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Budget ready for approval

Everybody Has a Story

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Santa Claus: A mix of science and magic

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North Stars pick up four points

10 Quote of the week

“We were really back on our heels, lost some big face offs in our own end, and that’s it, it’s over.”

— North Stars coach Kevin Hasselberg

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Tuesday, December 16, 2014

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Walkin’ in a Winter Wonderland Wednesday evening was the first time North Battleford has taken part in the international event of Unsilent Night. Residents gathered up their phones and portable music devices, downloaded the Unsilent Night app and met at Central Park for a walk through the streets to create a beautiful, electronic soundscape. Lisa McEachern, executive director of Downtown North Battleford, described it as a “a free, family-friendly boombox parade through Downtown North Battleford spreading the joy of Phil Kline’s seasonal masterpiece.” Unsilent Night, written specifically by Kline to be heard outdoors in the month of December has, since 1992, grown to be an international phenomenom. The event took approximately 45 minutes.

For more photos turn to Page 2 and visit www.newsoptimist.ca. Photo by Averil Hall

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Budget deliberations: special tax to address asphalt

By John Cairns Staff Reporter

The 2015 budget deliberations have wrapped up in North Battleford, and the final night of deliberations saw major changes to the document that was to head to council for adoption Dec. 15 at City Hall.

The proposed capital initiative levy is off the table.

In its place is a scaled-down special tax that for 2015 will be used for asphalt replacement work.

The special tax is expected raise $1,087,000 in revenue to fund asphalt work at a faster pace than before, and is to be added to property taxes.

This is similar to what would have been the case had the original capital levy gone ahead.

What is not going ahead from the original proposal is the plan to raise an additional $1,182,000 from utility customers towards underground pipe replacement.

The special tax will be used for asphalt work only in 2015. For this year at least, the replacement of aging pipes will be funded the existing way — by the main replacement program funded through utility rates.

The end result is a budget that will still see taxpayers footing another increase, but the hit will not be as high as it would have been had the original capital levy proposal been accepted.

The property tax increase is to go up 4.5 per cent, base water by five per cent and base sewer by three per cent, all unchanged from the original proposal.

For the taxpayer, City officials say the increases amount to a change upwards of $7 per month to the property tax, $2 per month for utilities, and another $12.50 a month for the special tax for the average house in North Battleford. However, it should be noted tax bills will vary from one property to another, so the impact on each taxpayer will differ.

But the overall tax bill could have been worse. Had the original capital levy gone

ahead it would have meant an additional $14 per month added to the utility bills for the average household, on top of all the other increases.

Mayor Hamilton told reporters that was simply too much for council to accept.

“I think council was not comfortable with a tax increase that included both this year,” said Hamilton, referring to both the property levy and the utility levy.

“So we instructed administration to go back and remove that part from the budget and determine what the impacts on an average household would be without that. We still have capacity to replace approximately a half-kilometer of pipe in the ground just as we have been doing for the last 20-25 years.

So council is confident that would be sufficient for this coming year.”

Had they gone ahead with the capital levy, the funds raised could have doubled the amount of pipe replacement work done, the mayor said.

But “it would have been a significant impact on the ratepayers of North Battleford,” Hamilton said.

What is left is a considerably scaled-down special tax, but one still intended to address the infrastructure deficit of the City.

The proposed capital work for 2015 for asphalt and for underground pipes will go ahead as planned. The City intends to replace six blocks of 100th Street asphalt, running from 20th Avenue to 14th Avenue. The proposed half kilometer of pipe replacement work in 2015 will also go ahead.

The work in 2015 is part of the Underground Pipe and Asphalt Replacement Program introduced to ad-

dress the need for more rapid replacement of water and sewer infrastructure.

The issue of infrastructure was the prime topic of the four nights of deliberations that wrapped up Wednesday.

City administration had earlier sounded the alarm about the consequences of continuing on the current timeline of pipe and asphalt replacement. Officials claimed in 10 years they would be so far behind at the current pace that they would never catch up.

Wednesday’s deliberations focused largely on how the special tax would be applied to property taxes. The plan is for the tax to be determined based upon foot frontage, as opposed to assessment values. Importantly, the tax would be spread out to properties all across the city.

The idea is for the special tax to replace the Local Improvement Program, where local improvements are billed to affected property owners.

City manager Jim Puffalt credited that existing program for keeping the city in striking distance of getting needs addressed. But he and other City officials explained the need to spread the cost out throughout the city, noting work done under the Local Improvement Program would cost affected taxpayers thousands upon thousands of dollars.

“A hundred and fifty bucks is substantially easier to pay than a $22,000 bill over ten years,” said City Manager Jim Puffalt.

Other officials made the same point.

“Distributing the cost across the whole of tax base makes the impact to each property owner significantly

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more manageable than the local improvement process,” said Director of Planning and Development Tim LaFreniere.

There was discussion of a number of other issues

Wednesday as well, including third party grants, transit and a final review of the revisions to the draft 2015 budget document, before deliberations wrapped up around 7:15 p.m.

The next step for council was formal adoption of the budget and that was scheduled to happen at a special meeting of council Dec. 15 at 7:30 p.m. in council chambers.

Support for BUHF

North Battleford Senior Citizens Action Now Inc. has once again made its annual Christmas donation to the Battlefords Union Hospital Foundation. The donation this year was in the amount of $5,500 to the Foundation’s fund. The presentation coincided with their annual Christmas dinner and members’ birthday party over the noon hour Dec. 10. The money was raised by the organization through the various events held by Action Now throughout the year. As well, the organization also receives a Sask Lotteries grant, some of which they are able to put back into the community. Attending the cheque presentation at the Action Now Seniors’ Centre was Brenda Sparrow, chair of Battlefords Union Hospital Foundation, and Margaret Kemp, club president of Senior Citizens Action Now. Photo by John Cairns

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Commentary

Sir John A. Macdonald’s bicentennial is here By advancing his vision Macdonald – through six majority victories and while still experiencing political ups and For better or for worse, Canadians have traditionally not downs that would have crushed a lesser man and leader – done a very good job in honouring our heroes, particularly forever ensured the existence of a distinct nation, separate past political leaders. Unlike our American and British from the United States, on the northern half of our conticousins, and peoples in many other nations, we have been nent. collectively hesitant to do so.

If that isn’t greatness I don’t know what is.

Until now that is.

