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NDP agenda set

By DEVIN WILGER N-R Writer

The spring session has begun in the Saskatchewan legislature, and the official opposition has set their agenda for the coming term. Making a Yorkton stop at The News Review, Provincial NDP leader Cam Broten recently spoke on the priorities for his party. The priority for the NDP is Saskatchewan families, he says, and he feels that there has been a disconnect between the economic success of the province and the benefits seen by local families. “It can’t simply be about the province doing well, but it has to be about people in Saskatchewan doing well and people getting ahead.” The result of that is the NDP will be focused on three areas in the coming session. Health care is a primary focus, especially in terms of senior care in the province. Education will be the second focus for the party, and the third focus will be dealing with an increased cost of living faced by people of the province. One specific issue Broten has is a proposed idea to increase education property taxes in order to deal with infrastructure in the province. He believes that such an increase would be a mistake, especially as people are already feeling increases in other aspects of their lives. Broten also believes accountability will be a major issue going forward. He says that the government has a dismissive attitude towards the provincial auditor. “I have concerns about the transparency, openness and honesty when it comes to this government reporting the finances. That will be a big focus coming in the spring.” Continued on Page 12.

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College gets another big boost

By DEVIN WILGER N-R Writer

The Parkland College’s Trades and Technology Centre has had another major contribution. The Canada West Equipment Dealers Association (CWEDA) contributed $250,000 to the project, with the goal of developing the Agricultural Mechanic Program at the college. CWEDA President Cameron Bode explains that the end goal is to develop and support programs relevant to dealer members, as well as training a workforce is the top priority for the agricultural equipment dealers of the province. “Finding people is a challenge, but also if you find people, finding adequate training and development for them is a challenge. This particular partnership fills both needs,” Bode says. The program will have 24 training

– $250,000 donated seats, but Bode says that the need is greater and he hopes to see more seats introduced in the future. He notes that the equipment industry is faced with an aging workforce and there is an urgent need to get more training underway. He says that the initial program will be a good start, but that he expects to see it expand. “You have to walk before you can run, and we look forward to developing this program with Parkland College.” CWEDA and the local equipment deal-

ers will also be offering scholarships and other programs to encourage students to take up programming, Bode reveals. Rob Norris, Minister of Advanced Education, says that the donation represents more than just money, but also a strong partnership within the community. “When we see that kind of a partnership between the college and an industry partner, we know that we’re talking about a smoother transition between learning and earning for the students, and we’re also talking about fostering and facilitating the growth of Yorkton and the entire region.” The donation is a clear signal about the importance of skills training in the province, and the importance that industry places on it, Norris says. Continued on Page 6.

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Hats off to Sask. Agriculture... March 3-9 is Agriculture Literacy Week in Saskatchewan – a time to engage our youth and educate the public about an industry that is crucial to the province. “Agriculture is an integral part of our provincial identity, and this is a great opportunity to get students involved in learning about how agriculture impacts our province,” Education Minister Don Morgan comments. “Whether it is through food production, our export industry, value added research or our job market, this week provides an opportunity to celebrate the importance of the agriculture sector in classrooms across Saskatchewan.” Agriculture in the Classroom helps provide students and teachers across the province with information and activities about modern agriculture during Agriculture Literacy Week. This year more than 3,000 students from more than 130 schools will be participating. By connecting classrooms and people who work in the industry, it is hoped that students will become more aware of agriculture and the role it plays in Saskatchewan. With big city growth and more access to technology, there’s a risk for children to become too far removed from our roots and the very reasons we’ve gotten where we are today. It’s through events like this we can maintain our heritage and foster a new interest in the up and coming generations to build an even stronger agriculture industry far into the future. We all stand to benefit as a result.

No place for bigotry in our world

As I write this I’m not sure if an outcome has been fully decided upon, that point is basically moot if you ask me. What matters about this whole thing is the fact a bill like this was even being considered in the first place. What’s wrong with some people? Becoming known for it’s unusual (for lack of a better word) laws as of late, Arizona has again come under fire by the masses for its most recent attempt to create what obviously some must think would be a “fair and law abiding society.” Hmmm... Arizona’s Legislature recently passed a bill that would actually allow local business owners to deny service to gay and lesbian customers (based on religious beliefs of course). Really? In today’s day and age? To each his own when it comes to your personal beliefs, but to actually not allow someone to shop in your store because of their sexual orientation? That’s just plain ridiculous and discriminatory. If we want to take a huge leap back into time well then this is a fantastic first step. “I think anybody that owns a business can choose who they work with or who they don’t work with,” says one governor in support of the bill. “In my life

and in my business, if I don’t want to do business with a particular company or person or whatever, I’m not interested. That’s America. That’s freedom.” I beg to differ. This is not freedom, it’s outright bigotry. the concept Shannon Deveau hasFortunately, been met with plenty of criticism with some going so far as to place signs on their business door fronts “We reserve the right to refuse service to Arizona legislators.” Good for them. “It’s a ridiculous bill,” says one business owner, “Arizona has much bigger problems than allowing businesses to discriminate against people.” And I’m sure they do. I mean seriously, who could even dream up such a concept anyway? It brings to my mind shaved heads and swastikas. There’s no place for any of that in modern society. I’m fairly certain common sense will win out over stupidity here. Arizona stands a lot to lose if that’s not the case. “Let there be no doubt about what this bill does. It’s going to allow people to discriminate against the gay community... It goes after unprotected classes of people... If we were having this conversation in regard to African-Americans or women, there would be outrage across the country right now.” And there would be. Grow up already people.

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Should there be more women flying in the sky? When I get on a flight, my concern is largely that I eventually reach my destination in one piece. The ability to get passengers to their destination is the one thing I care about in a captain of a flight, and I suspect that it is the only thing that most people care about. There was one man on a WestJet flight who wrote a passive-aggressive note to the captain of his flight, indicating that he had his priorities all out of order. In short, he thought that his captain, who was a woman, should not be a captain, for she was a woman. Why does this matter? I have no idea myself, but then I have more important things on my mind, like whether a that captain can get you to your destination. In this case, she did, and thus proved that she is worthy to be in charge of the plane. She also posted the note to Facebook, which gives the man and his opinions more exposure than he deserves, but here I am mocking him so I suppose I can’t really cast stones in her direction. WestJet itself declined to comment, largely because they don’t care what this man thinks – using the relatively diplomatic statement that they don’t want to give credibility to the writer of the note. They also gave the gender breakdown of their pilots overall, which sees a much greater number of men.

Things I do with words... Column Devin Wilger It is, in fact, a male dominated field, by their own numbers. A total number of 68 female pilots, against about 1,200 male pilots in the skies. That is a large gender disparity, but it’s also not fair to really say much against WestJet in this case. They just want pilots, they don’t care what the gender is, they will hire people who can get planes from point to point with a minimum number of incidents. But still, whenever you see a male dominated field like that, some part of you does want to tip the scales in the other direction, seeing people of both genders take to the skies in equal numbers. I personally don’t care who flies my plane, but looking at the numbers I

wonder why we have significantly fewer female pilots up there, and if we might want to look at why there is such a large gender disparity in the amount of pilots hired. It could be as innocent as young women having no desire to become a pilot, which is fine, people will be interested in the careers that they find interesting and you can’t force them to change. It could be actual unnecessary barriers to entry, or a culture that makes it difficult for women to get into the career, which would require looking at ways to remove the barriers. I’m not saying that we should just throw women into the skies and see what happens, but that the opportunity should be equal and whether or not someone succeeds is then based purely on their skill at actually flying a plane, nothing else. It would be interesting of the napkin man actually got people thinking about why there are so few women in the skies, and whether or not this is a problem that needs to be addressed. It’s not completely clear that this is a problem, but I don’t want a potentially good pilot to held back for arbitrary reasons. A good pilot is a good pilot, no matter their genetic makeup, and good pilots are what we need to get to our destination safely. If more women like the one harassed at WestJet can get their wings, passengers will benefit.

