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Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Battlefords Bright Spots

Spring is in the air

By Jayne Foster Staff Reporter

Leading the Cheer John Paul II Collegiate hosted the Scholastic Provincial Cheerleading Championship Saturday afternoon at the NationsWEST Fieldhouse. Presented by the Saskatchewan Cheerleading Association, more than 20 schools from across the province were represented. The John Paul II cheer team placed second in the senior coed level 3. Look for more in Thursday’s Regional Optimist.

Photo by Jayne Foster

There’s a new exhibition at the Chapel Gallery in North Battleford. The featured artist is Bonny Macnab of Mervin in an exhibition entitled Reflections of the Earth. Macnab has created hand painted silk panels that illuminate the Chapel Gallery through colourful reflections and pattern movement. Macnab, winner of a Canadian Institute of Portrait Artists National Open Exhibition award for excellence, is a watercolour, oil and silk painter well known in Saskatchewan.

Guest artists Dean Bauche, Karlie King, and Jay Kimball have been invited to show selected works in conjunction with Macnab’s silk panels because she associates a kindred spirit of water among their works.

Have you registered yet for the writers workshop at the North Battleford Library? It will be held this Saturday, March 29 from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. facilitated by award-winning Canadian poet Barbara Klar. She has been publishing her work in journal, anthologies an books for more than 20 years. She has worked as a tree planter, editor, workshop leader ad freelance writer for print and radio as well as a mentor for the Banff Centre’s Wired Writing Studio. Klar will present an author reading at 5 p.m. To register, contract Carla at 306-445-3206.

There are some opportunities for great entertainment coming up at the Dekker Centre in North Battleford. Johnny Cash fans will enjoy David James and Big River when they present a tribute to the Man in Black Friday, March 28. Next week, Wednesday, April 2, Robert Post will be at the Dekker Centre with his one man variety show. This is an entertainer Dekker Centre manager Moe McGuinty says nobody should miss and he’s excited to add Post to the spring lineup. If you haven’t heard of this artist who sold out his Broadway show, check out his website at www.robertpost.org. If you like to laugh, you’ll love Robert Post. His reputation is one of being “completely insane,” at least that’s what Matt Lauer of the Today Show says.

Agri-Mex is just around the corner.

This year’s dates are Thursday, April 3, Friday, April 4 and Saturday, April 5.

This annual trade show is one of the Battlefords most well-known events and is a sure sign spring is on the way. Head out to the Agricultural Society grounds where there will be more than 100 booths to check out for a mere $3. And, as always, breakfast is free on Saturday. Hours are noon until 9 p.m. Thursday and Friday and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.

Meanwhile, the Canadian Antiques Roadshow will be at the Frontier Mall in North Battleford. April 2, 3, 4 and 5. Do you have any undiscovered treasures? jayne@newsoptimist.ca

We are seeking local talent for our Children’s Festival and Exhibition.

If you can sing, dance or have any talent to share we would love to have you perform at our event!

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Workshop puts fraud awareness on business radar

By Brett Smith Staff Reporter

RCMP hosted a fraud awareness information session at the Battlefords Chamber of Commerce Friday afternoon for local businesses.

Cst. Ginette Rochon, who has been in the Battlefords for three years, led the seminar teaching businesses what to look for if their employees suspect fraudulent activity.

The lesson started with tips on how to recognize counterfeit bills with the release of the new polymer-based notes. Rochon instructed the attendees to apply the “feel, look and flip” technique. Examples for fraudulent cheques and debit cards were also presented to show businesses what to look for in order to protect themselves.

Debit cards brought up the fact employees needed

Cst. Ginette Rochon led a fraud awareness seminar for local business Friday afternoon at the Battlefords Chamber of Commerce. Photo by Brett Smith

to be watched as well. Items such as debit card skimmers are small, easily-concealed devices customer service representatives can use to steal information from a customer’s card when they are not looking. Rochon suggested to always keep your card in sight as these criminals will attempt to divert your attention from what they are attempting to do.

Other tips presented to keep safe from fraud was to avoid doing any type of shopping or banking on computers used by the public.

These activities should be saved for home to nullify the risk of having information stolen from the computer.

A major focus of the seminar was the increase of fraud attempts with the improvement of technology. Rochon explained how there have been emails from familiar institutions asking to update personal information and providing a link to their

website. She said many of these instances are scams and in order to not become a victim, people who receive these notices should contact the company or go to their website independently.

Rochon also stressed many of these companies, especially banks, will contact an individual over the telephone if the claims are legitimate. If there is any suspicion of foul play, call the company to verify an email was sent.

If someone does fall victim to fraud, it is important to report what happened to the police immediately.

Rochon said about five per cent of incidents do not get reported because the victims are embarrassed they fell for the scam.

Rochon instructed the attendees to go to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre website at www.antifraudcentre.ca to report a scam if they have not been victimized.

Scams, rip offs, identity theft and other things to watch out for

By John Cairns Staff Reporter

There are all kinds of schemes out there trying to part you from your money.

Grandparent scams, travel and credit card debt offers, power of attorney abuse and other rip offs and frauds are among the activities people are being warned about by police during Fraud Awareness Month.

These are some of the things Brian Trainor, retired Saskatoon police officer, is warning people about.

Trainor is an expert on the various common scams making the rounds.

One twist to be aware of is what Trainor describes as a “grandparent scam.”

This is a situation where a grandparent gets a call on the telephone from someone claiming their grandkids are in jail or in a lot of trouble, and are demanding bail money be wired to them right away.

As part of the scam, Trainor said, the grandparents are also persuaded not to phone up the parents, either, in case it upsets them.

Trainor says any request to wire money anywhere should be an instant red flag.

“Any time you hear the word ‘wire’, it’s a scam,” he said. “When you wire money, you have to provide a money transfer number, and they will ask for that number and they use that number to retrieve the money transfer.”

In legitimate cases you would send money and you would provide them with a transfer number and you would provide identification, he said.

“The problem is anyone can get the money anywhere in the world. You wire them the money and give them the transfer number, and it’s picked up in London, England and Paris, France by

someone with stolen ID.” Trainor said he had investigated something similar on Kijiji described as an “overpayment” scam, where he receives too much money and is required to wire back the difference.

The victim thought he was wiring the money to Detroit, but it actually went to London England and was picked up by someone with an Italian passport, which was reported stolen.

“It’s identity theft and if it’s ‘wire me money’ it’s a scam. Absolutely a scam,” said Trainor.

Another common scam, and one many in this area are by now familiar with, is the “computer scam.” The gist of the scam is that someone will call or send an email claiming to be from Microsoft and say your computer is infected, and ask for passwords and information in order to download software to clean it off.

There are also familiar scams where emails are sent, claiming to be from reputable companies such as SaskTel or the banks, claiming your email or computer is infected, or your account is suspended or something along those lines and then asking for personal information.

“Most people don’t fall for it, but some people do,” said Trainor. “Just know that companies like Microsoft or banks, or the federal government, won’t contact you through an email to get personal information, they’ll phone you or ask you to contact them.” They don’t ask for personal information over the phone, he said, because they know people are leery of this sort of thing going on.

“If you get an unsolicited phone call or email, don’t reply to it,” said Trainor.

Also, “don’t click on a link to an email because the link is to a page the scammers have made.” Just delete it,

Trainor said.

Those are the two biggest ones right now but there are others to watch out for, and Trainor says they change from week to week.

Power of attorney abuse has become an issue Trainor says, because baby boomers are retiring with life insurance and pension policies with money in them.

Increasingly, there have been cases of people with power of attorney helping themselves to the finances and keeping it all for themselves.

“These crooks are coming out of the woodwork,” he said.

He advises people to get “an enduring power of attorney, one that carries on after you’ve lost mental capacity.

You need to go see a lawyer, do not go to an office-supply store and buy one off the shelf. These are tailor made, you need to put things in there that aren’t in these standard forms.”

Pick two power-of-attorneys, as well, Trainor advises and if they are your offspring, make sure they are good with money and make sure you can trust them.

