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The string of highway accidents that has plagued the Estevan area this winter has claimed another life.

A 33-year-old Medi-cine Hat native was killed Jan. 8 when he lost control of his pick-up truck and collided head-on with a semi.

According to informa-tion from the RCMP, the accident occurred roughly four kilometres north of Estevan on Highway 47.

The driver of the truck, who was working in the area, was declared dead at the scene. The semi driver sustained minor injuries in the collision and was treated by EMTs at the scene and released.

Traffic was rerouted around the scene for a number of hours while an RCMP traffic recon-structionist conducted an investigation. Road condi-tions in the area were poor

at the time of the accident as blowing snow created extremely icy conditions in the area. Although the investigation is continuing, the RCMP do not expect any charges will be laid. The name of the deceased has not been released.

Last week’s collision was just the latest in a se-ries of accidents on local highways this winter.

On Dec. 23, a 45-year-old Alberta man, who was

living and working in the Redvers area, was killed when the vehicle he was driving collided with a semi east of Hirsch. Simi-lar to last week’s accident, road conditions were a ma-jor factor in the collision.

On Dec. 21, a family of fi ve was injured when they were involved in an-other head-on collision east of the city. The two occu-pants of the other vehicle suffered minor injuries.

RCMP believe that alcohol was a factor in the accident and charges have been laid against the 16-year-old driver of the car that struck the SUV carrying the family.

Along with the ac-cidents on the local high-ways, a number of col-lisions within city limits have been reported. Fortu-nately there have been no major injuries or fatalities in those incidents.

One dead in head on collisionIcy roads a major factor

A 33-year-old Medicine Hat native who was working in Estevan, was killed Jan. 8 in a head-on collision with a semi four kilometres north

of Estevan. (RCMP Photo)

It remains clear that Es-tevan drivers are not getting the message about the dan-gers of drinking and driving.

That fact was highlight-ed by the recent release of the Estevan Police Service crime statistics for 2012. The report noted the number of DUI arrests in the city took an alarming jump in 2012, ris-ing to 194 from 154 in 2011.

Although there were a handful of increases in various categories, Chief Del Block said the spike in drunk driving arrests has him particularly concerned.

“It continues to be a thought process in this city and I don’t know what drives that,” Block said in an inter-view with The Mercury on Friday. “It’s a small city and in most cases you can walk anywhere you want or a short

taxi ride will get you there. But people take that chance and I don’t know why they are doing it.”

Block said groups such as SGI and Mothers Against Drunk Driving have gone to great pains to get the mes-sage about driving while impaired to the public, but it remains obvious that a large segment of residents are not getting the point.

“You try and (get the message out) through educa-tion and we have increased our enforcement compo-nent. We get funding from SGI through the Overdrive project to target impaired driving and that is what has driven some of our stats up as well, but clearly the offences are there or we wouldn’t be picking them up.”

Block added that Este-

van is well ahead of other Saskatchewan communities of a similar size as well as larger centres. Estevan had well over double the number of DUI arrests as Weyburn and more than Moose Jaw which almost triples the Energy City in population.

Overall, the EPS had a marked increase in activity in 2012. Their total number of calls rose from 7,406 in 2011 to 8,248.

“Part of the increase in stats will directly correlate to the resources we have be-cause we are staffed now and we can be out there doing our job more. Criminal offences — those things are happen-ing and we are getting called to them. There is a signifi cant increase in those, that isn’t just because of more police presence.”

Among the areas seeing large increases was traffic offences which rose to 2,326 from 1,753. Block attributed the increase to the addition of a traffi c unit for just over two months in 2012.

“The goal is to have full-time traffi c again in 2013 with as many as three offi cers in there part of the time,” he said. “I am probably not go-ing to be able to keep them in there for the whole year, but

when I can have them there, they are going to be there.

“There is no doubt that it helped.”

Also increasing were provincial statutes — which are non-traffi c offences such as liquor tickets — rose to 1,164 from 913. Other crimi-nal code offences climbed to 437 from 238. Sexual of-fences rose to 21 from nine.

Another sharp rise came in the number of prisoners the EPS housed overnight. In 2012 the EPS had 892 prisoners which was up from 693. To put it in further con-text, in 2005 the EPS had just 370 prisoners. Block said the increase comes at a signifi -cant cost for the department, estimating that it costs almost $100,000 to house that vol-ume of prisoners in a given year. Huge ⇢ A2

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The number of traffick-ing arrests dropped to 50 from 95 while possession

charges decreased by six. “Hopefully that is be-

cause of our continual focus on drugs. It’s way too early to say that it’s a result of the increased enforcement over the last four years, but it is starting to go down and hopefully that is going to become a trend rather than a slight fl uctuation.”

Block was also happy to see a decline in the number of mischief cases, which include incidents of vandalism. Other decreas-es were noticed in areas such as crimes against the person, fraud and break and enter.

Despite the decrease, Block said drug enforce-ment will remain a fo-cus for his department in 2013 along with traffi c and drinking and driving.

“We are probably go-ing to be doing some laser radar in the city, which will be new to the public,” he said. “The RCMP are bringing a traffi c section into the southeast area so we have talked about the possibility of teaming to-gether at times. The RCMP would assist us and we would assist them. There will probably be more mini blitzes if we can get that off the ground.”

By Norm Park

of The Mercury

There is no one regu-lar process to follow when you’re looking for some-thing like a CT scanner, so when an Estevan com-mittee met with Health Minister Dustin Duncan a couple of weeks ago, they made an interest-ing proposal that Duncan said, “wasn’t what I was expecting.”

That means the min-ister and his staff and analysts need to take some time to contemplate what arrived at their doorstep before making a fi nal deci-sion. But the idea of get-ting CT scanning equip-ment at St. Joseph’s Hos-pital appears to fi nally be gaining some momentum.

“The proposal came in a bit different from what we expected. Of course there really is no normal process when requesting a CT scanner,” said Duncan.

Some health regions or health-care centres ex-pect the ministry to pick up the cost of purchase and operation, or as in the local case, it might be a local foundation willing to front the capital costs that could amount to $1.2 million or more.

The fact that St. Joe’s is not a designated re-gional hospital will not work against the local ap-plication.

“What we factor is

how are hospitals meet-ing their benchmarks and patient volumes in the region and to that par-ticular health centre and if they had a scanner, how it might help them reach another benchmark,” said Duncan.

The local committee that met with Duncan in-cluded St. Joe’s executive director Greg Hoffort, Estevan MLA Doreen Ea-gles, Mayor Roy Ludwig, St. Joe’s board chairman Don Kindopp and former mayor Gary St. Onge who is now a member of the Sun Country Health Re-

gion’s board of directors, plus other health care em-ployees.

“We told him we’ll fi nd the $1.2 million,” said Hoffort, referring to the local community and the surrounding rural munici-palities. Operations and maintenance costs would then be the only require-ment having to be met by the local health region.

“It was a very cor-dial meeting. We put our case forward and ques-tions were asked and an-swered,” Hoffort said.

Duncan confirmed that the meeting included

a good discussion regard-ing options and potential.

“We received the pro-posal and we’re taking a close look at it. Because it was different, I think we need to pause and consider it very carefully and that’s my commitment so far ... a good, hard look,” Duncan said. “How does it work in our provincial capital plan? That’s a question we have to ask ourselves.”

The health minister said the upcoming pro-vincial budget in March will bear information that might help them reach their decision. There are fairly large commitments already out there such as the construction of a new hospital in Moose Jaw and a certain commit-ment to replace the aging North Battleford Hospi-tal. Thankfully the $200 million for the children’s hospital in Saskatoon was included in a previous

budget and funds are in place for that.

“The really big pic-ture, though, is provid-ing support for all health regions and participat-ing in physician recruit-ments. With health taking up almost half the budget, we must ensure that it is in line with provincial growth but also realizing that annual increases of seven to 10 per cent are just not sustainable,” Dun-can added. “So my wish list in this budget would include adequate increases for health regions while making sure they’re doing their part to keep costs in line and providing the necessary services.”

Based on the Estevan and area proposal, Duncan said the general trend of thought appeared to be that if approval was gained, then there would be a staged approach to get-ting the CT equipment up

and operational beginning with an ambitious fund-raising project launched through the local health foundation. This would be followed by the actual pur-chase, delivery, training schedule and then a natural ramp-up of service once everyone got comfortable with the service. All that could happen between 2013 and 2014 ... if ap-proval is granted.

“I give the committee full credit. They came with a fulsome presentation and in fairness to them, if it wasn’t going to be a positive response, we’d be saying no sooner, rather than later,” Duncan said in conclusion.

In the meantime, the health minister said he would welcome any fol-low-up information and discussion regarding a CT scanner for St. Joseph’s and the southeast area of the province.

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When summer comes to southeast Saskatch-ewan, nobody should be afraid to go out walkin’ after midnight.

The Souris Valley Theatre is bringing the Patsy Cline story back to the Frehlick Hall stage, when Devra Straker por-trays the lead role in A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline.

That is one of three plays that will entertain local theatregoers in Es-tevan this summer. As the theatre returns this year after a washed out 2011 and 2012, the stage will host three different plays for the fi rst time since they opened in 1990.

New theatre director David Leyshon is origi-nally from Swift Current and has a background pri-marily in acting.

Leyshon spent sev-en years with the Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake, as well as time at the Stratford Festival, the Globe Theatre and Stage West in Calgary. He has recently spent time in several regional theatres across the country.

W h i l e m o s t o f Leyshon’s experience is in acting, directing is a fresh challenge that he’s looking forward to.

“It’s really exciting. It’s always exciting to be involved in making theatre,” said Leyshon. “When you’re an actor, you come into the process at a certain point when the machine has been up and running and a lot of things have been put in place. This is a different perspec-

Live theatre set to return after hiatus

tive to look through the making of theatre. You’re kind of at the base level of it all (as a director).”

In his new role he said some challenges will be new, but other are going to be familiar.

Leyshon said he ex-pects there to be lots of excitement about the re-turn to the Souris Valley Theatre after a two-year absence.

“The theatre has been dark for the last little while. We’re kind of in-fusing the energy back into

that space, which is both exciting and a challenge. People are eager to want to see productions in that space again, bringing that kind of creativity back to the area in the summer months.”

Leyshon both fears and loves the challenge of putting on a show.

“The idea of putting on plays is always a bit daunting,” added Leyshon, quoting a character from the film Shakespeare in Love, who said, “‘I don’t know how it’s going to

work out, it just does.’ The theatre always has a way of just making it happen. It’s kind of a mysterious beast that way. It always takes its own journey to get to where it’s going to go.”

Theatre manager Joc-elyn Anderson said the group is excited to start fresh. While the theatre has produced Patsy Cline previously, they are bring-ing in two new stories, including a one-woman fringe show by Saskatche-wan native Colleen Sutton

entitled Ridergirl. Sutton went to university with Leyshon, and when he found out she was going to be coming to Estevan, contacted her to see if she wanted to perform.

The other performance is I Love You, You’re Per-fect, Now Change, which will run in July.

Tickets to the theatre were sold leading up to the holidays, and Anderson said many are bubbling with excitement in getting the beloved theatre back and running in the city.

“We want to get ev-erything revitalized,” she said. “We want to bring back everything that’s been missing for a couple of years now.”

Anderson is also ex-cited to reboot the youth musical theatre camps this summer. She said they will be exciting and new as they try to revamp the camps to energize Estevan youth in the spirit of per-formance arts.

“Our musical theatre camps that we’re doing for the youth, we’re mak-ing it a little bit fresh,” added Anderson. “We’ve got themes going on this year where before we just did a straight theatre camp. Everything’s just a little bit different but exciting and new.”

The theatre experi-enced some damage dur-ing the spring fl ooding in 2011, and that meant two consecutive cancelled sea-sons. Anderson said there wasn’t too much damage to the building, but the seats were replaced and the dressing rooms are to be replaced with a mobile home.

The grounds suffered no major damage, but the concession had to be reno-vated.

Anderson noted they are still looking for indi-viduals to sponsor seats. Sponsorship forms may be printed off the theatre’s website at sourisvalleythe-atre.ca

The theatre will also be adding an online box office as another option for people wishing to pur-chase tickets this season.

Hearthstone Receives Donation From Knights Of Columbus The Hearthstone Community Campaign went over the $6.5 million mark Monday morning thanks to a $55,000 donation from the Estevan Knights of Columbus.

The money was a portion of the proceeds the K of C received when it sold its hall. From left to right: Don Kindopp of Hearthstone, Paul Rdomski, Albert Petrash and

Bill Baryluk of the K of C; Vern Buck of Hearthstone and Peter Melle of the K of C. Hearthstone must raise $8 million before construction can begin on a new nursing

home. They set a goal of raising that money in fi ve years and have already gone past the 70 per cent mark in just under two.

“It’s really exciting. It’s always exciting

to be involved in making theatre.”

– New theatre director David Leyshon

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The Souris Valley Theatre is welcoming its new director David Leyshon for the 2013 season, as the theatre

comes back from a two-year hiatus with three plays, A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline; I Love You, You’re Perfect,

Now Change, and the one-woman show, Ridergirl.

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Now that the bills are being paid, the money and volunteer hours counted and the accounting com-ing to a completion, it can be confi rmed, the spirit of Christmas was alive and well in the Energy City.

