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Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Battlefords Bright Spots

Frightful week

By Jayne Foster Staff Reporter

To recap last week’s Bright Spots, Friday is Halloween. Remember to get your treats ready for the kids. You can expect a variety of superheroes at your door, as they are a popular trend among costumes this year. Boys, it is said, are especially interested in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Many girls are looking at characters from Frozen, Ever After High and Monster High.

There are also some adult festivities on tap as well.

The WDM’s Halloween bash is a two-day event Wednesday, Oct. 29 and Thursday, Oct. 30. This is meant to frighten, so no one under 13 is to attend. Fright Nights will feature a creepy cocktail bar and the theme An Evening at the Theatre, When Your Nightmares Come to Life! Admission is $10 and the doors open at 6:30 p.m.

Friday, the Canadian Legion of Riders is once again having their Halloween Costume Bash at the Sloan Auditorium, the basement of the Legion in North Battleford. The headliners are the Barons of Buckingham, well known locally for their musicianship. Opening for them will be Jackwagon. You are to wear a crazy costume and a midnight lunch will be served.

It all gets underway at 8 p.m. and tickets are $15, available from Northern Auto Parts, the Legion and members of the Canadian Legion of Riders executive. jayne@newsoptimist.ca

English Made Fun Superintendents Jim Shevchuk and Cathy Herrick of Living Sky School Division showed board of education members some of the fun learning supports for students learning English as an additional language that have been included in a travelling trunk. See Thursday’s Regional Optimist for more on EAL in Living Sky Schools. Photo by Jayne Foster

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CUPE members rail against P3 hospital build

By John Cairns Staff Reporter

Concerns about plans to replace Saskatchewan Hospital through a public-private partnership dominated a CUPE meeting at the Dekker Centre Wednesday night.

The town hall meeting, attended by big names such as national CUPE president Paul Moist as well as Maude Barlow of the Council of Canadians, came in the wake of the decision of the Saskatchewan government to move ahead to the request for proposals stage for the combined new Saskatchewan Hospital and corrections facility, one that is being built through public-private partnerships, or P3s. Three teams had been invited to participate in the RFP stage.

But that good news took a back seat at Wednesday’s meeting to concerns at the CUPE meeting about the P3 process.

Presenter Simon Enoch, director of the Saskatchewan office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, provided a host of facts and figures, making points that freedom of information requests about P3s were coming up empty.

“Ultimately, what I would like to see is a very robust discussion about the advan-

Speakers Maude Barlow and Paul Moist were among those appearing at the CUPE meeting Wednesday on the P3 proposal for Saskatchewan Hospital, held at the Dekker Centre. Photos

by John Cairns tages and disadvantages of P3s in Saskatchewan,” Enoch told reporters. He said people were under the impression that P3s are “supposed to be more cost-effective and more efficient, and I think if you look at the evidence it’s just not true.”

He urged people to contact their MLA and the premier, and ask them to put pressure on their elected officials to “open up the books. Show

us the exact numbers. Right now we have a provincial Crown corporation called SaskBuilds promoting P3s. If P3s are such a panacea, why can’t they stand on their own?

Why do they need their own ministry to back them?”

Barlow, chairperson of the Council of Canadians and author of Profit Is Not the Cure: A Citizen’s Guide to Saving Medicare, also slammed what she considers

a lack of transparency.

“This is our money. This is our public taxpayers’ money.

These are our services, it’s our families, our kids, who are going to be impacted,” said Barlow. “That lack of transparency tells you what you need to know, which is that it’s not about providing services, it’s about making money for private companies.”

Her presentation painted

a dim view of P3s across the country.

“Across the country, the record shows — and these reports come from left, right and centre — much higher costs at the end, much higher costs, poor quality, damage to local industry, reduced transparency and, as Simon (Enoch) said, bailouts — public bailouts when the project fails.”

Moist’s presentation included case studies of other P3 hospital projects in Brampton, Ont., Abbotsford, B.C. and Montreal, Que. He also painted a dismal picture of those projects and particularly pointed to problems with the P3 at McGill University Health Centre.

Moist called it a “boondoggle” and noted Arthur Porter, its former Director-General and CEO, was now in a Panamanian prison awaiting extradition on fraud charges.

“In every corner of Canada, Canadians view public health care as a stunning accomplishment,” Moist told the audience. “It’s something we want to debate out in the open. The citizens of Saskatchewan including this community deserve to debate this out in the open.”

Other union leaders at the meeting raised concerns of the implications. In his remarks to the audience at the start of the meeting, CUPE

Local 5111 president Brian Manegre said people were going to lose their jobs.

“There’s maintenance people still working, still holding their jobs but they’ve all been told that once the new facility opens they probably won’t have their jobs. And where are they going to go?”

He also noted the proposal to include a new corrections facility as part of the project came as something “totally new.”

Also represented at the meeting was the Saskatchewan Government Employees Union. Its president, Bob Bymoen, spoke during the question-and-answer session and raised concerns about job losses impacting his union.

He pointed out that the North Battleford Youth Centre would be closing, impacting “almost 150 SGEU members.”

Former Battlefords NDP MLA and MP Len Taylor, who took on the role of moderator at the event, noted the proposal to close the youth centre was something he didn’t think most people in the Battlefords knew about yet.

Taylor called it “something we should be discussing in this community a great deal more than we have from a number of different perspectives.”

Partisanship takes back seat after Ottawa attack protecting us every day in the legislature.”

He called it “a strange time that we live in right now.”

“Terrorism has come to our country, and we’ll never be the same.”

Battlefords MLA Herb Cox was emotional as he referred to the “terrible day in Ottawa.”

He said the decision was made to go ahead with the Throne Speech “because

By John Cairns Staff Reporter

Partisanship fell by the wayside this week as people of all political stripes reacted with solidarity and shows of patriotism in the wake of the shooting tragedy in Ottawa.

The turn of events that saw soldier Nathan Cirillo killed at the National War Memorial, followed by more gunfire inside the Parliament building itself, took place Wednesday morning as a government caucus meeting was underway inside.

While the exact whereabouts of agriculture minister and Battlefords-Lloydminster MP Gerry Ritz was not disclosed during the crisis, it was confirmed on Twitter by Jeff English of his office that Ritz was not in harm’s way.

“Minister Ritz is in a safe location,” the Tweet stated that morning.

At various events this past week in the Battlefords, people reflected on the situation in Ottawa.

Wednesday night at the Dekker Centre in North Battleford, speakers at a CUPE town hall meeting on P3 plans for Saskatchewan Hospital made known their emotions about what transpired.

Moderator Len Taylor noted the time he spent in Ottawa as an MP and in other capacities.

“The public service represented Canadians very well in Ottawa today dealing with this tragedy,” said Taylor,

that’s a tradition, and it’s a tradition nobody’s going to stop.”

Cox also paid tribute to “all of the servicemen, all of the RCMP, all of the police across this country who do such a great job for us.”

At that point, he invited Al White to present the colours of the Canadian flag on stage, and everyone at the fundraiser stood and joined in the singing of O Canada.

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Rick Myrol of the Reactions, MLA Herb Cox and Al White salute the armed forces and join in a singing of O Canada at a fundraising event at Alex Dillabough Centre Saturday night. Photo

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✓ There should have been less money for that stadium in Regina.

who went on to pay tribute to the soldier who died.

“On behalf of all of us our hearts and minds are with the family of the young 24-year old who lost his life today.”

Another of the speakers, Maude Barlow, noted Ottawa was her home.

Barlow said she had “four grandkids in lockdown at schools today, and I was a basket case most of the day — not worrying about them, because I know they were safe, but worrying about

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what they were thinking and what they were feeling about what they were being told. I don’t want this violence in my country, I don’t want this violence in my city.”

She expressed her desire to “hold on to this idea of civil society, civilization, coming together as a community and saying ‘I don’t just care about myself and my family, I care about you, too.’”

In Regina that afternoon, the opening of the fall sitting of the Legislature and read-

ing of the Speech from the Throne took a back seat to the Ottawa situation.

Security was ramped up and the Throne Speech went ahead on schedule, despite what happened in the national capital.

Saturday night at a Saskatchewan Party local riding fundraiser held at Alex Dillabough Centre in Battleford, provincial minister of education Don Morgan paid tribute to the armed forces and to the “great people that we have

fraud over $5,000, fraud under $5,000, laundering the proceeds of crime and possession of proceeds of crime.

The charges are in connection to activities between May 1, 2006 and Feb. 28, 2013 when she was operating A.K. Financial Planning Services out of an office

at 1731-100th St. in North Battleford.

A number of victims were in the courtroom Friday morning, although the accused was not.

Kaminsky’s lawyer, Nicholas Stooshnikoff, said work is ongoing on a resolution to the matter.

Kaminsky fraud case back Nov. 25 Staff The case against a North Battleford financial planner accused of defrauding investors goes back to court Tuesday, Nov. 25, where Adelia, aka Adele, Kaminsky is expected to enter a plea.

Kaminsky is charged with

Last week’s News-Optimist online poll:

This week’s News-Optimist online poll: What is your reaction to the shootings last week in Ottawa? How safe do you feel the country is? ✓ It was an isolated incident. Our country is still a safe place as always. ✓ It’s an Ottawa problem, but not something we need to worry about happening around here. ✓ It isn’t isolated -- terrorism is in Canada and we will never be the same. ✓ Our country is now a target because we went to war with ISIS. ✓ I fear even worse terrorism will happen in Canada soon.

