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Staff Pieter Valkenburg from Prince County, P. E. I.. contacted the City of North Battleford Historic Archives Oct. 25.

He is researching a young First World War

soldier named Elmyr Kruger from Mullingar.

That research revealed a story of mismanagement and mistreatment of German soldiers in an internment camp on the island, as well as that of the soldiers who were assigned

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to guard them.

Read the story, written by the wife of the researcher, on Page 9.

For the 10th year, Gold Eagle Casino is the diamond sponsor of the Battleford Union Hospital Foundation Festival of

Trees.

“A Celebration of Christmas” begins Friday Nov. 30 with a preview evening. The week-long event wraps up Thursday, Dec. 6 with a Christmas High Tea. Turn to Page 5 for more.

Ready for Spook Night Justin Ahn and Kelly Choi participated in a pumpkin carving class at North Battleford’s Western Development Museum Friday. The class gave participants an opportunity to create a jack o lantern to greet Halloween visitors Wednesday or to enter in the contest at the Great Pumpkin Masquerade held Saturday. For more photos from a spook-filled weekend turn to Page 6 or visit www.newsoptimist.ca. Photo by Averil Hall

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Everybody has a STORY

Dr. Janet Tootoosis: firmly grounded in family and rural roots

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Everybody has a STORY

By Christine Spetz

Dr. Janet Tootoosis knows what it’s like to be a patient in Saskatchewan’s health care system.

In 2007, she was diagnosed with thyroid cancer.

That same year, she received surgery to remove the cancer, followed by radiation treatments at the Saskatchewan Cancer Centre in Saskatoon.

As a family physician, wife and mother of an 18-month-old son at the time, she says she would often consider how much more difficult her situation would have been if she were a single mother in the same position.

“Having this experience highlighted that not everybody has all of the things I’m fortunate to have,” says Dr. Tootoosis.

“It made me pause and consider how I provide support to patients, and how I can make their care more seamless by going the extra mile and advocating for them if, for example,

child care is an issue and they need a different appointment date. Prior to my experience, I might have thought, ‘I’m so busy, it’s not really my job to be playing with dates,’ but my experience in the system highlighted that patients may require support outside of medical care.

“It really gave me an understanding of the importance of considering the resources which are available to specific individuals and making the system function in a manner that supports them to achieve health in whatever form that looks like,” she adds.

Dr. Tootoosis has been in remission for more than a decade, and in that time she gave birth to another son.

“My boys are the reason I do everything,” she says affectionately of her 13-year-old and nine-yearold boys. “They’re my greatest success because they’re Indigenous males being raised in a community where they don’t necessarily have a profile that

is deemed privileged or positive. My husband and I are raising them in opposition of the stereotypes and building young men who are proud of themselves, who know where they come from and what they’re capable of.”

a very broad perspective of the entire system,” she says. “My role is to ensure that the patient and provider voice is central to the organization going forward.”

Dr. Tootoosis also serves on the board hearing committee and the quality and safety committee, and she was part of the CEO selection committee.

“My fellow board members are exceptional, committed individuals who bring incredible energy and dedication to their roles on the board. They are all busy professionals, yet they are committed to take time out to contribute. It’s really inspiring to see this group of individuals come through and really want to better the system.”

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Everybody has a STORY Bringing Her Health Care Experience to the Board

In addition to being a mother and family physician, Dr. Tootoosis is the owner and operator of the North Battleford Medical Clinic, a clinical professor at the University of Saskatchewan and one of two practicing physicians on the 10-member Saskatchewan Health Authority board of directors.

As a practicing physician who works in rural Saskatchewan and has Indigenous roots, Dr. Tootoosis brings a unique perspective to the board.

“I get to deliberate with the board, and the next day, see patients in my clinic and train new physicians.

My vantage point gives me

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Improved Integration of Services

Within the new provincial health system, Dr. Tootoosis says she wants to see improved integration of services that result in a better experience for both patients and health care providers, especially in regard to primary health care.

“Whether you are ill or well, young or old, we all need primary health care,” she explains. “I truly believe that patient-centred, comprehensive primary care can support people to lead healthy lives, and that is why I feel that improving and advancing primary health care is an extremely worthwhile endeavour.

“We also need to consider how we reconfigure

services for specific groups and communities like our Indigenous population to ensure health equity, so that all residents in Saskatchewan receive access to appropriate and timely community services,” she adds.

For many of Dr. Tootoosis’s patients, reconfiguring care has meant moving her onreserve clinics, which she provided to four communities for half a day every two weeks, to the North Battleford Medical Clinic.

“After a number of years of providing onreserve clinics, it became apparent that many of the people I was looking after on reserve were opting to travel to North Battleford to see me in my clinic,” 18111BB0 18111BB1

Dr. Tootoosis says. “They preferred improved access over convenience closer to home because they wanted to be able to see me any day of the week, morning or afternoon. If I was centralized at the clinic B they had that opportunity, so I welcomednewsoptimis everybody to the clinic and started providing services from there.”

The Pull of a Rural Lifestyle

Dr. Tootoosis grew up on the Poundmaker Cree Nation, a First Nation reserve northwest of North Battleford.

“I have a large extended family and it’s my family who keep me in the Battlefords. That’s a big reason why I choose to live where I live,” she says. “I practiced in North Battleford initially because it was close enough to home that I could reacquaint with my family after having been away for 10 years going to school.”

Although Dr. Tootoosis has always known she would live in rural Saskatchewan, she wasn’t always so sure about her chosen profession.

“In Grade 12, I wanted to be a veterinarian but soon realized that my plan for rural living would mean conducting semen samples on cattle for a good portion of my career, so I decided to shift to people medicine,” she says with a mischievous gleam in her eye.

What she loves most about living a rural lifestyle is the community.

“It’s that small-town vibe where you’re seen as you and not just as the cover of a book; people get an opportunity to read the book.

That part’s nice.”

Being close to the north also provides Dr. Tootoosis and her family with the opportunity to get away together for adventures, most often to Meadow Lake Provincial Park.

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Throne speech focus on carbon price, economy The new session of the legislature opened Wednesday with the first speech from the throne from the new lieutenant governor.

Honourable W. Thomas Molloy read the throne speech in the legislature in Regina, outlining the priorities of Premier Scott Moe’s government.

There were no major surprises in the address.

The government outlined intentions to continue to stay the course in their efforts to fight a carbon tax and support pipeline development, as well as maintaining and improving trade relations.

“While our economy and the province’s finances are showing signs of improvement, we are still facing challenges due to the threat of a damaging federal carbon tax, continued sanctions from the United States on our steel and uranium industries, and a deeply discounted price for our oil caused by a lack of pipelines,” said Premier Moe in a statement.

“This throne speech outlines our commitment to stand up for Saskatchewan by growing our economy and continuing to deliver important programs and services for the people of the province.”

A number of items in the throne speech mentioned North Battleford directly, including the anticipated completion of the new Saskatchewan Hospital.

“My government is nearing completion of the new provincial psychiatric hospital in North Battleford,” it states.

“Once complete, the new state-of the-art hospital will be among the most innovative mental health treatment centres in the country and ensure those facing significant mental health needs receive the best treatment available.

“Through a phasedin approach, 188 mental health beds will be available to deliver mental health care and support and an adjoining correctional facility will provide 96 beds for offenders living with mental health challenges.

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Hospital North Battleford both used a P3 model, allowing my government to save more than $100 million throughout the life of these two contracts – money that instead can be invested in other projects or to improve frontline services.”

North Battleford was also mentioned in the province’s pledge to improve access to mental health service.

The throne speech states “crisis teams pairing a police officer with a mental health professional will be fully operational this winter in Moose Jaw, North Battleford, Yorkton and Prince Albert. Multidisciplinary Community Recovery Teams, made up of 40 new full-time employees, will be offering services in eight communities by the end of this year, to support people with complex and persistent mental illness.

“This winter, a pilot program to engage youth in mental health promotion will be launched in schools located in the communities of North Battleford, Sandy Bay, Regina and Balgonie.”

As expected, a good portion of the throne speech focused on pipelines and the carbon tax.

“Today, the courts have blocked the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion while the federal government is effectively ending the possibility of any future pipelines being built in this country through Bill C-69, which will make approval of future pipelines virtually impossible.

