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High in the Sky Pancho Libre was head, shoulders and feet above the crowd during his performances at the inaugural North Battleford International Street Performer Festival on the weekend. Libre, who brought his talents from Mexico, found volunteers amongst the spectators to help steady the pole for him to pull off a dangerous handstand in the middle of 101st Street. For more photos, turn to pages 2 and 8. Also, pick up Thursday’s paper for more on the festival. Check out www.newsoptimist.ca for even more pictures from the event. Photo by Brett Smith

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Taking it to the Streets

The rain stayed away long enough Friday night for audiences to get their first taste of the inaugural North Battleford International Street Performer Festival on the streets of downtown North Battleford. Left and above, Australia’s Katie Wright was one of the perfomers who entertained audiences on a chilly summer night. She showcased many circus-style acts, including juggling and hula hoops. Wright also interacted with the crowd, bringing multiple people out to help in the show.

Toronto’s Silver Elvis posed for pictures with pedestrians.

Giving him some change would activate the robotic musician’s performance, causing him to gyrate to a medly of hits from the King of Rock and Roll.

Face painters plied their craft all weekend to people of all ages.

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Magical Mystical Michael performed his illusions using water, sewing needles, cards, fruit and metal rings throughout the weekend to a variety of different audiences, eliciting gasps of delight from them. People were also heard asking how he just did that. Michael, from Austin, Texas, combined comedy with his magic to the delight and laughter of the spectators. For more photos from the festival, turn to page 8. Also, check out Thursday’s Regional Optimist and the online gallery at www.newsoptimist.ca.

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Crime severity: delving into the numbers

By John Cairns Staff Reporter

Drops in cocaine trafficking, failure to stop or remain, and in discharging firearms with intent all contributed to the drop in the Crime Severity Index numbers for North Battleford from a year ago.

Unfortunately, increases in murders, attempted murders, using a firearm and pointing a firearm offences all led to a rise in the Violent Crime Severity Index.

All of it means North Battleford ends up first in Canada among communities of 10,000 or greater population on both crime severity indexes for 2013 – a double whammy for the city compared to a year ago.

According to numbers provided by Statistics Canada Wednesday, the CSI score was 323.88, down from 352.39 a year ago. Meanwhile, North Battleford’s Violent Crime Severity Index score of 293.84 moved it into first place, a jump of two places from the year before when North Battleford was third in that category behind Thompson, Manitoba.

The city’s non-violent Crime Severity Index score was down to 334.13 – again the highest in the country.

Statistics Canada noted several crime categories saw declines that led to the overall drop in the CSI for North Battleford: cocaine - trafficking was down from 142 to 69; failure to stop or remain fell from 144 to 29; discharge firearm with intent fell from 6 to 0; other Controlled Drugs and Substances Act - trafficking fell from 42 to 11; and assault - level 2 - weapon/bodily harm dropped from 131 to 109.

Unfortunately, the five violations contributing to the Violent Crime Severity Index were: murder, up from zero to one; attempted murder, up from zero to two; using a firearm or imitation of a firearm in commission of an offence, up from zero to five; pointing a firearm, up from two to eight; and invitation to sexual touching, up from zero to two.

The weights associated with these crimes in the Violent Crime Severity Index are significant. Murder is weighted at 7554.94, attempted murder at 1733.14, and the others

The CSI explained The CSI is a somewhat imperfect measure of the crime going on in a community.

By John Cairns Staff Reporter

Every year, the findings of a familiar national statistical survey make the news during the last week of July.

It is Statistics Canada’s annual report of “Police Reported Crime Statistics” for the previous year, a report that provides numbers and values for communities across Canada on police-reported crime.

That report includes numbers for the Crime Severity Index, as well as the Violent Crime Severity Index and Non-Violent Crime Severity Index.

The release of those numbers is followed closely by residents in North Battleford, who complain annually over the city topping the Crime Severity Index for communities over 10,000 on a per capita basis for the years 2009 to 2012.

The reality is, however, many people still don’t exactly know what goes into putting together a Crime Severity Index, or exactly what the numbers really mean for the community.

To help us understand what it is, the News-Optimist has received some informa-

tion from the RCMP detachment about the Crime Severity Index and what it means. Among the background information provided to us from RCMP Insp. John Sutherland was the report Measuring Crime in Canada: Introducing the Crime Severity Index and Improvements to the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey authored by Marnie Wallace, John Turner, Colin Babyak and Anthony Matarazzo, on which much of the information in this story is based. Also provided was additional information, including information on the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey upon which the CSI is based.

How does the CSI differ from the “crime rate?”

One question on the minds of people is: what is the Crime Severity Index, and how is it different from the traditional “Crime Rate?”

According to Statistics Canada, the traditional “crime rate” measures the volume of crime coming to the attention of police. The crime rate is simply a count of all criminal incidents reported to and by police, divided by the population.

In determining the crime rate, the seriousness or “se-

Inspector John Sutherland has pointed to “high-risk” lifestyles of a small group of people as a driver behind the CSI numbers for 2013. Photo by John Cairns at 322.18, 209.78 and 380.81 respectively.

Multiplying those weights with the numbers of incidents in each category, then adding it up and dividing it by the population makes up the final crime severity score for the community.

The top five violations that contributed to the decrease in the Non-Violent CSI for 2013 were, again, cocaine trafficking, failure to stop or remain, Other Controlled Drugs and Substances Act - trafficking, theft $5,000 or under (down from 397 to 349) and cannabis - trafficking (down from 93 to 64).

Overall, the downward trend at least softens the blow of finishing first again in the CSI. “You’re never happy being number one, but I’m really happy with the fact that numbers are down,” said Battlefords RCMP detachment Insp. John Sutherland.

He is also happy that in his monthly reports to council, crime numbers have been going down for the first six months of 2014.

verity” of the crime incidents are not taken into account.

Under that measure a firstdegree murder counts the same as mischief, or a theft under $5,000.

That posed some difficulties because, according to Statistics Canada, the traditional crime rate is heavily influenced by fluctuations in high-volume, less-serious offences such as mischief and thefts under $5,000.

Meanwhile, the impact of the most serious crimes, such as murder, was almost nil on the crime rate.

As a result, and on the request of the police community who recognized the limitations of the crime rate, in 2009 Statistics Canada introduced a “new, additional tool” to track changes in the severity of police-reported crime – the Crime Severity Index.

A measure of change

According to Statistics Canada, the CSI measures the change in volume of particular crimes, while also taking into account the relative seriousness of the crime.

The index is calculated with each type of offence assigned a seriousness “weight.” That weight is a number derived from actual sentences handed down by courts in all provinces or territories. The weights are calculated using the five most recent years of available sentencing data.

Statistics Canada’s 2009 report lists examples of the “weights” given to various offences. At the time, firstor-second degree murder was assigned a weight of 7,042.

Manslaughter is weighted at 1822, attempted murder at 1411 and level 3 sexual assaults at 1,047.

The weighting goes on down the line, from discharging a firearm with intent, to level 2 sexual assault, to robbery, to level three assault, and on down the list.

