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Seasonal festivities begin By Alan HustakGrasslands News

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Yuletide decorations went up on Broadway last

week, and on Saturday volunteers with the Fort Qu’Appelle fire department put up more than 40 strings of lights on the old train station. It is the first year the CN heritage building, which serves as the tourist information booth, will be illuminated. Bill Bill, a member of the Lions Club, and town council-lor Doug Blatter initiated the idea. All of the lights installed on the building, including three 300 glowing icicles under the eaves, were donated.

There was an endless supply of good cheer at a hol-iday reception at the Hansen-Ross House on Friday. The evening kicked off the shopping season with a selection of unique one-of-a-kind gifts made by local artists and artisans. Check out Gaye Smith’s funky handcrafted Christmas trees and high fibre candies or garlands made from recycled wool, Kathleen Bow-en’s ornaments wrapped in delicate coverings that were made on an antique knitting machine, or Kathy Schaffer’s decorative mosaics. The craft shop is open 10-3 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday until Dec. 21, or by appointment by calling 306-332-7494.

Santa Claus arrives in town on Saturday, Nov. 23 at the Colors of Christmas craft show at the Legion from 10-4. A hot lunch will be served all day. Then on Nov, 30 at least 26 vendors will be at the Legion for The Christmas Dash Sale from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. You’ll be able to buy baked goods from Lorraine’s Kitchen and Big Treats of Regina, or pick up knitted and cro-cheted items. There’ll be art classes for youngsters, and among the items for sale are ribbon skirts and moccasins and Roy Stachiw’s wood carvings. The door prizes include an original painting by Kathyrn Wallack.

The Calling Lakes Choir is in rehearsal for their 19th annual concert at Sacred Heart Church in Lebret on Friday, Dec. 6, at 7 p.m. and at our Lady Of Sor-rows Church in Fort Qu’Appelle on Sunday, Dec, 8 at 3 p. m.

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Sparkling lights ALAN HUSTAK | FORT TIMES

Winter Festival gets the green lightBy Alan HustakGrasslands News

There will be a winter festival in Fort Qu’Appelle in 2020.

The festival, which was can-celled last year, will be held Feb. 28 to March 1.

The planning committee met in high spirits on Tuesday to an-nounce the dates and set up an order of operation, determine what venues are available and establish a schedule of activities.

One volunteer who has been canvassing businesses said she received a “very enthusiastic re-sponse, everyone I talked to is pumped up to do something. We now have to give them a goal to

work towards.” A festival button, which will sell

for $5 is being designed, and down-town businesses will be asked for their support. “Historically, busi-nesses have not contributed to the festival,” noted Committee Chair Rebecca Hill who welcomed “new blood to lead the charge.”

The committee hopes to make the event more inclusive, involve the Chamber of Commerce in its plans and invite resort villages in the Calling Lakes Community to participate. A number of smaller, overlapping activities are being considered over the three day pe-riod, including a cabaret.

The organizing committee also wants to reach out and encour-age individuals to host their own

events under the festival umbrella.There is talk of replacing the ice

castle and it has not yet been de-termined where the festival’s focal point will be. A number of ideas were tossed around including trade shows, ice and snow sculp-tures, the polar bear dip, curling, skiing, hockey games, and a beer garden.

The committee’s first priority is to establish a schedule of activities and determine what volunteers are needed. “We need to put in a re-quest to the Town of Fort Qu’Ap-pelle to see if they will waive the fees they charge for the Rexentre and the Fort. It’s not a given,” said Hill.

The town will also be asked to share the cost of the fireworks.

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62 Senior and 26 Family housing units.

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Don McMorris, MLAIndian Head – MilestoneBox 720 Balgonie, SK S0G [email protected]

Directed by Fred BarkerAccompanied by Leanne Wicks & Friends

Calling Lakes Choir presents its Annual Advent/Christmas Concert

Celebrate With Singing

Friday, Dec. 6 – 7 p.m.Sacred Heart Church, Lebret

Doors open at 6:15 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 8 – 3 p.m.Our Lady of Sorrows Church, Fort Qu’Appelle

Doors open at 2:15 p.m.Tickets:

$12/ per person in advance & $15 at the doorChildren 6 and under free

Available at Pharmasave Stores in Fort Qu’Appelle, Indian Head and Balcarres

or from choir members

Contact Darlene: 306-332-6136 for more information

Christmas Dash Craft Fair

Royal Canadian Legion,

ChristmasFarmers’Market

Anglican Church Hall

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Concerns raised over unfinished pavingBy Alan HustakGrasslands News

Frustration at the lack of progress on the paving at 8th Street and Bay Ave. was discussed at the last meeting of town council on Nov. 14. CF Asphalt was contracted to do the work for $60,000 before the end of the year. Because of early snow and unseasonable weather conditions the contractor has not been able to do the job. Councillor Larry Schultz wanted to know if the town could get “some sort of guarantee” when the work will be done, but councillor Lee Finishin pointed out that there is no end date on the contract. Mayor Jerry Whiting says the town wants to avoid calling new tenders for the job, and is hoping the contractor will be able to complete the work at the same price in the spring.