As well, make sure those with power of attorney “accountable to somebody, that’s probably the key. They have to show somebody your bank statement,” said Trainor.

There are other scams and offers people should watch out for.

Among the dicey ones are automated phone calls claiming to be able to do something about your credit card debt.

The problem with those offers, Trainor says, is “you have to pay a fee.” And that is the catch. You have to be leery about calls from people soliciting you to “pay a fee to win money or to help you,” he says.

“If it’s to win money it’s a scam, if it’s to help you out it could be a legitimate busi-

ness, but they’re not being upfront with you.”

He considers it a “grey area” and advises people to do their homework in those cases and use Google and other searches to find out exactly what the cost would be and all the information they can on names, company names and so on.

Trainor notes there is a scam going around where people claiming to be auto brokers advertise and claim they can guarantee your vehicle will be sold but they want $500 wired in advance.

“And of course if you wire to them $500 you never hear from them again.”

Another grey area is automated phone calls from people claiming you have won a free cruise in the Caribbean.

The problem is all the other costs, and things, they don’t mention about the trip.

“They’re not illegal, but they’re not being up front,” said Trainor.

What happens is they may send you a plane ticket for a cruise from Miami, but the ticket is a “companion”

ticket where someone else must join you on the trip and pay the full fare. Also, it may only be a one-way ticket, which means you’ll have to sit through a timeshare pre-

sentation just to get a ticket home — and the timeshares cost $15,000 to $25,000.

It’s not exactly a scam, said Trainor, but “they don’t tell you a lot of things.”

newsoptimist.ca Last week’s News-Optimist online poll: Spring has sprung. What’s your biggest beef? ✓ The pot holes. 66.7% ✓ The lack of sanding in City-owned parking lots. 4.8% ✓ Icy sidewalks. 9.5% ✓ Drivers splashing pedestrians. 19.0%

This week’s News-Optimist online poll: There’s been a rash of vehicle tampering in North Battleford lately.

What do you think is the best deterrent to potential theft or vandalism? ✓ Always lock your vehicle doors. ✓ Don’t leave tempting items in your vehicle. ✓ Park in highly visible places. ✓ Use a car alarm. ✓ Stay home.

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Tuesday, March 25, 2014 - PAGE 4

Commentary

Time to rein in the climate change carbon baggers

By Michelle Stirling-Anosh The World Economic Forum, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank all continue to propagate a catastrophic scenario of future climate change. Can anyone forget the IMF’s Christine Lagarde’s infamous claim at the recent World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, that if we don’t take action on climate change now, future generations will be “roasted, toasted, fried and grilled?”

One would think that Lagarde — a lawyer by training, a profession founded on evidence — would not mislead billions of people in this immoral way. Even the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which has overstated the impact of carbon dioxide and the effect of human factors on climate change over the past 25 years, has never stooped this low.

Even NASA and the IPCC have acknowledged there has been a 16-plus year natural “pause” in global warming. Climate expert Roger Pielke, Jr. presented evidence of no trend in extreme weather events to the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works in July 2013.

And on March 5 of this year, the Global Warming Policy Foundation of the United Kingdom released a new report entitled “Oversensitive: How the IPCC hid the good news on global warming,” complete with a forward by esteemed American atmospheric scientist Judith Curry, indicating the impact of carbon dioxide on climate change has been significantly overstated by the IPCC. But that hasn’t stopped organizations such as the World Bank and the IMF from continuing to raise fears of catastrophic global warming.

According to its website, the World Bank is heavily invested in low-carbon projects for the Third World, while

the IMF is touting the benefits of carbon taxes even as the carbon markets in Europe have collapsed completely, to the point that Germany has gone back to building over 20 coal plants because the “carbon risk” of increased taxes to investors is now considered negligible.

The IMF is also pushing for a carbon tax in the United States, despite clear evidence from Europe that carbon taxes and related greenhouse gas reduction targets have driven millions of citizens into “heat-or-eat” poverty, destroyed shareholder value in utility companies, destabilized the power grid and caused electrical rates to jump 37 per cent since 2005. Benny Peiser of the Global Warming Policy Foundation calls this “. . . one of the biggest wealth transfers from poor to rich in modern European history.”

All this makes one wonder why the World Economic Forum, the IMF and World Bank are being so obstinate in maintaining an increasingly discredited position.

So many roads lead to Chicago, climate change, carbon and Lagarde’s tenure at Baker and McKenzie, a Chicago law firm recognized “as one of the first global law firms to establish a climate change practice . . .” U.S. President Barack Obama spent over six years as a board member of the Joyce Foundation that financed the founding of the Chicago Climate Exchange, which eventually collapsed. The Joyce Foundation also funds TIDES and other ENGOs that loudly proclaim climate terror despite no scientific evidence.

But as Fox News reported in 2010, the collapse of the

Chicago Climate Exchange simply meant a strategy shift, as the Obama administration is pushing ahead with a piecemeal approach to instituting carbon taxes.

Climate carbon bagging is a lucrative business for the right people. In a PowerPoint presentation from 2007, Baker McKenzie gave us an example: a Chinese plant sells its emissions credits; a private fund and the World Bank buy them, then resell them through “the IM process” and the World Bank, raising “U$1.2 billion in 23 minutes.”

By contrast, the Financial Conduct Authority of the UK reported in September of 2013 that not a single ordinary investor has made any money in carbon credits. Ordinary investors, you see, are not able to sell or trade carbon credits once acquired.

American industry is recoiling from the thought of additional Environmental Protection Agency “carbon pollution” regulations. So should Canadians because carbon hysteria has nothing to do with saving the planet.

New evidence, including the 16-year “pause” in global warming, shows that carbon dioxide is not a “control knob’”on climate, yet the World Economic Forum, IMF and World Bank continue with “conning the climate” and the rest of us.

Time we all stopped being suckers for climate scare.

— Michelle Stirling-Anosh is the Communications Manager of Friends of Science. www.troymedia.com

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NDP critics say 2014 budget misses the mark

By John Cairns Staff Reporter

Reaction to the 2014 provincial budget presented Wednesday by Finance Minister Ken Krawetz is swiftly pouring in.

Not surprisingly the opposition NDP were not pleased with what they heard from the Saskatchewan Party government.

Opposition finance critic Trent Wotherspoon said in the legislature that the NDP had outlined seven priorities that should be addressed by the budget, of which only one — no increase to the Education Property Tax —was met.

The others, which included an end to consultant contracts, funding for quality of care and minimum staffing in seniors’ care homes, rerouting of standardized testing money into teaching, a multiyear plan to reduce class sizes, coming up with a cost-effective plan to build schools instead of P3s and action to address the high cost of living and increased out-of-pocket expenses for Saskatchewan families for fewer government services, were not addressed, the NDP contends.

“Those priorities, the priorities of families, of seniors, of students, those priorities were ignored by that government in this year’s budget,” Wotherspoon told the legis-

lature.

“Shockingly despite the NDP’s list of seven priorities, and those being a common sense, meat-and-potatoes, must-have list, the government managed to tick off just one of those seven boxes because, Mr. Speaker, this budget is a budget that is full of cuts and crumbs for Saskatchewan people. The message this budget sends to everyday families is, brace yourselves. The things you count on that really need improvement are likely to get even worse with this sort of budget.”

Somewhat happier with the budget, however, was the Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce. Their CEO Steve McLellan said in a news release Wednesday the budget “managed expectations across the board.”

He called it a “good budget, that was balanced on many levels,” but did express frustration over the government’s “lack of action on the promised two per cent reduction in the corporate income tax rate.” And while he welcomed the decision not to hike the Education Property Tax, he did note “an opportunity was missed to make real structural changes like differentials between business and residential tax rates and assessment cycles, which still fundamentally need to be made.”

In their reaction to the budget, City of North Bat-

tleford officials made clear top priorities included infrastructure and road projects, as well as funding for crimereduction and safer-communities initiatives they want to move forward with.

