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So Sweet!

The Battlefords Photo Club has a monthly photo challenge. The challenge for October was “sweet” and it was won by Al Love for his photo entitled Sweet Hiding Spot. Photo by Al Love

Downtown North Battleford will celebrate Christmas with the fifth annual Christmas Parade this Saturday.

An afternoon of activities followed by the parade is being planned by a partnership between the Battlefords Boys and Girls Club, the City of North Battleford and the Downtown Business Improvement District.

“This is our opportunity to give an event back to the community as a ‘thank you’ for all of the generous support we get all year from the individuals and organizations in the Battlefords,” says Sheri Woolridge, executive director of the Battlefords Boys and Girls Club. “It is free to register and free to participate.”

The BID is encouraging downtown businesses to open their doors and decorate their store fronts to match the festive ambiance of not only the floats along the parade route, but the Winter Festival that will precede the parade.

“A Winter Festival will take place starting at 2 p.m. with the parade beginning at 4 p.m.” says BID Executive Director Lisa McEachern. “So far, we have confirmed the festival will include marshmallow roasting, hot chocolate and street hockey – all taking place prior to the parade.”

Any business, group or organization in the Battlefords can enter the parade. The deadline to enter is on Thursday, Nov. 20 and entry forms/entry details can be downloaded on the homepage of www.cityofnb.ca.

The route will cover 100th Street, 101st Street and 102nd Street, between 11th and 13th Avenues in the downtown area.

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Pretty potholders result of October club project

By Wilma Macdonald Guild Member

The regular meeting of the Rivers’ Edge Quilt Guild was held at 1 p.m. Nov. 7 in the Don Ross Craft Room.

It was reported that a good number of comfort quilts and pillowcases had been made and handed in by the members. Many lovely potholders were the result of a group project taught in October.

Other projects during the month were a class on “the disappearing pin wheel” and a lesson on hand quilting.

Both were found to be interesting and informative.

A quilt show at Caleb Village by several members was of great interest and enjoyment to the residents who are already looking forward to the next one.

Of special interest to the members this month is the announcement that Jaynie Himsl, the Saskatchewan representative for the Cana-

dian Quilt Association will be bringing the travelling quilt show, “It’s Time for Colour,” to North Battleford.

It is scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 12 at 1 p.m. in the Don Ross Centre.

Coming up this month is

a three-day sewing marathon as well as a class on “quilt as you go” and a small bag.

Following the meeting members had a chance to show off items recently finished which is always interesting and to enjoy a cup of coffee. The guild invites guests and prospective members to attend our meetings.

Meetings are held the first Friday of each month at 1 p.m. at the Don Ross craft room. For further information, please contact Carol at 306-445-4352 or Barb at 306-445-0486.

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Last week’s News-Optimist online poll: It’s confirmed the Saskatchewan Roughriders will play in Edmonton for their first CFL playoff game. What do you think of their prospects? ✓ I don’t think QB Darian Durant will play. We’re doomed!10.3% ✓ QB Darian Durant will play. We’re still doomed! 14.7% ✓ We’ll still beat Edmonton with Kerry Joseph,

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This week’s News-Optimist online poll: Living Sky School Division elementary schools in the Battlefords will not be offering Grade 7 next year, with that grade moved to NBCHS due to overcrowding. The division’s unique Catholic school, St. Vital, has asked to keep their Grade 7 class. Should the school board make an exception? ✓ Yes. Some students could end up attending three different schools in three years (St. Vital, NBCHS, JPII). That’s too disruptive to their education. ✓ No. Not all parents are happy about Grade 7 moving to NBCHS. Making an exception could cause hard feelings. ✓ I’m confused. Why is St. Vital, a Catholic school, part of the public school division?

The North Battleford Comprehensive High School Me to We - Be the Change Club collected gift filled shoe boxes from the classrooms for Operation Christmas Child. In 2014 the boxes will be delivered to children in Uruguay, El Salvador, Guatemala, Sierra Leone, Guinea Bissau, Equatorial Guinea and Venezuela. Here are some club members with the boxes: back row - Jessica Bjerkness, Alex Anderson-Callbeck, Rebecca Heustis, Ethan Peyachew, Alyssa Anderson, Parker Dove, Samaria Lightfoot, Meg Scorgie; front row - Paige Moosomin, Martina Larsen, Dominique Lessard, Jenelle Youst, Kerri Konchinew. Photo submitted

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Alleged assault victim assaults officers Staff North Battleford RCMP responded to more than 70 calls for service between 6 a.m. Friday, Nov. 14 and 6 a.m. Monday, Nov. 17.

Over the three-day period, North Battleford RCMP made 10 arrests relating to alcohol offences. Other investigations included seven child welfare and custody complaints, eight traffic investigations, one minor collision, six minor disturbances, two municipal bylaw investigations, two false or nuisance 911 calls, six false alarms and one missing person reported who was located.

Police are seeking information about the following incidents:

Friday

• An investigation was begun on the morning of Nov. 14 into an alleged assault that occurred shortly before noon Nov. 13 on the 2000 block of 102nd Crescent. Two youth are alleged to have assaulted a third youth, no injuries have been reported. Charges of assault are pending and the investigation is still ongoing.

• A vehicle parked on the 1400 block of 98th Street was damaged sometime over the previous four days. Damage to rear of vehicle.

• A cellphone was reported stolen from the 1300 block of 109th Street sometime over the last few days. A suspect has been identified and the investigation is ongoing.

Saturday

• Members received a report of a loud bang, possibly a gunshot, at 4:06 a.m. on the 1300 block of 108th Street.

Numerous persons in area spoken to but no additional witnesses identified. No dam-

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• Report of a yard light and fence damaged by unknown person(s) on the 1200 block of 103rd Street sometime during the evening of Nov. 14 or early morning of Nov. 15.

• A red 2012 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 was stolen from the 1400 block of 112th Street in the early morning hours of Nov. 15. Vehicle was recovered later in the day south of Biggar having been completely consumed by fire.

• Report of damage to a quad on the 1800 block of 98th Street, suspect(s) caused damage to ignition in an apparent unsuccessful attempt to start it.

• Police called to a residence on 1500 block of 105th Street on a report of an assault at 5:30 p.m. Upon arrival the alleged victim was located unharmed and would not co-operate with any investigation. Suspect was already gone from residence and no charges pursued.

• Report of an assault shortly before 6 p.m. Alleged victim being treated for serious but not life threatening injuries sustained in an altercation earlier in the day.

Possible suspect has been identified and the investigation is still ongoing.

• Report at 11:22 p.m. of a man engaged in an indecent act while in a parked semi

truck on Territorial Drive North. Man was located and found to have outstanding warrants from Saskatoon and arrested. After an investigation, a 48-year-old man from Red Deer, Alta. is now facing one count of engaging in an indecent act. His first appearance in North Battleford Provincial Court is set for Dec. 14.

Sunday

charges of resisting arrest.

A third subject, a 34-yearold man, was also arrested on scene for mischief and removed from the home, but no charges are being pursued against this subject. Both accused have since been released from custody on numerous conditions and are scheduled to appear in court Dec. 22.

• Members called to a business on Railway Avenue East at 2:14 a.m. on report of a woman who had been assaulted by another woman and was knocked out. Treated for minor injuries. A suspect has been identified and matter remains under investigation.

• Police called to a residence on the 1600 block of 101st Street at 4:28 a.m. in response to an incident of domestic violence. A 28year-old man was arrested on scene and is facing charges of assault, mischief under $5,000, uttering threats and resisting arrest. While being escorted from the home, the original alleged victim of the assault became upset and attacked the arresting officers and was also arrested. A 25-year-old woman is now facing two charges of assaulting a police officer and two

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Laurier on John A.: ‘A devotion to Canada’s welfare, Canada’s advancement and Canada’s glory’

By Arthur Milnes Nov. 20 is Sir Wilfrid Laurier Day across Canada thanks to an Act of Parliament. It is the annual opportunity Canadians have to reflect upon the life and legacy of Laurier, Canada’s first French Canadian prime minister.

Shortly after the 1891 election that saw Sir John A. Macdonald defeat his most worthy opponent the first prime minister died. The young Dominion was plunged into mourning when her citizens learned that John A. had passed away at Earnscliffe on the evening of June 6, 1891. When the House of Commons met in the sad aftermath, Laurier rose and delivered the greatest tribute in Canadian history.

On Sir Wilfrid Laurier Day 2014, falling as it does just short weeks before Macdonald of Kingston’s bicentennial day in January, an edited version of Laurier’s eulogy of the Father of Confederation from the new book, Canada Transformed: The Speeches of Sir John A. Macdonald, A Bicentennial Celebration, is found below.

Wilfrid Laurier: Sir John Macdonald now belongs to the ages, and it can be said with certainty, that the career which has just been closed is one of the most remarkable careers of this century ... As to his statesmanship, it is written in the history of Canada. It may be said without any exaggeration whatever, that the life of Sir John Macdonald, from the date he entered Parliament, is the history of Canada ...

His actions always displayed great originality of views, unbounded fertility of resources, a high level of intellectual conceptions, and, above all, a far-reaching vision beyond the event of the day, and still higher, permeating the whole, a broad patriotism—a devotion to Canada’s welfare, Canada’s advancement, and Canada’s glory.