The number of Christ-mas hampers that went out to families who needed a bit of a Yuletide boost did not exceed previous years’ total, said Char Seeman, who was serving as co-chairwoman for this past year’s hamper and Angel Tree program.

“We delivered about 180, I believe, about the same as last year,” said Seeman who had predicted earlier that due to popula-tion increases, they could expect more of a demand.

The demand came not with the numbers, but with the volumes.

“The numbers were the same, but we saw that the hampers were larger ... a lot of those who quali-fi ed for hampers had larger families, so more went into them,” Seeman said. “There were quite a few more medium and large hampers fi lled out this year.

“The response from the community was abso-lutely awesome. The sup-port for the toy store, which was at Trinity Lutheran

this year was very strong. There were nice gifts for all young people from infants to mid-teens. We thank Trinity for taking it on this year because we couldn’t use St. Giles (the usual toy store location) due to the renovations and additions that are going on there this winter,” Seeman added.

Cash donations were strong for both the hamper program and the Salvation Army’s Christmas Kettle and mail-out campaign.

“We received a total of $7,296.78 in cash dona-

tions for the hamper project and I’m just in the process of paying the bills now,” said Seeman. The cash is used for the purchase of toys or gift cards that weren’t totally covered off in the Angel Tree promo-tion and to complete the hampers with perishable items.

Lieutenant Brian Bob-olo of the Salvation Army said their hamper distribu-tion, which was carried out within the community campaign, numbered 35 this year.

“The kettle campaign and Christmas mail cam-paign brought in around $75,000. That’s an increase over last year on both fronts.”

The Salvation Army is turning its attention once again to the ongoing food bank program, which they are in charge of in the com-munity.

While the number of Christmas hampers didn’t increase this past year, the overall pressure on the food bank is increasing.

“The hampers are be-

ing requested more fre-quently. Demand is grow-ing I would say at about 10 per cent a year according to our records. Some hampers have to be topped up on occasion. We’re trying to follow the Canadian Food Guide for nutrition so some of the funds go there,” said Bobolo.

A good portion of the money collected at Christmas is directed to the Army’s summer camps. The lieutenant said a young mothers’ and tots’ camp is very popular and attracts

36 to 40 mothers and their younger children every year. This is followed by a Fresh Air Camp for chil-dren, which generally at-tracts 15 to 18 participants and then a teen camp is arranged that will see six to 10 young people enrolled for a summer outdoor ex-perience.

The newly-arranged Estevan shelter that pro-vides nightly accommoda-tion every weekend for those who don’t have de-cent housing is supported by the SA in terms of food.

“We also ensure they have proper clothing for the weather and will help set up Social Services contacts if required,” said Bobolo.

He said the commu-nity was also very generous with its volunteer time this past Christmas season.

“The kettle campaign required 265, two-hour shifts and they were all fi lled. About 20 per cent of those volunteers were new. That means we are seeing a healthy turnover ... new people coming on to help while a few of the long-time volunteers got a break. That’s good. It’s a good community program that raises money that stays in the community,” Bobolo said.

Christmas spirit was alive in Energy City

Numbers re leased by Statistics Canada last week show the province’s merchandise exports were up 7.7 per cent for the fi rst 11 months of 2012, compared to the same pe-riod in 2011. This landed Saskatchewan in second

place among the provinces and sets a new year-to-date record.

“Strong export num-bers are an indicator of our province’s economic strength,” Minister re-sponsible for Trade Tim McMillan said. “Novem-ber ’s statistics are en-couraging and show that our province is on track to have a record year in terms of export gains.”

Commodities that saw the most significant in-creases were electronic and electrical equipment and parts, up 42.5 per cent, forest products, up 39 per cent, and metal and non-metallic products, up 36.1 per cent for the fi rst 11 months of 2012.

“Saskatchewan prod-ucts are showing up in every corner of the world,” McMillan said. “This is a testament to the quality of the goods being produced in this province and the strength of our exporters.”

Sask. exports

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The 2012 Angel Tree program was another success thanks to the eff ort of many in the community. Among

those helping out were a number of girls in Grade 7 at Pleasantdale School who held a handful of events and

raised $300 for the Angel Tree. Presenting the gifts to the Salvation Army are Pleasantdale students (from

left to right: Kendall Bill, Jasynn Monteyne, Paige Buhler and Abby Hanna).

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All Creatures

They’re not getting as many people as they an-ticipated, but the Estevan homeless shelter services are appreciated by those who are needing and us-ing them.

“We’ve had two per evening for the past couple of weekends,” said Carol Knievel, co-ordinator for the Estevan shelter for adults that is being oper-ated on an ad hoc basis at St. Paul’s United Church CE Centre this winter.

“We’ve had no prob-lems with those who are using the centre over-night,” said Knievel. One, she said, is employed for sure and is just in need of a safe and warm place to spend Thursday through Sunday evenings until he gets more financially secure. The centre opens

those four nights at 8 p.m. Lieutenant Brian Bob-

olo of the Salvation Army, which is a partner in the project, said he expects the shelter will continue to be offered to the community at least until the fi rst week in March and then operate week-to-week based on weather conditions and need. It could extend into April.

Bobolo said there are defi nitely more than two people in the community who are in need of shelter, but there are a variety of reasons why they are not using it.

“We’ve been fi nding a few who have been sleep-ing elsewhere. We’re still trying to connect and get the word out and some-times that’s not the easiest thing to do. We want to

meet the need and help them get off the streets. These might be people who spend the warm months camping out in culverts and nearer build-ings in the winter. The need has been steady and identified, but we also need to build some sort of relationship without passing judgment. These are people who might feel they are being judged and let’s face it, there are some people in this community who don’t want to admit that the problem is here, so the people who are home-less are reluctant to step forward. It’s not a pleasant situation they’re in. These are people who do have social assets ... something to offer our community. They have skills to give us so the question becomes

what can we do as a com-munity to include them?”

Bobolo went on to say that quite often the person who has found themselves homeless is someone “who has hit a bad patch and we’re here to help them and do our part as a com-munity to get them through it. We’re talking about hu-man capital here. There is always a way forward and a way out.”

Bobolo said the shel-ter has picked up a couple of additional retail sup-porters in the form of Tim Hortons on Fourth Street and Southern Plains Co-op who have kept the centre stocked with a nightly

supply of fruit and other foods.

The volunteers at the

centre have also proved to be ample in numbers and supportive, said Knievel.

Shelter continues to provide safe and warm accommodation

Estevan Police Ser-vice (EPS) members went to the movies on Jan. 10.

What they saw was not a thriller or a Spielberg science fiction master-piece, but rather a scene from one of this city’s lat-est little independent fi lms on social experiments in thievery.

When police attended to a local liquor outlet to view a video surveillance replay, they saw two men come into the store and then saw one of them take a bottle of alcohol and place it in his pants. He then took another bottle and took it to the cashier’s counter and proclaim that he had forgotten his debit card. He left the store and then came back in with his partner, who, in the meantime, had evidently departed.

T h e s e c o n d t i m e around, both men took a bottle which they hid in

their clothing and then the man who had declared he had forgotten his debit card returned to the cashier to pay for the one bottle he had left behind. The card was declined so he left the bottle with the cashier and walked out.

The man was picked up and arrested on the street a short time later and charged with theft as well as for being intoxicated in public. His alleged ac-complice is still under investigation with possible theft charges pending.

In another caper that same day, another man entered a local retail cloth-ing store and removed a price tag from some work clothes and then left the store.

A short time later, a woman entered the store saying she wanted to return some work clothes since she needed the money to get to Regina to assist a

family member who had been injured.

She apparently was attempting to receive cash for clothing that had not left the store. The return was not authorized since no receipt could be pro-duced and the episode is

now under investigation by EPS.

In other Jan. 10 activ-ity, EPS members attended to a business in the north central area of the city to tend to a customer who was causing a disturbance. The matter was resolved

without incident as was an unrelated domestic dis-pute matter involving a 15-year-old boy and his mother.

Police next attended to a vehicle that was spotted in a parking lot at a north-east Estevan establishment with a door opened. Inves-tigation revealed that the vehicle had been struck by another which had caused the door to open. This incident remains under investigation.

Police were called out to the east central area of the city on Jan. 10 in response to a report of a man walking on the train track trestle. When police arrived, they learned that the man was doing repairs on the trestle crossing.

On the night of Jan. 12, a 30-year-old man was arrested and charged with breaching the conditions of his undertaking and for being intoxicated in public

after he was found in a north central lounge. He was lodged in cells until sober and given a Jan. 21 court date.

EPS members next attended to an east cen-tral establishment where an 18-year-old man was arrested for carrying a weapon dangerous to the public. The man had been carrying a .177 calibre air pistol. He was also charged with being in a licensed premise as a minor under the Alcohol and Gaming Regulations Act. He was taken into custody and held in cells until sober and now has a Feb. 4 court date.

On that same evening, police arrested a 32-year-old man and served him with a 24-hour driving sus-pension after they found him in the driver’s seat of an idling vehicle near a north central business. He was lodged in cells until sober.

Movie night for police proves to be successful

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Volume 110 Issue 37

Norm Park

All Things Considered

This might be a good time for Premier Brad Wall to think about the history of this province and the importance of Saskatchewan’s rural roots - especially its agriculture roots.

Most might not see the phasing out of the Saskatch-ewan wheat sheaf logo (or more accurately put, the stook) on government letterhead in that way.

The wheat sheaf symbol that also adorns the province’s coat of arms may seem outdated to some. Some who view this debate from a partisan perspective are even suggesting the wheat sheaf logo is a remnant of the NDP years that should be left behind.

But what shouldn’t be lost is how that wheat sheaf came to represent why people came here and who we still are - a rural, agricultural province.

Wall and company need to take stock of the stook and what it truly means.

Of course, the move to the more frequent use of the new logo - a stylized Saskatchewan that just happens to be the Sask. Party’s green and gold colours - doesn’t detract from what this government has done for rural Saskatch-ewan. The Sask. Party government record speaks for itself. Its record is a rather solid one, especially compared with that of its NDP predecessors.

During the Allan Blakeney administration of the 1970s when Saskatchewan agriculture was starting a major transition, the NDP resisted change by doing everything from taxing tandem axle trucks to opposing farmer-owned inland terminals.

The Blakeney NDP, and even the Roy Romanow-Lorne Calvert governments to a large extent, held on to the vision of rural Saskatchewan of the Tommy Douglas era of the 1940s, ‘50s and ‘60s.

Rural Saskatchewan was about the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool, Co-op stores and trusting the Canadian Wheat Board to sell the grain that you threshed from sheaves that had been stooked.

Certainly, agriculture wasn’t about maximizing profi ts through better yields, better fertilization, zero-tillage and marketing.

It is a problem that haunts the NDP to this very day, as it grasps to fi nd its rural roots that died out sometime during the 1990s when hospitals were being closed and highways were left in disrepair.

Admittedly, Wall’s government has had the good fortune of a strong economy that’s allowed it to reinstate rural infrastructure. Also, it didn’t have to solve the defi cit/debt crisis left behind by the Progressive Conservatives of the 1980s - the reason behind the NDP’s fi scal choices that

hammered rural infrastructure.But what might be just as critical to the Sask. Party

is to remember that today’s prosperity in Saskatchewan is directly tied to the resources located in rural Saskatchewan.

Notwithstanding the fact that much of the province’s recent wealth has come from rural Saskatchewan’s oil, gas, potash and, yes, agriculture, the province is becoming more urbanized. The two major cities are where we are growing the fastest.

And recently, Wall has hinted that it might be time to at least discuss the role of the Crown corporations - what’s practical and makes good economic sense. There’s nothing wrong with talking, but one now wonders whether such a discussion will take more of an urban viewpoint and not fully refl ect the appreciation rural customers have for the services provided by STC, SaskTel or SaskPower that might not be quite the same from profi t-driven, private suppliers.

One fears Saskatchewan may be getting too caught up in this urbanized trend that is somehow refl ected in the new, stylized, urban-looking logo the government now seems intent on using.

So maybe we do need reminders of where we came from.

Symbols are important and the iconic wheat sheaf has become a symbol of how rural Saskatchewan has adjusted, endured, persevered and thrived.

The NDP clearly made the mistake of not accepting that rural Saskatchewan was changing.

Let us hope the Sask. Party does not make a differ-ent mistake by forgetting the things in this province most worth preserving.

Wheat Sheaf strong

rural symbol

Murray Mandryk is a political columnist with the Leader Post

MURRAY MANDRYK

Prairie Perspective

Over the years I have man-aged to hone only a few skills, one of them being the knowledge of what the word hone means. And that’s about it.

OK, one other thing. I have honed my senses to

a point where I can sort out the people I encounter in fairly rapid fashion. I blame my profession for that because you see in this game, we get all sorts of charac-ters crossing our lines of sight. We get to see and hear the users and abusers and the cynics and skeptics. We get the hilarious and the absurd, the meek and gentle and the bombastic roarers. We have the privilege of sitting in and listening to the most clever among us as well as the very stupid and ignorant.

Over this period of time, I have learned never to fall for a fi rst impression.

I’ve heard the sob stories and the tales of accomplishment, heroism and abject failures. It’s all interesting and really, the peo-ple are interesting too. I haven’t really met a totally dull person in my life. I’ve visited with a few who made me feel uncomfortable and unwanted ... but they haven’t been dull or boring.

But like all of us “normals,” I prefer to negotiate with the in-teresting ones.

