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Twenty-nine rental units open in cityBy DEVIN WILGERN-R Writer

Rental units have been at a premium in Yorkton for several years, but now a new building has opened in the city which should give some relief to the market. Allenbrooke Apartments adds 29 units to the local market, 22 of which are subsidized under the Capital Rent Subsidy program.

The funding for the

project was partially pro-vided through the federal and provincial govern-ments, which provided $880,000 through the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation and the Saskatchewan Housing Corporation. The remainder of the develop-ment was funded by P.R. Investments. The City of Yorkton also provided tax abatements for the devel-opment for five years.

Yorkton MLA Greg

Ottenbreit says that it’s a project that was needed in the city and the province.

“We haven’t seen a whole lot of new apart-ments being built in the province since the mid-’80s, so to see a project like this move ahead is quite exciting.”

The subsidized two-bedroom apartments are approximately $600 a month, Ottenbreit says. This was one of the requirements to get the

subsidies, as the goal of the program is to have inexpensive apartments priced below the market rate, which currently hits at around $900 a month.

The building also has two apartments for dis-abled residents, plus an elevator in order to ease accessibility concerns. Ottenbreit describes this as a rarity, but a smart move from a business per-spective, since it opens up

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Pinoy Fiesta a celebration of the Philippines

By DEVIN WILGERN-R Writer

Every year, the Pinoy Fiesta celebrates the anniversary of the inde-pendence of the Philippines though music, dance and food. This year marks the eighth annual day of cel-ebration in Yorkton.

Melinda Montebon, President of the Parkland Filipino Canadian Association Inc, says that the goal is to con-nect people, whether it’s the different Filipinos in the Parkland area or

their Canadian friends.“This is our way of

saying thank you to the Canadian community, especially in the city of Yorkton, for having us.”

The theme of the event was celebrating Filipino heritage, but Montebon says they wanted to show that it’s a living culture, bringing together people of all ages together in the cel-ebration. She says that bringing youth into the event is something that is deep into Filipino cul-ture, as she says they show who they are and

their roots.“That shows our roots,

who we are, where we come from and what Filipino is all about. This is our celebration and this is our way of cele-brating things the Filipino way.”

The goal was also to show that the Philippines is a place of great variety, and Montebon says that the Fiesta is about show-ing how varied the com-munity is and how they’re connected togeth-er.

“We have 77 dialects,

7,000 islands. Right there, you can see how many people living dif-ferent ways of life. But we have one way of com-municating, which is Tagalong, our national language.”

PFCAI has been heav-ily involved in Yorkton events, not just at things like the Pinoy Fiesta. Montebon says that they want to be a part of everything they can in the community, and

“Our goal is to be of service to the Canadian community... Not only

earning a living, but being able to touch the Canadian community in our own special way.”

Montebon says that she’s humbled by the suc-cess of the event, and she would like to thank everyone involved, whether that means sponsors, participants, volunteers or attendees. She emphasizes that it’s a group effort.

“This is one of my greatest blessings as President, to see the dif-ferent working commit-tees because I can’t do

this on my own... Theteam effort is evident.”

Montebon believesthat the most importantthing that PFCAI can dois continue to connectpeople, whether throughevents like the PinoyFiesta or other eventsheld in the region, andthey want to get involvedin any way they are able.

“We’re looking for-ward to connecting to ourCanadian family. We’revery happy and we’realways looking to be apart of any events inYorkton.”

TRADITIONAL FILIPINO DANCE was just one of the things attendees of the Pinoy Fiesta were able to enjoy. The event was a celebration of the Filipino community in the area, with food, fashion, music, and dance both traditional and modern brought to the forefront.

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ALLENBROOKE APARTMENTS are the newest block of rental units to open in the city. The 29 unit building has 22 units rented under the Capital Rent Subsidy program, and two units in the building are aimed at disabled tenants.

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It’s called the main street for a reason, the traditional place that peo-ple have congregated throughout Canada. Lisa Marie DiLiberto and Charles Ketchabaw want to save the stories of main street, and have been going coast to coast to col-lect them with The Tale of a Town, a project collect-ing the oral history of a country, including Yorkton.

The husband and wife duo is going through Canada with their porta-ble recording studio in a camp trailer. DiLiberto says they are looking for ordinary stories in order to document the history of the country’s many main streets.

This year’s memories are coming from the prai-ries, and DiLiberto says something that connects the province is trains, with many of the stories being defined by railroad. She also says that billiard rooms and the local Chinese restaurant have been some common themes that have came up as they speak to people.

They’ve also found that each province has differ-ent patterns of movement, Ketchabaw adds.

“A lot of people [in Saskatchewan] live pan-provincial, they live inside their province but they move around. In Manitoba they kind of stick to their own towns, if you’re born in Churchill you stay in Chuchill.”

The memories of main streets have been cen-tered around places where

people congregate, places like hotels, cafes and train stations, and Ketchabaw believes that this is something people want to go back to, a place in town where people mingle whatever their place in society.

“People want that experience you had before, where rich or poor, have or have not, you knew what was going on in your community.”

They’ve also been learning about main streets that don’t exist anymore, towns like Scotsguard which was taken down by fire and never rebuilt. She says that since a big part of the project is capturing the stories of a place, it’s important to get the memories of those towns that only live within the memories of former resi-dents.

“Part of the goal of the project is to preserve the stories of those main streets were like. We can’t go and take a picture of them anymore... We want to hear people’s experi-ences, what it was like... It makes me realize the value of the work, when I talk to those people.”

They want to capture a whole era of memories of main street, and record the memories of things that only exist in that form. The idea is that this history will be archived and available for people long into the future, so they have a constant link to the history of their town and their country.