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Canada’s equalization program has been controversial since its adoption in 1957. Equalization is a system of transfer payments designed to address fiscal disparities between provinces with the goal of allowing less-prosperous provinces to provide comparable levels of public services to their wealthier counterparts. Supporters see it as an essential tool for balancing social services across provinces with vastly different resources. Critics, on the other hand, see it as a subsidy that wastes billions of dollars and results in poor public policy. What can’t be disputed, however, is that the equalization program has real and unending costs to taxpayers in Alberta, Ontario and British Columbia. And, these costs need to be frontand-centre in any interprovincial discussion of the program’s future. In 2007, the federal government announced a change to a per-capita funding model for the Health and Social Transfer. However, the source of the largest country-wide transfer inequity – equalization – remains unreformed. Ontario has contributed $35-billion due to equalization transfers since 2005 and continues to be a net-contributor to the program. Alberta, on a per-capita basis, has been increasingly footing the bill for equalization – amounting to an incredible $4,300 per resident since 2005. Now, Newfoundland and Labrador is a net-provider with the influx of oil revenue, Ontario’s contribution has been smaller, and Alberta’s contribution is larger than in the past. But, there can be no doubt that Alberta, Ontario, and British Columbia have shouldered the

largest burden of the program, and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. It is easy to assume that these expenditures are a necessary for a healthy Canada, but, to these provinces, the costs are real. To put the cost in perspective, Alberta could have expanded the Heritage Fund by 100 per cent with the money that was transferred out of province since 2005. A family of four could pay full tuition for a three-year undergraduate program, or 90 per cent of the minimum down payment on an average house in Alberta if the transfer dollars were returned on a per-capita basis. The government of Ontario, drowning in a fiscal crisis, could chip 37 per cent off its massive deficit, or pay for an ambitious infrastructure plan. These potential investments, by governments or taxpayers, have downstream benefits for their provinces. Equalization robs residents of donor provinces of these opportunities. The very real costs of the equalization program to these provinces cannot be easily dismissed. Consequently, Canadians need to have a serious conversation about whether the current equalization program is worth its price to the taxpayers of these three provinces. The evidence suggests otherwise. The winners and losers in the equalization game have changed little since the 1960s, and if anything, the gaps between net-recipients and net-providers is widening rather than narrowing. Equalization is a drag on economic growth in net-recipient provinces, which has widened the gap between the have and have-not provinces. Moreover, equalization has bloated the government bureaucracies of the net-recipient provinces to the point where they are advan-

taged, not disadvantaged, in the provision of social services, particularly education and health care. Late in his life, the godfather of equalization theory, James Buchanan, stepped back from supporting this idea because of the perverse incentives inherent in the program. Although we would do well to heed his warning, for better or worse equalization is included in the Constitution Act of 1982. We have to look for ways to make the program fairer and more equitable for all provinces. There are several ways to reform the program, while adhering to the spirit of the concern about equality between provinces. For example, transfer payments can be reduced, thus curbing the burden on all provinces. Or, payments can be adjusted based on the cost of program inputs. This would have the benefit of taking into account the cheaper cost of providing public services in have-not provinces due to lower prices. Finally, we can explore tying payments to policy outputs, which would address the problem of have-not provinces being given an advantage in public service provision due to equalization. This option would bring the equalization program closest to the intention of the constitution that ensures that all provinces “have sufficient revenue for reasonably comparable levels of public services.” These possible reforms are worth debating because the cost of the status quo is simply too high. Eric Merkley, Frontier Centre for Public Policy.

Another cold war in the making?

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For what it’s worth, here’s how I see the situation in the Ukraine. Right off the bat, one worries whether or not there will be a repeat of Hungary in 1956 or of Czechoslovakia is 68? It’s been a while since the Russian’s have flexed their muscles in this area of the world, but they clearly still have a formidable military. Ukrainians still remember the forced

starvation of the 30s under Stalin when millions died. The Russian’s will likely not be as overt as they were with either Hungary or Czechoslovakia. They will probably work through the support they have in the eastern section of Ukraine and the Crimean Peninsula. Because of their infighting, Ukrainians have made it easier for Putin to have his way with the Ukraine. If

the Ukrainians united against a “common enemy,” they likely could not stand up to Russia anyway. I don’t believe the EU or the U.S. has much political power or will to resist Russia, at least not in this situation. They didn’t in Georgia. Geopolitically, this is still Russia’s sphere of influence, where they can do pretty well much as they please. This action will be shot across the bow

for all other countries in the region. Look for Russia to soon have them all back into one fold again, maybe not exactly like the former Soviet Union, but similar. Then look for that Russian-controlled union to rise to world super power status, again. Then, look for the cold war, which really never went away, to be more obvious. D. R. Hall, Saskatoon, SK.

Criticism is valid in Ukraine scenario

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Liberal criticism of the Harper Delegation to Ukraine that “This would have been a good opportunity for the government to show that it rises above partisanship,” is valid. Valid first in being partisan in having other Canadian political parties excluded. Valid most importantly in ignoring either willfully or in ignorance, because

of courting Ukrainian origin Canadians, the nature of those holding the reins of government in the Ukraine and the potential for difficulties arising from Russia acting is its geopolitical interests. Interests that will be acted upon if deemed necessary, irregardless of Canada’s already uttered threat of retaliatory sanctions. That those in control have been and will be “democratic”

in their actions, that elections scheduled for May will of such a nature, are both questioned. It may be the Liberals and NDP will in time not regret but be thankful they were prevented by Canadian partisan politics from having showered blessings on those who now have taken power in Ukraine. Joe Hueglin, Niagara Falls ON.

It’s just like spinning invisible clothes

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The emperor’s new grain marketing clothes have now been exposed for the hot air they were “woven” from. Farmer opportunity

to contract or deliver wheat is unequal or non-existent, and wheat prices have fallen by 50 per cent, putting them well under both U.S. and world prices. Don’t let the emperor

and his courtiers tell you that the answer is to give more money to the railways. The railways are already overpaid at least $175 million by farmers every year. Giving them

more money is simply spinning more invisible clothes. Ron Watson Lancer, Sk.

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In response to call from the previously farmer controlled CWB for rail service review and costing reviews of the railways’ operations, the federal government stalled those requests and later brought forth the Fair Rail Freight Act which was supposed to deal with the railways poor service. By all accounts this legislation is proving useless. With meetings being called every day by government officials, and paying the government heeled astro turf farm groups to “study” this issue further show how bad the situation of moving grain in the prairies has become. The uselessness of this legislation was highlighted when the Saskatchewan Government (Ag Minister Lyle Stewart) offered to assist the shippers (the grain companies) through the process to identify costs and the effectiveness of the legislation. The grain shippers refused and the Economic Minister Bill Boyd is more confused than usual. This shows how far out of touch the Saskatchewan government is. The shippers know full well that the process will take too long, possibly years, the railways will punish the shippers in the future by providing poorer service, and if a penalty is ever levied it will go to the Federal government and not the shippers! The Federal Government needs to play its role as a regulator and ensure shippers are treated fairly by the railways. Why is it the federal government has no problem extending its authority over the railways workers though labour legislation but does not think it’s a responsibility of the government to ensure there is effective and efficient rail transportation provided to shippers in Canada? Why is it that grain companies are expected to load grain trains at a certain time and place, or face penalties and yet the train may arrive over a week late with no recourse to the grain company? As a producer car loader I am expected to load cars within a 24 hour period or face a demurrage charge of approx. $87.50 per day per car. But yet if the cars sit loaded, on my track for over two weeks, without being moved, the railways face no negative consequence. The railways are unable to provide fair and equitable service to shippers as they know full well nothing can be done about it in the present situation. It’s time the Federal Government took its duties seriously and got their heads out of the railways’ troughs! It’s also funny that the Federal Conservatives labelled the previously farmer controlled CWB as a monopoly but yet the railways who have more control over farmers than the CWB ever did, are not viewed as a monopoly. But they are allowed to promote predatory pricing, unfair business principles, poor service; the ability to kill economical transportation routes and operate under legislation that is totally one sided in favour of the railways. So much for standing up for FARMERS! Kyle Korneychuk Pelly, SK.

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College gets a boost Con’t from Page 1. “We know that agriculture is very important to Saskatchewan, and this sends a very clear message that Parkland College and its partners will continue to be vitally important for this sector and others.” Dr. Fay Myers, Parkland College President, says that the donation by CWEDA is a wonderful contribution, and that cooperation with the agriculture industry is going to be vital to create programming that is relevant to students and their eventual employers. The goal now will be to bring students into the program, Myers says, and show them the advantages of getting this training, and the demand for graduates should make it an attractive option. The Parkland College Trades and Technology Center will open in the fall of 2015, and construction is expected to begin within six weeks.

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Curling in early Yorkton – a blast from the past

I am not a history professor, nor am I a history student. I am simply a man who has a love of Canadian history. Canada’s history is a fascinating one. My mission is to not only educate, but to show everyone just how epic Canadian history truly is. Email: crwbaird@ gmail.com. Twitter: @ CraigBaird. Facebook: Canadian History Ehx. http://canadaehx.blogspot.ca

By Craig Baird Curling has always been a big part of Canadian life, going back over 100 years. Beginning at the turn of the 20th century, clubs were popping up across the prairies as settlers looked to find ways to get together, compete in a friendly manner and have some fun. In Yorkton, the very first curling club debuted in 1897 with 16 members curling on one sheet of ice at the corner of Betts Avenue and Smith

Street. In 1898, the club became affiliated with the Manitoba Branch of the Royal Caledonian Curling Club. For the next couple of years, the clubs would curl together in competitions before the Yorkton Curling Club folded around 1901. In 1905, Yorkton was booming but the community had no rink for curling, let alone skating or hockey. This meant no prospect for competition during the long winter months. In August of 1905, plans were put in place to build a rink that would accommodate all three winter sports. Work began quickly and in December of 1905, the skating area of the Crystal Skating and Curling Rink opened, with the curling rink itself opening one month later on Jan. 13, 1906. The curling rink consisted of one sheet of curling ice on each side of the skating area. Two dressing rooms were located on the ground floor, and a bandstand, along with two rooms, was set up on the top floor. In 1908, the Yorkton Curling Association Ltd. Was set up with $5,000 in capital stock. That year, the club began curling in a new threesheet facility on Agricultural Avenue. The new facility included three waiting rooms

downstairs, and a gallery upstairs. In 1919, following the First World War, a new rink was built on South Front Street at Tupper Avenue, costing $17,400 to build. The rink would be used heavily for the next 10 years before a fire broke out during a bonspiel, damaging the rink, resulting in five sheets becoming unusable for the bonspiel. Repairs were made and the rink was used until 1948. At the final bonspiel of the rink, Alderman Art McBurney, who would go on to become the president of the