“Without pipelines to get our oil across the country, Saskatchewan must sell nearly all of our oil to one market – the United States – for sometimes as low as half the global price.

“My government will stand up for the jobs our oil and gas industry creates by continuing to press the federal government to take immediate action to get the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion built and to withdraw Bill C-69.”

The Moe government also pledged to continue its court challenge on the carbon tax.

“My government is taking action to stand up for Saskatchewan communi-

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ties, families, businesses and jobs by challenging the federal carbon tax in court.

“Saskatchewan believes Ottawa does not have the constitutional authority to impose a tax on some provinces, but not others, based on whether or not the federal government agrees with the province’s climate change plan.”

As for their own efforts to curb emissions, the government pledged to implement the Prairie Resilience Climate Change Strategy.

“This plan includes commitments to reduce annual emissions by nearly 12 million tonnes by 2030 by reducing emissions from electrical generation by 40 per cent, decreasing methane emissions from upstream oil and gas production by 40 per cent and implementing outputbased performance standards for heavy industry.

The government’s concerns about trade were outlined, with continued “protectionist threats” from the U.S. government cited.

“Our province continues to face the threat of tariffs on Saskatchewan softwood lumber and steel,” the throne speech states.

“This is in addition to the United States Department of Commerce’s spurious investigation of Saskatchewan uranium as a threat to U.S. national security, and possible tariffs that may arise from that investigation.”

The government also expressed its desire for improved trade with China and India. Premier Moe will be leading a Saskatchewan business delegation on a trade mission to India.

“My government will be part of a Saskatchewan business delegation going to India this November to encourage investment and strengthen the relation-

ship with this large trading partner.

“The premier recently completed a trade mission to China. Unfortunately, Saskatchewan remains reliant on our federal government to negotiate international trade agreements, and Canada’s trade relationship with China has stalled as our country has not started formal free trade discussions as expected.

“The Government of Canada has also not indicated a willingness to expand uranium exports to China – an initiative that would benefit northern Saskatchewan mines and workers.”

Crime continues to be a focus of the provincial government. The throne speech touted the success of the recently created Protection and Response Team (PRT), in which conservation officers and highway patrol officers have assisted with more than 1,300 PRT-related actions since

launching in April.

Upcoming changes include an amendment to The Police Act to enable rural municipalities and municipalities with populations under 500 to join regional police services.

Also coming are changes to the Seizure of Criminal Property Act, aimed at making “crime less profitable.”

“These changes will make it easier for property to be seized if it has been acquired due to or used in unlawful activities such as serious firearms offences or sexual offences involving children,” the throne speech states.

“The federal government has committed at least $10 million over the next five years towards Saskatchewan’s Guns and Gangs Strategy, that will merge and enhance investigative and enforcement efforts to make our communities safer.”

Saskatchewan is also to become the first province in Canada with Clare’s Law, to provide a framework for police services to disclose information about someone’s violent or abusive past to intimate partners who could be at risk.

In a news release Wednesday, the government outlined other highlights of the throne speech, including the following: A pledge to deliver a

balanced budget for 201920; Expand interpersonal violence leave to include sexual violence of any kind; Amend the Saskatchewan Employment Act to create a new critically ill adult leave to allow family members of critically ill adults to take up to 15 weeks leave to care for their family member; Expanded parental leave from 37 weeks to 63 weeks, plus an additional week of maternity leave; An apology to Sixties Scoop survivors impacted by historical government policies of child apprehension and adoption; Changes to improve commercial driver training; Increased funding for intersection safety; Improved cellular service in 50 rural communities as part of a plan to increase 4G LTE coverage in 100 Saskatchewan communities; The safe regulation of the sale and distribution of cannabis through a private model; Legislation on trespassing laws to better address the balance between members of the public and the rights of rural land owners; and Free hunting and fishing licenses to Canadian military veterans.

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this From Corner

By Becky Doig Editor

Statistics are bandied about daily in the media, and making sense of what they mean is certainly beyond me.

A story about job numbers will appear, claiming a certain number of new jobs have been created over a given time period. And it’s always compared with last year’s rate to put it into “context.”

More jobs you think. That’s a good thing. The economy is humming along nicely. And that simplistic analysis is just what the number spinners, especially those churning out government press releases to chortle about the government’s great performance, are hoping for.

The next thing you know the big banks are raising prime interest rates and we’re hearing how this is going to impact the bottom line of almost everyone, so the economy is going to suffer.

Hey, what about all those new jobs? I thought everything was great.

Statistics should be left to the statisticians to do with whatever it is they do to apply them to policy and legislation. In my opinion using them to spin government agendas and other agendas just muddies the waters for those of us without even rudimentary skills to analyze them.

A classic case is Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index, which gets simplistically translated into “danger” when actually figuring out what the number really means is impossibly complex.

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Carbon tax still doesn’t change things Even when it comes to issues as complex as climate change and the carbon tax, there usually is a bottom line.

And that bottom line is driven by common sense.

So here’s the common sense in the wake of the federal Liberal government announcement last week that will return 90 per cent of all the money it collects from a its carbon price directly to the Canadians.

If you give people money to compensate them for the extra costs of gas and other things caused by a carbon tax, it’s quite likely they will continue to spend it on those exact behaviours that burn more carbon.

For that reason, it seems unlikely that Trudeau’s carbon tax will actually work.

If gas goes up 20 cents a litre, does it mean you will stop driving your kids to hockey or to drive to shopping?

Maybe if you had to bear the costs yourself, it would cause you to car pool when you take your kids to hockey.

Maybe it might get you thinking about being a little more efficient when it comes to shopping trips you make when you drive.

In time, it might even have you thinking about getting a more fuel-efficient vehicle although in our climate, often plagued by ice and snowdrifts for six months of the year, that will remain a tough choice.

But what is the incentive to do so if you are getting a cheque back from government to cover the added gas costs? Will the money from Ottawa (an estimated $598 in Saskatchewan) be enough to help buy a new vehicle or making needed home renovations to improve energy efficiency?

The Provincial Scene

By Murray Mandryk

mandryk@postmedia.com “Starting next year, it will no longer be free to pollute anywhere in Canada,” Trudeau said in his announcement.

Ottawa will now impose a minimum price on pollution of $20 a tonne of carbon emissions on Jan. 1.

Non-compliant provinces like Saskatchewan (along with Manitoba, Ontario and New Brunswick) will now have a federal carbon levy on fuels while large industrial emitters will face a cap-and-trade like system imposed on them, starting April 1.

While 90 per cent of the rebates will go back to households, the remaining 10 per cent will go back to small and medium-sized businesses, schools, hospitals and other organizations unable to pass back to consumers.

This is all designed to mitigate the impact on the public and others who will see carbon tax costs passed to them, but the Saskatchewan government doesn’t see it

that way.

“We see it as a cynical vote-buying scheme using your money to buy your vote,” Premier Scott Moe told reporters In fairness to Trudeau and the federal government, this isn’t exactly as Moe suggests.

Carbon pricing does seem to be at least based on a revenue-neutral premise that takes money from those the federal government deems to be polluters and giving it back to people to pay the added costs.

But, again, does that really address greenhouse gas emissions? Will it necessarily even change the behaviour of so-called emitters? After all, if their customers have money in their pockets from the federal government to pay the added carbon taxes that will now be required how does it really effect how business is done?

Certainly, one can be critical of provincial governments like Saskatchewan doing little other than being critical — always, the easy way out for politicians.

Ottawa has a legitimate point that Saskatchewan’s “Prairie Resilience” doesn’t really address coal-fired electrical generation that, arguably, is the province’s biggest single GHG emission issue.

But the Sask. Party government’s argument that it’s just not sound to send people cheques to compensate them for the secondary costs this tax seems to make sense.

The bottom line is this carbon tax won’t likely change behaviour.

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Dr. Tootoosis: firmly grounded Continued from Page 2 “My husband and boys love to fish, so any northern lake with great fishing will do!” she exclaims.

“I love the boat and can spend all day out on the water reading while the boys get their fish on.”

A Generalist at Heart

Dr. Tootoosis says she’s a generalist at heart and that’s why she chose to specialize in family medicine.