Last week we said farewell

OK, so she lied to me

to one of those. Sallie Pierson left us ... Sal-

lie, the lady who lied to me. I won’t profess to have

known Sallie as a close and fast friend, but she was one funny acquaintance.

A few years ago while I was on the board of the Estevan Art Gallery and Museum, Sallie came aboard as our director at a very sensitive and diffi cult time. The EAGM, along with all other exhi-bition centres had lost its federal funding and we were fl oundering. Sallie stepped up and stepped in and along with sidekick Ken-dra and their genuine sense of community, they turned things around.

Sallie used her unique sense of humour and ability to prag-matically wheel and deal to fi rst save and then repair the EAGM’s very foundation.

“This gallery will not fail,” I can recall her telling me during a one-to-one discussion in her offi ce.

It didn’t. It began to blossom. That is why I was surprised

when she called me to the gallery out of the blue one sunny day to tell me she was stepping down. The gallery had grown to a new level.

“I don’t have the credentials. You need someone now who has that arts or administration degree.”

As was her style, Sallie had a candidate picked out for recom-mendation. And once again she was right on. The board merely needed to put a stamp of approval on the whole matter. And we did.

Again, she had done the homework. There was no fl oun-dering around for her. The volun-teer base had been rejuvenated, thanks to her personality and willingness to engage.

The EAGM’s foundation had been restored.

She turned her attention to other projects ... her family, friends who needed her craziness and giggles ... her organizational skills and attitude.

But I can’t get over the fact she had lied to me.

You see, Sallie had all the credentials anyone would have ever wanted.

You don’t get a diploma for what she had. All you get is respect, smiles and now, a fond memory lodged in a lot of us who knew her enough to appreciate her non-credentialed talents.

There has to be a case made to stop the heavy fl ow of health-care customers from so-called rural Saskatchewan, into our province’s two major centres.

We purposely refer to them as customers, since that is exactly what they are. They are consumers of health care and where they go, the dol-lars follow.

We are not so naive as to think that centres other than Regina and Saskatoon should, or could, stock up a supply of medical specialists, That’s just not possible. But there is obviously something wrong with a system that continually fi nds the hospitals in these two cities full to overfl owing while hospitals in Prince Albert, Moose Jaw, Swift Current, Yorkton, Estevan and Weyburn are rarely fi lled to capacity and are capable of providing more extensive health-care coverage than what is being asked of them.

It just doesn’t compute, and it hasn’t computed for years. Why is there a health-care community out there that still insists on

sending patients/customers down the road for fi ve hours to see a specialist for seven minutes? All this in the new Lean era ... the era when health re-gions are supposedly learning how to do things in the most effi cient manner. They could start with that. With modern communications, visual, digital, audio tools at our beck and call through Telehealth and other operative systems ... why are we sending customers bearing mixed messages into Regina in snowstorms? That’s not Lean in any stretch of the imagination. It’s a cost to the care system and a big cost to the customer.

Why are our most costly acute care beds being used for clients who really require long-term care beds? Apparently there are not enough of those available to serve that growing population? That’s not Lean.

Where is the incentive to get these articles of ineffi ciency tended to? Is there a need to reimburse private personal care homes with public funds to get the job done? Is there a way to align fi nancial support for long-term care providers with those of hospitals? Are there any fi nancial incentives for long-term care facilities to accept and provide for patients (customers) with complex problems that require more intensive care? If not, why not?

Would it not be seen as an effi cient Lean move to take those people out of an expensive hospital bed and place them in a long-term care facility that could offer them what they really needed while giving the service provider enough support to make it an agreeable deal rather than a fi nancial burden?

We are sure there is no health-care model that is perfect. We have pub-licly funded doctors and hospitals and some publicly funded long-term care providers and some privately funded seniors complexes. Someone needs to make these four factions work together to ease the fi nancial pressure.

Our health care budget provides one envelope of cash for hospitals, one for doctors, another for rehabilitation and yet another for home care and still another for long-term care. Then along comes private medical models, paid for with public dollars. Stuff another envelope.

With all these pay packets, where is the fi nancial incentive to be effi cient?

Neither Lean or any other model has been able to provide those an-swers. We suspect they’ll only be found when our health care community can correspond costs and payments to the effi ciency of care.

Keep lid on health cost

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A new regional water system could be the way of the future for communities along Highway 39.

Nine municipalities are working together to investigate the possibil-ity of a new water system, drawing on water from the Rafferty Dam Reservoir. The idea has been kicking around municipalities in the southeast for a couple of years now, but it hasn’t been until recently that groups were able to act on it. Coming to the forefront in the spring of 2011, the idea was put on the back burner as the area dealt with rising water levels from spring fl ooding.

Allan Hauglum, Mida-le’s mayor and chair of the Rafferty Regional Water Committee, is the driving force for the proposed proj-ect and said the time was right to bring the proposal back to his neighbouring councils in late 2012.

“It was a thought in Midale because of our wa-ter supply, and we needed more water. We need to treat more water,” said Hauglum, who noted his town draws from Rafferty and the water is good qual-ity. “If we want to grow, for economic development or whatever, we need more raw water supplied into our treatment plant, plus we need to upgrade our treat-ment plant to make quality potable water.”

He said the plan started small, with a couple of towns and RMs, involved, but then the idea expanded to incorporate the RM of Cymri, as well as the villag-es of Macoun and Halbrite.

The City of Estevan, RM of Estevan, Weyburn, RM of Weyburn and Hitch-cock are also sitting on the water committee with two representatives each.

“Everybody figures it’s an excellent idea to go with a regional waterline,” added Hauglum.

Kevin Sutter, manager at the Estevan Water Treat-ment Plant, said demand in the city is not an issue yet. A reservoir is being added for 2013, and the local utility can supply water for upwards of 15,000 people, leaving plenty of wiggle room under Estevan’s cur-rent population.

A feasibility study is the next step, and the committee has selected JR

Southeast communities working on water partnership

Cousins Consultants Ltd. to complete the report. Hau-glum said it will take about six months to complete, and they are expecting to have the fi nal report from the study in late August or September.

“When they’re al l done, we’ll be sitting down, the nine municipalities, and seeing who wants to be involved with it or if it’s going to go ahead at all,” said Hauglum.

He noted nobody is tied down to the project. Even those who don’t wish to move forward with the group can use the study for an individual project if they want to do something themselves, he said.

“Our biggest interest is looking into the future,” said Sutter. “Water supply is very closely linked to economic diversity and the ability for an area to grow. We are defi nitely going to see what this feasibility study shows us and what is indeed feasible to supply water to the whole region. The City of Estevan wants to keep all their options open.”

Hauglum is excited at the possibilities of the new waterline, because of the need for his town to add capacity so they can grow.

“We need to treat more water to grow,” he said.

Sutter said Estevan is getting involved in the early stages, not because of a need to grow the city’s infrastructure, but because of a curiosity. He said they have an idea of what they will need 10 years down the road, but looking ahead 50 years is something they would like to see.

“Benefi ts to the City of Estevan, other than the economic diversity that

it might bring to the city, would be possibly a sec-

ondary supply of water if something should happen,” added Sutter. “There would be that pipeline that we could get water from other areas, although the pipeline would probably be looking at Estevan to supply it not the other way around.”

Sutter said regional water systems have more redundancies, making them a little more “bulletproof.”

How things will work, Hauglum said they won’t be entirely sure until the study is completed. He said everyone may continue to use their own treatment plants.

“I think everybody will still be using their own

treatment plants along the road — anybody that has one — because you’ll still need distribution points in the community,” added Hauglum.

There are already two regional water systems in the province, as SaskWater operates treatment plants for both the Wakaw-Hum-boldt and Codette Lake regional potable water sys-tems.

A public forum was held Jan. 23, 2012 in Mi-dale, giving local stake-holders an opportunity to learn more about how water quality and quantity affects their livelihood.

Hauglum expects they

will be able to get some sort of grant, particularly because the government is pushing the amalgamation of water systems as a good strategy for rural centres moving forward.

He noted they aren’t just planning for the next five or 10 years but the next 50 because water is so vital to the future of every community.

“Without water, you’re pretty much at a standstill. Nobody can survive with-out water. Your community will die if you don’t have quality water. It’ll help every community along Highway 39 and the RMs along the way.”

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The festival begins March 3 with the adjudica-tion of bands and band in-struments followed by vocal and speech arts beginning on

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deadline reminderMarch 10. The pianists get their opportunity in front of the adjudicator beginning March 17.

The highlights concert and awards night will be held on March 26.

Those registering for the festival are to fi le their entries with Anita Kuntz at 493 Willow Bay, Estevan S4A 2G3.

A8 January 16, 2013 Estevan Mercury

She’s an alien of ex-traordinary ability and soon you can see her on the big screen in a science fi ction space opera.

Estevan’s Lara Taillon has a role in the upcoming Neil Johnson fi lm, Starship: Rising.

She landed the role af-ter working as a casting consultant for the Space Command film franchise, stumbling into a part after being asked to do some screen tests by the director.

An actor by trade, Tail-lon spoke with the Estevan Mercury from Los Angeles last week, where she has been residing since August.

The experience of working on a science fic-tion project, something she didn’t have much of an inter-est in before, has opened her up to a whole other side of fi lmmaking and storytelling. It was her fi rst experience acting in front of a digitally fi lled-in green screen.

Taillon found herself chatting with Johnson, who doubles as a producer on the project, and he told her he had some shots to take with a green screen. He asked her to help him out by standing in and she obliged.

“Just some tests shots

Taillon falls into fi rst sci-fi role

maybe. I had never worked on a green screen before,”

said the actor. “I go and I help him, and he’s like ‘Uh, we gotta put you in this movie.’”

She ended up working for a few days, even acting alongside the director, who has a cameo in the fi lm.

“I’ve never shot sci-fi before. I wasn’t really into

sci-fi, so I didn’t know a lot of his leads,” Taillon said, noting she wasn’t sure exactly what kind of screen time she would have in the fi lm. “Who knows what’s going to come out in the fi nished product? You never know how much of your scenes are actually going to

be in once the edit comes in and they fi gure where they need to go and what they need to cut.”

Even though Taillon doesn’t know what part her character will play in the final product, she is very happy to have been given the chance to be involved in the movie.

“It was a pretty wicked experience.”

The movie is looking to open in May, possibly at the Cannes Film Festival.

Taillon had a great time working under Johnson, who she called “serious on set in the best way possible.”

She said she was very comfortable on set, despite it being her fi rst time perform-ing in front a green screen. After casting consulting work, Taillon eventually became the casting director for the fi lms.

“We had an interna-tional talent search,” she said, noting her job was to go through videos.

After people voted on their top choices, Taillon made callbacks to actors for auditions.

She continues on with the Space Command se-ries, leading the casting department. She said the production is incredibly international, and they have looked at close to 7,000 auditions for various roles in the series.

“I just fell into a place for the moment,” she said. “I don’t know where it’s going to take me.”

Taillon is now looking forward to pilot season, and while she hasn’t put a lot of thought into a television career, she is hoping to do a number of auditions in the coming weeks and months in preparation for the many pilots that shoot in the

spring. But even shooting a pilot isn’t a guarantee of a job, however. She pointed out a pilot is simply a pitch to networks.

“You just don’t know, but as long as it keeps me auditioning, I don’t mind,” she said.

She said she is used to having auditioned over the years, and likes that part of her job after working with some coaches who she said have really helped her with those skills.

“I’ve had people put-ting me in the right mind frame and polishing me up for the season,” Taillon said. “That’s what you’re built for. Auditions don’t really freak me out.”

The best-case scenario for her is to hitch up with a show that is shooting some-where in Canada, because she has missed the Great White North since moving to L.A.

Taillon is continuing to pitch her web series Nec-essary Action, which she began producing last year.

“There’s interest in it because it’s a female-driven show. Most are male-driven, but you can see the industry changing in that aspect.”

She said a lot of the feedback she has received is in tightening and tuning the idea.

Taillon is also in the process of getting her work visa in the United States and because of her status as an alien of extraordinary ability in the arts, she was told she needed an online fan page, something that can generate views. She is a little embarrassed and tentative about promoting the site, but anyone can like her Facebook fan page, and that may help her with her immigration status.

Estevan native Lara Taillon is awaiting the release of the sci-fi movie she had a role

in. While working as a casting consultant on the fi lm franchise Space Command

she was pegged by director Neil Johnson for a part in the project.

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He’s having a senior’s moment. It must be old timer’s disease. She’s get-ting senile. Sound familiar?

Common statements like these seem harmless, but they contribute to the shame, embarrassment and exclusion that people with dementia often face in their community, at work and even among family and friends.

According to a recent poll by Alzheimer’s Dis-ease International, 40 per cent of people with de-mentia reported they had been avoided or treated differently after diagnosis.

It’s no surprise, then, that one in four respondents cited stigma as a reason to conceal their diagnosis.

That’s why, this Jan-uary during Alzheimer Awareness Month, the Al-zheimer Society of Sas-katchewan is part of a na-tionwide campaign called “See me, not my disease. Let’s talk about dementia.” Its goal is to address myths about the disease, shift at-titudes and make it easier to talk about dementia.

Stereotypes and misin-formation are what prevent people with dementia from getting the help they need

and stop others from taking the disease seriously. De-mentia is more than the oc-casional “senior moment” or losing your keys. It’s a progressive degenerative brain disorder that affects each person differently. It’s fatal and there is no cure.

