Fifth of May and is a regional holiday that commemorates Mexico’s defeat of the French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862. Regardless however, of this distinction, it is a perfect day to prepare and enjoy Mexican food. I have tasted a number of homemade salsas and guacamoles and many of them have fallen short of being incredible, let alone worthy of being called Mexican cuisine. True guacamole (pronounced gwahk-ah-”MOLE”-lee) is not avocados that have been mashed together with an envelope of powders called “guacamole mix”. I know there are a number of people that may struggle in the kitchen, or don’t believe they have the time in their schedules, to successfully chop a few handfuls of ingredients, but once you try this recipe you will never want to go back to the powdered mix. The only ingredient in this recipe that may seem foreign to you is “sambal oelek”. It is a crushed chili product that comes
Chef Dez on Cooking by Gordon Desormeaux www.chefdez.com in a liquid/paste form that is basically a rehydrated form of the dried crushed chilies you have on your spice rack. It can usually be found in any major grocery store down the Asian food aisle or imported food aisle or in any gourmet food store. Even if you have always made your guacamole from fresh ingredients, I am certain that you will still appreciate the complexity and balance of flavour this recipe has to offer, as well as the texture. Eat, enjoy, and be merry this fifth of May... but try not to dance around the sombrero too much. Fresh Guacamole “Avocado Salsa at its best – chunky and full of flavour! The lime juice will help to keep the avocados from oxidizing (turning brown).” • 2 soft avocados • Juice from 1 large lime • 1/4 yellow bell pepper, finely diced • 1/4 red bell pepper, finely diced • 1/4 red onion, finely diced • 1/2 jalapeno pepper, minced • 1 garlic clove, crushed
Asbestos decision Con’t from Page 3.
To mitigate exposure to asbestos, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends creating a public registry of buildings that contain asbestos, so we are fully supporting the passing of Howard’s Law which will adopt this WHO recommendation. Please note that all forms of asbestos are carcinogenic and there is no safe level of exposure. If asbestos fibres are inhaled, it can lead to lung cancer, asbestosis and mesothelioma. Miller states, “We believe that everyone has the right to know if asbestos is present in their schools, hospitals, senior care homes, and all other public buildings so they can take the necessary precautions to protect themselves. Construction workers, trades people, homeowners and first responders may be exposed to very high concentrations of asbestos fibres during renovations or emergencies. We simply want people to be educated about the buildings which have asbestos so they can take the precautionary steps needed. “We have continued Howard’s fight and have supported his legacy, and are delighted that the government has strengthened the Act by making the registry mandatory and naming it in his honour. This legislation will save lives! ”
• 1/2 tsp ground cumin • 1/2 tsp sambal oelek • 1/2 tsp sugar • Salt & pepper, to taste Cut, pit, and peel the avocados. Mash them in a medium bowl with the
lime juice. Add all of the other ingredients to the bowl and mix together. Refrigerate until needed. Send your food/cooking questions to dez@chefdez.com or P.O. Box 2674, Abbotsford, BC V2T 6R4 Chef Dez is a Food Columnist, Culinary Instructor & Cookbook Author. Visit him at www.chefdez.com. The next “Chef Dez on Cooking” column will appear approximately May 10/13.
Canadians are now wondering “what next?” Or, more accurately, “who next?” And “how would Canada respond if such an incident took place within our borders?” Though incidents like this are never expected, it is reassuring to know that Canada has systems in place to reduce the impact of emergencies, whether they stem from terrorism, natural disasters, industrial accidents or computer viruses. Those systems are managed by the office of Public Safety Canada. That office develops national policy, response systems and standards. It issues alerts and other products that help protect Canada’s critical infrastructure. It also works closely with emergency management organizations across the country and supports its regional partners and first responders with the necessary funds, tools and training. Eleven regional offices and two satellite offices are spaced across Canada to act as its representative closest to any event of national interest. Those offices provide regional support to the Government Operations Centre, the hub of the
national emergency management, housed at Public Safety Canada. More specific information about how that office deals with disaster mitigation, emergency management planning, emergency preparedness, recovery, response and regional operations can be found at: www. publicsafety.gc.ca. Prime Minister Harper likely expressed the feelings of every Canadian, when he called the recent bombings at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, “deeply troubling.” For some, that troubled feeling shifts to living in fear. That’s a natural response to events such as we saw in Boston. People like those who perpetrate such cowardly acts of terror know that. They count fear as an additional weapon, for by succumbing to it, we let them win. Together, let’s fight the battle against fear by, among other things, arming ourselves with relevant, truthful information. But let’s also refuse to allow such acts to hold us back from living life to the full. In that spirit, Mr. Leef has commented that he may run again in next year’s Boston Marathon.
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Drama group gets awards
Submitted by Greg Digout, Sacred Heart High School
The Saskatchewan Drama Association (SDA) 2013 Region 4 High School Drama Festival was held recently at the Anne Portnuff Theatre in Yorkton, featuring eleven competing plays from eight schools in the region. The Sacred Heart High School Drama Club’s production of ‘In the Garden of the Selfish Giant’, directed by Mrs. Kim Wyatt and Mrs. Teresa Hartman, was selected as Best Overall Production by Front of House Adjudicator June Mayhew from Regina. As a result, the play now advances to compete at the SDA 2013 Provincial High School Drama Festival at the University of Regina Mainstage Theatre from May 8 to 10, where it will compete against winning plays from ten other provincial regions for the title of Provincial Best Overall Production. The Sacred Heart High School Drama Club has previously won the SDA Provincial Festival three times and has now won the Region 4 Drama Festival for twelve consecutive years. Corrigan Fafard, a Grade 11 student at Sacred Heart High School, was selected by the Front of House Adjudicator as the winner of the Mary Ellen Burgess Performance Award, the top acting award at the regional festival, for playing the role of Brianna in ‘In the Garden of the Selfish Giant’. Michelle Puchala won an Acting Award of Excellence for playing Maggie in the play. Hanna Hansen was named the Best Stage Manager Award winner by Backstage Adjudicator Kendra Watson of Regina for Stage Management in ‘In the Garden of the Selfish Giant’. Following is a complete list of awards won by the Sacred Heart High School Drama Club at the Region 4 Drama Festival:
BEST OVERALL PRODUCTION: In the Garden of the Selfish Giant BEST TECHNICAL PRODUCTION RUNNER UP: Check Please MARY ELLEN BURGESS PERFORMANCE AWARD: Corrigan Fafard, In the Garden of the Selfish Giant BEST STAGE MANAGER AWARD: Hanna Hansen, In the Garden of the Selfish Giant ACTING AWARD OF EXCELLENCE: Michelle Puchala, In the Garden of the Selfish Giant; Luke Schaab, Check Please; Clark Bazin, The High-Schooler’s Guide to the Galaxy; Cheyenne Miller, The High-Schooler’s Guide to the Galaxy; Delrae Whitehawk, The High-Schooler’s Guide to the Galaxy ACTING CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Kaylee Ford, Check Please; Serge Yacyshyn, Check Please; Hailey Kaspick, The High-Schooler’s Guide to the Galaxy; Jaya Markham, The High-Schooler’s Guide to the Galaxy; Justine Zarowny, The High-Schooler’s Guide to the Galaxy TECHNICAL AWARD OF EXCELLENCE: Reid Stranaghan, Assistant Stage Management, The HighSchooler’s Guide to the Galaxy; Erin Casey, Assistant Stage Management, Check Please TECHNICAL CERT-IFICATE OF MERIT: David Graf, Lighting Design and Execution, Check Please; Casey Shields, Make Up and Costume Design (Mime), Check Please; Michelle Puchala, Props Management, Check Please; Jenika MacArthur, Make Up and Props, The High-Schooler’s Guide to the Galaxy; Kara Taphorn, Making the Job Her Own (Sweeping), In the Garden of the Selfish Giant SPIRIT AWARD: Kaitlin Inglis, Check Please; Michelle Puchala, In the Garden of the Selfish Giant; Jaya Markham, The High-Schooler’s Guide to the Galaxy.
THE SACRED HEART HIGH SCHOOL Drama Club’s production of ‘In the Garden of the Selfish Giant’, directed by Mrs. Kim Wyatt and Mrs. Teresa Hartman, was selected as Best Overall Production in a recently held regional competition.
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THE NEWS REVIEW - Thursday, April 25, 2013 - Page 9A WINNERS – The annual Yorkton Music Festival has come and gone for another year with many memorable performances taking place throughout the event. Awards and Scholarships were presented at the Competition HI-Lites Concert, pictured are the recipients. See more on Page 10.
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WINNERS IN THE VOCAL CATEGORY – Front row (l-r): Macy Washenfelder, Paxtyn Kruger, Jamie Farrell, Erica Bradshaw, Claire Bradshaw, Jon Fetsch. Back row (l-r): Cora Lamers, Emily Lamers, Morgan Thorley, Gillian Rice, Lauren Denesyk, Marley Haneshewsky, Ammanda Zelinski, Kate Martin, Elizabeth Reid, Haley Lepowick. Missing: Casandra Danyluk, Megan Varga.
WINNERS IN THE BAND CATEGORY – Front row (l-r): Tanner Washington, Tasso Stamatinos, Kaleb Weinheimer, Zoe Flaman, Paige Baker, April Cook, Julie Glaicar, Jaidyn Katzell, Dustin Schendel, Ethan Allen. Middle row (l-r): Logan Rohantensky, Rylan Bahrey, Janelle Dales, Jessica Kelts, Alexis Tarr, Sarah Walker, Mia Cottenie, Alex Cottenie, Zanna MCcrea, Jayne Hearn. Back Row (l-r): Abigail Unrau, Emily Bradshaw, Cassidy Mansuy, Rena Stamitinos, Kate Martin, Brandy Blahut, Elizabeth Reid, Mitchell Kapapita, Ji Hwan Shin, Matthew Linsley. Missing: Chelte Young, Tori Stelmachowich, Sarrah Harrold, Matthew Todos, Nathan Cochrane, Marisa Desmarais.