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If there was any question, we have the answer now In the immediate aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, a directive went out across the country. For the first few weeks following the attacks, air, army and sea cadets and their officers were ordered not to wear their uniforms for fear they might be subject to an attack by some unknown terrorist on our soil.

At the time, it seemed like one of the most asinine, reactionary responses I have ever heard of.

And yet today, as I start to type this column 13 years later, that is exactly what has happened, twice in the last three days, on Canadian soil. A soldier was killed out of the blue by terrorist action.

If there was any question the attack in Quebec was indeed terrorism, we had that answered Oct. 22, when a shooter targeted a sentry at the National War Memorial. Apparently the shooter then made it into the Centre Block of Parliament. I’m typing this in the hours after it happened, so details are still sketchy. But that sentry has now died – the second uniformed soldier to do so.

Today, Canada changed. It’s one thing to talk about wars on the other side of the planet. I am currently looking at a picture of the inside of caucus room filled with members of Parliament, and there is a stack of green chairs piled up barricading the door. Shots were fired right outside the door.

The Sergeant-at-Arms personally took down the shooter just outside the Library of Parliament. (Give that man the Victoria Cross.)

These MPs will not easily forget. The prime minister, who was in the building, will not forget being hustled out of the nation’s capital to the sound of gunfire.

This is our Pearl Harbour.

When was the last time Canadian soldiers, in uniform, have been killed on our native soil? Apparently an FLQ bomb in 1963 killed a sergeant at a recruiting office. Beyond that, did it even happen during the Second World War, excluding action off the coasts? Do we have to go as far back as the 1885 rebellion?

This attack happened under the Peace Tower! In our Parliament!

What more does it take for us to wake up to the fact there are people in this world who do not like us, and want us dead?

The question now is, what’s next? Do we sit and take it?

Do we mount an invasion somewhere? With what? Our six CF-18s en route to Iraq?

Online I’ve already seen apologists say things like, “And people get murdered in this country almost every day. It’s tragic, it’s upsetting, it’s definitely something to try to stop.

But it shouldn’t threaten our national identity or our worldview.”

Another one was “Dear Stephen Harper, Please pause.

Remember who you are. Remember who we are.

“Before you respond ... before you use threats and terms we won’t be proud of later ... before you theorize or strategize or sign us up for ‘a war on terror’ ...

“Please remember that this is what was bound to happen, because we are all a part of the interdependent web of all existence. What happens to one, happens to everyone.

There is no ‘someone else,’ no ‘somewhere else,’ no ‘other’ that is not also us. There is no way to make choices for ‘Canada’ in isolation from the rest of the world.

“Let’s use this to help us remember that we are all connected and we must all work together ... on a world wide scale ... to create a common experience of peace, safety, health and love. Let’s use this to remind us that we all share one planet, one food chain, one world community, one future. Please pause ... reconsider ... and start from the larger truth.”

Who are these apologists apologizing for? Who do they want to hug? How deeply can they bury their head in the sand? If the Gestapo was loading them onto trains, would they just go along with it?

In the hours after the Parliament Hill attack, the military was again ordered not to wear their uniforms in public. We will not prevail if we go into hiding. It’s horrible that two soldiers have been killed, but if you ask anyone in uniform, they will likely tell you, they are in uniform so that everyone else does not need to live in fear.

It might be time to start issuing side arms, however.

Our innocence, in many ways, has been lost. In 1992, as a Grade 11 student, I was in Ottawa for a conference a few blocks away from the Hill. We went for a walk, and walked around the Centre Block. We walked in, sat in the gallery for 10 minutes and walked out. Easy peasy. I doubt my kids will ever have that ease of access again.

— Brian Zinchuk is editor of Pipeline News. He can be reached at brian.zinchuk@sasktel.net.

Letter

A matter of priorities Dear Editor I attended a concert at the Dekker Centre last Saturday evening. The group was called The Back of the Bus. The evening was filled with lively music and fine entertainment.

The evening began with a welcome from a member of the local SPCA. She told us of the generous support that was given from far and wide to help with 20 puppies rescued from a field. Some of the money from the concert was also designated for the SPCA. People can be most generous and compassionate.

But there is a matter of priorities. Each year, thousands of babies have their lives snuffed out because of unwanted or inconvenient pregnancies. These terrible actions are within our laws. What can we do to prevent these terrible things from happening?

Let us not be afraid, shy, or complacent in speaking out against these so-called lawful procedures. Let’s save our babies. Thank you Mom and Dad for giving me my life.

Betty Zakresky North Battleford

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Snow mold: an ounce of prevention now ...

By Sara Williams I remember an early spring day in the 1980s. I was working at the Garden Line office and wishing I were outside. It was warm and sunny and the snow was melting quickly.

One of the last calls of the day dealt with a grey, cotton-like growth that was visible under the retreating snow. The caller wanted verification of the problem, and I needed a slide of snow mold. Their residence was en route to my home and I had my camera in the car. So I was pleased to make a “house call.”

It was, indeed, snow mold, a combination of several fungal organisms that thrive under moist conditions at temperatures around freezing (0-7 C). The cotton-like patches are the mycelium or vegetative part of the fungi and can range from a few inches to several feet in diameter. In severe cases, they can kill large portions of a lawn.

Grey snow mold (Typhala incarnata and few related species) is more commonly found in our area, generally

attacking only the aboveground grass blades. Pink snow mold (Microdochium nivalis) occurs less frequently but is more damaging as it also attacks grass roots.

The standard recommendation in spring is to encourage a rapid snowmelt, usually by raking out the snow. The fungi become inactive when exposed to sunlight, once temperatures are above 15 C and when the lawn is dry.

Now (late fall) is the time for that ounce of prevention, especially if snow mold has been a problem. To reduce its impact, allow your lawn to harden off prior to winter. Avoid over-fertilizing, especially with nitrogen, in the fall. The last application should be no later than Aug. 15. Nitrogen promotes a lush succulent growth that is extremely vulnerable to

— Photo by Willam M Brown Jr.

Late night snack up in smoke Staff A case of unattended cooking brought North Battleford Fire Department trucks and personnel to Valley View Towers I at about 10:45 p.m. Saturday.

According to the fire department, alarms were set off, but there were no injuries or damage.

The firefighters were on the scene for only about five minutes.

fungal attack.

Your lawn should go into winter no taller than two to three inches. Longer grass becomes matted under the weight of the snow and provides an ideal environment for snow mold proliferation.

It attacks the leaves first, then later the crown of the grass plant.

Thatch is partially decayed organic matter, on the soil surface, among the living grass blades. If the thatch layer is more than one half inch thick, it too serves as excellent habitat for snow mold and as well as an “oversummering” site for spores.

Use a mulching mower to decrease the size of clippings and dethatch your lawn each spring if the layer becomes excessive. Rake the lawn in the fall, removing leaves and other organic material that provide initial sustenance for snow mold.

Snow mold is favoured by early snowfall on unfrozen ground. Although we have no control on the weather, snow fencing can be used to discourage the accumulation of deep snow drifts and encourage even snow distribution.

Damage is generally worse where the snow lingers longest, thus the benefit of raking it away when the damage is first noticed.

Snow compaction is also thought to favour snow mold.

So place your ice rink on the vegetable garden rather than the lawn.

No fungicides for snow mold control are registered for domestic use in Canada.

If snow mold persists year after year despite preventive measures, and your lawn was established over 20 years ago, consider re-seeding or sodding with some of the more recent Kentucky bluegrass cultivars that are more resistant to snow mold.

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.

Clipped for Cancer

The residents and staff at Battlefords District Care Centre witnessed two staff members cutting their hair for cancer. Food Services supervisor Brianne Bell made arrangements with the recreation staff to have her hair cut as a program for the residents. With the help of hairstylist Emma Dyck, it was made possible. Bell had 14 inches of hair cut off to donate to the Cancer Society of Canada. Utility worker Aaron Savas was among the spectators but was soon challenged to follow suit and he ended up in the chair as well. Savas donated 10 inches of his locks.

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Dylan Sylvester: ’ b o j l a e r a s i ‘Busking

write a ght blog, read a book or to The JUG, where he mi song, “then take naps.”

B-class a 1979 200 series Dodge His home on the road is stove and a queen size bed, fridge, camper van. It features rth or wo y of the n music, he has heater, plus a bright orange plush interi ow his g itin wr d rte sta ok, because The JUG is Since he has . . He has added a guest bo a harmonica, he says. eup ies lin and ent ne his sev uri to bo gs tam son t al foo gin a ee ori nds to hang out. a With a ukulele, himself as a added thr a popular place for his frie hing a busker could ask colder, one might expect bes g en cri nin oft des tur r is ste er lve ath Sy we the lan t r. everyt Now tha 19-year-old Dy r – and Dylan did last yea rip Dylan says The JUG has sker to retire for the winte bu room only and he tends to irie r. ing pra yea eel s junior one-man band. kn e. thi it’s oic h son ch ug sea by tho ire – n ent eve job , ves l the for dri rea gh er ou his nev thr It’s rk ves ting in and out. He Dylan is a busker. tly But he plans to wo “You just put on your glo the knees of his jeans get van, overnighting in brigh it more than four Driving an ancient blue h ug kes eno hours a day. lit parking lots, Dylan ma “It ’s as old as le. sty life his rt to suppo ept exc s, say the vid eo ga me “I have no needs,” he .” gas of k tan t ac-Man, so I P nex “saving up for the do ns to d o n ’t d r i v e i t At this point, he has no pla r ske bu a y be too ha rd ,” sa ys anything different. He ma Dy lan . He ad ds forever. the n wo I if , with a laugh, as a rld “In an ideal wo d an it do I’d sk er, “T he re’s , bu ing eth lottery or som s say ” make, ne ve r an yw he re donate all the money I nt wa t jus I g, that I need to be.”

