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“The Kinsmen band put the music into our lives.”

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Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Battlefords Bright Spots

The season is upon us

By Jayne Foster Staff Reporter

Home on the Range The Community Youth Choir with special guests, the Meota Men’s Choir and the North Battleford City Kinsmen Intermediate Band, performed at Third Avenue United Church’s Logie Hall Sunday to a full house. In its annual pre-Christmas concert, the CYC presented a cowboy-themed lineup of songs. Above, some of the youngest members sang about Davy Crockett. Photo by Jayne Foster

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The season is indeed upon us and this week is busy, busy, busy.

There are several events scheduled for Wednesday, including a blood donor clinic at the Don Ross Centre from 2:30 to 7:30 p.m. Start the season out right with the gift of blood. Book your appointment at www.blood.ca or phone 1-888-2-DONATE. Wednesday evening, it’s Ladies’ Night Out at St. Paul’s Anglican Church in North Battleford. Roast pork with apple sauce, scalloped potatoes, vegetables, salads and desert, along with entertainment by the men of St. Paul’s, promises a good time. Did you get your ticket?

Phone Rosemarie at 306-445-4645, Evelyn at 306-445-3249 or Joyce at 306-446-0587.

Wednesday evening will also see a concert by the North Battleford City Kinsmen Beginner and Intermediate Bands under the direction of Gene Aulinger. The concert takes place at the band hall at 1801-104th St. at 7 p.m. Admission is free.

Moving on into the week, Thursday, another band concert will be held. This will be the North Battleford High School Band’s Winter Concert. The concert starts at 7 p.m. at the school. There will be a silver collection, plus a raffle and a 50/50.

The Seventh Day Adventists Church’s

annual Walk Through Bethlemen runs Friday, Saturday and Sunday. It’s a free walk through the recreation of Bethlemen in the time of Jesus, with all its sounds, sights and smells, as well as the nativity scene. Friday and Saturday’s hours are 6 to 9 p.m. and Sunday’s hours are noon until 4 p.m.

Saturday, get your Christmas shopping of gifts and food started.

Starting at 9 a.m. at the Co-op Mall, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Ladies will hold their annual bake sale of perogies, cabbage rolls, borscht, braided bread and other goodies.

The Battleford 2000 Lions Christmas Bazaar will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Alex Dillabough Centre.

There will be a tea and bake sale from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Zion Lutheran Church in North Battleford.

Saturday is also a day for family fun at the Western Development Museum from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Hot dogs, kids shopping, crafts and games, sleigh rides, face painting, puppets and storytelling are among the activities. And, of course, Santa will visit. The fun continues at the WDM Sunday from noon until 6:30 with Holiday Homecoming, a day of activities, food and friendship, plus a full lineup of musical entertainment.

Sunday also features the 65th anniversary concert of the North Battleford City Kinsmen Band at 2:30 p.m. at the Dekker Centre for the Performing Arts. See Pages 6 to 9 for more on the anniversary of this community band.

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BTEC building fund

Intense campaign launched to raise $1.4 million

By John Cairns Staff Reporter

The campaign to raise the final portion of funds needed for the new Battlefords Trade and Education Centre building has begun in North Battleford.

Their fundraising campaign, My Community Cares, launched Wednesday afternoon at the existing BTEC facility, located in the old armoury on 102nd Street.

Based on the crowd that turned up at the 102-year old facility, at least one thing seemed clear, the existing building isn’t big enough.

The premises were packed that day, as communityminded people from around the Battlefords took part in the launch.

The turnout overwhelmed BTEC officials and was a good indicator of interest in the building project among the general public.

The goal is to raise the final $1.4 million needed

to complete a new BTEC building, to be located at the corner of Railway Avenue and 105th Street.

The province has already pledged $2 million towards the facility, and approximately another $900,000 in fundraising has already been done as well from various events and individual donations.

Artists’ renderings of the new 20,000 square-foot building were shown at the launch event, with the new facility able to accommodate an additional 30 participants and provide increased programming.

Coinciding with the launch was the BTEC art auction, which ran until Friday, with those in attendance Wednesday encouraged to place bids on the items on display.

Bottles and cans were also collected at the event with all proceeds going to BTEC as well.

The $1.4 million BTEC fundraising campaign is cochaired by Rob Rongve and

Heath Gabruch, who previously led the $10 million fundraising campaign for the Credit Union CUplex.

Similar to that ambitious effort, a number of “naming rights” have been made available for purchase.

The naming rights are based on the conceptual drawings of the new BTEC building.

“We’ve tried to emulate what we did with the CUplex and offered donors recognition that way, with naming rights for the overall building but also the reception areas and other rooms in the BTEC building that will be utilized, to give donors some recognition.”

A pledge of $500,000 would go towards the name of the new BTEC facility, and naming rights of $100,000 each go to the multi-purpose room, bookstore and kitchen at the new location.

The board room, day program room, common area, and arts and craft room go for $75,000 each, and there

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Any donation over $500 will be acknowledged on a “donor tree.”

Already, the kitchen area has been sold for $100,000 and the reception area for $50,000, and a number of individual donations were announced at the launch event as well.

While the approach is similar to the CUplex campaign, there is an important difference.

“This is something people are doing more from the heart,” said Gabruch.

The current building is “to the point where it’s almost

unsafe,” said Gabruch, but moreover, “we need to be able to advocate for people who do bring a lot to our community, and we want that to continue.”

Already, the strong attendance and early support from initial donors has left Gabruch feeling optimistic.

“The initial response and the amount of people that came out yesterday to see the launch and see the building and see what BTEC does was a really good indication that the community is wanting to get behind this,” said Gabruch.

“The building is more of a reality, I think, closer than maybe it was. We’ve got a

ways to go to get to our goal, but I think the community’s going to be behind it.”

To make a donation you can call 306-446-CARE (2273) or 1-844-465-CARE (2273), or you can mail a cheque payable to Battlefords Trade and Education Centre, 702-102nd St., North Battleford SK S9A 1H3.

Receipts will be issued for all donations over $20. Also, to inquire about donations of stocks, bonds and other ways to contribute, contact Rob or Heath at 306-937-5020.

As well, people can contact the fundraising campaign on Facebook at www. facebook.com/mycommunitycares.

The launch of the My Community Cares campaign for the new BTEC building took place Wednesday at the existing BTEC building on 102nd Street in North Battleford. Those at the event got to see the aging facility as well as renderings of the new one (top photo). The fundraising launch was broadcast live over CJNB with co-chair Heath Gabruch shown here with David Dekker. For more photos turn to Page 15. Photos by John Cairns

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Tax hike, new capital levy proposed for North Battleford

By John Cairns Staff Reporter

Concerns about aging infrastructure are about to force municipal tax bills higher in North Battleford.

Wednesday at City Hall, Director of Finance David Gillan unveiled the 2015 draft budget for North Battleford, which includes a proposed hike in property tax revenue of 4.5 per cent.

Administration is also proposing an increase in base water rates by five per cent, and of base sanitary sewer rates by three per cent.

But that’s not all. The big news from night one of budget deliberations is City administration’s proposal to address infrastructure worries with a new, city-wide capital initiative levy.

This levy would be separate revenue going solely to addressing infrastructure, and

would be in addition to the tax and rate increases being proposed.

According to the draft budget document, a major concern of administration is the replacement of underground pipes in excess of 60 years old.

There are 17 kilometres of underground water and sewer lines facing that situation, said City Manager Jim Puffalt in his opening remarks Wednesday.

The City has been replacing those pipes at a rate of half a kilometre per year, but Puffalt painted a grim picture if the City continued at that rate.

In 10 years, the number of kilometres required to be replaced will grow to 40 kilometres, creating a situation where the city would never catch up, he said.

Puffalt also did not express much confidence that any Building Canada funding

from the federal government will be enough to address all the issues.

“We have to look at an accelerated program,” Puffalt said.

As a result, City administration is proposing an accelerated infrastructure renewal program that will replace the previous annual replacement program and also the local improvement program.

The idea, according to the message statement from Gillan in the draft document, is to fund a more rapid replacement of water and sewer infrastructure in the city.

The proposed capital levy for 2015 has two components.

One is a $1,087,000 capital infrastructure levy generated from property taxes, for the sole purpose of funding the accelerated infrastructure program.

The second is a utility fund $1,182,000 capital levy generated from utility customers,

also used to fund the accelerated program.

The numbers cited represent the first-year needs for the new levy, according to the budget.

The 2015 budget also includes plans to continue to fund other City initiatives in public safety and other areas.

The City is proposing to fund in full the community safety co-ordinator position currently held by Herb Sutton, extending that position to Dec. 31, 2015.

The budget also addresses wage increases and inflation, as well as additional firefighters and the new community safety program now in place.

Council and administration officials met for nearly four hours during their first budget session in council chambers Wednesday, with the proposed capital levy dominating discussion.

Budget deliberations resumed Monday and Wednes-

Fraud case returns to court in January Staff The criminal fraud charges against suspended North Battleford financial planner Adelia Marie (aka. Adele)

Kaminsky will return to provincial court Jan. 9 for plea.

Kaminsky was present in court for the latest court date in the matter Nov. 25 in North Battleford.

In court that day, Kaminsky’s counsel Nick Stooshinoff indicated “significant progress” has been made towards a resolution, and that there had been some

Hunter facing charges after another hunter shot Staff LOON LAKE — A Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation man is facing charges after another resident of the First Nation was shot at about 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, according to Loon Lake RCMP. Glenn Cantre, 42, is charged with criminal negligence causing bodily harm and careless use of firearm, after another man sustained a gunshot wound to his hip after leaving a hunting blind on the First Nation reserve.

Police say Cantre, who was also hunting at the time of the incident, is co-operating with the investigation and has been released to appear in Loon Lake Provincial Court Jan. 15.

Six calves missing

Members of Loon Lake RCMP were the first to arrive on scene about eight kilometres east of Loon Lake.

They located a 37-yearold man suffering from an apparent gunshot wound to his hip.

RCMP say members provided initial first aid until EMS arrived and transported him to Meadow Lake Hospital and then to Royal University Hospital in Saskatoon for treatment. The extent of his injuries are unknown.

According to police, initial investigation has revealed the victim was leaving his hunting blind and making his way back to his vehicle.

A shot was fired from the nearby roadway where a blue truck was seen. The victim crawled to his vehicle and contacted his family, who notified RCMP.

North Battleford Forensic Identification Unit and General Investigation Section are also assisting Loon Lake RCMP with the ongoing investigation.