WINNERS IN THE PIANO CATEGORY – Front Row (l-r): Jaiden Katzell, Rebekah Richards, Evan Richards, Chanel Arrestad, Jonathan Fyck, Andrea Stickwood, Mariana Stickwood, Hannah Surjik, Jon Fetch, Angela Fetsch, Tristan Watrych. Second row (l-r): Tyler Walker, Sarah Walker, Zoe Flaman, Nick Fetsch, Jakob Surjik, Connor Watrych, Faith Fidek, Ivan Fidek, Amy Schmaltz, Laura Betker, Alex Cottenie. Third row (l-r): Emily Plews, Kaylee Ford, Addison Wiebe, Zacharia Kostersky, Ben Fetsch, Sean Thompson, Emily Hansen, Madison Leister. Back row (l-r): Rebecca McLaren, Kate Martin, Brandy Blahut, Katiya Kostersky, Elizabeth Hansen, ZiYi Wang, Janeil Mehrer, Joy Higginson, Matthew Linsley, Julia Breikreuz. Missing: Alexandria Flaman, Chelte Young, Ben Young, Chad Young, Kelsey Kosheluk, Kennedy Kosheluk, Abby Gulka, Jill Gulka, Reuel Straub.
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My fiance and I left on a holiday on February 12. During that time our dog Parker was staying with his ‘babysitter’. Unfortunately when we arrived home from holidays on February 19, we found out Parker had gone missing in the Lakewood area on February 12 – the day we left. I immediately created a Facebook page and sent it out to everyone I knew as well as sharing it on other Facebook walls such as radio stations, rescue organizations etc. In the past nine weeks, the Help Find Parker Facebook page has almost 1,600 Facebook fans and counting, and reaches close to 80,000 people on a weekly basis. We feel very fortunate to have received such an overwhelming amount of support from the community. Complete strangers have volunteered to help put up posters, children and teachers are sharing our story at schools, employees are sharing with their workplaces and businesses are willing to put up posters in their storefronts. We have organized Parker search parties when he first went missing and we receive messages, emails and phone calls on a daily basis from people letting us know that they are looking for Parker and supporting our search. When the search first began for Parker, life seemed to stop as we know it. We went through the motions at ‘work’ but our real job truly was/is finding Parker. We had no idea how much time, effort and money it would cost to bring him home. We have spent thousands of dollars on advertising alone and unfortunately our message hasn’t reached the right person yet. I truly believe that everything happens for a reason and as much as I wonder why this has happened, both my fiance and I know that there must be a positive lesson in all of this. I understand that although Parker is ‘just a dog’ to some people, the quest to find him has shown both of us what an amazing community we live in and how outstanding it has been for so many people to volunteer to help for no other reason than to do just that... help. As much as we want to spread the word about locating Parker, my main focus is to share the story of how many people have come together to help us – all from a Facebook page and posters in the neighborhood. Thanks again for your help. We really appreciate it and hope that you could share this with the editors to see if they are interested in covering this story or donating an ad space. Thank you very much for your support. We truly appreciate it and know that with the help of the community, we will be able to bring Parker home.
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The farmer is trained, moves on and settles in
Submitted by Kaare Askildt, former Preeceville area farmer in training. This one of a series on getting settled in Hazel Dell.
Oh man! My stories about Big Foot and Stella, are just that – stories! But now it seems that others might have had some eerie moments in this area as well! A letter writer that has no name, but states that some people call him “Johnny,” wrote about some strange happenings
in the Hazel Dell area. I was given a copy of that letter. “Johnny,” if that’s his name has no permanent address and he does not know where he will be from day to day, or so he states in his letter! Perhaps he’s a spirit? Maybe he’s the one that has been pulling all the pranks around our place? He relates a story from around 1949 or 50, where a young couple was living in a shack somewhere around Hazel Dell. The husband was mean to his wife and made her do all
Big bike ready to roll: you can hop on Spring is here, and while snow is still on the ground it means that the annual Heart&Stroke Big Bike season is just around the corner. Presented by Dairy Farmers of Canada, this year’s tour marks the event’s 20th Anniversary, and will see the Big Bike travel to 40 communities in Saskatchewan. But right now, the Heart and Stroke Foundation is urgently calling out for groups interested in riding the 2,000 pound, 30 foot long behemoth. “We would really like to see more teams sign up. We still have dates available through the summer months,” says Pamela Hujber, Manager, Big Bike, Saskatchewan, Heart and Stroke Foundation. “As well, if climbing aboard the Big Bike is not your thing, there are other opportunities to help. We need volunteers in each community to help facilitate the event.” A Big Bike Team Captain plans and promotes each Big Bike event in their community, using materials provided by the Foundation. They recruit a team of 29 friends, neighbours or coworkers (14 years and older) and provide them with information about the event. Working with the Heart and Stroke Foundation, they select a day to ride and help their team raise funds and gather pledges. Other volunteers help the Heart and Stroke Foundation organize and run each ride. “The Big Bike has been a summer highlight for many years in Saskatchewan and has grown nation-wide,” says Hujber. “And we couldn’t have done it without the tireless support of our volunteers, our team captains and the ride teams who return every year.” Funds raised from the Heart&Stroke Big Bike are directed towards heart heath and stoke research, education and advocacy. “Today, you will likely see someone who is alive because of this vital work,” says Hujber. “The advances we have made are incredible, but there is still so much work to do. Every seven minutes, a Canadian dies from heart disease or stroke, so it is crucial that we continue our research and education programs. Every dollar we raise moves us closer to beating this disease.” With the support of individuals and teams from across the country, plus sponsorships like that of Dairy Farmers of Canada, the Big Bike’s goal is to beat last year’s fundraising total of $7 million. For information about the Heart and Stroke Foundation Big Bike, visit www.bigbike.ca and http://www. heartandstroke.sk.ca/, or contact Pam Hujber at 1-888-473-4636.
the chores over and above the cooking and cleaning, including feeding the animals, loading the wood box and carrying water in from the well. But it appeared that she might have had some help from somebody or something that lived in the woods. She was always the first out of bed in the morning and would light the fire in the wood stove and make coffee. One morning she awoke to the fire roaring in the wood stove, and the coffee just about finished percolating. Another time she was too tired to fill the wood box before going to bed, only to find that it was full of firewood in the morning. The foregoing was told in the letter by the person that sometimes is called “Johnny.” Perhaps the husband was a very sound sleeper and didn’t notice that his wife was up early and did all these things. Maybe she wanted to make him a bit jealous by suggesting that some mysterious person was helping her, or then again, maybe somebody was indeed helping her! There was a lot of bush around their property according to “Johnny,”
and sometimes they could hear pounding and stomping in the trees. The brave souls that the husband and wife were, they ventured out into the bush to investigate. They were amazed to find leaves, small twigs and tree branches scraped into a pile and a big foot print, or did he mean a Big Foot imprint! The elusive “Johnny’s” letter goes on to relate another strange incident, which led me to believe that “Johnny” was actually the husband in the story. The letter described that “Johnny” had a terrible sleep, and somehow broke his big toe during the night, and when he woke up in the morning the wife was gone! He hobbled around the shack and the property calling her name, but she was nowhere to be heard or seen. He asked the neighbours, but they had not seen her either. The question I have is how did he break his big toe while sleeping? Maybe he was sleep walking, tried to kick the dog, missed it and hit the wall? Or he was passed out from drinking too much and his wife reefed on his big toe with a
wrench? In any event according to “Johnny” the toe swelled up to the size of a coffee cup, and the husband limped pretty badly! Two weeks later the husband had another nightmare, and when he woke up in the morning, his wife was sleeping soundly right next to him. He woke her up a bit roughly, and demanded to know where she had been. She replied that she never left the property and had been there all the time! She got up with a smile on her face, and with a new bounce in her step she set about to light the stove and make coffee. The wife never did say what had happened to her, but she had a smug smile on her face from that day on. According to “Johnny,” the incident was never discussed again, and the wife took the secret with her to her grave. The above story related by “Johnny” in his letter, is very reminiscent of the story line in the comedy written by the Danish Norwegian author Ludvig Holberg (1684 – 1754). The comedy is called: “Jeppe paa Bjerget,” (Jeppe on the Mountain)
and was written in 1722 about a farmer that did not realize that his lovely wife had a lover. Many strange and unexplainable things happened to Jeppe as well! Well, I guess perhaps a couple of short stories might be in order. A Norwegian farmer’s pure bred dog went missing. The farmer and his wife searched all over for the dog, but the dog was nowhere to be found. Finally the wife suggested that maybe the dog would come home if they put an advertisement in the paper. The farmer followed his wife suggestion, but the dog was still missing. After a week the wife asked him what the ad said. “Here boy!” replied the farmer. Another true story is about the city slicker that stopped at a farm just outside of Hazel Dell, and asked the farmer the quickest way to get to Yorkton. The farmer rubbed his hand over his chin for a bit, and asked: “Are you travelling by car or walking?” “I’m travelling by car,” replied the city slicker. “Yep! That’ll be the quickest way alright!” replied the farmer.
WINNERS – Yorkton Music Festival District winners (l-r) are: Morgan Thorley, Emily Plews, Rebecca McLaren, Kate Martin, Ziyi Wang, Elizabeth Reid, Janeil Mehrer, Gillian Rice, Lauren Denysek.