“Dementia really chal-lenges the values we hold as a society and what it means to be human,” said Joanne Bracken, chief executive officer at the Alzheimer Society of Sas-katchewan. “We need to stop avoiding this disease and rethink how we in-teract with people with

dementia. Only by under-standing the disease and talking more openly about it, can we face our own fears and support individu-als and families living with dementia.”

Today, over 18,000 people in Saskatchewan have dementia - and this number is growing. While dementia can affect people as young as 40 years of age, the risk doubles every fi ve years after 65.

“People seem to think that if you have a dementia, you are all of a sudden in the fi nal stages, you don’t want to do things, you can’t

think or remember any-thing, or that they can catch it so they stay away,” said Stan Dillen, who is diag-nosed with Frontotemporal dementia. “But that’s not true. There are things we can still do, but we might have to change how we do those things, or we might need some help fi nding a way to do activities. Life isn’t over yet.”

To help change the conversation, the people of Saskatchewan can do their part if they:

• Learn the facts about dementia. Help to dispel inaccurate information to

change society’s attitudes and opinions towards peo-ple with the disease.

• Stop making jokes about Alzheimer’s which trivialize the condition. We don’t tolerate racial jokes, yet dementia-related jokes are common.

• Maintain relation-ships with people with dementia at home, in the community or at work, especially as the disease progresses.

To learn more about how you can help us fi ght the stigma against demen-tia, visit www.alzheimer.ca/sk

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Shortly after being released from jail, Oliver Meixner is going back for a slightly longer stay.

Meixner appeared in custody during Estevan provincial court on Mon-day when he pleaded guilty to dangerous operation of a motor vehicle and operating a vehicle while disqualifi ed.

Flight from police leads to jail timeLas t summer, the

44-year-old had been sen-tenced to four months in jail after leading police a low-speed chase out of Es-tevan on Highway 39. He only stopped after a spike belt had defl ated all four of his tires. Dangerous driv-ing charges were dropped, but he was sentenced for impaired driving.

More recently, Mei-xner was arrested after an incident in which he failed to stop for police who were attempting to pull him over.

Police noticed Mei-xner driving in the north-east area of the city, and followed him as proceeded north of town. After they turned on the emergency

lights, Meixner continued to drive, turning east down another side road. That’s when police called off the pursuit.

Soon after, however, Meixner’s truck got stuck at the side of the road. When police approached, he took off running through a fi eld. Police caught up to him, and he was arrested.

The Crown and de-fence presented a joint submission to presiding Judge Karl Bazin calling for a six-month jail term, followed by a 30-month driving prohibition.

The defence noted the circumstances were less serious this time around, and Meixner passed an impairment test.

The Crown was also looking to place Meixner on a new probation order. He has 12 months remain-ing on the order from his previous release from jail.

After hearing from de-fence, Bazin said the new probation order was un-necessary, as he accepted the terms of the joint sub-mission.

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A frequent f inan-cial planning question is whether to contribute to a Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) or a Tax Free Savings Plan (TFSA). With the ratio of Canadian household debt to annual disposable income at a new high, lim-ited resources are forcing many to choose one over the other. Making the de-cision begins with a basic understanding of each.

RRSPs are designed to promote long-term

retirement savings. The maximum annual contri-bution limit for 2012 is $22,970, with individual amounts varying based on factors such as unused past contribution room. RRSP contributions are tax deductible, and that deductibility offers the greatest benefi t when the tax refund is re-invested. Withdrawals are subject to withholding taxes and fees.

TFSAs are savings ve-hicles that allow contribu-tions up to $5,500 per year (effective 2013) in cash and investments. Unused

contribution room can be carried forward indefi-nitely and never expires. Withdrawals can be made anytime in any amount, without being taxed, and can be fully re-contributed the following calendar year. An individual can fund a spouse’s TFSA and the income earned is not at-tributed back to the partner who provided the funds.

TFSAs make a lot of sense for many young people beginning to save for retirement, as they are still in lower income tax brackets and won’t benefi t much from the tax deduct-ibility of RRSPs. It may be better to accumulate RRSP headroom until their marginal tax rate is higher.

The funds in TFSAs

are also accessed more easily, providing a source of emergency funds. The emphasis is on emergency because the convenience of TFSA withdrawals is a downside for those tempt-ed to withdraw on whimsy rather than absolute neces-sity.

For investors in high-er income tax brackets, RRSPs make sense be-cause their tax deduction is likely at a higher marginal rate than it will be when withdrawals are taxed in retirement. And, RRSP contributions may be used to drop their current tax-able income to a lower bracket. Higher income earners are also less likely to have to choose between the TFSA and the RRSP,

and may wish to contrib-ute to both and link the benefi ts.

Assuming the RRSP contribution is fully de-ductible, a B.C. investor with an annual income of $100,000 who contributes $22,970 to an RRSP would get a tax savings of ap-proximately $8,317. The refund could be placed into a TFSA, up to allow-able limits, to be invested and grow without fear of taxation either now or in retirement, multiplying the positive impact of the original RRSP contribu-tion.

Both RRSPs and TF-SAs can act in an inves-tor’s favor, not just as sav-ings vehicles but also from a tax planning perspective.

Unfortunately, there isn’t a one-size-fi ts-all answer as to which is best, and the choice really boils down to individual circum-stances and time horizons. Whether you have a lot or a little to invest, do your homework and begin as soon as possible to ensure you get the most in tax-free or tax-deferred benefi ts.

Kim Inglis, CIM, PFP, FCSI, AIFP is an invest-ment advisor and portfolio manager with Canaccord Wealth Management, a division of Canaccord Ge-nuity Corp., member - Ca-nadian Investor Protection Fund. www.reynoldsinglis.ca. The views in this col-umn are solely those of the author.

Stark diff erences between TSFAs and RRSPs

The labour force at the SaskPower clean coal project at Boundary Dam is mobilizing again, pre-paring for the next major step that will ultimately lead to the completion of the world’s fi rst commer-cial-size carbon dioxide capture and sequestration program.

It was announced last week that a joint venture plan has been signed be-tween Alberici and Balzer Canada to install a new 160 megawatt (MW) tur-bine at Boundary Dam Power Station’s Unit 3 sector.

The $67 million job will see the two companies remove the existing Unit 3 steam turbine and replace it with the new 160 MW Hitachi steam turbine. They will also replace other mechanical equip-ment like the feedwater heating plant.

Bob Turczyn, super-visor of construction for SaskPower at the site, said the other major contractors such as Babcock and Wil-cox are on site, mobilizing and planning for the next phase which will begin in March.

“The existing No. 3

unit is still scheduled to come down March 25,” said Turczyn.

“There will be some clean-up work to do be-fore the installation and tie-in,” he said, referring to the fact that the new turbine will not only be hooked up to the existing SaskPower turbine system at the coal-fi red plant, but will also be tied-in to the adjoining carbon dioxide stripper vessel and other equipment that will be removing noxious gases.

The project contin-ues to be on schedule al-though there have been

some weather-related chal-lenges this winter. There has also been the ongoing challenge of obtaining the skilled labour that is needed at any given time.

When the tie-in begins in earnest, Turczyn said, it will require a number of pipefitters, boilermakers and electricians.

“Those are the three main skill sets we’ll need then,” he added.

The actual carbon capture element of the project is proceeding as planned, he said, under the direction of site manager Gary Cooper of SNC La-

valin, the main contractor for that part of the $1.24 billion project.

It is expected that the old turbine removal and the installation of the new unit will take approxi-mately six months.

Upon comple t ion , carbon dioxide emissions from Unit 3 will be reduced by one million tonness per year at an approximate 90 per cent reduction rate. It will ensure Boundary Dam will remain as a long-term, reliable producer of elec-tricity using coal as the fuel to provide baseload power for the province.

I f t h e p r o j e c t i s deemed successful, the future plan is to outfit Boundary Dam’s three oth-er generators with carbon capture capabilities while decommiss ion ing the plant’s two oldest units, Nos. 1 and 2, which have been seen as being too old and non-compatible for a carbon capture program.

In its current state, Boundary Dam provides just over 830 MW of base-load power per day into the provincial grid system that is capable of providing up to 4,200 MW daily at peak periods.

Clean coal project prepping for next phaseThe Boundary Dam clean coal project engineers are now preparing for a spring installation of a new turbine on Unit 3.

“The existing No. 3 unit is still scheduled

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One of the biggest players in the southeast Saskatchewan oilpatch has

announced its spending plans for 2013.

PetroBakken released

its operational update and capital spending plans Jan. 11 and announced they plan to spend $675 mil-lion on capital projects this year.

The report noted that the capital program is de-signed to build on the suc-cess the company enjoyed in 2012.

“The execution of this plan began in late 2012, when we accelerated the spending of $100 million of capital from 2013 to the end of 2012,” the re-port said. “The accelerated

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PetroBakken antici-pates that 71 per cent of their overall capital bud-get will go towards drill-ing, completion and tie-in activities. They are also spending $140 million

“The 2013 capital plan is expected to deliver an average daily production rate of 46,000 to 48,000 boepd and exit 2013 pro-duction of approximately 49,000 to 52,000 boepd.”

The bulk of the capital spending will be centred on the Cardium oil play in west-central Alberta.

The company also plans to continue to invest in their cash fl ow positive assets in the Bakken and southeast Saskatchewan. Overall they have $85 mil-lion earmarked for the southeast.

“The Bakken program balances facilities and in-frastructure spending with cluster development drill-ing to maintain strong capi-tal effi ciencies and a low operating cost structure.”

PetroBakken’s 2013 drilling program will see roughly 129 wells drilled.

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The City of Estevan invites tenders from Equipment Dealers to purchase a new Riding Mower. For more information and a complete list of specifi cations, please contact Gloria Johnson, Parks Manager at (306) 634-1816. The City reserves the right to accept the tender proposal that best meets its requirements and the lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. You are invited to respond by forwarding sealed envelopes marked “Riding Mower Tender” to the following by 2:30pm, Tuesday January 29, 2013.Leisure Services

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Opening of tenders shall take place at 2:30 PM, January 29, 2013 C.S.T., in the Conference Room at the Souris Valley Aquatic and Leisure Centre, ESTEVAN, Saskatchewan. Lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

2013 Discount on Property TaxesEffective in 2013, discounts on the School portion of Property Taxes will not be offered as per Provincial Government directives.The City of Estevan will offer a discount of 2.5% on the City Property Tax Portion for payments made in full based on the 2012 levy until January 31, 2013. There will be no further discounts offered after January 31st. For further information, contact Tim at 634-1813 or Trina at 634-1811.

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The Holy Family Ro-man Catholic Separate School Division held their fi rst monthly meeting of the new year Jan. 9 in Weyburn.

The meeting touched on a number of different topics including:

• The board has an effective leadership work-shop planned for January 18 and 19. It will focus on roles and responsibili-ties with Dr. Leroy Sloan facilitator.

Holy Family board holds monthly meeting• Holy Family’s an-

nual general meeting will be held February 12 in Radville at 7 p.m. in the St. Olivier School gym.

• A bye lec t ion i s scheduled for Subdivision No. 3 in rural Estevan. The deadline for nominations is Feb 6. If necessary, an election will be held March 13.

• Following a pre-sentation on the changes to The Education Act, 1995, Regulations, the

board reviewed the draft options for the five day week school calendar for 2013-2014. They also dis-cussed the draft four day week and alternate school calendars.

• In preparation for the 2013-2014 budget, the school division is under-taking a review of the cur-rent method of delivering IT support for both infra-structure and instruction. Following the review, the school division will begin

developing a new three year technology plan.

• Keith Thompson, assistant director of edu-cation, reported on early learning in the school di-vision. Holy Family is currently reviewing all early learning programs to ensure they are meeting the needs of our children and communicating with the community about sup-ports that are available. The school division is also preparing to begin

Ministry of Education approved assessments of pre-kindergarten and kin-dergarten students and assessing pre-kindergarten environments to fi nd ways to improve student learn-ing.

• Construction on the portable classroom at Sa-cred Heart School/École Sacré Coeur is nearing completion. January 20 is the anticipated date for student occupancy.

• Superintendent of fi -

nance, Cal Martin walked the board through the new school division website. Phase 1 of the new site is ready to be unrolled. Phase 2 will be unrolled in mid-April with Phase 3 done by the end of June. Holy Family’s website can be visited at www.holyfami-lyrcssd.ca.

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After a disappointing outcome on Saturday, the CanElson Drilling Estevan Bruins rebounded with a gutsy effort on Sunday to pick up their fi rst victory of 2013.

Hudson Mor r i son scored with 36 seconds left in regulation and the Bruins went on to defeat the Bat-tlefords North Stars 4-3 in a shootout on Sunday. They had lost 4-3 to the Kinder-sley Klippers on Saturday after allowing two goals in the third period.

Morrison’s second goal of the night on Sun-day helped rescue the team from what looked like a similar fate.

Alex Cote and recent returnee Dylan Smith scored for Estevan in the shootout to give the team two enormous points in the standings.

The Bruins (13-22-2) sat fi ve points behind the fourth-place Kindersley Klippers with a game in hand entering last night’s home game against Notre Dame.

They are also four points ahead of the Wey-burn Red Wings, who lost both of their weekend games.