The life of a statesman is always an arduous one, and very often it is an ungrateful one. More often than otherwise his actions do not mature until he is in his grave. Not so, however, in the case of Sir John Macdonald. His career has been a singularly fortunate one. His reverses were few and of short duration. He was fond of power, and, in my judgment, if I may say so, that may be the turning point of the judgment of history. He was fond of power, and he never made any secret of it. Many times we have heard him avow it on the floor of this Parliament, and his ambition in this respect was gratified, as perhaps, no other man’s ambition ever was...

In his death, too, he seems to have been singularly happy. Twenty years ago I was told by one who at that time was a close personal and political friend of Sir John Macdonald, that in the intimacy of his domestic circle he was fond of repeating that his end would be as the end of Lord Chatham—that he would be carried away from the floor of Parliament to die.

How true that vision into the future was we now know, for we saw him to the last, with enfeebled health and

Nov. 20 is Sir Wilfrid Laurier Day across Canada.

declining strength struggling on the floor of Parliament until the hand of fate pinned him to his bed to die. And thus to die with his armour on was probably his ambition. Sir, death is the law—the supreme law ... Death always carries with it an incredible sense of pain; but the one thing sad in death is that which is involved in the word separation—separation from all we love in life. This is what makes death so poignant when it strikes a man of intellect in middle age.

But when death is the natural termination of a full life, in which he who disappears has given the full measure of his capacity, has performed everything required from him, and more, the sadness of death is not for him who goes but for those who love him and remain ...

Today, we deplore the loss of him who, we all unite in saying, was the foremost Canadian of his time, and who filled the largest place in Canadian history...

Before the grave of him who, above all, was the Father of Confederation, let not grief be barren grief; but let grief be coupled with the resolution, the determination that the work in which the Liberals and Conservatives, in which (George) Brown and Macdonald united, shall not perish, but that though (a) United Canada may be deprived of the services of her greatest men, still Canada shall and will live.

— From the forthcoming Canada Transformed: The Speeches of Sir John A. Macdonald, A Bicentennial Celebration, edited by Dr. Sarah Gibson and Arthur Milnes and published by McClelland and Stewart.

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Weather Permitting tour hits North Battleford Nov. 28

By John Cairns Staff Reporter

The weather might be getting colder, but the comedy promises to heat up a bit once the Weather Permitting troupe comes to North Battleford.

The Weather Permitting tour will play at Porta Bella’s, 2491 99th St., Nov. 28 for a show beginning at 9 p.m.

The troupe, consisting of three young comedians — two male, one female — from Toronto, are on a national tour that started Nov. 12 in Timmins, Ont. and continues on west through Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia.

Michael Flamank, Andrew Barr and Michelle Christine, who make up Weather Permitting, have been performing together about three years. Members of the troupe have credits with Second City, MTV, North by Northeast and also other comedy tours and shows.

It was Christine who spoke to the News-Optimist while Flamank was driving them to Timmins for their first show of the tour last Wednesday.

For her, it was the name of the city that stood out when they decided to book a show here.

“North Battleford has the

coolest name,” said Christine, who explained the troupe was looking for a tour stop somewhere between Saskatoon and Edmonton.

She pointed out the Porta Bella’s owner was particularly happy to see them book their date for a Friday night, as they were used to entertainers who would rather spend weekends in the big cities instead.

North Battleford will be the final stop of the Saskatchewan portion of the Weather Permitting tour, which also consists of two shows in Moosomin Nov. 22 and 24, followed by two shows in Regina and another in Saskatoon.

In all, some 34 shows are scheduled from Ontario to British Columbia, with more dates to be announced later as they head to the East Coast in January.

Comedy fans in the Battlefords can expect “a fun, quirky, positive type of comedy. We’re definitely different styles.”

Christine describes herself as a “little more animated, a little bit more physical humour. I’ll talk about video games, I’ll poke fun at myself and my sex life.”

She describes her colleague Andrew as a “very clever comedian, he’s got very well-structured jokes.”

And then there is Michael, who is “a great story-teller, he loves to kind of be very descriptive and kind of paint a world for you that you can come into and follow along.”

Their personalities are positive and upbeat, Christine adds. “I don’t think any of us are very dark. We’re not very dark and angry people, which is very nice.”

The group got together after running into each other often at open-mike events in the Toronto area and they found they clicked.

They had been looking to do something different, said Christine. “We’re all adventurous and we’re all in our 20s, and thought, why not, let’s do this, go on a crossCanada tour.”

They expect it will make for a good package of comedy. “None of us are so similar in style that it will sound like a cookie cutter show of the same act. We’re all very unique and complementary.”

Christine also says this tour, where they will be performing somewhere almost every night until the end of the year, will help them develop as comedians.

“The more you experience, the more you can write about. So we can write about long car rides, we can write

International Education Week

Generating awareness, understanding Staff The Government of Saskatchewan has joined in the celebration of International Education Week from Nov. 17-21 with more than 100 partnering countries around the world.

According to a press release, International Education Week is dedicated to generating awareness and understanding of the important contributions and benefits that international education provides to our educational institutions, students and our country.

“We recognize the value that comes from international education,” Advanced Education Minister Kevin Doherty said.

“International study provides students with the opportunity to develop a global perspective and supports our province’s efforts to engage on the international stage.”

According to the ministry, the Saskatchewan Plan for Growth includes goals to increase the number of international students, encourage the study of international languages and build stronger partnerships with international post-secondary institutions.

“The number of international students attending the University of Regina has almost doubled over the past five years,” University of Regina President and ViceChancellor Dr. Vianne Timmons said.

“The result is a vibrant and

growing University of Regina that is more diverse, and like our province, more globally connected than at any time in its history.”

“We are a diverse campus community, welcoming international students from around the world to our U of S campus,” University of Saskatchewan interim president Dr. Gordon Barnhart said.

“Their perspectives, in

combination with our study abroad programming and global research partnerships, help enrich the learning opportunities for all of our students.”

“Saskatchewan Polytechnic recognizes the role international students play in helping to meet Saskatchewan’s future labour market needs,” president and CEO Dr. Larry Rosia said.

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about strange hotel rooms, we can write about weird crowds in Moosomin, Saskatchewan.”

Because of their generally sunny outlook on life and comedy in general, don’t expect to hear too many jokes running down North Battleford in the show. Instead,

expect to see them look for the cool or quirky things that they can make jokes about.

“I don’t want to make jokes about how it’s terrible, I want to make jokes about how it’s awesome,” Michelle said.

“I don’t want people to feel bad about who they are

or where they live, they’re coming out to have a good time.”

For more information on the Weather Permitting tour you can check out their website at www.weatherpermittingtour.com and you can visit them on Facebook as well.

Indie-pop Rocks the Dekker Centre

Regina indie-rock troupe Library Voices, only recently bumped from first place on Canada’s top-30 indie songs chart, made its first appearance in North Battleford Saturday, performing at the Dekker Centre for the Performing Arts. Band member Carl Johnson, centre, said it was a treat for the band, which had played a bar venue in Edmonton, Alta., the night before, to have such an attentive audience and play in such a great theatre. Photo by Jayne Foster

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David Robertson: r o t c e l l o c l a t n e Accid

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Th e ret ire d fo rm er Neilburg Co-op employee has over 3,600 pairs of salt and pepper shakers at his home on 97th Street.

He sai d he ha s jus t acquired even more from an estate. Once the estate settles it will bring his collection to 4,600.

Ro be rts on ’s ho bb y started out with a small, accidental collection of around 75 acquired for just $20. A lady friend of his had a collection of sa lt an d pe pp er shakers of her own and, about 10 years ago, he happened to be at an auction sale in Wilkie where a batch of them were on sale.

He thought he was doing a good deed by buying them, thinking his friend would be interested in them.

“I bo ug ht the m and told her I’d sell them to her, and she did n’t wa nt the m, ” said Robertson. “So I said, ‘Then I’ll keep have more With auction ,” Robertson 1920s. them and pretty soon I’ll s bid s a lot getting more than she had lroad dating back to the rai es, “e ve ryb od y alw ay sal ed ent res rep rld wo than you!’” the d rth said. it’s wo . When they Nations aroun d. did Saudi higher than what and nce “Now I’m hooked,” he sai out two Fra soon, it got so when you , ty and ret erl e it home.”

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Every Collectible has a Story North Battleford resident David Robertson has amassed a collection of more than 3,600 pairs of salt and pepper shakers. They are all on display at his home.

IMPORTANT NEWS For Turtleford & District Co-operative Association Limited and Battlefords & District Co-operative Ltd. and Members

The Board of Directors for the Battlefords & District Co-operative Ltd. and Turtleford & District Co-operative Association Limited are excited to announce the proposed amalgamation of our co-operatives, subject to your approval.

Over the years, both co-ops have done well as a result of good management, staff, a healthy economy and the support of our members. Our competition however continues to grow and merge into larger entities. It is vital to our communities that we continue to find efficiencies in our operations and offer our members a greater range of products and services in the future. Many positive results will be achieved following the amalgamation of our co-operatives, which will be explained further at the special meetings arranged in each community.

questions that will need to be answered. We are committed to communicating openly with you, our members, and to ensure that you can make an informed decision on the future of our organizations.