Dylan. “I just want to sin sic mu my e While he plays giv to to play, I just want ny places, his ma to people.”

I en wh d favourites are Dylan explains, “It starte .”

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“I get a lot of people say him for ‘Man, I have set , is a singer- ‘I did something similar back in my day,’ or ach co on thl bia l cia vin pro ugh.’” en co-written a wish I could do that but I’m not brave eno songwriter who has ev pir y be an ins ation to Canadian Idol He likes to think he ma song for Jaydee Bixby of “Whatever keeper who, now people around his own age. He says, fame. His mom is a book you want if ney mo , is getting more you want to do, you’ll find the wn gro are s kid her t tha ’s been chasing it bad enough.” involved in a dream she le negative reaction. yoga.

He says he gets very litt for herself – instructing a person will say, ‘Why brother are “Every once in a while He laughs that he and his s, “It is a a real job.’” But Dylan say wn to get he s. ’t site esn po do op te ple do com ff and he was real job. That’s why I do the blog. I know “I was in drama and stu r.” yea s thi de ent ma I fer at dif wh to went the tenth of a penny in football, and we even he’s saving up for. But . lan Dy People often ask him what s say schools,” thing but what he’s doing Paul II Colle with no plans to do any His brother went to John lan it just to keep doing it!”

Dy ghter, while now, he says, “I’m doing giate, and became a firefi a how long he will be le.

Dylan says he has no ide hit the road with a ukule he maintains a busking.

While he’s on the road, get old, or bored, or at opposable ed low “Another year? Until I blog, which can be fol // er, I still want to be aft ps: htt do by visiting red? But whatever I sca music.wordpress.com or osableBuskingmusician.” www.facebook.com/Opp s his earnings, a professional ht about being a band teacher. ord He once thoug Company. Each day he rec and highlights s. yed pla “I like teaching,” he say his venue, how long he ture going with former ven al sic mu a has o als He of The of the day. fessional and Burns and Sean Newton “It’s about keeping it pro t to busk, I bandmates Sam I go ou Cunning Men. real,” says Dylan. “When EP not long ago,” ’” rk. wo to “We actually released an ing go am ‘I , say , 13 20 in statistics he says.

When he started keeping School Music and can hour. So per 0 7.5 $2 ut abo Together, they are Grade ing he was averag .ca. $29 per hour. www.gradeschoolrecords far in 2014, he’s averaging o to four hours be found at s, because gh lau he tw Their music has variety, As a busker, he averages in music. tes tas s ire ent ret fer An example of a page from Dylan Sylvester’s blog. Each day he performs, he reports he’s done, he they have completely dif a day performing. When the results and comments on his day.

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How to get wealthy

Idiot Millionaire Derek Foster shares his secrets

By John Cairns Staff Reporter

How would you like to leave your job and retire early? Very early?

Derek Foster, who also is known as the “Idiot Millionaire” and “Canada’s Youngest Retiree,” was able to do just that. “At the age of 34 I was able to wave goodbye to the work force and walk away.”

Being able to retire so early seems impossible to people. But Foster had an encouraging message for those still looking for a way to do so themselves.

His message: by following common-sense strategies that focuses on recession-proof stocks in companies that produce products people need, even an ordinary person can be in a position to retire early.

Foster, in North Battleford this past weekend for the Battlefords’ Best Marketplace and Expo at the NationsWEST Field House, has filled up his “retirement years” by writing six books focusing on how people can “stop working” and earn enough money for retirement. But his schedule is his own now and he has the freedom most people dream about.

Foster himself was able to retire and live on his dividend income from stocks, even though his career consisted of several retail jobs that didn’t pay well, as well as some English teaching in Asia.

He started investing in stocks when he was about

18 or 19, and “made some mistakes along the way” in the beginning, he admits.

Among those mistakes was investing all his relatively modest life savings in the company he worked for, Radio Shack, only to see the stock price tank.

But he kept reading up on stocks and what stood out for him was a line from one of Peter Lynch’s books about how investors could do a lot worse than “high-dividend achiever stocks.”

“Most investors, when they invest, they’re treating it as a casino,” said Foster. In one of his books, he gave the analogy of planting a tree and watching it grow, and then chopping it down to sell it off for firewood.

To “make a quick gain and get out” isn’t his approach, he says.

“What I do, yeah, I plant a tree and let it grow, but then I want to harvest the fruit.

Because then the next trek I can come back again I can harvest the fruit again and again and again.”

For Foster, that meant focusing investing in highdividend stocks, the kind of stocks that could issue a check every three months.

“And then I could live on that,” he said. “I’m looking for the constant cash flow.”

The problem, he says, is 97 or 98 per cent of companies go through peaks and valleys.

“I’m looking for what I call ‘idiot-proof stocks,’” said the Idiot Millionaire. “Things that do well in all economic conditions.”

He cited toothpaste as a perfect example, because

Financial author Derek Foster, aka Canada’s Youngest Retiree, aka the Idiot Millionaire, was a star attraction at the NationsWEST Field House for the Battlefords’ Best Marketplace and Expo this weekend. Photos by John Cairns that is something everyone will keep on using no matter what the economy is. “If the stock market crashes a thousand points, they’re still going to brush their teeth,” he said.

Foster said he read a report for Colgate that said they’ve paid uninterrupted dividend payments for 120 years, since 1895. “The key factor is they’ve increased their dividends for 51 straight years.”

He cites a number of other good examples, such as the big Canadian banks, or other

companies like Visa or Bell Canada where people pay for their service every month.

So through his 20s he “kept buying those sorts of idiot-proof companies” and was saving and investing, and then in his early 30s tried to figure out how much he really needed to stop working.

What too many people do, he noted, is figure they need X amount of dollars without remembering that they also

earn a regular salary at their jobs.

“You don’t work for free for 20 years and then get a million dollars at the end of it,” said Foster. “But people treat investing that way and they shouldn’t. They should say ‘how much portfolio income do I need to stop working.’”

“I looked at my dividend income, and once my dividend income equaled my expenses, I no longer had to work,” he said.

He says he is not so worried about the ups and downs of the stock market as long as the dividends keep coming in.

Another factor, he said, is the tax system. He looked at the Income Tax Act and realized “the worst way to make money in Canada is to have a job and work for it.”

There is income tax at the top marginal rate, then there is CPP, EI, and work-related expenses.

“When you earn past dividend income you don’t have those expenses. So the amount you need to retire is a lot less than when you’re working.”

He adds that based on the Income Tax Act, if you only had Canadian dividendpaying companies in your portfolio, you could “earn more than $50,000 a year without paying a single penny in tax.”

You don’t need a lot of money to get started in investing, he said. When he started out he invested $200

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Derek Foster was a feature of the Saskatchewan Pension Plan exhibit at the Battlefords’ Best Marketplace and Expo. He made several presentations and had his books for sale.

a month, but he said you can start for as little as $50 with a DRIP account (Dividend Reinvestment Plan) as an example.

“Everybody should start.

You shouldn’t say ‘I don’t have a lot of money therefore I’m not going to start.’

If you never start, you’re never going to make a lot of money.”

Foster was in North Battleford at the Saskatchewan Pension Plan booth at the Battlefords’ Best Marketplace and Expo.

Foster was asked many retirement questions from Baby Boomers, and investigated various plans. He wrote a whole chapter in one of his books on the Saskatchewan Pension Plan. He liked it for a number of reasons.

“The fees are low, anybody can join,” said Foster.

As well, the “pension’s portable, it comes with you, it follows the worker, it’s not linked to one particular company.”

On the SPP’s invitation he agreed to speak at the trade show and explain how to invest and plan retirement.

His final thoughts: “Basically keep investing simple” and “keep to the simple idiotproof investment ideas.”

More information on his books, which include The Idiot Millionaire, Stop Working, The Worried Boomer and others, can be found at his website www.stopworkking. com, where you can also email Foster on topics related to investing.

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Brett Smith Sports Reporter

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Penalties and turnovers cost Roughriders in loss at Calgary Many people are surprised at the positive nature of the comments and the upbeat feeling the Saskatchewan Roughriders displayed following Friday’s 40-27 loss to the Stampeders in Calgary.

I mean, one would think the bells would be ringing like a five-alarm fire following the club’s fifth-straight loss at, perhaps, the worst possible time of the season.

But they’re not and you’re about to read why.

In another strange game in this incredibly strange 2014 season for Canada’s Team, Rider quarterback Kerry Joseph threw for a whopping 322 yards and two touchdowns, but three costly fourth quarter interceptions in just his second start.

Yes, this game turned on a dime after three quarters

when the Riders led by a surprising 25-17 margin over the CFL’s best club. The Riders had won eight in a row when leading going into the fourth period, but for some reason they became completely unravelled on this late-October night in the foothills. Joseph was picked off on three occasions down the stretch while the Riders simultaneously began taking turns drawing penalties on offence, defence and special teams.

That’s the part that stings. The Stampeders never took a penalty after halftime while the Riders were flagged on eight second half occasions. And they were deserved whether you want to believe it or not.

Is that disappointing and cause for concern? Yes. Was it ultimately fatal for the

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was pleased that we came to where we were as a team tonight.

“When you play against the CFL’s best team, you have to be ready. We had some youth out there, but they have to learn we have to be picture perfect against a team like Calgary.”