Discretionary Use ApprovedCouncil has unanimously approved a request to

allow a house on Hudson Ave to be converted into two apartments, in spite of some objections from neigh-bours on the street. The property is zoned R-1, which means it doesn’t need to be re-zoned for discretion-ary use. Under the regulations the owner can build a separate suite within the house at 402 Hudson Ave. provided it has its own separate entrance, isn’t bigger than 646 square feet, and provides two additional off-

street parking spaces for the tenant. Some neighbours voiced concerns that if the town allowed the house to be split into two units, an absentee landlord might rent the apartments to unsuitable tenants and neglect the property. Their petition was dismissed. The beauti-fully landscaped property is being sold to Dickie Moth-erwell who intends to live in one of the units and rent the other one to a professional, long-term tenant.

Parking ConcernsIn other business, council heard a complaint from

shoppers about employees at the Yorkton Tribal Council tying up the parking spaces on Broad-way. In a letter to council, Randy and Pat How said“people using walkers and canes find it difficult to shop” on the south side of the street and cannot carry items because the business on the corner across from Valley Drugs uses all the parking spaces.

“We, as shoppers, feel that no one business should

tie up so many parking spaces,” they wrote. Theywould like to see the town open a parking lot on the vacant south east corner of Broadway Street and Boundary Ave. to alleviate the problem.

Extra meetingIn anticipation of the move into the new admin-

istration building, the town’s Chief Administrative Officer, Kimberly Downing recommends closing the office for two days “to sort through records to iden-tify what can be disposed of and not taken to the new office.” It would require council’s approval to destroyany records. Council has added an extra meeting thismonth on Nov. 30 to consider “budget issues that comeup at this time of the year,” but in order to cull therecords she would like to see the office closed for twodays before the Dec. 12 meeting, which will be the lastmeeting this year.

Teacher bargaining reaches impasseThe Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation has de-

clared an impasse in provincial collective bargaining. No progress has been made on the two issues of most importance to teachers: class size and composition, and salary. The third issue, that being contracts of em-ployment for substitute teachers, was also identified by the Government-Trustee Bargaining Committee as being non-negotiable.

The Teachers’ Bargaining Committee has requested that the Educational Relations Board establish a Con-ciliation Board to provide assistance in reaching a provincial collective bargaining agreement.

“Teachers have told us addressing the significant and complex challenges in classrooms is as important as salary,” said Patrick Maze, President, Saskatch-ewan Teachers’ Federation. “Not only is the recent class size and composition committee announced by the Minister a deliberate attempt to undermine the collective bargaining process, the committee as pro-posed falls short in terms of structure, authority and accountability.”

The Federation maintains that the issue of supports

for classrooms must be addressed through provincial collective bargaining, as it is the only means to ensure public accountability.

In order for teacher’s to regain some of the pur-chasing power lost as a result of the recent arbitration settlement, the Federation proposed salary increases of two percent in year 1, three percent in year 2 and three percent in year 3.

The GTBC has proposed zero percent in year 1, followed by a two percent increase in years 2 and 3. In addition, the GTBC has requested a one year con-tribution holiday from their commitment to fund the teacher health plan. They have suggested this pre-mium holiday, equivalent to approximately $20M, could be reallocated to enhance the overall value of the contract.

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By Sgt. Drew WagnerRCMP Report

Reporting period:Nov. 12 to Nov. 18

TrafficSix collisions occurred

this past week, all involv-ing deer. Several vehicles were not driveable as a result.

A burgundy Ford F150 was involved in a hit and run-type occurrence on the Standing Buffalo First Nation. The vehicle drove through a yard and hit a water tank. No plate or description of the driver were obtained.

A 59 year old female was arrested and charged for impaired driving after an officer spotted her leaving a licensed estab-lishment. The officer ob-served the vehicle swerve side to side in its lane of travel, fail to signal lane change and drive slower than the speed limit. Upon being pulled over, the driver said she and her passengers were on their way to Abernethy despite heading north on Highway #35 towards Lip-ton. The driver provided breath samples over the legal limit. A passenger lied about his name and was also arrested for ob-struction. He had just been in court two days earlier and received a community sentence order with conditions not to drink alcohol, or go where alcohol is sold. He now faces a charge of obstruction and a breach of CSO.

Traffic tickets issued for: Operate unregistered vehicle, disobey stop sign,

speeding, and pass school bus with its safety lights in operation.

MischiefA 21 year old female

was arrested for being drunk in a public place, namely in our front lobby. She attended to the de-tachment in the evening in a heavily intoxicated stated obviously looking for a warm place to stay. The officers obliged.

A 34 year old male was arrested for being intox-icated in a public place. The arrest came after a complaint that he was trying to get into houses. This was the third alco-hol related incident in the last week so the arresting officer issued a ticket under the Alcohol Gam-ing and Regulations Act.

A complaint of a male staggering down Broad-way Street and falling down resulted in a trip to the hospital. The of-ficer who responded de-termined alcohol was not the cause, but in fact diabetic emergency. The officer drove the youth to the hospital for medical treatment and contacted the youth’s mother to let her know what had hap-pened.