At the special membership meetings, held on November 18th at 7 pm in Turtleford, at the Community Centre and November 19th at 7 pm in North Battleford, at the CafĂŠ in the Co-op Territorial Place Mall, we will present all the information. Following the information meetings, we will vote on a special resolution to amalgamate our co-ops into We realize that change brings uncertainty and you may have one new coop.

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Aboriginal actor shares story with NBCHS students Submitted Saskatchewan actor Dakota-Ray Hebert recently gave a group of aboriginal students at North Battleford Comprehensive High School an inspiring glimpse of her personal journey as an artist and a person, from her childhood home in Meadow Lake to the stage of the Globe Theatre in Regina.

This experience was part of a program called Lunch and Learn, offered to First Nations and Métis students who are taking part in the Gateways to Success classroom, an outreach program modelled after the successful Braided Journeys classrooms in Edmonton.

“Our goal for the Lunch and Learns is to bring positive aboriginal role models into the school to interact with our students,” says Jesse Armstrong, the Gateways classroom teacher. This is the first in a series that will

be an ongoing feature of the program.

Hebert’s accomplishments are impressive, and include important roles with several theatre companies in Saskatchewan, including the Globe Theatre in Regina, as well as touring with companies performing all over Canada.

She’s also done some standup comedy work, opening for well-known comic Ryan McMahon in Saskatoon.

Hebert has also tried her hand at set design, musicals and writing.

“There are opportunities out there, because theatre companies are looking for good Aboriginal actors and artists,” she said.

Hebert told the students to “discover who they are as a person and ride on that.”

As an actor, she has learned to be fully present, which means to focus all your energy in the moment. She also acknowledged fear is part of

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acting, advising young actors to use that nervousness to bring energy to what they are performing, be that a role, a song or a dance.

She also spoke of many pitfalls and embarrassments, from forgetting her lines to ripping her pants on stage. As well, Hebert was very honest about some of the difficulties.

She warned there may be a hundred auditions for every role you are cast in, and touring makes relationships with families and friends difficult to maintain.

Far from glamourizing her experience, Hebert talked about the practical obstacles of times when you have money and times when you have none.

In the end, it was clear the students were intrigued by her message. They had many questions, and were inspired by seeing someone from their community making a name for herself.

There will be other Lunch and Learns with the goal of having one noon hour a month where students can be inspired by success stories from positive role models in Saskatchewan’s aboriginal community.

Aboriginal actor DakotaRay Hebert (centre) recently gave a group of students at North Battleford Comprehensive High School an inspiring glimpse of her personal journey. Photos submitted

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OBITUARIES FLORENCE: Mr. John Florence of North Battleford passed away peacefully on October 27, 2014, at the age of 71 years. John David Florence was born on April 20th, 1943 in Wilkie, SK to Percy Florence and Jean Florence, (nee McLaren). John leaves behind to cherish his memory his loving wife: Patricia Florence, his daughter Michele (Mark) Matlock and their children: Adam and Amber his sons: Travis (Michelle) Florence and their son, Burke Florence Scott (Rachel) Florence and their children: Sara, Zane, Cloe and Bryn his brother: Robert “Bob” Florence and his beloved dog Zena. John attended elementary and high school at McLurg School in Wilkie. He had numerous hobbies including being a member of the air cadets, playing some sports like hockey, baseball and also took up the trumpet for awhile. He soon became interested in cars, motorcycles and girls (not sure of the order). John’s older brother Glen Florence Sr. was in the process of building a new stockyard and sales ring in Wilkie. John went to work for him and in the months that followed the yards became a reality. Glen decided to give some direction to John and offered to send him to Billings, Montana to attend the Western College of Auctioneering, When he returned he went back to work with Glen in Lloydminster at the live stockyards. This is where the two greatest changes in John’s life were to take place.

While in Lloyd he met a beautiful young lady by the name of Patricia Pattison who he fell in love with. She became his wife and soul mate for the next 47 years. His career took off in the livestock and auctioneering business. He spent 25 years with the Saskatchewan Pool Division. Pat and John lived in and around North Battleford where they raised their family for 47 years. John loved quading the hills, raising a few head of cattle, some chickens or showing up at the farm with something odd, like a goat or beefalo. When John set his mind to something he was all in, we learned a lot from him about the outdoors and he loved to explore. John loved spending weekends with his family at the lake or going on fishing trips to Canoe or Keeley Lake. If he has a two week window you’d find the family loading up and touring the Rocky Mountains.John and Pat purchased the North Battleford Nutters franchise in 1988 and John’s entrepreneur skills and hard work proved a successful 26 years to this point. Unfortunately John never did get the chance to retire, he left us too early. John had a larger than life personality and was fierce in his convictions. He loved adventure and he loved his toys including his strange vans, the Argo, the Kubota’s which he would switch the wheels with tracks, he loved his dogs and he especially loved Gran (Pat)! Over the years he travelled several times to BC he trekked into lakes not on any map, visited natural hot springs down the side of a mountain, then went in search for more in the area - because if there is one, there are probably more - and there were! You may have seen John over the past few years driving around town. Yep, that was him in his right hand drive van, he liked that one so much, he bought another one - just a big smaller!

John also had a love of his dogs and could sometimes be spotted stopping at restaurants to order special food just for the dogs.

John’s grandchildren knew their grandpa. He was present in their lives. They had activities and adventures that they will never forget.

He was at every birthday, the kid’s hockey games, countless vacations in Saskatchewan and through Canada and busy days at the farm. He was very intelligent man and had a thist for knowledge which I think is a trait he passed on to his children. He was eager to share his information with all of us. Listening to his stories would earn his respect and if you did decided to eat only organic, try his Chaga tea or throw out your microwave he was especially pleased.

John was strong in his convictions. Anything bought from China was frowned upon. In fact anything not made of real wood or 100 percent wool you may as well not buy. He liked a challenge. For years he would hand cut enough wood to get him through winter.

John’s big personality and funny faces will always be remembered.

He was left us with many great stories and his laugh will continue to ring in our ears.

MEMORIES OF GRANDPA AND ME “His contagious laugh will be in my memory for the rest of my life.”

Adam Matlock “I will never forget Christmas 2010, spent in an ice heave at Candle Lake with no gas or lights and only a jug of Christmas cheer to keep us warm. He was fearless and I realized that my adventurous spirit came from him.” Amber Matlock “Going down a hill in the Argo with no breaks.” Sara Florence “Going up in the hills to cut wood.” Zane Florence “Swimming with me in the pool when we were in Mexico.” Cloe Florence “He bought Zena and he’s my grandpa. And that’s about it. I can’t say about the bad words” Burke Florence “Going up a big scary hill in a funny van.” Bryn Florence ____________________________________________________

READE: In Loving Memory Of Donald Charles Reade who was born Feb. 14, 1948 at Wilkie, SK and passed away Oct. 28, 2014 at North Battleford, SK. Donald is survived by his loving wife Patricia; his daughters and grandchildren: Jennifer Hutchson: Christina & Levi; Carrie Ann Reade: Raven & Logie; Tanya Reade (Dennis): Spencer & Tiffany; step-daughter & step-grandchildren: Tara (Brian): Madison & Torii; sister: Shirley (Darrell) Blanchard: Tina, Myrna & Lori; brothers, Monty (Darlene) Reade: Cindy & Tammy; Clayton (Janice) Reade: Jeff, Brandy, Kaitlin & Leah; numerous aunts, uncles and cousins. Donald was predeceased by his parents Ronald and Viola Reade. The Funeral Service was held Sat., Nov.8, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. from ‘The Garden Chapel’ - Battlefords Funeral Service, North Battleford, SK with Rev. Morley Ayres, Four Square Gospel Church, Cando, SK officiating. The Eulogy was given by Laurie Calder and Gifts of Music by Glenn Goodman – Organist; Myrna Goodman – Soloist: “The Old Rugged Cross” & “Just As I Am”. Memorials are requested to Canadian Cancer Society or Saskatchewan Lung Association. Interment will take place at Cando Cemetery, Cando, SK. Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Battlefords Funeral Service: (306)446-4200 ____________________________________________________

McNABB: In Loving Memory Clifford Neil McNabb who was born May 14, 1941 at Rabbit Lake, SK and passed away Nov. 4, 2014 at Battleford, SK. Clifford is survived by his loving family: son, Murray (Sandra) McNabb of Delmas, SK; daughter, Sharmon (Stewart) Martin - Amber, Ryan and Reshall, Rural North Battleford, SK; sisters: Marion (Rene) Cramatte and Alice (Peter) Gradauer; brother, Bruce (Jean) McNabb; nieces, nephews and their families. Clifford was predeceased by his parents Albert and Ruby McNabb. Celebration of Life was held Sat., Nov. 8, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. at Sandwith Community Hall, Sandwith, SK. with Rick Martin, Battlefords Cowboy Church Officiant. Shared Memories were given by Karen Patterson.

Gifts of Music by Rick Martin, Bruce McNabb and Jessie McNabb.