And were the Riders ever young in this one! Veterans Brendon Labatte, Chris Best

offence where the 41-year old Joseph turned back the clock and had the club’s first 300-yard passing game of the season. He sat back in the pocket and launched bombs that looked like they were being fired out of a cannon. Time after time. On occasion he rolled out as well, which was something the Stampeders clearly weren’t ready for.

It was a quantum leap from Joseph’s first start the week before, in which he had an admirable 213 yards, two touchdowns and two picks. Admit it – over the past two games Joseph has at least made you think it’s possible he could lead the Riders back to the Grey Cup hasn’t he?

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season? No. The view from the broadcast booth says if the Riders clean all these things up between now and semifinal time, they have a chance to get back to the dance.

“I thought we all looked good,” Rider coach Corey Chamblin said in referring to his 9-8 team. “I was pleased with how we played early and believed through four quarters. We’ve been through some things the last number of weeks but I

and Weston Dressler were all left at home along with leading rusher Anthony Allen. They were replaced on the roster by Dan Clark, Corey Watman, Ryan Smith and Keith Toston respectively. All of them are wet behind the ears, but performed admirably.

“The young guys get a chance to play and you have to learn from that sometimes,” Chamblin continued. “A lot of things went well. All three phases played well early. The Stamps just woke up and flexed their muscles near the end. We had a chance to win, we didn’t, but with a few additions we’ll be back in the championship.”

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The Battlefords AAA Sharks took to the ice Saturday and Sunday for a homestand against the Esso Cup national champions, the Weyburn Gold Wings. Seen here is action from the first game, a stirring contest which saw the Sharks come back with two goals in the third period to beat the Wings 3-2. Photo by John Cairns

Staff The Battlefords AAA Sharks split the two-game weekend series against the Weyburn Gold Wings at the Battleford Arena Saturday and Sunday.

Saturday, Mackenzie Cey’s goal midway through the third period completed the comeback for the Sharks as they edged the Wings 3-2.

Kailee McGarry got the Sharks on the board with 6:44 to play in the first period with an unassisted goal. Weyburn tied the game with 4:15 to play in the frame on a goal from Jenna Grube.

In the second, Bailee Bourassa put the Wings up 2-1 with a power-play goal with 5:52 remaining in the period.

Victoria Hendrickson retied the game 4:32 into the third period. Morgan Fraser registered an assist on the goal. Then, with 10:18 left to play, Cey beat Tamara Irwin to give the Sharks the 3-2 win. Maya Tupper assisted on the game-winning goal.

Sharks goatlender Shelby Tornato stopped 32 shots in her team’s win. Irwin made 13 saves on 16 attempts for the wings.

In Sunday’s rematch, the Sharks were unable to erase a two-goal deficit and fell 3-2 to Weyburn.

Jetta Derenoski got the game’s first goal 5:09 into the second period.

Weyburn then struck twice in the second, both courtesy of Ashten Sinclair. She scored her first goal on the power play 6:30 into the period, followed by her second

goal of the game with 5:28 left to play.

In the third period, Cassidy Pirlot extended the Gold Wings’ lead to two with 7:53 left in the game.

Derenoski added a powerplay goal with 18 seconds left to cut the lead to one, but the Sharks could not get any closer. McGarry and Fraser picked up assists on the second Sharks’ goal.

Chantal Burke made 22 stops in the win for Weyburn.

Chloe Marshall stopped 27 shots in the Sharks’ loss.

The Sharks (2-4-0-0) are at home again this weekend for two games against the Swift Current Wildcats.

Saturday night’s game begins at 7:30 p.m. For Sunday’s game, puck drop is 1 p.m.

Both games are at the Battleford Arena.

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Stars pound Saskatoon Contacts at home in weekend tilt

By John Cairns Staff Reporter

The Battlefords AAA Stars hope their Sunday afternoon beat down of the Saskatoon Contacts starts another long winning streak for them.

The Stars romped 11-4 over the Contacts to move to 9-2 on the season and a

share of first place in the Saskatchewan AAA Hockey League.

The Stars dominated so completely that it is hard to believe it was actually the Contacts that scored first at 6:16 of the first as Garrett Pilon notched the opening marker. But the Stars responded 43 seconds later as Chad Grambo scored from

Jared Hillis.

Then at the 10:54 mark, the Stars took the lead as Kyle Salaway beat Contacts netminder Isaac LaBelle.

Kaelan Holt and Tyler Baier notched assists.

Colton Adam tied it for Saskatoon on the power play two minutes later, but Layne Young scored a power play marker of his own with 5:44

left in the period to give the Stars a 3-2 lead after one.

As it turned out, that would be the first of five unanswered goals for the Stars.

Goals in the second by Kaleb Dahlgren, Kaelan Holt, Braydon Buziak and then Dahlgren again on the power play put the Stars up 7-2 and they had the game in hand the rest of the way.

After a goal from Kole Lind cut the margin to four, Buziak scored again with 1:16 left in the period to make it 8-3. After Pilon scored his second of the game for the Contacts early in the third, markers by Owen Lamb and then two more by Young for the hat trick rounded out the scoring for the Stars.

Dahlgren was named star

of the game for the Stars and Pilon for the Contacts.

Brett Pongracz stopped 26 of 30 in goal for the win.

Contacts goalie Isaac LaBelle faced an onslaught on the day, facing 55 shots and stopping 44 of them.

The Stars now have a few days off until their next action Nov. 6 against Beardy’s at the Civic Centre.

Prince Albert Mintos end AAA Stars’ winning streak at seven games

By Brett Smith Sports Reporter

Chris Van Os-Saw’s power-play goal with 5:35 left in the third period gave the Prince Albert Mintos a 2-1 win over the Battlefords Stars Thursday night at the Civic Centre.

The loss snapped the Stars’ seven-game win streak. It was the first loss for the Stars since Sept. 27.

The Stars had plenty of quality chances to open the scoring in the first period.

While in close on Mintos goaltender Taylor UnRuh, Layne Young was unable to jam the puck past the goalie’s pad.

Later, Brandon Lesko made a centring pass from the corner to Young, but the Stars forward sent the puck wide of the net.

The penalty kill was also impressive for the Stars as they seemed to have more scoring chances than the

Mintos. On one attempt, Young was sent in alone on a breakaway, but the puck rolled off his stick as he made his move on net.

In the second, it was the Mintos’ turn to get shorthanded opportunities. Van Os-Saw was stopped by Stars goaltender Brett Pongracz on a rush. Brett Harasymuk followed up with a shot after collecting the rebound, but Pongracz turned him aside as well.

As play moved the other way, Kaelen Holt split the Mintos’ defence, but was stopped by UnRuh. Kyle Sallaway collected the rebound, but his shot missed the net.

The game’s first goal was scored by the Mintos in the third period. Kody White’s shot hit a Stars defender in front of the net. Riley Sawchuk picked it up and made a backdoor pass to Keegan Tiringer, who tapped the puck into the empty net for a 1-0 Prince Albert lead.

Stars forward Layne Young was stopped in close by Mintos goaltender Taylor UnRuh in the first period of Battlefords’ 2-1 loss to Prince Albert Thursday night at the Civic Centre. Photo

by Brett Smith Less than two minutes later, the Stars tied the game.

Derek Frater found Keegan

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McBride alone in the slot.

McBride’s quick wrist shot beat UnRuh under his blocker to tie the game.

Prince Albert followed the goal with pressure and

two quality scoring chances.

First, on a two-on-one rush, Brody Maradash kept the puck and fired a shot on net, but Pongracz made the stop with his blocker. Later,

Maradash received a pass in the slot, but his shot was blocked by Stars defender Traye Tkatchuk.

The penalties eventually caught up to the Stars. With 7:27 left in the third, Holt was sent to the box for interference, his second penalty of the period.

In the dying seconds of the power-play Pongracz stopped Chase Tippett’s shot, but couldn’t control the rebound.

Reed Gunville and Van OsSaw both had whacks at the loose puck before Van OsSaw knocked it into the Stars net for the 2-1 lead.

The Stars turned up the pressure in the final moments in an attempt to tie the game.

With under three minutes, Dawson Bacon’s shot went off of a Mintos player’s skate.

The puck went past UnRuh, but slid through the crease and into the corner of the rink.

UnRuh closed the door the rest of the way to end the Stars’ win streak. He made 31 saves for the win. Pongracz stopped 26 shots in the loss for the Stars.

Join us in standing on guard for Cpl. Nathan Cirillo’s son The Civic Centre was the scene as some 45 enthusiastic new hockey players received and were fitted for shinpads, helmets, jerseys, skates and other items essential for the ice. It was the welcome event for First Shift, a learn-to-play program sponsored by Bauer and Hockey Canada.

The Battlefords was one of 30 communities selected to host it. On hand were representatives from Bauer and the Battlefords Minor Hockey Association, who put on a demonstration of how to properly fit a player for hockey equipment. Then the kids moved on to be fitted with their own equipment, which they will use when the on-ice portion of the program begins next week.

For more photos, head to www.newsoptimist.ca. Photo by John Cairns

Quarterback controversy brewing?

Continued from Page 8 But we still don’t know if he’ll even get the chance. Top pivot Darian Durant was placed on the six-game injured list Thursday, which may have been a smokescreen designed to fool other teams into thinking he’s done for

the season. However in reality it was a bookkeeping decision that will save the club tens of thousands of dollars until Durant is activated again.

That’s supposed to happen when the Riders reconvene after this week’s bye and close out the regu-

lar season at home against the Edmonton Eskimos Nov. 8. Will he be ready by then? Right now nobody knows but him.

