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Staff The Battlefords community took great pride in the hockey journey of one of their own, Colby Cave, to the NHL. It should not come as a surprise that there has been an outpouring from the Battlefords community following his sudden death from a brain bleed on Saturday in Toronto. In a stirring tribute, cars lined Highway 16 for miles

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on Monday afternoon to welcome the Cave family home.

Cave spent his early hockey years in the Battlefords, playing for the bantam AA Barons before joining the midget Battlefords AAA Stars. From 2009-11, Cave scored 29 goals and notched 43 assists.

He played three games with the Battlefords North Stars but spent most of his junior career with the Swift Current Broncos where he rose to become the team’s captain. In his final WHL season Cave scored 35 goals and 40 assists.

Cave was undrafted by the NHL but signed with the Boston Bruins organization. He spent the better part of four seasons with the Providence Bruins of the AHL and was called up to the NHL with Boston in 2017-18.

During the 2018-19 season Cave was acquired by the Edmonton Oilers where he played 33 games.

He spent most of the 201920 season with the Bakersfield Condors of the AHL playing 44 games, but was called up for 11 games with the Oilers and scored

a memorable goal against Pittsburgh - his only goal of the season with the Oilers.

News of Cave’s passing was met by swift reaction from the hockey world.

The Battlefords North Stars issued this statement on their Facebook page: “The Battlefords and area has lost a son, brother, friend, and local hero and icon in the hockey world.

His love for kids, friends, teammates, coaches, and everyone he ever met showed the type of person he truly was. Colby will be missed not only by family and friends, but by a community who loved him and was proud of what he accomplished throughout his hockey career. He was proud of where he grew up and continued to put the Battlefords on the map as a place that has great athletes and great people as a whole.

“Colby Cave will be missed by all!”

The Swift Current Broncos issued this statement: “The Swift Current Broncos are devastated to hear of the passing of Continued on Page 8

Vehicles lined up on Highway 16 to join a welcome-home convoy for the Cave family. The family car (below left) was led by the North Battleford Fire Department (top). Photos by Averil Hall / Southwest of Battleford (below right), a tribute was fashioned on Nyholt Hill, which has long been used to express the community’s thoughts. Photo by Helena Long

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On Monday afternoon residents of the Battlefords paid their respects to the family of Colby Cave.

The Edmonton Oilers forward died Saturday after suffering a brain bleed earlier in the week.

In a post on the Battlefords North Stars website, friends of the family asked people who wished to pay their respects to form a line of vehicles on the shoulder westbound on Highway 16 starting at Redhead Equip-

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People were urged to come out and wear their hockey jerseys or hold signs in support of the Cave family – Al, Jennifer, Taylor and other family members – as they returned from Toronto.

RCMP and the North Battleford and Battleford fire departments led the family from that point across the bridges to the Kramer Cat building in Battleford, from where they were to head home.

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Photographer Averil Hall said hundreds of vehicles lined the Highway 16 along the route waiting for the convoy to come by.

When semis driving from the opposite direction saw the convoy coming, they pulled over, too, to honour Colby.

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Councillors conduct first remote meeting on teleconferencing platform

City prepares for financial and health impacts of COVID-19

By John Cairns Staff Reporter

The impact of COVID-19 was felt at North Battleford’s city council meeting Tuesday.

Among other things, it was the first regular meeting of council using the ZOOM teleconferencing platform, which allowed council and administration officials to appear remotely.

The switch to virtual city council meetings was the most visible evidence yet of the impact the pandemic has had on City Hall.

But other impacts have been felt elsewhere, with major changes seen in day to day operations as well as big hits to finances due to a multitude of facility closures.

Impact on operations: City Manager Randy Patrick noted the impact COVID-19 has had on operations.

“As counsel is aware there’s been a dramatic impact on our society and our city. Many of our communities are finding themselves with high unemployment levels, businesses have shut down, and there is a reduction in the number of jobs available. We’re no different.”

Patrick noted the city has closed down recreation facilities, and have already made 30 temporary layoffs of employees due to lack of work.

Patrick also explained that cities, unlike federal or provincial governments,

are not allowed to borrow for operations. With operations, he said, it had to be dealt with during that fiscal year.

Patrick’s report outlined some of the steps the city has taken. This has included staff working from home, increased spacing in facilities, and staff split into different work teams.

There was extensive planning by the city for a pandemic, starting at the end of January, with the city purchasing enough supplies for a three-month pandemic. The early start allowed the city to have enough of those items before they were in high demand.

The city opened its Emergency Operations Centre on March 16. The EOC dealt with pandemic issues, but Patrick also noted it serves a function as a “second City Hall” in case an outbreak of the virus happens at City Hall and causes issues there with staffing.

Certain employees from Human Resources, Finance, Engineering and the Deputy City Manager are now working out of the EOC, separated from the rest of the staff over at City Hall. As for Financial Services staff, they are divided between City Hall, the EOC, and working from home.

In what was described as an unusual setup, firefighters are working on a 48-hour shift rotation instead of the usual 12-hours.

Firefighters remain in the

Fire Hall for 48 hours, and then not work again for another six days. The idea is that if firefighters catch a virus during work, they could then immediately go into self-isolation and there would be minimal disruption to staff.

Paid on-call firefighters are being asked not to visit the Fire Hall in order to maintain a separate grouping of available firefighters.

The RCMP detachment has implemented its pandemic plan. As well, the city’s CSO operations are reduced and officers are being placed into two separate shifts to reduce the likelihood of transmission between themselves.