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According to Cut Knife RCMP, sometime between Sept. 22 and Nov. 24, six calves went missing from a pasture in the RM of Cut Knife.

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additional discussions with the Crown.

The case has been adjourned for “election and plea.”

In addition, an order for disclosure was made to allow Kaminsky to access details in the case.

Kaminsky is accused of defrauding investors of hundreds of thousands of dollars over a period of several years. The charges she faces include fraud over $5,000, fraud under $5,000, laundering the proceeds of crime and possession of the proceeds of crime.

day, and another session is set for Dec. 10, if needed. Due to a major announcement that Mayor Ian Hamilton will be

attending in Regina earlier in the day, Monday’s deliberations were set for the later start time of 7 p.m.

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Two Wilkie residents recently sentenced for charges of neglect that led to the death and suffering of horses in their care have been fined, are restricted to owning no more than 40 horses for five years and must submit to five years of supervision by the SPCA. What do you think of the sentence? ✓ Only 40 horses! They shouldn’t be allowed to keep any horses.

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This week’s News-Optimist online poll: What is your reaction to news that the city is proposing to impose a capital initiative levy to pay for infrastructure in the city, in addition to a 4.5 per cent property tax increase? ✓ The work has to be done. I’m fine with the increases. ✓ I have no problem with this levy, but it’s these other increases

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Breast Friends have been writing and publishing cookbooks for 10 years. To recognize the achievement, we are having our Àrst-ever cookbook sale.

Our last two cookbooks — For the Men in Our Lives and Inspire Health — are on sale online at www.breastfriends.ca for $10 each. The sale will last until the end of June. These books regularly cost $21.95. They make wonderful shower gifts, and our men’s book makes a great Father’s Day gift.

Today’s recipe was developed by one of those men that our books are dedicated to. He must have been busy cooking while we were on the road with Breast Friends. It became a favourite of his wife and family, so we convinced them to share it with us. Enjoy!

EASY CHICKEN DINNER

Coating: 6 boneless, skinless chicken breasts 1 1/2 cups bread crumbs 1/4 cup canola oil 1 teaspoon paprika 1 medium onion, chopped into eighths 3 teaspoons garlic powder 1 cup fresh mushrooms, quartered 1 teaspoon ground coriander 1 celery stalk, chopped 1 cup milk 1 cup Dole vegetable fruit blend, any flavour a dish. Place chicken in milk Mix coating ingredients, except milk, in Heat oil in large skillet. Sauté and then coat with bread crumb mixture. onion to chicken making sure chicken breasts until golden brown. Add utes. Add mushrooms, celery they fit around breasts. Sauté for five min e in preheated 350F oven for and juice. Transfer to baking dish and plac 20-25 minutes.

Serve with rice, pasta or potatoes.

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Tuesday, December 2, 2014 - PAGE 4

Commentary

Canada ranks high in food safety, but can’t rest on laurels

By Sylvain Charlebois and Jean-Charles Le Vallée According to the latest global report on food safety published by the Conference Board of Canada, in partnership with the University of Guelph’s Food Institute, Canada, along with the United States, is a top-tiered country in terms of the performance of its risk managers.

Over the years, such major food-safety-related incidences as mad cow in 2003, listeria in 2008 and the XL Foods recall in 2012 have compelled us to rethink our practices.

However, considering the future of global food safety systems, there is still much to learn.

Simply put, Canada’s ranking in the global survey is largely due to the consistency of the number of cases of food-borne illnesses and recalls that were reported. Alternatively, the survey indicates other nations dealt with far worse situations. Canada’s new policy on allergen labelling, as well as an enhanced focus on transparency, also contributed to our high ranking.

The most fascinating data point found in the survey is Canadians’ overall perception of food safety. Public trust is way up — 67 per cent of citizens believe their food to be safer than it was five years ago. Aside from Ireland, whose citizens have a commensurate level of trust, there is nowhere else in the industrialized world where you can find a higher threshold of consumers who so trust their food. In other words, Canadians judge the risks to be lowest in the world.

In survey after survey, and in comparison to other countries, consumer confidence in our country remains strong.

This should reassure domestic-based regulatory bodies, at

least for now.

On the opposite end of the spectrum, data shows consumers in the United States and Australia are the world’s most skeptical about food safety. Barely 27 per cent of American and Australian consumers believe their food to be safer than it was five years ago. As a result, public authorities are walking on a much finer line than in Canada; this is a situation that often leads to the creation of problematic policies, since the emphasis is on managing fear, not factual risks.

After numerous recalls and international food safety crises, we have now entered the era of risk intelligence and accountability. Proactive behaviour, including learning from incidences outside our borders, is the new normal for all public food regulators, including Canada’s. Following Europe’s horsemeat scandal last year, they are focusing on taking learning outcomes from other countries to heart, which is why benchmarking our food safety performance with other nations is so critical.

Despite our regulator’s will to mitigate risks to the best of their abilities, given the scope of modern food systems, their capacity to do so will always be limited. The recalibration of the public sector around the world compels many countries to seek more effective, sustainable, affordable and long-term options in order to mitigate risks, such as greater self-reporting.

Without succumbing to a self-regulatory regime, indus-

try should become more accountable to itself in order to better serve consumers. Traceability, which remains one of Canada’s most significant weaknesses, will need to improve to protect our supply chains’ integrity, thus preventing such issues as food fraud. Food integrity will likely be our most significant supply chain challenge.

With a rising consumer appetite for more information concerning the origins of their food, of production conditions and hidden ingredients due to a growing number of allergies and dietary intolerances, data in the future will need to flow freely from farm to fork. As Europe copes with the aftermath of the horsemeat scandal, Canada should take note before some of its own consumers discover horsemeat in beef lasagna; or worse, in vegetarian lasagna.

— Sylvain Charlebois is a professor at the University of Guelph’s Food Institute and Jean-Charles Le Vallée is a Senior Research Associate with the Centre for Food in Canada at the Conference Board of Canada. www.troymedia.com

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Vikings Jazz Band knows how to get their groove on

The Vikings Jazz Band is tuned up and ready to perform at the NBCHS Winter Band Concert Thursday at 7 p.m. at NBCHS. Photo submitted

Submitted by Living Sky School Division This year’s North Battleford Comprehensive High

School Winter Band Concert is Thursday, Dec. 4 at 7 p.m. in the cafeteria at NBCHS. The Vikings Jazz Band recently attended a work-

shop at the University of Saskatchewan and played at the Bassment, Saskatoon’s long-running jazz club, to get themselves tuned up and

in the groove.

“What do you need to be a good trumpeter?” asked Brad Turner, two-time Juno Award winner, in the middle

of his afternoon clinic with the Vikings Jazz Band.

“A big ego,” was the response from the band that left Turner in stitches.

He clearly had his work cut out for him with this group that had been ably prepared by its two directors, Jackie Kroczynski and Amy Francais.

Fortunately, he was assisted during the clinic by bassist Kristin Korb who hails from Montana originally but now makes her living in Denmark. Between the two of them, they workshopped all three pieces in the jazz band’s repertoire in preparation for the performance that night.

Dean MacNeil, Head of the Music Department at the University of Saskatchewan, introduced the out-of-town-

ers at their big gig at the Bassment.

The Vikings Jazz Band launched immediately into the light swing of the Count Basie Band standard Alright, Okay, You Win. The band then headed south to New Orleans with a rousing rendition of Iko Iko before closing their set with the Herbie Hancock original Chameleon. All in all, Vikings Jazz Band put on a fabulous show.

They’ve already booked a return trip to the Bassment in April, but if you want to catch them in town, be sure to attend the NBCHS Winter Concert Thursday, Dec. 4 at 7 p.m.

They will definitely help you to get your groove on.

School starts before Labour Day in 2015 Staff An amendment to the Education Act that will enable the start of the school year before Labour Day when required has been introduced in the Saskatchewan Legislature.

In a press release the government explains the reasons for the amendment Currently, in years where Labour Day falls later in the month — such as in Septem-

ber 2015 — a start date after the statutory holiday could result in the loss of instructional days for teachers and students, which can be difficult to make up later on in the year, the release states.

“This change is responsive to the needs of school divisions while also maintaining a consistent standard for the school year across the province,” Education Minister Don Morgan said.

The changes to the Act will enable the school year to start on Sept. 1, 2015.

“We appreciate that the minister recognizes that Boards of Education require flexibility to meet students’ instructional needs and we also understand that there is a need for consistency across the province,” Saskatchewan School Boards Association president Connie Bailey said.

School divisions, in partnership with the school community councils and local teacher associations, develop school calendars outlining breaks and professional development days within the framework of 950 hours of instructional time.

The act requires school divisions to submit their calendar year plans to the Ministry of Education and publish the information by May 1.

Museum Support

The Associated Canadian Travellers Club of North Battleford make their annual presentation to the North Battleford Sports Museum and Hall of Fame. Pictured are Alex Wick, Don Christopher, Don Damont, Don Hilsendager (museum curator), Clayton Campbell (museum president) , Jim Miller, and Wayne Lambie. This year’s donation was $4,000. This donation brings the total donated to the museum over the past seven years to $50,000. Photo submitted

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The Boys in the Band ‘ We’re not done yet’

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Varsity Band, a of five past-members-tu down with s Robinson who brought ned the band in 1946, and wa joi It “I . son bin Ro “In 1955 we formed the sat had ers at mb wh me o int nte. ys ese s Wayn s Wayne. “ When other bo turned-pr Battleford here,” laugh big band dance band,” say band young cadets and rth y n No nit bee the mu at had st com a ks mi is pti ran -O nd ose ws Ba zed a quintet and the Ne lt band wh The NBCK Garnet arrived, we organi m North Batrecently to look e training been an adu vid pro r. to n Wa bee rld Wo has d ate con nd City Kinsmen Band Hall ma er people fro by the Se and how those whose cussion instru- thinned but back we had two oth player from Canora.” per m, gra and ss pro ed bra , cond a back at their experiences wi it’s od s no on wo These day their lives. ds and area Robbie tleford and a pia experiences have shaped to youth in the Battlefor the music directorate. a male preserve, although nts s der me wa un it s n uwa the nct is pu Th e lan ry mo me wn x. do mi rs. trip the a yea o s o a pep band int It wa jorettes eight to 18 Garnet says there was als , under the ghter, reminders aged CK Band did bring ma d hall came under construcNB y, tor his r yea ple 65 peo e its ated by tear-producing lau Over In 1947, a ban with many of the sam ational friendly ribbing ed a national and intern of North Battleford and the sports directorate, which paid for train trips of things half forgotten, y joy Cit en s the ha and n n’t tio wo t re tha the ool” h members, n, Winnipeg and dertook sponsorship of the and some “tales out of sch reputation. Without enoug to places like Edmonto t for Kinsmen Club un nen e po nam com d new a ban of ing nt e. rch me her ma ounce na appear Prince Albert.