At the low end of the scale was theft under $5,000 assigned a weight of 37, mischief at 30, level 1 assault

“Checking with Regina, they’re going down at a little faster rate than the rest of the province so that makes me happy.”

In speaking to the News-Optimist Thursday, Sutherland expressed similar sentiments to what he told council last Monday, pointing to “high-risk” lifestyles of a small group of people as a driver behind the CSI numbers for 2013.

The CSI numbers “are really driven up by a small segment of the population that lives a high-risk lifestyle often associated with substance abuse,” said Sutherland. “We see that when we look at the fact that the numbers are driven up by crimes such as mischief.”

To address those things there is the Serious Violent Offender Reduction Unit as well as a program in place “where we do pay attention to those folks” who may be driving those numbers.

As for the top five categories that drove up the Violent Crime Severity Index in 2013, Sutherland noted that there was one murder in 2013 compared to none the year before.

“Because we are a smaller city, a small change in statistics or a small change in numbers of recurring events can lead to a big change in the Crime Severity Index.”

He also cited the hire of two new Community Safety Officers by the city July 17 for its municipal bylaw enforcement, something designed to free up RCMP police officers for more serious offences. Sutherland also pointed to development of a stabilization shelter to address the issue of public intoxication and other social needs, as well as the hiring of a new community safety coordinator for a six-month term to look into gaps that need to be filled.

Sutherland also pointed to the active role of RCMP officers in the community itself. He pointed to officers getting involved in the Boys and Girls Club and in organized sports such as soccer in the community. He sees that as paying dividends within the community itself.

“The amount of work by RCMP members both on duty and off duty is phenomenal,” said Sutherland. “The amount of extra work that’s done above and beyond by the members of this detachment, in terms of voluntary overtime in the community, is incredible. They put their heart and soul into policing this town.”

at 23, failure to appear at 16, disturbing the peace at 9 and at the lowest end, possession of cannabis at 7.

Adjusted every five years

The “weights” are adjusted every five years, and new values came into effect starting with the 2011 statistics to reflect recent sentencing practices and account for new Criminal Code offences. The changes meant

breaking and entering and fraud would contribute more to the overall Crime Severity Index than previously, while robbery, mischief and theft under $5,000 would contribute less.

The end result is that serious offences now have more of an impact on the Crime Severity Index than they would to the old traditional crime rate.

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Getting to real solutions for Canada’s skills challenges

By Paul Davidson President of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada

It has been encouraging to see leaders in government, industry and education gather at two recent skills summits, in Toronto and Charlottetown, to try to re-imagine the future of skills development in Canada and set us on a better path to prosperity.

Much has been said of the skills gap in Canada, but we have generally failed to get to the root of the problem and take action where real challenges exist. Unfortunately rhetoric has drowned out evidence, and anecdote has trumped data. This must change.

Getting things right in education and training for a more prosperous Canada will require three things: better and more accurate labour market information; an approach to skills development that includes all levels of postsecondary education – universities, colleges, polytechnics and trades; and stronger collaboration between government, educators and business.

Recent efforts to promote skilled trades by devaluing the benefits of university education take Canada in the wrong direction. Comments about how a whole generation of higher education graduates is lost are corrosive and unhelpful – especially when the evidence shows university graduates enjoy high employment and strong incomes.

Students can’t make career decisions and governments can’t make policy decisions based on myth or anecdote or a newspaper story about the situation in the U.S., where the system is very different from our own.

And we must resist the urge to focus on short-term needs

Just because Canada may need more plumbers or welders doesn’t mean it needs fewer university grads over the next six or 12 months. We need to set our sights on what Canada will need five, 10, 20 and more years down the road.

I was very pleased to see a consensus on this issue emerging at the National Skills Summit in Toronto, hosted

by Employment and Social Development Canada Minister Jason Kenney on June 25. Participating leaders from business, government and education recognize the need for longer-term solutions and to improve collaboration. Recent federal reinvestment in enhanced labour market information is a positive development.

Another important step is to realize that Canada’s skills challenges need to be met on several fronts at once. Just because Canada may need more plumbers or welders doesn’t mean it needs fewer university grads. In the fast-paced and rapidly changing global economy, we need more university graduates, more college graduates and more tradespeople if we are to develop the human potential of our country to its fullest extent. Today’s employers need high-level skills at all levels of operations – from the shop floor to the boardroom.

In fact, a recent CIBC study found that the most indemand occupations in Canada today require a university degree. Yet we’ve fallen from fifth place in university participation to 15th amongst OECD countries.

Finally, government, business and educators have to create more experiential learning opportunities for all students, such as internships and co-ops. We have a good foundation on which to build. Today half of Canada’s university undergraduates have a co-op or internship experience before they graduate. Co-op enrolment has jumped by 25 percent in the last seven years, and more than 1,000 co-op programs are offered at 59 universities.

Universities are dynamic and responsive institutions.

Some 45 Canadian universities have developed entrepreneurship degree programs and provide workshops, facilities, mentoring and other supports to students and researchers to help them commercialize product and service ideas.

Strengthening linkages between universities and employers in all sectors will further enhance the skills that graduates bring to their careers.

Close to one million Canadians will earn their first degree between now and the time we celebrate Canada’s sesquicentennial in 2017. Some of them will still be in the labour force when Canada celebrates its bicentenary in 2067.

If we get skills development right, we will have equipped them to navigate a lifetime of adapting to the labour market of the future – and ensured Canada’s prosperity for decades to come.

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NB still number one: The Crime Severity Index explained Continued from Page 3 Using examples from Statistics Canada’s 2009 report, breaking and entering made up 10.2 per cent of the total across Canada under the old crime rate. But with the greater weighting under the Crime Severity, those same offences made up 24.9 percent.

Robbery, too, counts for more under the CSI than under the crime rate, at 11.2 percent compared to 1.5 percent.

But thefts under $5,000, which made up 25.6 percent of the traditional crime rate, and mischiefs, which made up 16.6 percent of the total crime rate, made up less of the total under the CSI, to 12.4 percent and 6.4 percent respectively.

Perhaps the biggest misnomer is calling this measure the “Crime Severity Index.” That gives people the impression that the data focuses entirely on the most severe crimes, when all it really refers is to the fact that serious offences are given higher weight in the calculations. Maybe a better name for it should be the “Weighted Crime Index” or something similar, but Crime Severity Index is what it is known as.

The more violent offences are actually measured

by Statistics Canada in a separate survey called the “Violent Crime Severity Index.” There, the more serious and violent Criminal Code offences are given various weights and calculated on that basis. Those include robbery, assault, assault with a weapon or causing bodily harm, aggravated assault, sexual assault, and murder, attempted murder and manslaughter, among others.

There is also a Non-Violent Crime Severity Index covering the non-violent offences including mischief, breaking and entering, cocaine trafficking, theft under $5,000, fraud, and so on.

How are numbers tabulated for the CSI? According to Statistics Canada, it is calculated by counting the number of police-reported incidents, then multiplying it by the assigned weight for that offence.

All weighted offences are then added together and divided by the corresponding population total.