Were there mistakes made on the road to cementing the With the bicentennial of the birth of Canada’s Father of Canadian nation? Absolutely. Building the CPR came at Confederation, Sir John A. Macdonald, being marked across great cost to Chinese labourers and Aboriginal peoples. The Canada and in his home Canadian community of Kingston execution of Louis Riel left divisions that still haven’t fully this month, the tide is turning. From Prime Minister Stephen healed. The Pacific Scandal makes the Watergate break-in, Harper on through historians, playwrights, historical societ- by comparison, seem like an amateur sideshow. ies, students and so many others, Canadians are, uncharAnd on the personal front, our Father of Confederation’s acteristically, pausing to consider the life and legacy of an drinking would not be tolerated in today’s less forgiving immigrant to our shores who went on to found and then times. But historians and commentators, at the time and transform a great nation. today, largely agree that Sir John A. had it right when he And that is good thing. Because in considering the story told the Canadians of his day that “this country prefers John of Sir John A. Macdonald Canadians are realizing that in A. drunk to George Brown sober.” our first prime minister we were very fortunate to have such Indeed it did. a skilled man on the scene when our young nation needed Upon his death it was his most worthy political oppoleadership most. And in Sir John A. Macdonald we had a nent, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, who summed Macdonald’s conleader who would have ranked as front bench material any- tinuing challenge to Canadians best. It is one we still must where in the world. rise to in our own time.

Before Macdonald, joined by Cartier, Brown, McGee and “Before the grave of him who, above all, was the Father select others, got to work, what was to become Canada, to of Confederation,” Laurier told a hushed House of Comuse a modern phrase, was a failed state. So rife with division mons in June of 1891, “let not grief be barren grief; but let we were that we could not even pick a capital city. Divided grief be coupled with the resolution, the determination that by race, religion, geography and so much more, no betting the work in which the Liberals and Conservatives, in which person back then would have laid down serious money and (George) Brown and Macdonald united, shall not perish, but backed our future. that though (a) united Canada may be deprived of the serBut Macdonald of Kingston did.

“We are a great country, and shall become one of the greatest in the universe if we preserve it,” he said. “We shall sink into insignificance and adversity if we suffer it to be broken.”

This wily politician, a man who reeked of humanity, played the key role in bringing the Fathers of Confederation to the table. Once he had them in his pocket, he went on to extend his vision for Canada all the way to the Pacific coast.

By the time he died in 1891, in office still as prime minister after 19 years, Canada was a transcontinental reality, united by a band of steel. The CPR was a feat of engineering and raw political will that still boggles the mind and sparkles the Canadian imagination.

By Arthur Milnes

vices of her greatest men, still Canada shall and will live.”

Perhaps Canadians are turning a more mature page in taking time this month to pay tribute to Sir John A. Macdonald. We are debating, discussing him in our schools and finally, and most importantly, embracing the Macdonald legacy.

It is very hard to separate the Macdonald story from that of the Canadian community that defined him most, as he in turn he defined it. I speak, of course, about Kingston.

That is why so many of the celebrations and commemorations of the Father of Confederation’s bicentennial are centred in Kingston. The community, in fact, is inviting all Canadians to come “home” to Kingston in 2015. An impressive suite of activities and events are planned for all of 2015. You can learn more at www.canadacomeshome.ca.

Until then, and as we mark Sir John A.’s bicentennial in communities from coast-to-coast-to-coast this month, let us, together, celebrate what matters most: Canada itself.

Sir John A. Macdonald would most heartily agree – probably even hoisting one (or more) in our nation’s honour as we approach the 150th anniversary of Confederation in 2017.

Happy 200th birthday, Sir John A. Thank you for the country you bequeathed us.

— Veteran journalist and political speechwriter Arthur Milnes is the City of Kingston’s Sir John A. Macdonald bicentennial ambassador and the co-editor, with Dr. Sarah Gibson, of Canada Transformed: The Speeches of Sir John A. Macdonald, A Bicentennial Celebration, published by McClelland and Stewart.

For the second year in a row, members of the local chapter of the Red Hat Society visited McKitrick school to share their generosity. Again this year, they have donated much-needed toques and mitts to students. In addition, they have made a financial contribution to assist in the delivery of the annual Christmas Dinner for Students.

The ladies also plan to join staff and students at the dinner and the Family Christmas Evening where they will be carolling in the halls. McKitrick School is extremely grateful for the kindness and generosity of the Red Hat Ladies.

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A present to the future

The City of North Battleford’s 2013 Time Capsule

City of North Battleford Historic Archives The time capsule unveiled June 1990 in North Battleford.

Subjects include Mayor Glen Hornick and aldermen Len Quiring, Donna Challis, Tom Donahue, Mary McPhail, Wayne Ray, Julian Sadlowski and Elaine Kostiuk.

The capsule.

2013: Removing the lid from the capsule.

The old capsule is removed

Bill Wells, Larry Kulyk, Harvey Cashmore, Barb Sealy, Ken Sanders and Lorna McLean filling the time capsule.

BATTLEFORDS

By Tammy Donahue Buziak City of North Battleford Historic Archives

It all began in 1988 – when Ramesh Rattan of Cheetam and Rattan Architects Inc., had the idea of developing a time capsule to commemorate North Battleford’s 75th anniversary. He received sponsorship for the project and the 1988 time capsule was created to be opened at the city’s 100th celebration in 2013.

There it sat for all that time on the corner of 101st Street and 13th Avenue.

What was held in this capsule was a great mystery, as no “list of contents” was found in any records at City Hall or the City Archives. It was meant to create a lot of excitement and that it did.

There were many speculations on what might be in the capsule and the opening was a much-anticipated event.

Twenty-three years later on May 1, 2013 at the City of North Battlefords 2013 centennial birthday party in Central Park, the 1988 time capsule was opened.

What an exciting day, giving contact with our community 25 years ago. The contents were shown to the public and then documented and preserved at the City of North Battleford Historic Archives.

So then began the planning of the next capsule with the 2013 Centennial Historical Committee consisting of chairman Gil Bellavance, Larry Romanow, Harvey Cashmore, Leola Macdonald, Jane Shury, Richard Hiebert and Tammy Donahue Buziak.

An invitation was sent out to members and businesses of the community to purchase an envelope and to put items in the time capsule that would be buried to commemorate our 100th year as a city.

Finally after a year of celebration and collecting envelopes, we began the task of filling the centennial time capsule. The City of North Battleford Historic Archives Volunteer Committee and I

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Mayor Ian Hamilton proclaims the centennial May 1, 2013. spent a week documenting and organizing the material.

So what’s in the capsule?

It contains: 259 personal envelopes; 1938 panoramic picture; 2013 panoramic picture; centennial posters; 2013 newspapers; centennial flag; centennial key chains, buttons, pins, coins; postcards; original 2013 centennial song; centennial historical play; penny collection; 2013 circulated and uncirculated coins; stamps; birthday cards; cellphone screen saver; Furkin’ Beaver from the Amazing Race; school art; poems; pictures; Lego; games; pay stubs; passports; drivers’ licences; biographies; 2013 North Battleford mayor’s letter; 2013 Battleford mayor’s letter; books; part of the original 1988 time capsule; 1988 mayor’s letter, 1988 buttons, coins, banner, and many, many more things.

So for the next 99 years this time capsule will rest quietly in the ground for the next generation to open on May 01, 2113. It is imagined that a lot will change in our community during this amount of time, but when it is opened, we will certainly give our future generation a good idea of who we were when we celebrated the City of North Battleford’s centennial in 2013.

Mayor Ian Hamilton, Tammy Donahue Buziak, Sheena Slater, Larry Kulyk, Lorna McLean, Harvey Cashmore, Ken Sanders, Gil Bellavance, Barb Sealy, Leola Macdonald and Siobhan Gormley.