Band band. But the ann thers Jack and hasn’t bee e Albert, “the 1949, also the year they Garnet Speer, Tatchell bro Jenner are several years, but in the past NBCK til un pen hap n’t did At the mention of Princ Wayne sing in cti competitions and pra s, er ade aft l sation, with par hal in ver d ed con ban Don, David Dekker and rch the the ma has no story” enters tes, moved into pia Sta d . ite sic Un mu y. the in cit ed and the t olv a re just how a piano in Canad throughou all still inv Wayne being urged to sha band put the festivals II and various venues en the eth of nsm zab Ki rer Eli he asu “T een tre n, Qu tly Do for ren ys Sa a box car on the train even playing Wayne, who is cur marching 68 disappeared from rld for ” g wo a es. yin liv for pla r n ou any o bee rm int Ge has sic to g mu lin to and from that city.

NBCK Band and e of music, most travel run in the during a trip od n. go tty itio pet pre y I’ll tell you a com David adds, “And the lov had e and “W wb sho Wayne chuckles, “Someda nd years, says, Ba ry CK lga NB Ca the in s of i ard mn aw y.” importantl Many of the alu early fifties, winning the truth about that.” ither you loved ers of an adult group, the Wayne says mb me Garnet agrees, saying, “E n bee e e.” hav tim the gh Moving on with his story, he joined d about 35 all kids went throu sucir me of the for lot , all A nd .

Ba see n’t rt n’t did nce u ere did yo Co wh er or ds nd ry it ttlefor But their fou a he ended up in Calga for about a year ians, but once they Ba with NBCK e ill in 1951 and suffered here as very good music ago. It shared a building am rs bec yea He s. o int ces t go y y the Navy Reserve Band the the once , in what ies of transfers got out of high school or fatal stroke in 1952.

Band and three years ago and a half, before a ser ill, t go ie bb Ro r fte “A returning to North rry saw him eventually with a heart problem, La . He was welcomed d,” Battleford in 1968 and played Tatchell took over the ban al k by his music friends, bac the s wa rry La e. was in place at says Wayn in a big dance band that k.

Jac and n Do of the Battlefords father that time and eventually “R ob bie wa s aw are of a,” Concert Band. mber of the Norm Lehman, in Regin Of course, he was a me y the w eho om “S e.

All-Girls Band, says Wayn famed Humperville High and er eth tog e tte mi com got a 64 diamond jubilee up established for the 19 the annual fair convinced him to come to become a highlight of e. In fact, the and take over the band. com to ade for years par d ban the ed ect dir vid all played Lehman Tatchells, Garnet and Da th wi , 71 19 til un 52 19 from band. rnet in the Humperville Wayne, Don, Jack, Ga ople wanted to hire pe s say t rne Ga der ces and march and David all members un them to play in other pla ry lita mi s Hi ip. rsh they said, no, it’s his leade t in other parades, but bu ict str s wa p shi der ng. Besides, lea style just a North Battleford thi to a loony off effective. us ny “They might haul Jac k say s he ha s ma the bin!” his fellow memories growing up in Wayne also reminded d un aro l “al , nd ba troversy en con Ki nsm the “big ran it musicians about he w ho an, hm Le rm r!”

No hai t the in the seventies barber so tight and so strict, bu rm Lehman, who was a No his .” for him litary style kids loved re- and favoured the mi had s kid he “T r. s, hai rt say He ng on sho great band, was insisti fifty kids spect for him. He was a “We had a hundred and the fight and s ent man.” par and three hundred et mp tru a s wa o wh Wayne, e. David points an was on,” said Wayn hm Le s say e, tim the at player to go to school with t and out, “It was hard pec res ne, pli sci “di t, gh tau in those high school at we a military hair cut a whole lot of pride in wh years.”

Os bo rn accomplished.”

He an d his fri en d Bi ll a d, ban ing rch ma s No rm x wa tfo There uld ou a little tho ug ht the y co e was “hair off had we d “an d, ban t cer con rul vellers. Lehman, whose dance band, Norm’s Re .” lar col the s s stand says DaWe used Norm Lehman’ The wore muscle shirts, that nk thi I . hts lig ld wear and sic cou and mu vid. With no collars they ” rs. yea for on nt we de all longer hair. ing on Garnet adds Lehman ma “So we’re getting ready go hts. monEd in ing the stands and all the lig rch ma nk a trip, I thi y.” gu ive ent inv Bill an s and wa “He the buses ska- ton, we’re all on When Wayne moved to Sa - and I are laughing at all the people in contin ts.” toon to go to university he the band with their haircu . sts ere int al ab ou t to re we ued his music les tab Bu t the the in yed pla I ty rsi ive un “At for fou r turn. on the Sa sk ato on sy mp ho ny “Norm Lehman comes born!

Os r! ke ek years,” he says.

‘D mber bus and says, off us k too he He was also a charter me d An s.” ba nd Off the bu us mp ca s ou am inf of an haircut.” rch ing and gave us a everybody had to tha t sp oo fed co lle ge ma obs” and t ho s wa It “B band, founded in 1954 by tim e wait in the heat while their locks on e Ca ldw ell . Its na me at morial were shorn.

Me ng tro ms Ar B. G. A page from the NBCK Band Reunion 1938 - 1982 history book. Norm Lehman, band leader, had a profound was the Continued on Page 7 Vegetable Soup effect on on the quality of the band and on many of its members.

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The Boys in the Band Continued from Page 6 says David, and when “He cut it really short,” then they got their own they got back on the bus, ls. “We thought we’d cal back with jeering and cat n’t.” outfoxed him and we did ny, but, says Wayne, fun it’s , ck Looking ba left the band over the some members actually hair rule. rne t an d Da vid all Wa yn e, Do n, Jac k, Ga Lehman’s military-like marched under Norm leadership. very formative years, Garnet says, “Those were He was a military man. he changed everything. band during the Second He conducted an air force s a band leader and he World War, and his dad wa .” dad learned his trade from his It was strict, says Wayne. be horse manure on “If there happened to band you marched right the street, in Lehman’s n turn your head,” laughs through it; you didn’t eve ry he insisted that there Wayne. “One year in Calga r band.” ou were no horses in front of s the national RCMP wa o wh n, Do to g Accordin to 1973, one of the 69 Band’s drummer from 19 rm Lehman’s marching highlights of being in No Jaw every May long band was going to Moose International KinsJaw weekend for the Moose al. stiv Fe nd men Ba late sixties, when I “Back in their heyday in festival, there would be David Dekker, Jack Tatchell, Don Tatchell, Garnet Spear and was going to the band in Moose Jaw.” Wayne Jenner recently sat down with the News-Optimist to fifty plus marching bands tion not only for reminisce about their days as members of the North Battleford eti mp co al tiv fes a s It wa bles and solo competi- City Kinsmen Band on the occasion of its 65th anniversary. Photo marching, but for ensem tors.

by Jayne Foster taking.”

“It was a huge, huge under a and the United nad It attracted bands from Ca sure his ught down there, ir States. the s wa al, tiv crew, the people he bro fes the of day t las the lly “Saturday, rea hill .” his father being march from the top of the e were good big parade where we’d embers Norm Lehman and on rem on vid and Da le, mi n lde go the it had to be in the band. to downtown. We called friends, so the oldest son od go d.” t I figured, ban d lea ited as my dad was, bu exc occasion we were the as wn t do sn’ e wa com “I to d first ban ld be a rock , because a drummer cou money at He laughs, “We were the ms at, dru gre s y wa pla t ll tha ‘I’ and , ole parade and I could make some the hill and start the wh t to start the parade got drummer some day go t tha d ban Lehman, because it was rst fi y ver except the l and had to this.’ So we went to see Norm yed. He said, ‘What’s hil the up k bac nt we loaded on the bus and had to Norm who decided what you pla e down as well – so we be the last band that cam your interest?’ want to play drums,” march it twice.” con told the bandleader, “I big a vid e Da hav uld wo y the s, tiny little fingers. You’re After the parade, he say rofile guest and Lehman said, “You have h-p hig a in ng bri uld wo cert in the arena. They itions going to play the E flat clarinet.” ying the penners of the solo compet s being unhappy about pla ber band. In addition, the wi ers em mb nu rem ee He thr or o tw play for moved on to a larger of each instrument got to ment, but eventually he tru ins tite d. n version. with the guest concert ban d there – it would have bee was taught by other ban “The last year that I was tes Sta d ite Like many at the time, he Un the s wa It e. ibl red inc tty 1969 – it was pre my members. . I had won my solo class, the junior band memAir Force Academy Band my or band members taught and eni et, “S mp e tru in ss cla o sol himself fortunate to hav brother Jack had won his The three of bers, says David. He counts . oe] sic ob mu [in the ss in cla l stil her is n sister Muriel had wo that learned from John Thrower, who to guest with the band on posing in Europe. us from our family got industry, working and com t.” gh hli hig a ite qu s wa st.” at eti Saturday. Th “He’s a fabulous clarin great experience for any a t jus s wa ng rinet in the concert band thi cla y ole pla l wh The ne agrees. A David adds, “I stil ryo ng eve w. no ent fer dif ophone and play that in Ki kid, he says. But it’s and picked up the alto sax ing bands. rch ma er few ans me ers decline in numb the Street Station band.” ll march, says Garnet, of being a drumFor those bands who sti m diu also returning to his dream cle; he’s startsta ll e’s tba (H foo the to ade par ’s come full cir focus has moved from the mer. Don laughs, “Dave drill.” ncy “fa m for per sion in the band now.) y cus the per ere e wh Jaw festival as ing to play som ose Mo the at k e were all senior bac ks David also loo says of the group, “W vid Da ght younger ones an incredible spectacle. march- band members at one time and tau make sure we , tch wa to e lik s wa t tha all of this to “You can imagine what … Norm would oversee band.” ing rch at a great experience.” ma er Wh aft d. d un ban aro g ing competition, the weren’t foolin of el lev h hig a h suc s He says, “It wa Continued on Page 8 and Norm Lehman, ll, we ing do on d use foc band was so especially, would make

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worked out, ak er ap pa ren tly, as Di efe nb last his invited them to play for Continued from Page 7 nce Pri an in hm ng for Le nomination meeti There wasn’t enough time y. all du ivi ind ne Albert. ryo eve to teach 7, it worked Jack was 12, in Grade “He had to do this and t d. gh t only tau when he joined the ban well,� says David. “It no e to w ho in ing com ts “D on an d I us ed to tak den the young stu t en t nv gh co tau the o at als s it , play and how to get better an honour piano lesson , be cau se my d ns nu me wi th the the teachers. It was dee apply for this. mother wanted us to be piano to be asked. You didn’t u be here Sat- players,� says Jack. “Don and Norm assigned you. ‘Yo way I fought that image all the urday at nine!� put he she s w say ho ow vid kn Da n’t and I do They also got paid. d Da y, up with us, but anywa made 50 cents a lesson. d, sai d, and ban C in the came home one day New students started out in ability ‘If you are not going to play w gre y the as and , vid says Da to piano. you’re still going graduated to the B band. he d So the B ban be involved in music.’ “Of course, everyone in in to grabbed us and marched us get to ing dy and d har was working ld march and the band hall and the A band, where you cou “You got a down to s, us in the band.� add red registe you got a uniform.� He rm no y wa the impressed by the ry is n lita Do mi rank. It was very ld the t gh was tau fact that nearly every chi ran the band. everyone nsno Ki s the wa gh re ou the e, who went thr importance of disciplin ed .� ego men band program emerg e’s on any for m roo ll. mwe tea y of pla to nce le rta ab po im ing be They learned the d rea to t s David.

