Thursday, June 25, 2015

Volume 84, Number 25319 Main Street North, Box 318, Preeceville, Saskatchewan • S0A 3B0

Mackenzie Society

executives discuss

development at AGM

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Awards day held at Sturgis

Composite High School

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Sturgis kindergarten

students graduate

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Special tree planted in

memory of a special boy

Page 7

Academic and athletic

achievements celebrated at Preeceville

SchoolPage 7

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The Sturgis Community Hall and Sturgis Station House Museum committees teamed up to bring back a taste of the past.

The Bringing Back the Past fundraiser featured a variety of events, all geared towards reminiscing and making new memories at the Sturgis Community Hall on June 20.

The fun day kicked off with organizers dressing up in 1950s apparel, followed by a hamburger-and-hotdog lunch, all served in baskets. Popcorn and milkshakes were a huge hit with the younger generation and the numerous varieties of pies were enjoyed by all.

Children’s games were held at the Museum and at the Hall and featured a hula hoop competition. For the reptile show, Elisa Wilkie of Colonsy brought many of her reptile friends. She brought four snakes: a Houn-drew snake, a corn snake, a peublan snake and a bull snake. She also brought a black-and-white tegu, a red tegu, a bearded dragon lizard, an eyelash crested gecko, three tortoises, a sol-cata, and a red foot and a rose hair tarantula. People of all ages enjoyed the show and learned many facts about each of the creatures.

A show-and-shine fea-tured 33 entries, including a variety of cars and trucks from the local area and from as far away as Swan River. Lyle Baron of Sturgis won the work-in-progress rat rod category for his 1948 Dodge. Bob Bartch of St-urgis won the pre-1950s car/truck category for his 1949 Rover. The voters’ choice award went to Dustin Heddon of Yorkton for his 1967 Plymouth wagon. The award for the best 1950s vehicle went to Ken Em-berton of Ituna for his 1959 Edsel. The award for best paint was presented to Don

Memories made and shared at Sturgis fundraiser

The 1959 Edsel Ranger entered by Ken Emberton of Ituna was all decked out, including the old time A&W Drive In tray. From left, were: Dillion Serdachny, Bracyn Konkel, Brainna Heddon, Darrian Serdachny,Keltyn Konkel and Brett Konkel.

and Brenda Penny of Re-gina for their 1950 Dodge. The award for the best post 1950s car/truck was won by Darwin Williamson of Swan River for his 1962 T-Bird.

Other entries included: a 1963 Covette owned by Glen Sterzer of Kamsack, a 1969 El Can owned by Phil Murrin of Preeceville, a 1986 Chev half-ton truck owned by Nathan Darper of Preeceville, a 1930 Model A and a1952 Ford three-quarter ton truck entered by Shawn Cote of Pelly, a 1967 Cadillac entered by Thelma Boen of Sturgis, a 1968 LeMolyne entered by Ernie Tretiak of Yorkton, a 1964 Impala owned by Tom Cursin of Yorkton, a 1966 Dodge Monaco entered by Graham Orr of Mani-toba, a 1974 Cude entered by Dwayne Stankewich of Manitoba, a 1954 Ford Custom Line entered by Cliff Kooistra of Manitoba, a 1966 Windsor entered by Ron Haslbeck of Yorkton, a 1966 Dodge entered by Carl Steciuk of Yorkton,

a 1960 T-bird entered by Evelyn Keyowski of Cano-ra, a T-bird owned by Eu-gene Keyowski of Canora, a 1980 Firebird entered by

Zanthany Olson of Sturgis, a 1972 Chevelle entered by Dave Kobelka of Eston, a 2000 Mustang entered by Scott Sushinsky of Yorkton,

a 1981 Corvette entered byJoe Chubak of Canora, a2010 Cobalt SS Turbo en-tered by Ken Knutson ofSturgis, a 1982 Camaro anda 1986 Monte Carlo enteredby Kennedy and KelseyKosheluk of Preeceville, a1965 Chevelle entered bySkip Beatty of Sturgis, a1973 Corvette entered byTerry Heddon of Yorkton, a1968 GS Buick entered byMerv Weinmeister of Yor-kton, and a 1980 Camaroentered by Ken McKay ofCanora. Michael Andrusko,an organizer, had a 1955Fargo, a 1966 Ambassa-dor, a 1980 Corvette, a 1971 Custom 10 Chev and a 1966 Rambler on display.

The evening concluded with a supper and dancewith music provided by TheCapitals. There were prizesfor the best 1950s male andfemale attire, for best 1950shair, for best 1950s danc-ing and for best children’scostume. There was also araffle for a “fridge full ofturkeys.”

More photos on Page 2

Sara Masko and Tya Reynolds enjoyed the oppor-tunity to meet and touch a porpoise at the reptile show in Sturgis on June 20.

Thursday, June 25, 2015Page 2 Preeceville Progress

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LUCKY WINNERSof the Buchanan Skating Rink

Saskatchewan Roughriders game ticket raffl e are:

1st Prize: June 19 vs. CalgaryKevin Dutchuk – Canora

2nd Prize: June 27 vs. WinnipegRick Kozmanuik – Canora3rd Prize: July 5 vs. TorontoRobyn Parsons – Buchanan

4th Prize: July 17 vs. BCBob Trofi menkoff – Canora

5th Prize: July 26 vs. HamiltonPeter Schigol – Yorkton

6th Prize: August 22 vs. CalgaryJeff Sliva – Red Deer

7th Prize: September 6 vs. WinnipegShyla Yannoulis – Canora

8th Prize: September 19 vs. OttawaClearview Agro – Invermay

9th Prize: September 27 vs. MontrealRon Wilson – Buchanan

10th Prize: October 24 vs. EdmontonAudrey Wionzek – Buchanan

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4 Playoff Tickets in Regina(if the Riders have a playoff home game)Dale Sander/Holly Wendz – Dundurn

Th e committee would like to thank everyone for their support.

A special thank you to our sponsors:Crop Production Services, Buchanan

Gateway Co-opRichardson Pioneer, Canora

Shewchuk Insurance, Buchanan

Memories made and shared at Sturgis fundraiser

Thirty-three vehicles were entered in the car show-and-shine organized by the members of the SturgisCommunity Hall and the Sturgis Station House Museum as part of the Bringing Back the Past fundraiseron June 20.

Ken Emberton, left, of Ituna won the award for the best 1950s car for his 1959 Edsel Ranger. Michael Andrusko made the presentation.

Keltyn Konkel enjoyed his milkshake while Dillon Serdachny was busy looking cool with his sun-glasses at the Bringing Back the Past fundraiser at the Sturgis Community Hall on June 20.

Bob Bartch of Sturgis posed with his 1949 Rover that won best pre-1950s vehicle.

Zanthany Olson proudly showed off his 1980 Fire-bird.

Elisa Wilkie of Colonsy brought some of her reptile friends for a visit to the Sturgis Bring Back the Past fundraiser on June 20.

Darwin Williamson, left, of Swan River received theprize for the best post 1950s vehicle for his 1962T-bird. Michael Andrusko made the presentation.

Dustin Heddon of Yorkton won the voters’ choiceaward for his 1967 Plymouth wagon at the show-and-shine held in Sturgis on June 20.

Lyle Baron of Sturgis posed with his 1948 Dodgethat won the work-in-progress “rat rod” award atthe show-and-shine during the Bringing Back thePast fundraiser on June 20.

Thursday, June 25, 2015 Page 3Preeceville Progress

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Monday, July 6 11:30 am - 1:30 pm Hamburger BBQ & Pop at Centennial Park,

Sponsored by Preeceville Nursery School

2:00 - 3:30 pm Art Show & Lunch, Trinity United Church,Sponsored by Preeceville Art Group

7:00 - 9:00 pm Art Show & Lunch, Trinity United Church,Sponsored by Preeceville Art Group

Tuesday, July 7 11:00 am - 1:00 pm Perogie & Sausage Lunch, Preeceville Personal

Care Home

Wednesday, July 8 11:00 am - 1:00 pm Outdoor Clay Oven Bread with Chili & Jam,

Preeceville & District Heritage Museum

Thursday, July 9 2:00 - 4:00 pm Pie and Coffee, Horseshoe, Preeceville Club 60

Friday, July 10 12:30 - 2:30 pm “Taste of Home” Homemade Treats and

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The Preeceville Mack-enzie Society Ventures annual general meeting was held on June 18 dur-ing which service awards were presented and a new executive was elected.