Crimes Against thePerson/Property

One assault investiga-tion is underway in which a youth was allegedly as-saulted by an adult. The youth has some bruising. Statements are being taken to find out the cir-cumstances.

A break and enter into the library in Dysart oc-curred where some cash

was stolen. No suspects have yet to be identified.

A fraud investigation is underway after the complainant filed a re-port that he lost his debit card at an acquaintance’s house and then discov-ered ATM withdrawls. A suspect has been identi-fied.

Another fraud is being looked at in which two cheques were cashed twice and it appears one of the cheques was tam-pered with. A suspect has also been identified.

A break and enter into a storage shed occurred in the RM of Lipton. The crime occurred within the last three months. Several items were sto-len, including screws, power cords, power saw and coolers. The victim has security cameras and will review to see if a sus-pect(s) is seen.

A theft of vehicle was reported in the early morning hours. The com-plainant’s son took the vehicle and when the

officer called to acquire more information, the complainant got frus-trated and hung up on the officer. The officer had to perform several queries to ascertain the descrip-tion of the vehicle. When the officer called back, he was informed the son had brought the vehicle home.

Court Conditions/WarrantsA 24 year old male

was arrested after a tip was received that he was at a residence in Fort Qu’Appelle. The male has outstanding charges of assault, dangerous oper-ation of a motor vehicle, failure to stop after an ac-cident, and driving while prohibited. The male also is facing charges out of Regina for driving while prohibited, possessing stolen property (a van) and breaching release conditions. The male is currently remanded into custody to ensure his ap-pearances in court.

A 43 year old female was arrested after being located during a traffic

stop. She had a warrant out of Saskatoon Police for a traffic offence. She was released on scene to appear in court in Saska-toon.

A 22 year old male is under investigation into allegedly breaching his release conditions by communicating with a person via online mes-sages.

A 38 year old male is now wanted after he failed to report to his community corrections.

A 32 year old male is now wanted after he failed to report to his bail supervisor.

A 28 year old male is also wanted after he failed to report to his bail supervisor.

Joint Forces OperationOn November 15, 2019

Fort Qu’Appelle detach-ment, Fort Qu’Appelle and Broadview Com-bined Traffic Services and Fort Qu’Appelle and Regina Conservation Of-ficers conducted a check stop on Highway #10 at Edgeley with the focus

on hunting, fishing andtrapping offences. An es-timated 200 vehicles were checked, 38 hunters were spoken to and numerouswarnings were issued for hunting without a license,and transporting game birds without a feathered wing. Some traffic tick-ets were also issued fordriving without a license, operating an unregistered vehicle and driving while suspended. As the hunt-ing and ice fishing seasoncontinues, there will be similar types of joint op-erations to be held.

Upcoming EventsNovember 27 at the

Balcarres Rink there will be a high calibre hockeygame between the Fort Qu’Appelle RCMP andFor Qu’Appelle and Bal-carres Fire Department. Coffee and cookies will be provided and provides an opportunity for those wanting to know a lit-tle more about the Fort Qu’Appelle detachment or to discuss any con-cerns.

November 28 at the Bert Fox High School, officers will be on hand to meet any parents and have a chat. Again, coffee and cookies will be pro-vided. Hope to see you there

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1. Under the provision of The Tax Enforcement Act the Village of Abernethy offers for sale the following property:

2. A tender must be submitted in a sealed envelope marked “Property Tender” stating the intentions for the property and ad-

S0A 0A0. 3. Tenders must be postmarked by 12:00 p.m. on: Wednesday December 18, 2019.

of the tender must accompany the tender. Tenders submitted with-

5. Highest, or any tender, not necessarily accepted. 6. Successful bidder will have 30 days to provide the balance of cash to complete the purchase. The deposit will be forfeited if the

7. All legal costs, title transfer fees and applicable taxes are the responsibility of the purchaser and are in addition to the bid price. Dated the 22nd day of November, 2019.

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Quick resolve to rail strike good for unity

Social media is said to bring the world together and connect people. And by many rights it does just that. People can talk to friends or family anywhere in the world at any time, even video chatting with them as if they were in the same room. But for all the bene-fi ts that social media brings us, it is at the same time doing everything opposite of what it is called – people, especially kids, are becoming antisocial.

No one has to look very far outside even their own home to see how social media has made us and our kids antisocial. People no longer talk and kids playtime often includes an iPhone or iPad. The de-velopment of our social skills and communication skills have been replaced by texting and a few short messages. Long gone are days when people actually had to be social face to face and become part of their community. In fact, kids now a days are losing that important connection to their communities that their parents and grandparents once had. And it’s damaging to everyone.

A recent article by Vicki Whiting which appeared in November 2019 edition of First Time Parents Mag-azine, addresses this very issue and spoke of a way to get kids to reconnect to the community. Titled Connecting your child to the community: subscribe to a newspaper, the article goes on to show the impor-tance of your community newspaper to kids.

Vicki wrote that children benefi t in many ways from a sense of community; a sense of belonging and connection to their communities. Strong social con-nections lead to all kinds of opportunities, including friendships and a sense of belonging. And commu-nities benefi t as well – people with a strong sense of community are more civically engaged and work to improve the community’s quality of life.

