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North Battleford, Sask.

Tuesday, July 7, 2015

No one really minded the rain that fell on the Canada Day opening ceremonies at Fort Battleford Wednesday. Although the benches were empty there was a forest of umbrellas lined up along the walkway behind the visitor’s centre and others huddled under the eaves of the building to listen to speeches and to join in the singing of the national anthem. The skies cleared up soon after and activities continued throughout the day. For more photos turn to Page 11. Photo by Becky Doig

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Jazz Festival Comes to NB The Heavyweights Brass Band performed in North Battleford at the Legion Monday evening last week as part of the annual SaskTel Saskatchewan Jazz Festival.

Each year the Battlefords Jazz Society and the jazz festival cosponsor a performance by one of the groups or individuals on the festival lineup in Saskatoon.

The Heavyweights Brass Band is known as Canada’s leading feelgood horn music ensemble and is currently on a Canadian tour plahing festials in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Ottawa and others. Photo by Jayne Foster 15072MF2

Threats to cut power phoney SaskPower warns of scam Staff SaskPower is warning customers of a potential scam in which people are being threatened with having their power cut off.

According to a news release issued Thursday, the scam calls are coming from a 1-800 and 1-866 prefix and appearing to be targeting small businesses.

In all these cases the caller states that shutting off the power is imminent and can only be avoided by sending money immediately, either via prepaid credit card or Canada Post voucher.

SaskPower urges customers to be suspicious of callers who threaten to disconnect power within the hour.

They state that they do not ask customers to make purchases using prepaid cards of any kind, and works with customers on repayment arrangements to avoid disconnection.

They advise customers to hang up if you doubt the authenticity of a call. Also, if you wish to verify the status of your account, contact SaskPower at 1-888-7576937.

Anyone targeted by scammers is encouraged to report the incident to police and to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre at 1-888495-8501. For more on how to protect from fraud go to http://www.antifraudcentrecentreantifraude.ca.

Name change now official Staff Battlefords and District Co-op announced at an annual general meeting earlier this year that the name of the co-operative would be changing to Discovery Co-operative Ltd. According to a press release, that name change became official Monday.

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NB now at capacity for wildfire evacuees

By John Cairns Staff Reporter

North Battleford continues to house evacuees as emergency personnel in the province strive to get a handle on the ongoing wildfire situation in the north.

Karri Kempf, manager information and emergency services for Social Services, reports there are 447 evacuees in North Battleford.

That is the number receiving services from Social Services.

All the evacuees are being housed at hotels in the city. There are no congregate facilities being used there. The numbers include individuals from La Loche and Turner Lake areas.

The receiving centre at North Battleford is now at full capacity, as is Prince Albert, Kempf reported.

There is some space available in Saskatoon — a new centre is being set up there — and there is space available in Regina which is where most of the new evacuees are being taken now.

Recreational activities are being provided in all centres, now. It was also reported the evacuees in Regina had a chance to take part in the Canada Day festivities there.

More than 5,000 evacuees have been received by Social Services in the four centres. Fifty-one communities have seen evacuations and a number of evacuees have gone to family and friends. All those communities have significant smoke risk.

Thursday morning a total of 525 fires had been reported in Saskatchewan, way up from 192 last year. There

were 116 active wildfires burning as of Thursday.

According to Daryl Jessop, director of wildfire support services for the Ministry of Environment, 35 were described as “uncontained.”

The major fires continue to be mainly in the vicinity of the La Ronge and La Loche.

Duane McKay, commissioner of emergency management and safety with

Government Relations, noted there was still extensive smoke in the northern areas.

There has been a significant ramping up of resources to those communities, he said.

Priorities were containment of the fires, with priority centring on fires directly affecting community infrastructure.

People are urged to not interfere with the work going on in the north.

port, to help fight fires in Saskatchewan.

Also, CFB Cold Lake (4 Wing) is providing additional housing for evacuated residents.

A general evacuation of

the town of La Ronge, village of Air ronge and Lac La Ronge Indian Band was ordered Saturday.

According to the Saskatchewan government, this evacuation has been trig-

gered by a number of wildfires in the area, which are blowing smoke and particulate matter into and around the communities.

Affected residents were transported to Cold Lake.

The Government of Saskatchewan’s Wildfire Management Branch has deployed additional assets to protect the community’s homes and infrastructure from encroaching fires.

Travel to the La Ronge area is restricted while the evacuation is in progress and the threat from smoke and wildfire remains.

Saskatchewan made a request for assistance Saturday to the Government of Canada, asking for CAF support to provincial efforts in response to wildfires in northern areas of the province.

According to a CAF press release, before CAF personnel are sent to fight fires, they will be appropriately equipped and receive required training for fighting wildfires. They will continue to assist with firefighting efforts until provincial authorities can handle the situation.

The CAF continues to closely monitor the situation and work in direct partnership with other federal, provincial, and municipal partners in order to provide the best support possible, the release states “The Canadian Armed Forces always stands ready to offer assistance in support

of civilian authorities during any crisis in Canada, including natural disasters,” states Jason Kenney, minister of National Defence. “ I am proud of the efforts our members are making to help those affected by the

wildfires in Saskatchewan.

This is yet another example of how the men and women of the Canadian Armed Forces consider it their highest duty and privilege to help Canadians in need, whenever and wherever required.”

Armed Forces to help in response to wildfires Staff The Canadian Armed Forces is preparing to send up to 1,400 personnel, including a firefighting force and integral logistics sup-

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Commentary

Exposing the folly of protectist policies Free trade creates many more jobs than it ever kill

By Mark Milke

The Fraser Institute

Years ago when I lived in Victoria, British Columbia and manned a small office, a salesman wandered in and tried to sell me his particular photocopier. He noted my current machine was Japanese but his was Canadian. So obviously, I should support Canadian jobs and lease his made-inCanada brand instead.