Jackie Blotski chaired t h e m e e t i n g . Aw a r d s fo r f i ve yea r s o f s e r-vice were presented to Bonnie Bahaud, Robert Beletic, Shannon Bere-hula, Irene Stadnyk, Bob Drayer, Brenda Goods-man and Girly Javelona. Jackie Gillespie received a six-year award. Gay-lene Johnson and Candi Langille received 15-year awards. Darlene Mack received a 15-year award and a retirement award.

In the general man-ager ’s report , Gai lene Pasiechnik said, “It seems hard to believe that 12 months has already passed since our last AGM. This past year we have seen m a n y c h a n g e s w i t h i n management positions. One of our most signif-icant changes has been the retirement of Shirley Neufeld, our 30-year em-ployee who was the pro-gram co-ordinator. It has taken a while to get used to not seeing Shirley’s face daily. We do miss her sense of humour and her expertise that comes with holding the same job for as many years as she did.

“In December we were very blessed to hire a new program co-ordinator, Kayla Blotski. We wel-comed Kayla back with open arms. She was not a stranger to our organiza-tion as she held a summer student position with us in the past. This made an easy transition for staff and participants as she already knew most of the participants and many of our staff. I am sure she would agree this made the start of her new position a little bit easier.

“This year we also said our goodbyes to Krystal Spray, our administrative assistant who made the difficult decision not to return to MSVI after her maternity leave. We had the challenge of being without an administrative support person for almost six months which really stretched us. In Febru-ary we were blessed to find Joan Seghers for the newly-created position of administrator HR/payroll assistant. Joan joined our team in February and has been a huge asset to us. She is the go-to for many of us and carries out many adminis t ra t ive dut ies . Group Home Four also had its challenges for not having a steady supervisor in the home. Last August we hired Rory Pasiech-nik as the residential su-pervisor. Rory has been a

Many changes reported at the Mackenzie Society’s annual general meeting

Jackie Blotski presented Darlene Mack (right) with an award for 15 years of service and another for her retirement at the Preeceville Mackenzie Society annual general meeting on June 18.

welcome addition to our management team. We ap-preciate having a male’s perspective brought to the table. I am sure the three male participants feel the same way at the home.

“It is a great feeling to fi nally have a fully staffed management team. That being said, the Canora Group Home supervisor has been off on leave since the beginning of January. I have to extend a huge heartfelt appreciation to Mary Huebert for oversee-ing the administration of the group home and to the staff of the home who have pulled together and do all the extras to keep the home running efficiently. We look forward to having Amanda back, hopefully by the end of August,” she said.

“This report demon-strates how Mackenzie Society has risen to meet the goals and objectives of our participants while carrying out the mission and va lues associa ted with the growth of our agency. This could not have been accomplished without our employees and the many partnerships we rely on to ensure the success of our programs,” said Pasiechnik.

M a c k e n z i e S o c i e t y continues to offer many programs which include: f ive residential homes – three in Preecevil le, one in Sturgis and one in Canora; a supportive l iv ing program; a day program for vocational skills; and a life enrich-ment program which fo-cuses on quality of life and challenging activities for personal growth and development. The soci-ety oversees SARCAN, Mackenzie’s Hole in One (the mini golf business), and Uncle Mack’s store, which carries household items and SARC prod-ucts. Uncle Mack’s relies solely on community do-nations.

“We are very grateful for the generosity from our community and sur-

rounding areas for the do-nations we receive. With-out these donations, Uncle Mack’s would not be the viable business it is to-day,” said Pasiechnik.

“ We a r e p r o u d o f o u r a c h i e v e m e n t s i n 2014/2015,” she sa id . “ L a s t f a l l S A R C A N held its grand opening to which Ken Krawetz, our deputy premier and Min-ister of Finance, was in attendance.

“At the day program we have seen many changes over the past year. With SARCAN moving uptown we have changed around a few of the program ar-eas. This made room for our staff to enjoy a cof-fee room. We continue to have the challenge of creating enough jobs for all of the individuals at the day program and be-cause of this , we have been brainstorming and exploring more commu-nity-based programming.

“MSVI strives for com-munity inclusion. Many of our participants currently hold jobs in our commu-nity. We have participants working for the Town of Preeceville, Formo Mo-tors, John Deere, Home Hardware, Shop Easy, SaskPower, and SaskTel. A few of our participants do yard maintenance for local businesses, a church, citizens in the commu-nity, and at Club 60. Some of our participants give back to our community by volunteering at our lo-cal curling club by doing the cleaning at the rink. As you have heard in the other reports, the partici-pants are always active in numerous community events, both locally and out of town,” Pasiechnik said.

“This upcoming year, our focus will be on train-ing for our employees. Many of our employees need re-certification in some of the courses and we will be offering some new training. SARC has a new online medication training program. All of

An award for fi ve yearsof service was present-ed to Bonnie Bahaud atthe Mackenzie Societyannual general meetingon June 18.

An award for 15 years of service was presented toGaylene Johnson by Jackie Blotski.

our direct support staff will be taking it in the near future. Also, Level 2 training is now being of-fered on line.

“Recently, we held staff meetings and our employ-ees committed to making MSVI the most positive workplace in Saskatch-ewan. We have committed to having a positive work environment, and we will do this by posting positive quotes regularly in each facility, and when issues or problems come up, we are going to focus on the solution rather than the problem – focusing on people’s strengths rather

than weaknesses. We are going to hold each other accountable. Our teams are going to check in at staff meetings to evalu-ate how we are doing. We feel we already do a pretty good job with this but, we want to be the best place to work in Saskatchewan.

“We look forward to continuing to work with our employees, board and partners to meet the chal-lenges of growth and op-portunity. We thank each one of you for the role you play to meet the goals and objectives of our par-ticipants and the mission and values of our organi-zation,” she concluded.

New executive mem-bers elected were: Myr-na Yaholnitsky, Jackie

Blotski, James Trofimen-koff, Judy Zaharia, JanetStrand, Vicki Multon andJoanne Jenner.

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LOOKING BACK...

A Decade Ago

Thursday, June 25, 2015Page 4 Preeceville Progress

Murray Mandryk is a politicalcolumnist with the Leader-Post

Regardless of your political persuasion, by now you have to agree with Saskatchewan Party Premier Brad Wall about one thing – it’s time to abolish the Senate.

Of course, this is hardly some far out sentiment any more – the kind confi ned to the CCF/NDP or intellectual left who have always greatly resented an Upper House of appointed Lords overseeing the will of the commoners.

In fact, it was always easy for the sanctimonious left to make such grandiose gestures because there was never any realistic possibility (at least until recently) that there would ever be a chance of a federal NDP government exercising patronage.

So as long as the Senate was acting in a benign way by not doing its job of overturning or even properly scru-tinizing the laws of the elected politicians, its useless nature was ignored by the public.

Also, given the secrecy that members of the old boys’ and old girls’ club subscribed to when it came to their own expenses and perks, there was little reason to even think about the Senate.

But then along came Stephen Harper who moved from appointing old party warhorses to TV media personalities like Pamela Wallin and Mike Duffy willing to exchange their previous good names and reputations for a role of partisan fundraiser with the ability to attract big crowds.

And then along came more efficient, effective and open audits that revealed not only the alleged abuses of Duffy, Wallin and Patrick Brazeau but also the misspend-ing of dozens upon dozens of other senators.

However, what’s now in play goes beyond the alleged

Senate must go

abuses of spending being played out both in the courts and court of public opinion. We now must ask the question that the NDP have been asking for years and that Wall is asking right now: “What purpose does the Senate serve?”