To make the index easier to interpret, it is standardized to equal 100 for the base year of the survey, which is 2006, using a system similar to the Consumer Price Index.

The data used for the index is compiled from a couple of major sources. The first is the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, which produces a record of crime and traffic statistics since 1962. There are two levels – an aggregate survey as well as a more detailed incident-based survey called the UCR2.

That survey collects information only on crimes that come to the attention of police and are substantiated by them. It does not count every crime that happens in Canada, as some are never

detected or never get reported to the police.

The other data comes from the Adult Criminal Court Survey, a measure that provides statistical information on the processing of cases through the adult criminal court system.

There are some challenges, according to Statistics Canada, because it is difficult to factor in such things as time served on remand, repeat offenders, conditional sentences and life sentences, due mainly to a lack of data.

This means the CSI is also somewhat of an imperfect measure of the crime going on in a community. Still, it does provide some comparisons as to whether police-reported crime is getting better or worse over time, as well as providing useful comparisons to other communities.

Here are other common questions and answers related to the high CSI numbers seen in North Battleford in recent years.

One: North Battleford has been number one in cities over 10,000. Are there other groupings for larger cities?

Answer: There is a grouping of “census metropolitan areas” over 100,000. For 2013, the CMA with the highest CSI in Canada was Regina, with a CSI of 109.

Saskatoon is second at 99.1.

However, since 2009, North Battleford’s CSI score has ranked the highest among all crime-reporting communities over 10,000 population, including all the ones over 100,000 – leading some local

people to voice concern about the city being perceived as the “Crime Capital of Canada”.

CSIs are also measured for provinces and territories.

In 2013, Saskatchewan’s CSI was 125.7, the highest among all the provinces but behind all three of the Territories.

What is most apparent from a quick look at the numbers is that the CSI tends to be higher as the population base measured becomes more sparse. The more dense the population base, the lower the score, in general.

What is not released are CSI numbers for communities under 10,000 population.

Those would be interesting to see.

Two: What crimes or statistics used to create the CSI are influencing our high number?

Answer: As it turns out, a lot of the ordinary crimes that people have to deal with make up a very high amount of the CSI. According to Statistics Canada the top contributors to the national CSI are crimes as breaking and entering, theft $5,000 or under, robbery, fraud, theft of a motor vehicle and mischief.

While serious offences such as murder are given the most weight, in actuality they make up a very small total of the CSI. The top contributors to the national CSI also are well known as big problem areas in North Battleford. According to Insp. Sutherland of the RCMP, offences contributing to North Battleford’s overall

CSI include: mischief, breaking and entering, cocaine trafficking, robbery and theft.

“The categories of mischief and breaking and entering accounted for almost half of the non-violent CSI and over 30 per cent of the overall CSI,” Sutherland stated in a release. “Mischief includes offences ranging from an unwanted person at a residence to vandalism.”

“As for the category of Violent CSI, the top offence in the violent CSI is robbery, which contributed to 20 per cent of the violent CSI. Of the top five offence types contributing to the overall CSI, robbery is the only violent offence and accounted for 5 per cent of the overall CSI. “Another factor impacting the non-violent CSI is disturbing the peace. This is due to the frequency of this type of complaint. In 2013 North Battleford members responded to more than 1,000 disturbing the peace complaints, which is a 6 per cent reduction from 2012. Also significant is the 17 per cent reduction in the numbers of assault with weapon and/ or assault causing bodily harm.”

Three: A high amount of intoxicated individuals are picked up by police and those are scored as Criminal Code mischief. How do these and other non-violent offences affect our overall CSI score?

Answer: The best answer is to say “it all adds up.” Adding the cases of intoxicated individuals to

the other mischief that goes on in the community, such as vandalism, graffiti and so on, contributes to the number of mischiefs for North Battleford that go into the final calculations. And, of course, because these crimes are nonviolent, mischief makes up an even greater portion of the “non-violent CSI” index.

Mischief would be assigned a “weight” under the CSI measure, and that is multiplied by the total number of incidents of mischief in the community. The final “weighted total” is added to all the other “weighted totals” for all other offences.

Once added together, the

final result is then divided by population and indexed to 100, and that results in the final CSI score for the community.

So in the end, the number of mischiefs do make a significant contribution to the CSI. However, it does not have the same impact on the CSI as it does on the crime rate, where mischiefs have exactly the same weight as the more serious offences. Under the CSI calculation, mischiefs are weighted near the bottom of the scale, and have less of an impact on the final CSI than they would the traditional crime rate.

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Charlie and Jack Light: Brotherly love

By Elinor Florence Elinor Florence started her journalism career in 1973 at the Battlefords Advertiser-Post. She grew up on a farm near Brada and now lives in Invermere, B.C. To read more about the Ballendines, visit her online column called Wartime Wednesdays at www.elinorflorence.com/blog

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Great Britain and Germ Strathcona’s Horse regim tto r.” yea e on n tha th images. It bears the mo ger wi lon ed that war last e crest is cramm Th e, tre a Jack and Charlie Light ng his wi by che d a beaver Charlie was soon joine erseverance,” along with “P a in n me r age fou his ut and l, abo a hammer and nai n, lio brother Jack, who lied h itis Br the : oted Sc had es, eam 1915. He my canoe, all surrounded by a wreath of English ros onto a stretcher, he scr and enlisted on April 1, er here! Come and take s not uncommon – if Ov wa ! s ded thi un y ntl wo is are r pp the (A s. . bro ock mr just turned 17 t, the “My tish thistles and Irish sha back your parents didn’t objec n. he finally found his way brother! He’s dying!” ma er ir aft the rs you looked full-grown and yea had y ve ead y-fi alr net y Ni the u.) ll, a ce yo e wa sin d, hav my to use on py ref gs s ir han The medic armed forces were hap t his little brother , Charlie’s wartime souven ded young man who e men who were still con tha me y tak ho ma to dis ed his ow to all d ly rne on lea re un When Charlie ted the They we others were either dead permanent reminder of a badly-wo ed” him. That is, he reques they told him – since the tto: “Perseverance.” s, mo ou ’s sci on adr is had joined up, he “claim Th squ er. his mb in me ace ily sol fam nd a fou as it un his ved or soon would be. authorities that Jack join his service rer, in the belief that it impro k lost his head and drew wa Jac rst int fi po s the thi in At ed ow all s en wa oft o medle family members were lster. Training it on the tw morale. But since multip this practice was stopped in volver from his ho e and take my brother tle, ics, he screamed: “You com heads off!” wiped out in a single bat