There are a variety of ways to involve your child in the community – but there is one method that you can do in your own home – read your local newspaper. Read it in print so your child can see you reading.

When you read a newspaper in front of your child, you have the opportunity to show its value to your child. Explain how a newspaper reports on the com-munity. For older children, explain the role of news-papers as community watchdogs and why they are typically more reliable than social media posts.

Invite your child to sit in your lap and point out familiar places and words. Tell them the name of your community and fi nd that name in different places throughout the newspaper.

Look at the photos and discuss the kinds of build-ings and clothing people wear. What does that say about your community? Identify places you have been together and talk about what you like about your com-munity.

Vicki said she recently read an article by a high school journalism teacher in California who apolo-gized to his students for his one-time belief that print newspapers were going to disappear.

For years he promoted that his students access news through their digital devices. Recently, he no-ticed that something was missing, his students did not feel connected to their local community.

But they were feeling connected to their high school. He looked around campus and saw what their own school newspaper was providing students – in print.

“When 1,300 students walked through our Senior Square, each holding a copy of the latest edition of the Casa Chronicle, they were connected. Whether they approved of the student profi led in Campus Life or not. Whether they attended the basketball game featured in Sports or not. Whether they kept the paper in their Jansport to show mom, or tossed it on the fl oor of the EF cafeteria with an eye roll – they were connected,” wrote Dan Austin, Journalism Teacher at Casa Robles High School.

Newspapers play an important role in your com-munity. They are what helps keep a community con-nected while recording our very history. Not even social media can achieve that.

- Chris Ashfi eld

Connecting your child to the community

By Murray MandrykPolitical Columnist

We need to re-focus our at-tention on practical solutions to existing problems if this country is going to work.

Also helpful would be to not create new, impractical prob-lems for the purposes of scor-ing political points.

That would seem to be the problem with Alberta Premier Jason Kenney’s notion of ex-ploring a province-wide police force to replace the RCMP – a very expensive answer for a province that purports to be struggling with budgetary and fi nancial constraints of their own.

The country cannot and will not work if we are creating problems faster than we solve the many, many ones that nat-urally exist.

So perhaps the focus of the federal Liberal government needs to be the 3,200 Canadian National Railway Co. workers that went on strike at midnight Tuesday – a direct threat to oil, potash and grain shipments in this province and across the country.

Of course, one gets the right of conductors and yard opera-tors to walk off their jobs at CN as part of the free and collec-tive bargaining process. Given

that a key point of this dispute is the working conditions that are directly related to public safety that’s party of moving any commodity on rail, one might even have a little sympa-thy for at least the concerns of railworkers that are striking.

That said, one can not over-state how important it for a company that carries $250-bil-lion worth of goods annually to be working effi ciently.

It is especially critical right now because the lack of pipe-line capacity means we are see-ing a bottleneck of petroleum and chemical products that account for 20 per cent of all CN annual revenue via moving 180,000 barrels a day. (By com-parison, grain and fertilizer account for 16 per cent of CN’s business.)

It is expected that CN Rail will supply 5,650 hopper cars per week throughout Novem-ber and one can understate how important that is.

Last week was unseasonably warm through much of West-ern Canada, which means now is the time to move grain, oil seeds and pulses before it gets colder. In December when ship-ping slows down, the weekly grain car allotment is expected to fall to 4,150 cars a week – a level it is expected to stay at until March.

A prolonged rail strike will

only feed into the existing problems.

So one can understand why Premier Scott Moe and his Sas-katchewan Party government feel the strike needs to be ad-dressed immediately – possibly, through a recall of Parliament to before Dec. 5 to deal with back-to-work legislation.

In fact, it might be better if the Sask. Party government and Agriculture Minister David Marit take other pre-emptive action like seeking more hop-per cars in December and Jan-uary to deal with a backlog in moving what still is a very large crop this year.

Perhaps everyone is still holding out the hope that this railways strike will be resolved in days and weeks instead of weeks and months.

Regardless, all this would seem to be a perfect example where Prime Minister Justin Trudeau could demonstrate good faith in the federation by recognizing the seriousness of this problem and putting re-sources to a quick resolution.

One can understand the frustration when so much doesn’t work.

Unhelpful is anger over problems that are then re-peated on social media. We

need to instead focus on solu-tions.

Almost as unhelpful are acts that seem more about political statements than solutions to real problems, like Alberta’s exploration of its own prov-incewide police force to replace the RCMP. It would be more costly and hurt Saskatchewanwhere mounties are trained.

We should be thinking aboutwhether the alternatives areworse.

And we should be focussing on solving problems in this na-tion that do exist. That’s how this country works.


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TAX ENFORCEMENT LISTRURAL MUNICIPALITY OF ABERNETHY NO. 186

PROVINCE OF SASKATCHEWAN

Notice is hereby given under The Tax Enforcement Act that unless the arrears and costs appearing opposite the land and title number described in the following list are fully paid before the 25th day of January, 2020, an interest based on a tax lien will be registered against the land.