It can not overturn the will of the elected. That was demonstrated 25 years ago when the then-Liberal -domi-nated Senate tried to block former prime minister Brian Mulroney’s goods and services tax.

And how did Saskatchewan benefi t from this event?Well, we got the appointments of GST Senators Eric

Berntson (convicted for frauds perpetrated against Sas-katchewan taxpayers for his days in the Grant Devine government) and David Tkachuk (a one-time Devine principal secretary who has done little on behalf of the people of Saskatchewan other than collect his pay cheque).

But it really doesn’t matter whether these Senators are old Progressive Conservatives or Liberals (who have been equally nefarious and useless) or true non-partisans.

The truth of the matter is that for whatever good these

appointees do in their “role” of scrutinizing law, we coulddo much better in a much cheaper way by appointing ju-dicial or citizen experts to oversee the supposed tyranny of the House of Commons majority for specifi c laws.

This brings us to the questions of who wants the Sen-ate and why.

Well, there are a few commentators who still seem to be defending the validity of the Senate. But it’s hard not to be a little suspicious that their motives might havesomething to do with following the Duffy and Wallin path.

The “taskless thanks” of the Senate will remain a prizeto such political types.

And there are the well-meaning political science intel-lectuals who whole-heartedly believe we need that upperhouse safeguard.

But even if so, we surely need to get rid of what wenow have.

Why not then have a proportional representation upperhouse whose make-up would be based on appointmentsfrom every party based on the results of popular votefrom the last election?

What better watchdog/safeguard could there be? Well, none.

But that’s something the politicians who run forspecifi c seats will never allow because it cuts into theirpower.

So we seem to be only left with Wall’s alternative. Before we can even think of getting something better,

this Senate needs to go.

The Sturgis Composite High School class of 1995 held a reunion at the Kin Hut.

*****Preeceville Kindergarten orientation was held for

youngsters who would be starting school in Septem-ber.

Earlier in the week, the students held a graduation ceremony with Noel Budz, the Preeceville School vice-principal, as the guest speaker.

*****Eighteen students were honoured at the Kindergar-

ten graduation at Preeceville.*****

Seventeen students participated in the Sturgis Kin-dergarten graduation.

*****Among the top athletes in the Sturgis track-and-

fi eld meet were: Rebecca Stoudt, Blair Cameron, Cody Meroniuk, Jamine Romanchuk and Talon Chupa

*****The graduation/farewell ceremony in Endeavour

honoured the Grade 8 students who would be continu-ing their education in Preeceville. In the fall, students in grades 6-8 would be bussed to Preeceville.

*****Bishop Rodney Andrews of the Anglican Church

passed through Endeavour while on his trek across the country on an antique John Deere tractor to raise funds for several different causes.

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Letter to the EditorThursday, June 25, 2015 Page 5Preeceville Progress

For some undefi ned reason of late I have been think-ing about my grandfather and what his take on a modern farm would be.

That thinking came into focus more sharply when a friend of mine, Harold Petkau, posted a few photographs of what is left of his family’s old farmyard, a collection of grey and dilapidated buildings.

The house was small, yet no doubt raised a family far larger than the norm today.

The barn was tiny, but would have likely kept the fam-ily in pork and beef, and milk, the cream going to market in cans to generate some cash fl ow on the farm.

While that might not have been exactly the situation on the Petkau farm, it would have been close, because that was typical of any Prairie farm in the era that the building in the pictures would have been built.

It was the farm of my grandfather as well, a small-scale and increasingly looking smaller when compared to today’s operations. They incorporated a mixed farm ap-proach, where there was a bit of everything – milk cows, chickens, a few pigs, and all fed from a small land base.

In my grandfather’s case he retired to town having never farmed more than 480 acres, less when you took out the yard site, and a couple of river runs.

That small farm raised a family though, and kept “three squares” on the table, with healthier fare than the processed food we often turn to these days.

Today’s farming practices would be the subject of science fi ction in Grandpa’s day

And in terms of time that was not so long ago. I’m only 55, feeling 75 some days, and thinking I’m

still 35 on others. I can just remember our last milk cows, but watched neighbours hand milking and selling cream until I was into my teens.

I collected eggs and helped butcher our own chickens in the fall.

I hauled potatoes and carrots and turnips by the bag full from the garden to the cellar in the fall.

The aroma of homemade jams and pickles remain sharp memories.

These are the things of my grandfather’s era, fading away in my lifetime.

If my grandfather was alive he would have little refer-ence for the huge tracked tractors used on many farms today. If memory serves, the last tractor he likely oper-ated was a 930 Case.

The 930 came out new in 1969, selling for $6,700 US,and had a drawbar horsepower of 70.

For a quick comparison, the Case IH Steiger 435QT Quadtrac (tracked) came to the market in 2008, with a2010 price of $336,979 US according to http://www.trac-tordata.com. The engine produces 435 hp.

Grandfather’s last seeder was a 12-foot press drill.You would put a lot of miles on a vehicle looking for afarm using a press drill today.

Instead, today farmers are using massive zero till unitswhich would be completely unknown to my grandfather.

And, I can only imagine the look of disbelief at seeinga modern high clearance sprayer.

I wonder if he could even fathom the concepts ofGMO crops or GPS technology. It would be a strangethought for him that grain had to be hauled past a dozensmall towns to even fi nd a rail line or elevator.

And not having to rise every morning on most farms today to collect eggs, milk a cow, or feed a few pigswould undoubtedly make him shake his head at thethought of why people would rather buy their food thanraise it.

It would be like walking into a sci-fi version of farm-ing for my grandfather, and all in a matter of 30 to 40years – which leads me to the next question. Will I recog-nize a farm in another four decades as having anything in common with what I know today?

Dear editor,When it comes to accidents, it’s com-

mon to think, oh, it will never happen to us. That is what we thought until our six-year-old son, Roan, a member of The War Amps Child Amputee (CHAMP) Program, lost his leg in a lawn mower ac-cident.

A few years ago, Roan was riding on a lawn mower with an adult when he fell off and severed his left leg at the knee. As he was airlifted by helicopter to the hospital, we wondered if we were going to see him again.

With lawn cutting season here, we want to help spread Roan’s message across the

country that kids should never be around a lawn mower. It doesn’t matter how good you are with machinery, it just takes a moment for a life-changing accident to happen.

Today, Roan is an active and energetic child thanks to help from The War Amps with financial assistance for artificial

limbs, regional seminars and peer support. We just hope that his story will preventeven one child from being injured.

If you would like to learn more abouthow to encourage children to play safely,please visit waramps.ca.

Jolene and Neil HeckStettler, Alta

Don’t let it happen to you!

Protestors in Seattle have a knack for irony.Several weeks ago a swarm of protestors in kayaks pro-

tested the presence of an offshore drilling rig in the port, one operated by Royal Dutch Shell. The rig is destined for work in Alaska’s Chukchi Sea, in the Arctic.

Now, the idea of producing oil offshore in the Arctic, where there is next to zero ability to respond to a spill, is not the brightest, I will grant you. But the protestors do not ap-pear to be the brightest, either.

On June 15 they were out again in force, paddling madly in front of the two tugboats pulling the massive rig out to sea. Coast Guard rigid infl atable hull boats did their best to run interference.

Those kayakers were again in their plastic or fi breglass boats. Most were wearing synthetic materials for clothes. I am pretty sure all their life jackets were also synthetic, i.e. made from petrochemicals.

It’s not that these protestors didn’t have a choice. They could have burned the centre out of old growth trees, creating large dugout canoes that are prevalent along British Columbia coast and the U.S. Pacific northwest. Or they could have captured seals and made animal skin kayaks, as was the original design for these boats. Their life jackets could have been fi lled with kapok, instead of

Why not dugout canoes or animal skin kayaks?

Styrofoam. Their clothes could have been natural fi bres, like the woolen jackets worn by British sailors for hun-dreds of years.

From the photos and videos I have seen, I don’t think any of those protestors made those choices.