by God I’ll blow your World War Two. four-year war now, or the of ndoned their hapless e anc bal the nt The terrified medics aba The two boys spe ed bas it un y alr cav ian at gunpoint to find my ous Canad victim and hurried off serving together in a fam . rse Ho onto the stretcher a’s con Strath father. They loaded him nd gra bein Edmonton called Lord y alr cav nsported to a field said he joined the bore him away. He was tra and n My grandfather always soo he , ver we back to a hospital in in the mud. Ho hospital and then shipped He . cause he hated marching rst from fi es com rse ho spent months recovering wback: your rse England where he discovered one major dra ho his ing om gro and g feedin his terrible wounds. spent many weary hours ? The story was told eld, while members of the fi tle bat the in day g So did this really happen lon after a rs that followed. Since . often by Jack in the yea ht infantry trooped off to bed ug ldn’t fra re we re the his years scious throughout, he cou Like most Canadians, d and Charlie was uncon ere ov rec , leg the in t s sho comment. with peril. In 1916 he wa skeptical that you nt. fro the Several of my relatives are to ed his return him t cos ost brandishing a revolver at s wound alm y could get away with The second, more seriou alr . cav at gre t las the s even in the heat of battle what wa led the medical corps, life on April 1, 1918. In nd rse bo Ho e a’s Th e. con tru ath is ry Str rd sto Lo War, t I’m convinced the Bu ed charge of the First World eiv beI rec e. and on l w (who was killed the brothers was a powerfu e risked

by Lieutenant Flowerde of his actions between hav ur no uld ho wo in us, sly of ou ny um ma sth e and lieve Jack, lik the Victoria Cross po his beloved brother’s tion called Moreuil Wood being court-martialled if that day) recaptured a sec . rth no the to od bal e Wo in the ance. the smaller area called Rifl sted Rifle Wood, the cavalry life was hanging medics were far too busy ore the And I expect In the nearby heavily-f bat com and o-h d-t about one soldier more d in fierce han ie saving lives to worry dismounted and engage arl Ch d hin be d de plo when they saw the sorry shell ex and or less, especially with fixed bayonets. A ck ba er low his d rce pie nel state of my grandfather. and fragments of shrap the war. Jack esBoth brothers survived kidney. in. es arlie recovered from r Jack com caped unscathed, and Ch Now here’s where brothe in r the bro er old his of t sight and returned to the front While spending long and weary weeks recovering in an English According to Jack, he los on his terrible wounds wn edo fac til the war ng lyi s, ou sci uncon in, where he remained un aga ce on hospital, Charlie Light took up needlework. He chose a subject dear ran the battle and found him he ly, cal . ol of blood. Franti ended in November 1918 the ground in a huge po to his heart: the Lord Strathcona’s Horse regimental crest.

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First Festival The weather co-operated for the final two days of the festival, providing large amounts of sunshine throughout the rest of the weekend. Left, Australia’s Satya Belle performed the human gyroscope, a stunt performed only by Belle, to close out her act Saturday morning at the festival. It consisted of keeping a flaming hula hoop around her waist as she rolled in the large, green hoop. Right, Jefferson the clown fish swam along 101st Street with his attendant and a school of children. If you wanted to meet Jefferson up close, all you had to say was, “Here, fishy-fishy.” Photos by Brett Smith

Above left, part of Pancho Libre’s “warm up” to his act was exercising with the children. The workout regime included laps of the stage and stretches. Above right, Pretzel twisted balloon creations for the attendees of the festival. For more photos and a wrap up from the festival, check out Thursday’s Regional Optimist and the photo gallery online at www.newsoptimist.ca.

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Brett Smith Sports Reporter

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Riders rebound with win over Argonauts after bye week As the fans giddily skipped down the ramps and out of Mosaic Stadium Saturday night following the Saskatchewan Roughriders’ 37-9 trouncing of the Toronto Argonauts, country star Toby Keith’s song “How Do You Like Me Now?” blared through the stadium speakers.

Frankly, it couldn’t have been more appropriate.

This 2014 CFL season is still in its infancy and yet the Green & White have been endlessly dissected and picked apart through their opening three games.

They were 1-2 in that stretch, which left them in the West Division cellar before being rescued by a bye week.

And did it ever come at a good time. Whatever Rider coach Corey Chamblin told them going into that nine day break, it worked. And once they emerged for Day 1 of their practice week to get ready for the Argos, Chamblin preached that it was going to be a brand new season. A fresh start.

So that left us all on pins and needles going into Saturday’s game wondering how exactly the “new-look” Saskatchewan Roughriders would come out. To me, it was going to signal what the rest of the season is going to be like. Or, at the very least, how the immediate road ahead would look.

TA-DAH! The Roughrider defence forced turnovers on the first two Toronto possessions and cashed in with a pair of touchdowns to give Saskatchewan a 14-0 lead before most fans had finished their first Pilsner.

We forgot to mention running back Will Ford, the former Blue Bomber, was

making his Saskatchewan debut after signing only a few days before. The South Carolina State product shone, rushing for 113 yards and three touchdowns in the decidedly one-sided contest.

“It’s a brand new season,” Chamblin told us after the game. “We re-tooled some things, with personnel, and the way we practiced, and it provided a spark. We stayed aggressive to the end. They were a little under-manned, we know that, but we kept playing till the end. “ The coach continues to say the right things. Of course the Riders are going to be scorned by many that Toronto was missing its top

BNS announce training camp dates Staff The Battlefords North Stars will start to prepare for their defence of the Kramer Division title at the end of August.

The North Stars’ first year prospects will take the ice Aug. 30 for the first time as they begin competing for spots on the roster.

The young prospects will participate in a top 40 game scheduled for 6 p.m. Aug. 31.

The North Stars prospects and coaching staff will travel to Kindersley to take on the Klippers for the first exhibition game Sept. 1 at 2 p.m.

The main camp will open Sept. 1 when all veteran players join all remaining

prospects for the duration of the North Stars’ pre-season.

The 2014-15 regular season kicks off on Friday, Sept.

19 when the rival Klippers venture into the Civic Centre for the North Stars’ home opener.

The two teams face off the next night in Kindersley in the second meeting of the season.

three receivers. So what?

However Chamblin was quick to note that and he maybe even passed that on to his players after the game in order to keep their heads from being too swollen.

Corey’s motto seems to be the same as many championship coaches; smack ‘em when they’re up and build ‘em up when they’re down.

It works. And what an exhilarating win it was to prove what exactly these 2014 Saskatchewan Roughriders are. They’re winners. They can play whatever style you want — when healthy — and they’re not going to let up.

After a brief hiatus, it appears Roughrider Football has returned. I even got convinced the Toronto game was “must-win” however in reality, it wasn’t. But it did help establish an identity for a young group trying to find its way.

“I never counted it a must-win,” Chamblin admitted. “We just had to win because I knew this team was built to win like

all teams are. I knew this would be a team coming off the bye that was capable of winning games. There are still some things to fix but I think we’re headed in the right direction.”

It was a wonderful night under the lights at what Bob Hughes called the Grand Ol’ Lady, Mosaic Stadium. I had a friend in attendance from Mississauga, a new business owner in Regina who sat by himself in Section 105. He said after-

wards, “What a first game! I couldn’t have asked for anything better.”

There were good vibes all around and it didn’t go unnoticed by the coach.

“We had a good crowd tonight,” Chamblin smiled. “Rider Nation stood up tonight. It was all positive.”

So I ask you, how do you like them now?

— For daily Rider news, follow Rod at @sportscage on Twitter

First place tie at New Horizons tournament

By Bernie Meisner Thirty members of New Horizons participated in July 21’s tournament.