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Santa Claus: Mixing science and magic

By Claudette Cadiddlehopper

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Craig Beauchemin Sports Reporter Phone: 306-445-7261Fax: 306-445-3223

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North Stars pick up 3 of 4 points over the weekend

By Craig Beauchemin Sports Reporter

Yorkton Terriers captain Kailum Gervais celebrates Dallas Rossiter’s overtime winner at the Civic Centre Friday. Photo by Craig Beauchemin The goal was even tougher to swallow, as Hunt should have been in the penalty box at the time. A minute earlier while on a 5-on-3 penalty kill, Hunt used his stick to push a loose stick towards Ryne Keller at the point, which went uncalled by the officials.

Battlefords was 0-for-8 on the power play through two periods, and would finish the game 0-for-9.

The third period was where the North Stars came to play.

Baxter Kanter dropped the gloves with Daylan Gatzke after he boarded another North Stars player, and the fight seemed to spark Kanter’s teammates.

The North Stars had control of the puck for seemingly the entire third period, and had a plethora of chances to tie the game, but Kustra stood as tall as his 5’ 9” stature would allow. He finished with 40 saves, many of them taking away what appeared to be sure goals.

The crowd was getting noticeably restless, waiting to pounce to their feet with every puck that came near the Yorkton goal.

Finally, Matthew Havens blew the lid off the pressure cooker that was the Civic Centre when he scored a beautiful goal all alone in front of the net to tie the game with 29 seconds to go.

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Brady O’Sullivan and Connor Vermeulen tallied assists.

Four minutes later, Jarret Fontaine scored his eighth of the year to tie the game at one, with help from Ashton McLeod and Greg Moro.

Late in the frame, it was Havens and Jordan Townsend regaining the lead for the North Stars, as they scored 51 seconds apart for a 3-1 lead heading into the third period.

Heinrich extended the lead to 4-1, picking up his fifth of the year on the power play 1:09 into the third. The North Stars finished the game 2-for-9 with the extra man.

Connor Sych scored an empty net goal with 18 seconds left to make it 5-2, assisted by Logan Nachtagaele.

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The Battlefords North Stars (17-9-6-0) had a win and an overtime loss over the weekend, but deserved two wins.

Friday, the Yorkton Terriers (11-16-1-2) came to the Civic Centre, and walked away with two points after a 3-2 overtime win.

It was teddy bear toss night in North Battleford, but it was the Terriers getting all the chances in the early going, as they were on the power play for almost the first eight minutes of the game.

Numerous penalties eventually cost the North Stars, when Terriers captain Kailum Gervais scored his third of the year on a 5-on-3 man advantage, on a sharp angle shot after picking up a pass from the point from Riley Hunt.

Nick Fountain brought the Civic Centre faithful to their feet five and a half minutes later, and brought the teddy bears to the ice when his point shot deflected off a Terrier in front of the net, and past Matt Kustra to tie the game at one.

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The North Stars power play continued to be their Achilles heel, and culminated with Hunt scoring a short-handed goal mid-way through the second period. Adam Santoro and Dylan Baer were credited with assists.

breakdown by the Terriers left him completely isolated in the slot. Havens faked a shot before going to his backhand, somehow beating Kustra over the shoulder for his second of the year.

The crowd was silenced by the Terriers in overtime however, as this time it was Yorkton who had complete control.

Dallas Rossiter scored his first goal of the season when he let go a slap shot from the slot, beating Spencer Trembley clean under the right arm just 52 seconds into the extra frame.

After the game, North Stars coach Kevin Hasselberg said the team couldn’t keep up the momentum after Havens’ late goal.

“We just didn’t quite recover and get ready to go for that overtime,” said Hasselberg. “We were really back on our heels, lost some big face offs in our own end, and that’s it, it’s over.”

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Sharks power play leads to weekend sweep over Melville

By Craig Beauchemin Sports Reporter

The Battlefords AAA Sharks (7-9-1-0) scored five power-play goals in two games at home to sweep the Melville Fox FM Prairie Fire (3-12-0-3) 3-1, and 3-2 over the weekend.

Saturday, at Battleford Arena, it was the Prairie Fire who got on the board first, when Josée Aitken scored unassisted with 6:37 remaining the opening frame.

Melville had the majority of the chances in the first, as the shots were 11-6 in their favour.

The Sharks answered back 5:10 into the second, as just seven seconds after Sami Jo Henry was called for tripping, Cassidy Fehr scored her first career goal, assisted

by Mikayla Phillips to tie the game.

Less than six minutes later, the Sharks were even quicker to score in the power play.

Two seconds after Aitken

was penalized for hooking, Sharks captain Jetta Derenoski got the puck past Melville goalie Macey McDonald to give Battlefords the lead after two.

The Sharks increased their lead to 3-1 just over a minute into the final period when Laura Harper picked up her fifth goal of the year. Morgan Fraser was given the only assist.

Shelby Tornato made 26 saves for the win, her fifth of the year.

Sunday, MacKenzie Cey got the opening goal for the Sharks 1:23 into the first period, when off a face off she went to the net and jammed a puck past McDonald for her third of the year. Derenoski and Kailee McGarry were credited with assists on the power play goal.

The Prairie Fire fought back however, as they scored a pair of goals just 1:29 apart, the second of which was shorthanded, to take a 2-1 lead into the intermission.

The second period saw no

MacKenzie Cey scores the opening goal of the game in what would be a 3-2 Sharks win Sunday.

Photo by Craig Beauchemin scoring, with the shots 11-8 in favour of the Sharks, 2516 total.

Nearly eight minutes into the final frame, the Sharks

knotted the game at two, when Maya Tupper tipped in Fehr’s point shot. Emily Wilson was given the second assist on Tupper’s third of

the year.

Penalty trouble was the story of both games for Melville, and late in the third it cost them again.

Just 31 seconds after Hayley Douglas was charged for interference, MacKenzie Balogh was called for tripping to give the Sharks a 5-on-3 power play.

Just five seconds after the puck dropped, Morgan Crosby let go a rocket from the point, beating McDonald through a screen to give the Sharks the lead for good. Fraser’s fourth of the year was assisted by Keara Amson and Tupper.

Chloe Marshall made 23 saves in net for the Sharks, improving her record to 3-70-0.

The Sharks now travel to Regina to take on the Rebels (4-5-2-3) this weekend, but not before they have their alumni game Thursday at 5:45 p.m. at Battleford Arena.

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Meota Combines double up Glaslyn North Stars 8‐4 at Civic Centre

By Craig Beauchemin Sports Reporter

Meota Combines (3-2-0-0) captain Tyson Knight had three goals and two assists to lead his team to an 8-4 win over the Glaslyn North Stars (0-3-0-0) Saturday.

His offensive explosion started just 1:06 into the game, when he deflected a point shot

by Taylor Tatchell past North Stars goalie Cameron Simkins for his first of the game, and the season. Daxen Collins also picked up an assist.