You see, instead of hunting the seals, preparing their hides, and stitching them together into a vessel that will hopefully remain watertight, they just went down to the lo-cal store and bought a fi breglass kayak.

Fibreglass includes a resin, made from petrochemicals. That’s the stuff the drilling rig is meant to produce.

But don’t worry about that, Mr. Protestor. It’s okay to drink your fair-trade coffee, imported by bunker-fuel pow-ered ships made of steel (which is made with coking coal)

while waiting for your protest to begin. And those plasticchairs sitting outside the coffeeshop, with its vinyl awning, should hold your righteous arse up the proper distance fromthe paved street where you parked your SUV. One needs anSUV with a proper roof rack to haul the kayak, remember?Someone forgot to include a roof rack on the grey old mare feeding in the back 40.

And while sipping this fair-trade coffee in a plastic go-cup, one should also feel just fi ne about texting on his cell-phone “designed in California,” and manufactured in per-haps questionable conditions in China. But all is well, sincethe plastic and rubber case on said cellphone will protect itif dropped on the asphalt-paved street while deploying a ny-lon umbrella to fend off the Seattle rains. Just pick it up and put it in the pocket of your rayon shirt made by child labour in a Bangladesh factory that may or may not collapse on its workers this week.

If you do fall out of your fibreglass kayak, be sure to protest the production of the jet fuel used to power the com-posite-built helicopter hovering overhead to pull you out ofthe water. I’m sure the rescue diver who jumps in after you won’t need that rubber dry-suit, after all.

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All things considered... The games we playedBy Gail Krawetz of Invermay

Last Sunday my husband and I attended an afternoon graveside service at the cemetery where my mater-nal grandparents are buried. On the way home we de-toured to visit my grand-parents’ homestead where I had spent many a Sunday afternoon as a child.

The old farmyard and the empty farmhouse triggered a host of memories. As I recalled the various antics that my brother, my cousins and I were involved in, I couldn’t help but smile. My grandparents did not have any toys for us to play with, but what their little mixed farm did have was all kinds of interesting places and

items just waiting to be dis-covered and utilized. This made the farmyard way more exciting than any play-ground. While our parents visited (and occasionally checked up on us), we kids headed outside and made our own brand of fun.

First of all, there was the old barn with its mangers where we might find some eggs in a hen’s nest or a bunch of wild kittens that we tried to catch without sustaining too many scratch-es in the process. When we ventured into the hayloft we had to tread carefully so our legs wouldn’t slip be-tween the logs. The lean-to constructed on the far side

of the barn (hidden from our parents’ viewpoint) was easy to climb via the calf pen fence and from there we could jump onto the haystack. But we had to be careful not to mess it up too much or Gedo would be up-set and we would be in big trouble.

There were always tur-keys, geese and brooding hens to tease, taunting them to give us chase, which they often did. The sows in the pigpen would also turn on us if we bugged them long enough and dared to get close enough. And the bull tethered in the long grass could be a target, but we had a healthy respect for his

power although he usually just stared at us. But when he started to snort, our brav-ery quickly disappeared and we wisely headed off to our next adventure.

We would always try to ride Gedo’s bike which was much too big for us, but we tried anyway and bruised many a shin in the attempt. Just as a sidenote, it is quite unfathomable to us today, to think that this bicycle was used by him to make the 10 km trip to town to deliver cream and pick up grocer-ies.

There was a makeshift playhouse behind the sum-mer kitchen where Gedo constructed a crude table

for us and we nailed wood-en boxes to the wall to use as cupboards. My cousin and I collected used tins and such to stock our pretend kitchen. We made beautiful mud cakes and pies deco-rated with pin cherries and leaves, and tried to con-vince our younger cousins to eat them.

A n d t h e r e w e r e t h e games which required little or no equipment. Hide and seek was a favourite until someone hid so well that we couldn’t fi nd him, so we would give up and go do something else without in-forming the successful hid-er. Tag was fun until some-one fell and skinned a knee

(usually me). We playedAnti-I-Over and 500 with afence-post bat and ball.

I guess we live in a differ-ent world and I am as thank-ful as the next person for allour modern convenienceswhich have made life mucheasier, but not necessarilysimpler. Yet I can’t help butfeel a little regret that mostchildren today will neverhave the joy of exploring theold farmyard and all the fun,games and adventures thatcame along with doing so.

By Garry BreitkreuzYorkton-Melville MP

Canada Day is a cel-ebration of all that is great about our country – it hon-ours our past, our pres-ent and our future. Our government is proud to celebrate Canada’s rich history, diverse natural and cultural heritage, strong values and many accom-plishments.

Canada Day is a per-fect time to remember that heritage; the things we, as a country, have survived

We have every reason to celebrate on Canada Day

Garry BreitkreuzYorkton-Melville MP

and the things that have made us strong.

Canada Day is a good day to celebrate the com-mon goals and strengths that unite us.

Canada Day is a good day to strengthen our re-solve not to let our differ-ences divide us.

And Canada Day is a good day to commemo-rate a history filled with notable f igures whose legacy has enriched the Canadian and global com-munity.

For instance, Alexander Graham Bell’s invention of the telephone changed the way the world com-municates forever. Harriet Tubman’s courage and de-termination helped hun-dreds of slaves escape to freedom in Canada along the Underground Rail-road. Nellie McClung’s leadership paved the way for equality for women in Canada. Terry Fox’s in-spiring cross-Canada run continues to raise money and awareness for cancer research. Canada’s men

and women in uniform have courageously fought tyranny and evil around the world throughout our history. And, every day, hard-working and gener-ous Canadians from coast to coast to coast contribute to the Canadian experi-ence.

For nearly a century and a half, Canadians have worked together to build a place of peace, dignity, and freedom, united and prosperous. The Fathers of Confederation founded our great country with a vision for a united and prosper-ous Canada. A hundred and forty-eight years lat-er, Canada stands on the world stage as a nation strong and free.

Canad ians sha re so much, including the com-mon nat ional her i tage passed down from previ-ous generations of people who shaped this country. Though our family histo-ries may differ, that heri-tage is uniquely our own, whether Canadian by birth or adoption.

Our government is not content only to look back,

however. We’re committedto building a stronger andmore prosperous Canadafor years to come. We arehelping create jobs andopportunities for all Cana-dians, while keeping taxeslow and balancing the bud-get. We are helping makeour streets and commu-nities safer. We are mak-ing historic infrastructureinvestments in communi-ties across Canada. We areconserving Canada’s richnatural beauty. And we areprotecting and promotingCanadian values of free-dom, democracy and therule of law in Canada andabroad.

Our Gove rnmen t i s proud to celebrate Can-ada – the best country inthe world. God bless ourcountry, and Happy Cana-da Day!

With an accelerated plan to close the Sunrise Health District’s regional laundry facility in Yorkton, its last day was Friday instead of September 11.

Due to recently identifi ed safety require-ments, the Sunrise Health Region executive and the board made the decision to acceler-ate the planned closure, according to last week’s release from Sunrise Health Region.

“Safety for everyone is our number one priority,” said CEO Suann Laurent. “In the Sunrise Health Region we promote a culture of safety and we need to stop the line every time safety is in question.”

Regional laundry was originally sched-uled for closure on September 11. As of June 19 there would have been 57 days of production left. Affected staff will con-

tinue with their transition options that wereplanned for the original closure date.

“The employees in regional laundryare dedicated to their work and have pro-vided quality laundry services,” said Lorelei Stusek, vice-president of corporate services.

There is no anticipated disruption in linenservices for patients, residents, or clientsduring this transition. Plans for the originalclosure of the plant will continue and in theinterim, laundry will be sent to the K-Broplant in Edmonton for processing and the

Yorkton facility will be a depot until Sep-tember 11.

“I would like to thank staff, management,the executive and the board for puttingsafety fi rst,” said Lawrence Chomos, boardchairperson.