First place was determined by a count back after the top two teams posted identical scores.

The threesome of Bernie Meisner, Barry Werth and Wally Gordey claimed the top spot. Second went to

John Chomyn, Hank Nickel, Norman Soiseth and John Yarske. Third place went to the foursome of Betty and Bryan Boechler, Dave Page and Roy Page. The consolation spot went to Marion McNabb, Nester Brunwald, Ken Holiday and Don Dill.

Closest to the pin on No. 8 was captured by Bernie Meisner. The longest putt belonged to Dick Blom.

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The vanishing blessing of the family dinner It may lack the pompous dignity of a butler pronouncing through his nose, “Dinner is served,” but a cheerful call from the kitchen, “Come and get it!” works just as well. Both are an announcement that preparations are complete; it’s time to gather around the table for a meal.

Mealtimes should be a time for conversation and sharing, a time for listening and learning. But in the last half century that intimate family time has slowly been eroded – at least in North America. The coming of television in the early 1950s, and the invention of the prepackaged “TV dinner” around the same time, has often replaced interaction with passive watching of whatever’s on the tube.

Add to that, recreational options outside the home have multiplied, causing individual members of the family to set their own schedules. Meals when the whole family gets together have become more and more rare.

Surveys have shown that one of the biggest factors in the popularity of the television cop show Blue Bloods, is that each episode shows the family gathered around the table for a meal. Interestingly, many fans say that’s their favourite part of the program. There we see family

peared, based on this theme.

It was credited to L. H. Edmunds, but there actually is no such person. That was a pen name sometimes used by a prolific hymn writer named Eliza Edmunds Hewitt (18511920).

Miss Hewitt was a schoolteacher in the city of Philadelphia for about half a century, and she worked in her

Robert Cottrill, B.A., B.R.E. http://wordwisehymns.com/ www.Wordwise Bible Studies.com members expressing concern for one another. We see a kinship around spiritual values. (How many shows do you know where they regularly ask God’s blessing on a meal?) Their family time is dynamic, and plays a part in molding attitudes and changing behaviour.

In the Bible, banqueting and feasting is used many times as a metaphor for enjoying the blessings of God. We see it in the beloved Psalm 23: “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters. He restores my soul.”

(Ps. 23:1-3) Later, the Lord Jesus identifies Himself as the spiritual food we need, saying, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst.” (Jn. 6:35) And “On the last day,

that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, ‘If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink.’”

(Jn. 7:37) What we call the Communion Service, or the Lord’s Supper, is a symbolic representation of the death of Christ on the cross, pointing backward to Calvary, and onward to His promised return. “As often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death till He comes? (I Cor. 11:26) In eternity, the saints will feast with Him. “Blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb [meaning Christ]!” (Rev. 19:9) Christ’s parable of The Great Supper, pictures for us the gospel invitation. The master told his servant, to “say to those who were invited, ‘Come, for all things are now ready.’” (Lk. 14:17) In 1900, a gospel song ap-

church’s Sunday School for the same period. Her song says: “Come, for all things are ready! ’Tis a banquet of love; / Here’s a free invitation from the Master above: / It is written in crimson, drawn from Calvary’s flood, / From the wonderful fountain of the soul cleansing blood. / Come, for all things are ready! Heaven’s

bounty is spread; / Take the cup of salvation, take the life giving bread: / Come, though poor and unworthy, come, though sinful and weak; / ’Tis the hungry and thirsty whom the Master doth seek.” The refrain adds, “Oh, what fullness in Jesus!” / Oh, what gladness to know, / Though our sins be as scarlet, / He’ll make them as snow.”

It was just one thing In birth order, Granddaughter Number Two recently boosted my ego by asking about one of my dessert specialties.

“Grandma,” she wrote in an email, “would you send me the recipe for your rhubarb cream pie? I’m hungry for it and I’ve been telling my friends about it.”

It took me little time to type out the list of ingredients and instructions and fling them out into cyberspace.

Last week I thought of that conversation again and added this mental note to self: ask Sarah about the picture she promised to send of that pie.

As we chatted via Skype this week our conversation provided the answer.

“The filling was delicious,” she exclaimed and went on to

tell how everyone gobbled it up. “But we couldn’t eat the crust.”

Now you have to understand that I am constantly complimented on the flavour and flakiness of my pie crusts; how her version needed a fork and knife to cut it or, alternately, a good snap to break it into pieces, was confusing to say the least.

“Sarah,” I asked, “did you cut the lard into the flour until it resembled fine crumbs?”

That’s when she paused.

“Lard? There was noth-

ing about lard in the recipe,” she said. We howled with laughter. The new version definitely merits a photo.

I’ve thought about that “faux pas” quite a bit this week, thought of how the omission of just one ingredient makes all the difference between success and failure.

In our daily walk with God there is no such thing as an unimportant component and be assured, He doesn’t burden us with wrong information.

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.” Galatians 5:22,23 Any missing ingredient makes a noticeable difference.

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.

TERRITORIAL DRIVE ALLIANCE CHURCH Pastor: Rev. Allen Huckabay nd

1372 102 St 306-445-3009

Notre Dame (RC) Parish

ANGLICAN PARISH

Corner of 104th Street & 12th Avenue Rev. Father Peter Nnangan MSP MASSES: Saturday - 7:00 p.m.

Sundays: 11:00 a.m.

SUNDAY SERVICES St. George’s Anglican Church - 9:00 a.m.

191 - 24th Street West, Battleford, SK

St. Paul’s Anglican Church - 11:00 a.m.

OFFICE 306-445-3836

1302 - 99th Street North Battleford, SK Rector: The Rev. Peter Norman

Hosanna Life Center 306-445-5079

Meeting at the Tropical Inn Sunday 11:00 a.m. & 5:00 p.m.

Pastors: Peter & Lydia Litchfield Members of Christian Ministers Association

Reclaim Outreach Centre A Gospel Mission Teaching the Word Caring for the hurting

Battlefords Seventh-Day Adventist Church

962A - 102 Street

Pastor Dave Miller

Sunday Service: 6:00 p.m.

Corner 16th Ave. & 93rd Street, North Battleford

“Reclaiming Our Spiritual Heritage” Pastor Don Toovey Furniture or Donations: Please call Don at

306-441-1041

Email: notredame.nb@gmail.com www.notredameparish.ca EVERYONE WELCOME

Community Baptist Church 1202 - 103 Street, North Battleford, SK 306-446-3077 PASTOR: RON BRAUN

Sunday Morning Service 11:00 a.m.

Everyone Welcome Canadian National Baptist Convention

Phone: 306-445-4338 Clergy Person: Rev. Ean Kasper 10:30 Service

NO SERVICES July 6th - August 3rd Church & CE Wing: 306-893-2611 For booking the Wing:

306-893-4465

Come Join Us Sunday’s At 11:00 am

Phone 306-445-9096

A warm welcome is extended to everyone!

Saturday Services Bible Study - 10:00 a.m.

Worship Service - 11:00 a.m.