Of course, he was unaware I once lived in Japan, so his pitch fell flat. I wanted my Japanese friends and their compatriots to be employed every bit as much as my fellow Canadians.

In urging me to “buy Canadian,” the salesman offered this attractive but misleading assumption — buy goods or services from abroad and you’re a job-killer at home.

That Victoria salesman was not alone in his mistake.

Plenty of people urge consumers and governments to “buy local” even if that is more expensive. The same people also often demand government enact barriers in the belief that will create or protect Canadian jobs.

For example, B.C. opposition MLA Claire Trevena recently re-introduced a bill in the legislature to require B.C. taxpayers to pay more for transportation (though that’s not how she puts it). Trevena wants the government to require that all “ferries, sea-buses and any other vessels used by or for the public” in Briitish Columbia be “built, maintained and retrofitted in Canada.”

Trevena’s justification? “Direct economic benefits” and the creation of “good jobs for workers here.”

In Alberta, Premier Rachel Notley campaigned in April on a pledge to have more refineries built in the province.

Her justification: Alberta deserves the refining jobs, not Texas.

Such protectionist sentiment knows no partisan or national boundaries. Last Christmas, American presidential candidate and Fox News host Mike Huckabee interviewed actor John Ratzenberger (who played Cliff Clavin on Cheers).

Huckabee and Ratzenberger engaged in a mutual admiration two-person convention on the supposed benefits of protectionist buy America policies. Their claims included how buying “overseas” cost Americans jobs and taxes, and was hollowing out “America’s middle class.”

But despite declarations from politicians, protectionist pundits and glib actors, here’s a news flash - protectionism doesn’t create jobs and economies. It kills them. That was the story of the Great Depression where many countries

initially sought to “protect” their economies from imports.

That ratcheted up costs, depressed demand, and killed off tens of millions of jobs worldwide.

Back then, as now, protectionists forgot that not every person, province or country can create goods and services at the same cost. Some are better than others at various jobs.

That’s called a “comparative advantage.” Combined with the opportunity cost of an action (what your time is worth) that is why a brain surgeon’s limited time is better used in the operating room as opposed to changing the oil on her car. (It is also why the shop mechanic is best advised not to perform neuro-surgeries on friends.)

An open, unprotected market not only sharpens one’s skills and makes transactions between people more economically efficient, but also expands the economy and employment numbers because of such increased efficiencies.

Consider this simple example. Imagine you have $50,000 in disposable income to spend but government

policies restrict competition where you live. The result is automobiles each priced at $50,000. Buy one of those and you have nothing left to spend on anything else.

In contrast, take an open economy where automobiles cost $25,000. In that economy, the consumer has another $25,000 to spend on a vacation or electronic goods or to renovate the bathroom, or all of the above.

Ask yourself which economy — the “protected” one or the open one — creates more jobs, including across borders? The second, of course, because more money can buy a greater number of goods and services. That means more people are employed the world over, from Toronto to Tokyo and everywhere in between.

The provincial politicians, protectionist American pundits, actors and photocopier salesman are wrong. Free trade creates many more jobs than it ever kills.

— Mark Milke is a Senior Fellow with the Fraser Institute. www.troymedia.com

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Puppeteers coming together for first-ever Sask. puppet lab Staff Puppets aren’t just for children.

The Chapel Gallery in North Battleford will be hosting its first ever puppet lab this month.

“We hope to expand the traditional notion of puppetry as being primarily for children to include people of all ages,” says organizer and puppet artist Sherron Burns.

“It was inspired by the sculpture symposiums we host here every other year, she says. She and City of North Battleford Galleries Director Leah Garven started talking about it roughly a year and a half ago and it developed from there, says Burns.

The goal of the Saskatchewan’ first Free Range Puppet Lab is to provide a studio setting for puppet artists to share their expertise, experiment with making puppets and to collaborate in a creative way, Burns explains.

“I think it will be fun, lots of unknowns, and we’ll see what happens,” she says.

There will be six puppeteers including Burns.

Hosted by the Chapel Gallery, the artists will be working in the craft room at the Don Ross from Wednesday, July 8 to Sunday, July 12.

“The public is welcome to drop in and see what is happening and to join us for a public sharing and performance Saturday evening at the Chapel Gallery,” says Burns.

The lab is not a teaching situation, she adds, so they are happy to have people drop by to talk to the artists. There will be some collaboration amongst them, says Burns, that will probably lead to whatever the performance will end up being at the reception Saturday from 6 to 9 p.m. There is no preconceived plan.

“The performance will show our process and will be the result of working together for four days, featuring demonstrations, improvisations and short scenes that may involve some audience participation,” says Burns.

She adds, “We would like to invite people to bring examples of puppets they have created or have in their collection to show as well.”

In addition to Burns, the participating artists are Natalie Laboissiere and Ben Nind of Yellowknife, N.W.T., Juanita Dawn of Calgary, Alta., Tamara Unroe of Tugaske and Marie-Eve Fontaine of Winnipeg, Man. “The puppeteering world is a little bit of a small one, there’s not a huge number of us,” says Burns. “I just put the call out. These are people I’ve worked with before. There are more puppeteers in Saskatchewan than that but not everyone could attend.”

Burns has been a puppet artist for about five years, and has been working with masks, a related art, for about 15 years. Having become aware of puppetry events and happenings around

The Chapel Gallery is hosting Saskatchewan’s First Free Range Puppet Lab this week. Puppet artist Sherron Burns, who created these puppets, is one of the organizers and will be taking part. A public performance will be held Saturday evening. Photo by Jayne Foster

this world, she believes it is a growing interest.

“I think people are seeing more puppet shows at festivals and fringe shows and often children’s shows, of course,” says Burns.