“I chose family medicine because I didn’t want to feel restricted in my attempts to support people to achieve health, which is incredibly broad and different for many people,” she explains. “I like being able to support patients in identifying their health concerns and to direct them through the care they need, which changes throughout their life span.”

As the owner and operator of a clinic, Dr. Tootoosis says she has learned that the business side of medicine is equally as important as the clinical side when considering the patient experience.

“Your experience with the health system starts when you pick up the phone or you enter into a clinic or hospital,” she says. “The lighting, the environment, the cleanliness and the safety of the facility – all of those things play a part in the patient experience and can’t be overlooked.

Also, the people providing health care need to be trained, protected and supported in their work, and all of that is the business side of medicine.”

The Team at North Battleford Medical Clinic

Dr. Tootoosis has worked hard to create a seamless care experience for patients, as well as a good working environment for her staff, which includes eight physicians

(soon to be 10), a nurse practitioner, clinical pharmacist and clinical dietician, as well as medical office assistants and transcriptionists. The clinic also has private laboratory and x-ray facilities.

“None of us can do this by ourselves,” she says of her work family. “As the largest primary care facility in the community, we provide care to 13,000 people in the area.”

The physicians in her practice also work in the hospital as anesthetists and emergency room doctors, as well as sit on committees. To minimize any gaps in care that patients might experience when one or more physicians are out of the office, they’ve created two teams of four physicians. The physicians on each team provide coverage for each other to ensure that their patients are seen and that paperwork is completed when they are out of the office.

“The reason for the team within the team is for continuity,” explains Dr. Tootoosis, “so that patients get to know their providers. We try to surround patients with the same team, which builds that comfort level and helps them feel more secure. It’s about building capacity through team-based care and getting patients comfortable with the team.

“Distributing this responsibility of care can be challenging, but I know it’s being done effectively in a number of places across the province. Supporting all physicians to have this approach to care would be wonderful,” she adds.

Quality Improvement

This drive for quality improvement can be seen throughout Dr. Tootoosis’s practice.

“We engage in quality improvement initiatives to our hearts content,” she

says proudly of her staff, “whether it’s changing how we fax prescriptions to pharmacies or how we better integrate patients from hospital back into the community. We also contribute to a lot of quality initiatives through surveys, interviews and working groups, and many of the research projects required by our medical residents focus on quality.

“It’s all day, every day,” she says with a chuckle, adding that she’s always been motivated by continual improvement, even in her personal life.

“It drives my husband crazy!” she says with an impish grin. “His to-do list is continually growing. We never quite get the house or yard to a point where we can just coast. I’m always coming up with ways we can better ourselves.”

Their current project is making their yard aesthetically pleasing again after having to take down two ageing trees for safety reasons.

Finding Balance

Not surprisingly, Dr. Tootoosis says her greatest challenge is work-life balance.

“I just have to ensure that I’m not too hard on myself with regard to priorities, because some days my foundational priorities have to take a backseat.

Career may come to the forefront and consume a lot of my time, but it’s not forever. Recognizing that and leaving some capacity for life is huge.”

Even so, there is nothing she would rather be doing.

“I don’t know of anything as rewarding as contributing to the health of other human beings,” she says.

— Reprinted with permission from the Saskatchewan Health Authority

Battlefords Union Hospital (BUH) Foundation has announced Gold Eagle Casino is once again the diamond sponsor for BUH Foundation’s 2018 Festival of Trees.

Oct. 22, Kelly Atcheynum, general manager of Gold Eagle Casino made the presentation to Claudette McGuire, executive director of BUH Foundation.

According to BUH Foundation, this is the 10th anniversary of Gold Eagle Casino’s sponsorship and, “every year their contribution makes a difference for health care within the Battlefords and surrounding communities.”

Proceeds from the 2018 festival will go to support the capital campaign, “We want to … Catch It! Stop It! Treat It!” to purchase a new mammography unit for Medical Imaging at BUH. The 2018 Festival of Trees is “A Celebration of Christmas” and will start Friday, Nov. 30 with the preview evening, followed by the formal evening It’s Showtime featuring The Stone Frigate Big Band and a meal on Saturday, Dec. 1 and then Family Day Sunday, Dec. 2.

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Cox acknowledges Amber Alert response Staff Battlefords MLA Herb Cox has taken his time in the Saskatchewan Legislature to publicly acknowledge the community response to the Amber Alert that happened in September.

Cox made the remarks on Thursday on the second day of the fall session. In his speech he paid tribute to those involved in the successful effort to find a missing girl.

Here are some of his remarks as recorded in Hansard. As the issue is currently before the courts and a publication ban is in place on the identity of the victim, the name of the girl has been redacted.

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you, Mr. Speaker. On September 16th the RCMP [Royal Canadian Mounted Police] issued an Amber Alert in the Battlefords ...

Needless to say, her parents were frantic to find her. What ensued was one of the longest and most intense searches one could imagine.

The incident occurred around suppertime and the whole community of The Battlefords responded. Mr. Speaker, our local RCMP detachment did an excellent job of mobilizing every resource available to focus on this search. Their response to this situation was truly amazing. At the same time, hundreds of volunteers scoured streets, back alleys, parks, industrial businesses, country

roads and ditches. As well, residents of surrounding communities and First Nations responded by travelling back roads. Along with hundreds of others, Linda [Cox] and I spent several hours searching abandoned farmyards and little-used farm access roads. We literally met a vehicle every several hundred yards with a spotlight, hoping to locate (the girl). .... Mr. Speaker, I would now ask that all of my colleagues please join me in commending and thanking the hundreds of volunteers, as well as the RCMP and local police who showed up to search ... It just shows what a great community we have in the Battlefords. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Speech from the throne

Meili unimpressed with Sask. Party focus

By John Cairns Staff Reporter

To no one’s surprise the opposition New Democrats did not have much enthusiasm for the speech from the throne delivered Wednesday.

It was filled with “old news and old noise” according to NDP Leader Ryan Meili in a news release Wednesday.

The NDP release stated that Meili was “also looking for some admission of the damage done by recent government choices,” such as PST hikes or the mishandling of the Global Transporation Hub. “We were disappointed that we didn’t see any commitment to addressing the underfunding of education,

a focus on addressing the province’s worst-in-the-nation health outcomes, or the reversal of the harmful expansion of the PST to construction and restaurant meals,” Meili said.

“This was the premier’s chance to make his mark on the province by addressing the real issues that people are struggling with, but he chose not to.”

Meili also stated much of the throne speech consisted of recycling old announcements, and that “there was no mention of how to help people who are struggling to pay for their mortgages or how the unemployment rate is higher than it was last year.”

The Throne Speech was “more about bluster than building blocks,” Meili said.

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By Josh Greschner Staff Reporter

While the public might or might not have noticed, Battlefords RCMP have changed the way they report incidents to local media over the past couple years.

The main way police report to the media is in the form of press releases, which are emails that provide information about incidents and often include dates, names, charges and occasionally initial court dates.

In the first part of 2017, Sgt. Neil Tremblay, according to S/Sgt. Darcy Woolfitt, “was basically taking our shift notes and highlighting a couple things that happened during that shift.” Such reports were sent to media.

With such information, the News-Optimist ran features such as the RCMP Daily Update.

Examples of such reporting can be found in Jan. 26 and 27, 2017. Police reported on incidents such as collisions, stolen tires and a hit-and-run, but names weren’t reported.

There weren’t charges to lay in many of the reported incidents.

But police changed practices later that year.

Now incidents from Battlefords RCMP are released sporadically, Woolfitt said, according to what police determine to be relevant to the community. The RCMP reports are less frequent, but they tend to contain more detail than previous daily updates would and many incidents were deemed “under investigation.”

Like Crime Stoppers, the short lists would sometimes highlight incidents to attract people’s attention.

Some found such incidents humorous, while others didn’t.

“We got feedback from the community and essentially, they didn’t like that,” Woolfitt said. “We essentially went back to ‘here’s an incident that happened,’ whether it was a motor vehicle collision or an armed robbery or whatever. Then we report on that.”

When asked which of the styles of writing press releases is better, Woolfitt said there’s advantages and disadvantages to both.