The Honourary Pallbearers were “All Dad’s Friends” and Pallbearers were Gordon Craig, Mark Fennig, Tyrel Moore, Marv Diebel, Mark Peterson and Jason Peterson. Memorial Donations are requested to Sandwith Community Hall, RR1, Glenbush, SK S0M 0Z0: Attn: Tanley Klassen; Battlefords Agricultural Society, Box 668, North Battleford, SK S9A 2Y9. Interment took place at Hyde Park Cemetery, Sandwith, SK. Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Battlefords Funeral Service. (306)446-4200 ____________________________________________________

SCHOMMER: Hilda Schommer, August 8, 1922 - November 5, 2014. The children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren of Hilda Schommer are sad to announce her peaceful passing at the Gateby Care Center in Vernon, BC. Hildagarde Johanna Schwebius was born in Wilkie, the 5th of 7 children to August and Martha Schwebius. The meaning of her strong name means “protecting battle maid” and protecting her family physically with homemade bread or spiritually with prayers she did always. As a graduate of Normal School in Saskatoon in the war torn 1940s Hilda took on the role of teacher in a “one room” rural schoolhouse. This career changed after one year when she married Alfred Schommer and traded her “one room” school house for a “10 room farmhouse”. This challenging career of wife, Mother, Grandmother and Great Grandmother kept her extremely busy for the next 70 years. After retiring from the farm at Handel, Saskatchewan to North Battleford Mom enjoyed the friendships she made there. A further retirement took their meaningful life to Vernon, BC where Mom truly enjoyed the beauty of the Okanagan. She loved signing her greeting cards to the grandchildren from “Grandma Hilda in the mountains” for the past 20 years.

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Monday - Saturday, November 24 - 29 Maidstone Red Hat Society’s Festival of Trees at the Maidstone Health Complex Atrium. Silent Auction - bid on items. Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Thursday from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Entertainment: Thursday at 7:00 p.m. Saturday 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.

Tuesday, November 25, December 2, 9, 16 & 23 Heart 2 Heart Program at the Primary Health Centre, North Battleford, Frontier Mall from 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. Guests are welcome to attend with you! The program offers information on cardiac conditions and reducing risk factors for any future cardiac event. Please call 306446-6422 to confirm/cancel your attendance if you haven’t done so.

Wednesday, November 26 My Community Cares Campaign at the Battlefords Trade & Education Centre, 702 - 102nd Street at 4:00 p.m. Please join us for the launch of the public campaign to raise the remaining $1.4 million to build the new BTEC on Railway Ave. See the benefits of your support & meet program staff and participants. Bring your bottles and cans, Loraas Environmental will have a depot set up all day.

Wednesday, November 26 Borden Seniors’s Potluck Supper and Birthdays at the Borden Club Room at 5:45 pm

Thursday, November 27 Louisiana Hayride Christmas at the Dekker Centre from 7:30 - 10:00 p.m.

Friday, November 28 Ham and Turkey Bingo at the Meota Community Hall at 7:00 p.m.

Saturday, November 29 Radisson Christmas Craft Day at the Radisson Hall from 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Saturday, November 29 Christmas Tea and Bazaar at the Battleford United Church from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. Everyone welcome.

Wednesday, December 3 North Battleford City Kinsmen Intermediate and Beginners bands perform Music from around the World at the Band Hall, 1801 - 104th Street from 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.

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 306445-3223. 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.

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CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

MEETINGS

This Week’s Hottest Jobs!!

Cando Childcare and Development Centre Inc.

SaskPower Apprentice Linesperson Regina, Saskatchewan

TENDERS

City of North Battleford invites

Tenders for the

Annual General Meeting

Aboriginal hiring initiatives within Canada are of top of mind for todays employers

CLEANING CONTRACT

of the North Battleford RCMP detachment building, 1052 - 101st Street.

Wednesday, November 19th 1:00 p.m.

Cando Community School Library

To view these jobs and many more please visit our Aboriginal recruitment website at www.firstnations jobsonline.com

This contract is for a three (3) year period beginning April 1st, 2015.

Interested Bidders may pick up tender documents at Main Floor Reception, City Hall - 1291 - 101st Street. OfÀce hours are 8:00 am - 4:30 pm, Monday - Friday.

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DROP IN CURLING every Friday evening excluding special events

Still taking registrations for all events Call 306-937-2431 or email manager@battlefordscurling.com

November 5, 12 & 19 Adult Learn to Curl November 14, 15 & 16 Competitive Coaching Clinic November 22 Sturling Bonspiel December 6 - 7 Sticks N' Stones Bonspiel December 19 - 21 Senior Men's Region Playdowns December 26 Boxing Day Bonspiel

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All prospective bidders will be required to pre-register for a mandatory pre-tender tour. To register for the tour, please call Bill Samborski, Director of Leisure Services at (306) 4451743 or via email at bsamborski@cityofnb.ca by November 28th.

Tour date information can be found in the tender package.

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CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Battlefords Trade and Education Centre Inc.

FULL-TIME Dental Assistant and Receptionist needed

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FULL-TIME/CASUAL DIRECT SUPPORT WORKER This job comes with excellent hours 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. or 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday to Friday. The person we are looking for will have an interest in helping special needs adults in being a part of the community and keeping their mind and bodies active.

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QUALIFICATIONS: • Rehabilitation Certi¿cate, Home Care Training or equivalent training and/or experience • Must have excellent organizational and communication skills • Must enjoy working as part of a team • Enjoy a challenge and have positive coping skills in emergency situations • Willing to take additional training as available • First Aid Certi¿cation is required and C.P.R. training would be an asset • Creativity, patience and a positive outlook are essential qualities • Driver’s license • Current criminal check required

Wed & Fri 8 am - 3 pm

Hours: Mon, Tue, Thurs 8 am - 4 pm Drop off resumé in person at 1251 - 100th Street or email: battlefordsdental@gmail.com

CHILD & FAMILY SERVICES INC.

Kanaweyimik is an independent, non-political child welfare agency providing child welfare and family services to Àve First Nations. Moosomin, Mosquito, Red Pheasant, Saulteaux & Sweetgrass First Nations contract for services with Kanaweyimik.

The following is a general description of a Visitation Coordinator (Social Worker) position. Salary will be commensurate with experience, training and education. This is a 6 month term position with the potential to be a permanent position.

VISITATION COORDINATOR (SOCIAL WORKER) 1 POSITION •

JOB DESCRIPTION: • To prepare and implement creative programs for individuals with special needs • Prepare participant assessment reports and document changes in behaviour as needed • Personal care as required • Some heavy lifting will be required • Guide, teach, counsel and encourage participants • Other duties as assigned Submit resumès to: Executive Director Battlefords Trade and Education Centre Inc. 702 - 102nd Street North Battleford, SK S9A 1E3 Before 4:00 pm November 26, 2014

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To coordinate family visits for the Visitation, Supervision and Transportation program under the direct supervision of the Protection Supervisor and/or the Executive Director; To act as a liaison between the Ministry of Social Services, North Battleford ofÀce and Kanaweyimik Child and Family Services regarding the Visitation, Supervision and Transportation program; Responsible for coordinating visits for children in care of the Ministry of Social Services and/or serviced by the Kanaweyimik Urban Services Program; Responsible for coordinating transportation for children and families to and from visits; Responsible for facilitating wrap around sessions with families and children during visits; Responsible for monitoring family visits and documenting their observations during supervised visits and providing their notes to the respective Ministry of Social Services child protection worker within 72 hours after the visit; Responsible for facilitating family sharing circles during visits; Responsible for ensuring that parents are prepared for visits and de-briefed after visits. The de-brieÀng sessions will provide an opportunity to review parental strengths observed during visit and to provide advice on how to manage difÀcult situations encountered with children’s behavior during visits; Working in partnership with the Urban Services program to facilitate family access to prevention and support services; Will comply with the provisions of the Kanaweyimik Personnel Manual as it exists from time to time.

QUALIFICATIONS • Must have a University Degree from a recognized School of Social Work; • Must have at least 3 years experience and proven ability to work in the human services area, mainly prevention and support services with families and children; • Must demonstrate knowledge of The Child & Family Services Act; • Must have work experience assessing families and children; • Must have work experience counselling families and children; • Must demonstrate a clear understanding and knowledge of native family systems; • Must demonstrate knowledge in the area of family violence dynamics; • Must demonstrate knowledge of the effects of separation as it relates to placement of children; • Knowledge of the Cree language is an asset; • Computer skills are a position requirement; • Excellent verbal, written and time management skills are required; • A clear criminal records check MUST BE PRESENTED AT INTERVIEW; • Must have a valid driver’s licence.

Application deadline is November 18, 2014 at 5:00 pm.

Start date to be determined.

Please forward resumés by fax, email or mail to: fax: (306) 445-2533, email: marleneb@kanaweyimik.com.

Only successful applicants will be contacted for scheduled interviews.

Recruitment process to continue until a successful candidate is selected.

Kanaweyimik Child & Family Services, Inc. P.O. Box 1270 Battleford, Saskatchewan S0M 0E0 Attention: Marlene Bugler

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Go home again

LIFE

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as I know it

By Colleen Crawford Our family moved away from our community when I was nine years old. The visits back home were most frequent the first year after we moved. Our house on the farm was still home.