Accelerated closure of Sunrise regional laundry facility in Yorkton

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Canora-PellyConstituency Offi ce

Summer HoursJuly 1 to August 31, 2015The Constituency Office

located at 219 Main Street in Canora will be OPEN Monday to Thursday

9:00 am to 4:00 pm(closed from 12:30-1:30 pm)

The Office will be CLOSED Fridays for the months of July and August.

The Village of Stenen offers the following properties for sale by tender:

Lot 1/9 Blk F Plan BN2159 Lot 6 Blk D Plan Cl3158 Lot 7 Blk D Plan Cl3158 Lot 11 Blk 3 Plan Z4665 Lot 1 Blk 2 Plan Z4665

Please inquire at the Village Office for locations of these properties.

Tenders must be submitted in a sealed envelope marked “Property Tender” addressed to:

Village of StenenBox 160

Stenen, SK S0A 3X0

no later than 3:00 p.m. Wednesday, July 15, 2015.

Successful bidder will have until July 31, 2015 to complete the purchase. The Village of Stenen reserves the right to reject any or all tenders. Lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

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On June 15 on the Preeceville School grounds, in front of the playground equip-ment, Nathan and Megan Maier, surrounded by family and friends, planted a Burr Oak tree in memory of their son Leif Maier, who lived from January 26, 2008 to July 27, 2014.

“Leif was a part of the school and we as a family wanted a special tribute in memorial of Leif so he still could remain part of the school and community,” said Megan Maier. “The tree will grow strong and be a place that provides shade and enjoyment for years

to come. The Burr Oak tree is very adapt-able to the prairie conditions. The short ceremony was very special to us.”

The plaque attached to the tree stated, “Leif loved others and loved life passion-ately. His smile and sparkling blue eyes brought joy to those who met him. He loved running very fast, wrestling with his brothers, skating and sledding, the outdoors and especially his farm and his dog, Belle. He now lives in heaven with Jesus after a brain tumour ended his life on earth.”

Special tree in memory of special little boy

A Burr Oak tree was planted in memory of Leif Maier on the Preeceville School yard by his parents Nathan and Megan Maier, and his family on June 15. From left, were: Isaiah, Nathan, Levi, Megan, Charis and Hudson Maier.

Top academic and athletic students were acknowledged for their achievements at the Preeceville School awards day on June 19.

A special presentation was made to those who helped in making the Breakfast Cafe open every morning. The Family Resource Cen-tre played a key role in the Breakfast Cafe by securing funding and providing the ad-ministration for the program. Women who volunteered and dedicated their time to the program were: Janet Walk-er, Amanda Balyski, Eileen Boyle, Marlene Covey and Lorna Bosner. Tonile Lario and Sarah Deruiter, teachers who are currently on ma-ternity leave, were also ac-knowledged for their help in running the program,

Students from Grades 7 who received top academic awards were: Grade 7, Mor-gan Mclean, ELA and so-cial studies; Emily Prestie, math and practical applied arts; Clairie Giddings, sci-ence and art; Willen Paligan, physical education; and Kirsten Murray, health.

Students from Grade 8 who received top academ-ic awards were: Kelsey Daschuk, ELA, math, so-cial and practical applied arts; Rachel Pankratz, sci-ence; Jake Huska, physical education; Hailee Delawski, health; and Rowan Prestie, art.

Students from Grade 9 who received top academic awards were: Cynthia Hap-py, ELA and practical ap-plied arts; Natasha Lingl, math, science and art; Billy Prestie, social; Coleman

Preeceville School students acknowledged for their achievements

Metherell, physical educa-tion; Ryle Rada, health; and Sylvan Klebeck, practical applied arts.

Students f rom Grade 10 who received top aca-demic awards were: Kae-ley Neitling, ELA and Crex; Sydney Giddings, math, sci-ence and art; Connor No-vak, social and wellness; and Desrai Englot, commercial cooking and practical ap-plied arts.

Students from Grade 11 who received top academic awards were: Ruth Kabon-go, ELA; Brittany Kashuba, ELA and social; Josiah Sor-gen, math and science; Nick Lingl, physical education; Logan Karapeta, Crex; and Sean Ebel, practical applied arts and visual arts.

Drama awards were pre-sented to: Brittany Kashuba, most improved; and Kaitlyn Pidherny, most dedicated.

The entire Student Rep-resentative Council was ac-knowledged.

Cross-country running awards went to: Jake Huska, most improved; Todd Pan-kratz, dedicated and deter-

mined; and Connor Nagy, dedicated male.

Football awards were presented to: Jackie Huang, M V P d e f e n c e ; S t e v e n Geistlinger, dedicated and determined; and Shawn Ho-lowachuk, rookie of the year. Kendal Fidek of Invermay was acknowledged with the MVP offence award and Lu-cas Peterson received the linesman award.

Junior girls volleyball awards were presented to: Angelina Sorgen, most dedi-cated; and Kelsey Daschuk,

most improved. Senior girls volleyball awards went to Brianna Antonichuk, MVP and most dedicated player; Jessylee Wionzek, sports-manship; and Nicole Bileski, most improved.

For senior boys volley-ball, the MVP award was shared by Nick Lingl and Josiah Sorgen.

For junior girls basket-ball, Meghan Petryshyn re-ceived the most improved award; Makenna Petryshyn, rookie of the year; and Me-gan Braithwaite and Kelsey

Daschuk each received the dedicated awards.

For junior boys basket-ball, award recipients were: Kristen Javelona, MVP; Ryan Young, rookie; Bran-don Dyky and Ryle Rada shared dedicated player; and Matthew Fenske and Sean Paligan shared the most im-proved player award.

For senior girls basket-ball, award recipients were:Faith Stroeder, MVP; Chris-tina Shewchuk, top rook-ie, Shanae Shewchuk, besthelper; Ruth Kabongo, mostimproved; Kaitlyn Pidherny,sportsmanship; Lexie Young,team leader; and BrittanyKashuba, most dedicated.

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The Grade 7 students at the Preeceville School who received academic awards at the Preeceville School awards day on June 19, from left, were: Emily Prestie, Morgan Mclean, Kirsten Murray, Willen Paligan and Claire Gid-dings.

Preeceville School Grade 8 students who were presented with academic medals, from left, were: Kelsey Daschuk, Rachel Pankratz, Rowan Prestie and Hailee Delawski.

From left, Preeceville School Grade 9 students ac-cepting academic award medals were: Billy Pres-tie, Coleman Metherell, Ryle Rada, Sylvan Klebeck, Cythia Happy and Natasha Lingl.

From left, accepting Grade 10 academic medals,were: Dreyton Paul, Sydney Giddings and ConnorNovak.

From left, Preeceville Grade 11 students receivingacademic medal awards were: Brittany Kashuba,Ruth Kabongo, Josiah Sorgen, Nick Lingl, LoganKarapeta and Sean Ebel.

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Continued from Page 7For senior boys basket-

ball, award recipients were: Nick Lingl, Panther pride; Anish Sharma, most dedicat-ed; Josiah Sorgen, most im-proved; and Jackie Huang, team leader.

For junior girls curling, Rachel Pankratz received the most improved award and Morgan Mclean received the dedicated and determined player award.

For junior boys curling, James Dodge received the dedicated and determined award, and Connor Fincaryk received the most improved

award. Junior badminton awards

went to: Cody Hort, mostimproved player; and KelseyDaschuk, MVP.

Willen Paligan received the top male track-and-fi eldathlete award and AngelinaSorgen received the top fe-male track-and-field athleteaward.

Sean Paligan was present-ed with the athlete-of-the-year award.

A slide presentation of the school’s activities duringthe year was played at theconclusion of the awards dayprogram.

Preeceville School students acknowledged

From left, senior girls receiving volleyball awardswere: Jessylee Wionzek, Brianna Antonichuk andNicole Bileski.

From left, receiving senior boys basketball awards were: Jackie Huang, team leader; Anish Sharma,most dedicated; Josiah Sorgen, most improved;and Nick Lingl, Panther pride.

From left, drama awards were presented to Brit-tany Kashuba and Kaitlyn Pidherny.

