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By John Cairns Staff Reporter

It’s official; Gerry Ritz is no longer MP for Battlefords-Lloydminster. Ritz’ resignation had been announced in late August, but it finally took effect last Monday, Oct. 2. House speaker Geoff Regan announced the vacancy in the House

North Battleford, Sask.

of Commons during the sitting Oct. 3.

“The vacancy is the seat of the Hon. Gerry Ritz, member for the electoral district of BattlefordsLloydminster, by resignation, effective Monday, October 2, 2017,” Regan said, according to the Hansard transcript.

“Pursuant to paragraph 25(1)(b)

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of the Parliament of Canada Act, I have addressed my warrant to the Chief Electoral Officer for the issue of a writ for the election of a member to fill the vacancy.”

This announcement means the clock is now ticking on a byelection date, which must be called by April 1, 2018.

As for Ritz’s official departure,

the change is evident at his former constituency office. His name has been removed from the window, but the office remains open to handle federal matters for constituents until a new MP is sworn in.

On his Twitter feed, Ritz has changed his profile to read “Previous Member of Parliament for Battlefords-Lloydminster.”

Tablets What are they? Where are they? They are found at the Chapel Gallery in North Battleford, the work of Saskatchewan artist Douglas Bentham. The installation’s placard states “the presentation of these tablet-like constructions contributes to a layered, overarching narrative of time, history, mortality, and the general fragility of the human condition.” See Page 8 for more. Photo by Josh Greschner

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PA company guilty of OHS violation after NB incident Staff A Prince Albert company has recently pleaded guilty to occupational health and safety violations after a worker was seriously injured from a fall from scaffolding in North Battleford.

According to a provincial government news re-

lease Friday, Thorpe Roofing Ltd. of Prince Albert has pled guilty to contravening clause 188(2)(a) of the regulations, for failure to ensure that each wheel on a rolling scaffold is equipped with a device to securely attach the wheel to the scaffold, resulting in a serious injury to a worker.

The charge was in connection to an incident Feb 9, 2016 in North Battleford.

They were fined $28,000 plus a surcharge of $11,200, for a total of $39,200. The ruling came down in Prince Albert provincial court Sept. 19.

One additional count was stayed.

Police seek suspect in armed robbery perpetrated on Thompson Crescent Staff Battlefords RCMP are seeking a suspect in an armed robbery which took place on Thompson Crescent in North Battleford on Wednesday morning.

According to police, their investigation revealed a male suspect entered a business on Thompson Crescent armed with what is suspected to be bear spray.

The suspect then used the spray on an employee, and made off with an undisclosed amount of cash and merchandise.

RCMP were called to the scene at 9:38 a.m., however, the suspect was gone on arrival.

The employee was treated on the scene by local EMS. Police describe the suspect as in his 20s, 5’ 8” to 5’ 10” in height, a mus-

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The investigation is ongoing and police say further information will be released as it becomes available.

Battlefords RCMP is also encouraging anyone with information to contact them at at 306-446-1720 or call Saskatchewan Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222TIPS (8477).

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Police investivating sexual assault in North Battleford Staff

Battlefords RCMP say they are investigating a reported assault on the 1900 block of 101st Street around 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 4.

According to police, the female victim reported being followed by a male suspect while walking down the sidewalk. The suspect was reported to have walked up to the victim and body checked her with his shoulder, before slapping/grabbing at her buttocks. The male then laughed, and left the area on foot.

The suspect is described as being a First Nation male between 14 and 15 years of age, wearing a hoodie, white shoes, diamond earrings and a flat brim hat with a grey and/or white brim.

According to the RCMP the suspect had earlier been seen in the vicinity of the 1900 block of 104th Street in the company of three other males. These

A composite picture of the suspect provided by the RCMP.

three individuals left in an older maroon-coloured truck described as having noticeable rust, a cab in the back and wave patterns on the side. These males were yelling at the victim as they drove away, but otherwise did not interact with her.

Anyone with informa-

tion about this incident is encouraged to contact Battlefords Detachment of the RCMP at (306) 446-1720 or call Saskatchewan Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), through SaskTel at *8477, or submit a tip online at www.saskcrimestoppers. com.

City of North Battleford adopts new Strategic Plan For services and programs, priorities listed in the Strategic Plan include downtown revitalization, investment attraction, community wellness and safety, and infrastructure.

By John Cairns Staff Reporter

After six years the city of North Battleford has adopted a new Strategic Plan.

The plan, which has been in the works for the last while, was approved unanimously at a city council recently.

While the city has had a strategic plan in place already, Mayor Ryan Bater said the time was right for a new one. The last time a strategic plan had been done was 2011.

“With the exception of one councillor, I think this entire elected council hasn’t been involved in a strategic plan – neither the last council nor this one.

So this was long overdue.”

The meetings on a strategic plan were “quite intense,” Bater said. They started in March and involved meetings between the elected government and the civil service implementing it, to ensure everyone was on the same page.

The city’s Strategic Plan, which is for 2017 through 2021, is designed to identify priorities and develop a vision, mission and values of the civic government.

According to the document’s vision statement: “North Battleford is a vibrant and innovative community leading the way in economic growth and quality living. As a regional centre, we believe we are better working with our neighbours and embrace the diversity our community and region has to offer. Our community is welcoming, safe, and we are proud to call North Battleford our home.”

As Bater said at council, the vision statement outlines “where we want to be and where we see ourselves going.”

A number of highlights of the Strategic Plan were identified by Mayor Bater.

One of those is the provisions regarding “financial sustainability,” which Bater called a “primary responsibility of our civic government.”

The areas listed under that category are making sure strategic priorities are aligned to financial targets, that debt levels are within acceptable limits, that asset management systems enable planned capital renewal funded reserves, and that operating costs are funded through taxation,

user fees and charges, and provincial government revenue transfers.

For services and programs, priorities listed in the Strategic Plan include downtown revitalization, investment attraction, community wellness and safety, and infrastructure.

“All four of those areas aren’t new to this council,” said Bater. “We’ve already initiated a lot of work in all of those four areas, and this plan is really about seeing it through for the next five years.

Other areas listed including people excellence: developing a positive culture and engaged employees.

There are also three areas of governance excellence listed in the document: strengthen public engagement, advance governance processes that support accountability, and strengthening regional relationships.

The intention now is to make the Strategic Plan available to the public at the city’s website. Also, city administration plans regular updates to council on the progress made towards the goals outlined in the plan at future meetings.

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Moe brings campaign to the Battlefords

By John Cairns Staff Reporter

It was an eventful day for the leadership bid of Scott Moe in the Battlefords.

The reason was because of the big news earlier about the cancellation of the Energy East pipeline project.

It was an issue that was clearly on the minds of Moe and the other Sask Party supporters who gathered at Porta Bella’s restaurant for the meet-and-greet event.

Earlier in the day, Premier Brad Wall had issued a statement in which he unloaded on the federal government over what had happened.

“It’s very problematic and challenging for us as a province, and it’s a sad day,” Moe said in speaking to the News-Optimist.

“It’s billions of dollars of private investment that we’re not going to see, not just in Saskatchewan but across the nation. And so this is damaging to Saskatchewan in that we’re going to not see that investment, we’re not going to see those jobs, we’re not going to see that revenue to the individual families who would be involved in the construction of the pipeline, we’re not going to see the revenues the provinces across the nation would see.”

Moe called the cancellation problematic from an investment perspective and an employment perspective. It also means continued issues for Saskatchewan in the “sale of our resources in our nation that we are part of.”

Another ongoing issue has been the federal carbon tax. Moe’s campaign had been vocal in opposing carbon taxes.