Note: A sum for costs in an amount required by subsection 4(3) ofThe Tax Enforcement Act is included in the amount shown against each parcel.

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Dated at Abernethy this 15th day of November, 2019Karissa LingelbachAdministrator

Long-term goals recommended by Fort campground manager

By Alan HustakGrasslands News

Work continues on the second phase of renovations at The All Nations’ Heal-ing Hospital in Fort Qu’Appelle. The emergency department, including the patient access room, ER waiting room and x-ray/lab are being renovated. Work has already been completed on remodeling the nursing station.

During the $1.2-million construction

project the hospital is making every ef-fort to ensure clients receive as timely and appropriate care as possible and will work with the care teams to en-sure that patients are able to move ef-fectively through the facility.

The work on phase two is expected to be completed by the end of November. Phase three, which involves remodel-ing the Community Health Services and Administrative Offices, is sched-uled to begin in the new year.

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All Nations’ Healing Hospital

$1.2 million renovations progressing as planned

By Alan HustakGrasslands News

Costly repairs to fro-zen water mains at the end of May which de-layed the opening of the splash park for three weeks and complaints about a few unruly camp-ers, marred an otherwise successful season at the Fort Qu’Appelle camp-ground this year.

$129,000 in campers fees, used to support the operations of the camp-ground, were collected, about 5 per cent less than what the town had pro-jected in its budget.

In his report to coun-cil, the park’s operations manager, Joel Friesen, said he faced “numerous issues” when the park opened on the Victoria Day weekend, includ-ing arguments between seasonal campers who were not happy with their sites, minors drink-ing and fighting on the

beach, and sites being double booked. In addi-tion, the park was left short handed when one employee was let go, and not replaced, leaving only four people to han-dle the campground on busy weekends.

Most of the staff at the campground were under the age of 22, and campers were often de-manding and rude to the staff. Friesen said he had to respond to “numerous calls” about patrons who had been discourteous to the park’s young employ-ees.

The challenge for 2020 Friesen says is to develop long term goals for the campground and make

the beach more “beach like and enjoyable,” Among his recommen-dations: Put the camp-ground on the town’s sewer system in order to decrease the mainte-nance required for the spray park, develop new camp sites west of the “Fort” complex, and use the Fort to enhance the camping experience. He would also like to see the campground fenced and gated to improve secu-rity. Councillor Rebecca Hill said the town is al-ready spending so much money on the park that “We need to prioritize, and can’t do too much until we have a strategic plan.”

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Seasonal festivities begincontinued from front

The concert by the 50-voice choir under the direction of Fred Barker has become something of a holiday tradition in the valley. It will perform seasonal fa-vourites, including the Hallelujah! cho-rus from The Messiah. “The repetoire hasn’t changed much over the years, but a number of our choristers are new, and are singing with us for the first time,” says Barker. Tickets cost $12 and are available at the Pharmasaves in Fort Qu’Appelle, Balcarres and Indian Head.

On Dec 7, Regina entertainer Nathan

Davis will perform a “Jingle Bell Rock” concert at the Legion. Davis, who went to school in Fort Qu’Appelle, will be singing some of his original material, songs he has just recorded, as well as a few holiday classics. And don’t forget to mark Sunday, Dec. 15 in your calendar. That’s when you can take in the Festi-val of Trees at the Rexentre. The event, which features dozens of trees decorated by local merchants and organizations, is a highlight of the annual Reindeer Festival.

Concerts set for Calling Lakes ChoirThe time has come when Advent

music heralds the arrival of the joyful season of Christmas, welcomed by so many, as the Calling Lakes Choir pres-ents its traditional and uplifting con-certs in Lebret and Fort Qu’Appelle.

The Calling Lakes Choir, under the inspired direction of Fred Barker and accompanied by pianist Leanne Wicks, will celebrate the season in two local

concerts with string and flute accompa-niment. Guest artist, Nozomo Sinclair, piano, will also perform two pieces.

The concert in Lebret is Dec. 6 while the concert in Fort

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Tickets, which are $12 each, are avail-able from Pharmasave stores and from choir members.

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1. Under the provision of The Tax Enforcement Act the Town of Balcarres offers for sale the following property:

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By Chris AshfieldGrasslands News

The Fort Knox are leading the Prairie Junior Hockey League (PJHL) standing after 17 games in the regular season, positioning themselves four points ahead of the next team with 14 wins and just three losses.

The Fort Knox played two games over the past week with mixed re-sults when the team doubled up on the Silver Foxes 2-1 on Nov. 14 but came up short in a 6-4 loss to the Saskatoon Royals on Nov. 16. Both games were on the road.

The first period of the Nov. 14 match in Regina against the Sil-ver Fox went scoreless with Bert Fox getting their only points of the night with Tyson Stadnyk and Gavin Doud scoring back-to-back goals, just seven minutes apart in the latter half of the second period. The lone Silver Fox goal came half-way through the third period with a goal by Erik DeRosier.

Penalty minutes were light with only 10 minor infractions handed out between the two teams.