Nine minutes later, Knight grabbed his second goal of the game, shovelling a centring pass from Michael Pyly-

pow through the five-hole of Simkins. Defenseman Dalin Iverson grabbed the secondary assist.

Pylypow would add another assist to his totals 6:16 later, when he sent a cross crease pass from down low to Aaron Cadrin for his first goal of the season. Knight was credited with the second assist, his third point of the period.

Glaslyn got on the scoreboard less than two minutes into the second period, when Tyler Lehman wired a slap shot over the right shoulder of Quinton Gauthier from the top of the face off circle. He was on a partial breakaway coming down the right wing after

taking a pass from Adrian Edwards.

No penalties were called in the second period, and with 4:37 remaining in the frame, Brett Miller scored his third of the year on a 2-on-1 with Brody Tatchell, when he received the pass and fired the puck through the legs of Simkins. Iverson tallied his second assist of the night with the lead pass.

The North Stars wouldn’t end the period down by three however, as just nine seconds after Miller scored, Mitch Perkins grabbed a loose puck in the Combines zone and beat Gauthier to narrow the score to 4-2.

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AAA Midget Stars win two of three over the week Sunday it was the Generals turn to spoil a shutout bid, as Klatt scored with only 44 seconds remaining in the game in a 3-1 Stars win.

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By Craig Beauchemin Sports Reporter

The Battlefords Stars (177-0-0) picked up wins over the Tisdale Trojans (18-3-0-2) and Moose Jaw Generals (9-13-0-4) this week.

The Stars beat Tisdale at home Thursday, before heading to Moose Jaw for a weekend double-header Saturday and Sunday with the Generals.

Thursday, Layne Young and Brandon Lesko had four points each to lead the Stars past the league leading Trojans 5-3.

Spencer Bast got the Stars out to an early 1-0 lead when he jumped on a rebound for his seventh of the year just 1:18 into the game. Young and Lesko were given assists.

Bast and Young combined to give the Stars a 2-0 lead in the second, as Young tallied his 15th of the year 1:11 into the second, from Bast and Tyler Baier.

Stars goalie Brett Pongracz reaches for a puck during the first period of a 5-3 Stars win Thursday. Photo by Craig Beauchemin The Trojans answered back, as Kalem Zary scored twice in under three minutes to tie the game at two.

Young, who was in the penalty box for Zary’s second goal, made up for his earlier mistake when he scored a nice goal to give the Stars a 3-2 lead mid-way through the period.

After winning the face off to the right wing boards, Young picked up the loose puck along the boards, before spinning away from a defender and cutting into the

slot, firing a wrist shot past Kye Steinke for his second of the game.

Jared Hillis and Lesko added third period goals to seal the Stars win, while Kalem Zary picked up the hat trick with 4:55 remaining in the game.

Brett Pongracz made 34 saves for the win, his 12th of the year.

Saturday, the Stars were held off the score sheet until late in the third period, as the Generals claimed a 2-1 win.

After a scoreless first,

Brendan Klatt scored a late power-play goal to give Moose Jaw a 1-0 lead after two. Brayden Pachal and Dawson Davidson grabbed the assists.

Five minutes into the third, Pachal scored his second of the season, assisted by Davidson and Bhody Magnusson.

Hillis broke the shutout bid for Generals goalie Hunter Arps, when he scored with 2:04 remaining in the game.

Talen King made 34 saves for the Stars in the losing effort.

Combines on the road to Spiritwood Wednesday Continued from Page 8 Knight found his way back on the score sheet when he made a couple nice moves around the defenders in the North Stars zone, before setting up Taylor Willsey for his first of the year 3:58 into the third. Devan Oborowsky got the second assist.

Perkins was determined to keep his North Stars in the game, when he made a nice move to the backhand in front

scored for Battlefords, and Pongracz made 30 saves.

The Stars now travel to Regina this weekend to take on the Pat Canadians (17-50-1) in another two-game, weekend series.

of the net and beat Gauthier for his second of the game.

This time it was the Combines turn to answer quickly, as 10 seconds after Perkins scored, Bo Gervais threw the puck on goal from a sharp angle, beating an unsuspecting Simkins for his second of the year. Brody Tatchell and Miller assisted on the Combines sixth goal of the game.

Just 1:15 later, Kyle Gregoire received a pass

from Reid Lamon in the slot and snapped a shot over the glove of Simkins to extend the lead to 7-3. Cadrin picked up the other assist.

Knight completed the hat trick with just 49 seconds remaining in the game, when he danced around a number of North Stars players before firing the puck past Simkins for his fifth point of the game.

Glaslyn picked up a late goal 22 seconds later, when

December 17 The Midget AA Barons host Unity at the Civic Centre.

Puck drop is at 7 p.m.

December 19 & 20 The Battlefords North Stars play two games against the Flin Flon Bombers at the Civic Centre. The puck drop for both games is set for 7:30 p.m.

December 20 The Battleford Beaver Blues hit the ice at the Battleford Arena against the Perdue Pirates. Game time is 8 p.m.

December 21 The Meota Combines play the Cut Knife Colts at the Civic Centre. Puck drop is 8 p.m.

December 27

Dustin McNabb’s centring pass went off Iverson’s skate and over the shoulder of Gauthier to make it 8-4, where the game ended.

The Combines travel to Spiritwood to take on the Wolverines (1-4-0-0) Wednesday, while the Battleford Beaver Blues (3-1-0-0) take on the undefeated Cut Knife Colts (5-0-0-0) on the road Tuesday.

The Battleford Beaver Blues and the Meota Combines face off at the Battleford Arena. Opening faceoff is set for 8 p.m.

December 31 The Meota Combines and Battleford Beaver Blues play a New Year’s Eve tilt at the Civic Centre. Game time is 8 p.m.

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A group of 20 Northwest Regional College students, who are immigrants from as far away as China, India, Ukraine, El Salvador and Columbia toured North Battleford’s City Hall earlier this month.

These adult students, all

of them enrolled in local instructor Chris Pollard’s English class, went on this field trip to learn more about municipal governance and gain insight into possible future careers with the municipality.

City Clerk Debbie Wohlberg, who led the tour, says it was a real pleasure to welcome these students who have come to North Battleford from nine countries and speak a wide variety of languages.

“Their determination to master the English language and to advance themselves and their families in this community is an inspiration,” said Wohlberg.

“The City of North Battleford supports their endeavours to integrate into our community and to find meaningful work and comfort here. Their multicultural backgrounds enrich the community as a whole.”

During the tour on Monday, Dec. 8, City of North Battleford experts in various fields provided the students with an in-depth, first-hand look at municipal operations.

Back in the classroom, the students expressed an appreciation for both that glimpse into how cities operate and the afforded to them to hear the English language spoken by the various presenters.

Police vehicle involved in two-car crash Staff An RCMP vehicle, with emergency equipment activated, was one of two vehicles involve in a collision at the intersection of Carlton Trail and Territorial Drive at about 2 p.m. Friday.