The kind of work they will be doing at the puppet lab will not be just for children.

“It’s open to all audiences. It’s theatre that tells a story and uses an object to tell that story.”

Burns is the artist behind Sedna, a Story of Creation, a shadow play using masks and puppets.

“Certainly children came to see it and they enjoyed it, but it wasn’t meant specifically for children, it was for any kind

of an audience,” says Burns.

Speaking of children, the Chapel Gallery is also hosting puppet-making workshops for children July 8, 9, and 10 from 1 to 3 p.m. and Thursday July 9 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Each session will present a new activity for youth to create puppets.

In the first session, participants with be creating their own diorama or theatrical stage for their puppets to perform on.

The other three sessions will be dedicated to puppet creation, which includes Marionette style, constructed with cardboard and string and papier-mâché faces. Participants will have the opportunity to use the same materials as the professional designers, by using Model Magic, fabric and wool.

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The Battlefords Knights of Columbus branch made 13 donations, for a total of $7,400, to various charities recently. Clockwise, beginning at the top left:Art Moore accepts a cheque from Thomas Schwab for $300 on behalf of the Canadian Kidney Foundation; Glenn Kayfish accepts a cheque for $300 from Thomas Schwab for the Saskatchewan Heart and Stroke Foundation; Walter Suberlak accepts a cheque from Thomas Schwab for $500 on behalf of the Villa Pascal; Peter Vany accepts a cheque for $500 for River Heights Lodge from Thomas Schwab; Kristopher Murray accepts a cheque for $300 on behalf of the Empty Stocking Fund. Presenting is Thomas Schwab. Photos by Craig Beauchemin

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Summer School for the Solo Voice

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By Jayne Foster Staff Reporter

A series of recitals will be open to the public during the week the annual Summer School for the Solo Voice is underway in North Battleford beginning tonight, Tuesday, July 7.

Summer School for the Solo Voice is a week-long intensive study and performance opportunity for singers, accompanists, teachers and choral conductors at beginner, intermediate and senior levels. This is its 18th year, having grown from a local focus to international status in both faculty and participants.

Tuesday’s recital, like the rest, will be held at Third Avenue United Church, featuring the staff of the school, some from North Battleford, including the school founder Lisa Hornung, and one from as far away as South Africa.

The recitals are free to the public, although there is a silver collection at the door.

The schedule of concerts is as: • Tuesday, July 7, SSSV Staff Recital 7 p.m.; • Thursday, July 9, SSSV Advanced Student Recital 2:15 p.m.; • Thursday, July 9, SSSV Advanced Student Recital 3:30 p.m.; • Friday, July 10, SSSV Advanced Student Recital

2:15 p.m.; • Friday, July 10, SSSV Musical Theatre Recital 7 p.m.; • Saturday, July 11, SSSV Advanced Student Recital 11:15 p.m.; and • Saturday, July 11, SSSV Final Concert, SSSV Choir 1:30 p.m.

Most of last year’s faculty will be returning this year, with the addition of another international faculty member.

Founder Lisa Hornung of North Battleford will head up the staff. Honoured as one of the University of Saskatchewan’s Arts and Science Alumni of Influence, Hornung has been acclaimed for performances in repertoire ranging from Baroque to contemporary composers. In accordance with her belief that every child deserves the opportunity to sing, Hornung runs a non-audition community youth choir and often collaborates with elementary and high school musical endeavours.

Other local faculty members include Gary Gansauge and Roy Challis.

Gansauge is well known in the Battlefords and area as an accompanist, organist and keyboard player. He has spent many years accompanying vocal and band students in local and provincial music festivals as well as community events.

Challis is returning to SSSV after a hiatus of a few years. His work with Theatre Saskatchewan has resulted in several Best Actor awards, several Best Characterization awards, several Best Director Awards and a Janet Laine-Green Lifetime Achievement Award.

As well, a play he wrote and directed, In Search of Love, won the Best Overall Production Award. He received an Outstanding Contribution Award for his work with the Saskatchewan Drama Association as a board member, a director and adjudicator.

New to SSSV this year is John Reid Coulter. A composer, performer and builder of musical instruments, he specializes in the field Historical Performance Practice and works to achieve wider reception and acceptance of this undervalued approach to music from the past.

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Also, returning this year is the former director of the Vienna Boys Choir. Laurence Ewashko, currently associate professor of choral studies at the University of Ottawa, Ewashko conducts the University of Ottawa School of Music’s two choirs and has held the position of chorus master for Opera Lyra Ottawa since 1988. Ewashko has been invited to lecture at the University of Lviv, Ukraine as a guest professor.

A faculty member from the beginning, Chris Kelly is a sessional lecturer in the University of Saskatchewan’s Department of Music, teaching voice and musicianship and serving as an accompanist. He has been on the faculty of the summer school since its inception. Kelly also maintains a private voice and piano studio and performs regularly in recital, opera and orato-

rio. In addition to teaching and performing, he accompanies, coaches, adjudicates and is a church organist and choir director.

Joy McFarlane-Burton is an active and enthusiastic teacher with more than 30 years of experience working with developing singers, in many genres including musical theatre, choral, as well as the standard vocal repertoire. She has been an instructor at the summer school for more than a decade and was recognized by the Federation of Canadian Music Festivals 2013 National Volunteer of the Year for Saskatchewan..

A member of the Saskatoon Registered Music Teachers’ Association, returning faculty member Bernadette Fanner maintains an active teaching studio and accompanying career. She completed associate, licentiate and fellowship diplomas at Trinity College of London and earned a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance with Great Distinction from the University of Saskatchewan.

Long time faculty member, Dr. Gore-Hickman is a clinical assistant professor of surgery at the University of Saskatchewan. His lectures include an in-depth look at the physiology of the voice, video-laryngoscopies of different techniques in singing and speaking as well as video-laryngoscopies and discussions concerning vocal health and care of the voice.