Enjoying the golden years FROM MORNING UNTIL EVENING... Column by Margaret Anne Yost How do we feel about the aging process? Some people really look forward to retiring, while others dread the thought of retirement. For some people it will mean some free time to do things they always wanted to do and did not have the time or resources to do them. For others they may feel they have little worth and feel cast aside. Some may fear they will become a burden on family. We can learn so much from our seniors; they lived through many hardships that we will never have to endure. The seniors in our life may have passed on their faith, traditions and customs to us, which makes up much of our daily lifestyle. Our society today does not paint a pretty picture of aging. We spend very little money and effort on advertising the beauty of aging. We tend to focus on the youth, the rich and the vibrant people in society. I know that not everyone is blessed to reach their senior years. I’ve seen some very young people die of horrible diseases, heart attacks, and car accidents. Many

families long for ‘what might have been’ if this family member had not died so young. Today’s seniors are living very healthy and productive lives. Seniors are also living longer than ever before. They take part in endless activities within our communities. The largest role they play on my community is in the role of volunteering. It matters not on the organization- they would not be viable without our seniors and their countless hours of volunteering. In some cultures the elderly are the ones most looked up to and held in highest regard within the family unit. They are the head of the household and their leadership is the cornerstone of the family stature. Families care for their seniors within their own homes since there are no government facilities to care for the elderly. Each family will care for their own aging family members. Aging is an inevitable part of life. This process of aging is affecting us all. Everyone can welcome it with a warm smile and live it with confidence. Aging is not

so much choice as it is attitude of how we see ourselves. Aging is often not associated with wisdom and knowledge. But our elders have gained wisdom by doing and living. Our elders may pass on their wisdom to the successive generations through oral and written communication. From this knowledgewe could all learn much if we but take the time to do so. I recall a saying goes, “Old wood is best to burn; old friends best to trust; old wine best to drink; old authors best to read.” The aged have a vital place in our community. Aging is a natural process we will all go through. Instead of dreading our senior years, embrace them! For white hair are a gift from God. “Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.” – Eleanor Roosevelt Margaret Anne Yost nursed for 35 years. Returning back to school I completed classes from the Red River College in the areas of Gerontology, Bereavement, Death and Dying. For twelve years I worked in bereavement support at a Funeral Home. I was employed as Parish Worker at a Lutheran Church. At present I am enjoying my role as homemaker, wife, mother and grandmother.

Saskatchewan Curling Association in 1959-60, threw the rock down the ice to open up the bonspiel. The rock he threw was one of 16 rocks made in 1907 by blacksmith James Kerr. The stone had long been forgotten until it washed up on the shore of Anderson Lake due to heavy winds in May of 1947. Curlers claimed it as a memento of the curlers who would curl by lantern light on the lake during the cold winters. Going back to The Great Depression, curling suffered due to the poor facilities for the

sport, and the lack of funds of many curlers. In 1937, the club could no longer function but curlers still wanted to play. They ended up paying the owner of a private rink 25 cents a game, which proved to be a huge success. Following the Second World War, the town was booming and volunteer labor was used to build a new rink in 1947. A hangar was purchased from the government and the facility was built for only $35,000. It consisted of sevensheets and opened on Dec. 7, 1948, with 400 people packing into the

facility. The facility would continue to be used until 1977. Information for this article came from Saskatchewan Curling: Heartland Tradition Canadian History Ehx is not only a column, but also a podcast that publishes weekly with interesting stories of our great nation. You can learn more about the podcast by visiting http://canadaehx.blogspot.com If you have any questions or would like Craig to look at something specific from Yorkton’s history, e-mail him at crwbaird@gmail.com

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Creative farm financing – dealing with rising costs By Andrea Hilderman

The Saskatchewan-based company Input Capital is the world’s first to offer commodity streaming to farmers to finance new and growing operations, or achieve production goals or yield potential. Streaming financing is not a totally new concept. It is more often seen in the mining industry where production is capital intensive, and it can be hard to find up front financing to develop new opportunities. In the mining industry, much of the financing is required before a raw commodity can be processed into the final product (such as natural gas, gold or silver), and sold. For mining companies, sources of operating capital can be hard to find and interest rates can be very high. Now Input Capital is providing this service for farm operations. Input Capital

Input Capital grew out of another Saskatchewan company that was recently in the news. Assiniboia Farmland Limited Partnership (AFLP) sold its farmland portfolio to the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, a large institutional Canadian investor, on January 10, 2014. Because AFLP acquired

farmland and rented it to farmers to operate, it attracted a lot of young farmers. “These were not young in the sense most Canadians would consider young,” explained Gord Nystuen, vice-president of market development for Input Capital. “These were under-45 year old farmers who saw the opportunity to expand their farming operations. We realized it was easy enough to get land to rent and equipment to lease, but it was not easy to get the financing or working capital to operate the farm to its full potential.” Working Capital Input Capital provides working capital to farm operations, as a replacement for bank financing or input supplier financing. “When farms have sufficient cash on the balance sheet, farm managers can make business decisions that will improve margins,” explains Nystuen. “If inputs are purchased with cash, farmers can get better prices. For example, if cash is available in August or September to buy nitrogen, substantial discounts can be realized versus buying later in the fall or in the spring. Another example would be discounts for early cash purchases of canola seed. Additionally, a

farmer will have better access to premium varieties the earlier he can buy.” It’s when farm operations have insufficient cash reserves that trade-offs have to be made, like having to sell grain to pay bills as opposed to marketing in an orderly fashion with a deliberate strategy. Nystuen says another advantage shows up when farmers are planning and budgeting. “If there is a very tight ratio of working capital to farm size, the working capital gets allocated across all acres versus formulating a strategy to optimize returns.” An example Nystuen uses is that rather than capitalize on good wheat and canola prices and use more fertilizer, a grower facing a cash crunch will only put on enough nitrogen to grow a decent crop. “The grower tends to budget from a scarcity of working capital, as opposed to looking at crop potential based on his analysis of the markets, prices and weather. And these two approaches result in very different outcomes.” Input Capital requires its clients to work with a consulting agrologist. “This is our way of ensuring the farm and the working capital we supply is put to the best possible use,” explains Nystuen. “We don’t hand over the cash and walk away; rather, we are in-

vested in optimizing the operation.” “The contract we devised creates a vehicle for us to provide the upfront working capital without taking an ownership position in real estate or assets,” explains Nystuen. “Farmers told us clearly that that was not how they wanted to partner with us. So, we invest for a share of the production, a specified number of tonnes of canola over a specified number of years.” This differs from a term loan in that in a streaming arrangement, the streaming partner, in this case Input Capital, takes on the price risk for the commodity in each year. Farmers are committed to deliver a specific number of tonnes, not a specific dollar value of product. Input Capital’s Clients Input Capital takes on prospective clients only after extensive discussions. “We meet with growers, conduct a financial assessment to ensure the farm is viable, the right equipment is available to farm, the business strategy is in place and the farmland assets are sufficient for the tenure of the contract,” says Nystuen. “This is far more than checking your credit score. We want to become a partner.

The success of our business depends on the success of our relationship with the farmer.” Input Capital has raised $65 million in capital from investors and has canola-streaming contracts in place with growers for a six year period. It had contracts with 10 producing farms in 2013, its first year of operation. Input Capital has three seasoned farmers working on business development. “These guys are long-term farmers themselves, all very capable and successful. For the most part, they’ve lived this story – starting with limited resources and struggling in those first years to build up their operations. When they sit down at the kitchen table with a prospective client, they know exactly what it’s like to be on the other side of that table.” Learn more about Input Capital at www.inputcapital.com. The company’s shares trade on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol “INP”. Previously published in Grainews. Andrea Hilderman has her master’s degree in weed science, is a member of the Manitoba Institute of Agrologists and she is the principal in North Arc Agri-Consulting. She writes from Winnipeg, Manitoba.