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Walter was predeceased by his son Robert Rebeyka; parents, Mike and Mary Rebeyka; brothers and sisters: Tom, Frank, Peter, John, Bill, Harry, Pauline (+Mike). Walter grew up in a rural community North of Hafford attending elementary school at Langley School, and high school at Bedford Road in Saskatoon. He was the youngest of eight children, and in his 85 years accomplished many things. Walter was a farmer up until age 80, and a grain buyer for 23 years in that time in the hamlet of Keatley. One of the elevators he managed is now at the museum in North Battleford. He spent many hours with hockey, and took great pride in watching and coaching his sons Robert and Michael. Aside from farming and grain buying dad had many other interests that he excelled at. He perfected the art of sausage making and loved to have friends and family, sample each new batch. When he wasn’t busy in the field he liked helping mom with the vegetable garden. At family gatherings it was always a treat to have him pick up the accordion, tap on the piano keys, and he also played the violin. He loved music and had a beautiful voice that added to many gatherings and church services. Dad mastered the art of story-telling so well that you never knew till the end if it was a true story or if there was a punch line.

As he retired from farming at the age of 80 dad excelled at the computer, internet, and enjoyed hours on the laptop and in the last year, the ipad. He loved talking on the phone and stayed connected that way to many family and friends. Dad served on the Hafford Rec Board for many years. He was also a member of the Hafford Housing Committee, and at present he was secretary of the Church Council. He will be greatly missed. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations are requested to Holy Eucharist Ukrainian Catholic Church, P.O. Box 475, Hafford, SK S0J 1A0 or to Hafford Special Care Centre and Primary Care Facility, P.O. Box 130, Hafford, SK S0J 1A0. Interment took place at Holy Eucharist Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery, Hafford, SK. Condolences can be forwarded to mail@battlefordsfuneralservice.com. Funeral arrangements entrusted to Battlefords Funeral Service, North Battleford, SK (306)446-4200 ____________________________________________________

RENE GEORGE (KENNY) GAGNE: It is with profound sadness that the family of Rene (Kenny) Gagne announce his passing on Tuesday, November 19, 2014 at River Heights Lodge, North Battleford, Sk with family at his side. Mass of Christian burial was held Tuesday, 11 a.m., November 25, from St. Vital’s Roman Catholic Church, Battleford, with Reverend Father Greg Elder officiating. Left to cherish Rene’s memory are his children Linda (Gary) Rose, Roger (Susan) Gagne and their children: Amanda (Trevor) Buchko and their sons Taggert and Tye; Adam (Ashley) Lesmeister and their children Rhett, Ali and Dane; Tamara Lesmeister and her children Tayler and Austin. Sister-in-law Kathy Gagne; numerous nieces and nephews. Rene was predeceased by his wife Olive; parents Arthur and Josephine Gagne; father and mother-in-law Charles and Ethel Isaacs; siblings: Louis, John, Michael, 2 babies, Alphonse (Victoria), Joseph (Lydia) Victoria (Albert) Chauvet, Marie (Ron) Rendle, Theresa (Steve) Kayfish, Louise (Joseph) Kayfish, Cecile (Irvin) Billar, Clara (Harold) Mitchell, Delvina (Max) Corpe. Sistersin-law: Yvonne Gagne and Winnifred Isaacs; Brothers-in-law: Maurice and Charles Isaacs. Rene George (Kenny) Gagne was born February 1, 1929 just east of the Village of Jackfish. In 1930 the Gagne family moved from Jackfish to the St. Michael’s area just north of the now Resort Village of Aquadeo, where Rene received his education at St. Michael’s School. In 1936 the family moved once again, to just north of Cochin, on a road allowance where the Battlefords’ Provincial Park is today. In 1946 the family moved to North Battleford. Rene grew up in a home where his father and siblings all played guitar, fiddle, banjo and piano. It was a time long before technology included television, telephone, and even electricity, so the sole entertainment was music, singing and dancing.

Rene played guitar, sang and yodelled. For quite a number of years, he played in a band with Hap Boyer. Rene loved music. He loved to play it, sing and dance to it. Rene’s first job was at the Gold Leaf Café in North Battleford as a dishwasher. It was while working at the Gold Leaf Café that he met a young waitress who worked at the Dominion Café. In 1947, Rene gave up his dishwashing career and began working at Sterling Distributors & Millworks where they made wooden doors and windows as a Sash & Door Man. It was three years later, on July 16, 1949, Rene married that young waitress, Olive Isaacs. They purchased a tiny house on Gagne Avenue.

On January 23, 1955, their daughter Linda was born and on March 7, 1963 they were blessed with their son, Roger. In 1966 Rene took a second job at Turner Warwick Printers in North Battleford as janitor. It was during this time that he was given the opportunity to run the Heidelburg Printing Press, so Rene quit his job at Sterling Distributors & Millworks after twenty one years. He was employed with Turner Warwick Printers as a printing press operator from 1968 to 1994 when he retired after 26 years. In July of 2006, Rene lost the love of his life….Olive passed away after a brief battle with cancer.

Rene was a humble and dedicated man who loved life, and he had the ability to make friends out of strangers simply by talking to anyone, about anything. He will be greatly missed. Memorial Donations may be made in Rene’s name directly to: Sask. Heart & Stroke Foundation, 279-3rd Ave N. Saskatoon, Sk. S7K 2H8 Canadian Cancer Society, 101-440 2nd Ave N. Saskatoon, Sk. S7K 2C3 River Heights Lodge Auxiliary, 2001-99th St. North Battleford, Sk. S9A 0S3 Card of Thanks: Rene’s family would like to thank Dr. Morton, and especially all the staff at River Heights Lodge for their compassionate care and friendship. A very special “Thank You” to Father Greg Elder for being there in our time of need and making the Funeral Mass so very personal; Jaki Esquirol and Aime Gagne for the music ministry; St. Vital’s CWL for preparing and serving lunch; Milbanke Flowers for creating an amazing arrangement; and Eternal Memories Funeral Service & Crematorium for their compassion and attention to details at this most difficult time. Thank you to all those who brought food, sent flowers, and for the telephone calls and visits, we thank you for your support. ____________________________________________________

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SAWCHUK: It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Tina Sawchuk, late of North Battleford, Saskatchewan on December 3, 2014 at the age of 94 years. Tina was born on December 19, 1919 at Square Hill Sasatchewan. She is survived by one daughter; Karen (Marcel) Bernier and their children; Kayla Bernier, Jennifer Bernier, Amanda (Luke) St. Onge and their daughter; Tesa Tipton.

Numerous nieces, nephews, relatives and their families. She is predeceased by her husband Stanley, parents Dmytro and Nellie Woloshyn, brothers; Joseph and Harry, sister; Annie Kozlowski, nephew; Gerald Woloshyn.

Prayers were held on December 7, 2014 from Sallows and McDonald Wilson and Zehner Funeral Home with the Very Reverend Father Taras Udod presiding. The funeral service was held on December 8, 2014 from St. John’s Ukrainian Orthodox Church with the Very Reverend Father Taras Udod officiating / as celebrant. Amanda St. Onge gave the eulogy.