Another faculty alumnus, Heather Macnab of Maple Creek, is active as a singer, singing teacher, director, accompanist and adjudicator.

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mas in singing, piano and speech arts and drama. She was awarded the gold medal by the Royal Conservatory for having the highest mark in Canada on her ARCT Speech Arts exam.

Paul Suchan, who has also been on the summer school faculty several times and is a former North Battleford Comprehensive High School teacher, is an emerging Canadian composer of instrumental and vocal music. He is also in demand as a conductor and clinician.

He is a co-founder and current co-artistic director of the Sask. New Music Festival, an annual three-day festival that features prairie composers. He is originally from Saskatoon, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Music Education from the University of Saskatchewan. He furthered his studies at the Université de Montréal with a Master of Music in Composition. He is currently based in Montreal where he lives with his wife Naomi, who is also returning to the summer school faculty.

Naomi Piggott Suchan graduated with honours from McGill University’s Master of Accompanying and is currently working as an accompanist for McGill University’s Voice Department where she coaches singers in languages, singing diction, musical style and ensemble. She received a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance from the University of Saskatchewan, where she graduated at the top of her class with the University Medal in Fine Arts.

Mark Turner, the executive director of the Saskatoon Symphony and founding artistic director of Third Ave Centre, is back for his third year with SSSV. He holds an ARCT in Performance and an Honours Licentiate in Recital Performance from London College and has performed across North America as a collaborative pianist and performance coach.

In addition to the summer school faculty, a host of volunteers, including kitchen staff, help behind the scenes.

The school began July 4 with an extra day for advanced singers, and July 5 for the full student body. It concludes July 11.

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Students celebrate aboriginal culture Submitted Holy Family School celebrated Aboriginal Day on June 17.

Festivities during the day included learning about and playing traditional aboriginal games taught by Lamarr Oksasikewiyi, who is from Saskatoon.

Ray Fox, city councillor, attended opening exercises and spoke about aboriginal culture.

Nikita Larocque, a Grade 7 student from Holy Family

School, danced.

Oksasikewiyi, with the help from various students, raised a small teepee in the gym. Each teepee pole represents a value.

Shalen Fox, graduation coach from John Paul II Collegiate, along with Savannah Meechance and Jontay Kahmakoatayo spoke to the Grade 6 and 7 students.

Jontay has designed and created a collection of women’s dresses that are beautiful.

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your dream, work hard to achieve your goals and have fun along the way. Holy Family students were impressed and inspired by their presentation.

For lunch, the school served Indian tacos. The bannock was prepared by Lucy Whitecalf, Jolinne Durand and her daughter Ella, along with Ms. Inkster and her sister.

A donation from BATC made this special day possible.

Above, Lamarr Oksasikewiyi helped the students raise a teepee in the gym and taught traditional games.

At left, Nikita Larocque danced during Holy Family School’s aboriginal day. Above right, Making a dream catcher at aboriginal day. Below right, John Paul II students Savannah Meechance and Jontay Kahmakoatayo.

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The North Battleford Chapter of the Registered Psychiatric Nurses Association of Saskatchewan held its annual Champions of Mental Health Gala at the Dekker Centre May 9. During this event, which includes a dinner, entertainment and awards, a silent auction is held featuring items donated by RPNAS members, local businesses and members of the public at large. The proceeds of this auction are donated yearly by the RPNAS to important non-profit organizations that provide services to people in need. This year the RPNAS chose Interval House as one of its beneficiaries. On the right, RPNAS member Amanda Rowley RPN presents a $2,000 cheque to Anne McArthur, left, the executive director of Interval House. Photo submitted

Since January, The Lighthouse has been operating an emergency homeless shelter in North Battleford.

It is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Unique to the Battlefords, this facility provides three meals per day, not only to the homeless but to numerous children of the working poor. Without The Lighthouse, these individuals would be without a meal that day. Immediate shelter is provided to those who need it, and to those who seek it. Long-term life skills programming is offered to help break the cycle of poverty and homelessness.

Local businesses, with support of Downtown North Battleford, The Lighthouse and the City of North Battleford are planning to build a neighbourhood that is a welcoming community that everyone can be proud of. Together, they are building a community garden that will provide some of the vegetables used in The Lighthouse’s daily kitchen. Jim LaFreniere from Bee-J’s Office Plus is encouraged by this partnership saying “It is a good step in the right direc-

tion, working with everyone around you, beautifying the area”.

July 11, the public is invited to volunteer their time and help with the installation of the raised community garden that will transform a rugged alleyway into a beautiful community garden. Please come out between 9 a.m. and noon, to lend a hand, put names to faces of people of the area and enjoy new connections.

Everyone is welcomed to the unveiling of the garden and to a barbecue July 15 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. For $5 you can get a burger and a drink, with all the proceeds going to The Lighthouse.

The art of growing a garden is one of patience and close attention to needs.

These particular traits have led to empathy and understanding. People are now more than individuals in an area, going about their business. They are now people with faces and names within a community.

“Social issues are community issues,” Caitlin Glencross from The Lighthouse says, and with the foundation of a strong community being laid, social issues can be effectively addressed. Anyone is welcomed to grow in this garden. If you are interested all you have to do is contact Caitlin Glencross of The Lighthouse.

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By Erl Svendsen Yellow brings to mind the warmth of the sun and the richness of butter and represents contentment and cheeriness. On the downside, it is one of the most fatiguing colours to look at. And yet, when used judiciously, it draws the eye to highlight important elements. For this reason alone it’s used extensively in advertising, for legal pads and textbook highlighters.