Maidstone/ Paynton United Church of Canada

1702 - 106th Street North Battleford, SK

306-445-4818 tbcnb@sasktel.net www.trinitybaptistchurch.ca

Living Water Ministry

Pastor Brian Arcand Phone: 306-445-3803 Cell: 306-441-9385 Fax: 306-445-4385

Sunday Evening Service 7:00 p.m.

Bible Study Wednesday 7:30 p.m.

1371 - 103rd Street (Use East Door)

Zion Lutheran 10801 Winder Cres. 15th Ave. & 108th St. North Battleford, Sk

306-445-5162 Fellowship Hour 9:30 a.m.

Worship Service 10:30 a.m. www.battlefordslutheran.sk.ca Pastor Sheldon Gattinger Everyone Welcome

Third Avenue United Church Sunday Worship Service - 10:30 a.m.

Sunday School 1301 - 102nd Street, Phone 306-445-8171 Rev. Frances Patterson

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OBITUARIES SOLOY: Minnie Elizabeth Soloy, nee: Greenfield, formerly of North Battleford, SK, passed away peacefully on July 8, 2014 in White Rock, BC, where she had lived, thoroughly enjoying the past 8 years with her eldest daughter and son-in-law, Brenda and Don Kotylak. Minnie was born in Coolham, Sussex, England on June 14, 1923. When she was only 17, she joined the Royal Air Force, in the Womens’ Air Corps where she served for 5 years as a driver. Minnie drove everything from a motorcycle to large transport vehicles, but mostly drove ambulance and chauffeured officers. During this time she and her friend used to visit wounded soldiers in the hospital, to help them write letters home. It was here that she met her soul mate and love of her life, Ludwick (Vic) Soloy. They were engaged on Valentines Day, and married on July 14, 1945 and enjoyed many long years of devoted love and happiness together. As a war bride, Minnie came to Canada on the HMS Aquitania, where she met and made a life-long friend, another war bride, Violet Morrow. It was a long trip via train to Regina, Sk., where Minnie and Vic were reunited and began their new life together. The two of them started Soloy Construction Ltd, which was a successful business for decades, and that work took them from their first home in Estevan, on to Rosetown, Meadow Lake, and finally North Battleford. Minnie was predeceased by her husband, Ludwick, her siblings in England, (Bertha, William and Doris), and her grandson, Darren Kotylak. Minnie was a loving and devotedly loyal wife and mother. She is survived by her three children, Brenda (Don) Kotylak, of White Rock, BC, Glenn (Sylvia) Soloy of Lloydminster, AB, and Wanda (Doug) Bell, of Fort McMurray, AB. Grandchildren Krista Kotylak, Tala Nickolet, Michael Soloy, Clayton Soloy, and Samuel Bell and Juliane Bell. As well, Minnie had 10 great-grandchildren, and former daughter-in-law, Ernestine Gladue, of whom she was very fond. Minnie was the epitome of love, kindness, graciousness and unselfishness. She had an open and kind heart and always was willing to give of herself to others, especially her family. Minnie had such a positive and upbeat attitude towards life and always believed that things would always work out for the best. The family wishes to extend their gratitude to Dr. Prentice and the Peace Arch Hospital in White Rock, BC, for their gentle care of their precious mother, during her last days. We are also grateful for the many kind words and cards that we have received. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to a hospital of your choice, animal rescue organization, or The Battlefords’ Wildlife Federation, MADD, or any charity of your choice. ____________________________________________________

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OBITUARIES PETOVELLO, Christine Melanie: December 8, 1975 – July 20, 2014. On Sunday, July 20, 2014 at the age of 38 years, Christine Melanie Petovello passed away at the Foothills Hospital, Calgary, Alberta. She was surrounded by her loving family during her battle with cancer. Christine will be lovingly remembered by her husband of 12 years, Cory Moore; her daughter Zayna Carly Petovello Moore; parents Carol Petovello (Lamb) and Jerry Petovello; brother Devin Petovello; grandmother Irene Petovello (Stonehouse); mother-in-law Lynne Moore (Stanyer), father-in-law Wayne Moore; sister-in-law Stacy Weibel (Moore); brothers-in-law Clint Ball, Mike Moore, and Eric Weibel; as well as numerous loving nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, cousins and family friends. Christine was predeceased by her grandparents Doreen Lamb (Sindell), Neil Lamb and Atelio Petovello. Christine was a loving mother and a strong woman. To all of those who knew her she was pragmatic but still maintained a funloving spirit. She had a great sense of humor, was forthright and kind hearted. Christine was born in Cutknife, Saskatchewan on December 8, 1975. She grew up on a farm outside of Neilburg, Saskatchewan and completed all of her schooling there. Christine had a love for animals, so after high school she went to Vermillion, Alberta to become a veterinary technician. She later moved to Calgary, Alberta where she continued her education and attended SAIT. Christine met Cory through mutual friends in Neilburg, Saskatchewan and within two years they were engaged and were married on June 29, 2002. They moved to Strathmore, Alberta in 2007 and made the town their home. Soon afterwards she gave birth to their beautiful daughter, Zayna. Christine worked at Koch Oil Sands for the past 9 years and she loved her job. She had touched many lives, and hers will be honored and celebrated by all of those who were lucky enough to know her. A very warm thank you goes out to the nurses and doctors of the ICU team at Foothills Hospital who took such excellent care of Christine. A memorial service will be held on Friday, July 25, 2014 at Hope Community Covenant Church (Strathmore) at 2:30 p.m. In lieu of flowers donations in Christine’s honor can be made directly to your local SPCA. To send condolences, please visit Christine’s obituary at www.wheatlandfuneralhome.ca.

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FUNERAL SERVICES FOLEY: Vivian Foley, Wife of the late Franklin Foley, principal of the school 1953 - 1969, whose family resided in Glaslyn during that time, passed away peacefully in Calgary on June 25, 2014 at the age of 86 years.

Vivian is lovingly remembered by her son Craig (Jackie) and daughter Delmarie and their families. A Memorial Graveside Service will be held at 11:00 AM on Saturday, August 2nd at the Glaslyn Cemetery (2 km east of Glaslyn on Highway 3) with Father Frederick Akah presiding. Vivian’s family then invites those in attendance to a time of fellowship and remembrance at Glaslyn Heritage Centre and Lanes, 131 Main Street, Glaslyn, SK. Condolences for the family may be left at www.sallowsandmcdonald.com The family has placed their trust with Rhiannon Benjamin and the staff of Sallows and McDonald - Wilson and Zehner Funeral Home, North Battleford. (306) 445-2418

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Located in Battleford, Saskatchewan, Kanaweyimik is an independent, non-political Child and Family Services agency providing services to Àve First Nations communities.

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COMING EVENTS

Community Events Calendar ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS Please call our 24 hour helpline at 306-446-6166 for support or information.

Friday, August 1 Wounded Warriors Greet at the Royal Canadian Legion #70 at 11:00 a.m. This is OUR chance to pay tribute to our veterans. Wear RED, wave a CANADIAN flag, clap your hands and join us in thanking these brave men and women for their service to our country.