The Battlefords RCMP detachment is a busy one.

It receives a high volume of calls and the detachment area extends north of Cochin, east of Denholm, south of Red Pheasant Cree Nation and west of Delmas.

“I need boots on the ground so I had to take one of the members off my community policing unit and put them back on patrol,” Woolfitt said.

Woolfitt said not every officer can write media reports because they don’t all have media training.

RCMP press releases come in various forms too, such as warnings to the public and reports on crimes.

A recent RCMP press release that gained widespread attention involved Johnathan Gunville, in which he recently pled guilty to stealing an SUV with a young girl in the backseat.

Another RCMP press release that provoked a number of questions from the public, including questions to the News-Optimist office, was the incident involving Brydon Whitstone, who was shot by police last October.

A coroner’s inquest into the case is scheduled to take place in December at Court of Queen’s Bench in Battleford. A coroner’s inquest is a fact-finding public hearing involving witnesses and a jury.

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Forgotten First World War soldier from Mullingar Pieter Valkenburg from Prince County, P.E.I. contacted the City of North Battleford Historic Archives Oct. 25. He is researching a First World War soldier named Elmyr Kruger from Mullingar.

The following article, written by the researcher’s wife, Daria Valkenburg, was previously published in Prince Edward Island.

By Daria Valkenburg Every November, volunteers from the BordenCarleton Legion (in Prince Edward Island) place flags at the graves of the veterans in its service area.

This is a large undertaking, as veterans are buried at nine cemeteries.

Most of the veterans in the cemeteries were survivors of wars and long after their period of active service.

While most of the names listed on the cenotaph outside the Borden-Carleton Legion died while on active service overseas, there are a few listed who died in Canada in accidents or from illness, while on active service during the First and Second World Wars.

Pieter Valkenburg, who is researching the names on the cenotaph, wondered why one veteran, who died while on active service during the First World War and is buried at the Free Church of Scotland Cemetery in Cape Traverse, P.E.I., wasn’t listed on the cenotaph. Was he missed?

He visited the cemetery to see the grave. It was indeed a Commonwealth grave, showing the Elmyr Kruger had died Oct. 21, 1918.

He tried to find family on the island. No one knew who Kruger was. He found a radio interview with Dr. Helen Herring, in which she recalled stories of “German prisoners of war who died of influenza being secretly buried at night in the cemetery.”

This wasn’t the first time Valkenburg had heard stories of German POWs buried on the island, but there was no proof.

While Kruger was a German name, and it was a

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City of North Battleford Historic Archives puzzle why he was buried in a cemetery with mostly Scottish names, he had clearly been a Canadian soldier. Valkenburg decided to investigate further.

A search of the Canadian Virtual War Memorial, run by Veterans Canada, quickly revealed Kruger was from the prairies, the son of Frank and Margaret Kruger of Mullingar near North Battleford. From his service file and research at Library and Archives Canada, Valkenburg learned Kruger’s story was tied to the story of German POWs on the island, and a shameful episode in the way First World War soldiers were treated by local managers of the Canadian Government Railways.

Kruger’s father, Frank, was born in Prussia, and immigrated to the United States at age two with his family. After 21 years in the United States, the family moved to Manitoba in 1891. His mother, Margaret, nee Forsyth, was born in Manitoba and had Scottish heritage. Elmyr was born Nov. 1, 1896 in the farming community of Melita, Man., the oldest of five children. Later the family moved to Mullingar to farm there. When Elmyr enlisted on May 28, 1916 it would have been a hardship to his family as he would have been the only son old enough to help on the farm. Upon enlistment, he was assigned to the newly formed 232nd (Saskatchewan) Overseas Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, where he unfortunately contracted measles and was hospitalized in North Battleford, the battalion’s base, for two weeks, .

The 232nd Battalion was disbanded in the spring of 1917. On July 21,

1918 Kruger was transferred to the 6th Battalion Canadian Garrison Regiment from the 12th Battalion Canadian Garrison Regiment for escort duty.

There was a German prisoner of war camp in Amherst, Nova Scotia.

In 1918, an agreement was made to bring German prisoners to work on the Borden branch of the Prince Edward Island Railway. The July 6, 1918 Guardian newspaper noted that 60 prisoners, accompanied by guards and officers, would be coming to the island for the purpose of “doing such labour as ditching, putting in new ties, ballasting and putting the road in shape for the new rails to be laid in September. Eleven box cars are now being fitted up at the railway yard in Charlottetown for housing and otherwise accommodating the prisoners. These include two dining cars, five sleeping cars, two officers’ cars, one car for cooking and another.”

On Aug. 5, 1918, the Guardian reported that 50 German prisoners, guarded by 27 men, arrived on the island. On Aug. 17, 1918, the Guardian explained that the prisoners were mostly “soldiers from the big liner Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse,” with “several first class engineers among the number.”

The liner was captured by the British off the coast of Africa in August 1914, and most of the crew ended up in Amherst Internment Camp.

According to the doctor’s report, Kruger became ill on Oct. 11, 1918.

A report to the commanding officer of the Amherst Internment Camp, filed

by Lt. R. Dunbar-Abbott, the officer in charge of the

prisoner of war camp in Port Borden, who himself had been ill, outlines the frustrating events that may have contributed to the illness and subsequent deaths of three men. “While I was ill in hospital, a bad smell was noticed in the sleeping cars of the men. Sgt. Major Lucas had the floor boards taken up and found about 6 inches of manure

underneath (human, horse, cow and sheep). The attention of Dr. J. McNeill was called to it and he remarked that it was not fit for cattle to live in. Many of the cars leaked. This was reported on Sept. 27 and on several occasions after but nothing was done until Nov. 7. With the exception of the cook cars, nothing was done to the

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other cars.”

The reporting of the stinking cars was made to a Mr. Grady of the railway.

He doesn’t come off well in the report, as the report is filled with Grady’s complaints about the cost of food for those working on the railway, and his refusal to help when men started to fall ill.

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FUNERAL SERVICES LEGER: Mass Of Christian Burial for Raymond Leger, resident of North Battleford and formerly of the Glaslyn-Midnight Lake Districts, will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, October 26, 2018 from Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church at Glaslyn, SK – Vigil Of Prayer will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, October 25, 2018 from St. Joseph Calasanctius Church, 1942-98th. St., North Battleford, SK. Interment will take place at Fairholme Cemetery.

Donations in Raymond’s memory are requested to the Battlefords Union Hospital Foundation, Box 1358, North Battleford, SK S9A 3H8 (please designate to the Palliative Care Unit). Condolences can be sent to mail@battlefordsfuneralservice.com Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Battlefords Funeral Service (306-446-4200) __________________________________________________________

OBITUARIES FREEMAN: Therese Marie Charlotte Nolin was born the eldest daughter of William and Jeanne Nolin, in North Battleford, SK on May 20, 1939.

She grew up with her sisters, Gertrude and Armande, and brothers Lionel, Don, Raymond and Bernard on the family farm on the shores of Jackfish Lake near what is now Poplar Cove. She attended the local school, St Michael’s, until her parents moved the family into North Battleford where she completed her high school. After graduation, she moved to Saskatoon to work as a nurses’ aide.

She met her future husband, Albert Freeman, and they were married on November 25, 1961. They had 2 children, Beverly and Lloyd, and eventually a son-in-law, Tim, 4 grandchildren (Kirk, Clark, Scott and Adam), and a daughter-in-law, Riona.