Eventually, all our belongings were moved out of our house and it was rented out (and eventually sold).

And so began the slow realization that our home now belonged to someone else.

Trips back home began to mean sleeping over at my sister’s home. The novelty of those sleepovers helped to make up for the loss of our home on the farm.

I was quite young when I stopped returning home with my parents. My life, my friends and my future were in Edmonton. I was painfully shy and finding it harder and harder to go back.

I was 26 years old when Mom and I returned home together for a visit. Little did I know that trip would be a catalyst of a time of great change for me.

We were surrounded by family during our visit. My present-day life came into focus. I saw the contrast between “life as it could be” and “life as it was.” I didn’t realize how far I had strayed from the way in which I was raised until that trip.

Little did I know at the time, less than one year later I would pack up my children and head back home.

We built a new life in Saskatoon. Friendships are not built in a day. But a solid foundation was being laid for the new friends who would enter my life and never leave.

Ever so slowly, my heart and soul healed. I was raising my children during this evolution. Life was not perfect, but it was returning back to the healthy environment in which I was raised.

The bonds between my siblings and my mom have always been strong and true. But they were fortified and they have flourished throughout the years since I moved my family back home.

I continued to see cousins, aunts and uncles as a distinct and separate entity from myself. It was as though I was on the outside, looking in. I would have liked to become part of that circle but I still struggled with the courage it takes to make those forward steps.

Eight years ago, I returned to our home town for a homecoming reunion.

Eight years ago, a seed was planted which changed the course of my life. I started

forging connections with family and old friends. I started to come home.

Three years ago, our home town held another reunion. I walked into the weekend with high hopes, but few expectations.

The weekend was wound up with a non-denominational worship service on Sunday morning. The hall was full to capacity. Surrounded by friends and family, we paid tribute to our community, our forefathers, to the past, present and future. My heart was full.

I had a lump in my throat the size of a grapefruit as the music spoke to my soul.

Tears leaked out of my eyes as I allowed the emotions to surface. Each and every person who sang, spoke or contributed to the service defined the community which I proudly call home.

I am a part of this community, a very, very small member at large. But this is where my roots are. I tentatively stepped into the weekend questioning if I really belonged here. I walked away three days later, knowing without a doubt, that I could go home again.

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Why God’s love for us is the best love of all We live in a competitive society. What is deemed to be “the best” is praised, and sought after — the best movie, the best football team, the best student, the best cheesecake. Top Ten lists abound, marking the biggest, the fastest, the most expensive, and so on.

As I write this, there’s a report on the news about a 10-person oyster shucking team in Prince Edward Island. In a competition, they shucked (opened) 8,840 oysters in one hour, breaking the previous record achieved 12 years ago by a French team. Representatives of the Guinness Book of World Records were on hand to officially recognize the great achievement.

So what’s the Bible’s best? There we find God and His saving work worthy of many superlatives. A wellknown verse declares, “God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” (Jn. 3:16) That speaks of the best love of all. “God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world,” is the Amplified Bible’s paraphrase.

It’s a surpassing love in many ways, first, because of who is loved. The world

found in the earthly family line of Jesus. (Matt. 1:12) Mr. Kirk’s challenging song is called simply Our Best. The refrain says in part, “Our talents may be few, these may be small, / But unto Him is due our best, our all.” That seems to echo the words of Paul: “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by

Robert Cottrill, B.A., B.R.E. http://wordwisehymns.com/ www.Wordwise Bible Studies.com of sinful human beings, men and women who neither know the Lord nor care about Him. In fact God even loves those who are actively opposed to Him. “God demonstrates His own love toward us ... while we were still sinners.” (Rom. 5:8) Second, this love is exceedingly great because of what it led to. “God so loved that He gave.” And “Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift.” (II Cor. 9:15) God the Father sent His beloved Son to endure a terrible death. For His part, Christ willingly came to do the Father’s will. The infinite and eternal Son took on our humanity, “humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross.” (Phil. 2:8) Third, the love spoken of in John 3:16 is beyond measure in its purpose. “For the wages of sin is death,

but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Rom. 3:23) “This is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.”

(I Jn. 5:11-12) Through faith in Christ, our debt of sin is paid, and we are born anew into the family of God. God’s gift of His best surely calls for our best in return. Not to earn our salvation, but in response to what God has done with “so great a salvation.” (Heb. 2:3) That is the theme of a gospel song written in 1912 by a man with an interesting name. Salathial Cleaver Kirk (circa 1847-1917) lived in the Philadelphia area. His first name is actually found in the Bible (sometimes written as Shealtiel) and it means asked of God. Shealtiel is

the mercies of God [because of all He has done for you], that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.”

(Rom. 12:1) The song ends, “Wait not for men to laud, heed not their slight; / Winning the smile of God brings its

delight! / Aiding the good and true ne’er goes unblest, / All that we think or do, be it the best. / Night soon comes on apace, day hastens by; / Workman and work must face testing on high. / Oh, may we in that day find rest, sweet rest, / Which God has promised those who do their best.”

Be careful how you choose Ah, elections. Our American friends and neighbours recently elected politicians to fill hundreds of seats in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate.

Here in our city we’re going to the polls this week to elect six persons to sit on our city council.

Though there are vast differences in the number of candidates and seats to fill, as well as a number of other issues, what really matters is that we have the privilege and the right to choose who will represent us in national, provincial/state or municipal governments.

It’s a choice that millions of people around the world have fought for and died to have.

Elections and government

are the basis for many a joke and to deny that there are problems is folly; no system is perfect.

Having said that, I say democracy is to be preferred to anything else I’ve heard about.

There are many other imperfections in the electoral process, as well. To start with, not one candidate is faultless. Even if they were, we the voters don’t have the ability to see the future nor to choose with unerring wisdom

the person or persons who will do the best job. As my fellow citizens and I go to the polls this Saturday, I trust we will have carefully pondered our decision. Trouble is, even that isn’t an absolute guarantee.

While there is no human institution without flaws and faults, each of us has the option to make right choices regarding eternity.

The administration of Earth’s laws and policies might not stand the test of integrity and politicians may betray constituents but we have the promise that the word of God is unfailing.

“Forever, O Lord, Your word is settled in heaven (stands firm as the heavens).”

Psalm 119:89 Amplified I vote for that!

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

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

TERRITORIAL DRIVE ALLIANCE CHURCH Pastor: Rev. Allen Huckabay

1372 102nd St 306-445-3009

Notre Dame (RC) Parish

ANGLICAN PARISH

Corner of 104th Street & 12th Avenue Rev. Father Cuong Luong MASSES: Saturdays - 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 306-445-5079

Meeting at 1122 - 101st Street Pastors: Peter & Lydia Litchfield Members of Christian Ministers Association

Battlefords Seventh-Day Adventist Church Pastor Dave Miller

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

Community Baptist Church

Maidstone/ Paynton United Church of Canada

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.

10:30 Service

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Sunday Evening Service 7:00 p.m.

Bible Study Wednesday 7:30 p.m.

1371 - 103rd Street (Use East Door)

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

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

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

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

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

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Amaryllis bulbs: steps to growing success

By Sara Williams Always a cheery addition to the early winter, amaryllis flowers have graced many a home for just about two centuries. Simple to grow and bring into flower, even those with the blackest of thumbs can succeed.

Purchase large, firm bulbs that show only the scars or stubs of old foliage but no new leaves. Bigger bulbs are always better, producing more flowers. Choose a pot (with drainage holes) that is eight to 10 centimetres wider than the bulb. Once growth begins, the root mass can become quite extensive.

Once in bloom, the plant is top-heavy, so a heavier pot (emade of clay or terracotta) will counterbalance it better than a plastic one and prevent toppling over.

Use a light, well-drained potting mixture containing some peat moss. Place the bulb on top of two to five centimetres of soil and then

fill the remaining space so that about two-thirds of the bulb is covered and one-third remains exposed above the potting mixture. Firm the soil, water well and allow it to drain. Discard any water in the saucer.

Place the pot in a sunny warm room with a temperature range of 18-25C. Night time can be slightly cooler.

Water sparingly until the first shoots appear. Once growth begins, water whenever the soil is dry, ensuring it is evenly moist but not overly wet. Do not over-water as this may cause the bulb to rot. Turn the pot every few days to ensure the foliage growth is evenly balanced.

Cultivars with larger blooms

may need staking to prevent toppling over.

Fertilize monthly with a complete soluble houseplant fertilizer (20-20-20) while in active growth, remembering that it’s generally better to under fertilize rather than to over fertilize. The bulb nourishes the current year’s bloom, but good nutrition will ensure large, healthy bulbs and flowers for future years.

Once the flower buds begin to open (six to eight weeks after potting up), move the pot to a cooler location with indirect light to prolong flowering and promote more intense colouring.

Remove flowers as they fade.

After flowering, return the pot to a sunny location and water and feed regularly to promote healthy dark green foliage. Food manufactured in the leaves will enlarge and feed the bulb that has shrunk during flowering. If cared for properly, amaryllis

PICTURESQUE

A correctly potted amaryllis. Photo by Simone Hamberg bulbs should increase one to two centimetres in diameter each year.