Road crews are now working out of two different locations. The idea is that in the event of one group in one building coming down with COVID-19, others in the other building could continue on with needed work such as snow removal or pothole repair.

Administratively, the City has stopped ticketing people on residential streets who violate the fixed “no parking” street signs, which are posted to allow for street cleaning.

Patrick noted this is being done in general, but it hasn’t been totally stopped because the city is coming to cleaning season and must still clean the streets of sand and salt to keep those elements out of the sewer system.

Parking downtown will continue to be enforced.

Financial impacts felt:

Tuesday marked the first council meeting in North Battleford conducted electronically using the ZOOM teleconferencing platform, with video of the meeting streamed live and councillors joining the meeting from home.

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on city operations was a prime topic.

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City Director of Finance Steve Brown outlined the impact on the city’s finances.

His recommendation was for the city to increase its current line of credit with Innovation Credit Union from $4 million to $7 million at administration’s earliest convenience.

Brown emphasized the city was still in good financial position, but this move was being done as a precaution to help with the city’s cash flow.

“This is a cash flow issue, not a revenue issue,” Brown said.

The city is expecting hits to revenues. Brown’s report estimated the impact to utility revenues for the year at $435,227.07.

It was noted that simply for two large water-using businesses which were currently shut down, the estimated loss for the March to May period was $11,412 — a significant amount.

For recreation, lost rev-

enue is estimated between $200,000 to $215,000 per month.

The good news, Brown said, is the city would be saving money if the facilities were shut down to the end of August.

The bad news, he noted, was that the city was looking at a significant loss of revenues for the same period due to lost events.

“Revenues are going down, but the expenses are not going (down) fast enough,” Brown said. “We are likely seeing an impact on our subsidy we have to spend on by the end of the year.”

Resolution: Several recommendations to help those struggling to pay their bills during the pandemic were included in a single lengthy resolution. That passed council Tuesday night and included the following items: That the Director of Finance be authorized to

waive penalties for overdue accounts to May 31, 2020; That the Director of Finance be authorized to reduce TIPPS payments (tax instalment payment plan) and WIPPS (water instalment payment plan) payments be reduced to 50 per cent until May 31 2020 for those on these programs who have had their incomes substantially impacted by the COVID-19 crisis, and that a report to council on changes to TIPPS and WIPPS be provided in early June; That water disconnections for utility nonpayment cease until May 31, 2020; That the due date to pay property taxes without penalty be extended until Aug. 31; Finally, that the city increase its current line of credit held with Innovation Credit Union from $4 million to $7 million as soon as can be arranged by administration.

New cab company gets the go-ahead

By John Cairns Staff Reporter

Crown Cab is getting some competition in the near future.

The City of North

Battleford has given approval to the first new taxicab company to be approved under the new Vehicle for Hire bylaw.

NB City Cab Inc., owned

by Rashid Warraich, was

approved at Tuesday’s council meeting.

The company had submitted an application for a four-cab company, with the possibility of adding a fifth car in the

near future.

City Director of Planning and Development Jennifer Niesink confirmed it was the first application under the new Vehicle for Hire bylaw that was passed

in 2019.

That bylaw opened up the North Battleford market to the establishment of competing taxi as well as ride-sharing companies.

Niesink confirmed NB City Cab Inc. has met all of the criteria under the bylaw, and had selected a location for office space on 100th Street.

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Pandemic police need to curb their shaming rampage

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We’re in this together ‑‑ let’s try to remember some people just need a helping hand, not insensitive crticism

By Doug Firby

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The pandemic disaster the world finds itself in the middle of is bringing out both the best and worst in people. And some behaviours are just annoying.

One of the most annoying trends is the emergence of busybodies who are eager to pass judgment on others before they have all the facts. They’re the ‘pandemic police’ – self-appointed vigilantes who are calling out people for not strictly adhering to social isolation protocols.

A mom in Sooke, B.C., was a recent victim of this overzealous reign of terror when she was repeatedly verbally assaulted for taking her two kids, ages two and six, out with her for errands.

Janene Walker says she was stopped in a Lowe’s parking lot changing her daughter’s diaper in her van when a passing man in a truck yelled out at her, “Keep your kids in the house, for Christ’s sake!”

Then, during a visit to a local grocery store, her daughter was strapped in the shopping cart and her son was close to her side when a man called her a “shitty mom” for taking her kids out with her. That confrontation turned into a shouting match that left her in tears.

Now, no question it would have been far better if this mom didn’t have her children with her while she bought necessary supplies. But sometimes we find ourselves in difficult circumstances. In her case, she’s managing her kids on her own while her husband is deployed with the military and, with no family nearby, she says she has no one to help her with babysitting.

Dr. Robert Strang, Nova Scotia’s chief medical officer of health, recently spoke up to condemn such public shaming. Community harassment, especially online, is “inappropriate,” he said.

What’s more appropriate is cracking down on people who are obviously flouting common sense – and, increasingly, the law in many provinces and states. These are the people who, apparently in denial of their own mortality, are deliberately gathering in large groups to party as if they’re somehow immune to this terrifying disease.

We’ve all seen images of people, many of them college students on spring break, sunning themselves on Florida beaches, as if the COVID-19 pandemic is a problem only to be found in China, Italy and New York City.

Since those images were published, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has banned gatherings of more than 10 people.

Check those beaches today and you’ll find the crowds have thinned out.