“We have a much more

fulsome story to have here in the province of Saskatchewan, one that involves innovation and technology,” said Moe. He pointed to such things as carbon capture at Boundary Dam 3 as well as the 40 per cent emissions reduction target by 2030.

The issues surrounding the carbon tax and pipelines are ones Moe, MLA for Rosthern-Shellbrook since 2011, is well familiar with. He has been Minister of Environment in the Wall government and also served as Minister of Advanced Education.

In the leadership race so far Moe has received the backing of 22 members of caucus. One of those endorsements was from Jeremy Harrison, MLA for Meadow Lake, who was at the event Thursday.

Harrison made it known to the rest of those in the room that he thought Moe was the one best able to stand up to the federal government.

“This is the guy to be the next premier of Saskatchewan. Honestly,” said Harrison.

“And we saw another example of it today, where the Liberal government made a series of policy choices that result in the Energy East pipeline being cancelled.”

Battlefords MLA Herb Cox, who himself has been Minister of Environment, was at the event as well, but he has yet to make a public endorsement of any candidate for leader.

Moe’s own constituency of Rosthern-Shellbrook borders on the Battlefords to the northeast, and Moe has been to the city many times over the last number of years on issues impacting the region.

As for the leadership campaign, there are three broad themes he says he is

Leadership candidate Scott Moe was in North Battleford for a meet-and-greet with Sask Party supporters Thursday night. Moe is one of five candidates in the running to replace Brad Wall as leader and as premier.

Photos by John Cairns

focusing on.

One, Moe said, is the plan to get the province back to balanced budgets, so “investments that people of Saskatchewan can expect” such as in education and health care can be sustainable.

While remaining committed to that plan, Moe also made a major policy announcement earlier in the week to restore the PST exemption to insurance products such as life insurance, health insurance, crop insurance and hail insurance.

That exemption had been removed in the spring budget. Moe is one of a growing number of Sask Party leadership contenders who are calling for that exemption to be reinstated.

His second theme is

centred on continued support for communities and families across the province, whether it is investment in health care, education facilities, or directly to families that need that support. The intention is to release details on those policy ideas later in the campaign.

Finally, Moe is expressing support for “standing for businesses and industries” that employ people in communities across the province.

“We’ll stand with them when needed, such as the case with the carbon tax, but we’ll also advocate on their behalf,” he said, pointing to his policy for a Ministry of Export and Trade to “enhance those exports and opportunities.”

The issue of the Global

Transportation Hub continues to be a hot one. While some other candidates have called for a full public inquiry, Moe supports allowing the RCMP to finish their investigation and “respect the work that they’re doing, and then make a decision at that point in time if further action is required.”

Moe continues to crisscross the province as he seeks the party leadership.

Prior to the Battlefords event Moe had been to Regina and Saskatoon, and he had stopped in Melfort earlier in the day. His campaign was scheduled to head to Rosetown immediately after the Battlefords event.

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“It’s been fabulous,” said Moe. “To sit down and have discussions with people across this province, from communities across this province … and to have very frank discussion with them about how they envision their community out to the year 2030, how they envision their province out to the year 2030, what they see that looking like relative to today. But also to discuss with them the growth that we’ve had in our communities, our industries and our province in the last decade.”

Moe is looking forward as well to the upcoming leadership debates which will include one in North Battleford on Nov. 16.

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Commentary

Trudeau’s tax cutting rhetoric doesn’t match reality

The commentaries offered on this editorial page are intended to provide thought-provoking material for our readers. Contributors’ articles, cartoons or letters do not necessarily reflect the opinion of any News-Optimist staff.

The government has raised income taxes on the majority of middle-class Canadian families, despite repeated claims of the opposite

By Charles Lammam and Hugh MacIntyre The Fraser Institute

Too often, reality doesn’t match political rhetoric. The federal government’s tax relief promises are a case in point.

On the federal election campaign trail in 2015, Justin Trudeau promised to cut income taxes for middle-class Canadian families. And since becoming prime minister, he and his government have repeatedly claimed to have kept this promise.

For instance, the Liberals’ first budget in 2016 proclaimed “the government cut taxes for middle-class Canadians everywhere.” And the prime minister made a similar statement to a global audience at the United Nations General Assembly recently.

In fact, despite the repeated claims to the contrary, the Trudeau government has increased the personal income tax paid by the vast majority of middle-class families.

Cutting income taxes is a laudable goal. After all, the average Canadian family devotes approximately 43 per cent of its income to taxes to all levels of government. So tax relief would be welcome.

So what causes the disconnect between the government’s rhetoric and reality?

Immediately after coming to power, the Liberals reduced the second lowest personal income tax rate from 22 per cent to 20.5 per cent. This lowered the personal income tax rate for income earned between $45,916 and $91,831 (and anyone with income above $45,916 benefited from this specific tax change).

However, the government also eliminated a number of tax credits, which reduced a person’s income taxes if they qualify for the specific credit. For instance, one A boot to the person who took a long extension ladder with wheels at noontime Tuesday, Sept. 26 from the front of a church building in North Battleford where it was being used. Please return to the church property.

of the tax credits eliminated was for children’s fitness.

Previously, if a family spent money on their children’s fitness in a qualifying organization, part of those costs would be offset by a reduction in their tax bill. Anyone who previously claimed these now-eliminated credits faces increased income taxes.

The list of eliminated tax credits also includes those for education, textbooks and public transit use.

But the largest source of the increase to the middleclass family’s tax burden was the elimination of the income-splitting tax credit for couples with young children. Various households with similar incomes can face very different income tax bills depending on who earns the income. A household with two earners at $40,000 each, for example, would pay lower com­bined income taxes than a one-earner household with the same amount of income ($80,000). Households with similar incomes should face similar tax burdens and this tax credit worked, in part, towards that goal.

Eliminating the income-splitting tax credit meant an average $949 tax increase for middle-class families (those families with incomes between $77,089 and $107,624). That same middle-class group only benefited $228 (on average) from the government’s cut to the second lowest income tax rate. So eliminating just the income-splitting tax credit more than offset the benefit of the tax rate reduction.

When you add in the effect of eliminating the other tax credits, 81 per cent of middle-class Canadian families will pay, on average, $840

more in personal income taxes this year because of the federal government’s tax changes.

First on the campaign trail, and then repeatedly in office, the Trudeau government has vowed to cut income taxes for Canada’s middle class.

Despite this being a worthwhile goal, the reality is that the government’s income tax changes as a whole have had the opposite effect.

The vast majority of middle-class families now pay more income tax, despite all the rhetoric to the contrary.

Charles Lammam and Hugh MacIntyre are co-authors of the Fraser Institute study Measuring the Impact of the Federal Personal Income Tax Changes on Middle Income Canadian Families, available at www.fraserinstitute.org www.troymedia.com

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Premier heated about Energy East pipeline cancellation Premier Brad Wall held nothing back in voicing dismay over TransCanada Corp’s decision to cancel the Energy East pipeline project.

“Today is not a good day for Canada. It is not a good day for the federation. It is a very bad day for the west,” said Wall in a strongly worded statement released Thursday.

The premier’s statement was issued after TransCanada announced it would no longer be proceeding with its Energy East and Eastern Mainline projects. According to a statement by their CEO Russ Girling, the decision came “after careful review of changed circumstances.”

However, Premier Wall made clear that he held the prime minister ultimately responsible.

“TransCanada made the decision to cancel Energy East – but make no mistake, the reasons for it fall at the feet of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the federal government,” Wall said. “They have been, at best, ambivalent about the project and then moved the goalposts at the last moment by asking the regulator to consider the impact of upstream greenhouse gas emissions.”