They were taugh work from Lehman, say A page from the NBCK Band Reunion 1938 - 1982 history book. The marching band placed first at the Moose ory as the ly k on s too y wa d the music and “He used to say. ‘The ban be n’t Jaw Band Festival. do so er, mb s. lesson good as its weakest me w ho t gh tau re we ou ’� “Y er. t.

There, he that weakest memb College t h a conspirato fill out prac- to play properly, and certainly more self a member of the same was wild, and,� he adds him at nd Th fou ’s ay Every band member had tod in t an and ge le hm th. op ite Le wi pe wr rm ed of to ort No lot had cav see a they than what ially, “I got to that Wayne had tor ne Ni tice sheets. Each week he en wh years ctised and have world.� e Alexander have a beer.� le, but Then there were a few down how long they pra ning it in. moved Gordi is when the band he t in troub gh en hli wh t hig bu a , n, sic tur Do mu ore r g Fo bef yin He noted they didn’t get wasn’t pla their parents sign it . t 67 go 19 he in , s 78 eal t. Apparently, say 19 ntr tha in d,�

Mo d aroun ttlefor went to Expo in they were criticized for “There was no fooling home,� back to North Ba ing com in s tra ng cuss. thi to the n for on ow in. dy 16 kn t rea “I turned music aga was also David. “This is how we go m Saskatoon involved in ying Lehman fro pla in d cmy dad who tra ban pra d and the ll e lan an we s rod xie hm e wa Di Le r “W dy rm ou s. he say “It was No “I remember to ses like Moose Jaw. Everybo bu l s. oo say sch vid. k he ,� the Da too s d gh nomination if you cheate to Ottawa, and then taught me to swear,� lau was for John Gormley’s t ticed and God help you tha at ntu wh He was ng eve , azi he ve. , did am ati t ing all ov jus urg s d, and we Montreal. It wa Lehman was also inn At Garnet’s continual system – and we all trie has Band he CK ich NB wh .� t d, pu kid g ban to t r un s. like for a yo ned the concer first bandleade joi the y all con let’s be honest,� he laugh he l, oo sch se h s of the feats years. university, like When he finished hig on skates. Several photo not been a part of for 30 of t When David went on to ou s t wa sen he h cle ug lun Co tho his several history er mber of the tinued to play even are found in the band’s Garnet began playing aft in the Wayne, he became a me yed (It pla .

He dad . t’s tem hav rne sys as Ga d d to to expose the Kinsmen ban books. year a clarinet from Toron lege Nine, and has been the Kinsmen says, “beyond the efenbaker’s Cosmopolitan Band in Edmonton for a he , Di n tem Joh sys t in ber ty Al par Once Garnet was out of an a s d wa l. oo sch ing crashe to it go d to nte n wa sic. uncle m. It all before moving to Saskatoo band, he “never quitâ€? mu pale,â€? but eventually his Be ssb oro ug h ho tel roo un ive rsi ty, gh ou thr all d ye pla He back.) to et rin koochie cla och the k “ho too a professional Garnet says his dad rnet played in Ga t into a and go e ie, “w bb s, Ro t say me ndâ€? where he ba the band hall and dboat ban the the on s with lot of trouble,â€? and played Waterton began taking private lesson the band. en ned that plies the waters betwe southwest leader and eventually joi d at that time,â€? the ban et cad sea the s wa “It Lakes National Park in er National aci Gl and ner of Alberta cor he says. the o int tting “My best memory is ge Park in Montana, U.S. period and g to march,â€? rtin sta and an hm Le th Apparently the Waterton band wi th which wi , tel Ho of Wales says Garnet. e the Prince yn Wa another ry, is lga Ca ed, to olv nt inv we o The first year he Wayne was als k bac ends go to leg For all your sausage making needs. edâ€? ng able of those “never happen was still with the band, bei . n to me ve fi of ng Processing • Pork Trim • Seasoning • Casing for one year after graduati a bus to Ed- that can reduce a group e “W s, say t on rne , Ga tears (of laughter). “Here I am, 13 or 14 .â€?

1181-100th Street, North Battleford, SK had a lot of fun monton.� ’s heyday, in, an d sle pt During the NBCK Band Th ere the y go t on a tra n wanted tow says Wayne, every kid in through the night. t. rne Ga s say � ry, lga to be in it. “We went on to Ca g part of , got out, marched Don agrees, saying, “Bein “That’s where we woke up n! wo we s not unlike miles, and the City Kinsmen Band wa in the parade four or five � nt.

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Colourful costumes from the 65 years of NBCK Band. Photo by Jayne A page from the NBCK Band Reunion 1938 - 1982 history book. The marching band took to the ice.

Foster happen and the su pp or t yo u ion had to give the organizat s in the band was huge.” kid ur yo parents to keep as ’t expensive.

8 ge Pa m fro Continued s to belong but they weren fee re we ere in Th re we u yo the band, isers, including bingos, He says, “If you were in ry day and you went But there were all manner of fundra sed eve a food booth at the fair. the band, and you practi - fresh fruit drives and running es sum the in nt we u yo al and The band no longer march to the Moose Jaw festiv Times have now changed. n and pro too the ska ce Sa sin y in s all eci ade esp par , have gone down ers mb nu mer and late spring doing it’s the lic and all tho to Ca t ing you were go iver to Light of Chris Turtleford and Glaslyn and gram the band used to del ved into the schools. ts Division studen has mo outlying areas.” ol ho s Sc t. rne s Ga ting involved in music wa “You lived the band,” say . It Garnet says the school get m, ent tm gra mi pro nd com Ba big a CK s NB wa of the “Exactly,” says Don. “It s a the beginning of the dilution tment for yourself, it wa adds. mi he , com ng thi big l a ura ly on nat t a t no s jus wa of fundraising but it’s nt ou am the rywhere, but we were e eve aus s bec pen , ent hap family commitm “It happens and it that had to y band going,” he says. able to keep our communit “We’re still kicking.” at the legacy of the David looks back at wh them as adults.

NBCK Band has done for ess there’s a lot of “When you get into busin ease, a diversion, y to rel stress, and you need a wa in the band, when you’re g ein a hobby,” he says. “B room in your head for playing music, there’s no g is forgotten. The best anything else, so everythin night there was band night of the week was the siness.” practice, as an adult in bu le as he says, “To this tab the d un Heads nod aro m of coping with day to day, it’s by far the best for has, and everyone in our day stresses that everyone the same thing.” band, I think, would say t.” gif a hat He adds, “W y Kinsmen Band will The North Battleford Cit rsary Sunday, Dec. ive be celebrating its 65th ann the Dekker Centre em at 7 with Music and Mayh under the direction of ts, Ar ing for the Perform Jackie Kroczynski.

Aulinger (who never Earlier in the week, Gene North Battleford City really retires) will lead the erm ed iat e Ba nd s A page from the NBCK Band Reunion 1938 - 1982 history book. d Int Ki ns me n Be gin ne r an A poster for a concert in 1951. at in a concert the ba nd ha ll at 18 01 -10 4th St. The concert is We dn esd ay, sta rti ng at 7 p.m. Admission is free.

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Melfort Mustangs trample North Stars 4‐2

By Craig Beauchemin Sports Reporter

Travis Mayan scored early in the first period, and late in the third as the Melfort Mustangs (17-5-1-4) doubled up the Battlefords North Stars (15-6-5-0) Friday night.

With two goals and an assist, Mayan moved into a tie for first in league scoring with Kindersley’s Owen

LaClare with 34 points in 27 games.

It was a chippy game that saw many coincidental minor penalties called, as both teams were slashing and punching each other at every opportunity.

Just 1:38 into the first period, Mayan snapped a wrist shot that snuck under the right arm of North Stars’ goalie Spencer Tremblay to give the Mustangs an early

1-0 lead. Justin Boyer and Tristan Frei picked up assists on the goal.

Despite three power-play opportunities, it took the North Stars until the 17:31 mark of the first to even the score, when Reed Delainey scored his 12th of the season.

Earlier in the day, it was announced that Delainey had been named to the Canada West selection camp for the

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The North Stars finished the period 0 for 3 on the power-play, and would finish the game 0 for 6.

While the shot total was rather pedestrian at 9-8 in favour of Battlefords in the first, it was more lopsided in the second.

A 16-7 shot advantage for the Mustangs turned into a 2-1 lead after two periods, as Cole Hyrsky chipped a puck over Tremblay with just 16 seconds remaining in the period. Landon Robin and Mayan gathered assists on the late goal That goal may have taken some wind out of the North Stars sails, as after Baxter Kanter was called for hooking 3:30 into the final frame, Robin made the North Stars pay when he scored on the

power play to make it 3-1.

Adam Fauchoux and Krysky assisted on the goal.

The North Stars weren’t able to have any extended puck control in the Mustangs zone for most of the third period, and with just under five minutes left, Mayan scored his second of the game to give the Mustangs a 4-1 lead.

Andrew Durham was given the lone assist.