March is “Fraud Month” Financial and Consumer Affairs Authority of Saskatchewan (FCAA) is marking Fraud Prevention Month this March by encouraging Saskatchewan people to take early and proactive steps to protecting themselves from fraud. “Being informed is the best defence against fraud,” FCAA Chair and CEO Dave Wild said. “Whether you are making an investment or making decisions about your pension – knowing who you are dealing with, understanding the risks, and getting solid, trustworthy advice is key to keeping your money safe. Helping consumers avoid fraud through awareness and education are crucial to keeping Saskatchewan’s financial markets safe for everyone.” FCAA will be issuing Tweets and Facebook posts throughout March, encouraging Saskatchewan people to learn more about spotting and avoiding scams. March 19, 2014, is national Check Registra-

tion Day when Canadian investors are urged to find out whether their investment advisers/ firms are registered or have been disciplined by visiting www.aretheyregistered.ca. Saskatchewan consumers can check the registration of: • Insurance Companies (www.fcaa.gov. sk.ca/List-of-InsurersLicensed-in-Saskatchewan) • Insurance Agents and Brokerages (www. insurancecouncils.sk.ca/ search/searchhome.htm) Investment Advisers and Salespersons (www. aretheyregistered.ca) • Mortgage Brokerages, Administrators, Brokers and Associates (www.fcaa.gov. sk.ca/List-of-LicensedMortgage-BrokeragesAdministrators-Brokers-

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Our winter continues to be unseasonably cold and windy but you are invited to share in some warm community spirit at the St. Patrick’s Day Irish Stew Dinner on Saturday, March 15 at the Good Spirit Provincial Park Recreation Hall. Dinner will begin at 5:00 p.m. with a silent auction to be held at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $10.00 for adults and $5.00 for children and can be purchased at the Good Spirit Market or from any of the community association board members. Items that you wish to donate for the silent auction should be given to Linda Moore by Friday, March 14th. Get your tickets early and come out and visit with your neighbors after a long winter. The 2014 Easter Seals

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Gladys McElrea change in their life. She says it’s a different way to approach a story about a big change in life, and a major change can happen in anyone’s life at any point. While tackling dark subject matter, McElrea says that it’s not an entirely dark book. “I found that when I was writing the book I thought it would be a very dark story, but I found that there was a great deal of humor breaking through, there was lightness breaking through.” Before writing the novel, McElrea says she was focused on music, and thought that would be her focus, but that the story wouldn’t leave her until she finally got it down. She says that her music and her prose are connected by

many of the same ideas, and that the stanza that introduces the novel is drawn from one of her songs, called So Dark the Night. “I find that with everything you create, whether it’s music, a story, a poem, a painting, pottery, whatever. Everything you start to create takes on a life of its own, and it will not be denied.” McElrea is working on her next novel now, and she says it’s going to be in a different genre from her first, based on a story from a song she wrote. She says that the original song was eleven minutes long, because there was so much story there, and she felt it needed to be expanded. She says it’s about a girl and her aunt discovering what happens when people see things they don’t understand and feel the need to place the blame. She hopes to see that book complete by June, and has a third idea waiting in the wings after that is complete. McElrea will be in Coles on March 8 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. She says she is looking forward to getting back to Yorkton, after spending a lot of time in the city when she lived in Esterhazy. “We really enjoy Yorkton, it’s a nice city, we’re excited to go back.” More information on Gladys McElrea, as well as some of her other work and her music, visit www.gladysmcelrea. com.

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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. This is to all the unsung heroes of winter roads! The heroes that operate the snow plows and graders, the ones that make sure the roads are safe for winter travel! Thank you!! These guys go out there and push snow, grade and sand down the roads. Here in Hazel Dell, he also comes and clears our driveway after each snow fall! All I got to do is to clear the snow away from the hay bales and make sure we have enough of the yard cleared to turn the truck around. The Sochi Olympics are over and the final medal standing is: First – Russia 13 Gold, 11 Silver and 9 Bronze = 33, Second – Norway 11 Gold, 5 Silver and 10 Bronze = 26, Third – Canada 10 Gold, 10 Silver and 5 Bronze = 25. Way to go Canada! Gold in women and men Curling, and spectacular gold in both women and men Hockey! Norway did really well considering it is just a tiny little country with a population of 5 million people. Of the top 5 medal countries,

Norway has the smallest population, but probably the biggest sports development budget on a per capita basis. Canada with 35 million inhabitants has 7 times the population of Norway! Russian Federation has 143 million people, U.S. posts 315 million and Netherlands boasts of 17 million people. So when I look at the medal standings it seems like the fitness culture and athlete development is more prevalent in little Norway. Netherlands, now there is a strange country. It seems like they cannot make up their minds as to what to call their country. They refer to their country as Holland just as often as they call it Netherland and if two natives of Holland go out for lunch and ask for separate checks, then they go Dutch! In fact all inhabitants of the country are called Dutch, and the language they speak is also Dutch, not Hollandian or Netherlandian, but Dutch! Anything made in Holland, eh, Netherland is called Dutch, as in Dutch Urns, a class of racing sailboats are called Flying Dutchman, so named after the Ghost ship of the

1800s. Then there is the Dutch Oven, which in fact is a large stove top pot. There are also recipes for Dutch Apple Pie. Dutch Blitz is a family style card game, and let us not forget the Dutch Elm Disease! I don’t know how the Dutch keep it straight! You can buy Dutch tulip bulbs from Holland, or Dutch wooden clogs from Netherland. The Dutch sends athletes from Holland to represent Netherland at the Olympics. And finally the Queen of Holland rules Netherland including the Dutch Antilles. I trust you have all this straight now! I am surprised at the governments of this world that have funded some very strange researches, for which I believe the results have no positive or negative impact on our lives. The following are some examples: Goldfish were believed to have only a two second memory, so a grant was disbursed to a group of scientists to study goldfish in order to establish the actual memory span. They established the memory span to be up to five months. Then somebody decided (probably a mean boss) that it is very important to find out how

much time an average person spends on kissing in his lifetime. It took a long time, and the recorded result was 20,160 minutes. It is not mentioned if the recorder was the husband or the wife of the average person, nor was it recorded what, who or where the average person was kissing. This experiment must have spawned another research into how many calories the average person burn during intimate activities with a partner, and to the best of the researcher’s estimation, it was at least 85 calories. I guess the researcher stopped counting when he reached that number as he must have arrived at the point where the intimacy became more important than counting calories! Some of these studies can take many, many years for the data to be compiled. Take for example the grant received to study how much nose hairs an average person grows in a lifetime. The posted finding was seven feet. Now this was a very important study, because few people grow beyond the height of seven feet, therefore if you don’t trim your nose

hairs regularly, they may grow long enough for you to step on them and trip yourself in your old age! When an owl was examined by some scientists they determined that the eye was bigger than the owl’s brain. Yep, I know some people like that. Starfish keeps moving around on the sea bottom, so some scientists examined a few of them and found that they have no brain. Ah, yes, I know some people like that too! Finally a study was undertaken in Canada to determine why so many crows were killed by trucks on our highways, whereas very few crows met their demise by being hit by a car. The study concluded that crows travel in flocks. Incidentally a flock of crows is called “A Murder.” Anyway the observers noted that the crows would have a lookout strategically located in a tree overlooking the highway in both directions when the other crows would be “cleaning up” a road kill. The lookout would just flap the wings and fly away when a truck approached, but when a car approached the lookout would call out “Cahw!”

Open Cinema explores topic of cyber bullying The Yorkton Film Festival has announced the last film in its Open Cinema program for the 2013-2014 season. Tuesday, March 11, YFF, the Yorkton Public Library and the Yorkton Branch of the Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW) will host an event to explore the very topical and important issue of cyber bullying. Cyber bullying has led

the news on radio talk shows and television broadcasts in the last two years. The tragedies of Rehtaeh Parsons and Amanda Todd have made headlines around the world. The issue is heartbreakingly serious. Yet the news coverage is limited in its scope. It concentrates on the tragedy but says nothing about the positive approaches that are being taken to deal with the issue. The

fact is that much can be done. Much is being done. That is the focus of the March 11 program of OPEN CINEMA. The evening will begin with the viewing of a short film entitled Cyber Bullying. This documentary follows the lives of four youth and explores how technology has changed everything about how kids relate to each other – and the dangers that come with

NDP sets spring agenda Con’t from Page 1. While the NDP has a small number of seats, Broten believes that so long as they can react to the needs of the province they will be relevant in the legislature. “It’s not simply about me asking a question or my colleagues, what we’re doing is voicing the concerns we hear from Saskatchewan people. I’ll use the example of senior’s care. Some of the most effective days we’ve had in the assembly and in question period raising concerns is when families come and share their stories.” Broten admits that they have not made as much progress as they would like on their three areas of focus, but their job is to continue to hold the government to account and try to raise the

issues they’ve identified as key for the province. “We’ve been consistent and focused in the things we have been talking about and we will continue to have that approach. My hope is that the government will start to listen. They tend to have a little bit of a pattern here, where they will pretend to listen to what people are saying on any number of topics, but people get the sense that their agenda is already determined.” While the budget is the biggest issue in the province during the spring session, Broten says that they will have specific ideas related to the budget closer to the announcement of the budget itself. Overall, he says their focus will be on their priorities of education, health and cost of living.

instant communication in public forums. After the film a panel of will comment on the documentary and talk about current initiatives to deal with the issue. Dennis Nesseth, Student Services Counselor at the Yorkton Regional High School, will moderate the panel and lead the discussion. Nesseth has recently completed a paper on the Role of the School in Cyber Bullying, one assignment on his way to a Master’s Degree in Educational Administration. Lana Stanek-Sebastian will talk about Digital Citizenship, a unit she teaches to her grade nine class in Computer Fundamentals. Shelly Westberg, School Counselor with the Good Spirit School Division, will explain the role of mediation in cyber bullying while a school liaison

officer will discuss the issue from the police perspective. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, a group of students from the YRHS will talk about their participation in Beyond the Hurt, a Red Cross program aimed at the prevention of bullying and the building of empathy and respect. In addition, CFUW – Yorkton, a local partner in hosting this event, has played an important role nationally in the issue of cyber bullying. Nonpartisan and self-funded, the organization has lobbied governments in respect to issues of human rights, social justice and peace. CFUW has made a number of recommendations in regards to cyber bullying, namely that governments work to • Increase public awareness of the prob-

lem • Ensure that teachers and counselors receive appropriate training in order to respond to the issue • Encourage the education of parents so they can teach their children strategies to deal with an on-line world Given the advocacy work of CFUW in regards to this issue, the organization is well placed to be a partner in this community event. A CFUW fact paper will be made available. OPEN CINEMA is honoured to present the discussion of a very important issue – a national issue that we look at from a local perspective, from a positive perspective. We hope you can attend this important event to be held at the Yorkton Public Library Tuesday, March 11 at 7 p.m.