And then there are the COVID-19 skeptics – yes, believe it or not, they’re still out there. They think all of

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this is being overblown or even a left-wing conspiracy.

They also seem to think they can carry on as before without any consequences. To them, the answer may be not only public shaming but also the full force of the law.

But what about people like Janene Walker, who just find themselves in a bind and don’t know what to do?

Strang says that rather than harass or shame individuals, people need to offer help and support so the person in question feels able to self-isolate and has the support to see them through the period of isolation.

Walker agrees, arguing that compassion should extend to any single parent who’s struggling to keep their household afloat while maintaining physical distancing and isolation.

“All these people just … think that they know better.

And they’re shaming people publicly when they don’t know their situation. We should be helping each other and lifting each other up and showing compassion.”

I suspect that all of us have at some point in our lives felt the sting of being judged by people who seem to be lurking in the shadows waiting for an opportunity to pounce.

I don’t want to dive too deeply into the psychology behind that but I suspect a lot of these people grew up in very judgmental households. Their tendency to gossip and look down their noses at others apparently gives their egos a boost.

It’s time for those people to show consideration and find out the full story before passing judgment.

I’m left to wonder what might have happened if one of those people who were so quick to denounce Walker had stopped and asked her why she was out with her kids. A little understanding and problem-solving might have made the connection she needed to find some babysitting or discover someone who could bring supplies to

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Except for a handful for ignorant scofflaws, the vast majority of us fully understand the urgency of maintaining safe social distance. With each passing day, the grim news reminds us what’s at stake.

Rather than assuming the worst, when we see someone who’s breaking the rules, it’s worth asking whether we can help them comply.

We’re in this together – let’s all try to remember that some people just need a helping hand.

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Cleaning house a waste of precious screen time One day I cleaned house. I’d actually thought about it for several days, but that’s a norm with me.

Don’t rush into it. Give the idea time to percolate.

To say my house is less than pristine would be an understatement. We don’t live in squalour, but I’m creative in finding things to do other than dust, vacuum and mop. But the breaking point arrives, even for me.

So, I did it, and as the day progressed I ruminated on how one cleaning task leads to another, another and another and another. Once you start, the grime screams at you from every corner and surface. When I found myself scrubbing the tops of deepfreezes and the front of the basement fridge I had to say, “Whoa, Becky, this isn’t like you.”

Observations from

Isolation

By Becky Doig

I mean, really. What a waste of screen time.

I’ve become a devotee of screen time. I know it’s bad for you, but I keep wondering if this wonderfully entertaining universe we’ve become so accustomed to is going to implode. Will we revert to “farmer vision?” I remember that well from my

youth. Better gorge while I can.

In any case, dust has always been a welcome guest in my house, some of it was born here, and an occasional lapse aside, I’ll revert to other activities until the need once again overwhelms.

But when I do have to put aside more amusing

pursuits to, gasp, clean, I have a secret defence against the tedium of everyday chores – audio books. I tune into a good book and go about the tasks of kitchen cleanup and other household tasks while being entertained by a good book.

I have the “good fortune” of being profoundly hearing impaired. I’ve worn hearing aids since I was in my 20s. The latest incarnation of hearing aids is amazing, featuring a Blue Tooth connection to audio book transmission, so I don’t have to use headphones or ear buds.

It is all broadcast through the devices. Sometimes our world is magic.

There are times when my husband actually wants to talk to me and has to wait until I turn

the book off. He wonders when I think. That’s the magic of it. I don’t!

The world of audio books is wide-ranging and entertaining. I borrow my books through an app with Lakeland Library Region, but they are also easily purchased online.

I’ve listened to probably thousands of books over the years, but can recommend some standouts.

Anything read by George Guidall will entertain. He has a way of becoming the book’s characters and engaging you at every turn. I prefer mysteries and thrillers and Guidall has narrated some classic tales from Craig Johnson featuring Sheriff Walt Longmire of Wyoming to tales of the Hopi in Nevada and Arizona by Tony Hillerman.

If you’re looking for humour, look up Carl Hiaasen. His books lament the destruction of the Florida Everglades.

He weaves his humorous tales around his colourful characters while teaching the listener about the famous swamps and the challenges faced.

If you just want a deep down belly laugh, and aren’t afraid of a little ribaldry, anything by Janet Evanovich will fit the bill.

Her characters have so much colour and insanity, you will be hard pressed not to laugh. Of course you could also read the books, but the narration gives you the colour of a New Jersey accent that just wouldn’t come through the same way in print.

The catalogue is endless. I recommend zoning out with a good listen.

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‘Panicdemic’ behaviours are, thankfully, not the norm Dear Editor Two women, across the street from one another, are watching a man carrying a sawed-off shotgun, as he gets into a heavyduty van.

First woman: What is your husband doing? He looks like he’s going to rob a bank!

Second woman: Don’t be silly! He’d never do anything crooked, he’s just going to buy toilet paper.

That’s my contribution to the toilet paper jokes.

Enough, already.

Well, right now this place needs a plumber and an electrician, but I’ll have to forego them for now.

And I need a hairdresser.

I’ve quit looking in the mirror. We will all have to start wearing our hair in pony tails. At least I did

get my B-12 shot. Without it I can’t spell, I mix my words (which at times can be funny) and become so weak I can hardly walk, so I’m lucky I had the monthly shot.

When the World Health Organization announced we are in a pandemic my immediate thought was, “panicdemic.” The people who deliberately began to hoard toilet paper were joined by people who never planned to hoard, but began to worry there would be none left for them.