On the latter issue, Mayor Ian Hamilton was hopeful about news in the budget that additional “centres of responsibility” would be created to address those issues.

“I am encouraged by the announcement of two additional CORs in Saskatchewan and we expect to be chosen as one of the locations,” said Hamilton in a statement.

“We have conducted recent presentations to the provincial government regarding the need for coordination of all services and assets available to those in need, and provincial officials seemed receptive. We’ll have to wait to find out.”

But in the news release issued Wednesday, Hamilton stated concern about a lack of specifics with the Urban Connector Program, with the City noting only $5.2 million is allocated out of the entire $405.2 million for transportation and infrastructure in Saskatchewan.

“For three years, the City of North Battleford has been waiting on funding for several agreed upon projects under this program and I am disappointed that we still have not heard anything on budget day.”

What’s Cooking at Holy Family?

Holy Family School students bake goodies to raise funds at their student Lead conferences.

Murder suspect Cote released Staff An individual charged with seconddegree murder in connection to an incident on Moosomin First Nation has been released on his own recognizance.

Taryn Cote, 19, appeared in Queen’s Bench Court in Battleford Thursday afternoon. Both he and co-accused Troy Swiftwolfe are charged in the incident that took place on the reserve Feb. 2.

Both the Crown and defence agreed to Cote’s release, which comes with several conditions including keep-the-peace provisions, a 10 p.m to 7 a.m. curfew, a no alcohol or drugs order, firearms prohibitions and an extensive no contact order.

A publication ban on the evidence was also issued in the case.

Cote’s next court appearance will be in provincial court in North Battleford April 15.

Maidstone RCMP investigate Sandy Beach stabbing Staff MAIDSTONE — A 36year-old man was treated for stab wounds after an incident at Sandy Beach in the early morning hours Friday, according to Maidstone RCMP. The man was transported to Maidstone Health Complex by EMS. Police say he was treated for wounds to his shoulder and neck and has since been released.

The RCMP say their investigation revealed a 36year-old woman and the male victim were involved

in an altercation. These individuals are known to each other and at the time of the incident, the woman was on court-imposed conditions not

to have contact with the man, according to police.

RCMP located and arrested the woman at a residence in Lloydminster Friday.

Check out The Battlefords RCMP Daily Report on our website at

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Holy Family School student, Connor, proudly displays his artwork.

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Kurtis Kopp, Darren Curson: e r fi e h t o t l e fu g in d d A

by Jayne Foster

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Brett Smith Sports Reporter

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Blair scores twice, BNS eliminate Estevan Bruins from playoffs

Cameron Blair leads the handshake line after the North Stars eliminated the Estevan Bruins from the SJHL playoffs Friday night. Photo by Brett Smith

By Brett Smith Sports Reporter

Cameron Blair scored his fourth and fifth goals of the playoffs to lead the Battlefords North Stars to a 2-1 victory over the Estevan Bruins in game five of their SJHL quarter-final series at the Civic Centre Friday night.

With the win, the North Stars eliminated the Bruins after winning the series 4-1.

Blair had a strong opening series for Battlefords, picking up a point in every game. He had five goals and two assists in five games played. Head coach Kevin Hasselberg said he has profound respect for players like Blair.

“We brought him in for a reason and he’s shown why.”

Captain Kyle Schmidt was generating offence early in the first from the point.

His shots were redirected twice, one forcing Estevan netminder Matt Gibney to kick the puck away with his pads.

It was the Bruins who opened the scoring midway through the first period, quieting the 1,521 fans in attendance. Battlefords goalie Michael Gudmandson made the initial save on Cory Koslowski’s shot. Tanner Froese picked up the rebound and passed across the net.

Austin Daae redirected the puck past Gudmandson to give Estevan a 1-0 lead 6:40

into the frame.

The North Stars kept the pressure on as they tried for an equalizer. Igor Leonenko had two chances. He snapped a shot quickly off a faceoff that almost fooled Gibney.

Later, his shot was stopped by the Bruins goaltender and sent around the back of the net. Luke McColgan grabbed the loose puck and put it on net, but the toe of Gibney’s skate kept it out.

Blair picked up his first goal before the end of the period. With 1:24 left, he took a pass in the centre of the Bruins’ zone and snapped it over Gibney’s blocker.

Latrell Charleson and Ryne Keller set up Blair’s goal.

In the second, Estevan generated a chance off the forecheck. David Robertson won the race to a puck behind the net. He centred it for Keegan Allison, but the Bruins forward was unable to jam it past Gudmandson.

Later, a shot squeaked through Gudmandson and sat in the crease. Schmidt was able to get to the puck first and clear it from danger.

Gudmandson’s best save of the period came shortly after. Daae was left alone in the slot and snapped a shot on target. The North Stars goalie flashed the glove and knocked the puck down, making the stop and keeping the game tied at one.

Gibney countered early in the third period. He showed his agility by making multiple saves as the North Stars were buzzing in front of the Bruins’ goal. Gibney was able to keep the puck out of the net by sliding from side to side.

The North Stars solved Gibney again with the eventual game-winning goal on a power play midway through

Austin Daae gives North Stars goaltender Michael Gudmandson a snow shower during the second period of Battlefords’ 2-1 win over Estevan Friday night. The North Stars advance to the semifinals to take on the Melville Millionaires. Photo by Brett Smith

the third. With Bruins affiliate player Josh Rieger in the box for boarding, Blair got the goahead goal. He gathered the puck on the right side of the net and cut in front, jamming the puck over the goal line with 10:28 left to play.

Gudmandson preserved the lead for the rest of the period.

The North Stars had a couple of chances at an empty net late in the third, but they kept the Bruins out of their

zone for most of the final moments.

Gudmandson stopped 20 shots to clinch the series for the North Stars. Gibney made 31 saves in the loss.

Hasselberg said it was important to close out the series Friday night to avoid another bus ride to Estevan.

“It all wears players out,” said Hasselberg. “That certainly played a factor in the series with Estevan going back and forth to Flin Flon

in their five-game series. It was important that we won tonight. We needed this rest and our guys worked hard to earn that.”

The North Stars turn their attention to the Melville Millionaires, who swept the Kindersley Klippers in the quarter-finals.

Game one and two of the semifinal series are Friday and Saturday night at the Civic Centre. Both games start at 7:30 p.m.

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Battlefords Stars fall in overtime in game one of SMAAAHL final Notre Dame opened the scoring with 11:15 left in the first period. Evan Werle beat Stars goalie Rylan Toth to make it a 1-0 game. Jordan Berger and Keegan Milligan drew assists on the goal.

The Argos made it a 2-0 game early in the second with a power-play goal.

Kaden Elder found the back of the net 1:12 into the period from Taylor Ross and Elijah Francis.

Battlefords got on the board shortly after on a pow-

er play of their own. Mason Benning scored 2:52 into the second from Alex Pernitsky and Josh LaFramboise to make it a one-goal game.

The highest scoring line of the playoffs tied the game for the Stars in the third.

LaFramboise scored his seventh goal of the post-season 4:22 into the period to make it a 2-2 game. Linemates Josh Bly and Spencer Bast assisted on the goal.

The Argos scored two goals shortly after. Elder got

his second of the game from Werle and Nolan Reid with 14:46 remaining.

Two minutes later, Dillon Dube beat Toth to give the Argos a 4-2 lead with 12:23 left to play.

Battlefords used the power play to get back into the game. First, Bly beat Argos goaltender Dylan Ferguson with 8:42 to play.

LaFramboise and Pernitsky assisted on Bly’s goal. Three minutes later, Bast tied the game at four with an assist

from Dawson Bacon, sending the game into overtime.

Jack Flaman was the hero for the Argos when he scored with 7:22 to play in the first overtime period. Colin Burston and Cole Williams assisted on the game-winning goal.

Toth made 34 saves while picking up his first loss of the playoffs. Ferguson stopped 28 shots for the Argos in the win.

Game two was Monday at the Civic Centre.