Quarterback controversy anyone?

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

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OBITUARIES GUEDO, SYLVIA MARGARET (NÉE SPRECKER): On the occasion of what would have been her 78th birthday, November 1, 2014, we would like to pay tribute and say that we miss our sister, Sylvia. Sylvia left work June 30th,1994 when she was no longer able to walk up the stairs at the Sask Hospital. She took early retirement after a year of sick leave, but she never really got better. Jim died on October 12th, 2004. On Friday, Jan. 31st at noon, Sylvia went to the Battlefords Union Hospital by ambulance. On Sunday she was diagnosed with cancer, and on Monday morning, February 3rd, 2014 about 10:30am she died. On Monday, February 10th, a Celebration of Life service was held at the Battleford United Church. Her son, Jim, gave the eulogy. Sylvia’s ashes were interred in the Battleford Cemetery on Sunday, May 25th. Thank you to Barbara who had moved home in 2000 for being there for her parents.

Thank you to Donna for being there for our sister. The Sprecker girls: Charlotte (Muzyka), Lois (Howes), Myrna (Sprecker), Donna (Sternig), Janet (MacGillivray) and Myrna (“Brock” Sprecker) Eulogy by Jim Guedo Monday, Feb. 10’14 “I first met Sylvia Guedo fifty-five years ago. She was my mother. Like all selfish children, I thought her life only truly began with the beginning of mine (you can actually look past the fact that you actually have an older sister). “She’s my mom.” Of course we’re wrong to believe this. Because when you look at early pictures of her, you realize no one can claim ownership of Sylvia Guedo. As a young child, then a girl, a teenager, a bride, a nurse graduating from school, you see so many other women. All independent. All strong. All glamorous. And saucy.

With a twinkle in her eye. Sliver was an extraordinary extrovert. She had a jovial, infectious laugh. As kids if we ever got lost at Kresgies or Craig’s, all we had to do was stop, listen and head for that Sylvia cackle or the trail of cigarette smoke. We’d find her -- usually in the shoe section -- catching up with someone with a jubilant energy. Our mother had an energy that spread like wildfire and radiated to all she drew to her. She loved her friends, her husband & kids and Black Cat cigarettes and Elvis and her family. She made everyone around her feel like the most important person in the world. She was selfless. Sylvia was born November 1, 1936 in Rosthern, Saskatchewan, the second child and first daughter of Margaret and Albert Sprecker. Her Dad worked in the mill that his father-in-law owned; Grandma didn’t work outside the home, even though she had a business course from Robertson Secretarial School in Saskatoon. In 1940, the family moved to Battleford, to 30th Street when Uncle Warren had to start school. I never knew my Grandfather; he worked at the Saskatchewan Hospital.

Mom and Warren ended up following in his footsteps. Sylvia attended Battleford Central School for grades one to eight, September 1942 to June 1950 and Battleford Collegiate Institute (B.C.I.) and completed grades nine to eleven, September 1950 to June 1953. She was on the Student Council, the Year Book Staff, and Editor of VOX DISCIPULI. She played basketball and softball and participated in Track and Field. When she was in Grade Eleven, this is how she was described in a poem highlighting her class: ‘The life of the class. Will run into trouble with all her might. Don’t guess, it’s Sylvia Sprecker all right’. As our Aunt Myrna notes: “Sylvia was someone who always walked to a different drummer. At 14, she lied about her age (the legal working age was 16) and went to work as a waitress for the summer at the Gold Leaf Cafe in North Battleford for $22.50 a week. She worked split shifts and rode a bike from home on 30th Street to work, twice a day. By the old bridge, this was a round trip total of 20 miles a day! At 15, she lied about her age again and got a summer job as kitchen help in the Saskatoon Sanitorium. She got enough spending money to last till Christmas. Sylvia started grade twelve in September 1953, but when her money ran out, she got a job in January 1954 as a junior clerk at CIBC in North Battleford for $122.00 a month. She stayed till July. At 17, she began working at the Saskatchewan Hospital in North Battleford, first as a nurse’s aid, and then as a student nurse for a three year course leading to a Diploma in Psychiatric Nursing.” Sylvia met our Dad in February 1956, and they married May 20, 1957. She had two kids while studying to be a nurse, and graduated from the Saskatchewan Hospital in May of 1961 while pregnant with my sister Colleen -- who was born six months later. She received her R.P.N. and except when she took some time off to have Sarah, or as we now call him Patrick, she worked a total of 26 Ω years at the Sask. Hospital before taking early retirement in 1995. She’d worked over forty-five years by that point outside the home to support first her mother, brother and sisters, and then our family. And during all that time she raised us, cooked for us, baked, took us to movies, the drive in, sporting events, Saskatoon for shopping and concerts, camping at Cochin and the Provincial Park, and still found time to roll her own cigarettes, knit and throw parties, both festive and holiday- related for family and friends. Wherever we lived, Sylvia was the hub. She treasured her siblings, and every time they got together there’s a picture to capture that moment. She was our anchor, our glue, our rock. We had the coolest mom. Because we had the Partridge Family mom for a mother... if she smoked and swore like a sailor. To paraphrase Death of a Salesman: To the outside world, people wouldn’t say she’d been a ‘great’ woman. She never made a lot of money. Her name was rarely in the paper. She wasn’t the finest character that ever lived. But she was a human being, and a terrible thing happened to her. So attention must be paid. Attention must finally be paid to such a person. My only hope is that, in the final moments in this life, she knew what we’ve since come to realize so completely after sifting through old photos, Aunt Myrna’s family heritage scrapbooks and all the anecdotes and memories we’ve shared since her passing. That she was more than just our mother and did far more than just create us. We see her as a daughter. A Sister. A Friend. A Wife. A Mother. A Grandmother. An Aunt. A Bowler. Basketball player. Softball player. A Track and field reporter for the B.C.I. Yearbook. A Psychiatric Nurse. An amazing Cook and Baker. A hair stylist. An endless knitter. A tireless Gardener. The Martha Stewart of her day (minus the jail time). A good smoker by her own admission. I’m told she was an excellent dancer. But I can tell you she was the worst driving instructor ever (“BRAKE, BRAKE!!!!!!”). She was a true Renaissance woman. She was a force of nature. She was a stubborn German train that kept chugging, even if her wheels were running out of steam. But my memories of my mother aren’t going to be those of her pain and suffering but instead those of a woman willing to make an absolute fool of herself simply to bring joy to those around her. To take out her dentures to pretend to be a tiger or lion to gnaw on us -- one of my first childhood memories of her -- in order to make us squeal with terror and delight. In our collective 77 years with her, we have been supplied with a lifetime of hilarity, by a woman who had the drive and desire to reach out to others, to enjoy life. I see her in both of my sisters and my brother. I see her in myself. Sylvia made a decision to enjoy life because she’d had a tough life. And she knew it. But like a war vet, she rarely talked about it. She wasn’t prone to maudlin displays of sentimentality. A week or so before she left us, before we knew the full extent of her pain, we were trying to get her to consider home care. We all tried different tactics: all were doomed for failure. I tried this one: I asked her why she became a nurse. “This makes me so mad….” She muttered. “Why?” I persisted. She begrudgingly said “to help and take care of people.” So I told her that she’d spent fifty years taking care of other people, so it was our turn as kids to take care of her. Her response: “That’s a crock of shit.” So like a lot of strong prairie-stock women, like her mother before her, like her brother and sisters, she’d had a rough life and been dealt a few bad hands (she also played bridge). But from her experiences she taught us that while it was important to expect nothing -- life didn’t owe you a thing -- it was important to take every experience, including the negative ones, as merely steps on the path of life, and look for the humour, and soldier on. You’d constantly hear her say -when she was informed of some terrible, life-altering incident about someone, a break up, a fight, a divorce or something -- “Well…It didn’t turn out.” Some might say her life didn’t turn out. I think it did. Life isn’t the last stop. Mom chose to depart, like our Dad, when they were told they could go home. Sylvia chose to go without more pain and with no more illness. She’s in a better place. And she’s everlasting. So as a tribute to her time here with us, here’s Elvis. She loved him, and I think it’s because she knew that Elvis was devoted to his mother. So it’s fitting.”

[Elvis Presley, The Wonder of you] _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

BECKER: July 8, 1963 - Oct. 8, 2014, Brent Becker passed away at the Red Deer Hospice at the age of 51 years. He is survived by the love of his life, Cindy Hart; her children, Alicia (Brett) and Kyle; grandchildren, Dexter and Ava; Brent’s children, Troy and Danielle; mother, Kaye; and by his brothers, William (Deb) and Bruce (Jodi). A celebration of life was held on Saturday, October 18, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. at Red Deer Funeral Home, 6150 - 67 Street, Red Deer, Alberta. Condoloences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.reddeerfuneralhome.com.