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Washenfelder says there will be numerous events and activities taking place in the city throughout the month of May including the very first “Defeat Depression” fundraising walk slated for May 30. According to statistics one in five people will suffer from mental illness but there are sup-
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Community Events
Brayden Ottenbreit Close Cuts for Cancer Kickoff, Registration and BBQ April 27 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. at the Parkland Mall. Participant pledge packages and volunteer applications will be available. In conjunction there will be a BBQ at Sobeys from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m., manned by Scotiabank staff with proceeds going towards the Local Cancer Initiatives Program. All participants who are registered by 3 p.m. on that date will be entered to win two tickets to see Motley Crue in Saskatoon on Thursday, May 2, compliments of Fox FM. The 16th Annual Brayden Ottenbreit Close Cuts for Cancer Head-Shaving event will be held on Saturday, May 25. For more info, please call 306-783-2637, email closecuts@sasktel.net, go to our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/ CloseCuts or hit our website at www.braydens cutsforcancer.com. Strawberry Tea & Bake Sale Holy Trinity Anglican Church (Corner of 2nd Ave. and Darlington St. May 4, 2-4 p.m. All are welcome! Call Dorothy at 306-7861801 for details. Shakespeare in the Park Paper Bag Players have started auditions for “Much Ado About Nothing” to be performed the third week end of July. Contact Pam Milani @ pammil@ sasktel.net or 621 2685 for info. New Horizons Card Social 78 First Avenue North Bingo, pool, shuffle board & darts. Third Sunday of every month.. All are welcome
The Yorkton and District Horticultural Society Meeting May 16, 7:00 p.m. in the Sunshine Room at SIGN on North Street. Special guest will be Russ Brunt, Leprechaun Taps, Kamsack speaking on “Producing Maple Syrup in Saskatchewan”. Everyone is welcome! The Yorkton Branch of the Saskatchewan Genealogical Society Meeting May 14 at 7:00 p.m. at the Western Development Museum, Yorkton. Special guest speaker will be Mitch Wlock speaking on “Interesting Experiences in Genealogical Research.” Everyone is welcome! For more information call Dave at 783-1093 or Glenn 782-7969. PARTners Gallery “Take a summer stroll through FIELDS and FLOWERS, the latest exhibition at community pARTners gallery. This colourful array of original works of art by Melville artist, Theresa Franks, can be seen from July 20 through September. The gallery, located in the Yorkton Public Library is open during regular library hours. A reception to meet the artist will be held Wednesday, July 22 at 7:00 pm Please join us! Everyone is welcome. Refreshments will be served. 100 Year Celebration To all former employees of the Saskatchewan Hospital, North Battleford! On July 12, 13 and 14, 2013, celebrations will be held in honour of the first 100 years of service to the mentally ill by the Saskatchewan Hospital, North Battleford. Call 306-446-1983 if you are interested.
Give the Gift of Life Fun Run & Walk June 9, 9 a.m. registration @ Sacred Heart High School. Walk starts at 10:30 a.m. at Jaycee Beach – raising awareness about Kidney Disease and organ donation Sign up today! Call Audrey Parisloff at 306-783-5259 for details. Learn more at www.kidney.ca/sk/walk. Yorkton Kalyna Ukrainian Dance Spring Concert Sacred Heart High School Apr. 30, 7 p.m. Admission: $3/person, $7/family, 5 and under free Refreshments! All are welcome!
Spring Band Concert Sacred Heart High School • Regina’s Band-It Concert and Jazz Bands • Yorkton Community Concert and All That Jazz Big Band • A Mass Band with Sacred Heart Sacred Music May 5, 3 p.m. Tickets at door, adults $5, children free. Preschool Storytime Yorkton Public Library Ages 3 – 5 Years 10:30 – 11:15 a.m. Mondays or Thursdays April 15 – June 6 Call 783-3523 to register. Toddler Time Yorkton Public Library Thursdays 10:30 – 11 a.m. For children ages 6 – 36 months.
Spring BLT St. Andrew’s United Church Sat. April 27 “B” Bazaar, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., free admission, quilting, baking, children’s fun time, preserves and much more! “L” Lunch - pulled pork, hot dogs & drinks, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. “T” Talent Variety Show, 2 p.m. Adults $10, Students $3, Under 10 free Call 306-782-2949 or 306783-4154 for advance tickets. Mother Goose on the Loose Yorkton Public Library Fridays May 3 – June 7 10:30 – 11:00 a.m. For children 0 – 2 years.
Yorkton Colony Quilter’s Guild Show St. Mary’s Cultural Centre May 3, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 4, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. • vendors, demos and prizes Admission $5/day or $8 for both days • Banquet Friday at Melrose Place – advance tickets only, call 783-8001 for details. Al-Anon Meets Mondays, 8 p.m. at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church.
CHECK MATE – Twelve children from Yorkton recently attended the Provincial Chess Tournament, held in Saskatoon. The first place finishers from each grade at the provincial tournament go on to represent Saskatchewan at the national chess championship being held in Ottawa in May. The tournament was an excellent opportunity for these young chess enthusiasts from Yorkton to hone their skills and meet other players from around the province. Yorkton had a strong showing at the tournament, with seven attendees finishing in the top three in their respective grades. Pictured are: Front row (l-r): Benjamin Lortie (first), Jesse Horsman (third), Isaac Lortie (second), Joseph Van Der Loo (first), Kaedan Hanishewski (first). Second row: Dondre Bent (third), Cameron Van Der Loo, Sean Van Der Loo (third), Narom Sing, Michael Malinowski (Fourth), Adam Becker (Fourth), Dakota Walker (Fourth). Missing from the photo: Ethan Kamieniecki.
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NEWS REVIEW SPORTS Sport notes Sports Bank Drop-in The Yorkton Sports Bank is collecting used sports equipment on Wednesdays at the City Hall Basement from 4-8 p.m. Come out and check out the assortment of sports equipment, including hockey gear, or donate your old equipment. Appointments are also available. Contact Amber Zaharia for more information by phone at 828-2401 or by email azaharia@yorkton.ca.
Yorkton Minor Football Camps Former CFL running back Greg Carr of the Edmonton Eskimos and Yorkton’s own Jordan Matechuk will be hosting skill camps at the YRHS Gym on the April 26/27 weekend. Greg Carr will be focusing on running back skills and drills while the Matechuk camp will be focusing on high performance workouts to improve off of the football field. Contact Roby Sharpe at the YRHS for more information.
Western Canada Cup After winning the Canalta Cup the Terriers are headed to Nanaimo for the Western Canada Cup April 27. The Terriers will meet the host Clippers that night, the MJHL champions Steinbach April 28, the AJHL champs Brooks April 30, and the BC reps Surrey the afternoon of May 2 to conclude their round robin. The top two teams advance to the RBC Cup.
BACK TO BUSINESS. The Yorkton Terriers were back on the ice this weekend for Spring Camp as well as preparing for the Western Canada Cup, which begins on Saturday.
Terriers prepare for Western Canada Cup By CHASE RUTTIG N-R Writer After a week of celebration after winning its first SJHL title since 2006 it is now time for the Terriers to get back to work all over again as they look to advance to the Royal Bank Cup in Summerside, PEI. Gone is the Anavet Cup series with the MJHL Champions and in its place is a new format designed to bring the best teams in Western Canada together to play in a five team tournament to advance the top two teams on to the RBC Cup. Joining the Terriers will be the champions of the AJHL, (Brooks Bandits) the MJHL champions (Steinbach Pistons) as well as the BCHL champion Surrey Eagles and the host Nanaimo Clippers in what is going to be a gauntlet of some of the best teams in Junior A hockey. Something that head coach Trent Cassan is prepared to plan for and expect. “Four of these teams are champions of their leagues so every game is going to be a battle, but just finishing up playoffs I feel that we as well as all the other teams are prepared for the task at hand and the players are all eager to get back at it” said Cassan. Being the first team qualified into the Western Canada Cup the Terriers were given the benefit of some time to
heal up last week and enjoy the moment of winning the league title. On Thursday they attended the Yorkton Minor Hockey Awards Banquet where they were honored guests amongst other celebration that coach Cassan hopes allowed his team to recharge the batteries after hard fought playoff series against the Estevan Bruins, Melville Millionaires, and the Humboldt Broncos. “Having a week off we all kind of got to enjoy the moment of winning a league title and the guys enjoyed the break and we were back at it over the weekend with spring camp that kept most of the staff busy but you can tell that the guys were ready to get back onto the ice and we will all be fired up for a week of good practice before heading out to Nanaimo.” The Terriers arguably have the most difficult round robin schedule of the teams at the Western Canada Cup. Playing the host Nanaimo Clippers who went out in the first round of the BCHL playoffs on Saturday night before playing the Manitoba champs Steinbach on Sunday afternoon is an extremely jam packed schedule for a team that will be travelling much of Friday, but in the world of junior hockey crazy road trips and back to back games are something that every player has experienced and Cassan feels that their experiences in the
regular season as well as back to back games during the SJHL playoffs will prepare the Terriers for what will be a crucial weekend of the round robin. “We have had our share of tough scheduling all season long,” says Cassan. “We played on back to back nights on the road on multiple occasions this season and are prepared as players and as a coaching staff to deal with it, whether it is guys playing on two straight nights with tired legs or some players taking a night off as a healthy scratch to provide a jump the next day we will be prepared to do what it takes to be first ready for the Nanaimo Clippers than prepare for the game against the Steinbach Pistons the following day” says Cassan. Cassan also keyed in on how important nutrition and preparation will be heading into the travel schedule and the back to back games saying, “We will have to focus as a group on getting players to get the correct fuel into themselves prior to the first game as well as for recovering to be able to perform at the same level the next night which will be a team focus, but it shouldn’t be much of a concern as it is something we have done this season before and is what we have to deal with again here.” Cont. on Page 15
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Yorkton Harvest name Dan Cross newest Head Coach By CHASE RUTTIG N-R Writer With Jeff Odgers stepping down as head coach of the Yorkton Harvest to focus on family and his farm, the Yorkton Harvest were quick to go in house with their hire naming Odgers assistant Dan Cross as their head coach for the 2013-14 SMAAAHL season. With spring camp this weekend, team president Garth Simms mentioned the importance of having a head coach in place for the spring camp and the summer to help with the recruiting process of the club who boast 130 players who are Harvest hopefuls at their 2013 camp, “With the amount of players coming to spring camp we felt the need to establish a continuity in finding Jeff’s replacement right away and fortunately we found a familiar face waiting in the wings to help us out and a veteran in Yorkton Minor Hockey” says Simms. Simms made sure it was known that Odgers resignation from the team was mutual and was only because of Odgers desire to have more time to spend on family, time that the busy SMAAAHL schedule took up over the past year. “Jeff spends a lot of his time as a farmer, and between being at the Farrell Agencies Arena every day and the busy road weekend schedule of our league he had little time left for sleep, let alone for his family so Jeff made the difficult decision to resign to spend more time with his family” says Simms. Cross was the 2010 Yorkton Minor Hockey coach of the year and was formerly the coach of the SFMAAAHL Fox Fm Prairie Fire as well as being the assistant on the Harvest team that had an exciting second half of the 2012/13 season where the team bounced back from a dismal start to being amongst the league’s best in the second half of the season before falling in a final fifth game to the Regina Pat Canadians in the first round of the playoffs. Cross at the announcement at the Yorkton Minor Hockey banquet said he relishes the opportunity to carry over last year’s success, “We have some great young players coming in and with the success of Yorkton Minor Hockey this year as well as with out club hopefully we can also bring a banner home to Yorkton in the near future.” As for Jeff Odgers, Simms wanted to thank Odgers for the hard work he
put into the program last season and insisted that Odgers will remain a supporter and asset of the Harvest organization. Harvest spring camp is this weekend where Cross will be looking at who he will invite to tryout camp.