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Saturday & Sunday, August 2 & 3 Northern Horizons - Journey of Creativity Artisan Tour from 9:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. in the Medstead, Glaslyn, Belbutte, Glenbush, Livelong and Turtle Lake areas. Visit www.northernhorizons.ca for more informaiton.

Saturday, August 9 Macro Properties Open House and Fun Day at Winder Crescent, North Battleford from 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Come and view our available apartments, play games and enjoy a BBQ, carnival games and water fun for children. Bring a non perishable food item to donate to the local Food Bank. Door Prizes This section, which will appear weekly in Tuesday's News-Optimist and Thursday’s Regional Optimist, is provided free-of-charge to non-profit organizations. To list the Community Calendar please call News-Optimist at 306-445-7261 or fax the information to 306-445-3223. Please provide complete information including event, time, date and location. Although we will do our utmost to make sure your event appears in this section, News-Optimist does not guarantee all submissions will appear. Deadline for submissions is 12:00 noon Friday prior for Tuesday's & Thursday’s publication.

Tuesday, July 29, 2014 - PAGE 14

Garden Chat

What’s eating my beets, Swiss chard and spinach?

By Erl Svendsen Sonia, who has a neighbouring community garden plot to mine, remarked something was attacking her beet leaves upsetting her plans to

include some in her bread.

The cause is a common insect pest that attacks beets, spinach and Swiss chard, known alternately as beet leaf miner or spinach leaf miner. For many, damaged beet leaves

are not a huge deal (Sonia doesn’t agree), but for Swiss chard and spinach where the leaf is the edible part, leaf miner attack is not a minor issue.

The damage – initially

small, irregular brown patches on the leaf but gradually growing in size and becoming papery, resembling a blister, with black pepper-like particles inside – is caused by small yellow or white larvae

Monthly Community Events Calendar Every We Week Wee ek Day Mornings

Play Pool at the Hillcrest Centre, 122 - 24th Street, Battleford at 8:00 a.m.

Tops Regular Weekly Meetings

Please call for time and dates of meetings. Phone 306-937-2437.

1st Wednesday of the Month

River Heights Lodge Retiree Luncheon at the Dragon Palace at 1:00 p.m.

2nd Wednesdays of the Month

4th & 5th Sunday of the Month (when applicable)

Hillcrest Seniors Meeting at 2:00 p.m. at the Hillcrest Centre, 122 - 24th Street, Battleford.

Monday, Wednesday & Thursday

Battlefords Wildlife Federation, Supper Meeting at the Wildlife Federation Building at 7:00 p.m.

Knights of Columbus Brunch at 1202 - 105 Street from 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Active Walking, Health Program at the Meota Community Complex from 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon. Stretch & tone portion at 10:00 a.m. For more informaiton phone Program Co-ordinator at 306-892-2218.

2nd Wednesday of the Month 3rd Wednesday of the Month

Battlefords North West Historical Society Meeting at the Lions Club House, 22nd Street, Battleford at 1:30 p.m. Phone 306-445-3480.

Mondays

3rd Wednesday of the Month

2nd Monday of the Month

Genealogy at the North Battleford Library Board Room from 7:00 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. (except May to August & December). Contact Janice Walker at 306-445-5425 or Rosalie Jarvis 306-386-2127.

Scrabble from 1:30 - 4:00 p.m. at the Hillcrest Centre, 122 - 24th Street, Battleford. Come join us. For more info call 306-937-2744.

Retirees of B.U.H. meet at the Co-op Cafeteria for an informal gathering at 11:30 a.m. If stat holiday, move to 3rd Monday. For more info call 306-937-3318.

2nd Monday of the Month

Waseca Rink Association at 107 - 1st Street West, Waseca at 7:30 p.m.

Tuesdays & Thursdays

Circle of Learning at the Battlefords Family Health Care, 1192 - 101st Street from 1:30 - 3:00 a.m. Call Sherry at 306-937-6842.

Tuesdays

Borden Health Clinic has Doctors attending from 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Tuesdays

Borden Senior’s Club Cards/Kaiser at 7:00 p.m. Kaiser Tournament every 2nd Tuesday.

Tuesdays

Battlefords Art Club welcomes anyone interested in painting to join them from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. at the Don Ross Centre Art Room. For more information phone Kathy at 306-937-3686.

Tuesdays

TOPS - Take off Pounds Sensibly Meeting at the Living Faith Chapel, 103rd Street & 14th Avenue entrance. Weigh in from 5:15 - 6:15 p.m.

Meeting 6:15 - 7:00 p.m. Phone Kay at 306-937-2780.

Tuesdays

TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) meeting. Weigh-in 6:00 - 6:45 p.m.

Meeting 6:45 - 7:45 p.m. at the Hope Mennonite Fellowship, 1291 109th Street. Contact Lynn Fuchs at 445-4529 or Mary Johannesen at 306-446-3315.

Tuesdays

Battlefords Blend Harmony Chorus at the Western Development Museum at 7:15 p.m. Phone 306-892-2196.

1st Tuesdays of the Month

The Battlefords Photography Club meets downstairs at the Allan Sapp Gallery from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. For more information please phone Chris at 306-445-3909.

Last Tuesday of the Month

Support group for families, friends and caregivers of persons with mental illness at Canadian Mental Health Association - Battleford Branch (CMHA), 1011 - 103rd Street, North Battleford. For more information phone Jane at 306-446-7177.

Wednesdays

The Battlefords Horseshoe Club welcome anyone interested in playing horseshoes to join them at 1901 - 106th Street, North Battleford from 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. until September 30. New members welcome. For more information phone Marg Kemp at 306-445-5646.

Wednesdays

Tag! What is TAG? Toddler Activity Group for parents & thier toddlers from ages 18 months 3 1/2 year. It’s a free drop-in group where parents will learn fun ways to interact with their child through play, games, songs, finger plays and story time at the North Battleford Nationswest Field House from 1:15 - 2:45 p.m. until May 28, 2014. For more information phone Sherry at 306-937-6842.

Wednesdays

Battlefords Toastmasters Meet in room #108 Don Ross Centre (enter the building via door #4) from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. Check out Battlefords Toastmasters.com for more information.

Wednesdays & Fridays

Twin Rivers Curling Club Drop-In Curling from 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. Learn the game, sharpen your skills and join friends for refreshments.

3rd Wednesday of the Month Hillcrest Pot Luck Member Supper 5:30 p.m. at the Hillcrest Centre, 122 - 24th Street, Battleford. Entertainment to follow.

Thursdays

Radisson TOPS #SK5243 Meeting at the Radisson Town Office at 9:00 a.m.

Thursdays

Regular Bridge at the Pioneer Association at 7:00 p.m. Phone Margaret at 306-445-7615.

Thursdays Grief Share Support Group for those dealing with the death of a loved one at the Living Faith Chapel at 7:30 p.m. Pre-registration required. Phone Wendy at 306-445-7315 or Sue 306-445-6658.

1st & 3rd Thursday of the Month Midwest Food Resoures - 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month order $10 or $15 fresh food boxes featuring local produce and organic grains. To order email us at battleford.mwfp@sasktel.net or call us at 306-446-2684. Pick up on the 2nd and 4th Thursday at 10202 - 11th Avenue between 11:00 a.m. noon. This is a non-profit program.

as they tunnel between the top and bottom leaf surfaces.