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Honouring their 60Honouring their 60thth Wedding Anniversary Wedding AnniversaryAugust & Lee Peniuk with their children & granddaughters August & Lee Peniuk with their children & granddaughters have returned home from a wonderful 10-day family cruise have returned home from a wonderful 10-day family cruise

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A good time was enjoyed by all.

I wish you a safe and happy

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Numerous students at the Sturgis Composite High School received awards on June 19 to celebrate their accomplishments through-out the school year.

Vice-principal Kipp Bay-er welcomed the students and thanked teachers and students for a great school year.

Each grade teacher was responsible for presenting certificates and acknowl-edging each student’s par-ticipation in academic, ath-letic and school activities.

Awards for academic im-provement were presented

Sturgis students’ accomplishments celebrated at awards day

Grade 9 SCHS students receiving awards, from left, were: (back row) Tyler Antoniuk, Jamie Messenger, Bo Babiuk, Cole Kowalchuk, Peyton Secundiak and Arlee German; and (front) Quentin Prekaski, Hannah Charlebois, Cory Motilaga and Keilan Dredge.

to the following students from grades 6 to 12: Wy-att Anaka, Tiara Yagelni-ski, Kacie Meroniuk, Kara Pasiechnik, Jamie Messen-ger, Derek deVries and Mat-thew Jolson.

Awards for most- im-proved students in grades 6 to 12 went to Kyla Tomas, Seth Rayner, Jalen Bayer, Hannah Charlebois, Arlee German, Donnie Gannon and Cole Bilanchuk.

Spirit awards were pre-sented to students who dis-played school spirit and took part in school activi-ties. The awards were pre-

sented to the following stu-dents in grades 6 to 12: Shae Peterson, Shanae Olson, Sierra Meroniuk, Peyton Secundiak, Tessa Rehaluk and Steven Kardynal.

Honour roll awards for students who received a minimum 80 per cent aver-age throughout the school year were presented to: Grade 6, Kyla Tomas and Eloisa Vicente each at-tained a 90.3 per cent aver-age; Shae Peterson, 87.6 per cent; Tiara Yagelnisky, 84.3 per cent; and Wyatt Anaka, 83 per cent; Grade

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The SCHS Grade 8 students who received awards, from left, were: (back row)Sierra Meroniuk, Mikayla Gregory, Kara Pasiechnik and Audrey Vargas; and(front) Jalen Bayer, Zach Mitchell, Garrett Bazuik, Jordan Innes and KurtisGerbrandt .

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TENDERThe Village of Endeavour is offering for

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To view this property, call 306-547-3484 (Fridays) or 306-547-5457.

Submit tenders by 5:00 p.m. on July 17, 2015 to:

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The highest or any tender may not necessarily be accepted.

Sturgis students’ accomplishments celebrated at awards dayContinued from Page 97, Shanae Olson, 93.3 per cent; Rayanne Westermann, 90.6 per cent; Carter Mas-ley, 89.6 per cent; Hannah Gerbrandt, 88.3 per cent; Ethan Innes, 88 per cent; Seth Rayner, 86.6 per cent; Reanna Solonas, 86.3 per cent; Kale Musey, 86 per cent; Knute Vallevand, 85.6 per cent; Zane Bayer, 85 per cent; Katelyn Chernyk, 84 per cent; Kacie Meroniuk, 83 per cent; Jorden Kardy-

nal, 80.6 per cent; and Eden Antoniuk, 80 per cent; Grade 8, Garrett Bazuik, 92.6 per cent; Audrey Vargas, 90.6 per cent; Sierra Meroniuk, 86.3 per cent; Kara Pasiech-nik, 83.3 per cent; and Jalen Bayer, 81.6 per cent; Grade 9, Cole Kowalchuk, 90.3 per cent; Kaeleigh Folk, 89.6 per cent; Peyton Secundiak, 89.3 per cent; Tyler Antoniuk, 87 per cent; Bo Babiuk, 85 per cent; and Jamie Messen-ger, 81.3 per cent; Grade 10,

Rhianna Olson, 94 per cent; Allison Sopel, 91.6 per cent; Kristiaan Rayner, 91.3 per cent; Nicole Tureski, 89.3 per cent; Kyle Teron, 87 per cent; Tessa Rehaluk, 86.3 per cent; Brooke Olson, 85.6 per cent; Dylan Antoniuk, 81.6 per cent; Derek deVries, 81.3 per cent; and Donnie Gan-non, 80 per cent; Grade 11, Kelly Bazuik, 96.3 per cent; and Cole Bilanchuk, 85.6 per cent; and Grade 12, Jessie Stoudt, 82 per cent.

The students in the SCHS Grade 10 class who received numerous awards, from left, were: (back row)Kristiaan Rayner, Allison Sopel, Kyle Teron, Derek deVries, Justin Stefanowich and Donnie Gannon; and(front row) Tessa Rehaluk, Brooke Olson, Nicole Tureski, Rhianna Olson, Cassie Chernyk, and DylanAntoniuk.

The Sturgis Composite High School Grade 7 students presented with certifi -cates, from left, were: (back row) Andrew Gibb, Ethan Innes, Jorden Kardy-nal, Eden Antoniuk, Jewel Howard and Zanthany Olson; (middle row) Tyrell Yagelnesky, Knute Vallevand, Seth Rayer, Zane Bayer, Carter Masley, Shanae Olson, and Hannah Gerbrandt; and (front) Katie Chernyk, Paige Motilaga, Rayanne Westermann and Reanna Solonas. Unavailable for the photograph were Kacie Meroniuk and Kale Musey.

The SCHS students from Grade 11 who received certifi cates, from left, were:(back row) Steven Kardynal, Farrah Howard, Cole Bilanchuk, Danielle Burym,Kelly Bazuik and Cameron Antoniuk; and (front) Matthew Jolson, JosephStener, Whitney Prekaski, and Greg Baron.

Sturgis members of the U18 lacrosse team, from left, were: (back row) BoBabiuk, Steven Kardynal, Kyle Teron, Cole Kowalchuk, and Lucas Peterson;and (front) Garrett Bazuik, Cole Masley and Jalen Bayer.

SCHS Grade 6 students who received awards, from left, were: Wyatt Anaka, Shae Peterson, Tiara Yagel-nesky, Eloisa Vicente and Kyla Tomas.

Kelsey Seerey presented Lucas Peterson, a SCHS Grade 12 student, with awards for all his achieve-ments at the Sturgis Composite High School awards day on June 19.

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The fi nal student-of-the-month awards for the 2014-15 school year at Preecev-ille School were presented on June 19. Crossroads Credit Union sponsors the program.

Sharon Gurski of Cross-roads Credit Union made the presentations during the school’s awards day.

For the month of May, Lexi Prouse received the award for the elementary school students.

“Lexie is a young lady who consistently does her work, helps her friends and classmates and always uses her manners. She helps her teachers whenever possible and is an overall nice per-son,” said Gurski who pre-sented her with a gift bag and certifi cate.

The high school student who won the student-of-the-month award for the month of May was James Dodge.

“He strongly believes in volunteerism, is a great helper with the peewee football program and jumps in to volunteer for every-thing. He is a fantastic role model for the elementary students and stands out as a leader,” said Gurski. Dodge received a certificate and a fl ash drive.

Brady Kashuba received the student-of-the-month award for June at the el-

Four Preeceville students named students of the month

Lexi Prouse was presented with the May Cross-roads Credit Union student-of-the-month award at the Preeceville School on June 19. Sharon Gurski made the presentation.

ementary school level.“Th i s young gen t l e -

man works hard to be a good friend and includes those around him in ac-t iv i t i e s and games . He always strives to be his best and displays excellent sportsmanship in sports, i n p h y s - e d a n d o n t h e play ground,” Gurski said. Kashuba received a certifi -cate and a gift bag.

Keegan Bilanchuk was selected as the high school student-of-the-month for June.

“ H e h a s a w o n d e r -ful sense of humor and a positive personality. He is a great help with the pee-wee football program and an active volunteer in the school,” said Gurski. Bilan-chuk received a flash drive and certifi cate.