It wasn’t until the last few minutes of the period that the North Stars were able to keep the puck in the Mustangs zone, and just 1:35 after Mayan made it 4-1, Jake McMillen threw a back-hander on net and snuck it past a screened Richard Palmer to give the North Stars some life.

Battlefords pulled the goalie to give them a 6-on-5 advantage, and Frei was called for slashing with ex-

actly two minutes remaining in the game, making it a 6 on 4.

The puck stayed in the Melfort zone for seemingly the final four minutes of the game, but the North Stars were unable to solve Palmer again, and dropped a 4-2 decision.

The shots ended 33-29 in favour of the Mustangs, who travelled south to Kindersley for a Saturday match-up with the league leading Klippers, and dropped a 2-1 overtime decision.

The North Stars have three days off at home until Tuesday when they welcome the Melville Millionaires (1314-0-1). Battlefords looks for more revenge after being eliminated in the playoffs by Melville last season, as they picked up a 5-2 win over the Millionaires back on Sept.

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North Stars’ goalie Spencer Tremblay makes a save during the second period of their 4-2 loss Friday. Photo by Craig Beauchemin

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Blues, Combines, have different results in SPHL action

By Craig Beauchemin Sports Reporter

The Battleford Beaver Blues and Meota Combines had opposite outcomes in their SPHL games on Saturday.

At the Battleford Arena, the Blues picked up a big 7-2 win over the visiting Glaslyn North Stars on the strength of four-goal performance by

Brett Salzl. He also added an assist in the win.

Scott Maunula also had a strong game for the Blues picking up a goal and two assists.

It was a chippy game that saw five different players record double digits in penalty minutes, and 105 PIM’s in total between the two teams.

At the Civic Centre in North Battleford, Tyler Hubbard had three goals and

an assist for the Maymont Settlers as they handed the Combines a 6-2 loss.

Hubbard got his first goal of the game just under four minutes into the first period, when he came in on a breakaway and snapped a wrist shot under the right arm of Combines goalie Quinton Gauthier.

The Combines thought they had tied the game on the power play nearly 12

minutes into the frame, but the goal was waved off due to a high stick making contact with the puck before entering the net.

The Settlers continued to pour it on offensively in the second period, when Hubbard and Kyle Litchenwald scored less than four minutes apart to give them a 3-0 lead.

The Combines did get on the scoreboard late in the period, when Bo Gervais picked up a rebound off a slap shot from Taylor Tatchell for his first goal of the season. Brody Tatchell also picked up an assist on the goal.

Tensions boiled over at the end of the second period, when Daxen Collins threw a hard shoulder check on Settlers’ Nick Strain, knocking him to the ice after the buzzer had gone.

The two teams got together for some punching and yelling, but the referees managed to separate the two teams before sending them to their respective locker rooms.

Collins had a target on his back for the rest of the game, as he was the recipient of some extra slashes and checks along the boards.

Maymont’s parade to the penalty box continued in the third, when Ty Fedler and Kenton Albert both received minor penalties at the same time, giving the Combines a 5-on-3 power play for a full two minutes.

The Combines offensive struggles continued however, as Spencer Laycock stood tall in the Settlers’ net, before Maymont added a pair of goals in the third to give them a 6-2 win.

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AAA Stars split weekend tilt in Notre Dame

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The Battlefords AAA Stars (14-6-0-0) had a good game, and then a bad game over the weekend against Notre Dame’s two SMAAAHL teams.

Saturday, the Stars used a five-goal first period to power their way to a 7-3 win

over the lowly Notre Dame Argos (1-16-0-0) The Stars had 14 powerplay opportunities, converting on six of them, helping them to victory.

Layne Young led the way for the Stars, with two goals and three assists.

Brandon Lesko, Kaleb Dahlgreen and Traye Tkatchuk also had a multipoint games for the Stars.

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

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

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

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

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Talen King made 22 saves in the win, grabbing his fourth victory of the year.

It was a different story Sunday against a stronger opponent however, as after the Stars grabbed a 2-1 lead mid-way through the second period, the Notre Dame Hounds (15-4-0-0) scored six unanswered goals, en route to a 7-2 win.

Jeff Faith was the star for the Hounds, as he scored once and set up five other goals for a huge six-point night.

King was pulled after giving up three goals on 16 shots, and backup Brett Pongracz stopped 11 of 15 shots in relief.

Scott Kasaboski made 28 saves for the Hounds.

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W.J. (Jack) Clements, mayor of North Battleford, 1973‐79

By Bill Clements and Patricia Clements In its report on the civic election of 1973, the North Battleford News-Optimist said: “A newcomer to North Battleford civic politics was given a solid vote of confidence in his bid at the city’s chief magistrate position.”

He was a newcomer to North Battleford’s civic politics, but Jack Clements was not a newcomer either to North Battleford or to civic politics.

He was a 16-year resident of the city, and he brought to his work as mayor extensive experience in both civic government and business.

Jack Clements was born in Wilkie in 1914, the year the First World War began, and except for two years in North Battleford, working at the Saskatchewan Hospital, he lived in Wilkie until 1957.

Always keen on horses, as a young man he was a jockey and in one of his first jobs, for the post office, he delivered winter mail in his horse-drawn cutter. Over snowdrifts and in blizzards, he said, the horse always knew the way.

The son of pioneers, Clements knew from an early age that communities need to be built, and he threw his energy into developing all of the communities he lived in. He was active in Wilkie – in the Kinsmen Club that built the town swimming pool, for instance, and the volunteer fire department, of which he was a member for 22 years. He also engaged

fully with the town’s civic politics, serving nine years as a town councillor and two as mayor.

After the Second World War, when mass-produced and readily available automobiles revolutionized people’s lives, Clements opened in Wilkie, with his partner Bill Bleue, the Ford dealership they named Victory Motors. The dealership kept him busy day and night.

In 1957 he expanded his business to North Battleford, where there had been no Ford dealership for some years. Within eight years, Victory Motors had become the largest volume automobile dealership in northwest Saskatchewan, a position that had been held for years by a major competitor.

In 1967, Clements sold Victory Motors to Ken and Layne Magnuson. Planning to retire, he spent some time enjoying the freedom to hunt and fish and renovate the cottage. But that was not enough for him. He became a representative for Investors in 1972, and six years after selling Victory Motors he became mayor of North Battleford.

As a leading car dealer and as president and general manager of Victory Motors, he developed a wide familiarity with both the region of northwest Saskatchewan and the North Battleford community. As mayor, he had behind him 23 years of business management. He had also been chairman of the court of revision for the

W.J. (JACK) CLEMENTS City of North Battleford and a long-time director of the Battlefords Agriculture Society. For 10 years he served as president of the Midwest Racing Circuit, and he called the races all over northern Saskatchewan and Alberta.

The Citizens’ Committee to Elect Jack Clements said in its campaign material that he offered “enthusiasm and experience.” Congratulating him on his election, Otto Lang, then minister of justice, described him as

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In his inaugural address, after being sworn in by Judge J.M. Policha of the Provincial Magistrate’s Court, he began on a high note. He saw the 1970s as a growth period.

“The year 1974,” he said, “should prove to be a very exciting year in our city,” since in March the city would host the first Saskatchewan Winter Games and in August the Canadian Senior Baseball Championships.

He also outlined some of the key projects he would bring to council. Always ready to celebrate the city, Clements was a planner, carefully studying, with members of the Council, what the future needs of North Battleford would be.

“Members of the council and myself realize the value in community planning,” he said, and housing and facilities topped his to-do list.

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union hospital was already underway, and he predicted that overall construction in the city would be high, with strong demand for serviced lots for home builders as the city grew.

He also that he would ask the Cvouncil to study and plan for meeting what he predicted would be “an ever increasing demand for space in the industrial park area.” And he would ask council to consider a “brand new overall redevelopment plan” for Glenora Park (now Fairview Heights), which had become a slum. He undertook to change that with a major project to upgrade and develop the area. “We all recognize that we cannot expect a portion of our citizens to continue to live without services,” he said.

“I envisage a new low cost and low-rental housing development in which present residents of Glenora Park would have first opportunity of occupancy.”

The same inaugural speech revealed what Mayor Clements’s strategy and administrative style would be.

He was a team builder. He worked in key alliances and in partnerships ranging from problem solving with individual citizens to working with the senior levels of government. He set aside time every week to make himself accessible to “any and all citizens” to discuss problems as they arose. He saw the relationship with “our sister town of Battleford” as very important. “With an atmosphere of confidence, trust, and understanding,” he said, “good things will happen” as the two communities work together. He worked closely with the members of the city council, who took the oath of office with him — councillers Winder, Amos, Schab, Breton, Buhler and Ross.

Aldermen Tatchell and Kerr joined council in 1976.

Clements gave the city an effective voice at the table

at the provincial and federal levels, and these connections brought substantial benefit to North Battleford and to Saskatchewan. At the centre of his plan for redevelopment of Glenora Park was the “neighbourhood improvement program,” which was funded by the federal government and administered by the provincial government through the Saskatchewan Housing Authority. His success in bringing this funding to North Battleford made the Glenora project possible.

He was an executive member of the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association and he was appointed by the board to the SUMA Revenue Sharing Committee. This work made an important and enduring contribution to the financial management of municipalities. When he began his work as mayor, municipalities relied on provincial government for funding that came in the form of per-capita grants. But the grants model was a problem, especially as costs rose. In an interview published by the Saskatoon StarPhoenix Clements said that “grants from senior government are not a satisfactory solution” for municipalities.

“The waiting process is no good,” he said, and “inflation and the handling we get from bureaucrats make grants a questionable item.”

He undertook to change that, too. What the municipalities needed, he said, was an arrangement by which they would get a portion of national taxation through revenue sharing programs and not through traditional grants programs.” The extremely important – and continuing —Saskatchewan revenue arrangement was the result of this work.

As mayor, Clements welcomed several ministers to North Battleford, including Otto Lang, minister of justice and minister responsible for the Canadian Wheat Board, Transport Minister Jean Marchand and Indian Affairs Minister Jean Chretien.

Part of the excitement of 1974 was the visit of Prime Minister Trudeau. He was greeted by 4,000 people, and more than 1,500 crowded the political rally at the North Battleford Comprehensive High School, overflowing the cafeteria into the upper level of the gym, where closed circuit television was set up to accommodate the numbers. Allan Sapp presented the prime minister with a painting. “Trudeaumania,” reported the News-Optimist, “is very much alive.”

Throughout his two terms, Clements maintained a steady focus on the development of facilities and services. “I feel,” he said, “that the general public, including businessmen, have pride in this community, that they like to see this type of development take place in order to keep this city rated where it rightfully belongs.”