Arrangements entrusted to Red Deer Funeral Home & Crematorium 615067 Street, Red Deer. Phone (403)347-3319. ____________________________________________________ LEE, Alan Avery: September 11, 1935 to October 18, 2014. It is with great sadness that Al’s family announces that he passed away suddenly on October 18, 2014 in North Battleford, SK. He will be deeply missed and is survived by his daughter, Wendy (Bill): grandchildren: Jordan (Stephanie), Michelle, Danielle and great-grandson, Noah; his son, Doug (Trudy): grandson, Colin and his daughter, Shannon (Greg): granddaughters: Brooke and Jocelyn. Al was predeceased by his wife, Diane in 2010; grandson, Carter in 2012 and brother, Gerald in 2013. Al will also be remembered fondly by numerous extended family and friends and by everyone else who knew him through his many years of service with SaskPower and the North Battleford Golf and Country Club. As per Al’s wishes, a private family gathering will be held. Memorial donations may be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Saskatchewan, 279 3rd Ave North, Saskatoon, SK S7K 2H8. Arrangements have been entrusted to The Battlefords Funeral Service, North Battleford, SK (306)446-4200. ____________________________________________________ BEVERLY JEAN WOOD (TAYLOR): Beverly Jean Wood, 60, of Lebanon, Pennsylvania passed away Saturday October 4, 2014 in the Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania. She was the loving wife of Barry C. Wood. Beverly was born on January 10, 1954 in North Battleford, Saskatchewan. She was the daughter of the late Peter and June (Wheeler) Taylor. Raised on the family farm near Paynton, she could early drive a truck through a field of wheat or as later in England drive a car on roundabouts and on the left hand side of the road. From there she progressed to handling Harley Davidsons. Bev was a quick study in many fields. She was a master gardener, a superior artisan and crafter. Her various landscaped yards were award winning. She crafted the most unique and exquisite dolls with full wardrobes, names, and seasonal attire.

Had they breathed they would be real. Bev had a thirst for learning and a need to challenge her mind. She was close to completing her first degree and so enjoyed the classes, the studies, the reading and her classmates. Truly the most gracious hostess as visitors arriving to her home, would see welcome baskets, hotel style service.

Animated conversations completed these visits. She most loved the simple pleasures in life – her family and friends, celebrating their birthdates through cards, gifts, and phone calls. She was an avid ‘listener’, never judgmental and always supportive. Confrontation made her uncomfortable. Bev’s personality was completed with a great sense of humor. Even her diagnosis of the brain tumor and subsequent chemo was handled with grace, dignity, inner strength and determination. She was charming in a very quiet way. She absolutely loved her son, Bryce, and could not wait to visit with him and her grandson Zain. Bev leaves behind her soulmate and husband, Barry Wood. With him they travelled the world living in 13 cities three countries and two continents. Left to cherish her memories are one son, Bryce Gordon Wood; 1 grandson, Zain Wood; 2 brothers, Ernie Taylor (Bonnie); John Taylor (Carla Lonechild); 2 sisters, Margaret Peterson (Larry) and Karen Bullock (Lloyd); 2 sisters-in-law, Wendy Gerrity (Rob Johnson); Jill Reid (Derby); mother-in-law, Lila Wood and several nieces & nephews. Bev’s wishes did not include any funeral service. She would wish to be remembered as a friend – strong, healthy and ready to give you her complete attention. Thompson Funeral Home, Inc. 126 S. 9th St. Lebanon, Pa. 17042 is entrusted with the Arrangements. You may share your thoughts and memories with the family at the on line guest book at www.thompsonfuneralhomelebanon.com ____________________________________________________

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OBITUARIES DYCK (SCHINDEL), Linda Rose: In loving memory of Linda, who passed away peacefully on Sunday, October 19, 2014. Left to cherish Linda’s memory is her loving husband, Larry; daughters Michelle (Vern) Anderson; Tara (Jeff) De Jong; Jodi (Billy) Brzostowski. Linda was born to Karl and Blondina Schindel. She grew up in Garrick, Sk. She went to school there, and later attended school in Nipawin. After graduation, Linda went to Hudson Bay and worked in the School Unit Office. Linda met the love of her life (Larry) there.

They were married in October of 1970, and lived in Battleford, Sk. where she worked for the Federal Government. Linda’s most treasured gifts were her grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Royal University Hospital Cancer Clinic. We would like to thank all of the people who prayed for her, the staff at RUH Cancer Clinic and BUH, especially the Palliative Care team, for the wonderful care and compassion they provided us during this difficult time. Arrangements in care of Linda have been entrusted to Living Faith Chapel and Eternal Memories Funeral Service & Crematorium.

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CAREER OPPORTUNITIES Heavy Equipment operators for late model CAT equip: motor scrapers (cushion ride), dozers, excavators, rock trucks, graders (trim operators).

Camp job. Competitive wages plus R & B. Valid drivers license req’d.

Send resume and work references to: Bryden Construction and Transport Co. Inc. Box 100, Arborfield, Sk. S0E 0A0; Fax: 306-769-8844 Email: brydenconstruct@ xplornet.ca www.brydenconstruction andtransport.ca

ACTION SUPPLY INCC: FINANCE MANAGER WANTED URGENTLY. ANY WORK EXPERIENCE CAN APPLY. MUST BE ACCURATE, COMPUTER LITERATE, HAVE GOOD TYPING SKILLS AND HAVE A GOOD SENSE OF COMMUNICATION. WILL EARN $3040 MONTHLY FOR MORE DETAILS. EMAIL at (ro.chambers@actionsupplyincc.ca)

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TANCHAK: Anne Tanchak of Hafford, SK. was born November 27, 1917 and passed away on October 16, 2014 at the Battlefords Union Hospital. She is survived by 3 sons, Ron (Levia) of Hafford, Ken (Linda) of Borden, Alan (Wendy) of Hafford, 7 grandchildren, 9 great-grandchildren, 2 brothers in Saskatoon: Peter (Jean) Krynowsky, Bill (Helen) Krynowsky and numerous nieces and nephews. Anne is predeceased by her parents, John and Pearl Krynowsky, her husband, Joseph and her sister, Mary Brown. Prayers were held on Sunday, October 19, 2014 at 7:00 pm and the Funeral Service on Monday, October 20, 2014 at 10:00 am. Both Services were at the Holy Eucharist Ukrainian Catholic Church in Hafford with Father Vladimir Simunovic officiating. Interment at the Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery in Hafford. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to the Holy Eucharist Ukrainian Catholic Church, P.O. Box 475, Hafford, SK. S0J 1A0. Funeral arrangements entrusted to The Battlefords Funeral Services, North Batttleford, (306)446-4200 ____________________________________________________

HOUSES FOR SALE

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OPASKWAYAK CREE NATION CHILD & FAMILY SERVICES Requires: 3 Social Workers Permanent Positions 2 Positions Available: 225 Waller Road, OCN, Manitoba 1 Position Available: Winnipeg Sub-office DEADLINE DATE: October 31, 2014 Apply To: Toll free: 1-877-627-7240 Fax: 1-204-627-7259 Email: hr@ocncfs.ca For more information see www.firstnations jobsonline.com JOURNEYMAN Heavy Duty Mechanic required for oilfield trucking company. Will consider 3rd year apprentice or higher. Full-time position.

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Transitional Living Co-ordinator The North Battleford Transitional Living Initiative Board is seeking a qualified individual to co-ordinate the day to day operation of the Transitional Living housing complex, starting immediately.

Required qualifications/education: • Grade 12 diploma required. Additional educational backgrounds in the human services or health care fields would be an asset.

• Strong technological skills • Strong leadership and problem solving skills • Excellent interpersonal, communication, collaboration and organization skills • Proven accountability, resourcefulness, initiative, and professionalism • Familiarity with issues of poverty and addictions • Recognized ability to work cooperatively with other community resources in a wraparound approach to assisting people transitioning to independent living Job description -- Position Summary The Transitional Living Co-ordinator will receive, review and respond to tenant applications and collect rent, will support clients in achieving transition goals and will liaise with the Transitional Housing Board to maintain the integrity of the Transitional Living initiative. The Co-ordinator will also be responsible for preparation of grant applications and development of supplemental revenue streams in order to assist North Battleford Transitional Living Initiative towards long term financial health, sustainability, and growth.

Details of Employment • 40 hours per week, hours to be negotiated. 9 am – 5 pm with some flex time required.

• Salary will be commensurate with qualifications.

The successful applicant will require a clean criminal record check including a vulnerable sector check.

If you meet these qualifications and have an interest in working in this capacity, please contact Sheldon or Shannen at 306-445-5162.

We thank all candidates for their interest; however, only those selected for interviews will be contacted.

Get your job posting advertised in newspapers across Saskatchewan and have it referred to for your Aboriginal hiring initiatives.

First Nations Jobs nline phone 306 229 6774

KANAWEYIMIK 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 and Sweetgrass contract for services with Kanaweyimik.

The following is a general description of a Parent Aide Worker position. Salary will be commensurate with experience, training and education. This is a 6 month term position with the possibility of becoming permanent.

VISITATION PROGRAM PARENT AIDE 1 POSITION The Parent Aide is directly responsible to the Supervisor/ Executive Director of Kanaweyimik.

The Parent Aide is responsible for providing support services to families assigned to her/him by the Visitation Coordinator.

The Parent Aide will comply with the provisions of the Kanaweyimik Personnel Manual as it exists from time to time.

QUALIFICATIONS

Kanaweyimik is an independent, non-political child welfare agency providing child welfare and family services to five First Nations.

Moosomin, Mosquito, Red Pheasant, Saulteaux & Sweetgrass First Nations contract for services with Kanaweyimik.

The following is a general description of a driver. 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 PROGRAM DRIVER 1 POSITION DUTIES • Provide transportation for children and families to and from family visits.

• Report to the Visitation Coordinator.

QUALIFICATIONS The qualifications of the Driver shall be determined at the absolute discretion of the Board of Directors depending upon the needs of Kanaweyimik at the time. The following attributes are assets: • Must have a minimum of grade 10 education.

• Must possess a valid driver’s license.

• Must clear a criminal records check.

• Must clear a child abuse records check.

• Prior experience providing transportation services will be a definite asset.

• Ability to speak the Cree language will be a definite asset.