The June student-of-the-month award was presented to Brady Kashuba at the Preecville School on June 19. Sharon Gurski of Cross-roads Credit Union made the presen-tation.

James Dodge received the May stu-dent-of-the-month award from Sha-ron Gurski of Crossroads CreditUnion on June 19.

The Crossroads Credit Union student-of-the-month for June at PreecvilleSchool was presented to Keegan Bilanchuk by Sharon Gurski of CrossroadsCredit Union on June 19.

Thursday, June 25, 2015Page 12 Preeceville Progress

On June 19, student-of-the-month awards for January to June were presented at the Sturgis Composite High and Sturgis Elementary schools.

Doreen Bochniuk of the Crossroads Credit Union made the presentations at both schools.

The teaching staff made the selections based on the following criteria: students who are reliable, dependable, a leader, involved in school activities, polite, kind and

helpful to everyone. Students who were selected for the honours were pre-

sented certifi cates and fl ash drives. SCHS students hon-oured were: Jamie Messenger, Rhianna Olson, Kristiaan Rayner, Cole Bilanchuk, Seth Rayner and Kyla Tomas.

Winners at the elementary school, who were presented gift bags, were: Joey Federiuk, Myrandah Gregory, Bai-ley Peterson, Nicholas Kucharyshyn, Brea Babairz and

Hunter Mirva.“It’s nice to be back at your school, one last time for

this year,” said Bochniuk.The students chosen exhibit several individual quali-

ties, she said. Collectively, these students have shown the following qualities to their peers and teachers: helpful-ness, caring, understanding, thoughtfulness, and perse-verance.

Sturgis students received student-of-the-month awards

The Crossroads Credit Union student-of-the-month awards for January to June were presented by Doreen Bochniuk (left) to the following SCHS stu-dents: (from left), Jamie Messenger, Rhianna Olson, Kristiaan Rayner, Cole Bilanchuk, Seth Rayner and Kyla Tomas.

Sturgis Elementary School students presented with Crossroads Credit Unionstudent-of-the-month award for January to June on June 19, from left, were:Joey Federiuk, Myrandah Gregory, Bailey Peterson and Nicholas Kucha-ryshyn. Unavailable for the photo were Brea Babairz and Hunter Mirva.

Arson is believed to have been responsible for the fi re which destroyed the Fort Pelly-Livingstone Museum.

At 3:13 p.m. on June 13, the Kamsack RCMP were called to a fire at the mu-seum, said a release from the Kamsack RCMP. The fire brigades at Pelly and Norquay were dispatched to combat the blaze.

No one was injured in the fire however the museum building and the adjacent train boxcar were destroyed, the release said. The fire is believed to have been delib-erately set.

The matter is still under investigation, it said. Persons with any information regard-ing the incident are asked to contact the Kamsack RCMP or Crime Stoppers.

Members of the muse-um’s board of directors gath-ered around in a circle on June 15, said a release from the board. “All of us just sat and looked at each other. Ev-eryone just seemed to be in a state of shock and no one knew how to start.

“How does one start a board meeting after you have just lost a part of who you are and who the community is, and reaching further, to understand what Saskatch-ewan and Canada has lost?

“We realize communities have a high regard for their museums and rightly so,

Arson said cause of Pelly museum’s destruction

PELLY MUSEUM BEING DESTROYED BY FIRE

but quite honestly the Fort Pelly-Livingstone Museum stood out due to its connec-tion with Fort Pelly and Fort Livingstone.

“Fort Pelly, located ap-proximately 12 kilometres southwest of the Village of Pelly, was one of the Hudson Bay Company’s most impor-tant trading posts, spanning the years 1793 to 1912. Ironi-cally, 1912 was the year the museum building was started, started as a school that is.

“Fort Livingstone is lo-cated approximately seven kilometres northwest of the Village of Pelly and spanned the years 1874 to 1884,” the release said. That fort lived a short life, but amazingly in 1875 it was the first gov-

ernment seat of the entire Northwest Territories.

“These are the reasons the board members could not seem to get the meeting going. Yes, a building burnt, but far beyond that, a muse-um had been lost that housed an unbelievable amount of historical artefacts and a lot of blood, sweat and tears.

“Finally, our president was able to gather himself to read a passage to bring us to the reality that some items must be dealt with, and one of those items was to notify the public through the media of what lies ahead.

“Several facts were nailed down. The school build-ing that burnt was started in 1912 as Midhearst School,

was added onto in 1925, and held its last class in 1968.This same school building was incorporated into a mu-seum in 1974 and the mas-sive project began.

“It was very hard to run this meeting in an orderly fashion,” it said. “Many times we would go off on a tangent with ‘remember when’ comments like, some mornings we would come to open the museum and there would be several items lying at the steps with no clue as to who left them or what they were. Most of the donated items were very well docu-mented. Some were very valuable.

“What stood out with al-most all of the donated items is that they were originals and many were old, very old, and in good condition.

“Everyone will have a special item that he or she cherished in the museum,” it said. “At the board level it seemed the favourite was the two replicas of the forts, probably due to the historical signifi cance of the forts, and the fact that each replica was constructed with reasonable detail.

“Another favourite was the chair that came from one of the forts. How on earth did that get there? How often was it passed down through the generations to get into the museum?

“Another item of interest was the hand-operated grist mill that was turned by so many guests,” it said. “There were many unique, special, irreplaceable items that are lost forever in their physical being and unfortunately the historical notes that accom-panied them.

“Again the board came to a standstill.

“Our president acknowl-edged that yes indeed a death had occurred. Sev-eral board members gath-ered their breath and almost blurted out, yes a death had occurred, but we must go on even if we don’t really know what is meant by that.”

The release said that the museum board has placed several items, but not many, into safe storage. The station building and its contents, including the Model T car, have been saved. The clay oven can be salvaged. The St. Alban’s Anglican Church is part of the assets.

“We do have some muse-um documents on computer fi le,” it said. “We have been contacted by other local mu-seums and the Museums As-sociation of Saskatchewan (MAS) said it would help in any way possible.

“Most importantly, there is a spirit within the board to truly investigate the pos-sibility of a rebuild in some fashion,” it said. “This is

where the people of the areaand the province come in.We need your blessing bothspiritually and fi nancially tostart moving ahead, as wasdone in 1912 and 1974.

“We will be meeting with the village council shortlyto co-ordinate the efforts ofboth parties.

“Donations may be made at the Pelly Village Offi ce andAffi nity Credit Union in Pel-ly. As well, a donation can beleft with any board member.”

In all cases, registered charitable donation receiptswill be issued to those donat-ing, it said.

“Please do not donate any artifacts at this time since wedo not have a suitable stor-age space and are not surewhat a future museum mightlook like.”

The release said that would be all the details theboard can currently provide,but said that it will keep thepublic informed as mem-bers work “with all of youthrough this diffi cult time.

“ May your prayers guide the decision makers to do thebest they can with the toolsthey have.”

We, the Board of Direc-tors of the Fort Pelly - Liv-ingstone Museum, wouldlike to express our appre-ciation to all the good peoplewho came out to help duringthe Museum fire on June13. A special thanks to thePelly and Norquay Fire De-partments, the farmers whowillingly brought in theirequipment and water tanksand their quick response toprotect so much of our mu-seum assets and village, theRCMP, and the local peoplewho volunteered in so manyways. Thank you also tothose who provided vehiclesto hold the artefacts rescuedfrom the museum.

A community meeting is slated for Thursday, June 25,2015, 7:00 pm at the PellyCommunity Hall to celebratememories of the Museum inpositive ways. Everyone isencouraged to attend.FORT PELLY-LIVINGSTONE MUSEUM

Thursday, June 25, 2015 Page 13Preeceville Progress

IGNATIUK: Tinia Ignatiuk, 82 of Yorkton formerly of Preece-ville, passed away on June 12 in Aspen Bluffs Villa, Yorkton. Funeral service was held at Preeceville Trinity United Church on June 22 with Rev-erend Miles Russell of officiat-ing. Tinia was born in Preece-ville to John and Veronica (Magdy) Strykowski on June 23, 1932. She grew up on the family farm with her 4 siblings and attended Beaver Bluff School. In 1950, she married Bill Ignatiuk and they started their life together on the farm.