Your amaryllis can spend its summer outdoors. Plant the bulb still in its pot in a semi-shaded location. Protect from spring and fall frosts.

As the leaves turn yellow, remove them with a sharp knife or a gentle tug. Bring the plant indoors in September and store in a cool (12 C) dry location like your garage until signs of growth appear, in about two months – and begin the cycle again.

Sara Williams is the author of the new, revised and expanded Creating the Prairie Xeriscape as well as the

Saskatoon Forestry Farm Park & Zoo: A Photographic History. She will be leading tours to Morocco, Turkey and Ireland in 2015. Call Ruth at 1-888-778-2378 (ruth@ worldwideecotours.com) for information.

— This column is provided courtesy of the Saskatchewan Perennial Society (www.saskperennial.ca; hortscene@ yahoo.com). Check out our Bulletin Board or Calendar for upcoming garden information sessions (Nov. 23:My Garden Project – a showcase of horticulture endeavours around town from training young gardeners to a family building a park).

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Tuesday, November 18, 2014

A Dream Come True!

NB woman millionth dancer on Ellen show

By Jayne Foster Staff Reporter

A North Battleford woman got more than she bargained for in a good way recently when she and two friends attended a taping of Ellen DeGeneres’s talk show in Los Angeles.

Not only did she get to see the comedian and philanthropist she admires above others, she got a confetti shower, a floral bouquet, a toaster oven delivered by a man in a top hat and short pants, a hug from her idol Ellen and a television appearance.

“It was pretty spectacular,” says Berlinger, who works at Valley Ford in North Battleford.

It was all because she was the Ellen Degeneres Show’s one millionth dancer.

Berlinger explains that during commercial breaks, audience members are sometimes called upon to dance, and she was chosen. Maybe because she was “super excited,” she suggests.

Self-described as someone who “loves life,” Berlinger showed off her moves in the aisle, not knowing the music had continued into the next taping session and that she was about to be showered with confetti and gifts. Her performance and reaction were about to be shared with three million viewers.

Berlinger’s appearance can be found on the Ellen DeGeneres Show website.

Go to www.ellentv.com, click on the episodes tab and look for Monday, Nov. 10.

Berlinger has her own special one and a half minute clip titled Ellen’s One Millionth Dancer.

C o i n c i d e n t a l l y, s a y s Berlinger, it was also the 1,900th episode of the show.

Berlinger has been a fan of Ellen since the days of her self-titled sitcom, which debuted in 1994 and which, in 1997, made television history

Gabrielle Berlinger of North Battleford was featured on the Ellen DeGeneres Show Monday, Nov. 10, when she was singled out as the millionth dancer. A clip of her performance can be seen online at www.ellentv.com. when she and her character came out, revealing she was a lesbian.

Her talk show, which began in 2003, has earned numerous awards and solid ratings among her fans.

Berlinger says she’s not much for watching television, but she never misses an episode of Ellen. She watches the episodes online.

But it’s not just her comedy that makes Berlinger a fan. She admires DeGeneres

for her philanthropy, her volunteerism and her dedication to a variety of causes that run the length of the alphabet, from the American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign to UNICEF. In particular, Berlinger notes DeGeneres is an animal rights advocate who has had an impact on the animal shelter in North Battleford where Berlinger has, in the past, both volunteered and worked. In 2010 it attracted

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When her friend Darlene Soucess managed to get tickets to the Ellen DeGeneres show, Berlinger was elated.

They travelled Nov. 4 to Los Angeles with a third friend, Kelsey Salszauler, visited Disneyland and attended a

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The finale of their trip, and the highlight for Berlinger, was the Ellen DeGeneres show. She says she’s still floating around on cloud nine, and she’s not sure she’ll ever come down.

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Community’s first high school instruction was in 1906

By Richard W. Hiebert PhD It is likely true that the majority of North Battleford’s citizens under the age of 50 do not know the present John Paul ll Collegiate housed the North Battleford Collegiate Institute from 1912 to 1970, except for 1923-24 when it was moved to Connaught School because of financial problems. So it should not be surprising then that only a few would know a full-fledged high school educated North Battleford’s young people before NBCI existed.

It speaks to the determination of North Battleford’s first citizens to organize a public school system that would provide a first-class education for their children.

The first tent was pitched on the present site of North Battleford in June of 1904.

The Canadian Northern Railway arrived in North Battleford on May 16, 1905 bringing with it optimism, development and prosperity.

There is no doubt the railway was the reason for North Battleford’s existence. ln fact, it was even responsible for naming the new community.

In 1905, the CN at North Battleford had a round house.

The divisional point lines to Turtleford and Prince Albert were built later. North Battleford quickly became the

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Students and staff held theirprincipal, Mr. J. S. Huff, in high esteem and affection.

The 1909 North Battleford High School yearbook was dedicated to him. trading and commercial hub of a large area.

Aug. 6, 1906, North Battleford transitioned from a village to a town with a population of 565. By 1909, the town had a population of 1,498. lt was serviced with water and sewage, and electric lights. In 1907, the Clarendon Hotel on King Street supplied electric power from its power plant to 12 other businesses until April 16, 1910 when the new North Battleford Power House began operation. Agriculture, construction and commerce grew exponentially. North Battleford’s first education system grew with a similar rapidity.

The flood of Anglo-Saxon settlers from Ontario domi-

nated the education system as they did with every sector of society. Before 1905 had passed, the citizens of the fast-growing community addressed the need for school. At a public meeting Oct. 28, 1905, in Victoria Hall, chaired by the Reverend Lawson. Mr. Drew, Mr. Sparling and Mr. Pettypiece were elected as trustees to the first board of education.

Mr. Drew was appointed secretary. lt was unanimously agreed North Battleford and part of the surrounding country would make up the new school district. lt was further agreed that a school should be opened as soon as a suitable teacher could be hired.

North Battleford’s first school opened its doors on Nov. 20, I905 in the Presbyterian Church on King Street with a Miss Nellie Wakelin in charge. During these early years, the town of North Battleford grew at a frenetic pace and increasingly large numbers of children required schooling. By 1906, the board made arrangements to lease two buildings on Main Street (100th Street) at 1282 on the east side, north of the present Canada Post Office and across the street at 1261Main Street (Cameron Hall). The building at 1282 Main Street housed the elementary school while the one across the street accommodated the high school classes. At this point,

Miss Berice Alford, B.A. (left) and Miss O’Connor (right), teachers at North Battleford High School. High school was usually the domain of male teachers. there was no high school proper. lnstead, the school accommodated Grades 1 to 12 in two buildings under one principal.

There was no separate education system in North Battleford for Roman Catholic students during the community’s early years. But arrangements were made for a Catholic representative to sit on the public school board. lt was also determined that at least one Roman Catholic teacher be hired to provide religious instruction for Roman Catholic students. Mr. Hugh Maher and Mr. Sam McManus served on the board in this arrangement while Miss Josephine Hayes provided religious instruction.

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Street in 1906 in an education system that was already well established. Interestingly, Cameron Hall did double duty as a high school and place for public and lodge gatherings. After late meetings the night before, it was not uncommon for students to remove spittoons, and clean up before the beginning of the school day. However, none of this appeared to diminish the quality of education. ln 1907, King Street School was built to house all of North Battleford’s students.

The school, located on the site of the present McKitrick School on 101st Street, was large and impressive.

Grades 1 to 12 moved to the newly built King Street School Street in January of 1908. Mr. Scott Walker was the first principal. He later chaired the high school board. After North Battleford was incorporated as a city in 1913, Mr. Walker became its first mayor. After a stellar career in education, he became a prominent lawyer and involved himself in community service and volunteerism.

Mr. B. Allen succeeded Mr. Walker. Mr. Allen resigned the following July to pursue a career in law. He was succeeded by Mr. J. S. Huff, who became the principal of the new high school and superintendent of the elementary school. Mr. Huff remained as principal until he resigned

in 1911.

The new King Street School was something to behold and the envy of other similar sized communities in Saskatchewan. It was quite likely the best school in the province. It had a 400-seat auditorium/gymnasium and eight large classrooms. Boys and girls play rooms, and sanitary lavatories were located in the basement. The school had its own steam generating boiler and was heated by the Pease-Waldon system of steam heating. An adjunct system provided hot and cold air ventilating. In addition, the school boasted running water and plumbing.

The school also boasted a full-time janitor, Mr. Joseph Anger. In 1909, King Street School was a state-of-the-art facility with cutting-edge technology.

Early in Mr. Huff’s tenure, North Battleford citizens began to agitate for a high school. They were successful.

A high school by-law was passed in the spring of 1909.

The school was organized the following September for Grades 8 to 12. The new high school had three large classrooms, a library, physical science lab and, of course, the large gymnasium. Mr. Huff was principal. He also taught English, history and science. Miss Berice Alford was teacher of languages (French and Latin). She was an excellent teacher, but unfortunately she resigned to further her education at Queen’s University. Miss Catherine Barr was her replacement.