Application deadline is October 28, 2014 at 5:00pm. Start date to be determined. Please forward resumes by fax, email or mail to: (306) 445-2533, 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

KANAWEYIMIK 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 and 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)

Responsible for monitoring of family visits when children are in care of Kanaweyimik.

CHILD & FAMILY SERVICES INC.

FULL-TIME DISHWASHER Apply in person with resumé to Mike or Dan: COUNTRY CUISINE 2401 - 99th Street, North Battleford No phone calls please.

www.firstnationsjobsonline.com

Responsible for providing one on one support services consisting of the following: parenting, budgeting, shopping or as identiÀed by the Visitation Coordinator.

KANAWEYIMIK

is currently seeking

The qualiÀcations of the Parent Aide shall be determined at the absolute discretion of the Board of Directors depending upon the needs of Kanaweyimik at the time. The following attributes are assets: • Must have a minimum of a certiÀcate from a recognized School of Social Work or equivalent training and work experience in the human services Àeld.

• Must have a minimum of two years experience in the human services Àeld and proven ability to work in the human services Àeld, mainly child protection and family services.

• Must demonstrate knowledge of the area of Native family systems.

• Must demonstrate knowledge in the area of family violence dynamics.

• Must demonstrate knowledge of effects of separation as it relates to placement of children.

• Must demonstrate knowledge of The Child & Family Services Act. • Must demonstrate knowledge of the Family Systems theory and case management practices.

• Excellent verbal, written and time management skills are required.

• Valid driver’s license is required.

• Computer skills are a job requirement.

• A clean criminal record MUST BE PRESENTED AT INTERVIEW; Individual interviews will not proceed without Criminal Record Check being presented at beginning of interview.

Application deadline is October 28, 2014 at 5:00 pm. Start date to be determined. Please forward resumés by fax, email or mail to: (306) 445-2533, 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

1 POSITION • 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 October 28, 2014 at 5:00 pm. Start date to be determined. Please forward resumés by fax, email or mail to: (306) 445-2533, 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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Consultant gives Battleford lagoon a passing grade

By Jayne Foster Staff Reporter

A recent review of Battleford’s sanitary sewage lagoon wastewater treatment system has given it a passing grade.

The assessment prepared

by Catterall and Wright Consulting Engineers, presented to Battleford Town Council last week, states the lagoon operation meets the current operating requirements permit and Water Security Agency guidelines for both size and effluent quality.

Battleford’s lagoon system, located southwest of the town, releases its effluent into the Battle River approximately five kilometres upstream of the confluence of the Battle River and North Saskatchewan River.

The report indicates no major work on the lagoon system is required in the

near future, unless changes are made to current toxicity regulations or environmental changes, such as lower water levels in the Battle River, occur.

“The lagoon system is well-maintained and does not require upgrades or major repairs at this time.”

If the time comes when it does need upgrading, the report suggests the construction of a SAGR cell for nitrification of effluent. A SAGR cell is a submerged aquatic growth reactor, which provides effective cold weather nitrification of the lagoon effluent. This SAGR would protect the Battle River from toxic levels of ammonia.

The Town has been having the lagoon effluent tested for ammonia levels quarterly since 2007, with weekly tests done by staff, with the view that they could reach toxic levels. Acute lethality testing, which has to be done

every three years, has also been done, with a passing grade in 2013’s test.

Part of the report included a contract with Golder Associates, a civil / geotechnical and environmental consulting service, to study how effectively the effluent is mixing with the water of the river. The study indicates the

Town’s system should be able to meet the Water Security Agency’s 2006 guidelines, although there have been times in the past when the effluent has exceeded provincial limits for bacteriological, chemical or physical parameters.

Additional assessment is being done by the WES in

the development of specific effluent discharge objectives for the Town of Battleford’s wastewater works, expected to be completed by 2017, said the Golder Associates report.

The Town’s lagoon system consists of three aerated cells and a large polishing cell that operates with a continu-

ous discharge. It is designed for a population of 5,766, based on a 20-year growth period from a lagoon assessment completed by Catterall and Wright in 1998. The recent report was based on a population of 4,350, based on projected growth from the 2011 census, which put the population at 4,065.

Mosquito fraud case back in court Nov. 24 Staff The five individuals charged in the Mosquito First Nation fraud case will see their matters return to North Battleford Provincial Court Friday, Nov. 28 at 10 a.m.

That is the adjournment

date agreed to in court Friday morning. Former chief Noel Stone, Jr., Milton Oxebin, Elbert Pahsaknunk, Anderson Moosomin and Derrick Graham, face charges in connection to alleged fraud with the band election on Mosquito First Nation in 2011.

This adjournment and the previous one centre on concerns with the information filed in the case.

Defence lawyer Nicholas Stooshinoff, representing Graham, who served notice of an application to quash in the previous appearance

in September, said they are endeavouring to solve the issues.

Appearing for Stone, Oxebin and Pahsaknunk was Tanner Daniels, who was also acting as agent for Bill Archer, who represents Moosomin.

COMING EVENTS

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Community Events Calendar

Monthly Community Events Calendar Every We Week Wee ek Day Mornings

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

Friday, Saturday & Sunday, Oct. 31, Nov. 1 & 2 Halloween Howl Bonspiel - 3 events, prizes, open format, 4 - end games. Friday night, Saturday morning and Sunday. Ford Hot Shot Event - November 1 from 12:00 noon to 5:00 p.m. Open to anyone non curlers welcome. 6 shots/person - as seen at Brier and Scotties.

Elimination rounds until hot shot winner - prizes supplied by Ford.

Saturday Fundraiser - Test Drive A Ford from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Sign up at Twin Rivers Curling Club. For more info or to sign up for any or all of these fun events call Twin Rivers Curling Club at 306937-231 or email at manager@battlefordscurling com.

Le 1er novembre/Saturday, November 1 Une soirée où le mystére est de la partie...Énigme at Comédie Meurtre Et Mystere at Centre francophone des Battlefords, 1602, 103 e rue.

306-445-6436 - Une soirée pour adulte seulement. Nous demandons au gens d’apporter un amuse gueule. Bar payant. Si vous avez besoin de service de garde svp contactez le centre francophone.

An evening for adults only. We ask that guests bring a small hors d’oeuvre. Cash bar. If you require childcare please contact the Francophone centre.

Wednesdays, November 5 - December 10 LiveWell with Chronic Conditions Program - Are you or someone you care about living with a chronic (ongoing) health condition?

Would you like to learn how to manage better? Prairie North Health Region is offering a FREE workshop at the North Battleford Primary Health Center, Conference Room 1 from 6:00 - 8:30 p.m. For more information and to register please call 306-446-8613 or 1-888-9225867 or email: Margaret.maunula@pnrha.ca.

Saturday, November 8 Wounded Warriors Weekend Fundraiser at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 1202 - 105th Street, North Battleford. Doors open 6:00 p.m.

Show starts at 7:00 p.m. and dance to follow. Cash bar - lunch - 50/50 draw. For tickets contact Marlene at 306-445-7781 or Amanda at 306-441-9602.

Saturday, November 8 The Great Plains with Darrel & Saskia at the Battleford United Church at 7:00 p.m. Call Don at 306-937-3765 or Donna at 306-9373177. Refreshments included.

Sunday, November 9 All Saints Ukrainian Catholic Parish Fall Supper at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 1202 - 105th Street from 4:00 - 7:00 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.

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

Every Week Day

Regular Walking Program at the Meota Community Complex from 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon. For more informaiton phone 306-892-2218.

2nd Wednesday of the Month

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

3rd Wednesday of the Month

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

First Sunday of the Month

3rd Wednesday of the Month

4th & 5th Sunday of the Month

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

Monday, Wednesday & Thursday

Hillcrest Pot Luck Lunch 12:00 noon at the Hillcrest Centre, 122 - 24th Street, Battleford. Entertainment to follow.

Jam Session at the Pioneer Hall from 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. Beginning October 5, 2014 until May 2015. Phone 306-445-5036 for more information.

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

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

Mondays

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

2nd Monday of the Month

Parkinsons Support Group at the Historic Lions Club House, 162 - 22nd Street, Battleford at 1:30 p.m. For more information phone 306-937-2987

Tuesdays & Thursdays

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

Tuesdays

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

Tuesdays

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

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

Tuesdays

TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) meeting.Weigh-in 6:00 - 6:45 p.m. Meeting 6:45 - 7:45 p.m. at the Hope Mennonite Fellowship, 1291 - 109th Street.

Contact Lynn Fuchs at 445-4529 or Mary Johannesen at 306-446-3315.

3rd Wednesday of the Month Thursdays

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

Thursdays

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

Thursdays Grief Share Support Group for those dealing with the death of a loved one at the Living Faith Chapel at 7:30 p.m. New session started September 18. Pre-registration required. Phone Wendy at 306-445-7315 or Sue 306-445-6658.

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

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

Fridays

Tuesdays

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

1st Tuesdays of the Month

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

Last Tuesday of the Month

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

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

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

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

Wednesdays

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

1st & 3rd Friday of the Month

2nd & 4th Friday of the Month

2nd Saturday of the Month

Family Justice Services Parenting after Separation & Divorce Program from 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. To register for these sessions call toll free 1-877-964-5501. Registration is mandatory.There is no fee. Registration deadline:Two days prior to the session. Location: will be advised when you register. Classes are for adults only. No child care is provided.