NEW HARVEST HEAD COACH DAN CROSS addresses the YMH awards banquet after being named Jeff Odgers replacement. Cross was a Harvest assistant.
Yorkton Minor Hockey ends year with awards night By CHASE RUTTIG N-R Writer A year of successes and triumphs ended for the Yorkton Minor Hockey program on Thursday night as the YMH teams, players, coaches, refs, and volunteers were honored for their hard work and dedication to the city
with their annual awards banquet held at the Gallagher Centre Curling Rink. The 2012/13 Yorkton Terriers SJHL Champion team were honored guests at the event which was well attended by various teams and parents as well as local minor hockey supporters.
Special award recipients are as follows: Protz Spirit Awards (Pee Wee Division) Jesse Todos, Brennin Stein, Vaughn Wilgosh, Dylan Novak. Lucas Puchala Hustle & Heart Award (Bantam Tier I) Caleb Sutter.
Protz Ironman (Midget) Zach Korchinski, Lyndon Shea. Kriger Spirit (Midget) Justin Poirier. Parnetta Spirit (Bantam) Cody Doll Coach of the YearGrant Ottenbreit. Volunteer of the
Year- Janet Lake. Business of the YearCornerstone Credit Union. Unsung Hero- Jason Gordon Ref of the YearMackenzie Biblow. Congratulations to all of the Yorkton Minor Hockey players, coach-
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Terriers prepare for strong pool at the Western Cup Cont. from Page 13 The Nanaimo Clippers despite losing out in the first round of the BCHL playoffs will be a tough test for the Terriers as the host team. Led by former Prince George Cougar Greg Fraser the Clippers finished second in their division in 2012/13 and before being decimated by injuries the balanced team looked like it was in the discussion to contend in the playoffs with a 32-20-4 record. Beyond Fraser, who former PG Cougars Tayler Thompson and John Odgers will be familiar with as former teammates, the Terriers will need to focus on NCAA commits Kyle Kramer and Reid Sturos who both finished with 57 points on the year to supplement Fraser to give the team three 55 plus point scorers. Head Coach and General Manager Mike Vanderkamp says that his team is much different than the one most might have seen from their early playoff exit explaining at times “close to six guys that were important to our team were missing” and have whittled down their injuries to just one questionable player heading into Saturday’s clash with the Terriers. “Losing out early is obviously not something we wanted, but it has helped us get healthy and recharge going into hosting the Western Canada Cup,” says Vanderkamp. Not playing in over a month might leave the Clippers a bit rusty when it
comes to facing teams that are on the high of winning their league championships, but Vanderkamp has said the break away from hockey has helped his club refocus and develop a further hunger that has really aided his club. “We sent the guys home for a bit before preparing for the tournament after losing to Alberni Valley” explains Vanderkamp. “With a lot of guys missing home it was nice for them to be away from hockey for a couple of weeks and they all came back missing the game and eager to do whatever it takes to get ready for the tournament” says Vanderkamp. As the hosts the Clippers will still be considered as slight underdogs in the tournament with a lack of a true star talent in what is a balanced team the Clippers also do not have a clear number one goaltender with Jayson Argue and Derek Dun splitting the workload for Nanaimo in goal. Dun came in a deadline deal from a losing club in the league to the Clippers and was 9-5 for the Clippers, but was only given one of the five starts in the playoffs by Vanderkamp. His running mate, Jayson Argue of Swan River was 20-17 with a 2.98 GAA in the regular season for the Clippers and Vanderkamp plans on using both goalies during the tournament, creating the possibility for a potential distracting for the Clippers that could be a tournament storyline. Should one of them get hot,
assume the job to be taken over, but as Vanderkamp showed he isn’t afraid to use both goalies as he did in round one of the playoffs. With the tournament being far off in BC, expect the Clippers to have the home crowd advantage on Saturday night, something that could be a potential X Factor for the Clippers who have the second worst regular season record in the tournament and are the only non champions. A balanced team that is getting healthy is tough to analyze, but the Clippers will be underdogs that the Terriers will have to beat if they are going to get as generous of a seeding in the knockout stages as
possible. On Sunday afternoon the Terriers will shift their focus to the Steinbach Pistons who beat the Dauphin Kings in the MJHL Final to earn the Turnbull Trophy and represent Manitoba in the first ever Western Canada Cup. The Pistons recently moved to Steinbach after the franchise jumped around the province looking for a stable home and have seemed to have found one bringing home the franchise’s first ever title to the city of Steinbach in dramatic fashion. After loading up at the trade deadline the Pistons took out the Portage Terriers with an 8-2 Game Seven win to advance to the Division
TERRIERS SPRING CAMP. Was in full swing over the weekend as the Terriers also prepared for the Western Canada Cup. Handfuls of Midget hopefuls filled the Farrell Agenices Arena over the weekend with the hopes of impressing the Terriers management to get an invite back to fall camp. The Terriers will be back in action Saturday night when they kick off the Western Canada Cup with the host Nanaimo Clippers.
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Finals before defeating the heavy favorite Winnipeg Blues in six games in the Addison Division Finals. In the finals the Pistons completed the miracle run, bouncing back from a 2-1 series deficit with OT wins in Games Four/Five before finishing off the Dauphin Kings at home in Game Six to earn the title, beating two teams with nearly 30 more points than the Pistons in the regular season in the process. Much of the Pistons run has been the work of adding veteran players at the deadline. Seven of the Pistons ten leading scorers are 92 or 93 born players giving Steinbach veteran leadership all over the ice. In goal Corey Koop was added from Neepawa at the deadline and went from being on one of the worst teams in the MJHL to backstopping the Pistons to their Cinderella run. His 12-7 playoff record and 2.46 GAA in the postseason further indicates the difference between the beginning of the season and their run now. On the blueline the Pistons best player may be Kyle Rous who scored 47 points as a defensemen this year, supplementing the Pistons three headed attack of Richard Olson, Myles Nykoluk and Justin Augert who all posted 60 plus point seasons for Steinbach this year. Beyond Koop and their three regular season leaders, Justin Dalebozik is a player to watch for the Pistons after a red hot playoffs where he finished with 10 goals and 16 assists in just 19 games to give
him 26 points during their title run. With so many red hot players who are nearing the end of their Junior careers the Pistons will be an extremely tough team to face on Sunday afternoon, especially with the Terriers playing on Saturday night against the Clippers, something that the Terriers might have to gameplan for roster wise to ensure they have the freshest legs possible to deal with a team that is now used to being favorite killers throughout the spring. Steinbach won’t be the favorite in this tournament, but a team that loaded up at the deadline is trying to go as far as possible with their gamble to win now after years of trying. For now, it seems like it is paying off for the Pistons who may just benefit from peaking at the right time in a tournament where anything can happen and whoever gets hot may just have the best advantage. If you are looking for a favorite to win what is an unpredictable tournament look no further than the Brooks Bandits, who have to have the best claim for the favorite tag in this tournament, compiling one of the best records in Junior A hockey and come into the tournament with a #1 CJHL ranking that they have held for most of the season. The Bandits went 53-4-3 this season and boast an 83 point scorer in Cam Maclise that give the Alberta champions some serious credentials heading to Nanaimo this weekend. Cont. on Page 16
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Brooks Bandits, Surrey Eagles amongst WCC contenders Cont. from Page 13/15. Mark Reners adds to the Bandits scoring punch. The forward scored 34 goals for Brooks this season and compiled 73 points. The Terriers have dealt with high powered teams in the SJHL season, beating the Melville Millionaires who had the SJHL’s two top scorers in Ian McNulty and Russell Trudeau, but these Bandits are the class of the CJHL’s western clubs and will have the pressure on them to win after losing just five games all season. However, despite his team’s obvious successes head coach Ryan Papaioannou knows all of that means nothing if his club can’t advance to the Royal Bank Cup. “Regular season success really doesn’t matter” says Papaioannou. “It was nice to have the run that we had and at the time it was great and was our job to get things done in the regular season and then again in the league playoffs, but if we lose out of the Western Canada Cup we would have failed on accomplishing our goal which is to advance as far as possible in the season and win the RBC Cup” further explains Papaioannou who is extremely focused on getting his team to the RBC Cup. In goal the Bandits have Michael Fredrick and undersized goaltender who fits the Junior A model of being a quick goaltender who uses his reaction time to compensate for a lack of size. “He usually makes the first save, but if he needs to make a second or third save he has proved the ability to do that for us time and time again and has kept us in hockey games all year long and his record is reflective of that” says Papaionnou on his goaltender. Fredrick posted a 42-2-2 record with a 1.61 GAA which speaks to how good his Bandits team has been this season. Brooks will have the gaudy numbers and record, but with that now will come a pressure to win from within as well as from the outside as fol-