“The most important part of it wasn’t the two points. The most important part was guys working hard, doing what we asked of them and being rewarded for it. That instills a bit of

the belief that we need to have going forward,” said Bruins head coach Keith Cassidy.

“It was a hard game, it was physical, it was gritty and we got into some pen-alty trouble … but we bat-tled through it as a hockey club and continued to play hard.”

The game in North Battleford was moved from Friday to Sunday due to poor road conditions in the southeast on Friday.

Josh Betinol scored the only goal of the fi rst period for the Stars on a power play at the 17:45 mark.

Morrison scored his fi rst of two markers short-handed five minutes into the second to tie it up, only for Betinol to score another power play tally midway through the period.

Zach Douglas re -plied for the Bruins at the 13-minute mark with his fi rst SJHL goal.

Blake Young put the North Stars back on top 54 seconds into the third period, and the score stayed that way until Morrison’s late goal on a rebound.

Cassidy said Morrison has been a tremendous asset to the team as an 18-year-old.

“You know what he brings to the rink every night, and having him step up and play as big of a role as he has surprises a lot of people, but in terms of his

competitiveness, we knew what we were getting. It’s nice to see someone like that step in in their first year and not shy away from shouldering a responsibil-ity. He knows how impor-tant he is to this hockey club and that’s nothing that scares him. He relishes the challenge,” said Cassidy.

On Saturday, the Bru-ins had a strong fi rst period, getting goals from Mor-rison and Smith in the fi rst three minutes of the game. Ryan Doner would reply for Kindersley 11 minutes in.

Gio Bombini tied the game two minutes into the middle frame, but Cole Olson capitalized on the power play to put Estevan back on top about 13 min-utes in.

The Bruins took the 3-2 lead to the third period, but Colby Daniels erased that just 1:55 in with a power play goal.

Klippers defenceman Troy Gedny scored the win-ner at the 14-minute mark.

“They were clean shots and I think (goalie Curtis Martinu) would agree that he’d want them back. He steps up and helps us, we gotta step up and help him,” said Cassidy.

He added that Klip-pers rookie goalie Tyrell King was phenomenal after starter Warren Shymko was yanked three minutes into the game.

“We battled hard and had great scoring chanc-es and young Mr. King came in and stole the game for Kindersley. The guys weren’t down after (the game). They felt the chem-istry, they felt excited, the excitement of having Dylan back was there,” said the coach.

Saturday’s game was Smith’s fi rst since rejoining the Bruins at the SJHL trade deadline. He played on a

line with Olson and Alex Cote, and Cassidy said the results were impressive.

“They had pretty good chemistry right off the start. They were the dominant line. The scoring chances that they manufactured were unbelievable.”

On the injury front, the Bruins have recalled rookie goalie Travis Pelletier from the Pilot Butte Storm of the Prairie Junior Hockey League after getting the

news that Steven Glass’s knee woes have returned.

It appears that the two starts he made in December will be the only ones for him this season.

“For the foreseeable future, all he’s going to be doing is rehab. His special-ist in Saskatoon is baffl ed as to why it’s taking so long. His message to Glass was to shut ‘er down for the foreseeable future,” said Cassidy.

Although the games counted as two losses in the standings, the Estevan Sher-ritt Coal Bruins had argu-ably their best weekend of the season with the Yorkton Terriers in town.

Against the power-house Terriers, whose last regular season loss came two seasons ago, the pee-wee AA Bruins played in-spired hockey and pushed Yorkton as far as they could.

The damage in the end was a 6-4 win for Yorkton on Saturday, including an empty netter, and a 7-3 vic-tory on Sunday.

“I’ll tell you what, there’s no team that’s played them as well as we did this

weekend.“I think their closest

game before this was three goals,” said Bruins head coach Jeff Pierson.

“At the end of the day, we didn’t come out with any points, but it was a huge weekend for our team. They’re a team that’s not just skilled, but they can be so intimidating.”

On Saturday, Bruins’ star Cole Fonstad led the way with all four goals.

The Bruins fell behind 4-1 early in the second pe-riod, then took advantage of some undisciplined play by the Terriers to get back in the thick of it.

“We were down 4-1.

Usually when you’re down 4-1 to them, you’ll lose 10-1 or 10-2 or whatever combi-nation of lopsidedness you want,” said Pierson.

But with Yorkton tak-ing three straight penalties in quick succession, Fons-tad took over the game.

He made it 4-2 on a blistering top shelf shot from the left faceoff circle, then fired a similar shot from the high slot moments later to get the Bruins within a goal. Both markers came with a two-man advantage.

Late in the period, the Terriers got one back on a point-blank shot on the power play to go ahead 5-3 after two periods.

But Fonstad wasn’t fi nished, hammering home a slap shot on yet another 5-on-3 to make it a one-goal game again.

“Those were obviously 5-on-3 goals and when Cole has that much ice to work with, the puck’s usually going to end up in the back of the net. Our team is quite dependent on his offence,” said Pierson.

The Bruins had several chances to tie the game after that, including one with about 40 seconds to play, but weren’t able to do so. The Terriers would add an empty netter.

On Sunday, the Bruins started the game on fi re but

couldn’t hang on.They led 2-0 early on,

managed to keep it at 3-3 later in the game, and then “took fi ve minutes off,” as Pierson put it.

“They quickly made it 7-3, we took a time out and for the rest of the game we played them 0-0 and had quite a few chances.”

Fonstad scored twice for Estevan and Mason Strutt had the other goal.

The bad news Sunday was that the team’s top defenceman, Kade McMil-len, suffered a broken col-larbone in the fi rst period.

The Bruins were slated to play Game 2 of their fi rst-round provincial series in

Moose Jaw last night — it had been scheduled for Jan. 9, but the Bruins opted not to go due to bad road condi-tions — and Pierson said the timing could not be better.

“I think the biggest thing it can do is give the kids the confidence that they can play against any-one. If they can play like that against any other team, they’ll beat them,” he said.

“We gave them all they can handle, and I’m ex-tremely proud of the entire team.”

The Bruins led that se-ries by one goal entering last night’s game. A win would send them to face Yorkton in the next round.

Peewee Bruins push Yorkton to the limit

Bruins grab split on road swingFive-game losing streak snapped against Stars

SOUNDING OFF

“Just talking to him, he seems like a completely different indi-

vidual now and it’s done nothing but good things for him.”— Estevan Bruins head coach Keith Cassidy on the time Dylan Smith spent playing

hockey in Connecticut this season.

““I’ll tell you what, there’s no team that’s played them as well as

we did this weekend. I think their closest game before this was

three goals.”— Peewee AA Bruins head coach Jeff Pierson on the team’s strong performance

against the undefeated Yorkton Terriers in two weekend games.

Estevan Bruins forward Hudson Morrison gets a clean chance against Melville

Millionaires goalie Alex Wakaluk during a recent game. (File Photo)

Peewee AA Bruins forward Ryder Pierson redirects a pass just wide of the net during the team’s 6-4 loss to Yorkton on Saturday.

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The Estevan Bruins only made one trade on trade deadline day in the SJHL on Thursday, but they made a splash.

The team’s biggest and most surprising move was to bring back last year’s leading scorer Dylan Smith, who had left the team in the off-season.

Smith, 20, had 13 goals and 28 points in 25 games with the Eastern Junior Hockey League’s Connecti-cut Oilers this year.

The right winger led the Bruins with 37 goals and 74 points last year.

Smith was travelling when reached Monday and was not able to speak about his return.

The parting between the Bruins and Smith in August was not completely amicable, but head coach and general manager Keith Cassidy said that’s all in the past now.

“It wasn’t the perfect situation, but from my point of view, I think what (the move has) done for Dylan is great things. He got a chance to experience hockey and life outside Saskatchewan. I think that’s

done wonders for him. “Just talking to him, he

seems like a completely dif-ferent individual now and it’s done nothing but good things for him. From nega-tive situations there can be some positive, and that’s what we’ve gotta take from it,” Cassidy said.

Cassidy said Smith had talked to some local players about the possibility of coming back, then ap-proached the team about it on Thursday. The deal was completed less than two hours before the league’s midnight deadline.

Smith played in the

team’s road games against Kindersley and Battlefords on the weekend, scoring his fi rst goal of the season against the Klippers.

Cass idy sa id tha t Smith’s ability to slide right into the lineup with no ad-justment period, unlike the other players the team has acquired to provide some offence this year, is a big bonus.

“His familiarity with the league is huge and he’s got a proven track record. What I can say after watch-ing him the fi rst two games is that this’ll be a different Dylan Smith than what fans

are used to. Being in your 20-year-old season does some different things to you … his work ethic and determination, along with a pretty positive attitude, is something we can welcome to this hockey club.”

Aside from repatriating Smith, the Bruins acquired defenceman Nick Egan at the deadline and said goodbye to forward Nick Weiss and defenceman Ty-ler Poskus.

Egan, 19, comes to Saskatchewan from the Philadelphia Revolution of the EJHL, the same league Smith had been playing in.

The Trenton, N.J., na-tive is expected to play a shutdown role on the Bru-ins’ back end. He had a goal and four points in 31 games with the Revolution.

“From all accounts he is a very rugged stay-at-home defenceman who has a little bit of offensive upside,” said Cassidy. “He brings some toughness and some grit. I don’t think he’s one to back down from

anybody.“His general manager

said, ‘You’ll not fi nd a nicer kid, a more mature kid and one that’s more dedicated to his teammates.’”

The team hopes Egan can slot in fourth or fi fth on the team’s depth chart.

The Bruins parted ways with Weiss just prior to the trade deadline and the split did not come on ideal terms.

Weiss, 20, had 12 goals and 21 points in 35 games this season.

“The short version of it is he came to us a couple of days ago and indicated that he didn’t feel that this group could succeed and he wanted to be moved. We found him fi ve offers and presented them to him and ultimately he didn’t like any of those,” Cassidy explained.

One of those teams was the Notre Dame Hounds, and two others were divi-sion leaders in their respec-tive leagues.

“He didn’t feel that any

of that was good enough and he decided he was go-ing to go home,” Cassidy said.

Poskus, meanwhile, had asked for a trade closer to his hometown of Red Deer, but wanted to stay with the Bruins if no deal could be found.

A handful of teams were interested in adding Poskus, but didn’t want to give something up, so he was released with the pos-sibility of signing with one of those teams.

“Tyler did a tremen-dous job for us coming in last year as part of the (Tyler) Paslawski trade. I was hoping for a little more this year out of Tyler and we just weren’t seeing that. For us, having (Zach) Douglas and (David) Robertson get some more minutes was obviously a part of that de-cision,” said Cassidy.

The Bruins still have one player card open and may sign a free agent from any level of junior hockey until Feb. 10.

Smith returns to Bruins at deadlineTeam’s biggest move was bringing back leading scorer

The blizzard-like con-ditions that swept through southeast Saskatchewan on Friday claimed a few

casualties in the sporting world, and one of them was the Estevan Com-prehensive School senior

boys’ basketball tourna-ment that had been sched-uled for last weekend.

The decision to post-pone the tournament came Friday morning.

Senior boys’ head coach Nathan Wilhelm said the tournament may still take place in March.

The “Pack the Shack” event, which will see a 50-inch television given away, will be held in Feb-ruary in conjunction with the McLeod Series against Weyburn.

Tournament postponed

The Estevan Bruins hope Dylan Smith will score many

more goals like this one after re-acquiring him at the

SJHL’s trade deadline on Thursday. (File Photo)

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EBDayton Westerman scored two goals to help the Estevan Blue Rock junior midget Bruins to a 2-2 tie with the Regina Capitals on Saturday in the Queen City.

Westerman began the scoring for the Bruins (5-7-2) late in the fi rst period, burying the puck at the 16:49 mark.

The Capitals responded less than two minutes later on a goal by Liam Diebel at 18:39.

Westerman scored the

second period’s only goal, lighting the lamp at 6:17 to put the Bruins on top 2-1 after 40 minutes.

That score remained intact for most of the third period, but Dayne Szauter salvaged one point for the Capitals with six minutes left in regulation.

Warren Kolb chipped in two assists for Estevan, and Kyle Seipp had another.

The junior midget team was slated to visit Weyburn last night.

The Estevan Apex Bruins are in a lot of trouble entering tonight’s second game of their first-round provincial series against the Weyburn Wings.

Game 1 of the two-game, total-goal series went Saturday in Weyburn and the home side dominat-ed the game 6-1, with the

Estevan is hosting one of the biggest events on the Saskatchewan curling calendar this weekend and the fi eld is now set.

Regional playdowns held last weekend deter-mined the group of 16 teams that will invade the Estevan Curling Club for the men’s southern playdowns, which run from Thursday to Sun-day.

The fi rst draw is tomor-row at 1 p.m., followed by the opening ceremony at 6 p.m.

The A fi nal is Saturday at 4:30 p.m., the two B fi nals are the same night at 8:30 and the two C finals are Sunday at 2 p.m.

Five teams will ad-vance from the triple-knockout tournament to the provincial SaskTel Tankard men’s championship.

Of the 16 teams at the Tankard, five others will

Gedak among favourites at playdownsField of 16 converges on Estevan Curling Club this weekend

come from the northern playdowns being held this weekend in Kindersley. The other six have already been determined through other means: Darrell McKee (Sas-katoon), Bruce Korte (Sas-

katoon), Jamie Schneider (Regina), Steve Laycock (Saskatoon), Randy Bryden (Regina) and Max Kirkpat-rick (Swift Current).