New Horizons curling wraps up spring session

By Brett Smith Sports Reporter

Despite coming from behind in the third period, the Battlefords Stars dropped

game one of the SMAAAHL final 5-4 in overtime to the Notre Dame Argos Saturday night in Wilcox.

The Stars trail the best-offive series 1-0. It was their first loss of the playoffs.

Bast signs deal with Kamloops Blazers Staff Battlefords Stars forward Spencer Bast has signed a standard education contract with the WHL’s Kamloops Blazers.

Bast picked up 31 goals and 37 assists in 44 games during the regular season, finishing second in the league in total points. He currently leads the playoffs with seven goals and eight assists in six games.

From Macklin, Bast has participated in the last two Blazers training camps. He also was a member of Team West during the World Under 17 Challenge in Nova Scotia in January.

Bast and the Stars continued the best-of-five SMAAAHL league final Monday night against the Notre Dame Argos at the Civic Centre. The Stars trail the series 1-0.

by Gerry Bristow When this gets to the press, the New Horizons will be playing the wind-up games of the season. The rinks play in a money spiel March 25 consisting of three four-end games against teams more or less of the same calibre. At the end of the day, if a team won all their games, they would come ahead by one dollar. If they lost all three games, they would be down by two. It is a high stakes competition.

It was the Belyk bunch that took the top honours by losing only one game in 2014. Doug didn’t do it all by himself. The strong team

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also had Hank Nickel playing third, Pat Tilmans as second and Jim Taylor starting off by setting up each end. Wally Gordey helped out when Hank was away.

The Belyk bunch took one in the first, gave up two in the second and then counted four in the third. It was a steal of three in the sixth that really sealed the game against Doc Hall. One can almost say with certainty that practice pays.

The Kjargaard team counted three in each of the first two ends, but then added only one in the third. They did not stop counting there and added

The New Horizons spring winners were the Doug Belyk team who suffered one loss in 2014. President Bernie Meisner hands the trophy to lead Jim Taylor, second Pat Tillmans, third Wally Gordey (filling in for Hank Nickel) and skip Doug Belyk.

Photo submitted more. They played this game so fast that they didn’t give Allan Rogers time to get on the board until the eighth. It was actually a cruel game with no letup. However, Al did count a legitimate five in the final end.

Eugene Korpach counted four in the fourth to double up the three that Dick Munn counted in the third. Looking at this game, there was hardly ever a rock through the house with at least six rocks in the rings. It was a big score and ended in a tie with Korpach playing a takeout to count two. There were only two ties in the 66 games played. Munn’s team were involved in both of them.

Dick Horrell started out with five in the first end, counted three more in the third and led by five after four. That five was the margin throughout the game as Bob Krismer just couldn’t catch up.

Peter Pauls and Bryan Peever were all tied after three and again after five. A three in the sixth broke the game open for the Pauls group. That three gave Pauls a three-point win over Peever.

The Forester foursome did not let up at the season’s end. They counted 1-3-4-3 before conceding one to the Alexander Scott group in the fifth end. The two teams shook hands after six.

March 28 The Battlefords North Stars start their SJHL semifinal series in game one against the Melville Millionaires at the Civic Centre. Game time is 7:30 p.m.

March 29-30 The NationsWEST Field House hosts the Subway Sask Cup No. 2 volleyball tournament for girls 14 and under.

March 29 If necessary, the Battlefords AAA Stars play the Notre Dame Argos in game four of the SMAAAHL final at the Civic Centre. The game starts at 1:30 p.m.

March 29 The Battlefords North Stars host game two of their SJHL semifinal series against the Melville Millionaires at the Civic Centre. Puck drop is 7:30 p.m.

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Rushing into sedges

Flowering snowy wood rush is a hardy tufted rush with green foliage. Photo by Megan Hansen

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Sedges have edges and rushes are round

By Sara Williams A few of the plants we commonly refer to as grasses are in actual fact sedges or rushes. A true grass will have hollow, rounded stems with solid nodes. A sedge has three-sided or triangular stems that are solid or pithy, while rushes are most easily identified by their cylindrical leaves. A quick half-rhyme/ half alliteration to help you remember the difference is “sedges have edges and rushes are round.”

Sedges we commonly use as “ornamental grasses” are found in the genera Carex and Cyperus. The lone rush mentioned here is the snowy wood rush (Luzula nivea).

The Beatles (Carex caryophyllea), is named, of course, after the musical group of the 1960s, and sports a “hair-do” of narrow green foliage 20 cm/8 in. in height similar to the musicians. It spreads by short runners and gradually forms a colony. It does well in sun or shade on moist soil.

Blue Zinger carnation grass or blue sedge (Carex flacca; syn. C. glauca) [sometimes sold as C. nigra] is native to Europe. It has wide blue foliage to 20-25 cm/8-10 in. long and is more upright and clump-forming than the species. It is very hardy and easily propagated by division. It grows well in shade to sun on a wide range of soils.

Palm sedge (Carex musk-

ingumensis) is fairly common in prairie gardens. Native to north-central North America, the green foliage is upright and arching to 60 cm (2 ft.) with brown flowers in summer. It spreads by rhizomes. An excellent bog plant, it grows well in sun to partial shade as long as moisture is adequate. There are two selections you might consider. Oehme, selected by landscape architect Wolfgang Oehme, begins green and has narrow yellow margins by mid-summer. Little Midge is a dwarf palm sedge one quarter of the size of the species (20-30 cm/8-12 in.)

Black flowering sedge (Carex nigra) is native to wet areas of Europe and eastern coast of North America. It is considered an extremely variable species and is 30- 80 cm (12- 30 in.) tall. The foliage is often a glacous blue and the female flowers are a distinctive black. It spreads by rhizomes and does well in full sun to light shade.

Variegata is a selection with blue leaves with lime yellow margins; 30cm/12 in. tall.

Umbrella sedge (Cyperus alternifolius) is a tender

pond plant. If you want it to survive, bring it indoors for the winter. Clump-forming and spreading by rhizomes, it has leafless stems with enormous umbels on top, under ideal conditions reaching a height of 1m/3 ft. It closely resembles the even more tender papyrus sedge (Cyperus papyrus), widely available as King Tut and used in container arrangements. However, like its sedge relatives it requires relatively high soil moisture conditions, as it is a bog plant under natural conditions.

Snowy wood rush (Luzula nivea) is a hardy, clumping, loosely tufted rush with green foliage with white hairs along the leaf margin. About 20 cm/8 in. in height, it has a delicate appearance and offwhite flowers in June. It does best in sun or partial shade with even moisture. Two selections to consider are the easy-to-grow Ruby Stiletto or Schneehaschen (little snow hare). The compact (30 cm/12 in.) Ruby Stilletto is a good filler with ruby red foliage in winter and early spring. Schneehaschen’s main feature is its nearly white flower heads. The species can be propagated by seed while the two cultivars should be divided.

— This column is provided courtesy of the Saskatchewan Perennial Society (www.saskperennial.ca; hortscene@ yahoo.com).

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Members share stitching and more Submitted Fifteen Rivers’ Edge Quilters met March 7 for their monthly meeting. Some lucky people were still away holidaying.

We discussed various items including future projects and our year end windup supper.

After the business part of the meeting was over we were delighted with the important show and share. Heather, Arlene, Irene and Leslie displayed their quilt tops from our quilting marathon.

Darlene and June showed their finished quilts and paper dolls.

The Rivers’ Edge Quilters are well known for their exquisite quilts, however we have a strong community portion that many are not so familiar with.

Several members give sewing lessons to women

from the Mental Health Association.

Comfort quilts, pillows and pillow cases are made for those in need and are distributed through the Battefords Food Bank.

We also made quilt tops for the victims of the High River and Calgary flooding.

Even our furry friends over at the humane society have received mats and blankets.

So if you are looking for something to do on a Thursday or Friday come over to the Don Ross Centre and join us. We are always looking for new members.

Members of the Rivers’ Edge Quilt Guild shared some of their finished work during the guild’s show and share portion of their regular meeting March 7. Two members also showed their paper dolls. Photos submitted

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The annual World Day of Prayer was held at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, North Battleford March 7.