lowers of the tournament will look at them as a team that should expect to be at the Royal Bank Cup in Summerside as one of the top two teams in the tournament. Rounding out the pool are the Surrey Eagles, who won their first BCHL title since 2005 on Sunday night, beating the Penticton Vees in double overtime to become the final team to punch their ticket into the tournament. A team loaded with NCAA commits, the Surrey Eagles finished 35-13-3-5 on their way to being the regular season champions in the Coastal Conference of the BCHL before beating the defending champion Penticton Vees in a tight six game series where the final two games went to overtime. With a short six day turnaround between the end of the BCHL Playoffs and their opening round game with the Brooks Bandits on Saturday the Eagles head coach Matt Erhart is already aware of the different variables the round robin format will bring. “Playing teams we haven’t seen all season in a one game round robin and knockout format, we know that there are a lot of unknowns and things that are impossible to plan for in this tournament so the key thing we are focusing on is playing the way we play” says Erhart. Losing in the conference finals the past two years, the Eagles had a lot of roster turnover heading into the 2012-13 season, but despite not knowing how things were going to work developed into a hard working team for coach Erhart and assistant coach Peter Schaefer a former NHL forward with the Vancouver Canucks and New Jersey Devils. “We work hard and are a fairly balanced team” explains Erhart. “We play very defensively sound and just have seemed to have watch that pay dividends throughout the season” says Erhart. On the blueline the Eagles have two BCHL All-Stars in Devon Toews and Craig Wyszmirski who Erhart keyed on as major contributors of the Eagles success this sea-
son as he mentioned that they are a defense first hockey team. On the front end getting the goals Brady Shaw and Adam Tambellini have been the main suspects with Tambellini getting the double overtime winner to cap off a ten goal postseason. In goal the Eagles rely on rookie and former US prep school prospect Michael Santaguida who won 29 games in the regular season with a 2.28 GAA. Surrey will be in tough with their first game against the Bandits, but in one of the best Junior A hockey leagues in the country the Eagles will be looking to defend home soil in BC along with the Clippers. Saturday will drop the puck on what will be some of the best junior hockey of the year, in an anything can happen format things will change in an instant, but for now the only certainty in the Western Canada Cup is
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City badminton finals By CHASE RUTTIG N-R Writer In the York City Sr. Badminton tournament, co-hosted by Sacred Heart and the Yorkton Regional the Sacred Heart Saints continued to gear up towards the city playoffs in what was a tune up for the official road to provincials. With all SHHS teams placing, 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th in their pools, and 1st, 2nd and 3rd advancing to playoffs there was some good action going on between the Raiders and Saints badminton programs. In girls singles both Rita Fetsch and Morgan Shymanski had some tough matches. Morgan finished 1st in her pool, getting a bye into the semi-finals. Rita missed being first in her pool by two points. Rita easily won the quarter final and advanced to play Morgan, in what seems to have become a SHHS tradition of playing off against each other in final matches. In a bracket that featured very close games, Morgan moved on to the finals, where she eventually ran out of steam, earning herself a silver medal after beating her teammate in Fetsch. In mixed doubles, after finishing 3rd in their pool, the duo of Riana Skikewich and Justin Guy fought their way through the quarter finals against the YRHS and eventually went on to win gold
to wrap up the notable SHHS finishes. After the York City Sr. Badminton tournament the Saints and Raiders did battle once again, this time in the city playoffs with spots to districts on the line the tournament had an added win or go home element to it with both the Raiders and Saints eager to get as many of their teams to the district rounds as possible and continue their seasons. In what was a disappointing day for the Raiders the Saints busy season seemed to have paid off at the city final much to the chagrin of the hosts. Seven out of ten possible spots went to the Sr. Saints. In girls singles Morgan Shymanski placed second. Colin Shewchuk had some close matches and placed second in boys singles. In boys doubles Caleb Sutter and Jake Perepeluk placed second. In the girls side Sacred Heart had its best successes in girls doubles and mixed doubles. In girls doubles Brooke-Lyn Somogi and Christina Mentanko placed second, losing to Katlin Inglis and Allison Kruger who placed first. In mixed doubles Colton Kitzan and Chloe Mryozowich placed second, with Justin Guy and Riana Skikewich placing first with the win. These teams will now advance to district playoffs next Monday, April 29th, at YRHS.
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Duncan Keith and the relationship between players and media On Monday night the Chicago Blackhawks played the Vancouver Canucks in what was a much hyped game in the final week of the NHL’s regular season, both teams fan bases and players don’t like each other very much after some memorable playoff series and regular season contests, and no player exemplifies the hate the two sides have for each other more than Duncan Keith. The Hawks defensemen concussed the Canucks Daniel Sedin last season, ending Vancouver’s hopes of getting back to the Stanley Cup after being first in the league in the regular season. Vancouver lost in the first round of the playoffs and many people in BC blame Keith for that. While that may be an on ice issue many Canucks fans have with Keith, the successful NHL defensemen drew my ire on Monday night, not with his ac-
tions on the ice, but with the way he treated a reporter from Vancouver’s radio station. After the game when asked about a play Keith earned criticism for, the player rudely attacked a female reporter with the lines “Have you ever played the game,” and when told she can’t skate the phrase “Oh the first female referee, great.” The reporter in question asked Keith a very difficult question that was going to anger the player regardless of what was going to happen, but the way Keith handled the reporter was unacceptable for one of two reasons. Firstly, it was sexist. I have seen people on twitter and in columns defending Keith using the argument “He would have said the same to a male reporter asking the same line of questioning” but that is a joke and it is even more shameful people in
Ruttig’s rants Column Chase Ruttig the media are defending it. You can’t bring someone’s gender into insulting someone trying to do their job, if you did that at any other place of business (yes, a hockey rink is a place of business, people earn their money there and it has employees) you would be kicked off the premises and police would be involved. Plain and simple. Secondly, the phrase “you haven’t played the game” is one of the biggest cop out comebacks athletes have ever used
against the media. Yes, I understand that some people in sports media are not the most athletically inclined or the most physically built people in the world, but many of them are involved in this career because they love sports. They likely have played sports at a competitive level at some point down the line in their lives and they understand the heat of the moment. Duncan Keith lost. Duncan Keith did something in the game that caused his team to lose. That is
his job. The reporter then asked him about it. That is her/ his job. It is then Duncan Keith’s job to answer it or say “next question” or “no comment.” There is no need to belittle someone doing their job just because they don’t play in the NHL. Or they don’t have hockey credentials. That is some of the stupidest logic I have ever witnessed involving sports media. It’s just wrong. We as reporters do something that Duncan Keith has yet to ever do, we write about the game, we write about the event. Often we write it without getting our personal emotions involved, or our own opinions. We also as reporters, have to develop a knowledge for our field. If that reporter knew nothing about hockey, she wouldn’t be there. Especially in a major media center like Vancouver. It wouldn’t happen.
I have never played one game of competitive hockey in my entire life. Never played minor hockey, nothing more than some schoolyard shinny with friends. Am I unqualified to write this column? I have watched over 100 Junior hockey games this year, and many more on television as part of my freelance gig on an NHL blog and being a fan of the game since I was practically an infant. Am I still unqualified? Duncan Keith thinks I am. Just because I can’t fire a 100 MPH slap shot. Would everyone following the political beat be unqualified because they are not a president? Or a member of parliament or at least a MLA? Duncan Keith thinks they are. “They have never played the game.” So they probably should look for other employment. I am defending the media on this, know why? I play the game and he doesn’t.
Celebrating 130 Years of Bringing Family & Friends Together 1950 - 1959 A New Grandstand Is Built Donna Taylor ~author~
The annual fair continued to be held each summer as the people in the district had come to expect. Tenders were taken early in the year for the concessions, with Emil Yaholnitsky and P.J. Lewchuk each running a concession in the early part of the decade as they had in the 1940s. By mid-decade the booths were generally let to groups and organizations, with the Lions and Rotary Clubs becoming regulars at the fair, along with the Pebble Lake Busy Bees Club. In 1951 the Board considered charging Machinery Agents for their displays by frontage as many other fairs do, but decided against it. They did at that point insist that the Agents purchase passes for admission rather than giving them free passes as in the past. Most years the Board decided on a fireworks display for two of the three evenings of the fair, generally expending about $500 for the show. In 1952 the Lions Club Band sponsored a Fair Queen competition, with the crowning taking place at the grandstand performance on the last night of the fair. 1952’s fair didn’t include cattle, hog and sheep exhibits as every other fair had - the congregation of Cloven Hoof Animals had been banned because of a Quarantine for Hoof and Mouth Disease. In celebration of Saskatchewan’s jubilee in 1955, the Association brought in the Cliff Claggett Show (a western style show which had played the Calgary Stampede), with the City of Yorkton and the Yorkton Jubilee Committee chipping in the on additional costs. The Exhibition Association ran a car raffle most years with the United Commercial Travellers, splitting the proceeds. The Board received quotes each year before deciding on the car to be purchased - in 1951 they purchased a Studebaker Standard, instructing Border Motors to order in a “flashy two-door sedan”. In 1957 the selected vehicle was a two tone Dodge Regent four door sedan with these noted extras “air conditioning, signal lights, custom radio western springs and shocks and anti-freeze” from Northern Motors. It was a good fundraiser, with the two organizations often netting about $5000 to share. Fair attendance was good in these years 1954 shows 20,918 paid admissions at the outer gate and 13,155 at the grandstand, in 1955 the numbers were 21,446 and 15,200 respectively, and in 1956, 22,486 and 15,229 admissions respectively.