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Members of the Associated Canadian Travellers present Twin Rivers Curling Club president Colleen Voinorosky with a cheque for $6,500. Members pictured from left to right are Clayton Campbell, Alex Wick, Voinorosky, Al Hoffman, Wayne Lambie, Bruce Dalshaug (ACT president), John Kararoff (ACT secretary-treasurer) and Don Christopher. This $6,500 donation brings the amount that this small club has contributed to the Twin Rivers Curling Club and the North Battleford community to over $200,000 in the past six years. Photo submitted

Clements understood the big picture Continued from Page 12 He saw the most satisfying accomplishment of his time in office as completion of the first senior citizens’ high rise, Valley View Towers, and he said that the most important were the joint development of the Agriplex between the City and the Agricultural Society and the completion of Territorial Drive around the city. There had been also “a great move forward in the capacity of city services, development of parks, playground and recreational areas.”

The greatest disappointment was failure of a plan to bring to the city a major meat processing plant. He later wondered whether, given later difficulties in the livestock industry, it might have been the best outcome for the city.

Clements’s key strengths as mayor were his ability to understand both the big picture and the detail, and to create a consensus to get things done. It was teamwork from the beginning: when his successor, Mayor Maher, praised him for his many accomplishments during his term in office, he replied that “he and his council could not claim full credit for such projects, as the time was right socially and economically, for just about anything, because of steady growth of the city during the 1970’s.”

After stepping down as mayor, Clements and his wife Marjorie spent some years in Cochin, then wintered in town and summered at the lake he had loved since childhood. In this second try at retirement he was an ardent golfer, an expert at

filleting the fish he caught in the early mornings and a devoted grandfather. Even then, his skills and commitment drew him back to community matters. He served on the planning board to create a resort village for the Cochin area and on the interim council for the Resort Village of Cochin.

The City of North Battleford named Clements Drive, which leads into the redeveloped Glenora area, in recognition of his work, and in 1992, he was awarded the Commemorative Medal for the 125th Anniversary of Canadian Confedera-

tion. This award was being made, said the letter from the governor general’s office, “to those persons who, like you, have made a significant contribution to Canada, to their community, or to their fellow Canadians.”

He also received a plaque from the Town of Battleford inscribed “W.J. Clements in Recognition of his Cooperation with the Town of Battleford.”

— Sources: the main source here is the North Battleford News-Optimist clippings in the family file.

Other sources are letters in the family file; The Tele-

graph (notice of death); the Battlefords Regional Optimist (notice of death); the Northwest Herald (story on Marchand’s visit); Saskatoon StarPhoenix.

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“Saskatchewan’s provincial parks continue to be incredibly popular tourism destinations,” Parks, Culture and Sport Minister Mark Docherty said. “Demand for our provincial parks continues to increase and we are always looking for ways to enhance our visitor experience.”

According to a press release, one of the most popular programs available each summer is the seasonal camping program. Seasonal camping offers the opportunity to secure a campsite from mid-May to the end of September. These campsites are offered at a discount from the regular nightly camping rate and are always in high demand, according to the ministry.

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Nightly camping reservations will be available for booking beginning the first week of March. As in past years, there will be a staggered launch, with different parks available on different days. The release states, campers can expect the launch to be spread out over more days than it has been in the past, with fewer parks becoming available for reservation each day.

More information about the nightly camping reservation launch will be available in the new year.

The 2014-15 provincial budget increased funding to provincial parks by 4.6 per cent and capital investments will total a record $14.9 million this year.

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Erratic driving leads to five being arrested Staff North Battleford RCMP responded to more than 100 calls for service between 6 a.m. Friday, Nov. 28 and 6 a.m. Monday, Dec. 1.

RCMP also made 11 arrests relating to alcohol offences. Other investigations included six traffic investigations, four minor collisions, five false or nuisance 911 calls, nine false alarms, three reported probation violations, 11 minor disturbances, three Child Welfare investigations, seven Mental Health Act investigations, and three municipal bylaw matters.

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• Report of a theft of a TV and other items from a hotel at 10:41 a.m. Suspect did return and pay for missing items and no charges pursued.

• Report of the theft of some identification from a vehicle parked on the 1500 block of 107th Street sometime in the early afternoon or morning.

• Police responded to a 911 call of a fight going on at a residence on the 1500 block of 105th Street at 8:15 p.m.

Two subjects were in a physical confrontation after one refused to leave a residence when asked to. Both subjects were treated by ambulance for minor injuries, but no one was willing to co-operate with a police investigation. A 44-year-old man was arrested for mischief and held in custody until sober. A 34-yearold woman at the residence was arrested for mischief as well. No charges pursued.

Saturday

• A 19-year-old man was arrested shortly after 1:30 a.m. after a report of a break and enter in progress at a residence on St. Laurent Drive.

Suspect was located on scene by members attempting to force his way into a residence and he was arrested without incident. He has been

charged with attempted break and enter and obstruction. He has since been released from custody and is scheduled to make his first appearance in provincial court Jan. 26.

• A 22-year-old man was arrested and charged with obstruction after a request to assist in the eviction of several intoxicated persons from a hotel room shortly after 4 a.m. The man refused to leave and was subsequently arrested and provided a false name.

• Call of a vehicle fire on the 1200 block of 105th Street at 4:54 a.m. Investigation showed the vehicle had been involved in a hit and run collision on 100th Street before fleeing the scene. A 29-year-old man was arrested and is currently facing charges of care and control while impaired and refusing to provide a breath sample. He has since been released from custody and will make a first appearance in provincial court Dec. 29. A 20-year-old woman was also arrested in relation to this occurrence and is scheduled to make an appearance on the same date on charges of care and control while impaired, driving while disqualified, failing to remain at the scene of a collision and obstruction.

• Report of a cellphone theft from a residence on the 1300 block of 109th Street shortly after 8:30 p.m.

Members were able to locate a suspect and return the stolen cellphone. No charges pursued as per wishes of the complainant.

• A 20-year-old man has been arrested and charged with breach of probation after being located away from his residence in violation of a court ordered curfew shortly after 11:30 p.m. on the 1100 block of 99th Street.

Sunday

• A red 2002 Chevrolet Malibu with Saskatchewan licence 821 JDM stolen from Railway Avenue East shortly after 1 a.m. Vehicle left running and unattended at time of theft.

• A 33-year-old man has been charged with care and control while impaired and care and control while over .08 after a vehicle check in a parking lot on Railway Avenue East at 1:44 a.m.

Accused has been released from custody and will make his first appearance Dec. 15 in provincial court.

• A vehicle stopped for erratic driving on Railway Avenue at approximately 2:50 a.m. resulted in the arrest of five persons after the discovery of drugs and weapons in the vehicle including bear spray and a replica handgun. The 34-year-old man driver of the vehicle is facing charges that include possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, impaired driving and two counts of breach of probation. A 26year-old male passenger is charged with possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose and four counts of failing to comply with an undertaking. Both have been remanded into custody and will appear in provincial court Monday. Three female

passengers, ages 21, 22 and 20, were also arrested and are facing charges of possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose. They have all since been released from custody. The investigation is ongoing.

• Members responded to a call of a fight at a hotel room shortly before 4 a.m.

A 17-year-old male youth was arrested on scene and is facing one count of breach of probation and was remanded into custody for court Monday.

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Microgreens for an indoor winter garden

By Jackie Bantle A good winter garden project is growing microgreens.

Microgreens are thin, delicate plants of herbs or salad greens that can provide fresh greenery to your meal and are especially appreciated in the winter.

Microgreens are often made up of the same plants that are found in salad greens but they are harvested at a much earlier stage than salad greens. Some people think of microgreens as a cross

between sprouts and salad mixes: the greens provide texture and colour as a garnish or unique and exciting flavours along with high nutritional value when part of a salad. Growing microgreens in your home is easy.

Choose a large enough container or tray so the seeds are only one layer deep and have some space between seeds (at least two to three millimetres). The container or tray should be three to four centimetres deep and have some holes for drainage. If the tray or container has large drainage holes that allow the soil mix to drain out, line the tray with paper towel or newspaper. In order to avoid harmful bacteria (e.g. salmonella) or disease contamination in your microgreens, purchase and use only

Sunflower sprouts growing in a potting medium.

Red and green cabbage microgreens.

Photos by Jackie Bantle

seeds recommended and sold for sprouting.

You can grow microgreens in a variety of potting media: peat-based potting mix, coir (coconut peat), sieved compost or worm castings from your vermiculture. Fill the tray with lightly moistened (not wet) potting medium to a depth of two to three centimetres. Soak the seed in water overnight. In the morning, drain the seed and sprinkle seeds evenly on top of the mix. For best germination and growth, seeds should not overlap in the tray. Lightly cover the seeds with half a centimetre of potting medium, pressing seeds and mix firmly into the tray. Cover the container/tray with plastic wrap or a clear lid. Place the tray in a warm room, 20-25 C. Using a mister or light sprayer, ensure the surface of the tray remains moist. As soon as germinated greens are visible, remove the cover.

Continue to water the greens: ensure the tray remains moist but is never left in standing water.

Often grains such as barley, oat or wheatgrass are grown in trays that contain no potting medium – instead

they are grown on two or three layers of damp paper towel. Spread the soaked seeds over the damp paper towel. Cover the seeds with a clear lid, plastic wrap or damp paper towel. Remove the lid and covering paper towel when green leaves appear. Keep seeds and paper towel moist throughout the germination and growing period.

Unlike sprouts, microgreens need sunlight to grow.

When grown indoors, they should be located on a southfacing windowsill or under a grow light. If grown outside in the summer, they can be placed on your deck or patio in the summer but out of direct sun so they don’t dry out or bake. Some seeds have hulls that will remain on the young plant after they have germinated. If this is the case, mist the plants with a spray bottle, the moist hulls will naturally fall off.

Microgreens are usually harvested when there are four or more leaves. Cut the shoots just above ground level with a scissors. Plan to use your microgreens fresh.

However, they can be stored in the fridge in an airtight

container for several days.

Roots and potting medium can be composted after harvest.

Seeds that work well for producing microgreens include: cress - four days to harvest; barley, oat, wheatgrass - six to nine days to harvest; flax – five to six days to harvest; buckwheat- five to six days to harvest; sunflower – eight to 12 days to harvest; vegetables (broccoli, cabbage, radish, lettuce, kale, kohlrabi, pea, spinach, salad/ mesclun mix) – seven to 15 days to harvest.