Miss Loretto was a teacher of mathematics. It was unusual for female teachers to teach at the high school level since most were elementary teachers. High school was usually the domain of male teachers. Today, at least half of the teachers working in high schools are female but there are relatively few male elementary teachers, particularly at the primary level.

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School bylaw passed 1909 Continued from Page 18 The enrolment in North Battleford’s first high school in September was only 37 students. But from that point forward, student numbers steadily increased.

The school was divided into junior and senior divisions. Both division programs were further divided into classes – third class, second class and first class, with third class having the easiest learning material and first class the most difficult. A stiff set of provincial exams was administered for all students during the first 10 days of July. Students’ marks determined who would advance to second and first class. The senior class was composed of mature, hard-working and very bright students, all of whom were university bound. Students who could not achieve enough to move to the next class generally dropped out to enter the work force.

Schools in 1909 were textdriven. Teachers taught from textbooks, although their lectures were embellished by personal experiences, library assignments and field trips.

Penmanship was taught in Grades 1, 2 and 3 (students in high school were expected to demonstrate acceptable penmanship). The workbook used was the Baily Writing Course (J. J. Baily author; Educational Book Co.).

Grade 12 Canadian history was taught using The History of Canada (McArthur, D.) and The Outline of History (H. G. Wells). Geography and history were taught together.

The Grade 12 geography text was High Roads of Geography: Britain overseas (Book V). Grade 12 English textbook was The Canadian Readers, Book V (Gage and Johnson). This text contained works by Charles Dickens, Daniel Dafoe, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Mark Twain, William Shakespeare, Rudyard Kipling, Thomas D’Arcy McGee and many more.

Grade 11 Latin — Intermediate Latin (Roberts and Carruthers); French — Mes Premiers Pas; Mathematics — The High School Arithmetic (Ballard & Thompson) and Cuthbert’s Third Arithmetic Exercise Book (this book contained 80 pages and

Roy Deans was North Battleford High School Athletic Champion of 1909. Physical education and athletics also enjoyed a high status.

From a North Battleford High School year book. Kenneth Crawford winning the pole vault. sold for five cents); Chemistry — A Laboratory Manual in Chemistry: A Textbook for High Schools (Cornish and Smith). It was explicitly stated in this text that it was “authorized by the Ministry of Education.”

Students’ parents bought their children’s texts and paid for them according to the text condition. Texts were handed in at the end of the school year and money was refunded, also on the basis of their condition. Textbooks were handed down to brothers and sisters, or sold to the students of an incoming class.

The North Battleford High School emphasized academics – English, mathematics, history and geography and physical science. Extracurricular activities like the literary society, debating team and library club reflected the importance of academics. But the fine arts – visual art, music and drama – were also important. Drama, especially, was entrenched in the curriculum. The drama club staged three plays a year – fall, Christmas and May. Elocution, or public speaking, was also entrenched in the curriculum. All students participated. They practised in their classrooms for the school-wide speak-off which was held in the gymnasium with parents, relatives, and members of the public in the audience. Winners were awarded medals and showered with congratulatory praise. Over the years and decades, elocution continued to be a necessary part of school programs. I recall speaking in a public hall when I was in Grade 9 in the mid 1960s and shaking like a leaf.

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sports and athletics also enjoyed a high status. The principal and teachers coached at least two teams, some more than two. The school organized its own track and field days, basketball tournaments and the like for its own students since there were no high schools closer than Saskatoon with which to compete. Travel that distance was out of the question.

The North Battleford High School boasted an exceptional library replete with works by the great classic writers like Keats and Browning, Sir Walter Scott, and the great philosophers like Plato, Aristotle, Descartes and Voltaire.

At the beginning of the school day, students lined up two by two. When the 8:55 a.m. bell rang, they marched in, saluted the Union Jack, stood by their desks, sang God save the King, and then recited the Lord’s Prayer.

It’s interesting to know that schools operated the same way from the turn of the century to the mid-1960s.

Mrs. Lorna Mclean, a former teacher in North Battleford pointed out that, in 1963, students marched in just as they had in 1909, saluted the flag, sang God Save the Queen and recited the Lord’s Prayer.

In 1909, the principal and teachers were in charge. Students generally sat in desks in rows with the teacher standing at the front of the classroom teaching, writing notes and problems to solve on the blackboard (made of real slate), asking questions, giving her students desk work, then circulating among her charges to help and admonish. Younger students used slates to calculate

math problems, spelling and writing exercises. Notebooks (poor, newsprint quality) were reserved for senior students.

Senior students were also the proud owners of fountain pens. The ink from an inkwell was sucked into the pen by squeezing a rubber bulb then releasing it. These pens could be a dirty business. They blotted easily and dripped so it was easy for a student to ruin a good shirt or pair of trousers. Ballpoint pens (expensive and poor quality at first) came into vogue in the late 1950s. This template remained until the late 1960s when the social revolution rolled over the universities, the colleges of education and the education system.

The fine arts were an important part of school life. Drama, especially, was entrenched in the North Battleford High School curriculum. Above is a scene from Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice – “Senior Antonia, many a time and oft...”

Students generally took notes off the blackboard.

But on occasion, important lessons and tests were copied for students. This was accomplished with a Gestetner duplicating machine, a rather complex device patented by David Gestetner in 1881. To copy, the process involved a thin sheet of paper coated with wax on which was written the lesson or test with a special stylus that left a broken line through the stencil – breaking the paper and removing the wax covering.

Ink was forced through the stencil by an ink roller (handinked by the teacher), which left its impression on a white sheet of paper below. This was repeated until enough

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Teachers frequently got black ink on their hands and clothing. Interestingly, Gestetners were used until the mid1960s when they were replaced with spirit duplicators which in turn were replaced

by Xerox photocopiers in the late sixties-early seventies.

Teachers and students at NBHS considered the literary society to be the, “… chief organization during the year,” whose aim was to, “… further the aim of the school, which is to bring about the harmonious development of all the faculties – physical, mental and moral – of the students registered in the school.”

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NBHS Continued from Page 19 Further, the authority of the society was underscored by, “…to serve as a bond of union between the staff and students; to have supervision and control over all other organizations in the school…”

The literary society stressed the pre-eminence of academics and embodied the authoritarian nature of the school organization.

One gets a chuckle from the manner in which teachers and senior students penned their essays a century ago.

Here’s an example from the NBHS 1909 yearbook: “… and so we shall introduce our account of the sturdy little youth called North Battleford High School by a few words with regard…” The antiquated school yell was even more humorous: “Hobble!

Gobble! Razzle! Dazzle!; Sis! Boom! Bah!; North Battleford High School; Rah! Rah! Rah! That should have boosted the morale of any NBHS sports team.

In 1909, discipline was strict and uncompromising. Any Grade 8 or 9 boy who was foolish enough to breach the rules, disrespect his teacher, bully, fail to work hard enough in class and forget his homework, would be marched to the front of the class and given the strap

by Mr. Huff – a real whipping. This student learned the hard way. The other students watched and resolved not to tread where angels feared to tread. Senior students did not get the strap. They were considered to be above Grade

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8 foolishness (notice the photographs that accompany this article. The senior students appear to be as old as their teachers – in their 20s). Occasionally, Mr. Huff would have a word with a student who was casting amorous eyes at the opposite sex.

None of this was tolerated in a Victorian society. A word from Mr. Huff was sufficient to calm raging hormones – at least in public.

Students and staff held principal, Mr. J. S. Huff, in high esteem and affection as evidenced by the dedication in the 1909 yearbook. The fact that he was exceptionally strong-minded, authoritarian, top down, paternalistic and even dictatorial (as all principals of that era were), did not seem to diminish their love and respect for him. The 1909 North Battleford High School yearbook was dedicated to their principal with the following caption: To

our principal to whose work is due, in a large measure, the foundation of our high school.” lndeed, remarkable leaderprincipals were the rule, not the exception, during North Battleford’s early years.

Without doubt, the most extraordinary administrator in the history of the Battlefords was the legendary Harry Sharp, principal of the North Battleford Collegiate Institute from 1923 to 1963.

Mr. Sharp was feared and respected, and much loved and admired. ln 1909, Victorian mores strongly influenced social interaction, standards and manners. Male teachers wore suits made of dark materials, and ties. Female teachers wore floor length dresses with high necklines and long sleeves that covered their wrists. This dress code for teachers was strictly enforced. In 1909, it was not uncommon to see a

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Officers of the Literary Society. Back row: Mary Munsell, Miss Barr, L.D. Heaton, Miss O’Connor, Basil Boyce. Middle Row: Miss Clark, Kenneth Crawford, Mr. Huff, W.J. Burnett. Bottom Row: Laura McMillan, Osman Walker, Laura Blythe. male teacher demonstrating the high jump or a basketball lay up in a suit. It was even more of a sight to see a female teacher, in a Victorian dress, demonstrating the broad jump (long jump) to a group of Grade 12 girls, or playing a game of field hockey.

A dress code for students was strict by today’s standards. Students dressed conservatively for everyday school activities. They dressed formally for group and individual photographs for the yearbook. It was mentioned that any kind of overt interest in the opposite sex was disallowed. But of course, this did not stop young people from stealing a kiss or holding hands, discreetly of course, when no one was looking.