“The value will be real-ized in the future. Right now we’re just recording

the stories of people who are alive, it’s fun for them, it’s rewarding for us and for them... The idea is that this is going to be available for people in 50 years when we might be gone, but we’ll have the voice, the picture and the memories,” Ketchebaw says.

The stories collected will be compiled into a performance installation which will take place in Regina on July 12 with Curtain Razors Theatre. They will also be digitally mapped and added to www.thetaleofatown.com which is also where peo-ple can see what else is

going on with the project. The final goal is to cele-brate Canada’s 150th anniversary with a multi-

platform celebration in2017, once the project hascovered the entire coun-try.

THE TALE OF A TOWN collects the oral history of Canada’s main streets, and was in Yorkton speaking to residents about their memories. Lisa Marie DiLiberto, one of the co-creators of the project, interviews Thérèse Lefebvre Prince about her life, both in Yorkton and growing up in Dollard, a French Canadian town.

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the building to a wider range of tenants.

The intent of the pro-gram is to spur invest-ment into rental housing. Ottenbreit says that pre-viously, there was little incentive to build apart-ments like this for private

enterprise, but that the government wants to stay out of the housing indus-try. He believes it’s an example of where a pub-lic-private partnership is the most sensible option.

The building is part of an overall goal of making housing more accessible to Saskatchewan resi-

dents, whether it’s in Yorkton or elsewhere in the province. Ottenbreit notes that the vacancy rate in the city was at one per cent seven years ago, but is now at three, some-thing he credits to differ-ent programs. He points to Head Start on a Home, subsidized rental units

like this or other develop-ments like the Fromm Manor, which opens up housing to people with otherwise limited access as ways progress has been made on the housing front.

“There’s always more to do, there’s a huge need for housing and housing

is very important when it comes to the quality of life and health of people, but there have been signifi-cant investments that have started to pay off for the people of the prov-ince.”

The hope is to see more projects like this in the city, Ottenbreit says, and

there have been severalelsewhere in the province, both ground-up construc-tion and modular units that can be put together quickly.

“We’re seeing innova-tion on a whole bunch ofdifferent fronts that areaccessing programs like this.”

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New Horizons consults with seniorsBy DEVIN WILGERN-R Writer

Meeting the needs of seniors in the community is the challenge faced by the Yorkton New Horizons. To that end the Yorkton New Horizons conducted a community consultation with the aim of getting ideas for pushing the group for-ward and getting more use out of their facilities.

Tom Seeley, facilitator of the consultations, says that while the New Horizons has been run-ning successful Friday night dances for a while, they’ve been looking for other ways to use the hall and meet seniors’ needs in the community.

One of the inspira-tions for the seniors of the area is the Dauphin Senior Centre. While operating in a much smaller centre, that facil-ity has daily program-

ming, an active member-ship of around 300 and a paid staff of four. Connie Chaloner, former direc-tor of the Dauphin Senior Centre, spoke at the event about how they grew their program. Seeley says that while it might not be appropriate to replicate what Dauphin did, it’s impor-tant to look at other suc-cessful seniors organiza-tions have done.

“It’s kind of an inspi-ration I think to the peo-ple here, that a lot more can be done here in the city of Yorkton, a city almost two and a half times the size of Dauphin.”

The consultation pro-cess went beyond seniors, Seeley explains, bringing in people from different community organiza-tions to the table. Part of the goal was also to find partnerships between community and the New

Horizons itself.A wide range of ideas

were put forward, includ-ing exercise programs, different entertainment options and education on crime and fraud. An emphasis was placed on getting more engage-ment between youth in the city and the local seniors.

“Youth coming in to teach seniors how to use computers, the seniors going into schools or the community garden to teach youth how to grow stuff. Those ideas inte-grate the knowledge of one generation and the other. That’s some of the more creative ideas we’ve heard this morning.”

The results of the con-sultations will now be given to the executive of the New Horizons, who will ultimately decide what direction they take as they move forward.

THE NEW HORIZONS is looking for ways to meet the needs of seniors in the com-munity, and held a community consultation to look for ways respond to those needs.Members from community organizations were also involved in the consultation process, including Edith Montesclaros with the Yorkton Newcomer Welcome Centre, picturedabove.

GOOD SPIRIT SCHOOL DIVISION _— Congratulations to the Good Spirit School Division superannuates, who are retiring at the end of June 2015. The Good Spirit Teachers’ Association held a ban-quet in their honour on June 10, 2015 at the St. Mary’s Cultural Centre in Yorkton. Front row: Kim Alzomal (Kamsack), Gary Alzomal (Fairview Education Centre), Rusty Tamblyn (Yorkton Regional High School: YRHS), Doug Ingham (YRHS), Dwayne Reeve (Fairview Education Centre), Gwen Gregory (Preeceville); Back row: Carol McCullough (YRHS), Lynda Parmiter (Pelly), Faye Korpatniski (Kamsack), Ildiko Orosz (Esterhazy), Sally Zimmer (Yorkton), Marilyn Herron, (Saltcoats), Kathleen Henderson (Yorkton), Clara Haacke (Churchbridge). Not pic-tured: Kevin East (YRHS), Alan Sharp (Fairview Education Centre).

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ST. PAUL SCHOOL AWARDS — St. Paul’s School held its year-end Liturgy and Academic Awards Thursday. The following students were recognized for their aca-demic achievements, Dylan Stark (Male Athlete of the Year), Kennedy Cmoc (Golden Rule Award), Kayleigh Payne (Academic Proficiency. Front Row: Kaitlyn Ivanochko (Female Athlete of the Year), Emileigh McClenaghan (Student of the Year) and Lena Payne (Academic Proficiency).