The service was attended by members of 13 different churches.

The World Day of Prayer is a global ecumenical movement celebrated in more than 170 countries. This year the service was prepared by the Women of Egypt who invited the world to join with them, praying under the theme “Streams in the Desert.”

The symbols of the service were the Ankh or Key of Life and the White Lotus flower.

The worship included scripture passages, hymns and Egyptian music.

Nine readers represented their respective churches and four women in costume presented the story of the Women at the Well from the Gospel of John, Chapter Four.

Elaine Lane shared a reflection on the story, revealing that all people are valuable to God and that Jesus desires that we demonstrate love and respect to everyone. The story illustrates a

The annual World Day of Prayer was held at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, North Battleford March 7. This year’s service was prepared by the Women of Egypt. Left to right are Irene Klassen, Mary Rice, guest speaker Dr. Mary Rofail, Elaine Lane and Rosemarie Katzell.

Photo submitted breakdown of cultural barriers, religious differences and prejudices; the “Living Water” is offered to all.

Special guest, Dr. Mary Rofail, an Egyptian-Canadian and member of the Coptic Christian Church, spoke of Egypt as a land in transition. The population is approximately 85 million, nine to 10 million of whom are Christian. Coptic Christianity in Egypt dates back more than 2,000 years to the visit of the Holy Family.

Three liturgies are celebrated weekly on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. There are 210 “fast” days when no animal products are consumed.

Traditionally men sit on one side of the church and women on the other, however today families do sit together on occasion. It is noteworthy that many Egyptian farmers still use the ancient Coptic Calendar. In her closing remarks Dr. Rofail challenged the congregation as Christians to work together to encour-

age young people to attend church.

In Canada, the World Day of Prayer is sponsored by the Women’s Inter-Church Council. The offering is forwarded to the WICC to support project grants that benefit people in need in Canada and around the world.

At the close of the service, everyone was invited to share refreshments and fellowship in St. Andrew’s Church Hall where a variety of Egyptian fare was on offer.

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Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast to feature Grey Cup winner Staff A winner of two Grey Cups, will be the guest speaker at the Battlefords Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast sponsored by the Battlefords Ministerial Association April 5.

The Battlefords Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast is an annual event, the goal of which is to honour and support the civic leaders of two close-linked communities. Mayors Ian Hamilton of North Battleford and Derek Mahon of Bat-

tleford will be the guests of honour.

The keynote speaker of this year’s event is Michael Palmer, who has won two Grey Cups, the first in 2004 as a member of the Toronto Argonauts and in 2007 as a wider receiver with the Roughriders.

Now an entrepreneur and professional motivational speaker, Palmer focuses on topics including “The Importance of Having a Dream,” “Personal Growth,” Leadership,” “Anti-bullying,”

“Attitude” and “Believing in Ourselves” to name a few.

Palmer says his faith has been a significant factor in his life. He enjoys talking and sharing aspects of his faith with others. He will be speaking about how Jesus Christ has influenced every aspect of his life, including sports, family, business and community involvement.

He and his wife Kaya live in Regina where Palmer is an account manager at WDM Office Systems.

The Battlefords Ministe-

rial Association says it has been encouraging to see men and women from all walks of life in the community attending this event, showing support to their mayors, and it invites all to attend this inspiring function.

Tickets are available at Bee-Js Office Plus, Living Faith Chapel of Territorial Drive Alliance Church at a cost of $25 per person or $175 for a table of eight. It will be held at the Western Development Museum Saturday, April 5 at 8:30 a.m.

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He will be dearly missed by his nieces and nephews Jennifer, Andrew, Lisa, Amy, and Jerad as well as his aunts and many cousins. He was predeceased by his parents Audrey and Douglas, and brother Peter.

Please remember him through a donation to the Battlefords Branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association (1011-103rd Street, North Battleford, S9A 1K3) or the Battlefords Boys and Girls Club (1602103rd Street, S9A 1L7). A Memorial Service to honour Brian’s life will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 29th, 2014 at Sallows and McDonald - Wilson and Zehner Funeral Home, 1271 103 Street, North Battleford. Condolences for the family may be left at www.sallowsandmcdonald.com The family has placed their trust with Sallows and McDonald - Wilson and Zehner Funeral Home, North Battleford. (306) 445-2418

WEBER: John Jacob Weber, 88, died peacefully in his sleep on Saturday, March 1, 2014. He was born on April 18, 1925 to David and Sadie Weber. John is survived by his friend, Phyllis Ochs; by his nine children: Lilliane Mahe (Jane) – Sylvie (Rick), Carolyn; Diane Kemp – Lanny (Karen): Brooklyn, Sierra; Monica Weber; Mark (Wanda) Weber – Mark Jr. (Ashley), Amanda (Chayse); Rachele (Al) Stewart; Ken (Donna) Weber – Bradley (Megan): Brooke, Caden; Curtis (Lori): Kendall, Parker; Blaine (Jennilee): Presley, Lauren; Alan – Angie: Livia; Jacob; Lloyd (Sandra) – Jesse (Darci); Jeremy; Patty (Andy) Thiell – Chandra (Eric): Carter, Tucker, Ellie; Nate; Geoff (Jamie). Also survived by the mother of his children, Therese Weber; his sister, Marlene Dion; his brother-in-law, Jack Abbott; his sister-in-law, Shirley Godbout. John was predeceased by his parents, brothers and sisters; two infant children; son-in-law, Alvin Kemp; two grandsons: Darcy Kemp and Serge Mahe; and one great granddaughter, Haylee Thiell. Funeral Service was held Wednesday, March 5, 2014 in “The Garden Chapel” – Battlefords Funeral Service, North Battleford, SK with Fr. Gerard Legaspi, Notre Dame Parish, Celebrant. The Eulogy was given by Lilliane Mahe. Liturgy Of The Word was shared by: 1st Reading ~ Caroline Mahe; Psalm ~ Patty Thiell; 2nd Reading ~ Chandra Thiell; Gospel ~ Fr. Gerard Legaspi and Prayers Of The Faithful ~ Megan Weber.

The Pallbearers were Lanny Kemp, Brad Weber, Curtis Weber, Blaine Weber, Nate Thiell, Geoff Thiell and Mark Weber Jr. Memorial donations in John’s memory may be made to the Battlefords Union Hospital Foundation - Palliative Care Unit, Box 1358, North Battleford, SK S9A 3L8. Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Battlefords Funeral Service. ____________________________________________________

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BLANCHETTE: Irene Blanchette and Family announce the Passing of Alfred Blanchette. Born July 3, 1917, went to our Lord March 16, 2014 in North Battleford at 96 years. He is survived by his wife of 66 years Irene (Parent) and his seven children: Gisele Blanchette (Melvin Wasylyshin) of Saskatoon, Rose Marie Blanchette of North Battleford, Maurice (Linda) Blanchette of Taiwan, Annette (Lionel) Textor of Calgary, Colette (Luc) Bezaire of Saskatoon, Beatrice (Rick) Reid of Saskatoon, Pierre Blanchette (Rob Witiuk) of Edmonton; 17 grandchildren, 14 great grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. He was born on the original homestead 3 miles from Vawn to parents Laurent Blanchette and Marie Anna (Rheault). He is survived by one brother Rudolph (Helen). He is predeceased by his parents, 10 brothers and 4 sisters. He was number 11 of 15 children. During the 1930s Alfred rode the rails landing in Alberta for one winter. He slept by campfires, cooked at a coal mine and then lumbered. He spent WWII in the Aleutian Islands and took a flame throwers course in England. He was 3 days from the front when V Day was declared. Alfred met Irene at the Circular Hall North Battleford and married June 10, 1947. They homesteaded on the farm outside Vawn for 30 years. He served on the school and church board, was active as a fourth degree knight in the Knights of Columbus, 4-H, A.C.F.C., and drove school bus.