The family moved to Yorkton where Terry was a stay-at-home mom until the children reached their teens. Her love of fashion and crafts and her great sense of style served her well as she entered the retail industry but also brought some conflict as teenaged Bev was always stealing her clothes! She was a gifted seamstress who could sew dance costumes or graduation and wedding dresses as easily as a duck blind or boat cover. Terry and Al were the hosts of many family gatherings where her famous tortierre was always in great demand. When they moved back to Poplar Cove after Al’s retirement, their home was the hub for many of the extended family. She loved spending time in her garden and decorating the yard and deck. She could watch sports (and the weather channel) all day long, especially baseball, curling, CFL football and her Montreal Canadiens. She loved fishing – often betting her grandsons who would catch the first and/or largest fish. Theresa and her sister Trudy toured Europe where they had many adventures. She loved Paris especially; it was one of her fondest memories. She had an adventurer’s spirit, excited to experience new and different lands and cultures. After she was widowed, Terry fell in love again when she got her beloved dog, Sparky. He was her constant companion and they shared a deep bond – looking after each other as only best friends can. Although Theresa’s health was failing recently, she never let on how tired or sick she felt. Her mind was always as sharp as ever. She loved her daily calls with Bev and enjoyed visits with friends and family. Theresa passed away peacefully on October 16, 2018 at Royal University Hospital. She will always be remembered for her caring, generous spirit and love of family. Theresa’s faith was an important element throughout her life. Vigil Of Prayer was held on Friday, October 19, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. from ‘The Garden Chapel’ – Battlefords Funeral Service with Presider Fr. Phinh Do. Mass Of Christian Burial was held on Saturday, October 21, 2018 at 3:00 p.m. From St. Leon Roman Catholic Church, Jackfish, Saskatchewan with Celebrant Fr. Phinh Do. Cross Bearer was Patrick Nolin. Eulogy was given by Bernie Nolin. Liturgy Of The Word: 1st Reading: - Giselle Cooke; Psalm: Sung by the Choir; 2nd Reading: Brenda Campbell; Gospel - Fr. Phinh Do. Prayers Of The Faithful: Michael Nolin. Liturgy Of The Eucharist: Offertory Gift Bearers: Shawn Nolin and Sean Secker. Music Ministry: Mary Ann Corbeil – Director / Organist; Camerilla Choir. Urn Bearers were Lloyd and Beverly. Honourary Pallbearers were Grandsons: Kirk Byczynski, Clark Byczynski, Scott Byczynski & Adam Byczynski and Friends: Colleen Gray & Bev Jefferies. Active Pallbearers were Michele Nolin-Grasby, Tim Nolin, Breck Fleming, Gary Nolin, Shannon Stone & Rejeanne Delain. Rite Of Committal was held at St. Leon Parish Cemetery, Jackfish, Saskatchewan. Memorial Donations are requested to St. Leon Parish, Jackfish Lake, SK, Heart and Stroke Foundation or to the Canadian Cancer Society. Arrangements were entrusted to Battlefords Funeral Service. __________________________________________________

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Elmer F. Peters The family of Elmer Peters are sad to announce his passing on October 6th, 2018 at BDCC at the age of 83. He leaves to mourn, his wife Peggy Gibney, son Don (Jeannie), granddaughter Alyx (Steve) Brown of Boulder Colorado, grandson Joe of Saskatoon, mother Kay of North Battleford, sister Freida Dewan of Battleford, brother Erwin (Alma Jean) of Kelowna, brothers-in-law Mel (Louise) Gibney, Jim Gibney and Stuart (Carol) Gibney, sister-in-law Sharleen Bjerke and many nieces and nephews. Elmer was predeceased by his dad Fred, in-laws Red & Daisy Gibney, sister-in-law Audrey Gibney and brothers-in-law Melvin Bjerke and Bill Dewan. Memorial donations may be made to BUH Palliative Care Unit, Box 1358, North Battleford, SK S9A 3LB or a charity of your choice. Condolences may be made to the family at www.SallowsandMcDonald.com. 306-445-2418

KELLER: It is with great sadness that the family of Yvonne Keller announce her passing at 6:40pm on August 26, 2018, in Poplar Courts Nursing Home in Wilkie, Saskatchewan. Yvonne was born on October 9, 1938, the youngest of eight children to John and Rose Kappel in the Pascal area. She attended grade one in the Pascal School and then they moved closer to Leipzig where she then attended Leipzig school.

She loved horses and since they were the main farm power at the time, there were many around. Her mother would sew all the dresses for the daughters for school, cultivate a large garden and prepare meals for the farm crews. The sudden passing of her mother when Yvonne was nine years old would be a defining moment in her childhood responsibilities. In 1955, she married Edward C. Keller where they continued to live and farm in the Leipzig area while raising seven children. While creating a life for their family, they were both involved in the community where Yvonne was involved with the Catholic Women’s League for many years. As the family matured and expanded, Yvonne and Ed continued to farm together until Ed passed away due to complications from cancer in 2001. Yvonne loved the outdoors and lived on the farm until 2016. Her son, Iain, and daughter-inlaw, Jaimee, lived in the adjoining yard. Their generous support enabled Yvonne to maintain her independence. Yvonne joined her daughter, Yvette, on her many business and pleasure road trips with Johnny Reid, Bob Williston, and Elvis along for the ride. In 2016, Yvonne moved to Poplar Courts where she enjoyed interacting with residents and staff. Family and friends were always welcomed. She was the last surviving member of her siblings. Yvonne is survived by: her seven children: Yvette (Robert) Gruber, Bernadine (Henry) Jungwirth, Edwina (James) Weninger, Charles Keller (Jennifer Kripki), Clifford (Rita) Keller, Alan Keller (Dwayne Dubois), Iain (Jaimee) Keller; 15 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren: John Gruber, Nathan Gruber, Aaron Gruber (Gary Mai), and Abra Gruber; Jared (Jennifer) Jungwirth and children James and Julia, Orin Jungwirth (Kelsey Wright) and daughter Georgia; Alyssa Weninger, Megan (Adam) Pegg, Edward (Janessa) Weninger and son Vincent; Jack Keller, Charlie Keller; Ashley Keller; Jocelyn Dubois; Ethan Keller, Jade Keller; her sister- and brothers-in-law Rita (Leo) Meier and Arnold Stark, along with many nieces, nephews and grand-nieces and -nephews. She is predeceased by: her parents; her husband; seven siblings and in-laws: Helen (Leo) Sittler, Isabel (Ted) Stark, Cletus (Agnes) Kappel, Irene Stark, Mildred (Leonard) Ulsifer, Alfred Kappel, Donald (Janet) Kappel; and grandson (David Weninger). The funeral was held on Thursday, August 30, 2018 at 11:00 am at St. Paschal’s Church in Leipzig, Saskatchewan. Donations in Yvonne’s memory can be made to Wilkie Poplar Courts Activity Fund, Box 459, Wilkie, Saskatchewan, S0K 4W0. __________________________________________________

Mary-Jane Pakitine of North Battleford passed away peacefully at RUH Saskatoon 14 Oct 2018

Gordon Ross Cave, 59 years, of North Battleford, SK. passed away suddenly October 2, 2018, in Toronto, Ont. Gord was born in North Battleford January 28, 1959. He grew up on the family farm near 8 Mile Lake actively participating in hockey, ball and 4-H as well he enjoyed skidooing and hunting. Gord married Cindy Solomko January 9, 1982, and later that year purchased his own herd of simmental cattle. He worked tirelessly building the Cindon Farms reputation for quality cattle by travelling the fall show circuit, attending bull sales and serving on various cattle associations. Gord also worked at farm service and retail businesses in the Battlefords.

In July, 1990, Gord and Cindy moved to their own farm near Highgate and there they raised their three children-Brett, Janelle and Spencer. Gord’s kids came first and he was always there with proud and silent encouragement. He believed in old fashioned values and instilled a hard work ethic to those he held near and dear. Gord enjoyed lending a helping hand to others, promoting the cattle business, coaching baseball, hockey, pheasant and deer hunting. He loved animals and will be dearly missed by his beloved dogs-Maggie, Gunner and Sid. Gord knew it wasn’t about being perfect, it was about showing up and being real. His love was steady and true. he had a great sense of humour-it was always just good clean fun. His twinkly eyes and mischievous grin could brighten anyone’s day. Gord was easy going, humble and kind - he was a good man. Gord will be forever loved and missed by his wife Cindy (36 years); son Brett (Amanda), daughter Janelle and son Spencer. As well siblings Gail (Jim) Sack, Brenda (Earl) Larsen, Allan (Jennifer) Cave and their families; parents in law Mike and Anne Solomko; brothers in law David(Sherri) Solomko and Larry Solomko and their families. Gord was predeceased by his parents Charles and Vivian Cave and numerous family members. Gord will be remembered by his many friends, relatives, fellow cattlemen, neighbours, business associates, customers and coworkers. A celebration of Gord’s life was held October 10, 2018, at St Paul’s Anglican Church, North Battleford, Sk with Rev Trevor Maylon and Pastor Rob Cave officiating. Special tributes were given by Louie Lessard and Barb Kennedy. Arrangements were entrusted to Trevor Watts of Eternal Memories Funeral Service and Crematorium.