Pallbearers were: David Woloshyn, Larry Woloshyn, John Woloshyn, Marcel Bernier, Luke St. Onge, Curtis Woloshyn. The family have requested that memorial donations be made the BUH Foundation directed to Palliative Care, PO Box 1358 North Battleford, S9A 3L8. Or to the Charity of the Donors Choice. Interment took place at the North Battleford City Cemetery. Condolences for the family may be left at www.sallowsandmcdonald.com. The family has placed their trust with Sallows and McDonald - Wilson and Zehner Funeral Home, North Battleford. (306) 445-2418

HARASYM, Harry: Passed away peacefully in Shellbrook Hospital on December 3, 2014, at the age of 87. He was born April 7, 1927 to Nykola and Lulia (Stasyk) on the Homestead in the district of Glaslyn. He attended school in the same district to grade 6, until he “was big enough” to help on the farm. When he was old enough to leave home he went to work at “Port Arthur” Ontario for a logging company, then peeling railway ties in Manitoba. He married Rose-Marie Hall on November 14, 1958. They purchased the Harasym homestead, where he resided until May 2014. Together they had two sons Richard and Dennis. They were farmers true to their time with grain, pigs, chickens, milk cows, and a large garden. They managed the Glaslyn Hotel for a while, where the circle of friends grew even bigger.

He was a man with a very large, warm heart, always understanding, never quick to judge, and always willing to help a neighbor.

Never wanting to “bother anyone” and ask for help in return, he pushed through many jobs that should have taken two or more people to accomplish. He was quick witted and intelligent, always with a sparkle of laughter in his eyes. He left a lasting impression on everyone who had the pleasure of knowing him. He told many stories, shared many happy times with family and friends. It is through these that those he left will remember him. We imagine he is making endless pyrogies, and cabbage rolls, cookies and pies, to share with every soul who passed before. He is Free from Pain. He was predeceased by: his parents, seven brothers and three sisters. His loving wife Rose (Hall) October 13, 2001. He leaves to cherish and share memories: Two sons; Rick (Deb), Dennis (Melody), many grandchildren, and great grandchildren. Numerous nieces, nephews, relatives, friends and neighbours. To honor his wish the family will have an intimate graveside service at a later date. Thank you to all who helped keep him comfortable in his final days. Family and friends wishing to send online condolences to the family may visit www.beaulacfuneralhome.com. The family have entrusted the funeral arrangements to Edward Beaulac of Beau “Lac” Funeral Home Ltd. of Spiritwood, SK 306-883-3500. ____________________________________________________

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OBITUARIES EDWARDS: Wilfred “Lorne” Edwards passed away peacefully in the early morning of December 4, 2014. Lorne was born September 6, 1940 at Turtleford, Sask. He is survived by his devoted wife Georgina, son Chris (Parichat) twin granddaughters Aleesha and Anata, daughter Shari Edwards, one brother Dave (Karen), two sisters Shirley (Bill) Elmhurst, Holly (Francois) LaRochelle, sister-in-law Lynne (Greg) Halliday and numerous nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his parents Wilfred and Elizabeth Edwards, brother Doug, mother and father-in-law Clark and Isabella Kingsbury and sister-in-law Dorothy Dunne. To read biography refer to castanet.net. In lieu of flowers donations to the Saskatchewan Cancer Society or the Southern Interior Cancer Society would be appreciated. A Celebration of his life will be held in the spring. Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.firstmemorialfuneralkelowna.com. ____________________________________________________ NYKIFORUK: Elizabeth, late of Hafford passed away on Saturday, December 6, 2014 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan at the age of 93 years. Left to cherish her memory are her loving family; son George of Hafford, Sask, son Don (Pat) of Saskatoon, Sask, daughter Anne (Zenon) Dragan of Saskatoon, Sask, and Kathy of Calgary, Alberta; grandchildren Zenan Jr. (Christine), Inez (Ken) Wilson, and Julie; great grandchildren Seth and Reese Dragan, and Jesse, Kody, and Jayde; her brother Mark (Marie) Torchuk of Gatineau, Quebec. Elizabeth was predeceased by her husband Nykola; her parents Mark and Ewfimia; sisters Vera and Nadia; and her brothers Bill & Nick. Funeral Service will take place on Thursday, December 11, 2014 @ 10:00 a.m. from the Holy Ghost Ukrainian Orthodox Church with Reverend Father Taras Udod officiating. Interment will follow the service in the Hafford Ukrainian Orthodox Cemetery. Expressions of condolence may be sent to Hafford Special Care Home, Box 130, Hafford, Sask, S0J-1A0 or to the Holy Ghost Ukrainian Orthodox Church, General Delivery, Hafford, Sask, S0J-1A0. For those wishing to leave a condolence you may do so at www.hawrylukfuneralhome.com. Arrangements entrusted to Hawryluk Funeral. ____________________________________________________ SCHMIDT: In Loving Memory of Rick Wesley Schmidt who was born August 8, 1956 North Battleford, SK. and passed away Nov. 28, 2014 Battleford, SK. Left to cherish Rick’s memory are his loving family: step-daughters: Shawna (Lonny) Jardine – grandsons: Logan & Chase; Amanda (Eric) Kunetka; his father, Wesley Vernon Schmidt; sister, Shelley (Murray) Robinson – niece, Chalsey (Michael) Klassen - greatniece, Elizabeth, nephews, Tyson (Sara) Robinson, Cody (Paige) Robinson; aunts, uncles and cousins. Rick was predeceased by his wife Barbara, his mother Doreen Schmidt, grandparents, aunts and uncles. A Celebration of Life was held Sat., Dec. 6, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. at “The Garden Chapel” - Battlefords Funeral Service, North Battleford, SK with Mrs. Joyce Salie officiating. Gifts of Music provided by Organist - Glenn Goodman; Soloist - Robert MacKay “In The Garden”; Recorded Selections: Turn The Page Bob Seger; Woverton Mountain - Claude King, Blue Wing - Tom Russell and Gimme all your lovin’ - ZZ Top. The Honourary Pallbearers were Dwight Schmidt, Greg Ferris, Perry Prescesky, Kelly Gray, Danny Prescesky, Murray Clark, Kent Roberts, Tim Dwinnell, John Senn, Murray Nelson, Michael Kozak and All Family and Friends and Urn Bearers were Perry Prescesky and Tim Dwinnell.