One of the best resources that I have found for information and recipes for sprouting and microgreens is Growing and Using Sprouts by Richard Helweg: an excellent Christmas present for a sprouting microgreener. See last week’s article about growing sprouts for seed sources.

Bantle is a horticulturist living in Saskatoon.

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Neverneverland, far far away from the ‘maddening crowd’

By William Wardill People who live in rural Saskatchewan have reasons for feeling remote from what Thomas Hardy called the “madding crowd.” Except for a winter spent in Saskatoon, I have always lived in the small community I think of as Neverneverland. I think of my hometown by that name because of what has never happened here. I think of it by that name because of what I have never owned and never experienced, for disasters never endured and successes never attained.

December brings a yearend accounting of our small domains and the larger world. The larger world has gone mad with brutal slayings in the name of religion, with crimes unpunished and

injustices unremedied, with pollution, starvation, pestilence and rampant greed.

In Neverneverland all is peaceful.

Print and electronic media are telling us about the Conservative staffer who was thrown under the bus for masterminding the robo-calls in the last federal election. Nobody messed with that election in Neverneverland. He will go to prison. Being an innocent fellow, I don’t believe there was any inducement offered for him to take the rap all by himself.

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Thus far, nothing like this has happened in Canada.

Yet. There is also a furor over the alleged sex crimes of Bill Cosby. I can say with complete assurance that Mr. Cosby has never groped any female in Neverneverland.

This is not to say there has been no groping in Neverneverland, but Bill Cosby

didn’t do it. I do remember from the long, long ago, when, at a dance, a young friend of mine touched a lady in an inappropriate manner. She smiled and bestowed a beautific smile on an older man who standing nearby. This incident led me to believe that nobody would take me seriously until I was completely grown up, and maybe not even then.

I never excelled in any type of athletic endeavour, which meant there were scads of things I never needed to buy and use. I have never purchased golf clubs or a boat or water skis or a house trailer. I have never been for a ride on a Ski-doo or a Sea-doo.

I have never purchased an airplane or a hot-air balloon.

I have never worn a uniform other than that of a trombone player in a marching band. I recall that I always marched behind the parade marshal’s horse, with predictable results.

I have never been a snow bird. My only out-ofthe country trips were to Yorkshire to walk among the graves of my ancestors and to Ireland to kiss the Blarney Stone. I have never walked on a white beach in

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I have never caught a tarpon from the deck of a power cruiser, but I caught a sturgeon from the bank of the South Saskatchewan River. Then, it was a success. Now, I call it a failure.

I was younger in years than the fish and it came of a race much older than mine.

I should never have killed it.

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A day to honour memories and move forward Twenty-seven years ago, Dec. 7, 1987, is one of those days that stands out from the rest. It was a day of drama.

I had left my husband for the third and final time days before. I remember waking up on the morning of Dec. 4 and thinking, “This is the date our lives

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be true about the situation I was in. It was the beginning of a time of making good decisions for my children and myself.

I watched and listened to the other women in there.

So many were full of hatred and emotion. I had been there. I saw myself in them.

This time was different.

For the first time in the 10 years of my off and on again marriage, I was detached from the emotions.

I felt like I was standing on the outside, looking in. And I didn’t like what I saw. I knew without a doubt I had to get out and stay out of that marriage.

I’m almost certain my ex-husband felt the difference. I was afraid in ways I had never been afraid before. We both knew this time was not the same as the others. He couldn’t reach me. I felt his desperation as he had no idea where I was or how to get to me.

Dec. 7 was a Monday, a school day. I took my oldest to school and briefly let the staff in on what was happening at home.

Several hours later, I got a call that made my blood run cold. My ex-husband had taken our son from school.

I don’t remember the how, when or why of it, but it wasn’t long before I found out our son was at my in-laws’ home. My heart was broken as I realized this nine-year-old boy was smack dab in the middle of a “game” of tug of war.

I went over to my in-laws’ home and said whatever I had to say, to ensure he came home with me. And he did.

The drama of that day affected all those who touched our world. My mom, my mother-in-law and I were like three fierce mother bears. Each of us was protecting our young.

I believe my mom was the

fiercest. She shared an attachment to my oldest son that transcended all of us combined.

My oldest son and I returned to my mom’s home.

My sisters arrived from a province away, as the drama was coming to an end. My brother was at Mom’s as well. We were all together when we got the call.

The reason my sisters travelled to Mom’s was because our dad was not doing well. They came to see Dad, but instead were blindsided by the drama of the day. We were together, but we weren’t with our dad that day.

Dad died that night. He had already put up a valiant fight and lived years after the final heart attack stole the essence of who he was.

He lived and breathed for four years and eight months after that. But his brain had sustained too much damage.

On Dec. 7, 1987 he stopped breathing.

Dec. 7, 1966 my dad’s father suffered a fatal heart attack and died. Dec. 7, 1941 was the attack on Pearl Harbour.

I don’t normally honour dates that mark the end of something or someone I value. Instead, I like to focus on the small moments and all of the little memories that mark the good times. I cherish the memories I have and honour my dad in small ways every time I think of him.

Dec. 7, 1987 was not a good day for our family. We were together. We presented a united front and walked forward from there. But it is not a date I dwell on.

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(306) 446-4200. ____________________________________________________ O’HARE: Dorothy Irene O’Hare of Turtleford passed away on Tuesday, November 25, 2014 at the age of 93 years. Dorothy Irene O’Hare (Nault) was born on January 14, 1921, in the Fairholme area. She married Delbert Francis O’Hare on July 17, 1938, and they had nine children. Nan lived in the Turtle Lake area for years. She then moved to Livelong, Battleford, and finally in 2001, settled at the Turtle Valley Lodge in Turtleford until her passing. She was a member of the Legion Auxilary in Battleford and Livelong for many years.

Nan spent most of her time as a homemaker and worked in a restaurant for a few years. She enjoyed her time at Aquadeo with her cousins, Trixie Delainey and Myrtle L’Heureux. She is predeceased by: her husband, Delbert; her son, Melvin; her daughters, Delrose, and Della; 4 brothers; and 2 sisters. Dorothy is survived by: her children, Roy, Wally (Bernadette), Dorothy (Blake), Darlene, Gladys (Gerald), and Cheryl (Rick); her daughter-in-law, Sue; 1 brother; 5 sisters; 2 sisters-in-law; 17 grandchildren; 13 great grandchildren; 2 great great grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews. The Funeral Service for Dorothy was conducted from the Livelong Community Hall on Saturday, November 29, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. with Reverend Don Skinner officiating. Bradley O’Hare, Dawne O’Hare-Anton, Carey Olson, Derek Starnes, Shae O’Hare, and Christie Starnes were the pallbearers, and All of Dorothy’s Grandchildren were the honorary bearers. Jamie Olson gave the eulogy, Bertha Lavoie did the reading, and Catherine Skinner was the organist. Interment followed in the Livelong Cemetery. MARSHALL’S FUNERAL HOME LTD., of St. Walburg, Saskatchewan administered the funeral arrangements. Donations in memory of Dorothy may be made to the Turtle Valley Lodge. Condolences may be emailed at www.marshallsfuneralhome.ca.

CARD OF THANKS We would like to send a heartfelt thanks to all the people residing at Turtle Valley Lodge for your friendship over the years. To Cathy Braaten, we thank you for everything. To all the home care staff, R.N.s, L.P.N.s, and girls that came to the Lodge, we appreciate it.

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Born 28th of August. To working parents. Bonded to sheeps, will make good yard dogs. Call: (306)845-2404

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CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

RN, Lab Tech or LPN Require part-time

to complete mobile insurance paramedicals and collection of specimens in North Battleford area.

Must have venipuncture experience.

Fax resumés to: 306-373-7113 or Email to: michele_unger@qus.ca

1-800-661-5001 The Wakaw Co-op is currently accepting applications for:

Meat Manager You should be a self-motivated individual with excellent interpersonal skills. Everyday our staff work together to provide a personalized shopping experience that exceeds member expectations. Join the team that offers competitive wages, every Sunday off, a fun work environment and superior outdoor activities and is an ideal community to raise a family! If you have a positive, upbeat attitude apply today to be a part of the Wakaw Co-op team.

Wakaw Co-op Food Store Manager 223 1st St S, Wakaw, SK S0K 4P0 Fax: 306-233-5244 Email: wakawcoopfood@sasktel.net (Only those considered for the interview will be contacted)

Contact Tyler P: 204.571.0187 ext. 5 F: 204.571.9363 E: theuchert@ renaissancetrans.ca

First Nations Jobs nline phone 306 229 6774

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How an advisory board can boost your business

By Jonathan Hamelin Looking for an easy and inexpensive way to energize your business, boost sales and

plan for the future? Here’s an often-overlooked idea: create an advisory board.

Only a meagre six per cent of Canadian entrepreneurs

COMING EVENTS

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

Thursday, Friday & Saturday, December 4, 5 & 6 Glaslyn’s Community Dinner Theater presents Love by the Bolt.

For tickets call 306-342-7890.

Friday, Saturday & Sunday, December 5, 6 & 7 A Walk through Bethlehem at the Battlefords Seventh Day Adventist Church, 1611 - 93rd Street. Friday & Saturday from 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. and Sunday from 12:00 noon - 4:00 p.m.

Saturday, December 6 Battlefords 2000 Lions Christmas Bazaar at the Alex Dillabough Centre, Battleford from 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. 60 Vendors - great Christmas gift ideas.

Saturday, December 6 Christmas Tea and Bake Sale at the Zion Lutheran Church, 10801 Winder Cres., North Battleford from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Saturday, December 6 Borden Farmers Market Christmas Sale at Borden Community Centre and Senior’s Room from 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Lunch by Grads of 2015.

Sunday, December 7

have an advisory board for their business, according to a survey this year by the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC). However, 86 per cent of entrepreneurs who have an advisory board say it’s had a significant impact on their business.

“Once people understand the benefits, they become big fans,” says Pierre Cléroux, BDC’s Vice President of Research and Chief Economist.

“There are really practical, tangible benefits for the bottom line.” BDC’s research bears that out. The study shows that annual sales at businesses with an advisory board were 24 per cent higher than those at companies without one, and productivity was 18 per cent higher.

An advisory board is an informal body of outside experts that an entrepreneur can use as a sounding board or to fill in gaps in expertise and contacts. Unlike a board of directors, advisory boards have no legal responsibility for the company’s governance, but experts say they still bring a lot of value.