Alfred enjoyed farming, gardening, camping, fishing, golfing and travelling around visiting family and friends. Alfred and Irene enjoyed their winter vacations in Yuma for 12 years spending time with numerous nieces and nephews. A favorite uncle, he loved a good time. They enjoyed trips to Expo in Montreal and Vancouver.

In the early 80’s Alfred took Irene to Europe to retrace his steps from WWII. He was lucky, won a trip, won at cards and twice got a perfect 29 in cribbage. They moved to Vawn where Alfred was post master for 7 years. In 2000 they moved to North Battleford. Dad and Mom enjoyed a wonderful life together, were blessed to stay together till the end. Alfred passed away peacefully after one night in Battlefords Union Hospital. We want to thank the staff at Esther’s Place and a very special thank you to Tracy, Esther, Joan and Annabel. Thank you to the girls at the Battleford’s Co-op Restaurant.

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LAVOIE, GERTRUDE EVA: In memory of Gertrude (Trudy) Lavoie of North Battleford, SK who died peacefully on February 20, 2014 at Battlefords Union Hospital, Palliative Care with her loving daughters, Yvette, Deanne and Louise at her side. Gertrude was born on July 10, 1929 to Charles and Eva Prince of Delmas. Gertrude (Trudy) is remembered by many as a wonderful, caring and compassionate nurse, particularly on the Maternity Ward. Farmers recall her generous hospitality, quick sense of humor, and accounting acumen during the 44 years that she and Henri farmed together in the Blaine Lake and Delmas communities until his passing on Oct 7, 1998. Her deep faith and quiet confidence that everything would work out were shared with friends and family alike at the many family gatherings and events that she wholeheartedly hosted. All those who sat around her table partook of her abundant garden produce, deliciously prepared, and of course, her quiet dignity. Most of all, it is her fortitude, her firmness, in the face of dire hardships and disastrous circumstances that that dear servant exemplified to us. “In the very midst of these severe trials, she continued to love us one and all, moment by moment, without a word of complaint about her lot in life, but rather demonstrating a patience and a grace that could only have been born of God, and thus returning the joy to our hearts.” (quote from the Eulogy). In the place of complaining, she gave thanks. Her generosity extended to many others in contributions to charities around the world until her death at the age of 84. She truly was a blessing to all in her life. May she continue to be an inspiration to all. Gertrude is predeceased by her parents Charles and Eva Prince; her husband Henri Lavoie; son Denis Lavoie; grandsons Michael Lavoie and Colin Miedema; aunt Lucille Arcand; uncle Lawrence Lessard; sisters Marie-Jeanne Prince, S.A.S.V. and Francoise Lavoie; brother Denis Prince; sister-in-law Frances Prince; brother-in-law Michael Lancaster; niece Carmen Prince and nephews Nicole Prince and Lawrence Meyers. Gertrude will be greatly missed, especially by her daughter-in-law Linda (Frank) NilssonFrigstad, Port Alberni, BC (children, Philip and Sherise Peddle, BC) and daughters Yvette Miedema (Barry Werth), N. Battleford, SK (children Marieta (Vladimir Cordas) Miedema: Matteo and Simona; Jay (Trisha Chakrabarty) Miedema Luke (Denali) Miedema and Joel (Chantal) Miedema), and Barry’s children Lisa (Russ Rodgers) and Phil (Careyann) Werth: Douglas and Amelia Mae, Deanne Lavoie-Holmes (Warren Holmes) N. Battleford (children Daniel (Lindsay) Woodrow, Nicole (Scott) Johnson: Marcus, Morgan, Macey and Emery), Brian and Ben Woodrow, and Warren’s children, Holly (Tyler) Bottrell: Kianna, Jac, Tye and Dia, and Victoria Holmes, and Louise Wilson (Lloyd) Stockholm, SK (children Elyce Wilson: Ainsley and Kaiden, Renee (Aaron Wiebe) Wilson: Blair and Natalie Louise, and Joseph Wilson ( Kyla Gillespie). Gertrude is survived by her aunts Emma Hamel, Niagara Falls, ON and Reine Lessard, N. Battleford, SK; her brothers Maurice Prince, N. Battleford, SK, Aime (Joan) Prince, Delmas, SK, Gilbert (Dorothy) Prince, Battleford, SK, Bro. Edouard Prince, O.M.I., Lutsel K’e, N.W.T., and Bernard (Louise) Prince, Battleford, SK; sisters Charlotte Lancaster, Calgary, AB and Madeleine Prince, S.A.S.V., Edmonton, AB; sisterin-law Betty Prince, Saskatoon, SK; numerous cousins, nieces and nephews. The funeral service was held on Tuesday, February 25, 2014 at Living Faith Chapel, N. 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CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

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Lean Man First Nation FINANCIAL CONSULTANT

WANTED PAPER CARRIERS

ROUTE 21 101st Street

1600 - 1800 Blocks

102nd Street

For information, call 306-445-1719.

1600 - 1800 Blocks

Debbie Wohlberg Returning OfÀcer

Pennydale Junction

is accepting resumés for WAITRESSES

Mosquito-Grizzly Bear’s Head Lean Man First Nation requires a new Financial Consultant to handle Ɠnancial plans and policies, accounting practices, the conduct of relationships with lending institutions and the Ɠnancial community, maintenance of Ɠscal records, auditing, tax planning and the preparation of Ɠnancial reports including monthly bank reconciliations. This position involves supervision over general accounting, property accounting, internal auditing, cost accounting, and budgetary controls.

Closing date for applicants: Friday, March 28, 2014 QualiƓed applicants should contact Mosquito Band OfƓce at: Mosquito-Grizzly Bear’s Head Lean Man First Nation Attention: Chief & Council Box 177, Cando, SK. S0K 0V0 Fax: 306-937-3678 We would like to thank all applicants for their interest with Mosquito-Grizzly Bear’s Head Lean Man First Nation, but we will only contact applicants that we will be interviewing.

Applications are to be completed and received by the Returning OfÀcer no later than 4:00 p.m., Wednesday, April 9, 2014.

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Treaty Six Education Council in partnership with

Living Sky School Division No. 202 invite student focused, relationship building, team players with a commitment to First Nations student success to submit their applications for a full-time

GRADUATION COACH

at North Battleford Comprehensive High School For more information contact Lyndon Heinemann, Principal at 306-445-6101 or email lyndon.heinemann@lskysd.ca Applications to be sent to: Human Resources Living Sky School Division 509 Pioneer Avenue, North Battleford, SK S9A 4A5 Email: hr@lskysd.ca Fax: 306-445-1324 Applications should include an up-to-date Criminal Records Check with the Vulnerable Sector Search.

Application deadline - noon, Friday, April 4, 2014.

For more information, please visit the website at www.lskysd.ca

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INVITATION TO TENDER MEOTA and DISTRICT FIRE DEPARTMENT 502-2nd Avenue East, PO Box 123 Meota, Saskatchewan, S0M 1X0 Sealed Tenders will be received in the office of The Village of Meota Hours of Operation: Monday to Friday 9:00 am - 4:00 pm 502-2nd Avenue East, PO Box 123 Meota, Saskatchewan S0M 1X0 Until 2:00 pm local time April 4, 2014 The work involves the construction of a new fire hall and meeting room facility in the Village of Meota.

Tender Documents may be obtained from the Village of Meota on deposit of $50.00. This depsoit will be refunded upon return of the Tender Documents, in good condition, within five (5) working days after the opening date.

Tenders must be accompanied by a 10% Bid Bond or Certified Cheque for 10% of the Tender Sum. Owner reserves the right to reject any or all tenders.

Meota and District Fire Department 502-2nd Avenue East, PO Box 123 Meota, Saskatchewan, S0M 1X0 Phone: 306-892-2277 Fax: 306-892-2275 Email: vmeota@sasktel.net

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Phone 306-445-7261 M o s q u i to - G r i zzly B ear’s H ead

Lean Man First Nation FINANCE MANAGER

Mosquito-Grizzly Bear’s Head Lean Man First Nation requires a new Finance Manager responsible for the management and administration including the preparation, administration and monitoring of operating and capital budgets, monthly accounting, Ɠnancial planning and reporting.