Memorial Donations are requested to Battlefords District Care Centre, Box 69, Battleford, SK. S0M 0E0 and Wildlife Rehabilitation Society of Saskatchewan, P.O. Box 24004 - Midtown Postal Outlet, Saskatoon, SK S7K 8B4. Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Battlefords Funeral Service (306)446-4200 ____________________________________________________ ROTZIEN: George Warren Rotzien, age 77, beloved husband of Elizabeth Ann (Carnegie), died November 28, 2014 at North Battleford, Saskatchewan. George was born August 30, 1937 at Rose Valley, Saskatchewan, the only son of Warren Rotzien and Ellen (Norris). George married Elizabeth on July 23, 1960 at Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. He is survived by Elizabeth (North Battleford), daughters Jacqueline (Glen Gregoire) Saskatoon, Linda (Henry James) Saskatoon, and son Douglas (Terri Greenbank) Wainwright, Alberta. Grandchildren: Sean Gregoire (Miranda Wiebe), Ashley Gregoire (Matthew Quick), Adam James, Marcus James, Jonathon Rotzien, Alison Rotzien and his sister-in-law Jacqueline Carnegie. He was predeceased by his parents Warren and Ellen and one granddaughter Victoria. George attended Robbinsdale District School near Rose Valley and then the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, earning a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture (Soil Science) and a Bachelor of Education (Biology, Chemistry). George taught for a year at Rose Valley and the remainder of his 30 year career at North Battleford Collegiate Institute and North Battleford Comprehensive High School. He farmed at the R.M. of Round Hill for over 20 years. George’s family was the most important part of his life. He and Liz travelled thousands of miles and spent countless hours at swimming pools, curling rinks and baseball diamonds supporting their children and grandchildren. George umpired baseball and refereed football but he was best known as an elite baseball pitcher. He enjoyed curling, cooking, golfing and being in the wilderness camping, hiking and canoeing with his family. In recent years George and Liz enjoyed travelling south to become “Winter Texans”. The celebration of George’s life occurred on Dec.4, 2014 at 3rd Avenue United Church at North Battleford, Saskatchewan.

The family would like to thank Rev. Frances Patterson, the 3rd Avenue United Church Sanctuary Choir, Bob MacKay and those involved in providing the luncheon. The family would also like to thank the Battlefords Funeral Service. Internment took place at North Battleford City Cemetery. ____________________________________________________

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Stella Folan Born: June 22, 1937 Passed away: December 15, 2010

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Thursday, December 18

Friday, December 19

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Tuesday, December 16, 2014 - PAGE 14

Memories of war

By William Wardill PUZZLE NO. 707

23.Money drawer 24.Clothing fasteners 26.Real-estate measure 27.Parka 28.Pulls 29.Prune’s start 30.Diminish 31.Deli breads 32.Resound 39.Schooner

41.“____ Gold” 44.Lofty 46.Covers 47.Dashed 48.Black stone 49.Shelley poem 50.Beam 51.Bar beverage 53.Payable 54.Clod 55.Situate

Copyright © 2014, Penny Press

ACROSS 1. Bio. class 4. Cherished one 8. Exchange 12.“____ Man in Havana” 13.Sales pitch 14.Head covering 15.Most secure 17.Type of ant 18.For takeout: 2 wds.

19.Piece of turf 21.Chooses 25.Answer 29.Related 33.Dove sound 34.Deposit eggs 35.Location

36.Unfinished 37.Function 38.Letter systems 40.Unkempt 42.Unaccompanied 43.Dobbin’s morsel 45.Choir singer 49.Voiced 52.Taking on as one’s own 56.Salvador ____ 57.Hawaiian feast 58.Waterless 59.Gazed at 60.Departed 61.Gender

DOWN 1. Misplaced

2. Convertible, e.g.

3. Blow your own horn 4. Off one’s feed 5. Casino cube 6. Switch settings 7. Rents out 8. Color value 9. Conflict 10.Focus 11.Interfere 16.Soldier’s shoe 20.Trying experience 22.Tropical fruit

ANSWER TO PUZZLE NO. 707

CROSSWORD PUZZLE ANSWERS USE AMERICAN SPELLING

I have never worn a military uniform nor marched with a rifle over my shoulder, but I know something about war. I was born nine years after the Great War ended. It was still a topic of conversation then. My mother and her family remembered watching a German airship come down in flames on the recreation grounds of Stocktonon-Tees. They were good English Christians who rejoiced in the deaths, by fire or impact, of the good German Christians who fell from the sky.

I have the war diary of my father’s cousin who was one of the first young men to enlist in the Royal Air Force. His closest friend, before and after enlistment, was Albert Ball, Britain’s leading air ace who earned a chest full of medals and died at the age of 20.

My brother’s first steady job was that of a gunner in the Royal Canadian Artillery. He was in the Liri Valley in Italy. The gun he served helped to reduce the ancient monastery of Monte Casino to a ruin. When he came back from the slaughter, he shared his experiences and dark thoughts with me.

Before the Second World War, I was one of a group of boyhood friends who lived safely in a prairie village that had an abundant water supply. We devoted ourselves to the destruc-

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tion of grasshoppers and gophers in the mistaken hope that we could stop families from leaving to go “Up North” or to the irrigation projects of Alberta or the orchards of British Columbia.

I was 12 when the Second World War began.

I spent many hours during my high school years wondering how long the war would last and whether I would fight and die in it. The war that ended the Great Depression was over.

I identified the Depression as a man-made disaster and thought the drought that parched the Prairies was a natural disaster, an act of God. I know now that God didn’t do it. It was, for the most part, brought about by human errors. Collectively, the human race seems to have a hidden death wish.

Early in 2014, the subtle glorification of Canada’s military heritage began with airing of carefully crafted programs about the War of 1812. The intensity with which Remembrance Day is coming to be observed has been heightened by the senseless murders of two soldiers serving in Canada.

I am moved by military funerals, by the ceremonies at cenotaphs. I like to see military uniforms and precision marching. I enjoy military bands and the skirl of the pipes. All of these things, however, are parts of an appeal to passions, to the glory of war, not to reason. Sir Arthur Currie, Canada’s outstanding Great War general said there is no glory in war. He called it butchery. Lao Tzu, the ancient Chinese philosopher warned against rejoicing in victory. He was very wise. After every battle we should grieve for all of the dead, both friend and foe.

All were potential assets for the betterment of the human race, lost forever.

I see the emphasis being placed on our military heritage as opening salvoes in the next federal election campaign. This is being done by a government that, while starving them for manpower and equipment, is still willing to send our armed forces into danger on foreign soil.

I am not being cynical when I write this. That unforgivable charge should be levelled at the people who are doing it.

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It was a day of family fun at Western Development Museum as the Christmas season was celebrated Saturday, Dec. 6. The day featured hot dogs, popcorn, crafts, games, storytelling, Christmas-themed displays and a Christmas-themed puppet show put on courtesy of FunTAZM Entertainment.

There was also a store set up where kids could buy holidaythemed items and outdoor activities including sleigh rides. The WDM then hosted a Holiday Homecoming event Sunday until 6:30 p.m

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Family Fun at the WDM Continued from Page 17

Above, activities from Family Day at the Western Development Museum Dec. 6. Photos

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By June Newsham Rivers’ Edge Quilters

Seasons greetings, quilters! The Rivers’ Edge Quilt Guild held a meeting Dec. 5 and it was attended by 18 members.

Members had a quilting marathon Nov. 20, 21, and 22 and got caught up on many projects. There were games, prizes, and good food.

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Dec. 9 is another trunk show at Caleb Manor.