Jean-Yves Sarazin knows the benefits first hand. He created an advisory board back in 1990 at his company Groupe Delom, which offers maintenance and manufacturing rotating equipment such as motors, pumps and ventilators. At his advisory board’s very first meeting,

Battlefords Wildlife Federation Annual Henry Kelsey Horn Scoring Social at the BWF Clubhouse Junction of Hwys 16 & 40. Doors open at noon. For more info phone Kevin at 306-445-5680.

Sunday, December 7 Christmas Celebration Banquet at the Territorial Drive Alliance Church, 2302 Clements Drive from 5:00 - 8:00 p.m. Dinner with music to follow. Tickets available at the church office or call 306445-5158.

Sunday, December 7 Battlefords Scuba Community is holding free workshop introduction to Snorkeling (Skin Diving) at the Battlefords Co-op Aquatic Centre from 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon. Masks, snorkel and fins are provided for the session but participants can bring their own if they wish.

Learn the basics of using this equipment safely and comfortably.

Participants must register in advance by phoning Dennis at 306-9377195 to register.

Sunday, December 7 Borden Lion’s Festival of Music at the Borden Community Centre at 7:00 p.m.

Sunday, December 7 North Battleford City Kinsmen Concert Band performs 65 years of Music and Mayhem from 2:30 - 4:00 p.m. at the Dekker Centre.

Phone Vivian at 306-445-5013 for more information.

THE BATTLEFORDS November 28 and 29 and December 5, 6, 12, 13, 19, 20 and 31, 2014

306 446-2827 306 480-9876 This season, hand the reins over to us.

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Sarazin was referred to a financial institution that allowed his company to save tens of thousands of dollars through lower interest charges on a loan.

“Every entrepreneur should have an advisory board. Each time I’ve seen a company create one, the first meeting produces a return that is enough to cover the compensation for the whole year,” he says. Sarazin has become such a big supporter of the idea that he has agreed to sit on several other companies’ advisory boards as a way of giving back for the help he’s received over the years.

Another benefit: an advisory board obliges entrepreneurs to periodically step back and look at the overall direction of their business.

“Just getting ready for my meeting with the advisory board forces me to take stock

of the business and consider it from new angles,” Sarazin says.

Having an advisory board also reassures financial institutions, which examine the quality of the company’s team when assessing a loan application, he says. “It shows you’re not alone in making decisions.”

So why don’t more businesses have an advisory board? Some entrepreneurs think it may be too timeconsuming to create one or are simply unaware of the benefits, Cléroux explains.

But the payoffs, he says, are usually well worth the effort and cost (some companies offer advisors a nominal honorarium, while others don’t compensate them).

“An advisory board is a good tool to force the business owner to think more about the company’s vision, long-term goals and how

COMING EVENTS

Merry Christmas Concert at the Meota Community Complex at 7:00 p.m.

Tuesday, December 9 Seniors Christmas Party at St. Joseph Hall, 1942 - 98th Street.

Starting at 2:00 p.m. with bingo and coffee. Entertainment by Meota Hobby Band. Christmas supper at 4:00 p.m. All seniors welcome.

Wednesday, December 10 Maymont Library Tea & Bake Sale at the Maymont Library from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. Please join us for this annual event.

Friday, December 12 Old Tyme Dance at the Pioneer Hall, North Battleford from 8:00 10:30 p.m. Live bands. For more info phone 306-445-5036.

Friday & Saturday, December 12 & 13 Christmas Bazaar at the Battleford United Church for all ages.

Saturday, December 13 Topline Social Dance Club - Hamps at the Royal Canadian Legion, 1352 - 100th Street from 8:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. with lunch. Min. age 19. Phone Jean 306-445-8815, Sharon at 306-446-0446 or Leela 306-445-7240.

Sunday, December 14 Seniors Christmas Potluck Supper at the Do Drop In, Meota at 5:30 p.m.

This section, which will appear weekly in Tuesday's News-Optimist and Thursday’s Regional Optimist, is provided free-of-charge to non-profit organizations. To list the Community Calendar please call News-Optimist at 306-445-7261 or fax the information to 306445-3223. Please provide complete information including event, time, date and location.Although we will do our utmost to make sure your event appears in this section, News-Optimist does not guarantee all submissions will appear. Deadline for submissions is 12:00 noon Friday prior for Tuesday's & Thursday’s publication.

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to achieve them,” Cléroux says. “The benefits are way bigger than the cost to the business.”

How to Set Up an Advisory Board Setting up an advisory board is easier than you might think. “It’s not that hard to find people to sit on an advisory board. Experienced CEOs often agree because they want to help their community,” says BDC’s Pierre Cléroux.

Ask your accountant, lawyer or business network to refer potential candidates.

Some business associations offer a service to help companies find advisory board members.

Effective advisory board members tend to be veteran business people who offer expertise an entrepreneur may lack. They should be completely independent of the company, rather than your accountant or lawyer— “someone who will give you the true story,” as Cléroux puts it.

Entrepreneurs should meet their advisory board regularly—for example, on a monthly or quarterly basis.

About 60 per cent of advisory board members receive no compensation, while others usually get a modest honorarium. A restaurant meal or retreat can also be a way to thank advisors.

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How will you respond to the call of God? It often happens around the supper hour. The phone rings, and answering it brings the automated voice of “Amy” promising us a free cruise, or some supposed bargain. Adding our phone number to the National Do Not Call List has certainly helped, but some annoying calls still slip through to interrupt our evening meals. I hang up within seconds.

But what of the call of God? Through His Word, the Bible, God has issued a number of urgent and important calls. Before we look together at the life of a remarkable man who answered God’s call, let’s take a moment to consider the nature of the call.

There’s a call to accept God’s eternal salvation, through Christ. When we listen to the gospel preached, we are hearing it. As Paul tells the Thessalonian Christians, “He called you by our gospel, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.” (II Thess. 2:14) We are “called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord,” (I Cor. 1:9), “called...out of darkness into His marvelous light.” (I Pet. 2:9) Christians are referred to as “the called of Jesus Christ.” (Rom. 1:6) As God’s called ones,

vice, he took on a partner and divided the responsibilities.

Still later, to devote himself full-time to the work of the Lord, he gave up the business completely.

Christian friends supported his ministry, establishing a house called “The Pilgrims’ Cottage” as a retreat centre where he could assist others. It became a refuge for hundreds of poor and sick

Robert Cottrill, B.A., B.R.E. http://wordwisehymns.com/ www.Wordwise Bible Studies.com believers are to live in a way that’s pleasing to Him. “As He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct.” (I Pet. 1:15) We are “to walk worthy of the calling with which [we] were called.” (Eph. 4:1) The Christian life also involves a call to service. We are to be God’s instruments, summoning others to put their faith in Him. “We are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God.” (II Cor. 5:20) Gerhard Tersteegen (16971769) wrote a hymn about God’s call, more than two centuries ago. Translated into English, it says: “God calling yet; shall I not hear? / Earth’s pleasures shall I still hold dear? / Shall life’s swift passing years all fly, / And still my soul in slumber lie? / God calling yet; shall I not

rise? / Can I His loving voice despise, / And basely His kind care repay? / He calls me still–can I delay?”

Mr. Tersteegen had himself responded to that call.

As a teen-ager, while walking through a forest alone, he was suddenly seized with intense pains. He believed he was going to die, and he cried out to God, asking that he be spared, promising to commit himself to the Lord.

God answered his prayer and delivered him.

Gerhard’s father was dead and, when only fifteen years old, he had started a small business to support himself and his widowed mother. But when he saw how business duties interfered with his new commitment to Christ, he abandoned it and found another that gave him more freedom to serve the Lord.

Later, to give himself even more time for Christian ser-

people. There they were given medicine, food and clothing. Tersteegen also traveled as an evangelist, carried on an enormous correspondence, and wrote over one hundred hymns. Biographers described him as “a gentle, heaven-inspired soul.” His influence spread through Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Holland, and even on to America.

Gerhard Tersteegen witnesses to his answer to God’s call in the final stanza of the present hymn: “God calling yet; I cannot stay; / My heart I yield without delay; / Vain world, farewell! from thee I part; / The voice of God hath reached my heart.” May that be so of each of us. May our response be, “Speak, Lord, for Your servant hears.” (I Sam. 3:9)

Choosing the perfect gift Believe it or not, like it or not, Christmas is less than a month away. Thanks to a mother who never failed to celebrate no matter how difficult the circumstances, I love everything about the season.

Well, almost everything.

Choosing gifts for family and friends challenges me so much that I decided to do some research. From a number of websites I gleaned these excellent tips and I share them with you (just in case I’m not alone in this dilemma).

First thing on the list: be well acquainted with your friend’s interests and, I would add, their needs. I never thought I’d ever ask Hubby for a walking cane, but recently I did just that.

And then there is the matter of budget; having one is a no brainer, sticking to it is another matter. P.S. January is much more pleasant when you do.

Next, take someone with you when you shop. Not sure if the writer had choosing a gift or sticking to a budget in mind, but advice in either category is valuable.

Once the gift is purchased the next step involves wrapping it. While retrieving

newspaper from the recycle bin is far less expensive, it does help to be a bit more creative. Having said that it is highly possible to be both artistic and cheap at the same time, just be sure both elements are included.

After you’ve written a note or card and if it’s at all possible, present the gift in person. While the virtual world trumps postage and transportation costs, at this special time of the year nothing beats a gift accompanied by a hug.

Next week read more about the supreme gift and giver.

“For by grace are ye saved through faith and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God.” Ephesians 2:8 KJV

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

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

TERRITORIAL DRIVE ALLIANCE CHURCH Pastor: Rev. Allen Huckabay

1372 102nd St 306-445-3009

Notre Dame (RC) Parish

ANGLICAN PARISH

Corner of 104th Street & 12th Avenue Rev. Father Cuong Luong MASSES: Saturdays - 7:00 p.m.

Sundays - 11:00 a.m. & 5:00 p.m.

SUNDAY SERVICES St. George’s Anglican Church - 9:00 a.m.

191 - 24th Street West, Battleford, SK

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

OFFICE 306-445-3836

1302 - 99th Street North Battleford, SK Rector: The Rev. Peter Norman

Hosanna Life Center 306-445-5079

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

Battlefords Seventh-Day Adventist Church Pastor Dave Miller

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

Community Baptist Church

Maidstone/ Paynton United Church of Canada

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

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

Sunday Morning Service 11:00 a.m.

10:30 Service

Everyone Welcome Canadian National Baptist Convention

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

306-893-2611 For booking the Wing:

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

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