This is a characteristic that we can take advantage of in our gardens. Use yellow to accentuate dark areas, highlight or complement other plants, draw attention to a focal point, or add an element of surprise and interest when coming around a corner. But use too much, and the scene becomes difficult to look at.

In our gardens, yellow can be found in flowers [The Rocket ligularia (Ligularia stenocephala The Rocket)]; leaves [Mini Sunglow spirea (Spiraea x bumalda Mini Sunglo)]; and stems [Bud’s yellow dogwood (Cornus sericea Bud’s Yellow)].

The Rocket ligularia (aka golden groundsel, leopard plant, and bigleaf goldenray) is a herbaceous perennial with a mound of foliage 30 to 60 centimetres in height and spread, consisting of large, roughly heartshaped, dark green leaves in

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Mini Sunglo spirea is a seedling of the more common, but larger Goldmound spirea. A dwarf, compact shrub with a height and spread of 30 to 38 centimetres, it sports small, bright yellow leaves. Dainty pink cloud-like flower clusters appear in June. Once the flowers have faded, prune them off to promote a second flush of flowers in July or early August.

It grows best in full sun, but tolerates partial shade.

However, the more shade, the less intense the yellow foliage, tending more toward lemon lime. It prefers well-drained soil and is drought tolerant once established. It does not do well in overly moist soil. In late fall (or very early spring before new growth starts) prune entire shrub down to 10 to 15 centimetres to be rewarded with a perfect rounded yellow mound in early May. This is an excellent plant for a mixed or shrub border.

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contrast, the cultivar Bud’s Yellow has bright yellow stems on one and two yearold branches. These are especially attractive in the late winter and spring landscape. Older branches eventually turn brown. With a height and spread of 1.8 to 2.1 metres, it has medium green leaves five to eight centimetres long and white flower clusters in June, followed by white berries.

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may be pruned out each spring. Alternatively, you can prune the entire plant to ground level in the spring every three years.

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Buckle up and get ready for a wild ride Pack a lunch and buckle up. This is going to be a long, bumpy ride.

I’m not talking about this column, but rather the 2015 Saskatchewan Roughriders season.

Only four games in (two preseason, two regular season), this team has yet to taste the sweet sensation of victory. The winless exhibition season doesn’t mean much but you have to wonder what’s going on in the rookies’ minds, particularly after two close home losses to open the year (30-26 to Winnipeg and Sunday’s 4240 double overtime loss to Toronto).

Some must be thinking, “Are we a good team or not?”

There’s plenty of reason to panic, yet it’s also far too early to do so. The Roughriders may be winless going into Week 3 but division mates Edmonton and B.C. can say the same thing while Calgary and Winnipeg are only a game ahead at 1-1.

The trouble is, the Riders don’t seem to be trending upwards in one key area: defence.

They gave up a whopping 470 yards to the Blue Bombers in Week 1 and may have trimmed that to 367 in Week 2, but it was disturbing that the Riders allowed Toronto quarterback Trevor Harris to mount a game-tying touchdown drive – starting from their own 25-yard line – with only 1:08 to go on Sunday afternoon.

A more aggressive defense was promised when long-time coordinator Richie Hall was shown the door last December. And yet this bunch has been anything but so far this summer.

However if you listen to the quotes coming out of the Roughrider locker room late Sunday afternoon, you’d swear the Riders had won the game.

“A lotta good signs in all three phases,” Riders head coach Corey Chamblin told our CKRM postgame show.

“We gotta get points. We have to have points if we have 500 yards.”

And with that, the finger

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he’ll be making his first return to B.C. Place.

Oh – I forgot to mention the Riders signed McCallum last Wednesday? At least the 23-year veteran

was 4 for 4 against the Argos, allowing for some relief in the special teams area that ailed in Week 1.

So now in mid-July, we’re still trying to sort

out what the 2015 Saskatchewan Roughriders are.

— Rod Pedersen is the Voice of the Roughriders on the CKRM Rider Radio Network

Beavers blast Macklin 9-1

was momentarily pointed at the offense. However the only really glaring thing quarterback Kevin Glenn can be accused of is the 100-yard pick six he threw to Toronto’s A.J. Jefferson at the 5:34 mark of the fourth quarter that brought the score to 21-18 Saskatchewan.

“Kevin wishes he had that ball back,” Chamblin revealed after the game.

“The team tried to fight back but the mindset was different after that. Defensive points against are tough to get over.”

It’s equally tough for the offense to watch from the sidelines as the other team marches the ball all the way down the field to tie the score with the game on the line.

We’ve seen this Roughriders team play in unison like a finely-tuned orchestra at times during the golden era of 2007-2013.

We’ve also seen them scrap and fight like bar-room brawlers at times, too. One phase of the team covering for another on any given day to help secure the win.

Right now they’re not close to doing any of that, but it’s still extremely early and it’s clear Chamblin is doing his best to keep his troops upbeat. Now in his fourth season, his methods

are very clear. If this team was 2-0 at this time, he’d be “ripping them a new one” in order to keep them humble. “(Chamblin) just said he liked our intensity, he loved our effort and we’re that close,” rookie linebacker Jake Doughty said of his coach’s postgame locker room speech. “We’re a couple inches away and we’ll be a good football team.”

Sophomore returner/ receiver Ryan Smith was singing from the same hymn book, stressing the positives. With 174 yards on eight catches and his second touchdown score of the season, he had reason to.

“Our heads are held high,” Smith said. “We came out there fighting and that’s all we can ask for. We came up a little short today but next week we’ll be ready to go.”