For those wishing to leave a condolence you may do so at www.eternalmemoriesfuneral.ca.

Card of Thanks We are so thankful for everyone’s prayers, thoughts, support and acts of kindness during this most difficult time. Special thanks to WESTJET for their compassionate caring service.

Words alone cannot express the deep appreciation to our family, friends, coworkers and neighbours. We are forever grateful.

With love Cindy, Brett (Amanda), Janelle and Spencer Cave.

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Personnel Manual from timeto to provide time andservices may maketo Due to the focus of as theit exists position being recommendations for the revision/amendment of member PersonnelFirst First Nations individuals in an agency operated by Manualpreference as required.will be given to those applicants for this Nations, position are of aboriginal ancestry.

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Please forward detailed resumés by email to: tony@tonymartens.ca • by Develop and9621 maintain policies procedures to ensure or mail to: - 161A Street,and Surrey, B.C. V4N 2E8. Please effective delivery of programs services andBSW, caseRCC, RSW. M.Sc., address to the attention of Tony and Martens, management.

Deadline for accepting applications is March 31, 2014 at 5pm • In the absence of the Executive Director, ensure that all local time. agreements are reviewed and renewed as required.

Contact Tony Martens 604-583-6612.

Only successful • Attendperson: and participate in all management meetings as candidates scheduled. who make the short list will be contacted.

Recruitment process continue until Program a successful • Assist in drafting annualto budget for Prevention and candidate selected. submit toisExecutive Director by the end of January of each fiscal year.

• Monitor prevention expenditures throughout the year and ensure that the approved budge expenditures are followed.

Report any over expenditures to the Executive Director.

• Represent Kanaweyimik as and when required at local, provincial and federal levels.

• Attend Inter-agency meetings in each of the five First Nation communities as scheduled.

• In the absence of the Executive Director, prepare and present an Annual report to the members of Kanaweyimik. The Annual Report will outline all programs, services and statistics provided by Kanaweyimik.

Al-anon Family Groups

If someone’s drinking troubles, attending Al-Anon Family Group provides understanding and support. Meetings Monday at 7:00 p.m. and Friday at 10:00 a.m. at the Zion Lutheran Church, corner of 15th Ave. & 108th Street. Contacts 306-937-7765, 306-937-7289 or 306-441-9324.

Tuesdays & Thursdays

North Battleford Table Tennis Club at the Living Faith Chapel gym, 1371- 103rd Street at 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Ages 14+, all skill levels. (use parking lot doors off 102nd). Accompanied youth 8-13 years welcome on Tuesdays 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. Email tabletennisnb@gmail. com for more information or visit us on facebook.

Saturday, November 3

60’s Style Hootananny for Hooters at the Alex Dillabough Centre - Battleford. Let us take you back to the 60’s with great music & fun! Tickets are $40 per person, seating will be tables of 8. No one under 19 years of age admitted. For tickets please call Jody at 306-441-9359. There will be safe rides home for you and your vehicle provided by St. Joseph Knight’s of Columbus #7336 and Scott Campbell for Silver Collection.

Sunday, November 4

Maidstone Christmas Craft Show at the Maidstone Legion Hall from 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Monday, November 5

The North Battleford Library is hosting Richard Van Camp, who will be reading from his short story collection from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Tuesday, November 6

Join us for a fun evening of trivia at the North Battleford Library.

Teams of 2-4 must pre-register by calling 306-445-3206.

Wednesday, November 7

2537 Royal Canadian Army Cadets Corps presentation with Drill Rifle Demonstration at the North Battleford Library, 1392 - 101st Street at 7:00 p.m.

Thursday, November 8

Qualifications • The qualifications of the Manager shall be determined at the absolute discretion of the Board of Directors depending upon the needs of Kanaweyimik Child & Family Services at the time.

• A University Degree from a School of Social Work and/or Business Administration or equivalent work experience and training in a related area with relevant courses or workshops in child protection and administration.

• Extensive working experience and proven ability to work in the social services area with families and children.

• Extensive administrative and management experience.

• Ability to organize, delegate, supervise and coordinate activities of staff members and complex programs.

• Ability to formulate budgets, administer same and report on budgets.

• Extensive working experience with First Nations people, with an understanding of the particular issues encountered by First Nations people.

• Extensive working experience and a clear understanding of the dynamics of First Nations family systems; complexity of social problems encountered by First Nations families.

• Extensive working experience with different levels of government associated with program and service delivery to First Nations. Local, First Nations, provincial and federal levels of government.

• Knowledge of the Cree language is an asset; • Computer skills and application of the same 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 license.

Application deadline is November 19, 2018 at 5:00pm. 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

The North Battleford Library is hosting Gail Krawetz as she discusses her book, Risk & Reward: The Birth & Meteoric Rise of the Saskatchewan Party.

Saturday, November 10

Smash Bros. Video Game Tournament at the North Battleford Library from 12:00 - 6:00 p.m. Registration starts at 12:00 p.m., gaming starts at 1:00 p.m. Bring your own controller. Ages 10+.

Monday, November 12

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Cancer Survivor Support Group. A self-help group for people with cancer, their families and friends. Meetings the second Monday of each month at 7:00 p.m. at Third Avenue United Church 1301-102nd Street, North Battleford. All are welcome. The strength of one is the strength of all. For further information call Myrna: 306-445-2328 or Ken 306-481-4137.

Thursday, November 15

Makerspace Play Date at the North Battleford Public Library from 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.Think & play with STEM and STEAM activities; build robots, create video games, explore circuits and more! All materials provided. Ages 5 - 12.

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COMING EVENTS

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Monthly Community Events Calendar Sundays

Last Tuesday of the Month

North Battleford Girl Guides at Holy Family School, 9201 - 19th Ave., North Battleford at 1:00 p.m. We meet once or twice a month from September to May, 2019.

Support group for families, friends and caregivers of persons with mental illness at Canadian Mental Health Association - Battleford Branch (CMHA), 1602 - 103rd St., North Battleford. For more info phone Jane at 306-446-7177.

1st Sunday of the Month Jam Session from 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. at the Pioneer Hall, South Railway from October to May 2019. For more information call 306445-5036.

Wednesdays Bingo at the Livelong Hall at 7:30 p.m. For more information phone 306-845-4040.

4th Sunday of the Month

Wednesdays

Musical Jam Session at the Medstead Hall at 2:00 p.m. Musicians, singers, entertainers, & listeners. All ages are welcome. Bring along your instruments, and dancing shoes and have a great time! Please bring lunch, 50/50 tickets. Free admission. Sponsored by: Medstead Leisure Life Club.

T.A.G. - What is TAG Toddler Activity Group? It’s a free drop in group where parents will learn fun ways to interact with their child through play, games, songs, finger plays and story time for ages 14 months - 3 years from 1:15 - 2:45 p.m. at the Don Ross Gym, 891 - 99th Street, North Battleford. For more information contact Sherry at 306-4809426, text or call.

Mondays The Rotary Club of the Battlefords meets at The Blend at 12:00 noon.

New members/guest welcome. For more information call 306-9377128 or 306-441-6636.

2nd Monday of the Month BUH Retirees meet at the North end A&W at 11:30 am 2nd Monday of the month unless a holiday then moves to 3rd Monday.

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 info phone 306937-2987.

2nd Monday of the Month Cancer Survivor Support Group - A self-help group for people with cancer, their families and friends meet at the Third Avenue United Church, 1301 - 102nd Street at 7:00 p.m. The strength of one is the strength of all. All are welcome. For further information call Myrna 306-445-2328 or Ken 306-481-4137.

Wednesdays Drawing Sessions at ARC Creative Studios, 1106 - 101st Street, North Battleford from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. Bring your own art supplies and we’ll provide the subjects, coffee and encouragement for all. Facilitators Rosemarie Stadnyk and Chris Hodge.

1st Wednesdays of the Month 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 Christ at 306-445-3909.