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Community Events Tops Club & Status of Women Yorkton Event Mar. 11, Holy Trinity Hall, Darlington & 2nd – Understanding the broad scope of violence towards women. Presenter: RCMP constable Free, door prizes, refreshments Call (306) 782-0992. Melville & District Quilter’s Guild Inc. Spring Festival of Quilts-a Viewer’s Choice Show Melville Community Works located at 800 Prince Edward Street, Apr 25-26, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. daily. Includes: demos, food court, merchant mall, craft table, door prizes. For more info contact: Karen at 306-5080228 or Erica at 306-7944506.

OPEN CINEMA Yorkton Public Library March 11, 7 p.m. “Cyberbullying” Panel discussion featuring Dennis Nesseth, Shelly Westberg and Lana Stanek-Sebastian Of the Good Spirit School Division. No charge Everyone welcome A joint project of the Yorkton Film Festival, Yorkton Public Library and Canadian Federation of University Women Yorkton. Alzheimer/Dementia Support Meeting Mar. 12, 2 p.m. @ the Yorkton & District Nursing Home Conference Room All are welcome! Call 306-786-0722 for details.

New at pARTners Gallery Artfully Designed: a collection of original works by Angelina Kardynal. Creative expression in different media pays tribute to the significant connections in the artist’s life, and captures the extraordinary within the ordinary. This engaging and evocative exhibition is yours to enjoy all of March, during regular hours at Yorkton Public Library. A reception celebrating this local artist is planned, date TBA. Shelwin House & Canadian Federation of University Women/ Yorkton Club Event Guest speaker: The Honourable Nancy Morrison Friday, March 7 St. Gerard’s Parish Complex Cocktails: 5:30 p.m. Dinner: 6:30 p.m. Open to Everyone Tickets $25.00 per person ( Available until March 1st) Tickets available at Sherring Gold Jewelers, Sherring Optical, Louck’s Pharmacy. Call: 306-782-5181. Infinitus The next concert in the 2013-2014 “Stars For Saskatchewan concert series. March 16, 2 p.m. Anne Portnuff Theatre Infinitus is a critically acclaimed beatboxing string trio known for their unique sound and upbeat performance style. Tickets are available at the Yorkton Arts Council, Welcome Home Floral and Gift Shop, at the door, or on-line at www.york tonarts.ca

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Tim Hus & the Rocky Mountain Two Billy MacInnis on fiddle and Riley Tubbs on upright string bass 3 p.m., March 9 Wadena United Church Tickets: $15 advance – by March 8, $20 March 9 & at door. Available: Wadena News, Florence Carbno Tim Hus is an Alberta song-maker and storyteller mentored by the late Stompin’ Tom Connors (he did two national tours as Tom’s opening artist and backup band), Tim Hus proudly carries on the tradition of writing songs about working Canadians and Canada’s rich history.

Photography Exhibitions Godfrey Dean Art Gallery • WorkSpace Saskatchewan Until Mar 29 Traditional B&W photos by Berlin photographer Martin Weinhold of people at work in Saskatchewan, including Vanscoy and Melville. • Great Plain Chronicle Until Mar 22 Colour images from noted Regina photographer Don Hall chronicle prairie places and people on both sides of the US-Canada border. Mon-Fri 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday 1-4 p.m. Admission is always free at the Dean Gallery. Bowl For Kids Sake April 4,5 & 6 Yorkton Bowl Arena Support and teams are needed. Win prizes and have fun! Call 306-3471 for complete details.

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Provincial 55+ Curling Competition Humboldt, March 19-21 Entries before March 3 Teams may be men, women or mixed Ages: 55+ and 65+ Gold medal winners may advance to the Canada 55+ Games in Edmonton August 27-30 2-person stick curling will also be held in Humboldt. For more information, contact Eleanor @ 306-563-4160. or email Maxine: max. stinka@sasktel.net

The Yorkton Legion Track Club The club is open to all Yorkton and area athletes that were born in 2002 or older. To register, or if you have further questions contact Club Manager, Marcel Porte at marcel.porte@ bayer.com or call Cell: 306-621-7716. New Horizons Senior Center Bingo 78 First Ave. North Yorkton, Sk. Bingo will be played every third Sunday of each month. Bingo starts at 2:00 p.m. Eight games will be played at 25 cents a game. Extra cards will be available Everyone is welcome. Lunch included Admission $3/person. Co-Ed Pool League Every Monday at 7 p.m. at the Royal Canadian Legion, 380 Broadway St. All are welcome! No partner required. Come out and have some fun! Community Choir Come join the fun! Yorkton Community Concert Choir. Call Laurene at 306-782-0460.

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Bantam AA Terriers The Yorkton Bantam AA UCT Terriers are off and rolling in the 2013/14 Saskatchewan Bantam AA Hockey League playoffs as they dropped the puck off on their second round series with the Melville Millionaires Tuesday. In Game 1 of their Best of 3 series the Terriers earned a big 4-2 win over the Millionaires at the Farrell Agencies Arena to push themselves to one win from the third round of the playoffs. Kaleb Bulych, Keenan Sperling, Derrick Budz and Carson Miller were the goalscorers in the win. Alex Geddes would make 24 saves on 26 shots to get the win for the Terriers. Yorkton will travel to Melville Friday, March 7 with a chance to sweep the Millionaires. Game time is 6:00 p.m. at the Horizon Credit Union Centre. If necessary the Terriers will host the Millionaires for Game 3 on Saturday, March 8 at the Farrell Agencies Arena. Game time would be 5:30 p.m. Good luck to the Bantam AA Terriers as they continue their quest for a SBAAHL league title. Have a story for Sport Notes/The News Review? Send your local sports tip to sports@yorktonnews. com and your local event could be in Sport Notes. Feedback and letters to the editor are also always welcome. Get in contact with us and have your voice on Yorkton sports heard.

SWEEP. The first place Notre Dame Argos were just too much to handle for the Yorkton Harvest as they were swept in three games in their Best of 5 SMAAAHL playoffs series. Notre Dame won 2-1 in the only game played in Yorkton during the series.

Harvest swept by first place Argos in three games By CHASE RUTTIG N-R Writer The eighth placed Yorkton Harvest knew they would be in for a tough fight against the Notre Dame Argos in their first round Best of 5 series in the SMAAAHL first round series, but they likely didn’t plan for lady luck to be against them as well. Yet that is what happened in Game 2 of their series with the highly touted Argos, who were the class of the league boasting many of the top players across the province out of Notre Dame’s hockey academy and finished with 33 wins and just eight losses

during the regular season. After a 8-0 loss to the Argos in Game 1 the Harvest kept the score to just a one goal deficit through 59 minutes thanks to stellar goaltending from Carson Bogdan before getting a crucial powerplay with just over two minutes left. Failing to cash in on two powerplays earlier in the third period, the Harvest would finally break through to get the game tying goal. A pretty tic-tac-toe passing play through the Argos penalty kill would find Tanner Jeannot with a wide open cage and made no mistake tying the game with just un-

der two minutes left to play. For the Harvest it looked like their opportunity for a Cinderella moment after a year where things didn’t exactly go their way, but the hockey gods had other ideas as in their best chance to tie up the series and ensure a fourth game back in Yorkton the Harvest couldn’t catch a break. On the Argos first rush down the ice following Jeannot’s tying goal, Taylor Ross would score on a chance out of nowhere to beat Bogdan after a spectacular night between the pipes on a rocket of a shot that even the best of goalies likely would have

been scored on. With just 1:31 left on the clock it would be a soul crushing blow for a Harvest team that fought so hard to tie things up. Yorkton would get one last chance at an open cage on one last powerplay chance to end the game, but it was just not meant to be for a team that after being outshot 41-13 in Game 1 went toe to toe with the best Midget team in the province. After the game head coach Dan Cross had nothing but praise for the effort his players put on the ice in the tough loss. Cont. on Page 16.