The new Finance Manager will be required to produce and analyze Ɠnancial information critical to our business interests. The Finance Manager will be responsible for the creation and presentation of Ɠnancial reports to management and Chief & Council regarding accounting data to enable knowledge based decision making forecasts.

The Finance Manager will also be expected to handle Ɠnancial plans and policies, accounting practices, the conduct of relationships with lending institutions and the Ɠnancial community, maintenance of Ɠnancial records, and the preparation of Ɠnancial reports including monthly bank reconciliations.

Closing date for applicants: Friday, March 28, 2014 QualiƓed applicants should contact Mosquito Grizzly Bear’s Head Lean Man First Nation at: Mosquito-Grizzly Bear’s Head Lean Man First Nation Attention: Chief & Council Box 177, Cando, SK. S0K 0V0 Fax: 306-937-3678 We would like to thank all applicants for their interest with Mosquito-Grizzly Bear’s Head Lean Man First Nation, but we will only contact applicants that we will be interviewing.

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

THERAPIST/COUNSELLOR POSITION Full-Time Kanaweyimik is offering a full-time therapist/counsellor position within a unique, exciting and newly established counselling program. We provide a multi-disciplinary, holistic, therapeutic treatment service to individuals and families who have experienced violence and abuse. Our program uses both Western therapeutic and Aboriginal cultural perspectives.

Extensive training and ongoing clinical supervision will be provided.

QUALIFICATIONS • A Masters degree in a related Àeld or a Registered Psychologist in Saskatchewan • Experience providing individual, group and family therapy • Knowledgeable and sensitive to Aboriginal issues with an understanding of the dynamics of intergenerational abuse • Computer skills • Excellent verbal, written and time management skills • A clear criminal and child abuse records check • A valid driver’s licence An immediate or negotiable start date with very competitive salary and benefts.

Due to the focus of the position being to provide services to First Nations individuals in an agency operated by member First Nations, preference will be given to those applicants for this position who are of aboriginal ancestry.

Please forward detailed resumés by email to: tony@tonymartens.ca or by mail to: 9621 - 161A Street, Surrey, B.C. V4N 2E8. Please address to the attention of Tony Martens, M.Sc., BSW, RCC, RSW. Deadline for accepting applications is March 31, 2014 at 5pm local time.

Contact person: Tony Martens 604-583-6612. Only successful candidates who make the short list will be contacted.

Recruitment process to continue until a successful candidate is selected.

Tuesday, March 25, 2014 - PAGE 16

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Prairie Employment Program

SUMMER STUDENTS

Lilydale Inc - A Sofina Foods Company Is currently seeking full-time Production Workers for their chicken plant in Wynyard, Sask. Starting wage is 13.84/ hr with a comprehensive benefits package and pension program. All applicants welcome!

Applications are now being accepted for summer student work with Prairie Employment Program.

The position requires that the student work 37.5 hours per week with people who strive to maintain ongoing employment.

Wages $13.00/hr.

Prairie Employment Program is a diversity and representative workforce employer.

Applicants may submit an up-to-date resumé with references

by April 30, 2014 to:

Call Linda @ (306) 554-2555 EXT 238 for more info Send Resumes to: Linda Karakochuk Sofina Foods Inc Box 760 Wynyard, SK SOA 4T0 Fax: (306) 554-3958 Email: LKarakochuk@sofinafoods.com

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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.

Saturday, March 29 Writing Workshop ‘Metaphor Yoga’ by Barbara Klar from 10:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.and Author Reading at 5:00 p.m. at the North Battleford Library. Phone 306-445-3206.

Monday, March 31 Adult Book Club at the North Battleford Library at 7:00 p.m. For more information phone 306-445-3206.

Tuesday, April 1 Lenten Lunches - Soup and Sandwich Lunch from noon to 1:00 p.m.

Come out to St. Paul’s, 1302 - 99th Street for your Lenten message given by Pastor Nora Borgeson - “Forgiven”.

Friday, Saturday & Sunday, April 3, 4 & 5 Battlefords Agricultural Society 29th Annual Home, Trade & Farm Show - Agri-Mex & More, Hwy. 40 East, Exhibition Park, North Battleford.

Saturday, April 5 Mayors’ Prayer Breakfast. 8:30 a.m. at the Western Development Museum. With Keynote Speaker Michael Palmer, Entrepreneur, Motivational Speaker and Grey Cup Campion Saskatchewan Rough Riders. Tickets available at Bee-J’s.

Saturday, April 5 to June 21 Bilingual Play Group at the Battleford Francophone Centre, 1602 - 103rd Street, North Battleford for parents and children aged 0 to 6.

Songs & rhymes, crafts, story time, free play, snack time, networking and learning french...is child’s play. Information and inscription/to register phone 306-445-6436.

April 8, 15, 22, 29 & May 6 Heart to Heart a Heart and Stroke Foundation program in partnership with PNHR answering questions about heart health from 1:30 - 3:30 pm at the Primary Health Center. To Ànd out more or to register, call Kellie Heidel (306) 446-6424 or email kellie.heidel@pnrha.ca.

Tuesday - Saturday, April 8 - 12

Monthly Community Events Calendar Every W E Week k Day D M Mornings i

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

Tops Regular Weekly Meetings

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

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

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

Monday, Wednesday & Thursday

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.

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

Music Jam at Pioneer Hall, 792 - 105th Street from October 6th to May 4th, 2014. Come sing, dance and enjoy. For more information call 306-445-5036.

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.

Mondays

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.

2nd Monday of the Month

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.

Wednesday, April 9

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.

Friday & Saturday, April 11 & 12 Annual Indoor Spring Rummage Sale at the Battleford Royal Canadian Legion Branch #9. For more information phone 306-4417359 after 5:00 p.m.

Saturday, April 12 Be a Cool Cat - join the crew for Blues & Brews at the Western Development Museum, junction of Highways 16 & 40, North Battleford. Doors open at 8:00 p.m. and entertainment from 9:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. No minors allowed.

Friday, Saturday & Sunday, April 11, 12 & 13 Saskatchewan Archaeological Society 51st Annual Gathering. Friday at the Allen Sapp Gallery - Early registration, book and merchandise tables, wine & cheese reception & Gallery tour. Saturday at the Western Development Museum - Registration, book and merchandise tables, conference sessions & meeting, banquet and more. Sunday - Archaeological Tour - Battlefords Area - Land Titles Building, Government Ridge History Workshop.

This section, which will appear weekly in Tuesday's News-Optimist and Thursday’s Regional Optimist, is provided free-of-charge to non-pro½t 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.

2nd Wednesday of the Month

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

Daffodil Week at various locations - Second 2 None, Territorial Place Mall, Frontier Mall, Frazer’s No Frills, Battlefords Union Hospital and SLGA at various times.

Daffodil Tea at the Canadian Cancer Society, 1141 - 101st Street, North Battleford - donations. Daffodils available.

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Hillcrest Seniors Member Meeting at 10:30 aa.m. m at the Hillcrest Centre Centre, 122 - 24th Street, Battleford. Coffee at 10:15 a.m.

Tuesdays

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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 & 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 & 4th Thursday at 10202 - 11th Avenue between 11:00 a.m. noon. This is a non-profit program.

2nd & 4th Thursdays of the Month Join us for Hillcrest Kaiser at 7:30 p.m. at the Hillcrest Centre, 122 24th Street, Battleford.

2nd & 4th Thursdays of the Month Hilldrest Knitting/Crochet from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. at the Hillcrest Centre, 122 - 24th Street, Battleford.

Fridays

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.

Hillcrest Singers from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. at the Hillcrest Centre, 122 - 24th Street, Battleford.

Tuesdays

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.

Tuesdays

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

1st Tuesdays of the Month

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

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.

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

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 & 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.

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.