Two nights later in Saskatoon, the Fort Knox team suffered a sec-ond period onslaught by the Royals that lead them to a 6-4 loss against the home team.

The game started off on even ice with both teams scoring a single during the first 20-minutes of play. But the Royals opened up hard on the Knox in the middle frame, fir-ing in four unanswered goals, only one of which was on the power play. Down, but not giving up, Fort Knox came out and responded in the third and managed to close

the gap to just one point by scoringthree unanswered goals, making use of the power play for two of those. But with just 27 seconds left, the Royals sealed the game with a shorthanded goal to end the game at 6-4.

Scoring for Fort Knox was Shel-don Woodhouse, Conlan Nielson, Kody Macknak and Tyson Stad-nyk. The Royals’ point makers forthe night were Damon Vanderlinde with a pair, Dylan Francis, NolanHaugen, Riley Perkins and Ian Hil-lis with the game-ending goal.

There were 10 minor penaltieshanded out during the game as wellas each team received a 10-minutemisconduct.

The Knox hosted the Rebels onNov. 20 but details from that game weren’t available before press time. The team’s next games will be Nov.22 when they host the Storm and Nov. 30 when the Quakers visitFort Qu’Appelle. Both games willbe at the Rexentre and begin at 7:30p.m.

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Obituary Russell McConnell, beloved husband of Isabel, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019 at Royal University Hospital in Saskatoon at the age of 87, with family by his side. A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date. Cremation arrangements in care of Mourning Glory Funeral Services 306-978-5200. Condolences may be made at www.mourningglory.ca

Russell Merlin McConnellNov. 12, 2019

Obituary Daryl Jern Lennox was born on June 24, 1950 and passed away peacefully on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019 after a short bat-tle with cancer. Daryl was predeceased by his sons, Chad and Shane; nephew, Derek “Spuds” Len-nox; and niece, Alexis Lennox; father, John Lennox; and moth-er and father-in-law, Clem and Alma Wagner. Daryl is survived by his lov-ing wife of 43 years, Wendy of Fort Qu’Appelle; daughter, Kolynda and son-in-law, James Musk; mother, Lou Lennox; brothers, Dee, Dwayne (Sue) and Jay “Cook” Lennox; sister, Joanne Ward; brother-in-law, Ralph Ward; nieces, Jill, Sadie, Rylyn, Rebecca, Chelsea “Choch” and Kyley; brother-in-law, Warren Wagner; nephew, Micheal; “second daughters”, Brittany “Britts” Bjorndalen, Morgan “50 Cent” Halladay, Amanda Kennedy, Cyndi Connelly, and their families; as well as numerous great nieces, nephews, cousins, family and friends. Daryl was well known for his quick-witted sense of humour and could make anyone laugh with his famous jokes. His jokes will especially be missed each year at his annual birth-day bash. He was an avid dart player, winning numerous tourna-ments all throughout the country. He loved collecting coins, Archie comics and Bernie Brown pictures. Daryl was set in his ways, but had a giant heart and would give the shirt of his back to anyone he loved. To those who it concerns your rent is now paid in full. May he rest peacefully. He will be missed by all who knew him. Special thanks to home care nurses, Cathy and Lorrie; as well as all the nursing staff at All Nations’ Healing Hospital, in Fort Qu’Appelle. A graveside service was held at Regina Funeral Home and Cemetery, 4001 East Victoria Avenue, Regina, SK on Monday, Nov. 18, 2018 at 3 p.m. Family and friends are invited to sign the online obituary and tributes page at www.reginafuneralhome.ca Arrangements entrusted to Regina Funeral Home and Cemetery 306-789-8850.

Daryl Jern LennoxJune 24, 1950 - Nov. 12, 2019

Obituary Gord passed away peace-fully with his family by his side on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019. He was never alone. His family was by his side all day, every day for his last two weeks, and Mom visited him in Providence Place faithfully every day. He was predeceased by his parents, Bessie and Jack; par-ents-in-law, Martha and Gerald Johnson; and brother, Howie. Gord is survived by his wife of 54 years, Maureen; brother, Ter-ry (Lynne); children: daughter, Denise (Mike); sons, Rod, and Derick (Leita); grandchildren, Braden (Sabina), Taylor (Alex), Keyana, Kelsey, Rayleigh, Jaidin, Ava, Danilo and Vivviana; sisters-in-law, Trudy Paice, Peggy Johnson and Susan (Doug) Gillies; and many nieces and nephews.

of Education and his Bachelor of Arts in 1969, and his Post Graduate Diploma in Educational Administration in 1974, all from the University of Regina. He began teaching at William

ment shortly afterwards. Gord was principal at almost every elementary school in Moose Jaw over the course of his ca-reer. He left teaching in 1980 to partner with his brother Terry to carry on the family business, Paice Construction. In 1988, Gord returned to education and retired as principal of Palliser Heights school in 2005. Gord loved children. He always said that his favorite stu-dents were the ‘problematic’ ones (probably because he was ‘one of them’), and his favorite schools were the ones that the

with kids and teachers alike, and was an enormous supporter of kids with disabilities and diversity of culture. Gord was deeply honored by the naming ceremony be-stowed on him by the indigenous community during his prin-cipalship at Prince Arthur School. His given name was Nisto

life – three children in his family of origin, his own three chil-dren, and his three roles – husband, father and educator. At his retirement, many of the teachers spoke of his tough rep-utation and his huge, soft heart. Despite the rumors that ‘Mr. Paice is scary’, they often felt they had to prep him not to give