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Everyone wants kids to get outside, that’s a com-mon complaint among parents, educators, people involved in conservation efforts, really anyone involved in the outdoors in any capacity. Everyone wants young people to go outside. The problem is that most of the people in question are not really sure how to actually engage these kids, there’s a constant refrain telling kids to turn off their screens, unplug and enjoy nature, and that’s not going to get the job done.

Let’s admit that we have a generation that wants to be connected to everything, all the time. Not every-one likes this, or understands this, but this is reality. People running around with phones at the ready at all times aren’t going to be that encouraged by people who want them to go in the complete opposite direc-tion. To insist on getting these youth to give up their technology is simply an older generation being unwill-ing to admit that their descendents have different priorities. The simple joy of exploring the outdoors isn’t going to translate, and people will outright reject the magical childhood the older generation is trying to push down to their uninterested children.

Which is not to say that kids shouldn’t be outside more, because they should. That’s not to say that nature isn’t something that needs to be appreciated

and understood by the next generation, because it is. What I am saying is that you have to abandon any idea of pure, simple communing with the great out-doors, instead you have to actually put in an effort to connect technology and the environment. It’s counter-intuitive for a lot of people, because there’s a school of thought that suggests nature and technology must never meet, but if they do you have a better chance of getting people out and enjoying it.

If you have a generation that wants to document everything they do, they can photograph hiking trails, they can take pictures of lakes and fish, they can take photos of birds, animals, plants and any other amazing thing they see. Share them with

friends, those friends want to take their own pictures and you get kids out there. It’s not the same way their parents might view nature, but it’s communicating on the same level as the people you’re trying to embrace. Selfies on a mountain might make people above a certain age cringe, but remember, the kids are on a mountain, and they’re getting their friends into going on that same mountain.

Eventually, as you go further out, the phone ser-vice fades out and you can’t share everything imme-diately. That’s how we get kids to turn the phone off, but don’t make it a rule. Just ease them further and further into the outdoors instead of forcing the issue. Going cold turkey with the phone is never, ever going to work with these kids, because they like their phone, and everyone trying to force the kids to con-form to their ideas of how to enjoy life is just going to make them reject those ideas.

The best way to get kids to enjoy nature is to just get them out there, but get them out there with their tech in hand. Get them to show their friends what the outdoors have to offer with various pictures of what they see, and instead of forcing them to turn off the phone, just let nature, poor cell reception and nonex-istent battery chargers do the work for you.

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Public sector is growingThe public sector in

Canada (including federal, provincial and local govern-ment employees) is growing and reaching proportions not seen since the early 1990s—an era marked by large gov-ernment deficits and high debt—finds a new study released today by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian pub-lic policy think-tank.

The study, An Analysis of Public and Private Sector Employment Trends in Canada, notes that, from 2003 to 2013, employment in Canada’s public sector increased by 22.6 per cent, more than double the rate of increase in the private sec-tor (10.7 per cent).

“There are important adverse economic and fiscal implications that may result

from growing public sector employment,” said Livio Di Matteo, study author, Fraser Institute Senior Fellow and Professor of Economics at Lakehead University.

“Empirical research has pointed to a so-called ‘crowd-ing-out’ effect where employ-ment through public sector job creation is offset by a reduction in pri¬vate sec-tor employment elsewhere in the economy. This is a concern because it’s the pri-vate sector—through invest-ment and innovation—that largely generates the wealth and taxes needed to provide the public services that we all hold dear.”

Government sector employment, as a share of total employment, peak-ed in 1992 and started to decline after governments

responded to the fiscal crisis brought about by large defi-cits and debts both federally and provincially.

But since 2003, the share of government employment has increased: In 2013 (the latest year of available data at the time of writing), 24.1 per cent of employees in Canada (excluding the self-employed) worked for gov-ernment, compared to 22.3 per cent in 2003.

The study also examines the growth rate of public sec-tor employment—at all lev-els of government—in each of the provinces.

By a considerable mar-gin, the largest increase (relative to private sector employment growth), took place in Canada’s most populous province: From 2003 to 2013, public sec-

tor employment growth in Ontario (27.6 per cent) dra-matically outpaced private sector employment growth (5.6 per cent) by a whopping 22 percentage points.

Interestingly, Ontario’s 10-year increase in the num-ber of people working for the public sector coincides with a period of increases in prov-incial government spend-ing, ballooning government debt and sluggish economic growth.

“Preliminary statistical analyses suggest that, for Canada’s provinces over the 1990 to 2013 period, larger public sector employment shares are accompanied with lower growth rates of private sector employment and show a flat relation-ship with economic growth rates,” Di Matteo said.

Recently Yorkton residents were asked to take part in the Tale of a Town project.

It’s an interesting exercise to be sure. The process of gathering stories about what has in the past quintessentially been the heart of Canadian communities since the earliest settlers established a general store and other businesses began to congregate near them, creating a street around which a community could grow.

There is history on our main streets, from the architecture of the older buildings, to the stories of the buildings past owners, usually a tale of community builders with a vision to grow a town.

In some respects the current project to col-lect stories is a decade or two too late.

Many of the communities on the Prairies have roots far deeper than the memories of current residents go.

The situation is more pronounced in older areas of our country, Manitoba to the Mari-times.,

But the old adage better late than never certainly applies here. There would never be a perfect time to capture a snapshot of a history so big, so take what is available and work from there.

In this case there stories may have several benefi ts as they are collected.