Estevan’s Brent Gedak enters the playdowns as one

of the favourites to advance to the Tankard.

He and his team of John Aston (third), Derek Owens (second) and Malcolm Van-stone (lead) tore through the southern playdowns

last year in Swift Current, defeating Bryden in the A fi nal.

Gedak has appeared in the Tankard eight times in the last nine years.

His team, Lampman’s Mark Walter and White-wood’s Jason Krupski ad-vanced to the playdowns from Zone 4 regionals in Lampman last weekend.

Walter ’s r ink also includes Garry Kreutzer (third), Aaron Fornwald (second) and Dave Wetsch (lead).

Krupski’s team, con-sisting of Lyle Brown (third), Dean Krupski (sec-ond) and Kelly Hollinger (lead), will also be a con-tender. Krupski appeared in last year’s Tankard and was one win away from playing for a playoff berth.

Joel Jordison, who went to the Brier in 2009, is another skip to keep an

eye on. His Moose Jaw rink, newly formed last year, features Jason Ackerman (third), Brent Goeres (sec-ond) and Curtis Horwath (lead).

Former Canadian ju-nior champion Braeden Moskowy is also in the fi eld, curling third with Brock Virtue’s team out of the Cal-lie Curling Club in Regina. The group also includes Chris Schille (second) and D.J. Kidby (lead).

The other teams in the fi eld are skipped by Clayton Wicks (Swift Current), Rea-gan Hadden (Swift Current), Shaylor Layman (Lafl eche), Jason Weal (Assiniboia), Wade Sydorko (Weyburn), Jeff Hartung (Langenburg), Shawn Joyce (Moose Jaw), Mike Eberle (Regina Tar-tan), Chris Busby (Regina Highland), William Coutts (Regina Highland) and Clint Krismer (Regina Tartan).

Estevan curler Brent Gedak watches his stone during the oilmen’s tournament last

spring. Gedak and his team of John Aston, Derek Owens and Malcolm Vanstone are

among the favourites at the men’s southern playdowns this weekend in Estevan.

Apex Bruins dig deep hole in provincials midget AA Bruins manag-ing their only goal with 16 seconds left in regulation.

The Wings, who cur-rently sit in second place in the South Saskatchewan Minor Hockey League, broke the game open in the third period with four goals.

Braden Mellon opened the scoring for them in the

fi rst with a goal at the 6:40 mark.

Jacob Eger extended that lead 14 minutes into the second period with a power play marker.

Weyburn would then score three times in a span of two minutes early in the third period.

Kyle Mryglod made

it 3-0 at 1:21, with Tucker Neuberger following that up with a tally at 2:50.

Only 34 seconds af-ter that, Mryglod scored again to put the game out of reach.

Eger added to the lead 11 minutes into the period, putting Weyburn ahead 6-0.

Tyson Price would

score the Bruins’ only goal unassisted in the fi nal min-ute of play.

Levi Eiteneier was in goal for Estevan, who went 0-for-5 on the power play. Weyburn was 1-for-7 with the man advantage.

Game 2 will be played tonight at Spectra Place at 7:45.

Meanwhile, the Bru-ins were slated to host the Notre Dame Hounds this past Friday, but the game was postponed due to bad weather in the region.

They will return to league action this weekend, visiting the Hounds on Saturday and the Regina Flames on Sunday.

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It was a strong week-end for the Estevan Power Dodge Chargers, as the bantam A team racked up 23 goals in two South Sas-katchewan Female Hockey League games.

On Saturday, the Char-gers pounded the Regina Red Wings 14-3 at the Civic Auditorium.

Megan LeBlanc (fi ve goals) and Michaella Mat-thies (four goals, two as-sists) led the charge for Estevan. Kailey McLellan

Chargers hammer Regina teams(2), Mariah McKersie, Rachel Mack and Teanna Michel also scored. Ash-ton Magotiaux added four assists.

Seanna Cook, Kylee Bohay and Sofi a Kourles replied for Regina.

The Chargers hit the road on Sunday to visit the Regina Wild, winning that game 9-3.

Matthies dominated the game, racking up fi ve goals and three assists.

LeBlanc (two goals,

three assists) and McK-ersie (two goals, two as-sists) had the other goals for Estevan.

Elizabeth Dornstaud-er (2) and Paige Enmark scored for the Wild.

The Estevan Dayman Trucking Bulldogs, mean-while, doubled up on the Red Wings 6-3 at the Civic. The Red Wings played two straight games.

Shania Taylor (2), Jen-na Grube, Jenna Krekle-wich, Carly Kreklewich

and Hannah Battersby scored for the Bulldogs.

Kourles, Sara Tokarz and Karlie McGeough had the Wings’ markers.

The Bulldogs were slated to visit the Regina Capitals on Sunday, but the score was not available at press time.

The Bulldogs had also been scheduled to play in Weyburn against the Ath-letics on Friday, but that game was postponed due to bad weather in the region.

Despite beating two of the four rinks that eventu-ally advanced to the Sask-Power Scotties Tourna-ment of Hearts, Estevan’s Sherrilee Orsted was not able to grab one of those spots at the provincial women’s southern curling playdowns in Melville on the weekend.

Orsted and her Este-

Orsted foursome falls short at playdowns

The Estevan TS&M Bruins struck fi rst on Sun-day, but it was all downhill from there.

The bantam AA club lost 8-1 to the Swift Current Raiders at Spectra Place.

By the end of the fi rst period, the Bruins trailed 4-1, and Swift Current

TS&M Bruins take beating against Raiderswould score four more goals in the third.

Estevan (7-9-2) was in a three-way tie for sixth place in the South Divi-sion of the Saskatchewan Bantam AA Hockey League entering Monday’s league action.

On Sunday, Josh Sk-

jonsby got the Bruins on the board fi rst with a tally 5:14 into the game. But that was all the scoring the home side would manage.

Swift Current captain Tanner Nagel levelled the score at 8:39, and Kole Lind gave the Raiders the lead only 33 seconds later.

Tristan Carey scored twice for Swift Current be-fore the end of the period, the fi rst goal coming at 12:25 and the second with less than two minutes to play.

After a scoreless second period, Carey completed a natural hat trick that spanned roughly half the game with

a goal 51 seconds into the third.

Jarett Gerlach made it 6-1 for the Raiders six min-utes into the frame and added another goal at 13:41.

Josh Nimegeers closed out the scoring for the visi-tors with four minutes left in regulation.

Lind and Dylan Rossiter added three assists apiece for the Raiders.

The Bruins are home again this weekend, hosting Weyburn on Friday at 7:30 p.m. and the Regina Silver Foxes on Saturday at 5:15 p.m. Both games are at Spec-tra Place.

van Curling Club rink of Candace Newkirk (third), Brittany Rae (second) and Jade Ivan (lead) posted a 3-3 record at the bonspiel.

The team got closest to a qualifying berth in the B event, where they reeled off two wins before falling one game short of the B fi nal.

Ors t ed began the

playdowns on Friday with an 8-7 win in extra ends over Deanne Miller-Jones of Weyburn.

That evening, the Es-tevan crew was bounced of out the A event with a 9-7 defeat at the hands of Deanna Doig of Kronau, a team that includes former Amber Holland third Kim Schneider.

It was not the last time Orsted and Doig would meet.

In her fi rst game on the B side, Orsted stole a point in the 10th end to sneak past Laurie Cyca of Melville.

After that , Orsted doubled up Balgonie’s Mandy Selzer to advance to a rematch with Doig.

The Kronau rink carried a two-point lead into the ninth end and then put up a fi ve-spot to bring out the handshakes and win the game 11-4.

That loss knocked Orsted’s foursome to the C event, but they weren’t able to make another charge there, losing 8-5 to Teejay Haichert of Swift

Current. Haichert scored fi ve points in the sixth end to break the game open.

The teams moving on to the provincial Scot-ties tournament later this month in Balgonie are Moose Jaw’s Penny Bark-er, Candace Chisholm of the Tartan Curling Club in Regina, Miller-Jones and Selzer.

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On one of the slowest SJHL trade deadline days in recent memory, the Estevan Bruins made one of the big-gest moves, and it did not come in the form of a trade.

What’s old is new again, as the team agreed to bring back last year’s leading scor-er Dylan Smith.

The Bruins were look-ing to add a top-end scorer, and Smith certainly fi ts the bill, being a proven sniper in the SJHL.

According to Keith Cas-sidy, his all-around game has improved as well, which

is great news for the Black and Gold.

On top of the offence Smith will provide, his return will help energize long-time linemate Cole Olson as well.

Olson has been without both of his usual wingers all season, Smith and Calder Neufeld, and his sublime playmaking ability should result in more goals now that

Smith is back.With the departure of

Nick Weiss and the ongoing injury situation with Neufeld and Wyatt Garagan, the Bru-ins only have 12 healthy forwards, although they may be able to add another one with the open card they still have left.

Weiss was among the Bruins’ top scorers this sea-son, but he and the coaching staff never saw eye-to-eye and the team was irritated by the way he left, choosing to go home instead of accepting a trade to one of the several teams who wanted him.

Meanwhile, with the Bruins getting better, the teams directly in front of and behind them got worse on paper.

T h e f o u r t h - p l a c e Kindersley Klippers dealt left winger Brett Printz to Grande Prairie for futures. Printz had 12 points in 17 games since joining the Klip-pers.

Weyburn, meanwhile, traded 20-year-old defence-man Jens Johnson to the Notre Dame Hounds for 18-year-old rearguard Colton Laroque.

Everyone was wonder-ing whether Weyburn would sell for the future or try to bolster the roster. They made a good deal for the future here, but otherwise kept their

core intact.Elsewhere in the league,

the biggest splash by far belonged to the Humboldt Broncos, who are once again looking like a team that could go to the RBC Cup.

(It can’t be overstated what a fantastic job Dean Brockman has done with that club. Host the RBC, then come back with a fi rst-place team the next year? Virtually unheard of.)

The Broncos had to be thanking their lucky stars after disgruntled Prince

George Cougars forward Alex Forsberg was not traded by the WHL deadline on Thursday.

Forsberg, 17, asked for a trade from the Cougars last month, just like his brother Jesse did last summer.

Despite Forsberg being a former fi rst overall bantam pick with declining trade value, the Cougars never did pull the trigger Thursday, even though the Regina Pats submitted “a real aggressive offer,” according to Pats GM Chad Lang, and other teams

surely made offers as well.Now he will play out

the year with Humboldt, who had his Junior A rights on their protected list, and who knows what the Cougars will be able to get for him in the off-season.

His stay will be short, but the SJHL hasn’t had a player of that pedigree in a while (although a 16-year-old Jaden Schwartz might count in that category), and it should be fun to watch when the Broncos visit Spectra Place on Feb. 15.

Bruins make news on slow deadline day

Jan. 10Name Distance ScoreBrodie Biggs 10m 165Mathew Chapman 10m 146Davis Dietze 10m 110Mark Fergusson 15m 164Mya Fladeland 10m 55Jacob Gallipeau 10m 109Reagan Gibbons 10m 47Dallas Gordey 10m 78Dylan Gordey 10m 89Tyler Holowchuk 18m 180Kelsie Jackie 10m 117Jaiden Jocelyn 15m 139Ayden Kavalench 10m 187Carson Kavalench 10m 199Parker Lavoie 10m 143Kyle Lawrence 15m 155Gage Luskey 10m 23Logan Marshall 10m 31Brandon Miller 18m 206Nate Smart 18m 188Lucas Wallewein 18m 226Reagan Wallewein 18m 154Preston Zimmerman 15m 128

ARCHERYARCHERY SCORESSCORESEstevan Archery Club Junior Olympic Program Scores

B Side ChampionsThe Estevan McGillicky Thunder peewee house team won the B side at the Saska-

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the Saskatoon Legion, then beat the Regina Penguins 8-3 and the Saskatoon Ren-

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A local author hoping that the powerful message in her new novel will help others held a book reading at the Estevan Public Library on Saturday.

Unpunished , wri t-ten under the pseudonym D.D.K., shares the true story of a woman named Donna who has endured abuse and suffering stemming from relationship issues both in childhood and adulthood.

Before beginning the reading, the author urged anyone who recognizes this woman’s situation in their own life or a friend’s to get help.

Growing up in Winni-peg, Donna’s stepfather tried to sexually abuse her, but she pretended to be asleep, rolled over and kneed him “where he would feel it” and that was the end of that.

Donna’s older sister was “out of control,” wasted away on drugs and alcohol.

It would later be re-vealed that Donna’s father, who died on Christmas morning, was the only per-son in her family that she had fond memories of.

One time, Donna and a friend hitchhiked with a truck driver, who touched her friend in an inappropri-ate manner. Donna fi nally had enough and opened the passenger door, pulling her friend and herself out of the truck and onto the side of the highway.

The turbulence Donna

experienced in childhood would continue to stay at her side as an adult.

It began when she be-came involved in a relation-ship with a man the author identifi ed as Alan, who, as Donna would later learn, was notorious for all the wrong reasons.

Alan seemed like “two different people” at times. He was abusive and, once the relationship had soured to the point where Donna kicked him out of the house, would not get out of her life.

Donna would often fi nd Alan hiding in her closet, un-der her bed or staring at her through the porch window.