That next week showdown is this Friday night against the 0-1 B.C. Lions in Vancouver in a game I’m dubbing the Bad Blood Bowl. Lions offensive coordinator George Cortez was fired by the Riders following the 2014 season and has had little to say about it since. Meanwhile the Riders’ 45-year old kicker Paul McCallum was turfed by B.C. coming out of training camp three weeks ago and

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On the heels of their double-header sweep of the Regina Blue Jays last weekend, the midget North Battleford Beavers continued their winning ways Tuesday night at home, clobbering Macklin 9-1. A run in the second inning, six runs in the fourth and two in the sixth, including this one, built up an insurmountable lead for the Beavers under the lights at Beaver Lions Stadium. Macklin’s only run came in the final inning but a pickoff at third sealed the win for the Beavers. Photo by John Cairns

OPEN HOUSE Rush Lake SAGD Commercial Project Township 48 Range 21W3M Thursday, July 16 Gymnasium at the Old Paynton School Paynton, Saskatchewan 2:00 PM to 7:00 PM Husky Energy is planning to build a new Central Processing Facility (CPF) for its SAGD Project at Rush Lake. The project is located in the RM of Paynton in the NE 1/4 Section of 3-48-21W3M. Sales oil produced from the CPF will be tied into Husky’s existing sales oil network via pipeline.

A pipeline will transport raw water to the CPF in the NE 1/4 of Section 3-48-21W3M. This raw water originates from infiltration wells adjacent to the North Saskatchewan River at Paynton Phase 2, within the North 1/2 Section 35-46-20W3M and South 1/2 Section 1-47-20W3M. Representatives from Health, Safety, Environment, Facility Construction, Surface Land, Regulatory, Operations, and the Business Unit will be available to answer your questions and concerns.

For more information, contact Jonelle Pike at (587) 774-6050, Kevin Beek at (306) 825-1231 or Kim Guttormson at (403) 298-7088.

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Sask. Hospital tender to Access Prairies Partnership Staff

The tender has been awarded for the integrated Saskatchewan Hospital/ corrections facility project.

Access Prairies Partnership has won the competitive selection process and will build the new facility as a design-build-financemaintain public-private partnership (P3).

Access Prairies Partnership includes a number of

partners including Graham Design Builders LP, Carillion Canada Inc., Gracorp Capital Advisors LP, Carillion Private Finance Ltd., Kasian Architecture Interior Design and Planning Ltd. and WSP Canada.

They will be responsible for designing and constructing the 188-bed facility as well as the integrated 96room correctional centre to support offenders living with mental health issues.

Access Prairies Partnership was one of three groups shortlisted in the bidding process. The bid was awarded following what was described as a competitive best value selection process and that process has been ongoing for the past several months.

The other major news is that the project is definitely going ahead as a P3.

According to the provincial government’s news

release, SaskBuilds and its external financial advisors have determined there was value for money in delivering the project using the P3 model, compared to doing the same project using a traditional approach.

“The P3 model is the right choice for delivering this leading-edge project in the most cost-effective and timely way,” SaskBuilds Minister Gordon Wyant said in a statement.

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“By using a P3, Saskatchewan people can enjoy the benefits of publicly owned facilities sooner than could otherwise be achieved through a traditional approach and also be assured the projects will be built onbudget.”

The government says contract negotiations now begin to finalize terms of the contract.

They are estimating more than 1,500 Saskatchewan jobs will be created from the project.

In a statement, Battlefords MLA Herb Cox was buoyant.

“This new project demonstrates our government’s commitment to acting on the recommendations of the Mental Health and Addictions Action Plan,” Environment Minister Cox said.

“This new facility will ensure people in Saskatchewan have access to

timely and appropriate services they need.”

“Prairie North Health Region is thrilled that replacement of the centuryold Saskatchewan Hospital is another step closer to reality,” said Prairie North Regional Health Authority vice-president Vikki Smart.

“We look forward to working with Access Prairies Partnership and with our ministry partners toward the milestone our patients, staff and community are eagerly awaiting – turning of the sod to signal the start of construction on the new mental health facility.”

The province now estimates construction on the publicly owned facility will begin this summer and be completed by the spring of 2018. Pre-construction work had been underway at the Sask Hospital site for the last couple of months.

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Bill Samborski, director of Leisure Services with the City of North Battleford, made a presentation to the Rotary Club of the Battlefords at the Club’s noon meeting June 29. The presentation dealt with both the facilities and programming for which his department is responsible. Samborski’s presentation elicited a number of inquiries with respect to the CUplex and he explained how his department is focused on maximizing use. There was also an exchange of ideas on how the City and the Rotary Club might collaborate on increasing the public’s awareness of the club’s contributions to the CUplex, Rotary Plaza and the Rotary clock. Photo submitted

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The Battlefords Best Marketplace and Expo is coming back for a third year this fall, and preparations are underway to line up exhibitors.

The event is being held Oct. 16, 17 and 18 at the NationsWEST Field House. Instead of being held at the end of Small Business Week, as was the case the previous two years, this year the event will kick the week off.

It is again being hosted by the Battlefords Chamber of Commerce.

Organizers are now encouraging businesses and organizations to reserve their booths for the event.

Organizers are reporting that many of last year’s exhibitors are coming back this year and space is filling up quickly. The event is being touted as a great way to promote businesses or organizations.

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Tuesday - Saturday, July 7 - 11

Concert Series at Third Ave United Church. Tuesday - SSSV staff recital at 7:00 p.m. Thursday - SSSV advanced student recital at 2:15 & 3:30 p.m. Friday - SSSV advanced student recital at 2:15 p.m. and SSSV musical theatre recital at 7:00 p.m. Saturday - SSSV advanced student recital at 11:15 a.m. and SSSV final concert - SSSV choir at 1:30 p.m. Each recital is unique, offering a variety of solos, duets, trios, jazz, opera, oratoria, art song, opera ensembles, operetta ensembles, choral and musical theatre selections. Program about 60 minutes - silver collection at the door. Summer school for the solo voice.