Then there was the gang from Edmonton (or gangs, and I use the word gang deliberately) going to outlying towns to buy out grocery stores. In their country of original they would have been mobbed

by other shoppers. Most Canadians, being law abiding, would just stand and wonder how they could punch them in the nose from a distance of six feet.

Then the gun stories coming out of the United States (and I heard also some in the West) were shared. I expect those gun owners needed more guns to protect their toilet paper stashes. Oh, sorry.

We all head of the self-styled entrepreneurs with the hand wipes and the attempted robbery of a food bank and the thug who tried to kill a store worker in Quebec, but for the most part Canadians have done their duty and listened to what we are told to do by health experts.

I have no patience for anyone who hangs onto political bias at this time.

I state loudly that, in my opinion, our prime minister, our premiers, mayors and people in positions of grave importance such as in our health system, are doing an extraordinarily splendid job. In their hands are the lives of millions of people. Yes, Pierre Trudeau was an arrogant so and so who didn’t understand the West, but he is long dead.

Our prime minister is giving doorstep chats. We have read of the fireside chats of Roosevelt who was president of the United States during the

Second World War, which made me name the morning meetings with Prime Minister Trudeau doorstep chats.

In these interviews he is expected to answer every question on every subject in an ever-changing situation. I commend him for being so patient.

I wonder how many people heard that a virus was going to invade our telephones, our computers, anything technical in that line for three days during Easter. Sounds like a Facebook fib to us.

Then there was the phone call into a private radio station for a man who said one good thing

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Most of the time our radio reporters and journalists are doing a good service. They must be tired of having to report bad news. Once a trucker was interviewed on CBC radio about what a hard time truckers of essentials were having because washrooms and showers were closed. Within two days these services, and food, were being offered, with special precautions.

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We wonder what May might deliver in Unity?

By Sherri Solomko Correspondent

Another month has passed and we still await progress on the battle with COVID-19.

We have so much to be thankful for including longer sunshine hours each day, spring’s arrival, retail

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Robust Robin is happily welcomed at a home on 7th Avenue East in Unity as the return of the robins is a sure sign of spring. Photo by Sherri Solomko

government actions that seek to help everyone affected and, of course, our health-care people.

People continue sharing their hope and their caring with a variety of gestures that include more creativity in yards and in windows for passersby.

Ball season remains in limbo. May 1 was the new date set by Softball Saskatchewan for re-evaluating ball season, with the likelihood Baseball Saskatchewan will indicate the same format. Even though the diamonds are looking more enticing each day, people are reminded to continue to adhere to social distancing methods.

Students are in cyber classroom mode as teachers and the school division have adjusted teaching to online resources. I went “back to school” for a few online classes with my son and found them both engaging and interesting.

It’s a win-win for parents and students, so thank you, teachers.

People are finding small, safe, ways to acknowledge essential services workers in health care, town public works and retail outlets that are open, Continue to show appreciation for our essential services that include businesses still open. You can show appreciation by fol-

lowing social distancing protocol while continuing to support these businesses. They have supported us and our community for many years, something Amazon, Google and Facebook do not do.

The Unity museum continues to connect and re-connect with the community. Watch for weekly posts of artifacts on their page as they encourage students to identify the articles by writing a story, a poem or drawing a picture of how this item was used in history, or consider writing about your favourite part of the museum, or even incorporate how the article was used 40 years ago as a tribute to the museum’s 40th anniversary.

Tralapa music and sports festival are in a holding pattern for their fifth annual event this summer at Tramping Lake Park.

This event has grown substantially since their inaugural Tralapa Festival was hosted. The park rangers encourage folks to follow their website for updates as they take the “wait and see” approach.

Area fire departments were thankful for the donations of hand sanitizers from local distilleries such as Lucky Bastard Distillery and Smooth 42 Distillery. Unity Fire Department received a donation for the newly re-named NW Pure

Unity Credit Union did a virtual presentation of $2,000 to the Unity Food Bank representing funds that would have been used from their annual meeting banquet as well as annual laugh and learn presentation, both being cancelled due to COVID-19 crisis. Photo courtesy of Unity Credit Union

alcohol division of the ethanol plant at the Northwest Terminal.

Congratulations, Nadine Keller, who received a virtual presentation from the Unity Music Festival committee for her many years with the music festival, both as a committee member and a music teacher.

Remember, the Unity Food Bank is still in need of donations as there are people who cannot afford to hoard or be adequately supplied at the best of times, let alone in times like these. While the food bank gives thanks for those

who have donated product and money, they just give a gentle reminder that there is always a need.

Congratulations to Matthew Snell, Zenon Orobko and Ryelee McCoy who were named to the all-star basketball team for Basketball Saskatchewan.

Let’s continue to pray for hope and for wise decisions and resolution to this ongoing COVID-19 crisis, while we continue to love and support our neighbours.

Here’s hoping this finds you all safe, healthy and socially distanced. Until next week ...

‘Panicdemic’ behaviours are, thankfully, not the norm Continued from Page 5 informed market gardeners are worried about getting their usual foreign workers. There you are, Canadians, these could be jobs. Mind you, it’s manual labour. No takers?

I’m going to write on a subject which has irritated me for years.

Why are we told to cough or sneeze into our sleeve? Might as well spit all over yourselves.

One doctor has come out against the practice.

Whenever I would see someone sneezing into their elbow, I hoped they were not recreational huggers and I hoped they wouldn’t hug me. Plus, most people are righthanded and when they fold their arms they put their right hand into the left elbow. We shake hands right-handed.