2nd Wednesday of the Month Battlefords Wildlife Federation, Meeting at the Wildlife Federation Building at 7:00 p.m. New members welcome. No meetings during July and August.

2nd Wednesday of the Month The Alzheimers Support Group is held at the Caleb Village every month except July and August. Phone 306-937-7232 for information.

Mondays & Wednesdays

3rd Wednesday of the Month

In Motion exercises in the Borden Senior’s Room at 10:00 a.m. No charge & everyone is welcome.

Cancer Survivor Support Group at the Third Avenue United Church, 1301 - 102nd Street at 7:00 p.m. It is a self help group for people with Cancer and their family and friends. For further information call Pat Gotto at 306-445-5891. All are welcome.

Mondays, Wednesdays & Thursdays 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 306-892-2073.

Tuesdays Regular Bridge Lessons starting at 10:30 a.m. playing Bridge to follow.

Call Margaret at 306-445-7615.

Tuesdays Knit & Natter meet at Porta Bella Restaurant, 2491- 99th Street, North Battleford from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. No membership requirements.

Bring your own project or join in a group project knitting for charity, yarn supplied. All skill levels and ages welcome. Phone Vistara at 306317-9434 for more information.

Tuesdays Every Tuesday at 3:00 p.m., four different churches alternate for a service and lunch at the Borden Care Home.

Tuesdays Battlefords Art Club meets at the Don Ross Centre Art Room. Call or text 306-441-6453 for more information.

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 Irene Lascelle at 306-445-4625.

Tuesdays TOPS - Take Off Pounds Sensibly - Meeting from 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. at the Hope Mennonite Fellowship, 1291 - 109th Street. For more info phone Mary at 306-441-9232 or Joan at 306-445-9968. Everyone welcome.

Tuesdays Battlefords Blend Harmony Chorus at the 3rd Ave. United Church at 7:15 p.m. Phone 306-892-2196.

Tuesdays & Thursdays North Battleford Table Tennis Club at the Living Faith Chapel gym, 1371- 103rd Street at 6:30 p.m. (use parking lot doors off 102nd).

Youth 8-13 years on Tuesdays 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. (accompanied by adult); ages 14 to Adult all days/times. All skills levels are welcome and the facilities are accessible. Drop-ins welcome.

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.

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 for more information.

Thursdays Peer To Peer Support Group meets Thursday mornings at The Mental Heal Association, 1602- 103 Street, North Battleford at 9:30 a.m. A very warm welcoming group.

Thursdays Radisson TOPS SK5243 meeting at 10:00 a.m. in the Radisson Town Office.

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

1st & 3rd Thursday of the Month Midwest Food Resources - 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month order $10 or $15 fresh food boxes featuring local produce.To order call or text us at 306-446-2684. Pick up on the 2nd and 4th Thursday at 10202 - 11th Avenue between 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Follow us on Facebook.

1st & 3rd Thursday of the Month Battlefords Cowboy Church at Battleford Legion Hall, 22nd Street Battleford at 7:00 p.m. Open to all religions. Everyone welcome.

1st Friday of the Month

The Rivers Edge Quilt Guild meets at 1:00 p.m. in the Craft Room of the Don Ross Centre from September to May. Beginners and experienced quilters are welcome. For more information please call Leslie at 306-937-7471 or Bonnie at 306-480-7797.

1st & 3rd Friday of the Month Kaiser Tournament at the Action Now Senior Centre, 1501 - 101st Street at 7:30 p.m.

2nd Friday of the Month Old Tyme Dance from 7:00 to 9:30 p.m. at the Pioneer Hall, South Railway from October 2018 to April 2019. Live bands. For more information call 306-445-5036.

2nd & 4th Friday of the Month

Ukrainian Seniors Kaiser Tournament at the Battlefords Ukrainian Hall, 792 - 108th Street at 7:30 p.m. For further details phone 306937-3190 or 306-441-3147. New members welcome.

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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 5:00 Thursday prior for Tuesday’s & Thursday’s publication.

Continued from Page 98 “Referring to the treatment on the outbreak of influenza, on October 12th I wired your instructions to Mr. Grady that proper accommodation should be provided for the sick.

Nothing was done until the 15th when an extra box car was sent to us, ostensibly to be used as a cook car but no stove was sent until late on the night of the 16th. In the meantime, food had to be cooked in a farm house and carried to the car by Mrs. Abbott, who helped me out.”

In addition to his wife delivering food, Lt. Dunbar-Abbott received help from the Roman Catholic Church. “We were visited by the Rev. Father McIntyre, who, seeing the appalling state of affairs, obtained the sanction of his Bishop to use their Mission Hall at Port Borden as a hospital where 10 military patients and civilian cook MacDonald were moved in on the night of October 17th. Next day three railway employees were moved in, three of our men dying a few days later of pneumonia.

“Repeated applications were made to Mr. Grady to provide a cook without any result.”

The report goes on to say that “farmers refused milk, and the stores supplies if they were on Mr. Grady’s account. I only procured them on my own personal account, in case Mr. Grady refused to pay.”

He goes on to say that he received no reply from Grady to his request for a cook and food supplies for the sick.

On Oct. 17, two orderlies arrived. A nursing sister plus hospital equipment came the following day to help at the temporary hospital. “Later a night nurse was sent for as the work was more than Mrs. Abbott and Sister Fitzgerald could handle, the cases being so serious, and no cook.”

Help came too late for Kruger, who died in Port Borden, P.E.I. at 8 p.m. on Oct. 21, 1918 of pneumonia after contracting Spanish flu (21 years of age). He was one of three guards who died.

On Oct. 25, 1918 Sgt.

Major Lucas reported on Kruger’s burial. “Acting on instructions from Lt. R. Dunbar-Abbott, I took the remains from Port Borden to the cemetery at Cape Traverse where he was buried. I had a firing party of six men and four pallbearers.”

According to the Oct. 29, 1918 Guardian newspaper, two military funerals were held that day. In addition to Pt. Kruger, Pt. John Richard, who died Oct. 20, 1918 of pneumonia following Spanish flu, had his funeral at the same time as Pt. Kruger. The paper explained, “the deceased soldiers were returned men acting as guards at the internment camp here.

A firing party consisting of 15 men marched behind the remains of their dead comrades” after which the body of Richard went on to Amherst, while services for Kruger’s burial in Cape Traverse “were conducted by Rev. James McDougald.” On Oct. 31, 1918 a court of inquiry was held into Kruger’s death and concluded that he “died from natural causes and that no blame is attachable to anybody.” No mention was made of the appalling and unsanitary conditions that the soldiers were subject to.

There are no records of German prisoners of war being buried on Prince Edward Island. Pt. Elmyr Kruger, who was sent from Saskatchewan as one of the guards, is only one of the three guards buried on the Island. Pt. Richard was buried in Sackville, N.B. The third guard, Acting Cpl. D. McKee died on Oct. 26, 1918. His body was sent to Fargo, N.D. for burial. We don’t know why Kruger’s body was not sent to Saskatchewan for burial, nor has Valkenburg been able to find a photo of Kruger. But he’s no longer a forgotten soldier.

If anyone has more information, please email Pieter Vlakenburg at dariadv@yahoo.ca — Special thanks to Tim Yonan for the 232nd Battalion photograph and Darren Roberts for his military collection in the City of North Battleford Historic Archives.

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Living under the shadow of God’s loving care There are words in the English language that have changed their meaning over the years. The dictionary has a word for older definitions: archaic.

It means: belonging to an earlier period, roughly some time before the year 1900.

Here are a few examples of archaic meanings.

A clue (or clew) was a ball of yarn; awful once meant worthy of awe and reverence; nice meant silly or foolish; gay meant happy; pretty meant crafty or cunning; and bully meant good. In 1904 Teddy Roosevelt called the White House “a bully pulpit,” meaning a good place from which to preach American values.

Another word that’s changed its common meaning is overshadow.

Today the word carries the sense of something being more important or significant. For instance, many records set by Wayne Gretzky overshadow those of any hockey player before him. But the word originally meant to cover, shelter or hide, sometimes suggesting the idea of protecting or providing for in a special way.