The Battlefords Mental Health Association Christmas party was attended by

members who had assisted their members in making tote bags and stockings.

Two events are coming up in the New Year. Jan. 19 is a flannel rag quilt class.

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Thinking of a unique holiday gift? The scoop on argan oil husk covering pulpy flesh surrounding a very hard nut.

The nut contains one (sometimes two or three) small, oil-rich kernels or seeds.

The fruit takes over a year to mature, ripening and falling in June and July.

Extraction of argan oil is labour intensive. It takes 30 kilograms of fruit and about 15 hours of labour to produce just one litre of oil.

Argan fruits are first dried in the open air. Then the husk and fleshy pulp are removed.

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By Sara Williams organic, the goat stage of production is now frequently Used for centuries almost bypassed – in the interest exclusively by Moroccan of producing a “goat muskBerbers, in less than a decade, free� taste or smell in the argan oil has hit the European end product. But much of the and North American markets rest of the process remains becoming the “new� highunchanged. end ingredient for culinary International demand has and cosmetic products. created a viable economy Argan oil, a prodfor local villages with two uct of the argan tree, Traditionally, goats to three million people is rich in vitamin E, relying on it as a source Omega 6, oleic acid, provided a much� of income. Many argan linocleic acid and is co-operatives have been appreciated labour� a mono-unsaturated established to provide fat. Cosmetically, saving service: economic and social benit is used as a moisclimbing the trees, eating the fruit, efits to rural women, ofturizer for skin, hair and nails, either as digesting the husk and leaving the fering them fair wages and hours to suit the needs of oil alone or in soaps kernels behind in their dung. their family. and creams. As a cuIn Morocco, arlinary oil, the flavour gan forests cover some is distinctive, rich 8,280 square kilometres and nutty. It is used in salad dressing, for dipping nels. The kernel is broken and are designated a UNESbread, on couscous and fla- open by tapping it between CO Biosphere Reserve. Their vouring porridge, but cannot a large stone and a smaller deep root systems enable be heated. Amlou – a paste hand-held one. Attempts to them to colonize the desert made from almonds, argan mechanize this process have fringes, making them a vitaloil and honey – is typically been unsuccessful. Kernels to ly important defense against be used for food (i.e. culinary desertification. spread on toast.

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How sad it is that so many do not know Him How embarrassing! To treat someone rudely, not even knowing who the person is. Only to find out later he’s the boss of the company for which we work, or the judge who will be trying our case.

That blunder could well affect our future welfare.

But what if the One to whom we show disrespect is the Son of God, the One to whom we must give account in eternity? It happens. And it happens at Christmas. Years ago, a manger scene near us was vandalized six years running, and the baby Jesus image stolen. If only they had known the Person whom that tiny doll represented. But, in our “Christian” country, with all of its churches, and its evangelical radio and television broadcasts, many still do not know Him. Even when there is no overt hostility, the lack of understanding of who Christ is can be startling. One day, when buying some stamps, I asked if there were any with a Christmas theme. “Yes,” was the reply. “These have an angel on them.” But it was the infant Christ child.

Perhaps if she had looked more closely, she would have known. Perhaps.

Long ago, there was “no room in the inn” for Joseph and Mary. Would the inn-

save us, Lord, / To take our sins away. / Our eyes was blind, / We couldn’t see. / We didn’t know who You was.”

Further on, the author makes a personal comparison: “The world treat You mean, Lord, / Treat me mean too, / But that’s how things is down here.” And “Please, Sir, for-

Robert Cottrill, B.A., B.R.E. http://wordwisehymns.com/ www.Wordwise Bible Studies.com keeper have made room, if he had known of the One to be born that night? Surely it would have made a difference. And would the rulers of the Jews called for Jesus’ death, years later, if they had realized who He is? The Bible speaks of their blindness. “You denied the Holy One and the Just, and asked for a murderer [Barabbas] to be granted to you ... Yet now, brethren, I know that you did it in ignorance.” (Acts 3:14, 17; cf. 13:27-28) Even on the cross, the Lord Jesus prayed, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do.” (Lk. 23:34) “For had they known,” says Paul, “they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.”

(I Cor. 2:8) He is the glorious Lord. That is an ascription of deity. John reports, “we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father.” (Jn. 1:14) And we

are to “give unto the Lord the glory due to His name.” (Ps. 29:1) But so many do not.

Robert MacGimsey (18981979) was an African-American songwriter. He was also an exceptional whistler. Incredibly, he could whistle in three-part harmony – leading one symphony conductor to quip, “He makes the violin envious!” In 1934, MacGimsey gave the world a touching Christmas carol, written in the form of a modern-day spiritual. Those were the days of rampant racial discrimination, of beatings and lynchings. Robert MacGimsey knew first hand the sting of prejudice, and he poured the pathos of his own experience into his song.

The carol begins, “Sweet little Jesus boy, / They made You be born in a manger. / Sweet little Holy Child, / Didn’t know who You was. / Didn’t know You’d come to

give us Lord. / We didn’t know it was You.” It is sad that many around us do not know Him. But they can. Christ declared that He’d send the Holy Spirit to “convict the world of sin ... because they do not believe in Me.” (Jn. 16:8-9) And God has given us His Word

the Bible to tell us the good news of a full and free salvation through faith in Christ (Jn. 3:16). If you still do not know Him, I urge you to open the Word of God and begin to get acquainted today with our wonderful Lord. “There is born to you ... a Saviour.”

(Lk. 2:11)

What’s the complete cost?

Unless you are far wealthier than I, finding the perfect gift is one thing but purchasing it might be quite another matter.

As the mother of two wonderful sons, daughters-inlaw and three perfect (well, almost) granddaughters, I’d love to pay off their mortgages, buy the car or the boat of their dreams and send them all on exotic vacations but it’s the B word that prohibits any such action. I’m talking about Budget.

Contrary to the messages of retailers, credit card companies and our internal or maternal urges, sometimes the best gift we can give (at least to ourselves and our households) is to be ruthless in our adherence to a budget. Nights of worry can be avoided by judicious spending so years

ago I adopted the habit of putting away small amounts during the year to take the edge off restricted spending for gifts (Christmas, birthday, graduation or whatever). The monthly pension income is off limits.

Staying within self-imposed spending limits can sometimes be made easier with consultation. Since opposites attract, a spouse or partner may be able to serve that purpose; I’ve also found that taking a trusted friend along helps me think things

through before flashing that colourful plastic rewards card.

This is also a good place to reference another list, this time a list of priorities. Will this lovely but very expensive gift affect my ability to give to those less fortunate? Will it mean substituting the holiday turkey with bologna? For some of us senior citizens, we dare not forget the costs that accompany aging. Because value isn’t restricted to a bank account, giving way to impulsive buying can incur costs we neglected to calculate.

“Whoever has no rule over his own spirit is like a city broken down, without walls … Without counsel, plans go awry …” (Proverbs 15:22; 25:28).

Amen.

Spend some quality family time together. Worship at the church of your choice.

Our community has a number of churches and a variety of denominations for you & your family.

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