For years I have carried little plastic bags in purse or pocket and put used tissues into them.

To return again to the media and information, I no longer have a television set and I don’t miss it, therefore, perhaps I listen to the radio more than others. I heard the well-thought-out speech of Queen Elizabeth, words of encouragement, encouraging our staying power. Then a commentator on a private radio

station told how he had praised the speech only to be astounded when a few people phoned in to say that an old, white, privileged woman was not a role model. I always feel sorry for anti-monarchists.

They seem so cranky and, in this case, ignorant, disrespectful, anti-woman and jealous.

Of course our monarchy is privileged and from that vantage point can do excellent things. Only people of low self-esteem resent that. Is the royal family perfect? Is yours?

Anyway, after the commentator remarked on those calls, there was a deluge of calls from angry people speaking against them.

And still somewhat on those lines, what would any province be doing now, had it separated from Canada? From Canada and our system, which since it was developed by mankind isn’t perfect, but is doing a good job of co-operation and getting better at it.

For those of you who are feeling so frustrated with being shut indoors, let me tell you of two men who lived in this area. I wrote their stories long ago, and both are dead. One story was of a teenaged boy who spent months caring for the fam-

ily cattle herd along the Beaver River. For company, he had the cattle, his horses and a coyote pup that had adopted him. When he finally was among people again he said he knew nothing. Yes, he knew plenty. He knew himself and he became one of the best amateur naturalists I’ve ever known and a fine man.

The other was a teenager, too, just 14. The family settled on a homestead, built a house and barn of logs. They money ran out.

The mother got a job in the hotel in Battleford. The father did like so may settlers, getting a job hauling freight with his team and sleigh from Battleford to Fort Pitt.

Once in awhile he’d swing around to leave supplies for his son. Doubtless neighbours kept an eye on him, too. These boys were teenagers around 1904.

There was no radio yet, nor telephones.

And think of Anne Frank, the 14-year-old girl who, with her family, hid in an attic to avoid the Nazis. All she had for entertainment was the view of sky through the window, and a bit of tree. Fortunately she had paper and pencil to write some remarkable thoughts, before the family was betrayed and killed.

Easter this year should mean more to Christians than usual. Some people have said we will come out of this a kinder, better people. I’m sure we will for at least two or three months. Of course, don’t pay attention to me. I’m just a woman, white and not young and I’m privileged, because I live on a farm with livestock. I talk

to them all the time I hope everyone is managing as well as possible during this time in our history. We are sure in a better situation than people were during the dreadful days of the Black Death or the 1918 influenza. Why not read up on the history of those times?

We learn from history only if we want to learn,

I suppose, but I hope Canada makes good history during these uneasy days.

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April 11, at 3:30 p.m., the Borden Fire Department and the volunteer firefighters took out their trucks and formed a parade around Borden with sirens and horns blasting to salute all the front-line workers out there saving lives in these troubling times with COVID-19. Everyone would join them in saying thanks to all those are still out there working and thank you to the Borden firefighters for brightening up the day of all those shut in at home in Borden.

My granddaughter Rachel Sutherland and her friend Abby from Saskatoon were in New Zealand for three months, leaving Canada on Feb. 27 and were not to return home until May 22. They managed to tour the north island by bus and took the ferry down to the south island where, they are staying with my oldest son Bryan Pidwerbesky in Christchurch. They arrived there just when COVID-19 started to hit the country.

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were not able to fly up to Auckland to catch the last New Zealand flight to Vancouver. They didn’t find out until they got to the airport. They were able to exchange their tickets and are now supposed to fly home April 16, via Air New Zealand to Los Angeles, Air Canada to Vancouver, arriving at 11:00 p.m.

The next morning they will fly via WestJet to Calgary and Saskatoon, then Rachel will drive right out to the farm at Borden and self-isolate in the former house of Helen Sutherland in the Sutherland’s yard.

They are not getting their hopes up too high after what happened April 1.

Bryan, Helen and Nikolai live on an acreage at Lincoln, outside Christchurch, so they have lots of room to walk, bike and keep busy.

Jim, my son Todd and

I are staying at home as much as possible. We watch a lot of TV. I have done jigsaw puzzles and for Easter cooked a turkey, with Glenn and Sheri bringing in ham and scalloped potatoes and half of the turkey went to their place, with all of us eating at our homes separately, just like everyone else is doing.

In Borden only the Gas Plus, post office and coop are open. At the co-op grocery only tow people at a time are let into the store and those must maintain a distance of six feet from others. There is plus plexiglass around the till.

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In Remembrance

Colby Cave: From the Battlefords to the NHL Continued from Page 1 our former captain, Colby Cave. Our thoughts are with his family and friends during this time. Rest In Peace, Caver.”

Edmonton Oilers chairman Bob Nicholson and president of hockey operations Ken Holland had this statement: “On behalf of the Edmonton Oilers Hockey Club and the Bakersfield Condors, we wanted to express our deepest condolences to the family and friends after the passing of our teammate Colby

Cave earlier this morning.

Colby was a terrific teammate with great character, admired and liked everywhere he played. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his wife Emily, his family and friends at this very difficult time.”

NHL commissioner Gary Bettman made the following statement: “The National Hockey League family mourns the heartbreaking passing of Colby Cave, whose life and hockey career, though too short, were inspiringly emblematic of the best of

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our game. Undrafted but undaunted, Colby was relentless in the pursuit of his hockey dream with both the Edmonton Oilers and Boston Bruins organizations.