Terriers finish 2013/14 SJHL season in first place By CHASE RUTTIG N-R Writer Heading into the SJHL regular season as defending champions the Yorkton Terriers had a target on their back from day one amongst several new wrinkles to the SJHL in their new three division format. One of them being a new division and the other being a new playoff format which gives top teams a bye into the second round. The system at times created a mathematical headache, especially when the Terriers potentially could have finished in second place behind an upstart Melville Million-

aires team that was leading the Viterra Division at times after the Christmas break. In the end none of that mattered as the Terriers won the first ever Viterra Division pennant as well as the regular season title, finishing in first place much to the dismay of the Millionaires, Kindersley Klippers and Humboldt Broncos who all thought they had a chance to end the regular season first in the league at one point or another during another exciting SJHL regular season. None of those teams ended up being deep enough to keep pace with the defending champs, who just lost 12 times in regulation and 19

times total in a 37 win, 81 point season that gave them the regular season banner with a six point cushion. Five straight wins to end the SJHL regular season would give the Terriers momentum heading into their much deserved bye through the SJHL Survivor Series and into the big dance of the SJHL Playoffs as while teams fight for their playoff lives the Terriers get a nice long layoff where they will be able to rest after their efforts earned them home ice advantage through the playoffs. Something that the Terriers were not able to do in their Canalta Cup winning 2012/13 season where they

finished second in the league behind the eventual North Conference champion Humboldt Broncos before beating them in six games on the way to the league title. The Terriers ensured themselves first place with three wins last week, including their home finale against the Notre Dame Hounds in which veteran goaltender Kale Thomson finished his last regular season start at the Farrell Agencies Arena in style with a league record for shutouts in a season with his eighth clean sheet of the 2013/14 season in a 6-0 drubbing of the Hounds. Cont. on Page 17.

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Harvest’s heartbreaking home loss leads to playoff exit Cont. from Page 13 “You couldn’t ask a team for more than what they did tonight and yeah we didn’t get the win or get the game to overtime but that’s hockey and we tried our best,” said a proud yet gutted Cross after the Game 2 defeat. “It is playoff hockey and if what more can you ask for at this time of year as the eighth seed than having the game on the line in the final seconds so I am still proud of this group for digging deep and showing the spirit that they did.” Cross praised his veteran keeper in Bogdan, who after allowing 8 goals in the opening game of the series stopped 35 out of 37 shots and kept the team in the game long enough to give them the belief that they could get into the game. “We asked Carson to step up and do a lot for us and he delivered tonight,” said Cross. “I have said this a lot this year but you can’t win games if you just score one goal most nights and our goaltending this evening was outstanding so full credit to Carson for giving us a great performance.” When asked about if the team believed they could compete with the Argos after getting blown out 8-0 in Game 1 Cross mentioned that the team grouped together and had the belief if they fought hard and executed a gameplan that anything was possible. “We came out flat in the first game and got

caught off guard so we made sure that wasn’t going to happen in our home rink and we showed that we could go toe to toe with them for three periods.” Going into a must win Game 3 down with their backs against the wall and their season on the line, the Harvest faced a monumental challenge going back to Wilcox to take on the Argos in a building that the Yorkton team historically struggles in. After a 8-0 loss and the heartbreaking late loss at home, Cross said all the team could do is try to keep fighting for their playoff lives the best that they could. “The first game wasn’t hockey after the first period where we came out flat and were down 5-0, but at this point of the season you can’t make any excuses so we just have to keep doing what we always do,” explained Cross before Game 3. “If we execute our gameplan and fight for three periods with full effort anything can happen so we just need to believe in ourselves and execute.” After Bogdan’s horrific first period in Game 1, Cross made the tough decision to start rookie Carter Phair for the first time since his December injury. Phair who was 5-5-1 during his regular season appearances was looking like the Harvest’s number one goalie all season and would get a chance at valuable experience in a high pressure situation during the elimination game.

As has been the story all season penalties would be the downfall of the Harvest in their final game of the season, costly fouls leading to goals to put Yorkton in the hole. Corwin Steveley’s boarding penalty in the first period would lead to the Argos first goal on the powerplay from Dillon Dube with 7:28 in the first period. In the second period a rare penalty shot would be the undoing of the Harvest as after keeping the Argos scoreless all period Damian Riat would be awarded a chance to use his shootout moves on the young Phair. Riat would make no mistake burying the goal to make the game 2-0 before a flurry of after the whistle penalties were handed out to both teams. Once the dust settled and cooler heads prevailed Corwin Stevely undid the damage with a goal just one minute later to send Yorkton into their potential final period of the 2013/14 season down just one goal. The dagger from the Argos wouldn’t take long as just 44 seconds into the third Notre Dame went up two goals yet again as Gage Ramsey’s first goal of the playoffs would give the first place favourites some necessary insurance. To add insult to injury Riat would score one more goal in the final ten minutes to pour it on the Harvest, finishing their final game of their 2013/14 campaign with a 4-1 loss.

For the Harvest defeat was likely inevitable, but after their impressive second half run in 2012/13 and their thrilling five game first round series with the Regina Pat Canadians there was hope that the underdogs could keep it interesting even if they struggled their way to a 15-21-5-3 record in head coach Dan Cross’ first season after success as an assistant with the team. In Midget AAA hockey roster turnover was the biggest challenge as high level players Dakota Odgers and Ethan Bear left to the WHL while leading scorers Nicolas Pouilot and Lynnden Pastachak

left for the SJHL giving the Harvest a serious challenge in replacing the production of four talented players. Averaging three goals per game it was clear that Cross had to deal with a slight drop off in talent in his first year replacing former head coach Jeff Odgers. In fact, not one Harvest player broke the 20 goal mark this season and only veteran forward Chase McKersie averaged over a point per game. Offensive struggles which came to play in the playoffs where they scored just three goals in the three game sweep. Still given the circumstances and the fact the Harvest made

the playoffs it is hard to define the 2013/14 Yorkton Harvest season as anything but a success. The team still made the playoffs comfortably with a five point cushion and a week left of the regular season to spare, pointing things in the right direction for the future. Things can change quickly in Midget AAA hockey, but back to back playoff appearances show a level of consistency that the Harvest will try to build on next season. Next year’s goal may just be getting out of the first round after two heartbreaking playoff exits in back to back seasons.

YORKTON HARVEST players celebrate a late game tying goal in Game 2 of their first round playoff series with the Notre Dame Argos. The Harvest lost in three games.

YRHS Raiders look to play the underdog role in 4A basketball By CHASE RUTTIG N-R Writer

After two years of hosting one of the four 4A Basketball Regional Playoff pools as one of the top four seeds in the 4A Boys Basketball Provincial Playoffs the Yorkton Regional High School Raiders will be embracing the underdog role this weekend when they travel to Prince Albert with the daunting task of having to run the table in enemy territory to make the provincial semifinals for a third straight year. The young Raiders will need to find an upset win over Prince Albert Carlton before likely needing to topple

defending provincial champs Prince Albert St. Mary’s in the Regional Final to advance through to Hoopla, Saskatchewan basketball’s Final Four. After a strong win over Balgonie before a blowout loss at the hands of the Weyburn Eagles during their conference tournament (Sacred Heart missed out on the Regional playoffs with a loss to eventual conference champs Weyburn) head coach Jason Payne feels that his young team has a feel for the playoffs. “It was nice to get the job done against Balgonie to keep our playoff lives going in a must win game and playing a

Weyburn team that is loaded with Grade 12 players and seeing the sense of urgency they had because they were potentially playing one of their last basketball games of their lives gave our rookie players a chance to see what playoff basketball is like and adjust their compete levels accordingly,” says Payne. Payne mentioned that the game against Balgonie was a game that galvanized his young Raiders team, coming back from a double digit lead before winning on a last second dagger by guard Ryan Krochak to keep their season moving forward. “We haven’t had the type of performance where we got beat down early

LOCAL COACH WINS UNIVERSITY COACHING AWARD- Yorkton’s Nolan Weinmaster won Coach of the Year at the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference awards banquet for his work as the head coach of the Briercrest women’s volleyball team. Submitted Photo.

and said enough is enough so I was very proud of our players because they showed real pride and fight which is what we need if we are going to advance to the next round.” Getting to the next round will be difficult for the Raiders, Prince Albert Carlton are one of the top schools in the province and have beat the YRHS on multiple occasions this year. Still Payne feels that after a close loss at the York City Classic the Raiders are definitely in play for an upset. Looking back at past underdog successes in the first round of Regionals before the Raiders recent Hoopla runs as signs of the potential to do the same this

year. “We have had past success as the underdog in the first round at Regionals and while the long drive to Prince Albert to play both Carlton and St. Mary’s to get to Hoopla may not have been my first choice we definitely have a chance if we play our best basketball,” mentions Payne. With an uphill battle and a young team the Raiders are looking at a monumental task, but stranger things have happened in the provincial basketball playoffs and the Raiders will be hoping that they can be this year’s Cinderella story and the villains of Prince Albert with some March magic.

YRHS CHEERLEADERS WIN COMPETITION GOLD- Yorkton Regional High School’s cheerleading program earned honours in the Campbell Icebreaker Cheerleading Competition in Regina recently. They finished in 1st place out of eight teams at the Regina meet which featured some of the top schools in the province.