Eventually, Donna wasn’t willing to take any more and physically con-fronted him, “ready to fi ght,” as D.D.K. put it.

The author mentioned that during one of Alan’s “surprise visits,” Donna’s salon was burned down, al-though it is not clear whether Alan was responsible.

Donna eventually took him to court, but he man-aged to strike a plea bargain.

Alan did fi nally leave her life, and as Donna began to recover from the relation-ship, she started leaving the house more often. One of these trips took her to a ca-sino, something she’d never been to in her life.

She met a man identi-fi ed as Merv and, while she was still extremely tentative, she agreed to exchange e-

mails.They eventually dated,

and Donna discovered that he had an odd dark side, but she couldn’t quite put her fi nger on it. It turned out she was in for more of what she had just escaped from.

The relationship esca-lated and in one incident, Merv hit her and dragged her down the stairs by her hair. Donna then found out

that he had been in the court-room during Alan’s case, and knew that she was vul-nerable.

Merv would then steal her credit cards and her iden-tity and, as Donna would later discover, was writing fake e-mails from Donna to himself so that he could tell his family and friends that she, in fact, was abusive.

All of this left Donna

with little recourse but to give in to his demands in order to stay alive.

Eventually Donna es-caped from the island the two had been living on, with the help of a friend.

Some time later, the news came that Merv had been killed in a fi ght with someone else, and he had been dragged by his hair down the same set of stairs

where he abused Donna.D.D.K. said she feels

sorry for people like Merv who are in such a dark place in their lives.

She has received many e-mails since the book was published last month, many of them from people going through similar situations. One man from Tennessee wrote that “I thought you were writing about me.”

Painful, powerful story shared at book reading

Local author D.D.K. reads from her novel, Unpunished, on Saturday at the Estevan Public Library.

Everybody gets to play.

That obviously sounds like fun, and it’s also the name given to an upcom-ing workshop that will be staged in the Estevan Public Library on Feb. 9 and 10.

The two-day workshop is being presented in part-nership with Saskatchewan

Parks and Recreation. The Feb. 9 session

begins at 10 a.m. and will conclude at 4 p.m. with lunch for the participants provided.

The Sunday, Feb. 10 phase of the workshop will begin at 1 p.m. and conclude at 4 p.m.

The goal of the work-shop is to reduce barriers

to recreation participation and increase awareness and understanding about core Aboriginal values, as well as customs.

Participants will be provided with an excellent learning opportunity, as well as a venue to exchange ideas among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal recre-ational professionals.

Anyone who works with children in a recre-ational capacity or who is interested in becoming more involved is invited to this free workshop.

“Regardless of eco-nomic or cultural back-ground, all children deserve an equal opportunity to take part in recreational activi-ties. Estevan is becoming

a more diverse community. Recreational professionals need to expand and develop activities to accommodate the growing need for cul-turally and economically inclusive programming,” said Maureen Curtis, chil-dren’s program co-ordina-tor for the library.

The workshop regis-tration will be limited to

20 participants who will receive a certifi cate of ac-knowledgement if they complete the workshop requirements.

Those interested in the workshop are advised to register early by contacting Curtis at the Estevan Public Library at 306-636-1621 or by e-mail at mcurtis@southeast.lib.sk.ca

Everybody gets to play at this workshop

By Catrina MoldenhauerMidale Correspondent

The Midale Oilmen’s Association will be host-ing their 25th annual bon-spiel on Feb.21, 22 and 23. It starts on the evening of Feb. 21, runs most of the day on Friday with a supper, dutch auction and dance. The playoffs will be held on Saturday. Cost to enter is $240 per team. The dance is open to all aged 19 and older. To enter a team, please call Catrina Moldenhauer at 458-2887 or text Darren Moldenhauer at 458-7838. For more information or if you would like to join the committee, talk to any of the members.

Long-t ime Midale resident Elvey Herman Julius Martinson passed away on Sunday, Jan. 6 at the age of 94. His funeral was held on Thursday, Jan.

10 at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Midale. Fol-lowing the service, lunch was served by the Midale Catering Club at the Mi-dale Civic Centre. He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Nina Martinson (née Knutson), son, Dayle (Dixie) of Midale and their three children; son, Lyle (Teri) of Calgary, Alta., and their four children; son, Neil (Rhonda) of Mi-dale and their three chil-dren; son, Glenn (Becky) of Medicine Hat, Alta., and their four children; daughter, Joyce Martinson of Regina, Sask. and her two children; sister, Hazel (Willis) Emde of Midale as well as numerous in-laws, nieces, nephews and many friends.

The Midale Mustangs resumed play following the Christmas break when they hosted the Oxbow Huskies on Saturday, Jan.

5 when they went down to a 5-2 defeat. They hosted Carnduff on Sunday, Jan. 6 and won 10 - 2, and then hosted Arcola-Kisbey Combines on Wednesday, Jan. 9, winning 5-4 in a shootout.

The Mustangs were at home to the Wawota Flyers on Jan. 12, are on the road tonight to play in Redvers, will host Arcola on Friday, Jan. 18 and play in Carlyle on Sunday, Jan. 20.

The Novice Storm played host to the Estevan Stars on Friday, Jan. 11 and then played in a tour-nament in Lampman the next day. On Jan. 19, the Storm will host their home tournament with fi ve other teams participating. Come out and support the Novice team! They will play at 9 a.m. and 4:15 p.m.

Free Public Skating will be held on Friday, Jan.

18 from 2 to 4 p.m. The Midale Skating

Club members are sell-ing tickets to win choice of one of three campers or $15,000. Contact any skating club member or Michelle Kleinsasser or Catrina Moldenhauer if you would like tickets.

Midale School stu-dents will be skating dur-ing their physical educa-tion classes in January. Children are required to have warm clothing, skates and a hockey hel-met. Any and all help would be greatly appreci-ated to help tie skates and to skate with the students. There is a wide range of skill levels and with more volunteers they may all be successful at skating! They will be skating on Jan. 22, 24, 29 and 31 from 12:30 to 1:45 p.m.

Parents, please en-sure your children have

weather appropriate cloth-ing at all times. There have been many kids coming to school without the proper attire to be outside playing at recess.

Midale School staff, students, the SCC and two school parent volunteers will be developing a Safe School Survey this month that will be given to all students and parents. One high school parent and one elementary parent are required to sit on this committee. If you are in-terested in doing so, please contact 458-2480 or by e-mailing: lloyd.morrison@cornerstonesd.ca

High school curling will be held at the curl-ing rink on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 3:30 p.m. Please remember to bring stretchy pants, clean shoes and a smile!

Adult Volleyball will run every Tuesday from 7

to 9 p.m. until Feb. 12. Ad-mission is $2 per evening.

The Science Fair is scheduled for March 21 in Carnduff. The Grades 7 and 8 students have started coming up with ideas and working on their projects. These two classes are go-ing to hold a mini Sci-ence Fair the afternoon of Jan. 31 when students will display their projects for other students and the community to view. Other classes taking part in the Science Fair are the Grades 9 and 10 students, and they will be complet-ing their projects when they start science class in the second semester.

Bethlehem Lutheran Church Sunday School be-gan again on Jan. 13 at 11 a.m. for all children ages 3 to 12, and will run every Sunday. All are welcome.

Have a great week Midale and area!

Midale Oilmen’s bonspiel set for Feb. 21

“Regardless of economic or cultural background, all children deserve an equal opportunity to take part in recreational

activities.— Maureen Curtis, children’s

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By Rev. Brenna NickelSt. Paul’s United

Church

Many of our churches are currently journeying through Epiphany, a season that follows the Christmas season, in which we give thanks for the revelation or showing of God’s self in Christ, and the light that Christ brings to the world.

Part of this season is remembering Christ’s own baptism in the River Jor-dan. In the Gospel of Luke, we read that Jesus is bap-tized with many others - indicating this is something we are to share as a com-munity. Afterwards, the heavens are opened, and the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove descends upon him. Then a voice, presum-

ably God the parent’s, is heard to say, “You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased.”

Some of our churches in Estevan practise what is called “infant baptism,” meaning that babies are baptized before they can formally profess any un-derstanding of faith. In this case, parents profess their faith on behalf of the child and promise to raise their child to follow Christ. This practice recognizes that God’s grace reaches out for us even before we can reach out for God, and there is nothing we can or have to do to earn that grace.

On the other hand, some of our churches prac-tise what is called “be-lievers baptism” where

individuals coming to be baptized vocally profess their faith fi rst, claiming baptism as a response to the grace they have already known in their lives. They make baptismal promises for themselves and repent of their sins as those who were originally baptized by John the Baptist would have.

While these practices differ and have caused confl ict within the church throughout the centuries, I like what theologian, Daniel Migliore has to of-fer on these two forms of baptism. He suggests that both demonstrate God’s ongoing never failing love for us, love that can only be initiated by God.

Whether you are bap-tized as an infant or as

an adult, that covenant between you and God can never be broken. Even when we stray from God, God will always be seeking us, will always be look-ing to remind us that we are claimed as God’s own forever.

Secondly, both forms of baptism celebrate that

we all are called to a life of discipleship - that whether young or old, following our baptism, we respond to God’s grace by seeking out God’s calling for us in our lives, which we believe is helped along in our com-munities of faith where we worship and pray and study together.

During this season of Epiphany, then, as we seek to understand ourselves better in the light of Christ revealed to us, I pray that we would all know our belovedness and worth to God, and that we would seek ways to discover and live into the unique calling God has for each of us.

An epiphany journey, a time to give thanks

* Born to Chad and Erin (née Creswell) Knoll, on January 4, 2013, a daughter, Meredith Sophia. Proud grandparents are Harvey and Yvonne Knoll, and Reg and Cheryl Faber.

Submitted by Morgan WalterClub Reporter

With the fall came the organizing of a new year for the Outram-Madigan 4-H Club.

The fi rst meeting was held on Nov. 4 at the farm of Shawn and Janine Pet-terson with 19 members registering. A new ex-ecutive was elected as fol-lows: President, Cassidy Ross; vice-president, Tess Brokenshire; secretary, Abbie Brokenshire; trea-surer, Jordan Walter; re-porter, Morgan Walter; and thank-you person, Carson Petterson.

Leader Chad Ross led the junior, intermedi-ate and senior members through oral reasons, and Farrah Klatt led the Clo-verbuds through the parts

of an animal.The meeting conclud-

ed with the playing of Just Dance 4 and members enjoying cookies, coffee and juice. A thank you was extended to Shawn and Ja-nine for hosting the group.

On Dec. 16 members gathered at the Estevan Exhibition Hall for their Christmas party. They enjoyed an absolutely “yummy” potluck supper! Thanks was extended to all the parents for bringing the food.

A short meeting was held to discuss curling and upcoming 4-H events. Public speaking was set for Feb. 3.

Following the business session, Garry Lafrentz led members through making rope halters for show day! Thanks again to Shawn and Janine Petterson who

donated a breaking halter to each member.

There were lots of laughs and tons of giggles while members played games and exchanged gifts.

Good luck was ex-tended to the four Outram-Madigan curling teams who took part in the dis-trict curling on Jan. 5 in Stoughton.

The next meeting was set for Jan. 13 at the farm of Chad and Crystal Ross. Everyone took their calves with them for weigh-in and tagging. There was also a public speaking demon-stration.

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Annual Meeting - Exhibition Hall - 7:30 p.m.

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IN MEMORIAM

Alphonse Stang

May 21, 1932 -

January 19, 2010

We who love you sadlymiss you

As it dawns another year.As we’re always thinking

of youThoughts of you are

always near.- Your loving wife, Patricia and family.

Betty (Elizabeth) Horrocks

(Ackrill)

September 13, 1922 -

January 16, 1993

Memories don’t fade,they just grow deep,

For the ones we love,but could not keep.

We hold out tears whenwe speak your name,

But the ache in our heartsremains the same.

No one knows the sorrowwe share,

When the family meetsand you’re not there.

Unseen, unheard, you arealways near,

So loved, so missed, so very dear.

- Lovingly remembered by David, Pat and Families.

IN MEMORIAM

In Loving Memory of

Blaine Simon

October 20, 1978 -

January 14, 2010

Our lives go on without youBut nothing is the same,

We try to hide ourheartaches

When someone speaksyour name.

Sad are the hearts thatlove you

Silent the tears that fall,Living our lives without you,

Is the hardest part of all.You did so many things

for us,Your heart was kind and true,

And when we neededsomeone,

We could always counton you.

The special years will notreturn

When we were all together,But with the love within

our hearts,You will walk with us forever.

- We will always love and miss you, Mom and Dad, Barry, Emma, Barrett, Kayla, Gabriella, Bradly and Sophia.

In Memory of

Glenn Brown

July 29, 1924 - June 16, 2012

Nothing can ever take awayThe love a heart holds dear,

Fond memories lingerevery day

Remembrance keeps himnear.

- Lovingly remembered, sadly missed, Eileen & Family.

IN MEMORIAM

Margaret Severson

January 17, 1912 -

December 29, 2002

Time passes by, butmemories stay,

Quietly rememberedday by day.

Cherished thoughts oftimes together

Beautiful memoriesthat will last forever.

- Sadly missed by Marion, Ray-mond, Marvin, Neil, Carissa and Chenise Neumann.