To start downtowns in many communities show their age these days, and with many businesses preferring box store builds, or spots in strip malls, how to keep cores fresh is a challenge.

Within the collected stories will be ones which tell of the vibrancy of the past, and what made those streets once busy with ac-tivity might be recaptured.

And, the stories will also be an archive of a different time, as our communities evolve and our business patterns change with trends and technology.

Again a snapshot in time is worth preserv-ing, and this project should do that well.

A picture of our past

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Dear editor,

It’s expensive to be a good parent in Canada. Raising a child to age 18 is estimated to take over $230,000 — and that’s before the cost of post-secondary education.

Stagnant incomes haven’t helped. Over the past 30 years, median after-tax family incomes — middle class incomes — have increased by less than half a percentage point per year on average.

Current federal programs to support families are quite a hodge-podge. Some are tied to income levels. Some are not. Some are taxable. Some are not. It’s all very confusing and inadequate. In an odd twist, the Harper government’s most recent tax breaks make the situation worse. They provide the biggest benefits to the wealthi-est households, but nothing for those in greatest need. That simply has to change.

The Liberal Party believes that middle class Canadians, and all those working so hard just to get there, deserve more.

By rolling all the current support programs together, topping them up with money saved by reducing government waste, and then targeting benefits to lower and middle income households, we can create a new and better “Canada Child Benefit” (CCB). It would provide a lot more help, indexed to inflation and completely tax free, to nine out of 10 families.

For the lowest income households (below $30,000 annually), the new Liberal CCB would pay $6,400 per year for every child under the age of 6, and $5,400 per year for every child over 6 but under 18. That adds up to hundreds of dol-lars more per-child each year than what’s cur-rently available. The amounts per child would gradually taper downward at higher incomes.

A typical family with two kids (one over 6, one under 6) and a household income of $90,000 would get $5,875 annually — that’s more than $2500 better than under existing programs. If that same family makes $140,000, they would get $3,125 per year — over $1,000 better.

Our plan is progressive and fair because it’s linked to income levels. It’s good economics because it’s efficient and transparent in putting more dollars in the hands of middle and lower income households who quickly reinvest that money in the economy.

By providing more help to parents with the high cost of raising kids, the Liberal Party’s CCB will be a powerful improvement in fighting poverty, bolstering the middle class and driving growth. And that’s real change!

Ralph Goodale, MPLiberal Party of Canada Deputy Leader

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Dear editor,

The Calgary Stampede is upon us, and for hors-es, that means their days may be numbered. Nearly every year, horses suf-fer catastrophic injuries during the event. The Stampede has been given free rein to police itself for far too long, and dozens of animals are dead as a

result. It’s time for the government to step in and put an end to the abuse.

The deadliest events in the Stampede are the chuckwagon races, in which teams of horses pull “pioneer” wagons and race around a track at breakneck speed. Horses have suffered broken legs, heart attacks, and broken

backs. It is indefensible to continue an event in which animals routinely pay with their lives.

Alberta’s Animal Protection Act prohibits causing animals distress, and it defines an animal in distress as one who is “abused or subjected to undue hardship, pri-vation or neglect.” Since

horses used in the chuck-wagon races surely suffer hardship, the races may be in violation of the law.

People who care about animals should not sup-port something that causes so much pain and suffering. Please steer clear.

Jennifer O’ConnorPETA Foundation

Dear editor,

Over the past 20 years, the Government of Canada has spent millions of dol-lars sending representa-tives to United Nations cli-mate change conferences. While the rest of us are told to walk, bicycle, and take the bus more to cut back on greenhouse gas emissions, hundreds of civil servants have enjoyed tax payer funded flights to exotic locations across the globe to take part in U.N. negotia-tions to ‘save the climate.’

It makes no difference which party is in power. When the Kyoto Protocol was created in 1997, the Liberal government of Jean Chretien sent no less than 43 representatives to the two week U.N. meeting in Japan. Twelve years later, Conservative Environment Minister Jim Prentice led a Canadian delegation of about 100 federal employ-ees to the U.N. Copenhagen climate change conference. That didn’t even count representatives from the National Research Council, Canadian Space Agency and the Assembly of First Nations, all of whom tagged along.

Current Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq continues this tradition, leading delegations of 24 to the U.N. climate confer-ence in Peru last December and 32 to Poland the year before. At least 50 federal government workers will

likely accompany her to Paris for the big U.N. cli-mate meeting in December. With expenses of over $10,000 per participant for the ten day event, meeting costs will easily exceed half a million dollars. Clearly, the sky is the limit when it comes to paying travel expenses for our high flying climate bureaucrats.

Unless, that is, the meeting in question dis-putes the notion that we control the planet’s climate. Despite activists’ asser-tions that the ‘science is settled,’ debate rages in the science community about the extent to which human activity affects cli-mate. While some scien-tists think we are a major driver of global warming and that expensive mitiga-tion actions are needed to prevent catastrophe, others believe the effects will be manageable through adaptation measures. Still others, perhaps a majority of experts, maintain that the science is too immature to make meaningful fore-casts. An increasing frac-tion of researchers claim that human-caused warm-ing is small in comparison with the impact of natural phenomena such as chan-ges in the brightness of the Sun. Some scientists even say that our emissions cause cooling.

All of these points of view must be considered if the government is to make rational policy decisions.

It makes no sense to send our delegates only to meet-ings that support the point of view held dear by the U.N. and David Suzuki. Yet that is precisely what the Canadian government does, completely ignoring, for example, the important series of climate confer-ences coordinated by the Chicago-based Heartland Institute.