Wall also had harsh words as well for Montreal mayor Denis Coderre, a vocal opponent of Energy East.

“It is a good thing that Mr. Coderre’s hypoc-

newsoptimist.john@sasktel.net risy needs no pipeline for conveyance, for it would need to be very large and could never get approved for construction.”

In addition to the pipeline, the premier’s statement condemned the federal Liberals’ carbon tax, as well as their proposed tax changes to small business.

He said the Trudeau government’s actions “may well have some westerners wondering if this country really values western Canada, the resources we have, and the things we do to contribute to the national economy and to quality of life for all.”

In her response, NDP opposition leader Nicole Sarauer also expressed disappointment with the decision to terminate Energy East, a project her party had “long supported” as “part of a balanced approach to grow the Saskatchewan economy.”

But instead of targeting the Prime Minister, the interim NDP leader directed her blame at the premier.

“Once again, the Sask.

Party has proven that their unbalanced approach,

rhetoric, and grandstanding have failed to get pipelines to tidewater built and hurt the Saskatchewan economy at a time when 40,000 people in the province are unemployed and looking for work,” Sarauer said in a news release.

Sarauer added that “the people of Saskatchewan as well as those who invest in our natural resources and our energy economy need a government that will put the bluster aside and, instead, provide clarity, long-term planning, and a responsible plan to protect the air we breathe, water we drink, and the land we live on.”

The statement in full by Premier Brad Wall reads as follows: Today is not a good day for Canada. It is not a good day for the federation. It is a very bad day for the west.

TransCanada made the

decision to cancel Energy East – but make no mistake, the reasons for it fall at the feet of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the federal government. They have been, at best, ambivalent about the project and then moved the goalposts at the last moment by asking the regulator to consider the impact of upstream greenhouse gas emissions.

Imagine if something like this was considered prior to the construction of auto assembly plants in Ontario or the factories that manufacture heavily subsidized jets in Quebec or the highways and rails that transport those products.

Former federal Liberal Cabinet Minister, and now Montreal Mayor, Denis Coderre cheers the cancellation of this pipeline. He who leads a city that, just two years ago, used a pipeline to dump 4.9 BILLION litres, or nearly 2,000 Olympicsized swimming pools, of raw sewage into the St. Lawrence Seaway.

It is a good thing that Mr. Coderre’s hypocrisy needs no pipeline for conveyance, for it would need to be very large and could never get approved for construction.

When Coderre cheers

for the end of this pipeline, he cheers for the imported oil we buy from Saudi Arabia, where women can now drive, but the public beheadings continue.

He is cheering against an energy sector in our country that employs thousands and has paid, on average, over the last three years $17 billion annually in taxes and royalties to Canadian governments. $17 billion is enough to pay for 680 new schools, 1.8 million knee replacements and 4.25 million child care spaces. We have lost an opportunity to strengthen quality of life in Canada.

Beyond the immediate impact, there are other reasons to be concerned.

A new Liberal carbon tax, new Liberal tax changes for small business (that will hurt many in the energy sector and farmers), changes to the NEB applied only to this sector and not to others, and methane regulations that will not be mirrored south of the border, with whom we must compete for job creating investment dollars.

We have a company that committed more than a billion dollars to a project and made earnest efforts to address the concerns of the public and regulators. A company that made 700 changes to its plans as part of that response. Make no mistake, other companies’ decisions to invest in Canada will be

informed by this debacle.

The expectation of course from the federal government, and some powerful central Canadian interests, is that the west will just grin and bear this latest blow to our economy and our people.

That our taxpayers in Saskatchewan and Alberta will continue to send, without question, about $2.5 billion in equalization payments to help support Quebec that receives $11 billion in equalization per year and $1.4 billion to Ontario. All of this despite the fact that low energy prices have resulted in job losses and lower revenues for the last four years.

Something needs to change. For the west to continue on like this in our federal system is the equivalent of having Stockholm syndrome.

The decision by TransCanada to cancel the Energy East project was made because of a lack of interest and leadership – or worse, intentional decisions and policies of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his government. He should answer for this. He needs to be held accountable for this.

His actions and his government’s actions may well have some westerners wondering if this country really values western Canada, the resources we have, and the things we do to contribute to the national economy and to quality of life for all.

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If roc k oo s. pic ces sch suc ce, a be to fix the fen th Mayfair Central. bo are Liz d an ds. u aves d lee Yo she oo d. childh u trie es, throw heavy noseb From his very young doctor in could say yo nge cor rals, stack bal list cha cia to spe e a tim g and of itin Be lot ate n. vis a cul ma e ter rts Af and hav on racks, brand ino days, he was an outdoor spo ke this boy out young “ta d e.” tol rs els s me wa ing rts I, far eth spo n, the or som too ing for ska hen Sa tle. W your mind it hunting, fishing, trapp borrowed dehorn cat an tomorrow or next end n me fri l. ma a n’t d Ro bal do an I om n l. ys, oo bo bro ma Ro sch se or of 72 the y In 19 came to hire like softball, hocke ht ug bo d .” an , day nk no ter ba his in yes t hunts with week, I mean some money from the de it clear to them tha Even to this day he still pal Mr. Eric Fielding a vacant building that was a general ma eated bow str nci a mi pri th wi r be es Ou to tim y ny the ma are son Bohdan and way n to come in cyk ma Lu Ro d T. er tol m nev d llia an uld Wi od wo sto by ned under if so, they and arrow. as were told. store ow town of because, did y ntr We ys d. led cou bo car cal ny all rt ort sm Ma spo rep in. a the of his aga in for help At age 15, he heard ing Grade wife Lilly ilding get them to d other dads Roman quit school after finish They renovated this bu . to work but said they g eld llin dfi wi Re re we d for broomball. His dad an ttle m Ba roo rth ry No nd the lau led at s, cal om se they job They bathro 10 and got a have to be taught becau formed a broomball team. future into bedrooms, d his t an tha ber e her lum s m wa . fro It . ore ds tal be bef spi es. ho de bunk never did those things the team the Whitkow Ac broomball mental he noticed etc. He ma tal spi ho e s cam thi m. ys In foa bo a m d. d the rte fro s life sta ttresse In the evening In 1967 they entere n boys sitting had ma juvenile tio ly a to Na on te st py th era Fir Wi hap op g er. y un nst to ver yo mi t er ee yd bu thr d In ord tournament in Llo age, ded a home tire no changeoff. in a corner. They looked to be his day’s earning. The tion home, Roman nee ir lita the abi nt reh cou ff. six players, this meant sta by his yed to no an in ked d up an tal ed key He d end an y id and the money certificate.

They played so well, the period the under lock , boys were pa le of any Grade 12 uk op pe sch th Mi wi ke s Mi end . fri Mr t er, kes las ir accounts. oolteach Roman ma the finals. During the he went into the k to them. former sch tal ver to re ate d we wh rte p ey sta hel Th d . to an ms d e, tea ree rac th ag d age an it. Mike Continued on Page 9 score was 0-0 for bo ak. They told about ile and, no spe d wh a to an e py for sid n h hap ma eac so Ro re on d s we ore yer ey tut Th left with two pla no could. He m shot the ball him they are here for two months and exam, Roman passed goalies. The opposite tea ff after writing an sta e Th m. the the to off rd ced wo un a bo one ever spoke from behind the net, it patients. treated them like mental nt that Roman me mo s thi at It was that something really made up his mind anized to help org be or some place should trouble with the young boys who were in in the mental law and not to be placed ys was Pat. He hospital. One of these bo an incident in was falsely accused of mitted for two ad s his hometown and wa months. man married In the summer of 1970 Ro Koliniak.