Curiously, despite that King Street School had a reputation of being one of the top public schools in the province, it was rented to the militia, local battalions 188

and 232, and used as a barracks during the First world War. The militia vacated the school in February, 1917, but the school remained closed until 1920. During this time, elementary students attended Connaught School and classes on the first floor of NBCI while high school students attended on the second floor of the collegiate.

The North Battleford High School – the city’s first true high school – was an exceptional institution. Moral and professional standards were high. Expectations for both staff and students were extremely high. These were the fine points – the good points.

But there was a downside.

Schools in the first two decades of the city’s existence catered to elite academic students – young men and women from the city’s leading, wealthy families, and bright, first generation immigrant students, who were university bound to study law, medicine, engineering

and education. Non-academic students who may have been talented in the trades and agriculture or business, often fell through the cracks.

Moreover, there was not a single First Nation student in the NBHS. In 1909, the Riel uprising was only 24 years in the past.

Nativist and discriminatory thinking and practices were the norm for mainstream society. Despite this, the North Battleford High School set the bar high for the next high school, the North Battleford Collegiate Institute, which opened its doors to another generation of students on Nov.12, 1913.

(Sources: Skyline: the Panoramic Pattern of a City, Irwin C. MacIntosh, Editor; Pictorial Storey of North Battleford, J. Sadlowski; North Battleford High School Yearbook, 1909, Fred Walker; WDM, Grey Schoolhouse; Internet. News Optimist, Lorna McLean; Harvey Cashmore).

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It was a familiar story for the Battlefords North Stars against Weyburn Red Wings this weekend.

Friday’s contest was the 12th time in 20 games that regulation time was not enough for the North Stars to settle things. It took all 60 minutes of regulation time plus overtime and the shootout, before a marker by Jake McMillen in the shootout earned the North Stars a 1-0 win and with it, a shutout for goaltender Spencer Tremblay who stopped 49 shots.

Sunday it was another close contest at home with the Wings, but according to head coach Kevin Hasselberg, it was the determination of the line of Nick Fountain, Ryne Keller and Brenden Heinrich to “put the team on their backs” that powered the North Stars in the third period to a comefrom-behind 3-2 win.

“They had one thought in mind, that was they were going to win the hockey game, and I’m very proud of them for that effort.” said Hasselberg.

The weekend action moved the North Stars to a record of 13-4-4 and moved

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Still, the games were tight again, as they have been all season. Hasselberg has his theory on why that is.

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by John Cairns the Battlefords Food and Resource Centre. Unfortunately for the fans, they had to hold on to their toques for the entire game, because the North Stars offence was stymied during what was a lacklustre game for the most part.

For goaltender Tremblay, it was his first start since being pulled in Melfort a week and a half earlier. Fortunately, he was solid from the beginning, though the North Stars defence helped his cause by making sure many of the shots were kept to a distance.

Through two listless periods, the game remained at 0-0. It wasn’t until the third period that the game saw some fireworks, and those were sparked by an entertaining fight that erupted between the Stars’ Adam Smith and the Wings’ Josh Lees.

That seemed to wake up both benches, and the pace picked up considerably for the rest of the game, though the scoreboard remained goalless at the end of regulation.

In overtime, the North Stars were hit by their second goaltender-interference penalty of the game as Brenden Heinrich was called for interfering with Weyburn’s Jack Burgart. Jackson Bond had been called early in the first period with the same penalty.

By rule, that meant an automatic suspension for coach Kevin Hasselberg and he was tossed from the game at that point. But Weyburn was unable to take advantage as the North Stars killed the penalty successfully.

The game stayed tied at 0-0, setting up the shootout session. McMillen’s goal was the only one for the Battlefords in that session as

Reed Delainey and Matthew Saharchuk as each tried and failed to beat Burgart.

But Tremblay stopped Matt Eng, Drake Glover and finally Aidan Teilborg. With his final save the fans were able at long last to hurl their toques and mittens onto the ice as the North Stars had their 1-0 win. Shots on goal favoured Weyburn 40-35 on the night.

The North Stars faced Weyburn again Sunday night at home. Saturday, the Red Wings travelled to Kindersley where they lost to the Klippers 4-1.

Despite the fact their rematch with the North Stars was their third game in three nights, the Wings did not display any fatigue early on as they grabbed the early lead.

Drake Glover got a powerplay goal from Mike Eskra and Colton Laroque at the 11:59 mark. That would be all the scoring in the first.

But the North Stars tied it in the second on the power play, with Jake Erickson scoring from Keller and Matthew Havens at the 3:45 mark.

The Wings regained the lead when Erickson got called for interference. Brendan McKay’s shot beat Tremblay, with the assists going to Tanner Reynolds and Braden Melton, to make it 2-1 for the Wings, and that was the score through two periods.

But in the third, the North Stars “pushed the pace,” said Hasselberg.

The third period proved a frantic one as the North Stars benefited from a costly Weyburn penalty to Braden Mellon for tripping.

On the power play, Reed Delainey scored with Jordan Townsend and Matthew Saharchuk getting the assists,

and that tied it at 2-2 at the 8:06 mark.

Then at the 10:35 mark Nick Fountain scored from Michael Staschuk and Ryne Keller to put the North Stars ahead to stay.

Weyburn was forced to pull their goaltender for the extra attacker for the final minute of the contest, resulting in a few tense moments for the North Stars as the game wound down.

Controversy erupted with 24 seconds left as the puck went past Tremblay and into the net, but the officials had already blown the play dead.

McKay argued the call, and Weyburn coach Bryce Thoma argued vehemently with the referee after the final horn sounded, but coach Hasselberg felt not much of a fuss was made in the end because “the whistle went and the referee lost sight of the puck,” he said.

Final shots on goal favoured the North Stars 4135, with Spencer Tremblay stopping 33 of 35 shots to wrap up two strong efforts in goal for his team on the weekend.

Overall, the coach thought the game was a “step in the right direction,” and was happy to see the North Stars get two victories at home, where they have struggled at times this season.

“It almost looks like our team is getting comfortable and confident playing here at the Civic Centre and I think that’s a good feeling,” said Hasselberg.

The North Stars are now back on the road next weekend, this time to the southern portion of the province as they take on Estevan, Weyburn and division rivals Notre Dame.

PAGE 23 - Tuesday, November 18, 2014

AAA Stars lose to Hounds at home

By John Cairns Staff Reporter

November 18 The Battlefords AAA Stars face off against the Saskatoon Blazers at the Civic Centre. Game time is 7:30 p.m.

The Battlefords Stars just could not find the score sheet Sunday in their afternoon

while the Junior A Battlefords North Stars took on Weyburn in SJHL action later that evening.

But the many kids on hand for the dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s activities had little to cheer about early

November 22 The Battleford Beaver Blues open the SPHL regular season against the Hafford Hawks. Puck drop at Battleford Arena is 8 p.m.

solve Dylan Ferguson, who stopped all 34 Stars shots.

The final goal, into an empty net with three seconds left on the clock, was scored by Carson MacKinnon from Lantz Hiebert, and that rounded out the scoring on the afternoon.

In spite of the defeat it was still a solid outing for Talen King, stopping 28 of

29 shots. That followed up a strong showing Saturday, in which he stopped all 15 shots he faced in relief of Brett Pongracz.

The Stars try to get back on the winning track Tuesday night, when they are home again at the Civic Centre, this time facing the Saskatoon Blazers. Game time is 7:30 p.m.

November 25 The Battlefords North Stars hit the ice at the Civic Centre against the Humboldt Broncos. Puck drop is 7:30 p.m.

November 28 The Battlefords North Stars take on the Melfort Mustangs at the Civic Centre. Game time is 7:30 p.m.

November 29 The Meota Combines host the home opener of their SPHL season against the Maymont Settlers. Opening faceoff is 8 p.m.

December 2 The Battlefords North Stars take on the Melville Millionaires. Puck drop at the Civic Centre is 7:30 p.m.

December 5 The Meota Combines face off against the Radisson Wheatkings at the Civic Centre. Game time is 8 p.m.

December 10 The Battlefords North Stars host the Kindersley Klippers at the Civic Centre. The game begins 7:30 p.m.

December 10 The Battleford Beaver Blues welcome the Spiritwood Timberwolves into the Battleford Arena. Opening faceoff is at 8 p.m.

December 11 The Battlefords AAA Stars host the Tisdale Trojans at the Civic Centre. Game time is 7:30 p.m.

December 12 The Battlefords North Stars take to the ice against the Yorkton Terriers. Puck drop is 7:30 p.m. at the Civic Centre.

December 13 The Meota Combines face off against the Glaslyn North Stars at the Civic Centre. Game time is 8 p.m.

December 13 & 14 The Battlefords AAA Sharks host the Melville Prairie Fire for two games at the Battleford Arena. Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game begins at 7:30 p.m. Puck drop Sunday afternoon is 1 p.m.

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As it turned out, that onegoal lead would hold up for the rest of the game as the Stars were unable to

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Winners were Horrell, Hall, Kjargaard, Scott, Gregoire and Krismer.

Belyk lost his first game, as did Puff.

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