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Colette Anton (née Robinson)On Friday, December 28, 2012, Colette passed

away surrounded by her family at the age of 62 years.She is survived by her Mother, Suzie Robinson; lov-

ing children, Terry Fraser (Al Power), Lawrence Anton (Gayleen Grey), Lonny Anton (Tammy DeBruyne), Jaret Anton (Chantall Doyle), Jeannie Anton (Nick Yarem-kiw), Sabrina Anton (Rod Nichols); 25 grandchildren, four step grandchildren; four great grandchildren; sister, Pat Robinson; brothers, Dennis (Joan) Robinson and Barry Robinson; as well as numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

Colette was predeceased by her husband, Robert Anton; son, Jason Anton; father, Alvin Robinson; broth-er, Lawrence Robinson.

A celebration of Colette’s life will be held at The Wild Rose Pavilion on Saturday, January 26 at 2:00 p.m. in Lloydminster, Sask.

Sarah (Sallie) Vaughan Pierson (Humphreys)It is with great sadness that the family of Sallie Pierson an-

nounces her death at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Estevan, Sask., on Tuesday, January 8, 2013.

Sallie was diagnosed with an aggressive form of lung can-cer in March 2007; she faced her illness with courage, determina-tion and grace.

Sallie was born on August 11, 1943 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She grew up in the West end of Winnipeg and received her edu-cation at Sargent Park and Daniel McIntyre. During high school she worked at Eaton’s Department Store. Shortly after graduating Grade 12, Sallie joined the Air Force Reserve and travelled Eu-rope before marrying Jerry. Jerry and Sallie were married on May 27, 1967, beginning their family in 1971. During this time Sallie worked as a Pharmacy Technician at the Medical Arts Building and the University of Manitoba before moving to Estevan with her

family in 1984. While living in Estevan, Sallie worked at Capital Drugs before starting her career at the Estevan National Exhibition Center where she eventually held the Executive Director position. Her semi-retirement included working at St. Joseph’s Hospital as the foundation co-ordinator. Sallie was always very active in the community, in both Winnipeg and Estevan, with her volunteer work.

Sallie, along with her husband, Jerry, family and friends enjoyed time spent at Falcon and Longbow Lake as well as travelling through Canada and vacationing in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Sal-lie was a loving, supportive, generous and loyal wife, mother, sister, aunt and friend.

Sallie was predeceased by her husband, Jerry Pierson; parents, Vaughan and Edna Hum-phreys; and sister-in-law, Theresa Gagnon.

She is survived by her son, Jay; daughters, Darcy and Kelly (Logan Martin), all of Estevan; sister, Jan (Bob) Petri; brother, Grant Humphreys, both of Winnipeg; brothers-in-law, Bert (Melo-dye) Pierson of Estevan, Don (Dianne) Pierson of Sherwood Park, Alta., George (Kelly) Pierson of Regina, Sask., and Gerry (Claire) Gagnon of Ottawa, Ont.; lifelong friends, Elaine (Glen) Bennett, Laraine Thio and Ingi Ingalson of Winnipeg, and Brenda Durr, and Al and Shirley Batters of Estevan; numerous nieces, nephews and godchildren.

All who knew Sallie admired her honesty, humour, leadership and commitment to her family, friends and community. Sallie had a zest for life that made being around her enjoyable and interest-ing at all times. Sallie was very close to all three of her children and enjoyed being a part of their daily lives.

Heartfelt appreciation is expressed to Eunice Massett and the staff of Hill View Manor and St. Joseph’s Hospital, Corinne Sandstrom of Sun Country Palliative Care and Dr. Andre Grobler for their professional and compassionate care of Sallie and her family.

A memorial service was held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, January 12, 2013 from Trinity Lutheran Church, Estevan, with the Very Reverend Mike Sinclair offi ciating.

If friends so desire, donations may be given to St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation in Sallie’s memory.

Funeral arrangements in care of Hall Funeral Services, Estevan.

Betty Martin1925 - 2013

Mother was born on No-vember 26, 1925 and grew up on the family farm near Outram. While working for a dry cleaner in Regina, she met her life-long friend, Eva Petzel.

Mother enjoyed sewing, crocheting and knitting. We have many fi ne afghans and doilies that she made. Moth-er was a keen bowler and shuffl eboard player, and won many trophies. The school

lunches she prepared for us certainly passed the Canada Food Guide test: they were nutritious and plentiful.

Mother worked very hard on the farm; she drove the truck at harvest time and planted a garden for over 60 years. She canned fruit, made pickles and even made lye laundry soap.

In the 1970s, Mother and Dad travelled extensively in Eu-rope, Australia and Hong Kong. She loved it, and brought us mementos of their travels. She was very adept at the computer, and enjoyed looking up the biographies of her favourite singers, and communicating with family and friends.

Betty was all smiles at her last Christmas, which she en-joyed with her granddaughters Alyssa and Latasha.

Mother is survived by her daughters; Adelle and Neoma (Randy); sons Warren (Jocelyn) and Norbert (Lidia); grand-children; Latasha, Alyssa, Michael and Maya. Betty is also survived by her sisters, Minnie (Norman Fleck) and Lorraine (Ervin Olischefski); brother Tony, (Delores); sister-in-law, Gertie (Matte) as well as numerous nieces and nephews.

Betty was predeceased by her husband, Joseph of 64 years; her parents, Mathias and Matilda; sister, Matilda; broth-ers, George, Marcus, Roy, Matte and Daniel.

Following Betty’s wishes, there will be no formal Funeral Service.

In lieu of fl owers, a donation in Betty’s memory would be most appreciated and can be made to the Canadian Heart & Stroke Association, 279 - 3rd Avenue N., Saskatoon, SK., S7K 2H8 or to a charity of one’s choice.

Arrangements are in the care of Lee Funeral Home, 3101 Dewdney Avenue, Regina, SK. (306) 757-8645.

Janice Mae BoireMay 14, 1950 - December

29, 2012It is with much sadness in

our hearts that we, the family of Janice Mae Boire of Este-van, Sask., announce her sud-den passing in Mesa, Arizona on Saturday, December 29, 2012 at the age of 62 years.

Janice was predeceased by her parents, Fred and Mary Kresowaty; father-in-law, George Boire; brother-in-law, Norman Boire and sister-in-law, Merriell Boire.

She is survived by her loving family: husband, Melvin Boire of Estevan; daughters, Melissa (Chris) Kehler of Wymark, Sask., Adrienne (Joe) Luong of St. Albert, Alta. and Sara (Jesse) Krupka of Estevan; grandchildren, Aidan, Megan, Alexander, Joshua, An-drew, James, Savannah and Aaliyah; mother-in-law, Hilda Boire of Estevan; brothers, Gerry Kresowaty (Anne McKeough) of Calgary, Alta. and Bill (Daina Zilans) of Bright Sand, Sask.; sister Betty (Don) Moleski of Saskatoon, Sask.; brothers-in-law, Keith Boire, Ian Boire and Linus (Danalee) Boire; sisters-in-law, Linda (Mur-ray) Braun, Janice (Gerald) Henriksen and Colette (Dominick) Zimmerman, as well as numerous nieces and nephews.

Prayer Service was held on Sunday, January 6, 2013 at 7:30 p.m. in the Chapel of Hall Funeral Services, Estevan.

Funeral Mass was celebrated on Monday, January 7, 2013 at 10:30 a.m. in St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church, Este-van, by Rev. Peter Nijssen. Cremation followed and interment will take place at a later date.

Those so wishing to make donations in Janice’s memory may do so directly to Epilepsy Saskatoon, #203, 320 - 21st Street West, Saskatoon, Sask., S7M 4E6 or online at www.epilepsysask.com

Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Hall Funeral Ser-vices, Estevan.

Thank YouWe would like to extend a special thank you to Fr. Peter Nijs-sen for celebrating the funeral mass, Doug Third for offi ciating the prayer service, the 4th Degree Knights of Columbus for acting as pallbearers, and the CWL for taking part in Janice’s celebration as well as serving the luncheon. Thank you to Dustin Hall, Shir-ley Petterson, Boyd Pedersen, Allan Styre and Jeff Sully. Many thanks to our “Good Life” family in Mesa, Ariz., for their support, and all those who showed their kindness and support through words, fl owers, mass requests and donations.

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TEN YEARS AGO:History was made at

the RM of Estevan offi ce the morning of Jan. 14 when the new reeve took the oath of offi ce. Marie Dukart be-came the fi rst woman in the history of the RM to hold the position of reeve. She had defeated former reeve Alf Mattei in the Nov. 6 election.

Based on recommenda-tions from the public works committee, city council adopted a snow removal policy at their Jan. 13 meet-ing. The move came on the heels of the City staff and members of council receiv-ing strong criticism from the public over the way the snow clearing on Estevan’s streets had been handled following the dumping of about 40 centimetres of snow on the city just before Christmas.

In an effort to make more people aware of wild-life and conservation, the Estevan Wildlife Federation presented a manual titled Wonders of Wildlife to each one of the schools in the public and separate school systems in the city.

The message he left for his now former players was short and to the point. “Goodbye, good luck, God

bless.” And with that, Kelly Lovering’s tenure with the Estevan Bruins was over. Lovering resigned as head coach and general manager of the team on Jan. 9, just a little over a year after he took the job. Frustrated by the Bruins underachiev-ing ways and an inability to motivate the struggling team, Lovering made the decision that he was no lon-ger what the Bruins needed and stepped down.

Five members of the Estevan Bruins were se-lected to the SJHL Sher-wood Conference team that would take on an all-star squad comprised of players from the Sherwood Divi-sion in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League. Lonny Forrester, Justin Kot, Derek Smith, Joel Pullman and Cam Breitkreuz would be representing Estevan at the second annual showdown between the two leagues Feb. 2 in The Pas, Man. Players from the SJHL Dodge Conference would also be meeting a team from the MJHL’s Addison Divi-sion on Feb. 1 in Flin Flon.

TWENTY YEARS AGO:Estevan had all but

guaranteed itself of receiv-ing an $11.6-million herbi-

cide manufacturing facility. City council and representa-tives of the economic devel-opment board held closed-door meetings on Jan. 18 with Michael Lau, president of Agri-Valu Technologies Corp. of Winnipeg, and when the sessions wrapped up, an agreement had been reached. Although no for-mal announcement was made, Mayor John Empey said that providing all the requirements of Saskatch-ewan Environment and Public Safety as well as the Saskatchewan Growth Fund were met, he was con-fi dent the company would be coming to Estevan to establish a manufacturing plant that would provide 160 full-time jobs when completed.

There was no shortage of candidates who would be running in a byelection on Feb. 3 to fi ll a vacancy on Bienfait town council as Brian Curtis, Paul Carroll, Bill Baker and Lorne Wag-ner all fi led papers before the nomination deadline. The vacancy had been cre-ated when David Dukart resigned as a councillor in November last year.

Change was one way of describing what was transpiring at the Estevan

Gospel Chapel. Not only did the church have a new pastor, but it was going from being an independent church to an Associated Gospel Church. A special service was scheduled for Sunday, Jan. 24 to mark the two events with John Ginter, western regional superintendent for the As-sociated Gospel Church and Bob Russell, doctrine and credential committee chairman attending to wel-come the church and also to welcome Pastor Aaron Wolfe to Estevan. Pastor Wolfe, his wife Virginia and son David arrived from Toronto to succeed Pastor Walter Streight who had retired last summer.

THIRTY YEARS AGO:It was announced that

due to declining enrolment at the Estevan Comprehen-sive School, seven courses would be cut from the cur-riculum and that the teach-ing staff would be reduced by four commencing with the 1983-84 school year. The courses being dropped were art, home economics, bachelor survival, consum-er education, shorthand, work training and machine shop.

Failure to produce a winning hockey club cost Estevan Bruins coach Rod Fagerheim and general manager Ernie Wells their jobs. Replacing Wells and

Fagerheim was Larry Hor-nung, a former member of the St. Louis Blues and Winnipeg Jets.

The Estevan Farm-ers’ Market experienced an excellent year of sales in 1982. At a meeting of the co-operative on Jan. 11, it was announced that sales in 1982 came to about $65,800 - double the amount real-ized in 1980, and up from $57,000 in 1981.

The Pete Shykitka foursome from Estevan captured the provincial Elks Corby Cup curling champi-onship held in Yorkton Jan. 13-16, earning the right to represent Saskatchewan at the Canadian championship in Yellowknife, N.W. T. in March. The rink consisted of Shykitka as skip, along with third Jack Messham, second Myron Yuzdepski and lead Ray Frehlick.

Do you remember?

Dave told his wife that he would take her out to dine “royally.” Later she reported, “Yeah, we started out at Burger King and ended up at Dairy Queen!”

There is not much news this week, but things at the club are getting back to normal.

There was another great turnout for cribbage on Thursday, Jan. 10 as there were enough peo-ple for eight tables. The winners were as follows: Colin Renwick and Ed Schell, fi rst; Art Friesen and Bert Parent, second; and Louis Bourgeois and our new member, Al Lep-tick, who took third.

Bridge was played on Wednesday, Jan. 9 with Helen Marriott taking fi rst place, second went to Pat Parent, and coming third was Al Fellner.

The “square danc-ers” are also back at the clubroom.

How about this one?One of the greatest

criminal lawyers in the country got an urgent phone call from one of his clients. The caller said, “I’m in prison and they’ve shaved my head, trans-ferred me to ‘death row’ and cut a slit in my trou-sers. What should I do?”

Lawyer: “Don’t sit down.”

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