Gord’s kids and grandchildren adored him as he was an awesome dad and grandpa. Gord loved nothing more than collecting his family together for Christmas, a long weekend, or any other excuse for a gathering. Together, they created unique traditions such as the annual Paice golf tournament and the infamous canoe trip, annually enjoyed by Gord’s friends, the boys’ friends, and any one else that wanted to join them on their rustic trek to the remote rivers and lakes of north-ern Saskatchewan. Gord and Maureen shared a passion for the Roughriders and for gardening as was evidenced in the huge yard in the house the kids grew up in, and at the house they ‘downsized’ to on the acreage. He and Maureen thoroughly enjoyed their many wonderful trips south to Arizona, California and Mexico. Maureen and family would like to express their sincere gratitude for the loving care provided by the amazing staff in Guardian Grove at Providence Place; and the doctors, nurs-es, respiratory therapists and other staff at the W.F Wigmore Hospital. A Come and Go Memorial Service will be held on Friday, Nov. 22, 2019 at 3:30 p.m. at the Parkview Reception Hall, 474 Hochelaga St W., Moose Jaw. A eulogy will be delivered at around 4:30. Gord was never one to dress in a suit and tie (un-less he had to), so the family requests that you come dressed in whatever you are comfortable in. We would love to see your Rider jersey or the colors of your favorite sports team.

to Guardian Grove, Providence Place, Providence Place Foundation, 100 2nd Ave NE, Moose Jaw, SK, S6H 1B8. In living memory of Gord, a memorial planting will be made by Jones - Parkview Funeral Services. Please sign the memo-rial register at website: www.wjjonesandson.com or www.parkviewfuneralchapel.ca (Obituaries).

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Balcarres Legion Poster and Literary winnersBy Judy HershmillerBalcarres Correspondent

Integrated Care Centre News On Nov. 11 a Remembrance Day service took place in the activity room. Veteran Eric Pinay laid the wreath on behalf of the residents and staff at the Centre. Sincere sympathy to the families of Lorraine Schultz, Pearl Frank and Dorothy Wilkes who have passed away recently. Our thoughts and prayers are with you all. On Nov. 12 the residents played word scramble games. In the afternoon bingo

was enjoyed. Straight line winners were Don Hershmiller, Maureen Selinger, Betty Flamont, Brian Fay and Gilbert Bellegarde. The double line train tracks game was won by Don Hershmiller and blackout winners were Agnes Gaw, Leon Stonechild and Elmer Miller. Nov. 13 had the participants of the walking program busy with their activ-ity, and then the residents and guests welcomed Joan’s Jamboree in for the afternoon. Mental aerobics activities took place on Nov. 14, and in the afternoon the Balcarres Baptist Church members were in to lead the weekly church service. Following the service the res-

idents enjoyed a karaoke time, singing the oldies. Card games were enjoyed on Nov. 15 and in the afternoon bingo was enjoyed. Straight line winners were Betty Flamont (two games), Agnes Gaw and Debbie, and Norma. The railroad tracks game went to Hilary McKay and Leon Stonechild won the letter L game. Leon also won the blackout game as well as June Betham. Nov. 16 and 17 were spent quietly with some Christmas decorations going up in residents rooms, and many resi-dents watching the Rider-Bomber foot-ball game. On Nov. 18 the residents gathered in the activity room to listen to Audrey Large play familiar songs on her key-board. In the afternoon everyone gath-ered to watch a movie.

Extended Care Centre News Residents enjoyed participating in planned activities during the week. On Nov. 14 the weekly church service was led by the Balcarres Baptist Church members. Nora Nakonechny enjoyed a visit with her niece, Monica Wilson, and Lorna McNabb went uptown with family.

Around and About Balcarres Congratulations to Doug and Sher Sangster who are the lucky winners of the first draw of the Balcarres Lions and Lioness trip of the month draw for October.

Coming EventsNov. 27: RCMP vs Fort Firefighters beginning at 7:45 p.m. at the Balcarres Centennial Arena. Attendance is by donation and all proceeds will go toward the Cancer Fund. Come and enjoy a fun filled game between the people who help our communities.Nov. 29: Christmas Tea to be held at St. Paul’s Anglican Church, 2 to 4 p.m. Nov. 29: The Golden Age Centre will

be holding a Craft and Bake Sale at theCentre from 2 to 7 p.m.Dec. 4, Dec. 8: Calling Lakes ChoirChristmas program Dec. 4 at 7 p.m. at Sacred Heart Church, Lebret, and Dec. 8 at 3 p.m. at Our Lady of Sorrows Church in Fort Qu’Appelle. Local Balcarres singers are Hun Chul Kim, Ron Brandow, Judy Hershmiller andVicky and Stephanie Paus.