Fridays

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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 Friday of the Month Olde Tyme Dance at the Pioneer Hall, 792 - 105th Street from 8:00 - 10:30 p.m. Pot Luck Lunch. Everyone welcome. For more info phone 306-445-5036.

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.

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, March 25, 2014 - PAGE 18

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Earth is between the sun and moon, so the planet’s shadow is cast across the lunar face. An event such as this will last for a few hours, so everybody should have a good view. Local time for the beginning of the eclipse is 10:53 p.m.; the beginning of the deep umbral phase is an hour later. Totality lasts for 78 minutes, from 1:06 until 2:24 a.m. Of course, this lunar eclipse presages the following solar eclipse, two weeks later — eclipses

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solar eclipse) is April 29.

Mercury is low on the eastern horizon at dawn, disappearing by April 15, as it passes behind the sun.

Venus is the bright light in the eastern dawn sky, but not particularly good viewing for northern observers. Neptune is just a little south of the Morning Star April 12, and the crescent moon passes by four degrees north April 25.

Mars is an all-night planet during April, rising at sunset, and setting near dawn. This means that the Red Planet is at opposition, much like when the moon is full, the sun is in the west, Mars is in the east. It’s also the closest approach to Earth on April 14, in the four-plusyear interval March 2012 to May 2016. The north polar cap will be tilted 22 degrees our way and in its shrinking mode, as Martian summer comes on.

Jupiter can be seen in the western evening sky, setting around midnight.

Saturn rises in late evening, apparently moving slowly westward against the starry backdrop. Watch for the near-occultation April 17, in the very early morning (just after midnight).

Uranus is behind the sun, not visible.

Neptune is in the eastern dawn sky, but not well placed for northern observers.

International Astronomy Day is on Saturday, May 10. Plan to do something astronomical!

— James Edgar has had an interest in the night sky all his life. He joined The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada in 2000 and is now assistant editor and a contributor to the Observer’s Handbook, production manager of the bi-monthly RASC Journal, and the society’s national secretary. He was given the RASC Service Award at the 2012 General Assembly in Edmonton.

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About the one who is the ultimate and only Of how many things can it be said, “This is the only one, or the greatest of all?”

For decades The Guinness Book of World Records has published lists of the biggest, fastest, oldest, costliest and so on. But the fact many revised editions have been produced testifies to the way world records can be broken.

Until Roger Bannister did it in 1954, no one in competition had run a mile in less than four minutes.

Then, it became the world record, when he made it in three minutes 59.4 seconds.

But since then, the feat has become common and, in the process, the time to run the mile has been lowered by about 17 seconds.

In contrast, there’s only one Person in all the universe who is infinitely and eternally great. That is God. The record of who His is and what He’s done is found in the Bible. And no new edition of that book will ever be needed to identify a new record-holder. He declares, “I am the Lord, and there is no other; there is no God besides Me.” (Isa. 45:5) Let’s take a few moments to explore the nature of God, in order to see what makes Him unique, especially as these things relate to God the

was willing to go to the cross to pay our debt of sin. (I Cor. 15:3) As well as being incomparable in the attributes of deity, He was incomparable in His condescension.

He “became poor” for us. (II Cor. 8:9; cf. Phil. 2:8) Johnson Oatman, Jr. (1856-1922) was a Christian

Robert Cottrill, B.A., B.R.E. http://wordwisehymns.com/ www.Wordwise Bible Studies.com Son, the Lord Jesus Christ.

First, there is God’s eternity. Through faith, we are said to receive the gift of eternal life (Jn. 3:16), but we all had a beginning. When Jesus’s birth in Bethlehem is prophesied, He is described as One “whose goings forth are from of old, from everlasting” (Mic. 5:2). And Christ was able to say to His hearers, “Before Abraham was, I Am.” (Jn. 8:58) Next, think of the Lord’s immutability (that His essential nature is unchanging). God says, “I am the Lord, I do not change.”

(Mal. 3:6) But no created thing is unchanging. Creation is described as something that will grow old, like a garment. (Heb. 1:10-11) “They will be changed, but You [Lord] are the same, and Your years will not fail.” (vs. 12) In the context, the writer is speaking of Christ.

(vs. 4-9) Then, we are told that the Lord is omnipresent (fully present everywhere). Christ is said to “fill all in all” (Eph. 1:23) – filling everything in every way. So He was able to say to His followers, before departing to His place in heaven at the Father’s right hand (Heb. 1:3), “Lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” (Matt.

28:20) As to His omnipotence, Christ describes Himself as “the Almighty,” (Rev. 1:8) the One who is able to “subdue all things to Himself.” (Phil. 3:20-21) As to omniscience, Christ is said to “know all things.” (Jn. 21:17 cf. 10:15) Yet it was this One who humbled Himself to become Man, and live among us as the compassionate “Friend” of any and all who came to Him. (Jn. 15:15) One who

businessman who served as a pastor, too. He also wrote the lyrics of some 5,000 gospel songs. In one, he exalts the uniqueness of Christ, both in His humbling and in the transcendence of His person.

The song says: “There’s not a friend like the lowly Jesus, / No, not one! No, not one!

/ None else could heal all our soul’s diseases, / No, not one! No, not one! / No friend like Him is so high and holy, / No, not one! No, not one! / And yet no friend is so meek and lowly, / No, not one! No, not one!” He is the ultimate and only, our Saviour and Lord.

Filed under ‘encouragement’ Last evening I pulled out a folder, the bland coloured manila one labelled Encouragement. Tightly squeezed between others sporting more impressive titles ranging from Agriculture to Strategic Planning, this one is accessed less frequently.

It’s the first to come to mind, however, when challenges seem overwhelming.

It’s been decades since I slipped that first letter into File E, but today I felt the need to go back and read. I wasn’t disappointed. Notes from our granddaughters, written over the past nearly 20 years brought back beautiful memories. A birthday card from Mom helped fill the void I still feel knowing that she’s no longer here.

There were numbers of thank you cards from folks

or events that I’d virtually forgotten, but nothing quite compared to a hand-drawn Christmas card from “Papa Crandall” my unofficial foster dad. It read: “If we had been blessed with a daughter it would be my wish that she would be just like you …”

Couldn’t keep dry eyes after reading that one.

Larry Crabb, psychologist, author, Bible teacher and seminar speaker said this: Encouragement is not the responsibility of the gifted few, it is the privilege of

every believer.

The value of encouraging someone else cannot be overestimated; if you doubt that just walk through the aisles of your local grocery or retail store, counting as you go the number of smile-less faces. As so many have so eloquently stated, we don’t know the pain or burdens borne by those we meet. Be it a smile, a hand-written note (remember those?), lunch together or the gift of a helping hand, your kindness will be filed under E in someone’s heart.

“Bear one another’s burdens and so fulfill the law of Christ.” Galatians 6:2 (NKJV) Here’s this week’s challenge: Who can I encourage and bless? In what ways? Remember, it’s our privilege!

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.

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 Gerard Legaspi MASSES: Saturday - 7:00 p.m.

Sundays: 11:00 a.m. & 5:00 p.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 Friday, Saturday & Sunday 7:00 pm Bible Training Classes & Personal Mentoring

306-445-5079

Pastors: Peter & Lydia LitchÀeld 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” Pastors Len Beaucage & Don Toovey Furniture or Donations: Please call Don at

306-441-1041

Phone 306-445-9096

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

Worship Service - 11:00 a.m.

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

Maidstone/ Paynton United Church of Canada

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

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

Sunday Morning Service 11:00 a.m.

Everyone Welcome Canadian National Baptist Convention

10:30 Service Church & CE Wing: 306-893-2611 For booking the Wing: 306-893-4465

CHURCH SERVICE Sunday 11:00 a.m.

1702 - 106th Street, North Battleford Rev. Dan Millard Phone: 306-445-4818 Email: tbcnb@sasktel.net Website: www.trinitybaptistchurch.ca Come join us this Sunday!

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

(YHU\RQH :HOFRPH www.thirdavenueunitedchurchnb.ca Email: thirdaveunited@sasktel.net

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