An earnest and hardworking player, he was admired by his teammates and coaches. More important, he was a warm and generous person who was wellliked by all those fortunate enough to know him. We send our heartfelt condolences to his wife Emily, their families and Colby’s countless friends throughout the hockey world.”

Battleford native Colby Cave with the AHL’s Providence Bruins. Photo Courtesy of Alan Sullivan

Words of Cheer - Local coach wins leadership award

By Rhea Good

“Cheerleading has been a passion since the day I started. I have so many amazing memories as an athlete and as a coach.

Cheer gave me so much confidence and I can’t wait to join the U of S Cheer team in the fall.”

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Kjersti started her athlete career in gymnastics at age 7. At age 14, Kjersti started at Cheer Legacy in North Battleford. Although gymnastics is an ideal sport background for cheerleading, there was a steep learning curve for Kjersti to learn stunting and the demands of group choreography in cheer. Her first year’s team was Junior Level 2, Majesty.

The 2017-2018 season was a highlight in Kjersti’s athlete career because

Cheer Legacy put together a Level 5 co-ed team with hopes of winning a bid to Cheerleading Worlds in Orlando, Florida. Kjersti worked extra hard and made the team as one its youngest members. And, the dream came true.

Cheer Legacy “Dynasty” team won their bid and the team competed in Florida in April 2018.

In September 2018, Kjersti achieved her Level 1 and 2 cheerleading coaching certification and was immediately hired as a coach for Cheer Legacy.

Kjersti was also an athlete on the Senior Level 3 team,

Reign. In addition to hours spent at the gym, she still found time to pursue voice lessons and volunteer at her family’s parish, the Zion Lutheran Church.

Knowing that 20192020 would be her last year at her home gym, she was all in coaching three teams and also an athlete on Senior Level 4 “Reign.”

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The Meota Lakeshore Lions Club received their shipment of chocolate Easter Bunnies too late this year. Their request to have their order cancelled was mislaid in the Prince Albert office. When the order was delivered they decided to donate them to various care homes. They were delivered to Battlefords District Care Centre, River Heights Lodge, Villa Pascal and to the seniors in low-rental units in Meota. Usually this is a money-making project, but this year it turned into a service project. I’m sure residents appreciated that someone remembered them in this time of stress and distancing.

One group of folks who took time out to express their gratefulness had their picture on Facebook with their chocolate bunnies.

An enterprising couple in Meota decided it was time for some action on Easter Sunday. She dressed as an Easter Bunny and carried a sign that said, “No hunting and happy Easter. Her partner in

this enterprise dressed as a hunter, wearing a cap and carrying a wooden gun.

His sign read, “I’m hunting wabbits and say your prayers wabbit.”

They knocked on a few doors, then stepped back and chatted with their neighbours from a distance. It was all in helping to give us something different to think about and ease some pressures we are under. Folks really appreciated their actions.

Of all the airports around the world, Joyce said the biggest one she’s been in was in Singapore where there are more than 500 gates. It is among the top 10 biggest in the world.

I saw one ad where a man with experience with all kinds of equipment, who has lost his job, was applying for a job on a farm. They of course will

always need help and cannot shut down.

Ten years ago on April 10 the golf course was dry by now and the only water was in the ponds. Four years ago it was snowing on April 9, in Meota. It sounds like they got a lot more snow last week, north of us, as drifts blocked some of the side roads. The cold winds never give up it seems.

Some families in Meota, neighbours who have been in isolation for more than two weeks, shared some of their Easter dishes, but didn’t get together to eat them. The goodwill and love of the season is not lost in small communities. Even a small turkey will last a long time with only one or two people eating it, so why not share with others?

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The dual challenge of social distancing and supplemental learning from home hasn’t slowed down students and staff at Notre Dame School of North Battleford.

They have been putting together the Secret Servant Agent project. That project came from teachers Theresa

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According to the news release from Light of Christ division, Secret Servant agents can be students, staff, or parents.

They perform random acts of kindness such as

shovelling sidewalks, donating food, collecting donations or visiting the homeless.

The project has continued even after the suspension of classes with students being urged on Facebook and Instagram to complete challenges and then send a snapshot of it to their teachers. Families have also been decorating their windows.

JPII student awarded prestigious scholarship $500. Mia plans to put ated based on four it towards her post- qualities: school and/or Staff Reporter secondary education community-based leadIt has been announced and hopes to earn ership; responsibilities

by Light of Christ Catholic Master’s degree in outside of school; finanSchools division that Mia either Education or cial support needed; and Sieben is the winner of the Egyptology. outstanding academic Prince of Wales and DuchRecipients are evalu- performance. ess of Cornwall Scholarship.

According to Light of Christ’s news release, Mia is a Grade 11 student at John Paul II Collegiate in French Immersion taking two AP courses. Mia also serves as co-president of the school’s chapter of Students Against Drinking & Driving.

According to the province’s website, the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall scholarships are provincial scholarships awarded to Grade 11 students to assist in finishing their Grade 12 year.

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R.M. OF ROUND HILL #467

Legal Land Desc.

Cult. Acres

2019 SAMA Assessment

NE 03-48-13-W3

Approx 145

$182,765

Terms and Conditions of the Tender are as follows: 1.Tenders to be in a sealed envelope marked “RM of Round Hill – Tender”.

2. The highest or any offer will not necessarily be accepted.

3. Buyer must provide a certified cheque or bank draft for 5.0 % of the tendered amount. Unsuccessful bidders will have their deposit refunded.