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The United Commercial Travellers continued to organize a parade. In 1950 the committee hoped to get by without the $300 grant they had been receiving from the Exhibition Association. Things didn’t go as planned, and by 1951 the Travellers were “absolutely broke” so the Board gave a retroactive grant for the previous year’s parade. In 1956 the LionLs began their tradition of hosting a kiddies parade on Monday morning of the fair, with every child participating receiving a ticket to the grandstand for that afternoon and a free treat at the Lion’s Club Booth. The 50th anniversary of the South African War was marked in 1950 by admitting the Veterans of that war free of charge. The minutes record the following South African War Veterans in this area - Fred Scott, Malcolm Clouston, George Gilbert, John Border, Finlay Morrison, Thomas Bartlett, Dave Porter andW.R. Pickering. Farm Boys and Girls Camps continued to be held in conjunction with the summer fair. A joint party for the two camps was held most year, which sometimes included a picnic, swimming, square dancing and lunch. 1955 saw the largest Farm Girls Camp to date, with 104 girls in attendance between the ages of 14 and 18 years. The sewing project required for admission to the camp was a square dance skirt and crinoline, which the girls displayed in an afternoon fashion show open to the public. The Association worked hard to make sure the camps were successful, and was most pleased in 1957 to be advised that the Extension Department of the University of Saskatchewan had named Yorkton’s Farm Boys Camp the best in the province put on by both the Class A and Class B Fairs. Although the grandstand had been damaged in the cyclone of 1948 and discussions had begun immediately about a new grandstand, repairs were made to the old grandstand. The south bleacher was completely rebuilt and
the grandstand was put on “first class cement footings”. Finally in 1958 a new grandstand was erected, which was officially opened on July 14 of that year. Also in the decade the Exhibit Hall was floored with cement, most of the barns were repaired, reroofed and painted, and a Judges Stand was erected in the Show Ring. An insulated building 24 x 40 feet was built between the Dining Hall and Race Track fence for use as a Youth Training School. The caretaker’s house was enlarged and repainted. And in 1955 Jubilee Hall was constructed as a reception centre for the Jubilee celebrations, and for future use for 4H club educational displays. A used coal and wood range was purchased from the Yorkton General Hospital in 1952 at a price of $150 and installed in the Dining Hall with the old stoves being junked. In 1954 a new power line was installed to the livestock grounds and buildings, and all the barns were rewired. The Industrial Building was broken into in 1951, and all the lights bulbs inside were broken. Insurance was a concern throughout the years, and in 1956 the Board consolidated all its insurance policies with Yorkton Broadway Agencies, with a total insured value of $145,400. The Jubilee celebrations at the fair recognized all persons who were residing in Yorkton and district prior to 1895 as Pioneers, and those who took up residence between 1895 and 1905 as Old Timers. The records note a specific instruction to the Association’s secretary to secure a ball point pen for the guest book. The Board still allowed the building and grounds to be used by others from time to time. Korb Motor Limited rented Jubilee Hall in the winter of 1955-56 for new car storage at a price
of $200. A Mr. Hluchaniuk rented two barns in 1955 at a cost of $150 per barn to house turkeys, and the following year entered into a ten year agreement for five barns at the total price of $1,000 per year. The grounds were rented to the Kinsmen Club of Yorkton for $50 for a show by the Hollywood Dare Devils for a day in August of 1952, with the Club assuming responsibility for the power and other costs in connection with the show. By 1958 a group called the canadian Auto Dare-Devils was renting the grounds for a one day show in August at a price of $250. In 1955 the Yorkton Jubilee Committee was allowed use of the grounds for an Old Timers picnic, with the only charge being for cleaning the grounds following the picnic. The newly named Chamber of Commerce was allowed the free use of the grounds in 1958 for a three day Hist-ORama show in 1957 which included 17 steam engines and 15 gas engines doing plowing, competitions and a two day rodeo. And the Association allowed a CCF Rally that same year to be held on the fairgrounds and grandstand at no cost, with the organization assuming the costs of caretaking and cleaning the grounds. The Board, as it had from the beginning, continued to be a hands on board. All directors gave a minimum of three full days of volunteer time during the Exhibition, with considerable work being done in the month leading up the the fair. Most of the planning, the arranging of judges, the setting of the prize lists and the determination of work to be done on the grounds and buildings was done by individuals on the board. The Board was headed in this decade by two men whose names are still associated with the Yorkton Exhibition William Wilkinson who served as president from 1946 to 1953, and Norman Roebuck who took over in 1954 and finished off the decade. Junior directors often moved up to the Board itself when openings arose, and those names are also familiar to many today. The Junior Directors in 1956 were Ross Gilbert, Ronald Harris,William Cruikshank, Thomas Wood, Lyle Just, Gerald Grunert, Glen Farrell, Doug Sherwin, Bill Gibson, Craig Burkell, Merve Kuryluk and Ken Fookes. The times were changing, and with it the advertising for the fair. While the Board had paid the UCT in previous years to put up posters, in 1958 the Board decided to put the $125 usually allocated to the UCT to television - if the station opened in time.
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YORKTON LEGION TRACK CLUB. The YLTC ends their 2012/13 indoor season with 13 members competing in the Regina Spring Festival.
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CLASSIFIED ADS CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
BIRTHS BACHINSKI - Born to Rachel and Kyle Bachinski of Foam Lake, SK, a daughter, Camdyn Brielle, April 10, 2013. MORRISON - Born to Lindsay and Patrick Morrison of Bredenbury, SK, a daughter, Grace, April 14, 2013.
COMING EVENTS YORK COLONY Quilter's Guild Quilt Show. "From Pieces to Masterpieces". May 3rd & 4th, 2013, Friday - May 3rd - 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Saturday - May 4th - 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. St. Mary's Cultural Center, Yorkton. Admission: $5/day or $8/both days. Vendors & Demos. Silent Auction & Door Prizes.
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WORK WITH US & GROW A CAREER Glacier Media Group is growing. Check our job board regularly for the latest openings: CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
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The Society for the Involvement of Good Neighbours
UTILITY OPERATOR REQUIRED R.M. of Hazelwood No. 94
The Rural Municipality of Hazelwood No. 94 invites applications for the position of Season/Full-Time Utility Operator, with the position to begin as soon as possible.
PSYCHICS
This position is a seasonal position, with the possibility of becoming a year round full-time position for the appropriate individual.
WAX READING Psychic Medium, Linda G. will be in Yorkton, Sat., Apr. 20, May 18, June 22 at Precious Reiki Therapy, 112 Fenson from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Call 306-338-8554.
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Quali cations: - Experience operating a grader as well as a tractor and a 15 foot rotary mower would be considered an asset, although the Municipality is willing to provide training to the proper individual. - Shall have as a minimum a valid Class 5 driver’s license. The municipality offers a comprehensive bene ts and pension plan.
Quali ed applicants are asked to submit their resumes stating experience, wages expected, and at least two work related references prior to May 8, 2013 at 4:00 p.m. local time. Applications can be provided in person, or forwarded via mail, fax, or email to the Rural Municipality of Hazelwood No. 94, Box 270, Kipling, Saskatchewan S0G 2S0, Ph: 306-736-8121, Fax: 306-736-2496, email: rm94@sasktel.net. The Rural Municipality of Hazelwood No. 94 would like to thank all applicants for their interest, however only those under consideration will be contacted. Seeking Operating Personnel for Oil Loading, Railcar Switching CANDO, an employee-owned company based in Brandon, Man., that provides railway support
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Operators/Groundpersons to work at an industrial site loading crude oil in Cromer, Man. Railcar Loaders will be responsible for loading railcars with crude petroleum through a rack and pumping system. Switching Operators are responsible for safe and efficient onsite railcar movements including progressing cars through scales, spotting cars at racks, and interchanging cars with other rail providers. Individuals must be in good physical condition and willing to work evenings, weekends and holidays.
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Seeking Operating Personnel for Oil Loading, Railcar Switching
OPERATIONS MANAGER–CROMER, MB CANDO, an employee-owned company based in Brandon that provides railway support services to industry, is seeking an Operations Manager for a new industrial operation loading crude oil in Cromer, Man. The Operations Manager will be the lead in ensuring for the safe and efficient product loading and railcar switching at this industrial terminal. The Operations Manager will be responsible for a team of 15-25 employees. Knowledge in petroleum handling and switching operations, employee management, safety programs and general site administration is an asset. candoltd.com
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d3h is growing again! Who are we? We are a management company that owns and operates hotels and spas across Western Canada. This ground level opportunity invites you to experience the connection of beauty, environment and well being! We wish to grow passionate hairstylists, estheticians and massage therapists to join this very fast growing company. We are looking for enthusiastic people to join the cultures of Aveda Hair and Eminence Spa products. Eminence is a handmade organic skincare line from Hungary. It is pure indulgence on the skin. Aveda's 97% plant derivative ensures healthy end results for the client and a health conscious environment for the stylist! 116 Aveda salons have made the '2013 Salon Today's Top 200 List' yet again. If you're interested in growing a career while working in a beautiful environment, please forward your resume to our head office at careers@d3h.ca or fax to 306-668-8051. To learn more about our family of hotels, please visit our website at www.d3h.ca.
CAREER TRAINING MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION RATED #2 for work-at-home. Train with the top-rated accredited school in Canada. Financing and student loans available. Contact CanScribe today at 1-800-4661535 www.canscribe.com.
GENERAL EMPLOYMENT
Brokers - SK & AB Westcan Bulk Transport Ltd. Want to generate some extra revenue this spring? We are hiring short term, seasonal brokers for 4-6 weeks contracts in May to pull our hopper bottom trailers. Enjoy excellent rates on all kms and loading/unloading. Interested? Visit www.westcanbulk.ca or call 1.888.WBT.HIRE for further details Get excellent results with a classified word ad. Place yours today. Call 7837355.