Liz rt his high school sweethea hospital s thi at He continued working ning a run ut abo ing but always kept think ys. group home for young bo drove into our n ma Ro n oo One aftern excited. His dad yard and was ever so ing Uhan was doing someth

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BTEC Contributes to Humane Society

On a recent Friday, Battlefords Trade and Education Centre hosted a fundraiser for the Battlefords Humane Society. Chili, buns and pop were sold, and about $1,600 was raised for the Humane Society. Photos submitted

Garden Chat

Fall colour: Coveting your neighbour’s gold

By Sara Williams “Not all that glitters is gold” and in our prairie autumns, it’s often your neighbours’ trees. If you’ve been driving through established neighbourhoods in your community with a covetous eye toward their older trees, ablaze with golden autumn colour, here is a sampling of some of the trees you’ve probably been looking at. Trees seldom offer instant gratification, but if you’re quick off the mark next spring, you’ll have colour the same fall.

[Remember, big is not always best. Large trees have had a larger percentage of their roots removed; it will take them a few years to “catch up.” My motto has generally been to never buy a tree taller than I am.]

Among those with yellow-gold fall foliage are silver maple, larch, bur oak, linden, basswood and Ohio buckeye.

Silver maple (Acer saccahrinum) eventually grows to about 50 feet or slightly taller with a spread of about 18 feet, and an upright, oval form.

An excellent shade tree, it

prefers a somewhat sheltered location out of the wind, and deep, moist but well drained soil. It has attractive, light grey bark, palmately lobed leaves that are dark green above and silver below (thus the common name), and turn a clear yellow in fall.

Larches are conifers but are not “evergreen.” Every autumn, they drop their needles in a glorious blaze of gold. Two species are available to prairie gardeners. The American larch, Larix laricina, (commonly known as the tamarack and native to our northern forests), reaches about 20 feet, with a narrow pyramidal form. It prefers moist soil.

The Siberian larch (Larix sibirica) is slightly larger, broader, and extremely drought-tolerant once established. Both are excellent as accent trees or, where space permits, as groupings.

Bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa) are large (50 x 30 feet), high-headed, longlived trees, native to Manitoba. They have straight trunks and a deep taproot that allows under-plantings (perennials and shrubs) to

thrive without competition.

They grow in full sun or partial shade, are adaptable to a wide range of soils from sandy through clay, and are very droughttolerant once established.

The leaves are leathery, deeply lobed and turn yellow through golden brown in the fall.

Basswood (Tilia americana) and little leaf linden (Tilia cordata) are more or less “cousins” and share many common characteristics. Their main difference is size. While basswood will reach 50 to 60 feet, the little leaf linden tops out at about 30 to 40 feet.

Both are amazingly symmetrical with a distinctly pyramidal form, dense and low headed. They have distinctive bracts (modified leaves), below which are clusters of fragrant yellow flowers in mid-summer, followed by pea-sized “nutlets.” When you walk near or under a Tilia in bloom, you’re enveloped in its pleasant fragrance. Young trees are very shade tolerant – making them excellent candidates for planting near declining older trees as eventual replacements.

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Both species prefer deep, fertile, evenly moist soil, but become fairly droughttolerant once established.

Their leaves are heartshaped and toothed and turn a lovely yellow in the fall.

Last but not least of these autumn goldie oldies is Ohio buckeye (Aesculus glabra), one of the best shade or specimen trees available to prairie gardeners. Small to medium in size (20 to 40 feet), it is trouble free, fully hardy, in scale with an average urban lot, and should be much more widely planted.

Large attractive, creamy yellow flowers are formed in upright panicles in early summer, followed by the “buckeyes” or nuts (which are poisonous, not edible).

The attractive foliage is

Golden little leaf GartenAkademie

linden.

pa la mately- compound, each leaf resembling the palm of one’s hand and composed of 5 to 7 oval leaflets. Dark green through the summer, they turn a lovely “antique gold” in fall.

Sara is the author of numerous gardening books, among them the revised Creating the Prairie Xeriscape. And with Hugh Skinner: Gardening Natu-

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rally – A Chemical-free Handbook for the Prairies and Trees and Shrubs for the Prairies. Expect Fruit for Northern Gardens with Bob Bors in November, 2017.

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

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At the Chapel Gallery

The Tablets, our history with no specifics

By Josh Greschner Staff Reporter

Douglas Bentham’s The Tablets speak a ghostly language. A sculpture in the second row features a chunk with the year “189” something on it, while a chunk on another sculpture commemorates someone possibly named Emily or Emile. It’s not clear.

Bentham, an experienced Saskatchewan artist, was at the Chapel Gallery on Wednesday, Oct. 4 to discuss his sculpture collection, The Tablets, with an audience of about 40.

Fittingly, his voice resonated in the gallery’s space with such intensity that full sentences in which he spoke of his work eluded recording.

The Tablets is composed of 27 sculptural works installed in symmetrical rows. Bentham cut bronze and brass panels and welded them together in patterns that suggest yet avoid messages and symbols. The installation’s placard states “the presentation of these tablet-like constructions contributes to a layered, overarching narrative of time, history, mortality, and the general fragility of the human condition.”

Bentham was born in Rosetown and now lives in Dundurn. He holds a BFA and MFA, and Bentham’s public sculptures can be found in Ottawa, Saskatoon and Calgary, and in galleries across the prairies.

Bentham is best known for large-scale public sculptures, but he said creating small scale work gave him the most pleasure.

Artistic practice involved jumbling letters

The Tablets, by Saskatchewan artist Doublas Bentham, will be at the Chapel Gallery until Sunday, Oct. 15. Photos by Josh Greschner

up, including “bits of this, bits of that,” and intentionally dodging discernibility.

Bentham said that he found himself “creating a history of all of us,” while lacking specificity regarding what that history is.

Prominent Canadian arts writer Jeffery Spalding wrote an evocative essay in pamphlets at the gallery.

“The Tablets are a collective portrait of the artistic travels of a senior artist.

Does either side represent

his past, deep past, or else his present and future?

There are offered clues and inferences but no clear path.”

The Tablets is organized by the Moose Jaw Museum and Art Gallery and Art Gallery of Swift Current. The installation will be at the Chapel Gallery until Sunday, Oct. 15, and runs concurrently with paintings by Bob Pitzel and Bryce Erickson, which run until Monday, Oct. 23.

Bentham speaks at the artist’s reception.

Also at the Chapel Gallery until Oct. 23 are paintings by Bryce Erickson and Bob Pitzel, who explore the rural setting with intense precision and stunning detail. Both artists are located in central Saskatchewan; Bob Pitzel in Humboldt and Bryce Erickson in Watrous.

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BUH introduces new CT scanner to public

A new scanner has been installed at Battlefords Union Hospital. The first patient to be scanned was Roland Bru, right.

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The Battlefords Union Hospital hosted a celebration recently, introducing its new CT scanner to the public.

A number of dignitaries were in attendance at the celebration, including Mayor Ryan Bater, MLA Herb Cox, rural and remote health minister Greg Ottenbreit, Prairie North Health Region CEO Da-

vid Fan, and PNRH Authority chairperson Bonnie O’Grady.

The CT scanner cost approximately $1.2 million. Approximately $600,000 came from the Ministry of Health, while approximately $600,000 was raised by the Battlefords Union Hospital Foundation, with most funding coming from a local radiothon.