Not a single Government of Canada representative attended the Heartland climate conference held on June 11 and 12 in Washington DC. Dubbed the Tenth International Conference on Climate Change (ICCC-10), 350 people assembled to listen to presentations from lead-ing climate science, eco-nomics, and policy experts about how global warm-ing and extreme weather concerns have been vastly overblown. Presenters hailed from major univer-sities such as Princeton, Harvard, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Alabama, and Canada’s University of Victoria. The U.S. Senate, state governments, and prominent internation-al think tanks provided speakers as well and sever-al dozen U.S. state legisla-tors attended as observers.

Although official dele-gates from Australia, the United Kingdom, and the Czech Republic have also taken part in ICCC confer-ences over the years, no Canadian government rep-

resentatives are known to have ever shown up.

When asked why this is, representatives from Aglukkaq’s office, as well as that of Greg Rickford, the Minister of Natural Resources, would not answer the question. Are they embarrassed that they spend vast sums sending their employees to confer-ences to hear about climate catastrophe but are afraid to be seen listening to experts who take a differ-ent perspective?

When the Conservatives were in opposition, Senior Environment Critic Bob Mills told the environment committee, “To just hear one side of an issue is cer-tainly not what I think a committee should do and it’s not in good conscience that we can do that.” Mills declared in the House of Commons, “Only through encouraging open-minded investigation into the field do we have any hope of understanding what is really happening.”

With $1 billion dollars now being spent every day across the world on climate finance, tens of millions of it by Canadian governments, it’s about time our leaders followed Mills’ advice. The stakes are too high to do anything less.

Tom Harris is Executive Director

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The Western Financial Student of the Month for April 2015 is Nathan Bewcyk. Nathan is a Grade 12 student who possesses the qualities of a conscientious and hardworking young man. Nathan has participated in school sports and is on the Academic Honour Roll again this year. Teachers have noted his sense of humour and how he works well with others. Nathan is also a role model as evidenced by his nomination for the SaskTel Aboriginal Youth Award earlier this school year. Congratulations Nathan on being the YRHS Student of the Month for April 2015.

The Western Financial Student of the Month for June 2015 is Shayna Kemp. Shayna is a dedicated Grade 12 member of the Family of Raiders who puts an incred-ible amount of time into making YRHS a fun place to be. She is dedicated to her cheer team and to the SRC, and in these roles, she never backs away from a challenging task. Shayna works hard in her academic classes and plans to pursue a career in Education. As an example of perseverance, time management, and enthusiasm (that will be missed next year) congratula-tions Shayna on being selected, in June, as our last Student of the Month for 2015!!

After twenty-two years as the M.P. for the federal constituency of Yorkton-Melville, I will retire at the next election.

I thank my constitu-ents and those who have worked on my campaigns over the years for the faith they have shown in me. I also thank my col-leagues and staff for their tremendous support. But my greatest thanks (and sympathy) go to my wife, Lydia. She’s been a political widow. I appre-ciate her faithfulness to me more than she’ll ever know.

It is very difficult to leave the House of Commons. I enjoy my job and will miss the people I’ve worked with on both sides of the House. I’ll always be grateful for the wonderful opportunities I’ve had.

Scratching below the surface has defined my political career. That began in university. After dabbling in many faiths, I was challenged to scratch

below the surface. After struggling, I chose to become a Christian and that has defined my life.

Some people know my nickname is “Mr. Gun.” Shortly after I was elected, constituents confronted me regarding gun control. I was chal-lenged to scratch below the surface on that issue too. I’d never planned on that. But by scratching below the surface, I real-ized that $2 billion would be much better spent by putting 10,000 more policemen on the street to improve public safety. That has become another defining part of my career.

I worked a lot on the abortion issue and took a firm stand for life. Again, I had to scratch below the

surface. To ask, “What is it that in the womb of a woman?” and search out the truth.

Whatever I’ve worked on, I’ve tried to take a principled approach. Many people have helped with that and I’m grate-ful. Opposition members played a key role in chal-lenging my thinking.

I sat with the Prime Minister in the House from 1993-97. He was also a person to really scratch below the surface, and he has become a phenomen-al Prime Minister. I hope that all Canadians will realize what our Prime Minister and Government have done and what is at risk next October 19th.

I got into politics because I wanted my chil-

dren and grandchildren to live in a better Canada.In many ways, it is better.Our Conservative govern-ment knows that fam-ilies are the solid build-ing block of our society.Our support for familiesmakes Canada the envyof most nations. That could all change at thenext election.

Members receive the perk of free phone calls home. My children were teenagers when I was first elected. Once Ibecame an MP, our night-ly 10-minute call brought us closer. Even Lydia and I talked more because of that perk. She has sug-gested that when I retire we put one phone on her side of the bed andanother on mine.

Today, our four won-derful children, their spouses, and our twelve grandchildren make me look forward to October 20th, and a new chapter in my life.

May God bless Canada.

by Garry Breitkreuz

ParliamentaryReport

Op-Ed Column

Looking back at a long career, and forward to retirement

Lukewarm growth is a problem in a short growing season

Ed, my old neighbor from Saskatchewan, told me last week that he went to a farm auction north of Lipton, SK. When he men-tioned the farm and the name of the people who had the sale, I told him that I had been at that farm. Ed didn’t like hearing that I had visited farm families that were members of our parish when I was a pastor at Lipton. My old neighbor shuddered at the idea that clergy types could show up at a person’s farm. He complained that surely a person should be safe from religious fanatics at his barn or Quonset. When I suggested that members welcomed a visit from their pastor, and he was skep-tical. Ed scoffed at my com-ment. He said that I should hear what people say about their clergy at coffee chats. I asked Ed if most people spoke only the truth and nothing but the whole truth at a coffee time. “Mostly, they do,” he assured me,

“unless they have an ax to grind.”