Job Summary: The SIGN Family Preservation Program, an Intensive in Home Support Program, focuses on providing supports and services to vulnerable and at risk families, through intensive home visitation, referrals and collaboration with other community services, so to assist the family to develop the skills necessary to keep children safe and to keep the family in tact when it is possible to do so. The Family Preservation Worker works with families, primarily in the family home, addresses identified family and individual needs and collaborates and advocates with other professional and community agencies. The successful candidates should have the Education and Professional Experiences of: • A post-secondary education in a human service related field • A minimum of one year of experience working with various children and families • A Valid Driver's License and a safe, reliable vehicle • A Criminal Record Check • A Vulnerable Sector Check And the assets and abilities, inclusive of (but not limited to): • The knowledge and understanding of child development • The ability to motivate families for success and change with a strength based approach • The knowledge and respect of various cultural values and practices and the ability to develop trusting relationships with all families • The ability to manage caseload, case files and documentation • An ability to communicate well and to work independently and constructively with a team • Time management skills and flexibility Please send resume with covering letter to: Shelley Zoerb SIGN 345 Broadway St. W. Yorkton, SK S3N 0N8 Fax: (306) 786-7116 Email: s.zoerb@sign-yorkton.org Job posting closing date: April 26, 2013
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FARM HELP WANTED. Experienced operators to run and maintain newer large equipment from seeding to harvesting. Housing provided with good wages. Lampman, SK. Call 306-487-7644.
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HELP WANTED Experienced Operators to run and maintain large equipment from seeding to harvesting housing provided with good wages call 306 487 7644 Lampman SK.
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on May 8 and hiring FT/PT employees LOCATION: next to Pizza Hut (previously pawnshop) Please send resume to: chestersyorkton@gmail.com or Chester’s Chicken Box 1077 Canora, SK S0A 0L0 or Fax: 306-563-3045
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Carriers Wanted • Morrison Drive • Caldwell Drive • Bailey Drive • Green St. • Tupper Ave. • Agricultural • Independent • Victor Place • Dalebrooke • Lakeview • Circlebrooke • Centennial Drive • Sunset Dr. N. • Sunset Dr. S. RELIEF CARRIERS NEEDED IN ALL AREAS
Help Wanted!!! Make $1000 weekly mailing brochures from home! No experience required. Start immediately! www.themailinghub.com. NEED A HOME PHONE? Cable TV or High Speed Internet? We Can Help. Everyone Approved. Call Today. 1-877-852-1122 Protel Reconnect. TIRED OF Semi Truck Driving? Haul RVs from USA to Western Canada! 1 ton trucks required. 1800-867-6233; www.roadexservices.com.
TRADES HELP CEL (www.cel-electrical.com) is a Saskatoon based Electrical & Instrumentation Contractor with offices in Saskatchewan, Alberta and Manitoba. We are currently accepting applications for Electrical Apprentices and Journeypersons to work at a project in the Yorkton SK area and other projects across Western Canada. The ideal candidate will have an industrial or commercial electrical background and posses good organizational, communication and problem solving skills. Apprentice opportunities may be available for applicants with no experience that have other construction experience or farming background. CEL offers a team work environment, competitive wages, company RRSP, health plan and an active safety program. Please email resumes to: mail@cel-electrical.com or fax to (306) 477-8833. All applications will be kept confidential.
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HEALTH SERVICES
COLORADO BLUE SPRUCE: $1.49/each for a box of 270 ($402.30). Also full range of trees, shrubs, cherries & berries. Free shipping. Replacement guarantee. 1-866-873-3846 or treetime.ca. DISCONNECTED PHONE? ChoiceTel Home Phone Service. No One Refused! Low Monthly Rate! Calling Features and Unlimited Long Distance Available. Call ChoiceTel Today! 1-888-3331405. HOT TUB (spa) covers. Best price, best quality. All shapes & colors available. Call 1-866-6526837. www.thecoverguy.com/news paper. NEVER SHOCK CHLORINATE AGAIN! Newly Patented! "Kontinuous Shok" Chlorinator. Eliminates: Shock Chlorination; iron bacteria; smell; bacterial breeding in water wells. Phone 1-800-BIG-IRON. Visit our 29 inventions; www.1800bigiron.com. PROVINCE-WIDE CLASSIFIEDS. Reach over 550,000 readers weekly. Call this newspaper NOW or 306-649.1405 for details.
WANTED WANTED ALL Wild Fur. Shed antlers and old traps. Call Phil (306) 278-2299 or Bryon (306) 278-7756. WANTED: MASSEY #36 discers, paying $100. Any size/condition. Will pick up. Call Andrew 306-9469669, leave message if no answer.
APARTMENTS / CONDOS-FOR SALE CONDO FOR SALE (55 Plus) One bedroom, six appliances, central air, indoor parkade, security, elevator. 306-786-6543.
Valley Hill Youth Treatment Centre is a new [Healing and Recovery] facility that offers a six [6] week residential treatment program for Saskatchewan Youth 12-17 of age, dealing with alcohol and drug misuse issues. The 15-bed co-ed facility is located in Prince Albert just north of Victoria Hospital.
Please contact us for more information about the program and services. P. O. Box 761 2101 10th Avenue West Prince Albert, SK S6V 5S2 Phone 306-764-2959 Fax 306-764-2376 Toll Free 1-855-764-7644 www.vhytc.ca
BUSINESS SERVICES
Autobody & Painting Ltd.
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HOUSES FOR SALE 2007 LIBERTY modular home with garage, located in Melville, SK. Two bathrooms, three bedrooms, 1216 square feet. Kijiji #438520334. 306-728-2546. 5 BEDROOM home on 3 lots in Rhein. 1968 sq. ft., 2 full bathrooms, finished basement with family room and den, 2 door attached garage, deck. Ph: 306-6218080 or 306-273-2123. 86 ONTARIO Ave., Yorkton. Phone 306-783-6920 or go to www.propertyguys.com ID# 15018.
LOTS & ACREAGES FOR SALE 11.67 ACRES of well treed land which would be ideal to build your dream home. The acreage is located 3 miles north of Yorkton Airport, then turn west and go 4 miles on Mehan Road. Land is close to all utilities. $50,000. 306-7834169. LOTS FOR sale in a new development at south end of Fishing Lake. $39,900. Call 306-220-4687 or 306-229-0251. SUN HILLS RESORT at Lake of the Prairies, SK has 12 prime lots in Phase 1 to offer. Priced $56,000 - $69,000. We are located 40 min. east of Yorkton near the Togo bridge. More info www.sunhillsresort.com. Call 306-597-4660.
HAVE PAIN? Feel Sick? Call Nikki now at 306-641-1279. Acupuncture, Reflexology, Electrotherapy and more! High success rate! Arts of Healing.
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HAVE YOU BEEN DENIED Canada Pension Plan Disability Benefits? The Disability Claims Advocacy Clinic can help. Contact Allison Schmidt at: 1-877-793-3222. www.dcac.ca. SPECIALIZING IN reuniting loved ones back together to stay. Don?t pay for my services until you have the one you love. Stops divorce, lover from cheating. 100 percent guaranteed. Call today 1-888-3824111.
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THE NEWS REVIEW DRIVERS WANTED: Terrific career Opportunity with outstanding growth potential to learn how to locate rail defects. No Rail Experience Needed!! Extensive paid travel, meal allowance, 4 weeks vacation and benefits package. Skills Needed - Ability to travel 3 months at a time, Valid License with air brake endorsement. Compensation based on prior driving experience. Apply at www.sperryrail.com under careers, keyword Driver. DO NOT FILL IN CITY OR STATE.
ENSIGN IS looking for Drillers, Night Tour Pushes and Rig Managers for our Australian Division. Recruiters will be in Nisku April 30 - May 7 hosting information sessions and doing interviews. If you are interested in attending one of our sessions to hear about our global opportunities, call 1-888367-4460 to book into a session! Do you have items in your garage, attic, basement? Sell them quickly with a classified ad. Call 783-7355.
ESTEVAN-BASED IT Technician to provide network technology services - new user activation, troubleshooting, security, maintenance, installs, projects in multidivision environment. Recent grads welcome to apply. Growth Opportunity. Resumes to Eileena.haynes@doallind.com. EXPERIENCED HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATORS, FUSERS, and LABOURERS WANTED IMMEDIATELY!!! Dechant Construction Ltd. is completing buried services for the BHP Jansen Project. We are looking for experienced operators to run grader, dozer, excavator, rock truck and packer. We are also looking for experienced Fusers that have current fusing ticket, and experienced labourers. All applicants must have at a minimum their CSTS, WHMIS, TDG and First Aid ticket, and all equipment operators will require Ground Disturbance Level II as well. Please apply by email to employment@dechantconstruction.ab.ca, or by fax to 780-9264415.
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Canada’s largest bulk food retailer with over 200 stores across Canada. Our stores are located in all provinces. A franchise opportunity is now available in:
Yorkton Since 1982, the Bulk Barn name has been synonymous with premium quality bulk products and complementary packaged items. Our amazing assortment of over 4,000 products has provided a unique shopping experience to millions of customers. The growth and success of the Bulk Barn franchise is based on a proven system. Each store is built on a turnkey arrangement. This includes a standard equipment package, comprehensive start-up and on-site training, ongoing corporate support and year-round advertising and promotion programs. Do you have the desire to own and operate your own business? The cost of a franchise, including the initial franchise fee, is a minimum of $600,000 or higher, depending on store size and location. One-third of the franchise cost must be unencumbered cash. For more information, please contact: Franchising Department, Bulk Barn Foods Limited 55 Leek Crescent, Richmond Hill, Ontario, L4B 3Y2 Phone: 905-886-6756 Ext: 289 Fax: 905-886-3717 OR visit our website at www.bulkbarn.ca
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FARMLAND WANTED NO FEES OR COMMISSIONS! Thanks again Doug for buying our property. Dealing with you and your company, Freshwater Land Holdings Co. Ltd., made the sale quick and efficient. It was a tough transaction, but you came through and kept all of the promises you made at teh beginning of our talks. I would recommend you to anyone who’s interested in selling quickly and efficiently. I will pass on your name to ayone who’s interested. Thanks again. Leo and Linda
SUMMARY OF SOLD PROPERTIES Central - 62 1/4’s South Central - 17 1/4’s East Central - 74 1/4’s South - 70 1/4’s South East - 22 1/4’s South West 58 1/4’s North - 6 1/4’s North West - 8 1/4’s East - 39 1/4’s FARM AND PASTURE LAND AVAILABLE TO RENT
PURCHASING: SINGLE TO LARGE BLOCKS OF LAND. LAND. PREMIUM PRICES PAID WITH QUICK QUICK PAYMENT. YMENT. RENT BACK AVAILABLE Call DOUG 306-955-2266 saskfarms@shaw.ca
MOBILE/ MANUFACTURED
Modular, Manufactured or RTM homes. A variety of homes in production or ready to ship Regina,SK 1-866-838-7744 Estevan, SK 1-877-378-7744 www.sherwoodhome.ca
HOUSES FOR RENT FOR RENT in Canora, four bedroom home, new lino, varnished floors, no pets. References required. $750 per month, utilities not included. 306-563-2031. www.canorahomerentals.com.