On Sept. 18, the scanner’s first patient was serviced, af-

ter six weeks of renovations to the current space where the scanner is, and the machine’s installation.

“I am happy to have had the first appointment for a scan with this amazing new machine,” said Roland Bru of North Battleford. “It’s a great addition to patient care at our local hospital. It’s nice to have the new machine here as it means a lot less travelling for

me and for others.”

During renovations and the installation, health workers performed CT scans on patients with a mobile CT unit.

The mobile unit is currently in use in Lloydminster, and health authorities expect the city’s new CT scanner to be operational in November.

The Ministry of Health also contributed $600,000 toward Lloydminster’s CT scanner.

Roman Ewanchuk: Changing young lives Continued from Page 6 Roman knew that to keep the boys out of mischief; they needed to be kept busy. He started real mixed farming. He raised horses, cattle, hogs, chickens, turkeys, ducks, pheasants, pigeons, and tame rabbits. And of course dogs and cats. No one would ever believe how excited these boys were when spring arrived and so did little baby animals and baby birds. None of these boys ever saw mother animals giving birth to their babies nor did they see baby chicks, turkeys, or geese hatch. This opened a new chapter in their lives.

These boys attended the Mayfair Central school.

They were picked up by a school bus in the morning and brought back in the evening. These boys all had their chores to do in the morning. This home needed extra help (staff) so Roman hired his cousin Raymond Ewanchuk and his sister Erinka. On Saturday, Roman would take his family to some broomball tournaments.

He also hired his mother. To these boys she was Baba. Yes, this was me.

To me these boys were all children who needed someone to talk to and show them you care for them. Whenever I would arrive in their home, they would ask, “Baba, what can we bake?” One says lemon pie another wants doughnuts or chocolate cake. When I read out the ingredients from the cookbook they were all over the cupboard to get these ingredients down. They were very excited when they beat the egg whites, put it

on a lemon pie, put it in the oven and watched through the oven glass door. They screamed when the whites became a dark orange colour called meringue.

Liz and Roman became very good cooks. One year they had 16 boys. Some looked the age of Roman and Liz. The last year they had eight. Every June, ending school term, Roman and Liz put on a large barbecue supper, inviting not only these boys’ families but also neighbours. During this supper, two mothers came up to me, hugged me and thanked me for raising a son who made such a difference in their sons’ lives in just one year.

Words can’t express how proud I was that Roman and Liz, being so young themselves, made these mothers so happy.

One year ending school term in June, Roman and Liz were invited to a banquet in North Battleford in their honour with only the group home boys and staff.

The “top brass” from Regina were present. I sat opposite them. They made these remarks, I quote, “We have visited other group homes but never did we see young people look so healthy in one year’s time.”

It helped that Liz always had a large garden, producing lots of fresh vegetables, also fresh meat from pigs, poultry and wild birds, too.

One young boy turned his life around so well, he became a foreman in an oil patch. A couple of years later this boy, “J,” gave Roman’s son Bohdan a job. A few years later and today Bohdan is a foreman in the oil patch. “J” told Roman he is paying back for

the good he got out of the group home.

My husband Uhan and I brought the Whitkow Hotel in 1973. One evening Bohdan phoned to ask if he could make a stag party for “J” who was getting married. This was a surprise.

Roman and Liz supplied the homemade kobassa.

I supplied fresh buns and dills etc. This boy “J” came up to me and asked if I remember him. I answered, “No, I don’t, should I?” He told me he was a Redfield boy and that I fed him borscht, perogies, cabbage rolls and fresh buns.

He said he always felt just like at home. Other Redfield boys were with him too. He thanked me for raising a son who saved his life.

He said, “Roman made me what I am today. If not for him, I would have been found dead in a ditch. He saved my life and taught me how to work and respect people.”

During Christmas and Easter to this day many of these boys phone and say, “Hello. Ma, Hello Pa,” and tell them about themselves and where they are.

One evening in 1975, Roman and one of his Redfield boys went hunting. One young boy “L,” did not realize his gun was loaded. Walking through the thick willows around the creek, a willow hit the gun and it discharged.

The bullet hit Roman in his side, hit his rib cage, bounced off passing the heart cage and ending up in his shoulder where it still is today. The doctor advised not to remove it because it would cut a lot of nerves.

His brother Orest drove

him to North Battleford.

Immediately he was put in the ambulance and taken to Saskatoon. He would not accept any pills. In one week he was home with a brace from his elbow to his wrist.

Roman and Liz folded up the Redfield group home in 1985. Thirteen years was enough, they said.

On Sept. 6, 1985, the Saskatchewan Social Services of North Battleford held a dinner and program in honour of Roman and Liz in a large restaurant in North Battleford. This invitation was sent out by

the district director Dr. L. Saiseth. My husband Uhan and I were also invited and very honoured.

After retiring after 13 years, Roman is employed at North Battleford Youth Centre. On March 3, 2017, he was 66 years old. He travels 35 miles to his job.

Roman and Liz both joined and danced with the Ukranian Zoria Dancers.

After his hip replacement last year, he gave up dancing. They also belong to the Mayfair Theatre Group where Roman always has the leading roll and Liz is the prompter. They have 11 grandchildren and two

g r e a t-g r a nd d a ug ht e r s.

When their daughter Roma was getting married to Guye Bourelle, Pat gave the toast to the bride. Pat and his wife Rita have three sons. One is named Roman. They also have one daughter.

Roman and Liz have received an honorary certificate from Lorne Calvert for the job as foster parents for 13 years at Redfield.

My husband Uhan was so proud he made a remark that nobody has a big heart like Roman to be a foster parent to so many half grown children.

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Battleford Bucks quarterback Josh Fransoo raced his way down the field during a 30-0 win against the Prince Albert River Riders at Beaver Lions Stadium Wednesday night. Photo by Lucas Punkari

Bucks adapting to nine-man football Guiel Salunga set the ball for her John Paul II Crusaders teammates during a game at the senior girls volleyball tournament they hosted on Sept. 29 and 30.

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By Lucas Punkari Sports Reporter

Playing in their own gym proved to be rather beneficial for the John Paul II Crusaders senior girls volleyball team.

In a tournament that took place Sept. 29 and 30, the Crusaders earned a bronze medal as they picked up a three-set win over Medstead.

“It was a really good weekend for us as the girls improved in each game,” Crusaders head coach

Janet Benoit said.

“Our first game was Friday afternoon against Medstead and we played in front of the entire school, so that was a little nerve wracking, but the progression from that point on for us was in the right direction. With that said, there’s still some things we need to work on as we go forward.”

Prior to their home tournament, the Crusaders competed at events in St. Walburg and Unity, where they won silver and bronze

medals.

“We keep making it on to the podium but we’re still looking for that gold medal,” Benoit said.

“Right now we are just looking for some really consistent court play and having good court positioning. Those are the biggest things we’re going to be working on here along with our serving and our blocking as we get ready for our next few events.”

The Crusaders had Thanksgiving off but will be back in action this coming weekend for a tournament in Meadow Lake.

The Carpenter High Spartans, who will be hosting that event, captured the championship at John Paul II.

By Lucas Punkari Sports Reporter

A change to the number of players that take the field in the Saskatoon Kinsmen Minor Football League’s Pee Wee division is paying dividends for the Battleford Bucks.

The team, which is part of Battlefords Minor Football organization, leads the league with a 5-1 record after picking up a 30-0 win over the Prince Albert River Riders at Beaver Lions Stadium Wednesday night.

“It’s been a nice progression for us really,” said Mike Humenny, who is an assistant coach for the Bucks.