4. Seller will be responsible for taxes to December 31, 2019.

5. Offers must be received in our office by the tender deadline 12:00 Noon, April 24, 2020. Successful bidder will be notified no later than April 27, 2020.

6. Balance of purchase price and applicable GST is payable by May 19, 2020 or deposit is forfeited.

7. Land sold as is without conditions or warranties.

Migneault Law Office Box 520, 1391-101st Street North Battleford, Saskatchewan S9A 2Y8 (306) 445-4436

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ASSESSMENT NOTICE TOWN OF ST. WALBURG Notice is hereby given that the assessment roll for the Town of St. Walburg for 2020 has been prepared and is open to inspection at the Office of the Assessor of the municipality, until the time for lodging appeals has expired, from 10:00 a.m. to Noon and 1:00 to 4:00 p.m., Monday to Friday from April 20th to May 29th, 2020.

Any person who wishes to appeal his/her assessment to the Board of Revision is required to file his/her complaint(s) in writing to: THE ASSESSOR TOWN OF ST. WALBURG PO Box 368, St. Walburg, SK, S0M 2T0 by MAY 29, 2020.

Dated at St. Walburg, Saskatchewan, April 13, 2020 Shiloh Bronken Assessor

Notice of Preparation of Assessment Roll Village of Mervin Notice is hereby given that the assessment roll for the Village of Mervin for the year 2020 has been prepared and is open to inspection in the office of the assessor from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on the following days: Tuesday to Thursday, April 16, 2020 to May 21, 2020 A bylaw pursuant to section 214 of The Municipalities Act has been passed and the assessment notices have been sent as required. Any person who wishes to appeal against his or her assessment is required to file his or her notice of appeal with:

The Assessor, Village of Mervin Box 35, Mervin, SK S0M 1Y0 by the 23rd day of May, 2020 Dated this 16th day of April, 2020 Lora Hundt Assessor

Notice of Preparation of Assessment Roll RM of Mayfield No. 406 Notice is hereby given that the assessment roll for the RM of Mayfield No. 406 for the year of 2020 has been prepared and is open to inspection, by appointment only, in the office of the assessor from 9:00 am to 3:30 pm Monday to Friday, April 17th, 2020 to May 20, 2020.

A bylaw pursuant to section 214 of The Municipalities Act has been passed and the assessment notices have been sent as required.

Any person who wishes to appeal against his or her assessment is required to file his or her notice of appeal with: The Assessor, RM of Mayfield No. 406, Box 100, Maymont, SK S0M 1T0, by the 20th of May, 2020.

The appeal fee of $100.00 for residential and agricultural, $250.00 for commercial must accompany the notice.

Dated this the 17th Day of April, 2020.

Brenda Appleton, Assessor

NOTICE OF PREPARATION OF ASSESSMENT ROLL

ASSESSMENT NOTICE

RESORT VILLAGE OF KIVIMAA-MOONLIGHT BAY

Rural Municipality of Mervin No. 499

Notice is hereby given that the assessment roll for the Resort Village of Kivimaa-Moonlight Bay for the year 2020 has been prepared and is open to inspection from April 21st, 2020 to May 19th, 2020.

Please contact us by calling 306-845-3336 or emailing rvkmb@littleloon.ca and we will make the information available to you from 11 am to 4 pm on the following days: Tuesday’s: April 21st & 28th and May 5th, 12th, & 19th Wednesday’s: April 22nd & 29th and May 6th & 13th

Notice is hereby given that the assessment roll of the R.M. of Mervin No. 499 for the year 2020 has been prepared and is open to inspection from April 17th, 2020 to May 19th, 2020. Please contact us by calling 306-845-2045 or emailing rm499@rmofmervin.com and we will make the information available to you.

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RM OF PARKDALE NO.498 NOTICE OF PREPARATION OF ASSESSMENT ROLL

Notice is hereby given that the assessment roll for the R.M. of Parkdale No. 498 for the year 2020 has been prepared and is open to inspection in the office of the assessor, by electronic means or by appointment only, from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm on the following days: Monday to Friday, April 13th, to May 13th, 2020.

Excluding statutory holidays.

Please call the office at 306-342-2015 or email rm498@sasktel.net to make an appointment.

A bylaw pursuant to Section 214 of The Municipalities Act has been passed and the assessment notices have been sent as required.

Any person who wishes to appeal against his or her assessment is required to file his or her notice of appeal with: The Assessor Box 310 Glaslyn, SK S0M 0Y0 An appeal fee of $75.00 per property must accompany the appeal form.

Dated in Glaslyn, SK this 13th day of April 2020.

Ashela McCullough Assessor PUBLIC NOTICE RM of Meota No. 468 Public Notice – Official Community Plan and Zoning Bylaw Amendments Public Notice is hereby given that the Council of the Rural Municipality of Meota No. 468 (RM) intends to adopt two bylaws under The Planning and Development Act, 2007, to amend Bylaw No. 01-2011, known as the Official Community Plan (OCP), and to amend Bylaw No. 02-2011, known as the Zoning Bylaw (ZB).

INTENT: OCP – hazard land policy would be revised such that supporting professional evidence for development suitability would no longer be mandatory in all cases, but discretionary to be applied as appropriate to the intended development, with any necessary standards or conditions. Policy for the implementation of a new Slope Hazard Lakeshore Residential zoning district would also be introduced.