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Terriers win regular season title, turn focus to playoffs Cont. from Page 15. Thomson didn’t have to do too much work to set the single season record as the Terriers defense kept the shot count to just 18 as Yorkton once again managed to flex their muscles on home ice in the regular season finale. Brett Boehm would score two goals in the win while four different goalscorers also contributed to the blowout in the regular season finale that showed just how good the Terriers have been on home ice during the Trent Cassan era. After being the best home team in the SJHL during their championship season the Terriers once again were stellar at the Farrell Agencies Arena. Over the course of the season the Terriers lost just six times at the FAA, making their fans happy nearly everytime they stepped onto the ice. Yorkton would then finish off the regular season on the road making a northern swing to Flin Flon before travelling to Humboldt to close out their successful regular season with back to back wins after regulation, getting a taste at overtime action before their layover prior to the playoffs. In Flin Flon the Terriers would give Kale Thomson his final start of the regular season and while he couldn’t quite tie the career regular season shutout record

of 11 with back to back clean sheets, Thomson was once again outstanding in goal in a 30 save performance. Daylan Gatzke would open the scoring in the first period with his tenth goal in an injury plagued regular season to give himself some momentum heading into the playoffs while Tyson Emprey got the regulation goal for the Bombers as the two teams went to overtime with a 1-1 scoreline after 60 minutes. In overtime it would be Boehm who would once again torture the team that traded him in his final Junior season before heading to the NCAA ranks with an overtime winner and his 31st goal of the 2013/14 season to keep the Terriers rolling heading into the final game of the year in Humboldt. In the 2013 Canalta Cup rematch the Terriers would need to climb out of a 2-0 hole after Cody Pongracz and Brandon Long scored first period goals for the Broncos but would have no problem returning the favour in the second period with goals from Tyler Giebel and Riley Hunt resetting the scoreboard heading into the third period in a tie game. It appeared that the Terriers found the game winning goal with just over five minutes left as Jordan Ross would score his eighth off the season off assists from Zack Zadorozniak and Derek Falloon to put the

Terriers up 3-2. The lead would be erased late as David Stumborg scored on the powerplay following a costly slashing penalty by Riley Hunt. With the game going

offs. For now the Terriers will be playing a long waiting game as their next action will not be until next weekend at the very latest as they

seed Flin Flon while #8 Nipawin takes on #9 Notre Dame in the other series. Yorkton will have no chance at playing the Bruins as the highest seed with a bye, mean-

FIRST PLACE. The Terriers earned themselves home ice advantage and a bye to the Quarterfinals in the SJHL Playoffs by clinching the Viterra Division title as well as the SJHL regular season title, topping the league with a six point cushion. File Photo. to a shootout the backup Medves became the hero, stopping both Broncos shooters while Hunt and Boehm found the back of the net to keep the Terriers win streak alive heading into the play-

await the lowest seed out of the new SJHL Wildcard series thanks to their bye for winning the Viterra Division. In the Wildcard Playoffs #7 Estevan will take on #10

ing their opponents could only be Flin Flon, Nipawin or Notre Dame in the SJHL Quarterfinals in the new format that has more of an emphasis on regular

YUFC teams travel to Winnipeg By CHASE RUTTIG N-R Writer

season points and has done away with the divisions. Regardless of how things shake up Yorkton will know they are the favourites as defending

They met up with Thunder Bay, Ontario’s Chill Academy White who hadn’t been scored on in the tournament until they met the Sonics. The Yorkton boys outshot and outpassed Thunder Bay, especially in the second half, but the goals didn’t come. Thunder Bay came out on top 4-2. Scoring for Yorkton in the final were Justin Adam and Amish Tripathy. Noah Schneider did an excellent job in goal. Looft was extremely proud of his players. He explained that as the tournament went on, they just kept getting better and more intense. In the final, he explained that “the boys’ passing was beautiful and their pressure on the net was something else.” Both Jakubiec and Looft were pleased with the results of the tournament as well as with the experience it offered to both teams. They both consider this as an excellent conclusion to the indoor season and as great preparation for the upcoming outdoor season. Both teams are preparing to play in the Regina league once again as well as attending tournaments in Regina and Winnipeg. Yorkton is also planning to field a U12 Boys’ team to play in the monthlong Regina World Cup Tournament which takes place from April 4 to 28. Teams choose a country to represent and will play 4 games plus semifinals and finals throughout the month at Regina’s indoor soccer Event Plex.

Two Yorkton Soccer teams travelled to the Winnipeg Golden Boy Indoor Soccer Tournament, recently representing Yorkton very well in the process. The U-10 Yorkton United Sonics and the U-12 Yorkton United Chelsea teams joined over 200 teams from Ontario and Manitoba for the nearly week long tournament. Yorkton United Chelsea U12 boys played in the Manitoba U12 category which pitted them against teams between one and two years older than Saskatchewan U12 players due to rule differences between the province. However Yorkton was definitely punching above its weight in the tournament and did extremely well. Yorkton’s first match was against Winnipeg’s WSEU DeRosa who, at the end of January, won Gold in the Regina Winterfest Tournament in the U14 Premier Division. The younger Yorkton Chelsea narrowly lost the match 1-0. The last match of the Winnipeg tournament saw Yorkton go up against Winnipeg’s Phoenix Blue. Again, United Chelsea were not able to capitalize on several chances and came up only one goal short in a 3-2 loss. Phoenix Blue went on to win U12 Silver in the Golden Boy Tournament. Yorkton Chelsea head coach, Mike Jakubiec, said his boys played amazingly well. “The bigger Winnipeg teams didn’t know what hit them. Our boys left everything Ken Krawetz, MLA they had on the field. They can be very proud Canora-Pelly Constituency of how they played.” The U10 Yorkton United Sonics competed in their appropriate age Constituency Office category to capture 219 Main St. Legislative Office Silver. Coach Benno P.O. Box 838 312 Legislative Building Canora, SK, S0A 0L0 Regina, SK, S4S 0B3 Looft led the boys to Telephone: (306) 563-4425 Telephone: (306) 787-6060 Monday’s final with 4-3, Toll Free: 1-800-213-4279 12-1 and 3-1 victories Facsimile: (306) 563-5752 Facsimile: (306) 787-6055 over Winnipeg teams.

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Sports uncomfortable attitude with gays needs to end now Homosexuality and sports has once again over the past few weeks. Before the NFL Scouting combine potential draft pick Michael Sam announced he was openly gay, planning on becoming the first openly gay NFL player. In the wake of that the Brooklyn Nets signed Jason Collins, who came out last year and couldn’t find a contract in free agency due partially to his limited playing abilities as well as the media distraction outweighing the value of Collins’ contributions as one of the better role playing big men that can’t find a full time job in a league full of role players who are in the league because they are simply tall. A bill the seven foot Collins surely fits. Michael Sam’s announcement was quickly followed by comments from NFL scouts/executives claiming that the NFL is a “man’s sport” still and that the 2013 SEC Defensive Player of the Year won’t be welcomed in NFL locker rooms because he would be a “distraction.” In a league where the New England Patriots made it to the AFC Championship after Aaron Hernandez was sent to prison in the wake of being involved in grisly murders the old boys club of NFL executives decided to use the same tactic that was used to keep blacks out of their game as much as possible over the years by resorting to bigoted narratives and stereotypes. Sam, who already was fairly scouted as a third round talent was picked apart harder than any of the potential 2014 Draft prospects and his draft stock went from the third round to potentially being tagged as an undraftable talent, something that likely would not have happened would he have kept his sexual orientation a secret. It was to be expected, homosexuality is still a divisive issue in North America. Gays are not allowed to get legally married in much of the cities North American pro sports teams reside in, and the schoolyard taunts of calling people “a homo” or other phrases that you can all guess, but are too vulgar to place in this newspaper column are littered throughout pro sports, and despite new rules and diligence against making insensitive comments on the field of play, still flare up of-

ten. So Collins and Sam’s moments of bravery were naturally going to get soiled by people bringing in their morality into what was supposed to be a crowning achievement of gay rights, turning it once again into a reminder that we as a society and as a sports culture are still years behind where we should be. The fact that it took so long for a player like Jason Collins to come out is damning evidence of this already. John Amaechi, a former NBA player decided that he needed to be retired before coming out a few years ago and many athletes stay closeted for their entire lives, in fear of being judged by the people who poorly displayed judgement in the aftermath of Collins announcement. For Michael Sam being the first openly gay player before he even got drafted was a burden that was shocking for him to accept because many knew what would happen to him in a society that still treats gay people as second class citizens while we spent the last month decrying Russia’s anti-gay laws because they were hosting the Sochi Olympics. In North America we don’t seem to be much better at treating others with different sexual orientations as equals. When Collins came out last year ESPN’s Chris Broussard (who has never shown good taste anyways) went on Outside the Lines condemning Jason Collins as a sinner and in what could be likened to when whites used to use the Bible to justify slavery and heinous acts on the black community. He slandered Jason Collins, using the same tactics of hiding behind a book written thousands of years ago before society even knew homosexuality even truly existed to shout down a man who exhibited much more bravery than Broussard did for his religion by displaying zero class and decorum in calling Collins a “sinner.” Ironic in itself, because Broussard has been sinning himself to make millions on ESPN for year’s now in his capacity as an NBA insider and former panelist on NBA Countdown. ESPN has a prominent journalist named LZ Granderson, who like Collins is also gay, making Broussard’s comments and his bringing up of his friend to justify his stance even more appalling. “An open defi-