It seems we all have an ax to grind about one thing or another. My daughter told me that she was very disappointed with her hanging flower baskets on her porch. They were sickly and bedraggled look-ing. I asked her if she had picked off the dead blooms, and if she had given them any plant food or fertiliz-er. She pleaded guilty to not doing either measure of plant care. After remov-ing the dead flowers and watering with liquid plant food, the hanging flower baskets became impressive in growth and new flowers. They needed applications

of plant food and personal care to perk them up.

Ed, when he was my neighbor next door, repeat-edly told me that every-one needs a shot of whis-key to perk them up now and again. I could never agree with Ed about whis-key being a tonic to get improved vitality. I can say that I have found liquid fer-tilizer a real growth booster of flowers and vegetable. Sometimes the soil, sun and rain are not enough to bring the flowers or vege-tables to their full potential.

God’s word can give us spiritual life and growth. It is God’s plant food or fertil-izer for our souls. When we delight in and thirst for God’s word, we become like

a tree planted by streamsof water. The tree will notwither or die from lack ofwater, but grows to its fullpotential yielding fruit inits season.

Christians may be luke-warm, neither hot nor coldin their faith. Althoughthey appear at church,they exhibit little growthor fruit in their Christianlives. They are lukewarmand stagnant in Christiangrowth. They are not hotin faith having it cooled offas they walk in the counselof the wicked, stand in theway of sinners and sit withthe mockers of God. Theirchoice of associates makesthe word of God in dangerof being spit out of theirminds and actions. Thecompany of sinners andmockers is like scorchingheat and choking thornsupon the growth of theword of God in Christianlives. Being comfortable,neither hot or cold, towardsGod’s Word is dangerous toour Christian faith..

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Neighborly Advice According to Ed

by Raymond Maher

Employment and Social Development Canada today announced the quarterly bene-fit amounts for Old Age Security (OAS) for July to September 2015.

The maximum basic OAS pension benefit paid to people 65 years of age and older will increase by $1.13 from $563.74 to $564.87 per month from July 1 to September 30, 2015. Payments under the Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS), the Allowance and the Allowance for the Survivor will also increase by the same 0.2 percent for this quarter.

OAS benefit amounts are reviewed quarterly

(in January, April, July and October) and revised as required to reflect increases in the cost of living, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) set by Statistics Canada. The Old Age Security Act guarantees that OAS benefits can never be reduced, even when there is a decrease in the CPI. If the average CPI surpasses the previ-ous level in the future, OAS benefits will go up again.

The basic OAS pension is paid to all persons aged 65 or over who meet the legal status and residence requirements.

The benefits under the OAS program include the

basic OAS pension, the GIS and the Allowances. The GIS provides addi-tional benefits to low-income pensioners who have little or no income aside from the basic pen-sion and the Allowances provide benefits to low-income Canadians aged 60 to 64 who are the spouses or common law partners of GIS recipients

or who are widowed.OAS benefits are

funded through generaltax revenues and provideCanadian seniors with amodest base upon which to build additional income for retirement. For 2014–2015, it was forecastedthat approximately $43.8billion in OAS benefitswere provided to 5.5 mil-lion individuals.

Old Age Security benefits increase for July to September 2015

YRHS Student of the Month of April

YRHS Student of the Month of June

STUDENT OF THE MONTH, MAY 2015 TABITHA CHERRY — The Western Financial Student of the Month for May 2015 is Tabitha Cherry. Tabitha is a student in the Alternative Education center who stands out for her kind spirit and her perseverance. While she faces some challenges, she works hard to do her best as a Family of Raiders member. One teacher noted that her sense of duty to the Regional is admirable and she does all she can to add to the school in a positive way. For these reasons and for reminding us all that challen-ges can also be a learning opportunity, congratulations Tabitha on being selected as YRHS Student of the Month for May 2015.

YRHS Student of the Month of May

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BUSINESSES• Broadway Fas Gas• Superstore• Great Canadian Oil Change• Kahkewistahaw Gas• Yorkton Co-op Food Centre• Yorkton Co-op C-Store (West Broadway)• Yorkton Co-op C-Store (Palliser Way)• Yorkton Regional Health Centre

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Crossroads A support group for

women who are experiencing or have experienced violence.

Group is held Thursdays from 6:30 p.m. to

8:30 p.m. For more information contact

306-782-0673 or306-782-5181.

The Yorkton Legion Track Club

The club is open to all Yorkton and area athletes born in 2003 or older.

Coaches also needed.To register or learn more contact Club

Manager, Marcel Porte at marcel.porte@bayer.

com or call Cell: 306-621-7716.

Tot SpotBoys & Girls Club

Drop-In Centre @ SIGN on Broadway

Mon., Tues., Thurs., & Fri., 9 a.m. to noon.

Tues., Wed., Thurs., 2-4 p.m.

Free to participate!

The Caring ClosetLower level of Safire

Clothing & AccessoriesQuality, free used

clothing for women who require outfits for career or educational purposes.Donations are accepted.

Fittings are done by appointment.

Call 306-521-0332, 306-783-0026 or 306-786-1570.

Cribbage & PoolThe Yorkton Retired Citizens Inc. group

invites interested crib-bage and pool players to come out to St. Gerard’s Church – lower level –

Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1:15 to 4 p.m. $1 for the after-noon for crib, $1.25 for the afternoon for pool,

price includes light lunch.

For info. call Helen at 306-783-0802 or Angie

at 306-783-7838.