They start out as small white eggs laid singly or in groups of two to 10 on the underside of the leaf by a small grey fly in late May. The eggs hatch within a week and the larvae chew their way through the leaf epidermis to start feeding. The larvae mature after one to two weeks and drop to the soil to burrow five to eight centimetres below the surface to then change into pupae.

After two to four weeks of further development, adult flies emerge to start the cycle over again. There is usually more than one generation per year.

Every year, a few of my beet leaves are attacked, but not enough to be overly concerned. And Sonia doesn’t really have many affected leaves either. But since the attack starts in May, small plants can be susceptible to attack and become stunted and weak under heavy infestations.

It is nearly impossible to control the adult stage, and once the larvae are tunneling through the leaf, there are likewise few control options as they are protected by the leaf surfaces. But there are a few ways to limit their numbers and impact. Start with good weed control. Beet leaf miner can complete its lifecycle on lamb’s quarter, nightshade, chickweed and other weeds. Removing these hosts will limit their food source and reduce adults reaching maturity. Next, as soon as you notice damage, remove and destroy affected leaves before the larvae mature – do not compost. If you notice the damage later, after the larvae have dropped to the ground, you can disturb the soil around the plants in

the hopes of damaging or exposing the pupae. After harvest and/or before planting, rototill the soil to expose the pupae to adverse environmental conditions and to birds that will gladly swoop down to consume them. If you have a large garden, move your beets, spinach or Swiss chard to a different location every year. Finally, start your crop early and optimize soil moisture and fertility to maximize plant size to reduce the overall impact of an attack.

Shirley’s easy refrigerator beet pickle If you like pickled beets but hate the mess of canning, here’s a quick and easy recipe from my friend’s mom.

Bring 2 cups sugar, 2 cups vinegar and 2 cups water to a gentle simmer. Stir until the sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat. Add 1 tablespoon each of whole allspice and whole cloves plus 2 or 3 sticks of cinnamon; steep at room temperature for 30 minutes. Pour over 6 to 8 cups of diced, cooked beets.

Refrigerate. They will be ready to eat after two days.

These beets will keep in the fridge for up to four weeks.

Have a gardening question? Contact GardenLine, 306-966-5865 or gardenline@usask.ca — This column is provided courtesy of the Saskatchewan Perennial Society (www.saskperennial.ca; hortscene@ yahoo.com). Check out our Bulletin Board or Calendar for upcoming horticulture events (Labour&Learn at the Forestry Farm; garden tours; garden book launches).

2nd & 4th Thursdays of the Month Hillcrest Knitting/Crochet from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. at the Hillcrest Centre, 122 - 24th Street, Battleford. For more information call 306-937-2155.

Fridays

Borden Farmers’ Market – Borden Fire Hall – 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Fridays Hillcrest Singers from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. at the Hillcrest Centre, 122 - 24th Street, Battleford. Anyone is welcome come and sing.

Fridays North Battleford Grand Squares Dance (Mainstream & Plus Levels) at the Ukrainian Senior Centre - Slava Center, 792 - 108th Street from 2:00 - 4:30 p.m. Phone Maurice & Arlene 306-445-4671 or Laura at 306-445-4676.

1st Friday of the Month

Retirees from Sask Hospital Lunch at the Kihiw Restaurant, Gold Eagle Casino at 11:45 a.m.

1st Friday of the Month

Kaiser Tournament at the Action Now Senior Centre, 1501 - 101st Street at 7:30 p.m.

1st Friday of the Month The River’s Edge Quilt Guild at the Don Ross Craft Room at 1:00 p.m. from September 2013 to May 2014. New members and beginners are welcome. Phone Carol Johnson 306-445-4352, Darlene Hiltz 306-445-4403 or Barb Sealy 306-445-0486 for more information.

2nd & 4th Friday of the Month

Ukrainian Seniors Kaiser Tournament at the Battlefords Ukrainian Hall, 792 - 108th Street at 7:30 p.m. For further details phone 306-446-2269.

2nd Saturday of the Month

Family Justice Services Parenting after Separation & Divorce Program from 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. To register for these sessions call toll free 1-877-964-5501. Registration is mandatory. There is no fee.

Registration deadline: Two days prior to the session. Location: will be advised when you register. Classes are for adults only. No child care is provided.

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Trafficking Further arrests in armed robbery investigation ... arrested on unrelated warrants cocaine Staff A 27-year-old male from North Battleford is facing charges of possession for the purpose of trafficking cocaine, trafficking cocaine, possession of property obtained by crime, obstruction, failing to comply with probation and possession of marijuana after a vehicle stop on South Railway Avenue Thursday, July 24 in the early afternoon.

The male was driving a vehicle and found to be wanted on several outstanding charges.

Further investigation resulted in the above charges.

He made his first appearance on the noted charges while still in custody on Friday, July 25.

Staff There has been a further arrest in connection to an attempted armed robbery/bear spray incident in a parking lot in North Battleford July. 20.

According to an RCMP news release an 18-year-old male from Saskatoon was arrested in connection to this attempted robbery.

He had initially been arrested

early on the morning of July 20 for unrelated warrants out of Saskatoon, and has been in custody since. He was arrested on these new charges while still in custody in Saskatoon.

His first appearance in court was Thursday in Saskatoon. Police say the investigation into the incident is continuing.

Earlier, a 20-year-old male was arrested July 20 in relation to this

investigation and appeared in North Battleford Provincial Court on charges of robbery with a firearm, assault with a weapon and possession of a weapon.

The incident took place around 4:30 a.m. Sunday, July 20, in a parking lot off of Territorial Drive. According to the RCMP, two males had been approached by three suspects while sitting in their vehicles.

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Arrested after marijuana seized Staff Members of the North Battleford Provincial General Investigation Section and North Battleford Municipal RCMP conducted a traffic stop on 101st Street in North Battleford Wednesday, July 20 which led to the arrest of a 27-year-old man.

A quantity of marijuana was seized from the vehicle.

At approximately 10 p.m., members of the GIS, RCMP and North Battleford Police Dog Service executed a search warrant at a residence on the Sweetgrass First Nation. Approximately 1 lb., 4 oz. of marijuana and cash was seized.

As a result of this investigation, 27-year-old Andrew Albert and 34-year-old Terrance Watson, both from Sweetgrass First Nation, were arrested and charged with the following: possession of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking, contrary to Section 5(2) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act; trafficking in marijuana, contrary to Section 5(1) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act; and possession of the proceeds of crime, contrary to Section 354(1)(a) and 355(b) of the Criminal Code.

Both have been released from custody and were scheduled to appear in Provincial Court in North Battleford on Aug. 28.

The suspects demanded cash and property, and one appeared in possession of a firearm.

According to police, one suspect bear-sprayed one victim before both victims were able to flee from the scene.

The suspects then fled the area without gaining any property.

One victim was treated at hospital for the effects of the bear spray, say police.

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