“We had some growing pains in our first season but last year we made it to the semifinals and we’ve been playing really well this

year with the 29 guys that we have.”

Previously, the Pee Wee Division had 12 men on the field, but was changed to nine-men this season as part of a directive sent down from Football Canada.

“It hasn’t been a seamless transition for us but we had a really good spring camp with this rule change in the back of our minds,” Humenny said.

“We were lucky to have all of the kids there and we were able to work through some things in order to hit the ground running when we got back together in August.

“We’re also fortunate to play the majority of our home games at Crusader Field, which is already set up for the nine-man football games they play at John Paul II.” The Bucks, who have Paul Fransoo as head coach and also have Steffen Geddes, Darren Russell, Shawn Humenny, Jim Sheppard and Stephen Neufeld on the coaching

staff, have been a wellbalanced machine so far this year.

They have scored the most points in the league with 146 and their 45 points against is the third least that a team has allowed all season.

“We have a number of guys on the offensive side of the ball that can make plays, whether it’s our quarterback [Josh Fransoo], running backs or our wide receivers,” Humenny said.

“Our defence is led by our linebackers who are able to move well from side to side to track down the opposing players. At this age group, many teams try to attack the outside edge with pitches to the running backs or with slot back screens, so it’s important to try and shut those plays down early.”

The Bucks last home game of the regular season will be at Crusader Field on Sunday, Oct. 15 when they will play the Tinkler Raiders of Saskatoon at 1 p.m.

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Peter C. Scott June 27, 1931 - March 1, 2015 Peter was born in Radisson, Saskatchewan, the son of Peter and Tena Scott. He attended Twin Lakes School until 1942. The family wishes to invite anybody who knew Peter or his family to join us at the Radisson Cemetery at 4:00 PM on October 14 to pay your respects and share any memories you may have of Peter. __________________________________________________________

OBITUARIES Laurienne Meena October 17, 1935 – October 4, 2017 Laurienne Therese Meena, of Saskatoon, passed away on Wednesday, October 4, 2017.

She was born in Eldridge, SK on October 17, 1935 to Annette and Ovila Dore. Mom started her career in psychiatric nursing in North Battleford in 1954. She met Dad shortly after moving to North Battleford. They were married in April 1956 and had 4 children.

They moved to Saskatoon in 1984 where she continued her nursing career at Porteous Lodge until her retirement in 1995. Mom enjoyed her career, visiting family and friends and travelling. She was predeceased by her parents; husband Ron; son Everett; and grandson Christopher Bauder. She is survived by her son Grant; daughters Lois and Marilyn, Daughter-in-law Heather Wallace and their spouses; and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

The Funeral Service was held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, October 9, 2017 at McClure United Church (4025 Taylor St. E.) in Saskatoon.

Arrangements in care of Chelsea Krentz – Mourning Glory Funeral Services (306) 978-5200 www.mourningglory.ca __________________________________________________ LYBECK: Olive Mary (nee: Ridsdale) Lybeck was born September 6, 1920 in Leeds, England and passed away September 25, 2017 in Saskatoon, SK at the age 97 years. Olive is lovingly remembered by: her children: Kelvin (Lil) Lybeck of Belbutte, SK and family, Bernice Lybeck (Jim) of Saskatoon, SK and family, sister-in-law, Edith Ridsdale, an abundance of grandchildren and great grandchildren and also numerous nieces, nephews and other relatives. She is predeceased by: her husband, Halvard Lybeck, son, Clinton Lybeck, daughters, Barb Lybeck and Lavina Nowoselski, grandson, Christopher, parents, George and Alice Ridsdale, brothers, Stephen in infancy, Harold, Fred and David and her sister, Ann French. Graveside Funeral Services were held on Sunday, October 1, 2017 at 1:00 pm from the Belbutte Lutheran Cemetery, Belbutte, SK with Mark Muir officiating, Honorary Pallbearers were considered “All relatives and friends who have shared in Olive’s life”. Olive’s final resting place is with her husband, daughters and other relatives at the Belbutte Lutheran Cemetery. Following the graveside services all those in attendance were invited for lunch and fellowship at Kel and Lil’s farm.

Friends do wishing may make memorial contributions to the Alzheimer Society of Saskatchewan in memory of Olive Lybeck as tokens of remembrance. Olive was born in Leeds, England on September 6, 1920 and immigrated to Canada with her family in 1924. Prior to her marriage, she worked as the post mistress in Asquith. In 1946, she married Halvard Lybeck and they spent almost 50 years farming together before his death in 1995. Olive was a strong, intelligent woman with a great sense of humor, a sharp wit and a beautiful smile. She could do anything she set her mind to and taught herself to bake, cook, sew, can and garden. She had a caring and compassionate heart and gladly gave all she could to anyone who needed help. We love you Mom and Grandma and we will miss you so much. Family and friends wishing to send online condolences are welcome to visit www.beaulacfuneralhome.com. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to the care of Beau “Lac” Funeral Home, Mark Muir, Funeral Director, Spiritwood (306-883-3500). __________________________________________________ TO BOOK CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING CALL 306-445-7261

DUCHARME: In Loving Memory of Donna Alice Ducharme, born April 6, 1959, passed away September 7, 2017. Donna leaves to cherish her memory: Her partner, Mark Pilipow; Her sons: James (Ashley) – grandchildren: Chloe & Tristan; David, and their father, Greg Ducharme. Brothers & Sisters: Dorothy (Sid) Fournier, Nanaimo, BC; Ernie (Eleanor) Voegeli, Ruddell, SK; David (Gail) Voegeli, Maymont, SK; Linda (Barry) Stoicescu, Nipawin, SK; Anna (Blair) Dearborn, Richard, SK. Many nieces, nephews, great nieces and nephews, cousins & friends. Donna was predeceased by her parents, Beatrice & Otto Voegeli and her brother, Leonard. Celebration Of Life was held on Saturday, September 30, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. from the Maymont School Auditorium, Maymont, Saskatchewan. Eulogist was Robert Stack. Memorial Donations may be made in Donna’s name to the Canadian Cancer Society or a Charity of Donor’s Choice. Arrangemnets were entrusted to Battlefords Funeral Service. __________________________________________________ NICODEMO: In Loving Memory of William (Bill) Norman Nicodemo, born August 29, 1928 at Toronto, Ontario, passed away September 28, 2017 in North Battleford, Saskatchewan. Left to cherish his memory: his wife of 65 years, Dorothy; Daughter: Diane Knox (Wally) - children: Bobby MacDougall (Tracy) and her daughter Jyelle; Kent Knox (Jolene) - grandsons: Landon and Mason; Rae Goodwin (Terry) - grandchildren: Kale, Liam and Alli; Son: Paul Nicodemo (Nadia) - children: Krystin Mattacchione (son Lucas), Caitlin Nicodemo (Mark Costain); Julia Nicodemo; Matthew Arnone; Sister-in-law: Gwladys Martin, nieces and nephews. Predeceased by his parents: Guerino and Teresa (nee Della Bianca) Nicodemo; In-laws: Albert and Mable Blackford; Grandson: Jason Arnone; Sisters: Elda Bertoia and Mary Nicodemo; Sisters-in-law: Janet Park and Megan Rutledge; Brothers-in-law: Settimo Bertoia, Jim Martin and Don Park. Service Of Celebration For The Life Of William Norman Nicodemo was held on Wednesday, October 4, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. from Third Avenue United Church, North Battleford, SK with Minister Reverend Frances Patterson and Guest Minister Reverend Fred J. Tinio. Shared Memories were given by Diane Knox. Scripture Lessons: 2 Timothy 4: 1-2, 6-8; John 19: 25b -30; 1 Corinthians 15: 35-37, 42-44, 51, 54b-55. Music Ministry: Glenn Goodman – Organist; Third Avenue Sanctuary Choir; Anthem - “Crown Him With Many Crowns”; Cathy Richardson – Soloist; “All Through The Night”; Hymn Selections: Processional: “Praise My Soul, The King Of Heaven”; “Great Is Thy Faithfulness”; “How Great Thou Art”; “Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah”; Recessional: “The Lord’s My Shepherd” – Crimmond.