Saturday, July 18

Brightsand Lake Regional Park is celebrating its Golden Anniversary next summer...50 years as a park! Join us on July 18 for this birthday and to enjoy “Evis in the Park”.

Sunday, July 19

Borden Museum Garden Tour & supper - 1:30 - 5:30 p.m. Passports for tour & supper available at the Museum or Helen at 306-997-4517.

Saturday, August 8

Halcyonia School Heritage Picnic- potluck supper 5 p.m., games, vintage vehicles welcome and wear your vintage clothing from earlier era. Halcyonia is 4 miles north & 6 miles east of Borden.

Saturday & Sunday, August 8 & 9

Radisson Fair - parade, slopitch, gymkhana, horse show, vintage tractor pull, supper both days, kids activities, entries to be in by 11:00 a.m. on August 7th in the curling rink.

Saturday, August 15

Borden 4-H Light Horse Achievement Day - Alana Gunsch’s acreage 1/2 mile east of Borden. 10:00 a.m. judging classes and 1:00 p.m. riding classes.

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.

Staff It is the 35th year for a musical group that will be taking its tour to the Battlefords and area this summer.

Saskatchewan Express is doing their summer tour show called Here’s To Us. They take their tour to Battlefords Provincial Park July 13 for a 7 p.m. show.

They also plan a 7 p.m. show at Meadow Lake Provincial Park July 14.

The tour, which started May 23 in Regina, is scheduled for various venues around the province including eight provincial parks.

The final tour date is Aug.

12 when they perform at Northwest Territorial Days in North Battleford.

People can expect the troupe of young people to pay homage to music going back to the Big Band and 1960s era right to the modern day, including sets made famous by the likes of Elton John, Bruno Mars, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley among others. Their unofficial theme song is Shine On Saskatchewan, which they’ve performed at shows since the troupe started.

Since forming in 1980, over 3.8 million people have seen Saskatchewan Express perform. The group has

travelled over 550,000 km across Saskatchewan, Canada and the United States.

The group is led by artistic director, Carol Gay Bell, and features young performers from across Saskatchewan. The performers are: Chamique Abraham from Rouleau, Tyler Campbell from Saskatoon, Lia Coppola, Renz De Felipe, Jennifer Fong, Breanna Mills and Ryan Ramsay from Regina, Tori Daschuk from Lanigan, Kelsey Howatt from White City, Chris MacCallum from La Ronge, Austin Mayor from Strasbourg, Miranda Rose and Tanner Schier from Moose

Jaw and Morgan Thorley from Yorkton.

Danny Balkwill is in charge of vocal coaching while the original choreography is by David Connolly.

Montana Adams, Karlee Goby, Chris MacCallum, Breanna Mills and Lauren Palmer are the rehearsal directors, Mike Dey is production manager, Jared Mellom is the technical assistant, and Sean Eastley is production assistant. Mike Dey, Craig Salkeld and Brittany Soriano acquired and/ or adapted all the musical arrangements and managed the sound editing.

Parenthood — learning as I go I think I should have had more children. I have been at this job almost 37 years and I think I may just now be starting to get the hang of it.

To “oldest children” everywhere, can I please just apologize?

Maybe I am just speaking for myself, but sometimes I hear a bit of the same as I listen to other parents. We really have no idea what we are in for when we become a parent.

Add one dose of high expectations to another generous dose of reality, apply generously while raising a unique human being and add an unknown quantity of stressors to the equation and what that equals is: “learning as you go.”

Little of what you learned will apply to subsequent children. They will react to the same stimuli in completely and totally unexpected ways.

The main thing I learned was to pick my battles.

I knew I could not win them all, so I fought over what I deemed important and turned a blind eye to minor infractions.

This lesson I had learned did not go over well with my oldest. Suddenly he remembered all the lessons I had attempted to teach him. He saw his younger brother getting away with stuff he couldn’t and there was a feeling of injustice born inside of him.

Perhaps there is an advantage to having your children close together. A two-year-old isn’t scrutinizing your parenting skills and comparing and contrasting them to what they once knew. However, an 18-year-old watching his nine-year-old brother

get away with things he was never allowed to do, remembers.

I made many mistakes along the way. I know you are not supposed to think of them as “mistakes.”

But they were. I did have many, many moments I wish I could rewind the tape and do it better.

Unfortunately, I wasn’t a fast learner. I kept repeating the errors of my ways.

I had not yet learned the lesson, aka: definition of insanity, “Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” Words of wisdom

by Albert Einstein.

Enter my third child.

He was born to a mother who had finally learned a little from what had went awry in her prior two “experiments.”

When my oldest two children entered their teen years, I really veered off the course of model parenthood. I barely survived the parent-of-a-teen gig.

I learned on the fly and I didn’t retain much as I went along.

I merely reacted to the challenges of raising a teen. I did not have one proactive trick up my sleeve.

My youngest child has been a model child. I wish I had had him first. But if I had, I don’t think he would be who he is. I think his character is one part me, another part his dad, blended evenly, mixed up into a human body and raised by a more mature mom who had learned a few things the way.

I knew it could not last forever, but I still wasn’t expecting it when it happened.

My model student and even tempered 16-year-old child “crashed.”

LIFE as I know it

By Colleen Crawford I typed that sentence and walked away. As I took some time and space from that statement I wondered if that was the reason I reacted differently this time.

Because there was such a stark difference between who he was and who he is.

Maybe I am not so wise after all. Maybe it isn’t “lessons learned” that helped me be a better parent. Maybe it is simply a different child, different circumstances, such a stark contrast as well as a different me.

I am not certain if we have walked through the other end of this tunnel, yet, but I see sunlight.

He came home from school yesterday and smiled. Sure enough, who couldn’t smile when three small children spotted him a half block away from home and started greeting him well before he walked up our driveway? They were akin to three very well-behaved puppy dogs who were simply happy to see him and not afraid to show it.