This section, which will appear weekly in Tuesday’s News-Optimist and Thursday’s Regional Optimist, is provided free-of-charge to non-profit organizations. To list the Community Calendar please call News-Optimist at 306-445-7261 or fax the information to 306-445-3223. Please provide complete information including event, time, date and location. Although we will do our utmost to make sure your event appears in this section, News-Optimist does not guarantee all submissions will appear. Deadline for submissions is 12:00 noon Friday prior for Tuesday’s & Thursday’s publication.

Tuesday, October 28, 2014 - PAGE 14

NDP leader Broten slams LEAN, P3s

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NDP leader Cam Broten is pledging a focus on health care as the legislative session resumed in Regina last week.

Broten spoke to reporters in a conference call Oct. 21, where he made it known opposition to LEAN and to P3s (public-private partnerships) will be among the items his party will be advancing in the legislative session this fall.

The NDP leader said he would “bring the concerns Saskatchewan people have to the legislature,” based on what the party heard this summe. He said the focus will be on making sure “what’s happening in the province actually benefits Saskatchewan people.”

Broten called on the government to “get back to the basics” which, to him, included “moving dollars away from the U.S. consultants around LEAN and actually making the right investments in front-line health care.”

Broten said he wanted to see the government move away from “outdated standardized testing” and make investments in education, and to “stop making life more expensive” through increased utility rates and out-of-pocket health care costs.

Broten was critical of LEAN planning process at health-care facilities, saying

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“the lessons have been learned and we’ve spent enough.”

He admitted that if LEAN was “about listening to the front lines,” there could be merit, but “based on what I’ve heard from health-care workers, it’s been top-down.

It’s been an approach this government has had that’s very rigid, very dogmatic and doesn’t leave room for criticism.”

Broten said he would rather see the $3,500 per day spent on Senseis going towards “having more caring in our hospitals and care facilities as opposed to doing these things that are counterproductive to morale.”

The NDP leader also reiterated his opposition to the P3 public-private partnership process for hospitals and also schools. The issue heated up this week in the Battlefords as the Canadian Union of Public Employees held an open house on the P3 for the new Saskatchewan Hospital.

Broten insisted his approach to P3s was not an ideological one.

“Our approach, and my approach to the issue is not based on ideology but it’s really based on what’s the best common sense and what brings the best results for taxpayers, for citizens, for Saskatchewan people.”

Broten also accused the government of “dragging its feet” on Saskatchewan Hospital and on the creation of new schools. “We need these projects to be built in the fastest way possible, in the cheapest way possible, and also in a way that brings a final product, a final building, that actually meets the needs of the community and the province as a whole.”

He also called for more transparency, noting a private members bill, the P3 Transparency and Accountability Act, was brought forward in the last session.

“It doesn’t make a lot of sense to do a rent-a-project or rent-a-school or rent-ahospital basis for 30 years and not know what we’re getting at the end of it.”

The start of the legislative session in Regina also coincides with the start of a by-election campaign in Lloydminster.

Broten was in the Northwest Monday night attending the nomination meeting for Wayne Byers, NDP candidate in the provincial byelection Nov. 13. Other candidates include Sask. Party nominee Colleen Young, the new Liberal leader Darrin Lamoureux and Green Party candidate Luke Bonsan.

Broten said the byelection call allows Lloydminster to “send a message to this government that it’s not enough simply to take wealth out of the region. What needs to happen is to make life better for families.”

Those issues — including better seniors care, health care, less-crowded schools and roads — will be the focus of the NDP in the byelection, he said.

PAGE 15 - Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Appealing for readiness in the Christian life In fencing, “En garde” is a warning to protect oneself.

It means, take a defensive position, be prepared for the attack of your opponent. A similar readiness is a valuable asset for all of life.

For over a century the Scout Motto has been, “Be prepared.” Robert BadenPowell (1857-1941), the founder of the movement, explained that this meant: “You are always in a state of readiness in mind and body to do your duty.” That is an excellent principle to live by.

Do you remember the little poem about the disaster that can occur when even minor details are neglected. . “For want of a nail the shoe was lost. / For want of a shoe the horse was lost. / For want of a horse the rider was lost. / For want of a rider the battle was lost. / For want of a battle the kingdom was lost. / And all for the want of a horseshoe nail.” During the Second World War, those lines were framed and hung on the wall of the Anglo-American Supply Headquarters in London Being prepared is an asset in the spiritual realm as well.

The prophet Amos delivers the stark warning, “Prepare to meet your God.” (Amos 4:12) Do those things before the day of accounting comes

of the French fencing term, “En garde!”

The hymn says, “My soul, be on thy guard; / Ten thousand foes arise; / The hosts of sin are pressing hard / To draw thee from the skies. / O watch, and fight, and pray; / The battle ne’er give o’er; / Renew it boldly every day, / And help divine implore. /

Robert Cottrill, B.A., B.R.E. http://wordwisehymns.com/ www.Wordwise Bible Studies.com that will enable you to face the day of judgment with confidence. In sad contrast, we read of King Rehoboam that “he did not prepare his heart to seek the Lord.” (II Chron. 12:14) This implies that there is a window of opportunity for us to deal with our relationship with God. God’s grace and mercy are boundless, but not endless. He will not leave the door open indefinitely. We are to “seek the LORD while He may be found, [and] call upon Him while He is near.”

(Isa. 55:6) The matter of such preparedness is logically connected many times with the return of Christ. Jesus warned, “Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect....”Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.”

(Matt. 24:44; 25:13) Meanwhile, the Bible exhorts that spiritual preparation be made to ward of the devil’s malicious attacks.

Satan and his demonic minions are constantly at work against the people and purposes of God. But we are to “put on the whole armour of God, that [we] may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.” (Eph. 6:11; cf. vs.

14-17) “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.” (I Pet. 5:8) In 1781, a strongly worded hymn appeared on this theme. It was written by English clergyman George Heath (1745-1822) who was, for a time, the pastor of a Presbyterian church. He wrote other hymns, but only the one he called “Steadfastness” is still in use. In the opening line we can see an English variation

Ne’er think the victory won, / Nor lay thine armour down; / The work of faith will not be done, / Till thou obtain the crown.”

It is a cautionary word, a challenge to spiritual watchfulness and steadfastness that all of us would do well to heed. Ironically, George Heath seems not to have

followed his own advice. At some point, his congregation dismissed him for bad conduct, and he took up with a group that denied the truth of God’s Word!

The words of the Lord Jesus come to mind: “What I say to you, I say to all: Watch!” (Mk. 13:37) Be prepared!

Announcing the good news In my books there are few things I enjoy more than a well run and truly meaningful meeting. On the other, there are few things I dread more than meetings that are characterized by inadequate preparation, lack of structure, contention or failure to come to any meaningful conclusion.

This week I had the distinct pleasure of attending two excellent planning sessions and I’m looking forward to at least two more of the same kind by Friday. I figure at my age I am not going to willingly spend precious time sitting around a table fighting over something that was supposed to facilitate progress and improvement. Life isn’t all roses but why deliberately walk on thorns. Bring on the

pleasure that comes with giving and receiving good news!

This week our mayor called a press conference to do just that, announce some very good news: new employers, big projects, millions of dollars being invested and a hefty boost to employment numbers. It was enough to draw plenty of applause and genuine excitement to a room full of citizens. As one of the prominent business leaders in our community remarked

afterwards, “All the hard work has finally paid off”.

In a time when not much but bad news seems to be circling the globe, how we long for relief. A cure for Ebola? Bring it on! An antidote for the hatred and cruelty of war? If only there was an answer, simple or otherwise!

After a number of years of economic challenges it’s no wonder our community is relieved and rejoicing at the prospect of new jobs and investment.

As followers of Jesus Christ we have an even greater privilege, that of sharing the good news of God’s love.

“So they set out and went from village to village, proclaiming the good news….”

(Luke 9:6 NIV)

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

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

Battlefords Seventh-Day Adventist Church

962A - 102 Street

Pastor Dave Miller

Sunday Service: 6:00 p.m.

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

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

306-441-1041

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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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306-893-4465

Come Join Us Sunday’s At 11:00 am

Phone 306-445-9096

A warm welcome is extended to everyone!

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

Worship Service - 11:00 a.m.

Church & CE Wing:

1702 - 106th Street North Battleford, SK

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

Living Water Ministry

Pastor Brian Arcand

Phone: 306-445-3803 Cell: 306-441-9385 Fax: 306-445-4385

Sunday Evening Service 7:00 p.m.

Bible Study Wednesday 7:30 p.m.

1371 - 103rd Street (Use East Door)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tuesday, October 28, 2014 - PAGE 16

The Wizarding World of Rayburn Dental Studios

Stepping through the doors of Rayburn Dental Studio this week is akin to making the leap through the wall to Platform 9 3/4 as the staff has transformed their office into the wizarding world of Harry Potter for the Halloween season. Following last year’s theme of the Pirates of the Carribean, Dr. Sherry Rayburn said she decided to put the work into the office instead of her home again because she spends so much time at work.

She added she enjoys the fun parts of Halloween as opposed to the gory or scary elements in horror movies. The majority of the work was all homemade by Rayburn. The walls and door decorations are made of styrofoam and were painted inside 14105MR01 the office. Pictures on the walls are a mix of celebrities (right) and characters from the Harry Potter universe.

Candles made of toilet paper rolls and timed lights hang from the ceiling on wires to simulate the floating candles in the Great Hall. Complementary to the decorations are the soundtrack from the Harry Potter films being played over the speakers and the films on loop in the lobby.

The staff will be in costume all week leading up to Halloween.

Anyone is welcome to come in and see the sights of the office for themselves. For more photos, head to www. newsoptimist.ca.

Photos by Brett Smith