Pallbearers were Paul Nicodemo, Bobby MacDougall, Bruce Martin, Kent Knox, Landon Knox and Frank Marinucci. Private Interment was at Prairie Willows Columbaria, City Cemetery North Battleford, SK. Memorial Donations are requested to Third Avenue United Church, 1301 - 102nd St., North Battleford, SK S9A 1G4 or to Battlefords Union Hospital Foundation Inc., Box 1358, North Battleford, SK S9A 3L8 (designate to 3rd North or the Palliative Care Unit). Arrangements were entrusted to Battlefords Funeral Service. ___________________________________________________

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Leko’s Conservation Corner – Wildfire safety while hunting I recently had a chance to get out and talk to some farmers who were out on their combines trying to get this year’s crop off.

Currently, there are some draw mule deer and elk seasons open, and on Sept. 15, the upland bird season opened for sharptailed grouse and partridge.

The start of September saw the diehard waterfowl hunters hit the land to harvest ducks and geese.

Don’t be surprised to see more land posted this

fall restricting access until we get some significant moisture.

One constant worry landowners have is the risk of fires from people accessing their land to hunt.

The extreme dry conditions found in many areas of the province have raised this concern. The province had a fire ban for all areas of Saskatchewan south of the Churchill River up until just recently. Many RMs had fire bans on, and while we got some moisture, the dry conditions are still a

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Family Justice Services offers a Parenting after Separation and Divorce Program - to help people who are considering or may be in the separation/ divorce process from 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Registration is mandatory.

There is no fee for these session. To register call toll free 1-877-964-5501.

Location will be advised when you register. Classes are for adults only - no child care is provided.

Saturday, October 14

Bottles & Barrels - The best arty since prohibition. Celebrate the roaring 20’s with music by the Stone Frigate Big Band.Tasting available for Saskatchewan micro breweries, wineries and distilleries. Period costumes are encouraged.

Saturday, October 14

Beef Fall Supper at Battleford United Church, 52 - 4th Ave. from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.

Sunday, October 15

Larry Krause concert, Borden Community Centre, 2:00 p.m.

Hosted by Borden Friendship Club with proceeds to Borden Lakeland Library

Sunday, October 15

Borden Friendship Club Harvest Tea and Bake Sale, Senior’s Club Room, 2:00 p.m. By donation.

Wednesday, October 18

Speers United Church Fall Supper at the Speers Recreation Centre from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.

Conservation Officer Lindsey Leko

concern.

While some hunters feel that the only cause of fires is a cigarette carelessly thrown out the window, this is not true. Fires can be started by simply a hot muffler in tall grass. This also applies to mufflers on ATVs. Metal from your vehicle’s undercarriage scraping a hard rock on a trail can create sparks that can start a fire.

Muzzle flashes from firearms or the use of tannerite may also be enough to start a fire in the current conditions.

Hunters are reminded to take extra precautions.

Carry a fire extinguisher, shovel or other tools in your vehicle.

Walk whenever possible.

Avoid unnecessary vehicle idling.

Mufflers and other parts can get hot enough to start a fire.

Keep your vehicle out of tall grass – stick to roads and trails.

When setting up your camp, pick an area free of tall grass.

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cess to land by always asking permission before entering any private lands whether they are posted or not. Remember that we are just hunting there, while it is their livelihood. Strong winds can move a fire a great distance and create a threat to property, buildings, equipment and livestock.

I have received a number of questions from readers about hunting season.

Q: If I am bear hunting with a bow, can I carry another firearm to protect myself?

The carrying of a firearm for personal protection is a complex issue.

The recent bear attack on a bow hunter in central Saskatchewan has really got people thinking about safety issues. Bear attacks are very rare but they do occur and we are all relieved that the hunter is recovering from his injuries.

The ministry has published a bear safety pamphlet that details techniques to avoid encounters.

Individuals can carry bear spray as a deterrent. Carrying a rifle or shotgun for purposes of self-defense is not recommended. Handguns are a restricted weapon and are not allowed to be carried for protection while hunting.

In terms of someone bear hunting, it is lawful for a person hunting bears with a bow to carry a shotgun as well. Bear seasons are a combined firearm season, so archery, crossbow, muzzleloader, shotguns and rifles are all lawful. Remember, that if an archer wishes to carry a rifle as well as a bow, then he or she is required to wear lawful hunting colors. Camouflage clothing can be worn by persons carrying a bow, crossbow, muzzleloader or shotgun.

In an archery only season such as white-tailed deer, moose or elk, hunters can only carry archery

equipment. If archery hunters are interested in hunting game birds as well the season opened on Sept. 15 and hunters with an upland game bird licence could carry a shotgun loaded with bird shot with them.

Q: Why can’t you hunt Canada Geese in the afternoon?

The thought is that all day hunting of Canada Geese and white front geese will create added pressure and stress to the populations making them leave the area quicker than normal. By not hunting them in the afternoon it will hopefully keep the geese in an area longer for everyone to be able to harvest equally. Once Oct. 15 arrives, all day dark geese hunting is allowed.

Q: Why do geese fly in a V formation?

The best answer that I have for this is that is conserves energy. For racing fans, ducks flying in a V formation is a form of drafting. Each bird in the V will fly slightly higher than the bird in front of him. Each goose will take a turn at the tip of the V where the wind resistance is the greatest. Once tired, the goose will slip back and another will take its place at the front of the V. I am sure that there are other reasons for it as well, but physics was a class that I opted out of taking.

Q: Can I carry a firearm in the vehicle next to me, or does it have to be encased?

This question is a good one, and has several parts to it. If you are traveling through a road corridor game preserve, wildlife refuge, game preserve or through a regional park, provincial park or recreation site, your firearm has to be unloaded, encased or in the trunk, so it is not readily accessible.

A number of provincial parks and recreations sites are open to hunting and, in these parks, a person with

a valid licence for the park in question is allowed to hunt and may carry an uncased firearm in a passenger vehicle. However, even in provincial parks and recreations sites which are open to hunting there may be posted no hunting areas surrounding the core, developed areas of the park.

Other than in these special areas, it is legal to have a firearm right next to you as long as it is unloaded – provided you are properly licensed for the applicable hunting season.

Many people drive around during the hunting season with their unloaded rifle or shotgun right next to them on the seat.

Q: My son and I got drawn for moose. If we only get one animal, how can we split the meat and take it home?

Many hunters share unprocessed meat from an elk or moose. There used to be a policy where a big game transportation permit would be issued, but this is NOT the case anymore.

The successful hunter will have his licence, which will give him legal authority to possess the meat.

The other individual will need to have documentation with the successful hunter’s name, licence number, date of harvest and signature. This can be shown to any officer wishing to see it.

Well, that should do it again for another column.

Until then…keep your rod tip up Editor’s note: Ministry of Environment conservation officer Lindsey Leko has spent more than 25 years as a conservation officer in Saskatchewan.

For many years, Officer Leko contributed a column to local papers on a variety of issues related to hunting, fishing, and other resource-related issues. If you have questions, please contact lindsey.leko@gov. sk.ca.