Legion Poster and Literary Winners Primary Grade 1, 2, 3: first LyndelleTaypotat, second MaryLou Depourq, third Phoenix Bellegarde. Junior Grade 4, 5, 6 - colour: first Catrina Walker, second Caleb Berhns, third Lucas Wake. Junior Grade 4, 5, 6 - B&W: firstBenjamin Deutsch, second NatalieTuckanow-Starr, third Laneesha Tuckanow. Intermediate Grade 7, 8, 9 - colour: first Elaina Wesley, secondJaden Hyndman, third Deric Keewatin. Intermediate Grade 7, 8, 9 - B&W: first Braden Wesey, second August Keewatin, third Dayton Pinay. Senior Grade 10, 11, 12: first Magenzi Maynes, second AshtonStarblanket, third Ruaxuan Wu. Liberary: Senior, Avery Poitras; Intermediate, Jules Turtle.

Higher spring runoff possiblein southern Saskatchewan

The Water Security Agency (WSA) has issued its 2019 Conditions at Freeze-up Report. After well above av-erage precipitation through the fall, conditions are favourable for a higher than normal spring run-off in much of southern Saskatchewan. The Souris River Basin, including the Antler River and Gainsborough Creek basins were particularly wet at freeze-up.

While these conditions are wetter than normal, this preliminary forecast for next spring will also be impacted by actual conditions and snow accumula-tion through winter. Current long-range forecasts suggest near normal precipita-tion and above normal temperatures for the first three months of winter.

This initial assessment does not mean there will be flooding in south-ern Saskatchewan next year. The runoff

potential is higher because the existing wetter soil conditions will reduce infil-tration next spring.

By contrast, much of northern Sas-katchewan enters winter with normal conditions, the result of below normal precipitation this fall after a wetter than normal summer.

The only areas where drier than nor-mal conditions persist entering winter is a small area around Kindersley, the area between Saskatoon and Prince Al-bert and a small area northeast of York-ton that extends to the Manitoba border.

The report is an important tool to assist WSA in planning, but also helps Saskatchewan communities start to plan for next spring. WSA will be mon-itoring the development of the winter snowpack and will issue a Spring Run-off Outlook in early February.

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Seniors in the Parkland

What’s happening in the area for those 55+For this opening ar-

ticle I would like to give an explanation of the two groups, the Parkland Val-ley district and the SSFA.

First of all, the SSFA is the Sask. Senior Fit-ness Association. This provincial, volunteer, non-government organi-zation was first started in 1984 and is composed of six rural districts and two city districts. The mission statement of the SSFA is:

To improve the total well-being of Saskatche-wan Seniors through par-ticipation in:

- Regular Physical Ac-tivities

- Cultural Activities- Social Activities- Intellectual ActivitesThe individual dis-

tricts hold their own dis-

trict events and winning participants can decide if they want to go on to provincials and nation-als. The next provincial competition will be held in Prince Albert on June 14 to 16, 2020; with the Nationals taking place in Kelowna, B.C. on Aug. 26 to 28, 2020.

The beauty of this ar-rangement is that there are a wide variety of events from physical to cerebral and again, the district winners can de-cide not to go further but rather just enjoy the com-petition and social aspect at the local level. That said, most of the district winners that do go on to the next level find it very enjoyable.

The events for the Pro-

vincials in Prince Albert has not been totally de-cided as of yet but we will keep you posted through this senior’s column. In past it has included events such as: 8-ball pool, cribbage, duplicate bridge, Five-Pin Bowl-ing, Shuffleboard, Golf, Ice Curling, Ice Hockey, Pickleball, Scrabble, Slo-Pitch, Pre-Determined Walk, Tennis and Track & Field.

Events do vary a bit from year to year but,

The All Nations Healing Hospital has issued an advisory to community members that current renovations are transitioning through construction in the emergency department at the All Nations’ Healing Hospital in Fort Qu’Appelle. Effort are being made to minimize service disruption and any inconvenience to clients.

During construction, clients will be redirected around construction areas,

which include:· ER registration and waiting room· lab/xray registration· inpatient room accessThe All Nations Healing Hospital

stated that they are making every ef-fort to ensure clients receive as timely and appropriate care possible and will work with the care teams to ensure that patients are able to move effectively through the facility.

Construction interruptions

All Nations advisory issued

as you can see, there is a wide variety of events with many different tal-ents utilized. Definitely, something for everyone, that is the beauty of the organization.

Now, to drill down a bit further into the SSFA, are

the districts as previously mentioned. The area en-compassed by most of the readers of this column are part of the Parkland Valley District. This area borders east to the Mani-toba border, South East to the Esterhazy area going west to Ituna, north to In-vermay and north-east to Endeavour.

Now this is very rough as to the explanation of the geographical area please check www.ssfa.ca for maps of the districts. There, of course, is lots

more info in regards to both the SSFA and the Parkland Valley district on these websites.

In this column, we will be going beyond the infor-mation presented on vari-ous websites, allowing for more personality.

We do hope that you find the column interest-ing and informative.

If you would like to forward info and sugges-tions do send them to:

l i f ea t sawyer [email protected]

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