Parkland Right to Life Meetings

Meets every third Wednesday of the month

@ St. Gerard’s Hall basement @ 7.30 p.m.

For info. call 306-783-6240.

St. John Ambulance

First Aid ClassesOHS Standard First

Aid/CPR classes. Personalized courses

and online training also available.

For more info. or to register call Judy at

306-783-4544 or email: sjayyorkton@sk.sja.ca.

Baptist ChurchThursday evenings

6:30-7:45 p.m.• for children Grades K-6

• a mid week program designed to engage local

children with church • Bible stories, crafts, games,

music and more...Call 306-783-7912

for details.

Habitat for HumanityVolunteers Wanted

To get your name on the

volunteer list for a build or to be part of a committee, go to

www.habitatyorkton.ca and click on

“Volunteer Now”

Dart League Attention dart players,

steel-tip action is underway at Gunner’s

Lounge at Royal Canadian Legion. This is a fun league for all ages, so beginners are

encouraged to come out. For more information

call 306-782-1783.

The Torch Club– leadership, growth and empowerment program for youth

ages 10-13Call Erin at

306-783-2582 for details.

Community Adult Band

Rehearsals Tuesdays 7 p.m. at Yorkton

Regional High School Band Room. Two bands –

Community Concert Band and Yorkton’s

ALL THAT JAZZ Big Band

New members welcome! For more information, contact Larry Pearen, Director 306-786-2582 (days) 306-782-4182

(evenings).

Grief ShareThe Grief Share support

group is sponsored by people who understand

what you are experiencing and want to offer you comfort and encouragement during

this difficult time. Every Tuesday at St.

Peter’s Hospital MelvilleIn the McLeod

Conference Room at 10:00 a.m.

ALL ARE WELCOME! Register with either:

Margaret Yost 306-728-4744Ralph E. Hale 306-728-9205.

Save the Yorkton Brick Mill

Become a member and be a part of a great historical venture.Learn more or get

involved by visiting: www.yorktonbrickmill.

orgInterested parties can also call 306-783-0290

or 306-783-6211.

Yorkton Creators 4-H Club

Welcomes new members ages 6-21. Projects

include cooking, sewing, woodworking and clo-verbud. For more info.

call Vi at 306-782-4721.

Singers Unite!Yorkton Community

Concert Choir Practices every Monday at 7:30 p.m. in the choir

room at the YRHS (use parking lot

entrance)Contact Laurene at

306-782-0460, Shanni at 306-783-9145 or Anna at 306-744-2729 for details.

Calling all Bridge Players!

The Yorkton Duplicate Bridge Club has started

up. The club meets

weekly on Thursdays at 1:00 p.m. at the Yorkton

Public Library. Call 306-783-4220 for

more details.

Yorkton Prostate Group Meeting• meets every 3rd

Thurs. of the month in the meeting room

at the hospital• promotes early

detection and speedy recovery

Call 306-782-5748 for information.

Club DJKinette Club of

Yorkton• meets the second Wednesday of every month at 7 p.m. To

learn more or to attend, contact either

Lana Matechuk, Club President at 306-782-9717 or Marcia Sedor,

Membership Director at 306-782-2053.

Treasure Chest Toastmasters Club • meets weekly on

Wednesday evenings from 7:00 p.m. to

8:00 p.m. at SIGN on Broadway. Impact your world by enhancing your

communication and leadership skills.

Guests and new mem-bers welcome. For more

information contact: Faye - 306-782-2994; or Joanne - 306-783-3034.

Yorkton Branch of the

Saskatchewan Genealogical Society

Monthly MeetingsYorkton Public Library

For info. call Sharon Lindsay at

306-783-7054.Adult Dance Group(Troyanda Ukrainian

Dance Ensemble)Ukrainian Orthodox

AuditoriumWednesdays,

6:15 to 7:15 p.m.

Call John Denysek at 306-782-1559 or email: jdenysek@sasktel.net

for info.

Yorkton and District United Way

• looking for dedicated people interested in

taking part of a growing organization that helps

agencies and crucial services in and around

the Yorkton area. To learn more call

Kristin Parsons at 306-782-9389 or email yorktonunited

way@sasktel.net.

SIGN Parenting Education ClassesLAPS (Literacy and

Parenting Skills) • Weekly Parent and Preschooler Programfor 3 and 4-year-olds,

their parents and younger siblings

• crafts, snacks, games, songs and positive

parenting info.Call Janet at

306-783-9424 for more information or

to register.

Al-AnonAl-Anon meets

Mondays,8 p.m. at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, and Wednesdays at the Westview United Church.

ParklandTherapeutic

Riding AssociationHorseback riding and

other activities for children and adults with physical and intellectual

disabilities.Meets Tuesdays at noon

Shadow Stables. For more info call 306-782-7930 or

306-782-7782 or email mbozsik@sasktel.net.

Big Brothers BigSisters In-School

MentoringBe a Mentor – spend

one hour a week. Play games, do crafts,

read books...Make a difference in

the life of a child.For info. call

306-782-3471.

Join us at Yorkton Public Library all

summer long for fun children’s programs

Activity days (July 6 - Aug. 25). Mondays - ages 10-12; Tuesdays - ages 6-9, 2-3:30 p.m. Must pre-register in person. Spaces are limit-ed. (Registration beginsJune 29).

Movie days (July 8 - Aug.26). Wednesdays at2:00 p.m. Free popcorn and juice. Everyone wel-come!

Storycrafts (July 9 – Aug. 27). Thursdays 10:30-11:15 a.m. Open to ages 3-7 years.

Game Days (July 3 -Aug. 21). Fridays at 2:00 p.m. Join us for some fun board games! Everyone welcome!