The difference showed itself when he chose to stay and spend time with us.

He hasn’t had the desire or energy to do that for a long time.

I think the difference is because I stepped up to the plate and acted as his advocate when he had no idea which way to turn.

With his permission, I talked with professionals who had the tools and education to guide him through a dark and anxious time.

He was willing to accept all I had to offer, which was the ability to pick up the phone to call and ask for help.

I didn’t have his answers. He didn’t know his answers. He needed someone to guide his choices to help him past, through and beyond this point.

As a parent, you just don’t know it all. Ever.

Sometimes behaviours mask the underlying issues at hand. Now that I have stepped 20 years and 11 years beyond where my older children were at this very same point, I can see their behaviour was masking a cry for help.

They needed me and I was so busy dealing with the offending behaviours, I didn’t dig any deeper to wonder exactly what they were battling.

There is a world of people out there dealing with hard things. It is so hard to see beyond the exterior people present to the world.

We wear so very many masks. Unfortunately, teenagers quite often mask their confusion, pain and anxiety with actions which distract us from the underlying cause.

Just when I think I have this parenthood thing figured out, someone will go and change the rules.

Thanks to my little daycare family, I have the opportunity to renew my skills on a daily basis as an up and coming generation continues to test my knowledge and help me grow.

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Considering the purpose and value of words Let’s think for a few moments about words.

Our language is made up of them, and they’re used in writing, speaking or thinking. (Yes, that too. We can’t think about complex ideas or make plans, without forming words in our minds.) Words can be used to communicate with someone who speaks the same language, or to translate the words of one person into the language of another.

Words can identify concrete things that we can detect with our physical senses (e.g. rocks and clocks), or they can speak of abstracts such as hope, or worry. Words can refer to the thing itself – a door or a dog – or they can be used symbolically, as when someone says, “It rained cats and dogs last night.”

We may fail to understand a message that’s poorly worded or uses words we’re not familiar with, but in the vast majority of cases we know what is being said. That is because God has designed language to follow certain basic rules. We cannot accept the strange theory of Lewis Caroll’s Humpty Dumpty and say, “When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean.”

Communication in that case would be impossible.

Adam, the first man, was not an inarticulate grunting caveman – the

bodily” (Col. 2:9). Now, through the written Word, the Bible, we come to know and trust in the living Word, the Lord Jesus. The two are interrelated.

The hymn says: “O Word of God incarnate, O wisdom

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evolutionist’s foolish notion.

Adam was brought into being by our Creator with the gift of speech, as was Eve (cf. Gen. 3:2). In his earliest days Adam was given commands by the Lord (Gen. 2:16-17) and was assigned the task of naming the animals (vs. 20).

The Bible itself is often spoken of as the Word of God (e.g. Rom. 10:17; Heb. 13:7). Though it was written by human beings, they were so superintended by the Holy Spirit that what they wrote was exactly what God Himself wanted to communicate. What we hold in our hands, when we pick up a copy of the Scriptures, is the trustworthy Word of the living God (II Tim. 3:16; II Pet. 1:21).

One who was convinced of that was Anglican bishop William Walsham How (1823-1897). How was known for his work with the poor and with those who worked in the sometimes inhuman conditions of many 19th century industries. He

was not only a busy pastor, but also found time to write more than 50 hymns.

One of these was inspired by Psalm 119:105, which says, “Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.” Published in 1867, the hymn takes its opening phrase as a title: O Word of God Incarnate.

That alerts us to the fact that the author is going to make a dual use of the term “word.”

In the Bible, God the Son is also spoken of as the Word (Jn. 1:1; Rev. 19:13). The incarnation (His coming to Earth as Man) is described this way: “The Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.” (Jn. 1:14) Just as we can translate words from one language to another, so the Lord Jesus Christ translated deity into terms we can better understand. “In Him dwells all the fulness of the Godhead

from on high, / O truth unchanged, unchanging, O light of our dark sky: / We praise Thee for the radiance that from the hallowed page, A lantern to our footsteps, shines on from age to age. / The church from

her dear Master received the gift divine, / And still that light she lifteth o’er all the earth to shine. / It is the golden casket where gems of truth are stored; / It is the heav’n-drawn picture of Christ, the living Word.”

Happy birthday to you, North America This past week marks a special time in the lives of North American. July 1. We Canucks celebrate our 148th birthday.

Canada Day will be considerably less sparkly in our part of the country, though, as traditional fireworks plus sweltering temperatures can rapidly equal raging wildfires.

Happy birthday to us, anyway!

Three days later, July 4, our national neighbours along with personal friends celebrate their big day. They’re definitely our “older brother” having been birthed in 1776.

Happy 239th y’all!

Although I admit I’m not familiar with U.S. election details, up here we’re gearing up for quite the fight. Given the volume of caustic comments being spoken, printed and

posted, it’s clear this summer’s skies will be blue in more than one way.

The Writ hasn’t yet been dropped and Canada’s fall election campaign isn’t officially underway, but there’s already plenty of controversy swirling around.

I’m not about to repeat or reinforce any of those comments but I do have a couple of thoughts of my own on the matter.

First, wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could disagree without being disagreeable? Or nasty.

Yes, I’m definitely a

senior who misses some of the old fashioned ways of doing things, but the thought of a bit more civility and kindness is definitely appealing.

Second, it would be blessedly interesting to see what would happen in both our countries if we made God sovereign in each of our personal lives.

We’d still have differences of opinions but we’d also experience His promise of divine intervention and wisdom.

John Kennedy said this “Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men”; Jesus Christ said this, “Occupy until I come. If you love Me, you will obey My commands.”

“In all your ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct your paths.”

(Proverbs 3:6)

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