In the Bible, the word is used to describe two golden images of angels called cherubim that spread their wings above the Ark of the Covenant in

the temple. (II Chron. 5:8) It was above the ark that the glorious presence of God was revealed in Old Testament times. (Ps. 99:1) The ark became, for that time, an earthly representation of God’s throne in heaven, where the Apostle John sees a vision of what he calls “living creatures” hovering around the throne, saying “Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty.”

(Rev. 4:8) These angels are appointed to be guardians of the throne of God, shielding it from all that is unrighteous or unholy.

Our word is also used when an angel comes to a young virgin named Mary and explains how it is that she will give birth to Jesus by a special empowering of God. “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God.” (Lk. 1:35) George Schuler (18821973) was a music teacher at Moody Bible Institute, in Chicago. One day in the early 1930s he was seated at the piano, “doodling,” as he called it, and he had deep sense of God’s loving care through the years of his life. The Bible speaks of “His great love with which He loved us,” (Eph. 2:4) and many have experi-

Robert Cottrill, B.A., B.R.E. http://wordwisehymns.com/ www.Wordwise‐Bible‐Studies.com

enced it. As he thought about this, Schuler began improvising a melody, and suddenly words to fit it came into his mind: “I’m overshadowed by His mighty love, love eternal, changeless, pure.” He

completed the melody, but was unable to fill in all the words for the song.

The pastor of Moody Church in the city at that time was well-known theologian and Bible teacher Harry Ironside

(1876-1951). Schuler contacted him and asked if he could provide the lyrics for a melody he’d written.

Though Ironside protested that he was not a poet, he agreed to try. But weeks went by, then months, and nothing happened. Copies of the tune got buried under other work, and both busy men forgot about the project.

It was a full year later that George Schuler was looking through a pile of unpublished music and came across what he’d written. He phoned Dr. Ironside, who apologized for the oversight, and

Trusting through the fog According to the forecast it was supposed to be sunny and warm; not only that those early morning clouds were supposed to break up, letting in the full glory of an autumn day. No problem, I told myself, “The flight doesn’t come in until after lunch, it’s going to be here on time.”

I fairly danced with anticipation.

We’d been waiting excitedly for weeks and now the day had finally arrived. More accurately, he arrived. He, as in our son.

Although we saw him and

his wife and daughter just three months ago, there’s no such thing as “too often” when they live a couple of provinces away.

Lunch was served and the kitchen cleaned up in record time because the plane would arrive soon.

If only that fog would stop rolling in.

Hours late, the plane finally landed and we’ve been having a wonderful time. Unfortunately, the fog persists and now, half a day early, he’s changed flights in order to ensure he makes his plane connections. In all honesty, the fog did nothing to spoil the joy of our visit, though; rather, it meant we made even greater use of every minute we had together.

Inspirational speaker, coach and writer, among other things, Sanjo Jendayi said this: “Sometimes you can’t see the

quickly sat down at his desk and produced the song Overshadowed.

The song says: “How desolate my life would be, / How dark and drear my nights and days, / If Jesus’ face I did not see / To brighten all Earth’s weary ways. / I’m overshadowed

by His mighty love, / Love eternal, changeless, pure, / Overshadowed by His mighty love, / Rest is mine, serene, secure; / He died to ransom me from sin, / He lives to keep me day by day. / I’m overshadowed by His mighty love, / Love that brightens all my way.” road ahead but as you keep going it gets clearer.

Stay the course as the fog of life dissipates.”

Contrary to what we sometimes think, serving God doesn’t exempt us from difficult times, from times when everything seems blurred by the fog of circumstances. Stay the course, my friend, God’s still in control.

“How do you know what is going to happen tomorrow? For the length of your lives is as uncertain as the morning fog — now you see it; soon it is gone.” James 4:14 Until it’s gone, keep trusting!

Worship Together 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.

ANGLICAN PARISH SUNDAY SERVICES Rev. Trevor Malyon

St. George’s Anglican Church - 10:00 a.m.

191 - 24th Street West, Battleford, SK

St. Paul’s Anglican Church - 11:00 a.m.

1372 102 St 306-445-3009

Pastor: Rev. Allen Huckabay

nd

1302 - 99th Street North Battleford, SK

Living Water Ministry

Sr. Pastor Brian Arcand Pastor Anand George 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)

Battlefords Seventh-Day Adventist Church

TerriTorial Drive alliance church

Phone: 306-445-4338

Pastor James Kwon

Clergy Person: Rev. Ean Kasper

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

Come Join Us Sundays at 11:00 am

Phone 306-445-9096

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

Worship Service - 11:00 a.m.

Maidstone/ Paynton United Church of Canada

1702 - 106th Street North Battleford, SK

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

10:30 a.m.

Service

Church & CE Wing:

306-893-2611

For booking the Wing:

306-893-4465

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

Sunday School 1301 - 102nd Street, Phone 306-445-8171

Everyone Welcome

www.thirdavenueunitedchurchnb.ca Email: thirdaveunited@sasktel.net

Tuesday, October 30, 2018 - PAGE 15

Growing herbs indoors

By Jackie Bantle I was hoping the cool weather of September would turn into a warm, mild October but I’m not so optimistic anymore. Is Mother Nature gearing us up for an eight-month “non-gardening” season?

Hang in there gardeners, there is hope. Growing herbs indoors will not only keep your green thumb flexible but fresh herbs are an excellent addition to your home-cooked meals on a cold, winter day.

One of the biggest challenges when growing food plants indoors is providing enough light. Whenever possible, locate your plants on a south or west facing windowsill. If this is not an option, you may need to provide some supplemental light.

Plants require a variety of wavelengths of light to grow. Traditional greenhouses use high pressure sodium lamps that provide a full spectrum of light.

HPS lights work well for growing plants indoors but they are expensive to operate and also produce heat.

Plants and flammable objects must be kept an appropriate distance from HPS lights to prevent plant damage and fires.

More commonly, indoor growers use fluorescent lights for growing plants.

Purchase fluorescent tubes that are produced specifically for growing plants as these lights will provide the proper light wavelengths for plant growth.

Fluorescent lights do not produce much heat and should be placed 30 to 45

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centimetres above seedlings and turned on for 14 to 18 hours per day. To test if lighting is adequate, the shadow cast on a white piece of paper at midday by an object 10 to 15 centimetres above the paper should have a definite outline.

LEDs are the newest light technology. Initially, LEDs would emit only one or two specific wavelengths of light. This is not sufficient to grow healthy plants. However, LED technology is improving. There are some lights available with multiple wavelengths and they are the cheapest lights to operate. If you decide to use LED, choose ones recommended for plant growth that have a wide range of wavelengths available in the bulbs. Don’t be surprised if your plants seem to struggle under the LEDs. Some herbs take a long time from seeding to harvest. Bringing herbs that were growing in your garden indoors is possible, as long as they are inspected for diseases and pests.

Avoid bringing diseased plants indoors. Dig roots with some soil surrounding the roots and use an indoor potting mix. Garden soil does not drain well in pots and will encourage fungal diseases. Trim plants to half their height.

This will encourage new

growth and help to reduce insects that might be hiding in the foliage. Parsley and chives are two herbs that can be “split” from the main garden plant by taking some roots and leaves and planting them in a container.

Some herbs will root well from a plant cutting. A piece of the stem and some leaves are cut from the “mother” plant and rooted in moist growing media.

Marjoram, mint, rosemary and tarragon can be propagated this way.

Basil, cilantro/coriander, dill, oregano, sage, summer savory and thyme all grow well from seed.

Herb seeds prefer warmth and moisture to germinate.

Some herb seeds, like basil, are tiny and should only be buried lightly. Marjoram seeds require light to germinate and should not be buried.

Cilantro/coriander is a fast growing herb that germinates well from seed. It will bolt (flower) quickly so plan to succession-seed this herb several times throughout the winter.

Sorrel and lovage are larger perennial herbs.

They can be grown indoors but will need a one litre pot as a minimum for each plant.

If you are new to indoor herb gardening, try growing just one or two of your favourites for the first year.

If you are an experienced indoor grower, challenge yourself with a couple of new herb selections. I once read in a UC Davis newsletter that there are more than 600 different varieties of mint in the world.

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Before you know it, Christmas will be here!

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