ADULT PERSONAL MESSAGES
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TOWNHOUSES FOR SALE ONLY A FEW UNITS LEFT! 55 PLUS ADULT COMMUNITY. Ground Level Ranchers. www.diamondplace.ca 306 241 0123 WARMAN, SK.
HOUSES FOR RENT AVAILABLE MAY 1st. One bedroom suite, #2-154 Betts Ave., Yorkton. Fridge, stove and utilities included. $600 monthly. Ph. 306782-0768 or 306-621-1227.
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Directions: 1 Mile West of Endeavour, then 1 Mile South, 4 Miles West to the dead end road, then 1/2 Mile North
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LOCAL HOOKUPS BROWSE4FREE 1-888-628-6790 or #7878 Mobile. HOT LOCAL CHAT 1-877-290-0553 Mobile: #5015. Find Your Favourite. CALL NOW 1-866-732-0070. 1-888-5440199 18+.
FEED & SEED HEATED CANOLA WANTED!! - GREEN CANOLA - SPRING THRASHED - DAMAGED CANOLA FEED OATS WANTED!! - BARLEY, OATS, WHT - LIGHT OR TOUGH - SPRING THRASHED HEATED FLAX WANTED!! HEATED PEAS HEATED LENTILS "ON FARM PICKUP" Westcan Feed & Grain 1-877-250-5252
STEEL BUILDINGS / GRANARIES STEEL BUILDINGS/METAL BUILDINGS 60% OFF! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for balance owed! Call 1-800-457-2206 www.crownsteelbuildings.ca.
1977 OLDSMOBILE 98 Regency, fully loaded, one owner, 75,000 original kms, never winter driven, original paint, garage kept, like new condition. Must be seen. Phone 306-338-3369 or 306-3387564.
SPORTS UTILITIES & 4X4S 2004 CHEV Avalanche Z71 with air, tilt, cruise, power windows, power door locks, power seat and only 170,000 km. Comes with winter and summer tires. Asking $9,250.00. Phone 306-782-1246.
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ATVS / DIRT BIKES
Auctioneer’s Note: Kamsack Shop Easy has closed its doors, and offers up a wide variety of store equipment from various aspects of a general grocery store. There is commercial equipment on this sale, as well as meat cutting and refrigeration equipment for the do-ityourself hunter that wants to work on his own meat. Store shelving and pallet racking also works good in farmer’s work shops as well. So whether you own a small business, farm or store, there is bound to be something on this totally unreserved sale for you! Forklift, Floor Scrubber & Warehouse Equipment: Clark Propane Forklift; Crown Pallet Jack; Advance BA5321 Floor Scrubber; Swift-2 Floor Polisher/Buffer; Chrome Rolling Carts; Pallet Racking; Shelving & Store Fixtures: Chrome Shopping Carts; Floor Signs; Gondola Displays; 3 – Spee-Dee Check out systems with turntable, scale & cash register; Magazine racking; Floor Safe; Aisle Signs; SpeciďŹ c Area Signs; Approx. 180’of double side island store metal shelving; Refrigeration and Coolers: Hussman Open Cooler Display 36’; 6’Foster 2 Sliding Glass Door Cooler; 12’Hussman Open Freezer; Hill Phoenix 5 Glass Door Freezer, 15 Door Unit; Walk in Cooler Box with refrigeration and condensers; Hussman Open Deli Cooler 16’; Several Individual Walk in Cooler Doors with hardware; Hussman 8’Glass Meat Display Cooler; Hussman Open Meat Display 24’; Meat Cutting Equipment: Hobart Meat Band Saw 3 Hp, 3 Ph; SS Sink with runoff; Hobart Meat Grinder (requires repair); Spinning Meat Cart; White Meat Tubs; 2 Wrap Dispensers; Approx. 75’of Meat Hanging Rail with Hooks; Rolling meat tray racks; Fairbanks Morse Hanging Meat Scale; Garland Deepfryer; Ideal 20.2 Meat Wrapper; 8 Assorted Meat Buckets; 36â€?Stainless Steel divider; 42â€?Stainless Steel Shovel; tub of knives; etc. Baking Equipment: Bakery Oven; Grease Trap; Rolling Bread Racks; Baker’s Table w/drawers; Baking Pans; Bread Pans;
2010 Yamaha TTR 230 dirt bike. Bought new in April 2011, always shedded, well maintained, regular oil and filter changes. Low hours, one owner. $3,500 obo. Call 306898-2039, leave message, or call 306-621-6747.
TRUCKS & VANS FOR SALE: 1994 black Dodge Dakota, mint condition, 60,000 km. Phone 306-563-5400.
RVS/CAMPERS/ TRAILERS 2000 JAYCO Qwest 24 ft. Fifth Wheel camper. Sleeps 6. Has outdoor grill, newer tires, and newer awning. Half ton truck towable. Asking $8,900 obo. Yorkton, SK. 306-783-4169.
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Spring Machinery & Industrial
Auction Sale
Saturday, April 27 4 Mi East of Yorkton • Machinery & Industrial 9:00 a.m. Estate of Wm Kalnyk 100’s of Leaf Springs, U bolts, Spring Press, Drill Press, Welder
Yorkton Spring Liquidation Heavy Harrow Liquidation from Maple Farm 2000 Brandt 7000 Heavy Harrow, Bourgault 7200 Heavy Harrow, 1999 Brandt 7000 Heavy Harrow, 2000 Degelman SM 7000 Heavy Harrow, 2004 Brandt SB4000 Sprayer, 2007 Brandt 5000 Grain Vac, 2009 Brandt 5000EX Grain Vac, MX 110 w/ldr, 3pt, 4650 JD Clean unit,2870 Case 4wd , Case 1175, 1370, 900, 600, 730, 1030, IHC 1466 seized, 706, Massey Forklift 1105, 44, 88, 97 8N Ford Siezed, Versatile 145 4wd, JD 535 Baler, Patterson Liquid Cart w/pump, JD 665 Cultivator &airTank, JD 810Cultivator, 777 Airtank, w/packer bar, 5-3500 bu Bins with Darmini Steel Floor, Morris CP 619 Chisel Plow, Flexi 1110 Airtank, 2 - 2007 International 9900 13 spd, isxSaftied, 1997Louisville Grain Truck Saftied, 1990 Wilson Cattle Pot, Tandem Grain Trailer MB Saftied, 45 FT Highboy, 10 ft Tool Bench, 35x65 Tarped Quonset, 20x40 tarped , Party Tents, 2 & 3 inch Water Pumps. Miscellaneous Row Tractor Tires, & Much More.
• 1:00 p.m. Vehicles 2006 Ford F250 4x4, 2005 Chev 2500 4x4 crew Duramax, 2005 Dodge Dakota 4x4, 2001 Ford F350 7.3Dsl Deck, 2002 Ford crew 4x4 7.3 Dsl, 1991 Chev 6.2 Dsl 4x4, 2008 Ford F150 4x4 Lariat
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More Than Just a Naughty Store A gorgeous range of specialty sizes and styles of brassieres, lingerie, adult merchandise and more. Book your home party today. Mail order catalogues now available. UNDER THE COVERS 30 Betts Avenue, Yorkton 306.782.7982 1.866.585.7982 www.underthecovers.ca
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A look at what is happening in the Yorkton Business Improvement District
Several on-going projects will be visible this summer as YBID continues doing what we do to improve the appearance of our district. Flower Pots, Sidewalk Cleaning, activities and participation in our district. Like many plans something always comes forward that is needed, interesting and appeals to the masses. Such is the issue of YBID Members and what they do with their cardboard. In some cases it is packaged and folded and placed in the recycle bins someplace in the city, in some cases it is destined for the landfill. It is the latter that we would like to stop. YBID is asking YOU OUR MEMBERS to send us your views on the picking up and disposal of your cardboard from your place of business. We would like to know if you have, - SMALL, MEDIUM OR LARGE AMOUNTS OF CARDBOARD -DO YOU RECYCLE WHAT YOU RECEIVE AT YOUR EXPENSE -DO YOU SEND IT OFF TO THE LANDFILL -DO YOU HAVE YOUR OWN DUMPSTER THAT YOU PAY FOR -HOW MUCH DO YOU PAY -WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE DONE TO MAKE CARDBOARD RECYCLING EASIER AND PERHAPS LESS EXPENSIVE TO YOU -HOW FAR SHOULD YBID GO IN RECYCLING YBID MEMBERS CARDBOARD -ARE YOU PREPARED TO PAY A SMALL PORTION OF THE COSTS OF COLLECTION AND RECYCLING OF CARDBOARD -WOULD YOU BE IN FAVOR OF YBID PAYING FOR RECYCLE DUMPSTERS PLACED IN STRATAGIC LOCATIONS OF THE DISTRICT. This is a project that is going to take some time and planning and a lot more explanation. If you want to be heard, we are asking for your voice. Send us an email with your views and answers to the listed questions to: yorktonbid@sasktel.net Thank you YBID Members
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