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Hot weather, great music, good times!

Monday, June 29, 2015 (Dauphin MB) -- It was one of the hottest weekends that Dauphin has experi-enced in years, with tem-peratures climbing higher than 30-degrees on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. And with sunny skies the major-ity of the time, the 26th Countryfest will go down as one of the best festival weekends on record.

“Sunshine really makes the festival a hap-pier place,” says Eric Irwin, President of Dauphin’s Countryfest. “The freakish amount of rain we got last year was extreme to say the least, and it affected people’s spirits. All you can

do is come back again and hope for better weather – and we definitely got that this year.”

“We sell fun and every-body had lots of it,” says Irwin.

COUNTRYFEST BY THE NUMBERS:

Daily attendance: 12,000Number of artists: 60

bands on 3 stages over 4 days

Number of tour buses that rolled through: 19

Number of artist meet-and-greets: 11

Number of lucky fans who got to meet-and-greet: 385

Number of bags of ice used on site: 20,500

Number of perogies eaten in the perogy-eating

contest: 500Number of minutes the

winner took to eat 50 per-ogies: less than 4!

Number of members on Countryfest’s Board of Directors: 12

Number of full-time year-round Countryfest staff: 3

Number of volunteers who work at the festival: 2000

Number of years that Eric Irwin has attended: 26

Number of years that Rob Waloschuk has been booking the talent: 25

Number of years that Kenny Shaw has been Master of Ceremonies: 24 (**note – he is retiring after this year)

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Dauphin’s Countryfest in 2016 will once again span Canada Day – with Countryfest sure to be the biggest and best Canada Day party in all of Manitoba! So save the dates! June 30 to July 3, 2016. And stay tuned for artist announcements, coming soon…

ABOUT DAUPHIN’S COUNTRYFEST:

The 26th annual Dauphin’s Countryfest took place June 25-28, 2015. Canada’s longest running country music festival has been attracting the biggest names in country music to one of the most beauti-

ful regions of Manitoba since 1990. Situated on the edge of Riding Mountain National Park, the unique outdoor amphitheatre built into the side of an escarp-ment provides every patron a perfect view from any one of the 14,000 seats in the house.

Dauphin’s Countryfest is a not-for-profit organ-ization that consists of a 12-member volunteer Board of Directors and a membership of more than 2000 loyal support-ers. Organizers credit over 2000 volunteers who work tirelessly each year providing essential servi-ces for the festival week-end, while fundraising for their respective commun-

ity organizations. In addi-tion to various community contributions, Countryfest pays out approximately $150,000 each year to com-munity organizations that provide services for the fes-tival.

Dauphin’s Countryfest was named a finalist at the prestigious Canadian Tourism Awards in 2013, nominated in the cat-egory of Tourism Event of the Year. The festival was also awarded the 2012 Philanthropist of the Year Award from The Dauphin & District Community Foundation, given to indi-viduals or businesses that show the true spirit of phil-anthropy and giving. www.countryfest.ca

Dauphin’s Countryfest 2015

Start cooking with pepperCHEF DEZ ON

COOKING - PEPPER: The World’s Most Popular Spice

Many people would assume that the most used spice is “salt”. However, salt is actually a mineral, not a spice. This leaves its side-kick ‘pepper’ in the lead for the number one position.

Peppercorns as we know them, are the dried result of the ‘piper nigrum’ berry and have been harvested for thousands of years. In ancient times the value of this pungent spice was even elevated to the degree of being used as trading bar-ter much like currency. The four most popular types of peppercorns that dominate our current food markets are black, white, green and pink.

Black peppercorns are obviously the most preva-lent and also the least expensive. They are pro-duced by harvesting the berries before they are fully ripe and drying them.

The drying process is what gives them their black hard wrinkled appearance and texture. These are not only the most popular but also the most pungent of the varieties. The best fla-vour and aroma is obtained by freshly grinding them directly on or in the dish you are preparing. Pre-ground spices always lose their freshness and ability to season as time passes. Logically, fresher is always better.

White peppercorns are derived from the same type of berries that the black peppercorns come from, however they are allowed to mature before

harvesting. They are then either soaked or washed in water to remove the outer shell, which produces a white peppercorn with a milder taste. They are fre-quently utilized to season white sauces to ensure that the appearance of the sauce is not marred with black specs.

Green peppercorns are one of my ultimate favorites in sauces. These peppercorns are harvested when they are still very immature, and either dried or preserved in brine. They offer a more natural tem-perate flavour, and when brined are very soft and can be eaten whole. These

are great for transforming ordinary gravy into a gourmet peppercorn sauce with the help of a jigger of brandy or wine. The dried green peppercorns can be rehydrated to make them pliable to accomplish this same task. They can also be mashed into a paste for different applications.

Pink peppercorns are not actually peppercorns in the same definition as referred to in the above-mentioned examples. They are berries that look similar to the ‘piper nigrum’ berry but are sweeter, milder, and more aromatic. They can ripen to even a dark red in colour before har-vesting. These are great in delicately flavoured recipes and offer great presentation as well.

In light of all the choices you have, it should be apparent that pepper is nothing to sneeze at.

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A LITTLE OFF THE TOP – Braunty Pelchat keeps hedges in order at Shaw Park, one of the many people work-ing for the City of Yorkton maintaining green spaces through-out the town this week.

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Recent storms and more wet weather pre-dicted for the coming weeks has SGI CANADA warning homeowners to protect their home from sewer back up, which can be a devastating and costly loss. The best form of protection from sewer back up is to have a sewer back water valve professionally installed on the main sewer line of their house.

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