Ruttig’s rants Column Chase Ruttig ance to God” said Broussard. Something that the journalist is to pious to ignore on top of Mt. Morals. But he did mention that religion teaches tolerance, but the Bible will not allow him to be fully tolerant. The irony. Yes, the Bible kind of sort of says homosexuality is a sin. But it also says a lot of really stupid things are sins. Because it was written thousands of years ago. Does Jason Collins being gay make you uncomfortable? Is Jason Collins imposing his gayness upon you? Is Jason Collins being gay meaning you can’t be married? Because that is what your heterosexuality imposes upon Jason Collins, your religion also is taking away his rights in the same way it took away the rights of his grandparents with the segregation era in the United States and his great-grandparents with slavery. This needs to end. Gay people exist, to the point where they are just people, and people like different things and should be free to enjoy those things, especially something as special and meaningful to the human condition as love. Jason Collins has probably loved another man before and had that relationship fall apart because you as a person could not accept his homosexuality, you have made Jason Collins hurt because of your intolerance. Because of your lack of understanding and empathy. How would you feel if everywhere you went with your wife/girlfriend the world judged you? People whispered nasty things into the ear of the person they were with so that you couldn’t hear or anyone else because it is wrong to be so prejudiced but you are going to say it in private anyways? If Chris Broussard went on ESPN and told everyone that slavery was still okay because it says so in two lines of a 1000 plus page book, he wouldn’t

have a job still. But because it was about gay people it is okay? That is what society is telling us. You couldn’t call someone the “n word” in a Grade 10 English class without being suspended or starting a fight, but if you called the gay kid in your school a “fag” people would probably laugh along with you. We have a double standard when it comes to sexuality as people, it is human nature. The majority of society is openly heterosexual and Christian, so everyone expects the rest of society to conform and anyone who is askew from that line is deemed as abnormal. This is wrong, but it is how it generally works, but we can’t keep doing this.

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G Gavin Konkel Specializing in Farm, Acreage and Ag 306.641.9123 Corey Werner Owner/Broker 306.621.9680

corerealestateinc@gmail.com www.coreywerner.com RM OF ORKNEY - FISHER

312 OLDROYD DRIVE, CANORA BEACH

$369,000 Bedrooms: 5 Bathrooms: 3 Size: 1118 sq. ft. Year Built: 1979 Taxes: $1852 (2013)

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Size: 1,144 sq. ft. Year Built: 1971 Taxes: $2074 (2013)

MLS® 475280 Text: CORE to 33344

69 PARKLANE DRIVE

$429,900 Size: 1,581 sq. ft. Bedrooms: 4 Year Built: 2009 Bathrooms: 4 Taxes: $2501 (2013) MLS® 485245 Text: CORE30 to 33344

261 MAPLE AVE.

Year Built: 1930 Taxes: $1093

MLS® 471417

224 PARK AVE. CHURCHBRIDGE

$108,000 Size: 1136 sq. ft. Bedrooms: 3 Year Built: 1966 Bathrooms: 1 Taxes: $1300 (2013) MLS® 477864 Text: CORE15 to 33344

139 THIRD AVE. E.

$10,800 Lots & Land MLS® 483148

$109,000

MLS® 488957

MLS® 488959

SALTCOATS LAKE FRONT LOTS FOR SALE

Bedrooms: 5 Year Built: 1983 Bathrooms: 3 Taxes: $1380(2013) Size: 1380 sq. ft. MLS® 484610

$50,000 Size: 616 sq. ft.

$89,000

East Shore Estates

12 PINDER ST.,, SPRINGSIDE

$279,900 Bedrooms: 4 Bathrooms: 2

Taxes: $414

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225 CIRCLEBROOKE DRIVE

MLS® 488999

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$289,000 Bedrooms: 2 Bathrooms: 2 Size: 1079 sq. ft. Year Built: 2003 Taxes: $2151 (2013)

50 TUPPER AVENUE

$189,900 Size: 1,296 sq. ft. Bedrooms: 4 Year Built: 1912 Bathrooms: 2 Taxes: $1430 (2013) MLS® 487064 Text: CORE30 to 33344

120 DRUMMOND AVE.

$179,000 Size: 1056 sq. ft. Bedrooms: 4 Year Built: 1959 Bathrooms: 1 Taxes: $897 MLS® 476867 Text: CORE20 to 33344

33 MYRTLE AVE.

$189,900 Size: 1202 sq. ft. Bedrooms: 3 Year Built: 1932 Bathrooms: 2 Taxes: $1377 MLS® 457540 Text: CORE28 to 33344

240 6TH STREET, BREDENBURY

$374,900 Bedrooms: 4 Bathrooms: 3

Size: 1350 sq. ft. Year Built: 2009 Taxes: $1940

MLS® 485543 Text: CORE14 to 33344

RM OF WALLACE 243-LUTZ

$175,000 Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 1

Size: 988 sq. ft. Year Built: 1952 Taxes: 0.00 (2013)

MLS® 484466 Text: CORE4 to 33344

$284,900 Bedrooms: 4 Bathrooms: 3 Size: 1250 sq. ft. Year Built: 1961 Taxes: $1272 (2013)

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MLS® 487951

#1 - 52 FENSON CRES., SUITE 1

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212 TAYLOR AVENUE, SPRINGSIDE

$150,000 Bedrooms: 2 Bathrooms: 1 Size: 672 sq. ft. Year Built: 1985 Taxes: $1117 (2013)

204-289 FIETZ STREET

$134,900 Bedrooms: 2 Bathrooms: 1

Size: 770 sq. ft. Year Built: 1980 Taxes: $1191 (2013) MLS® 487012

187 SECOND AVENUE S.

$251,000 Bedrooms: 4 Bathrooms: 3

Size:1,645 sq. ft. Year Built: 1953 Taxes: $1887 (2013)

MLS® 484953

193 SIXTH AVE. N.

27 ERICHSEN PL.-SUITE 303

$339,900 Year Built: 1988 Bedrooms: 2 Condo Fees: $269 Bathrooms: 2 Taxes: $2042.11 (2009) Size: 1214 sq. ft. MLS® 484869

522 RIVERVIEW ROAD

Size: 1216 sq. ft. Year Built: 1968 Taxes: $2267 (2013)

87 HAULTAIN AVENUE

$198,500 Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 1

MLS® 485469

32 ELMWOOD PLACE

$359,000 Size: 2,000 sq. ft. Bedrooms: 4 Year Built: 1980 Bathrooms: 3 Taxes: $2744 (2013) MLS® 487069

30 WILLIS AVENUE

$139,900 Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 2

Year Built: 1964 Taxes: $984 (2013)

19 ADAM ST. SPRINGSIDE

Size: 1,060 sq. ft. Year Built: 1981 Taxes: $1540 (2013)

MLS® 478275 Text: CORE31 to 33344 to 33344

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621-2140

Size: 1,632 sq. ft. Year Built: 1976 Taxes: $1085 (2013)

12 REESE STREET, THEODORE

$49,900 Bedrooms: 2 Bathrooms: 1

MLS® 480572

$259,000 Bedrooms: 4 Bathrooms: 2

Size: 1,500 sq. ft. Year Built: 1921 Taxes: $1522 (2013)

MLS® 486673

105 ARMSTRONG ST., THEODORE

$36,000 Size: 720 sq. ft.

RM OF WALLACE 243-KONKEL

MLS® 484532 Text: CORE12 to 33344

$232,000 Size: 988 sq. ft. Bedrooms: 3 Year Built: 1967 Bathrooms: 3 Taxes: $1869 MLS® 477517 Text: CORE11 to 33344

MLS® 483376

$155,000 Size: 1334 sq. ft. Bedrooms: 6 Year Built: 1967 Bathrooms: 2 Taxes: $1424 MLS® 477123 Text: CORE27 to 33344

Size: 1,131 sq. ft. Year Built: 1950 Taxes: $0.00 (2013)

34 CANWOOD CRES.

Text: CORE6 to 33344

311 THIRD ST. BREDENBURY

$289,000 Bedrooms: 2 Bathrooms: 1

2 - 23 Anderson Trail

Waterfront Development at Anderson Lake across from the town of Saltcoats, just 20 minutes to Yorkton and 30 minutes to The Potash capital of the world. It makes sense to live year round at the lake. Enjoy morning sunrises and better yet the evening sunset across the sparkling water. These are all oversized lots with no building time lines, serviced with power, gas, phone and culverts from main road to lot. Owners are responsible for drilling well and installing septic tanks. There are a number of walkout style lots or build a big rancher style home. Reserve space between lot and lake which will provide space for walking trails along the water creating a lake front community that all owners will truly enjoy. $ MLS® 488309 39,900 Each

$289,900 Bedrooms: 5 Bathrooms: 2

$115,000 Size: 981.88 sq. ft. Bedrooms: 3 Year Built: 1912 Bathrooms: 1 Taxes: $1115 MLS® 469424 Text: CORE1 to 33344

Text: CORE22 to 33344

Size: 776 sq. ft. Year Built: 1953 Taxes: $823 (2013) MLS® 486859

22 ERICHSEN PLACE

$349,900 Bedrooms: 2 Bathrooms: 3

Size: 1,736 sq. ft. Year Built: 1988 Taxes: $2891 (2013)

MLS® 463244 Text: CORE33 to 33344