Saturday, October 21

Borden Lions Fall supper, Borden Community Centre, 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.

Westjet raffle draw with proceeds to Borden Museum washrooms.

Saturday, October 21

Fall Symposium - Liveing Well with an Auto immune Condition at Smiley’s Buffet & Event Centre, Banquet Room B, 702 Circle Drive E., Saskatoon.

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- 12:30 p.m. at St. Joseph Parish Hall, 1942 - 98th Street. All you can eat.

Everyone welcome.

Wednesday, October 25

Indigenous Awareness Training at the Gold Ridge Centre from 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. Historical background of indigenous People and more. Register today at Northwest Community Futures at 306-446-3200.

Thursday, October 26

Fright Nights at the Western Development Museum.Take a walk through our Haunted House...if you dare.

Saturday, October 28

Family Hallowe’en Dance, Borden Community Centre, 8:00 p.m. – 2:00 a.m. $300 gift basket raffle, Proceeds to Borden Museum Washroom Fund.

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a cigarette, reading a map or your mail – these are all examples of how a driver can be distracted. We’ve even seen people watching Netflix while driving.”

“The average car or lightweight truck weighs over four thousand pounds,” said Chief Evan Bray, Regina Police Service. “That is two tons of comfort and convenience to get you to your destination… or it’s two tons of steel and glass that can take your life, or someone else’s, if you lose control.

Is there any text message, photo or music selection in the world that could be more important than a human life?”

“The message is simple: put the phone away and encourage your friends and family to do the same,” said Earl Cameron, Executive Vice President of the Auto Fund. “Put it out of reach in your glove box, zip it up in your purse and put it in the back seat, or mount it on your dashboard and use it hands-free if you’re an experienced driver. We all have a responsibility to make safe choices behind the wheel.”

It is illegal for drivers in Saskatchewan to use, view, hold or manipulate a cellphone while driving. This means that, even if you’re simply holding a cellphone and not using it, you can still be charged.

Drivers caught using their cellphone while driving for the second time within one year will have the vehicle they are driving seized for seven days. Experienced drivers can only use a cellphone if it is mounted to their visor or dash, and

they use the voice-activated or one-touch functions.

Learner and novice drivers are not allowed to use a cellphone of any kind, not even hands-free.

The penalty for distracted driving is a $280 fine and four demerit points under SGI’s Safe Driver Recognition program.

Everyone can drive free of distractions by following these tips: • Don’t use your cellphone, even at a red light – the law applies whenever you’re in control of a vehicle.

• Put the phone away – silence your phone and put it out of reach before getting behind the wheel.

• Focus on driving – limit distractions like eating, grooming, or having emotional conversations with passengers.

• Have a designated texter – let your passenger reply to messages and operate the radio and GPS. • Pull over first – if you need to make a call or take care of children or pets, don’t do it while driving.

• Call out friends and family – if you see them using a cellphone behind the wheel, speak up! It may save their life.

Visit SGI’s website at www.sgi.sk.ca to learn more about distracted driving and the strengthened cellphone legislation.

August Traffic Safety Spotlight Results: Impaired driving During the August spotlight on impaired driving police reported 390 impaired driving offences, including 334 Criminal Code charges.

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The biggest word in the English language There are many long words in the English language – words of five syllables and more. In the film, Mary Poppins, Julie Andrews sings a nonsense song using a word with thirty-four letters: supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.

It’s a real word, referring to something extremely beautiful and good. But the longest word of all is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, a 45-letter monster that identifies a lung disease that can be contracted from inhaling fine volcanic dust. What a big word! Fortunately for doctors, and for all of us, it’s medically the same as silicosis!

But let’s look at it a bit differently. There are sometimes very short words that have a significance far beyond their size. They are big words in another sense.

Missionary to India, Amy Carmichael (18671951) wrote a book with the title If. It provides a penetrating and convicting look at Christian discipleship, and our tendency to personal pride and lack of love for others. For example she writes, “If a sudden jar can cause me to speak an impatient, unloving word, then I know nothing of Calvary love, for a cup brimful of sweet water cannot spill

even one drop of bitter water, however suddenly jolted.” (That reminded me of a recent display of bad temper in the House of Commons!)

“If” is a big word. An even bigger one is “I.” And Miss Carmichael is actually speaking of how I and me can get in the way of our service for God. A self-centred life will be hindered in loving others, and also in honouring the Lord consistently. The person who is self-willed, self-seeking, and selfserving likely has spiritual “I trouble.”

The Bible gives us an example of that with a rich man the Lord spoke of in a parable (Lk. 12:16-21).

In three verses he uses personal pronouns a dozen times, including four “I will’s.” But God called him a fool, saying all his grandiose plans would come to a crashing halt with his death, that very night. With no thought of using his wealth to bless others, his attitude was nothing like the love of Christ Amy Carmichael wrote about, the Saviour who “gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us” (Tit. 2:14).

Isaiah 14:12-15 describes the sin that turned a powerful angel named Lucifer (literally, the Shining One) into Satan. He was a cherub appointed to attend the throne of God,

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but he began to covet the throne for himself. We see in him the “I trouble” the rich man had. “I will be like the Most High,” he thought–the same sin with which he tempted Adam and Eve to eat the forbidden fruit (Gen. 3:1-6).

“You will be like God,” he said. In effect, “Be your own god.”

Many years ago, there was a Salvation Army Convention. The founder, William Booth, was still living, but he was too frail and infirm to attend.

Instead, he sent a telegram, to be read to those who had assembled. When an officer came down the aisle calling, “I have a message from General Booth!” a hush fell over the large crowd to listen.

The message was a single word–another small word that’s big in its import.

The word was “Others.”

And that speaks to the good work of the Salvationists over many decades since, a loving concern for others.

In 1902, Charles Meigs (1846-1920) published a hymn called simply Others. The son of famed

To show my thanks Seize the day! Take the opportunity before it’s too late! Never get too old to try something new! All great slogans, if you decide to follow their advice. This week I did.

The story began about a year ago when one of my daughters-inlaw gave me a beautiful long purple dress she’d been given.

With the exception of a few minor tucks here and there it fit perfectly.

I excitedly took it home and hung it in my closet.

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she’d visualized and laid out an original pattern for an over-jacket that upped the dress to nearcelebrity status. I wore it to the event, received a number of compliments, and then put the outfit back in my closet, wondering when it would be worn again.

Fast forward to last month and a request from that skilled dressmaker: Would I appear in a local fashion show to display her handiwork? Me? A fashion show? That’s when seize the day, take the opportunity and do it now

obstetrician Charles Delucena Meigs, the son took an active interest in the Sunday School. He was part owner of a publishing firm, but sold his interest in the business so he could give more time to Christian work.

His hymn says, “Lord, help me live from day to day / In such a self-forgetful way / That even when I kneel to pray / My prayer shall be for others. / Others, Lord, yes others, / Let this my motto be, / Help me to live for others, / That I may live like Thee.”

became relevant. Last evening, amid hearty applause and a number of loud whistles, I knew my fear-ridden trip down the ramp was a success. All this to say that while I did it to demonstrate my thanks to Guadalupe, it turned out to be a lot of fun as well as a thoughtprovoker.

How much more should our lives display our thanks to God for His great love. “…that we who first trusted in Christ should be to the praise of His glory.”

Ephesians 1:12

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Loving God Growing Together Serving Others Phone Church: 306-445-4818 Fax: 306-445-8895 Email: tbcnb@sasktel.net www.trinitybaptistchurch.ca

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Bible Study Wednesday 7:30 p.m.

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