Tinia worked tirelessly both outside of the home at Sells Dry Cleaners, Robinsons then Gulka’s and at home raising 3 boys. Her specialties included cooking, baking, crocheting, knitting and gardening. She was also involved in the church choir. Even after being diagnosed in 1989 with a debilitating neurological disease, Tinia kept at it, ensuring that her family was always looked after. Tinia was always thinking of others first. Her hands were never idle! Tinia is preceded in death by her brother Stan-ley. Survived by: her husband Bill of Yorkton; sons Gerald (Lau-rie) of Preeceville, Morley (Katy) of Regina and Jordan (Tanja) of Regina; siblings Joe (Mary) Strykowski, Caroline Steciuk and Jim (Carol) Strykowski ; grandchildren: Warner (Tammy) Igna-tiuk, Larissa Carroll, Vince (Laura) Ignatiuk, Shae, Kiara, Tea-gan, Kazmer and Imogen Ignatiuk; great-grandchildren: Halyna, Danylo, Deklan, Meryk, Gianna, Stephen and Bohdan; cher-ished by several nieces and nephews. Memorial donations can be made to Trinity United Church, Box 1105, Preeceville, S0A 3B0 or Charitable Organization of choice. The family wishes to extend their gratitude to Aspen Bluffs Villa management and staff for their care and compassion, also to Preeceville Home Care and the Preeceville UCW. Preeceville Funeral Home in care of arrangements.

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Ten Sturgis Kindergarten students celebrated a milestone with a gradua-tion ceremony on June 18.

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garten teacher, welcomed everyone and introduced each graduate.

“It has been a great privilege to work with each child and to see them grow into wonderful young people,” said Stankusz.

During the program, the students performed the Days of the Week chant and the songs 1,2 3 and KindergartenDynamite.

A slide show featured the work of the class throughout the year. It was followed by the graduation march and presentation of diplomas.

Sturgis Kindergarten students honoured at graduation ceremony

Members of the Sturgis Kindergarten class who graduated on June 18, from left, were: (back row) MiaWolfe, Trae Peterson, Jake Fedorchuk, Emma Olson and Tristen Beatty; and (front) Karter Johnson,Layla Jaeb, Jake Palaniuk, Waylon King and Brea Babiarz.

Jake Fedorchuk received his Kindergarten gradua-tion scroll from his teacher, Aleksandra Stankusz.

At the Sturgis Kindergarten graduation ceremonyon June 18, Layla Jaeb said she was was excitedto be moving on to Grade 1. Aleksandra Stankusz,the Kindergarten teacher, presented her with hergraduation scroll.

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Visit saskgames.ca/sum-mer for more informationabout the 2016 Saskatch-ewan Summer Games inEstevan.

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By Kari Burnett and Jenay WerleRegional farm business management specialistsMinistry of Agriculture

As discussed in my last article, while financial statements are the measur-ing stick for farm business analysis, many farmers do not use them to their full potential. Taking it to the next step, financial state-ment ratios can be used in everyday farming, no different than yield per acre, pounds gained per day, or percentage calf c rop . The re a r e t h r ee main types of ratios that are commonly monitored: liquidity, solvency and profitability. This article will focus on liquidity and solvency.

Liquidity is a measure of the farm’s ability to meet its financial obliga-tions (debts) as they come due without disrupting the normal business opera-tions. It measures the rela-tionship between current assets and current liabili-ties. Current assets are the assets that are cash, or can be easily converted to cash – what’s in the bin, the barn, and the bank. Current liabilities are due in the next year – for ex-ample an operating loan and/or the current por-tion of the long term debt that is due in the next 12 months. Common liquid-ity measures are the cur-rent ratio, working capital and debt structure ratio.

• The current ratio mea-sures the current assets available to cover the cur-

Using fi nancial statement ratios

rent liabilities. A strong current ratio is greater than 2:1, or for every dollar of liabilities due, there is $2 available to cover them. This would be ideal for an operation with seasonal cash flow, such as a cow-calf operation or a grain farm. If cash fl ow is more regular, like a dairy opera-tion, then a lower current ratio could be safe.

• Working capital is an-other measure of liquidity, calculated by taking the current assets minus the current liabilities. It mea-sures the cash available to operate the business after the current liabilities have been paid. Remember this is a snapshot in time, and may not be realistic if the farm manager is unable to sell inventory, or collect on accounts receivable.

• Debt structure is cal-culated by dividing the current liabilities by the total liabilities. Generally, less than 20 per cent is an acceptable debt structure, meaning that the opera-tion is scheduled to pay back 20 per cent or less of the total debt in the year. Having a higher debt structure can be accept-able if the total amount of debt is low, and should be

considered in conjunction with the current ratio and the working capital.

Solvency measures the ability of the business to meet its total debt obliga-tions if all its assets were sold (either by choice or not). If the market value of the total assets is great-er than the market value of the liabilities, the busi-ness is said to be solvent. Common measurements of solvency include net worth, debt to asset ratio, and debt to equity ratio.

• Net worth is simply the money lef t over i f the assets of the business were sold and debts paid. Having a net worth that increases over time mea-sures fi nancial progress.

• Debt to asset ratio, sometimes called the sol-vency ratio, is the total liabilities divided by the total assets. This ratio measures the farm’s abil-ity to pay off all its debt if the assets were sold. A debt to asset ratio of less than one means the busi-ness is solvent.

• Debt to equi ty ra-tio, also called the lever-age ratio, measures the amount of owned capital to the amount of borrowed capital, and measures fi-

nancial risk. Less than 50 per cent is a desired ratio, and the higher the ratio, the greater the exposure to fi nancial risk.

Financia l s ta tement ratios generated by the farm can be compared to benchmarks set for the industry, but it is usually more valuable to com-pare your business against i tself over a period of years. This can help you to identify trends within your business. It is im-portant to remember that decisions will be no better than the information they are based on, so it’s im-portant that information is accurate and complete. Combining good judg-ment and common sense with financial statement analys is wi l l increase decision-making ability. Ratios should be looked at in combination, as there are limitations when used alone. My next article will focus on profitability ra-tios and measures.

The Ministry of Ag-

riculture has the Com-p re h e n s i v e G u i d e t o Financial Management available on the website (www.agriculture.gov.sk.ca). The guide is divid-ed into fi ve main sections:

• Interests, motivations, goals and purpose;

• Record keeping and accounting fundamentals;

• Farm financial state-ments;

• Financial analysis and determining farm finan-cial health, and

• Action planning..There are sub-sections

within each of these main sections, identifying spe-

cific tools and sources ofinformation to assist witheducation and comprehen-sion of financial nanage-ment. The guide outlinessuggested processes andhighlights some key re-sources that may be help-ful, but it is not intend-ed that a farm managerwould use all resourcesin the guide at all times.Depending on the level ofunderstanding the man-ager currently has, onlysome of the resources inthe guide may apply. Thisguide is not intended tobe a complete list of allavailable resources.

Saskatchewan continues to be one of the fastest growing provinces in Canada according to population estimates released last week by Statistics Canada.

As of April 1, there were 1,134,402 people living in Saskatchewan, an in-crease of 1,762 in the past quarter and an increase of 14,273 in the past year. Sas-katchewan had the second highest growth rate among the provinces in the past year and the third highest in the past quarter.

“Even with the challenges of a lower

oil price, Saskatchewan continues togrow at a faster pace than most otherprovinces,” Immigration, Jobs, Skills andTraining Minister Jeremy Harrison said.“Our diverse economy is a tremendousadvantage and will help keep Saskatch-ewan strong.”

Saskatchewan has now had populationgrowth every quarter for the past nineyears. That’s the longest period of con-tinuous growth since the late 1970s andearly 1980s.

Saskatchewan’s populationcontinues to grow