ZB - update the general hazard land regulations to clarify the circumstances in which professionally prepared material is required to support the suitability of a development; and to clarify the RM’s review and permitting procedure where potential hazard land is factor. A new “Slope Hazard Lakeshore Residential (SHLR)” zoning district would be introduced, complete with permitted and discretionary uses, site and yard regulations, and supplementary regulation for development within the site. A portion of land in the Hamlet of West Chatfield Beach would be rezoned from LR2 – Lakeshore Residential to the new SHLR district. References to “trailer coach” would be replaced with “recreational vehicle”, and a definition for “landscaping would be added.

AFFECTED LAND: All lands within the RM that may be deemed potential “hazard land” would be subject to the general hazard land policies and regulations. The lands subject to rezoning are Lots 28A -32A and 40A, Block 2, Plan 101911665; and Lots 33 – 39 and Public Reserve - R2, Block 2, Plan 75B01273; which are located at the south end of the Hamlet of West Chatfield Beach.

REASON: The RM wishes to revise its policies related to development on hazard lands to provide better guidance as to when supporting professional investigation is or is not required to ensure the suitability of a development. The new SHLR district is being introduced to both restrict development in known geotechnical hazard areas, and allow more flexible use options that will allow for the continued use of land and some limited development without needing professional investigation. Initially the new district would be applied to some lands within the Hamlet of West Chatfield Beach where slope instability has become an apparent hazard. The definition amendments support the new content and correct inconsistent terminology.

A bylaw pursuant to section 214 of The Municipalities Act has been passed and the assessment notices have been sent as required.

A bylaw pursuant to Section 214 of the Municipalities Act has been passed and the assessment notices have been sent as required. SAMAView is a website application that allows the general public to access individual property assessments. You can access SAMAView at www.sama.sk.ca and click on the SAMAView link to create a free account.

Any person who wishes to appeal against his or her assessment or classification to the board of revision is required to file his or her notice of appeal with: The Assessor, Resort Village of Kivimaa-Moonlight Bay, Box 120, Livelong, SK., S0M 1J0 by the 19th day of May, 2020.

Any person who wishes to appeal against his or her assessment or classification is required to file his or her notice of appeal, accompanied by an appeal fee which will be returned if the appeal is successful, with: The Secretary of the Board of Revision, R.M. of Mervin No. 499, Box 130, Turtleford, SK S0M 2Y0 by the 19th day of May, 2020.

Dated this 16th day of April, 2020

Appeal fees now vary depending on the property classification.

Please contact our office to determine the correct appeal fee that must accompany your notice of appeal.

PUBLIC HEARING: Council will hold a public hearing on May 6, 2020, at 1:30 PM in the RM office to hear any person or group that wants to comment on the proposed amendment. In light of the COVID-19 crisis, please contact the RM office prior for protocol for in-person representation. Council will also consider written comments received by the undersigned by May 1, 2020. For additional information, please contact (306) 397-1000 or (306) 892-2061 or yvonne@northboundplanning.ca.

Dated this 16th day of April, 2020.

Issued at the Village of Meota this 7th day of April, 2020.

Jackie Helgeton Assessor

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PUBLIC INSPECTION: Any person may inspect the proposed bylaws at the RM office between 9:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. daily, excluding statutory holidays. Draft copies of the proposed bylaw are available from the RM office (hard copy at cost). The RM office is located at 300 1st Street East, Meota, SK, S0M 1X0. A digital copy of the draft amendment and maps showing the affected land are available for viewing at: www. rmmeota468.ca ->Community->Public Notices

S. Yvonne Prusak, MCIP, RPP Development Officer - RM of Meota No. 468

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for more information and tickets. Lotto License SR19-3803 ASSESSMENT ROLLS NOTICE OF PREPARATION OF ASSESSMENT ROLL VILLAGE OF PAYNTON NOTICE is hereby given that the assessment roll of the Village of Paynton for the year 2020 has been prepared and is open for inspection in the office of the Assessor from 9:00 a.m. to noon and 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on the following days; Monday to Wednesday: April 17, 2020 to May 19, 2020 A bylaw pursuant to Section 214 of The Municipalities Act has been passed and the assessment notices have been sent as required.

Any person who wishes to appeal against his or her assessment is required to file his or her notice of appeal accompanied by a $25.00 appeal fee which will be returned if the appeal is successful to: Assessor Box 100 Paynton, Sask.

S0M 2J0 by the 19th day of May, 2020.

Dated this 17th day of April, 2020.

Stephanie Knorr Assessor

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Barbwire weaing gaining popularity

By Elaine Woloshyn Correspondent

It’s been another week of isolation and social-distancing, good government rules to abide by.

Dora Brown is an interesting and busy senior citizen, but a kid at heart. Her “Barbwire Weaving” classes in February and March, hosted in her heated shop, was well attended. This a popular craft that has gained popularity in Western Canada. It adds a country theme to indoor and outdoor decorating. Dora collects old barbwire from fences and burns it the day before the class to make the wire softer and more pliable. The craft takes a lot of space so classes were limited to about 10 people per one-day session. Creativity produces end products such as baskets, planters, garden angels, bugs and trellises to which rebar is added to make ornamental creations strong. One can add beads, broken coloured glass, stones, bark, you name it. Dora will advertise when she is ready to offering a class this fall if possible.

Dora is also busy with

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Farm Land For Sale RM of Medstead NW 10 49 13 W3 159 Acres – 130 Cultivated Assessment $177,000 SW 10 49 13 W3 160 Acres – 124 Cultivated Assessment $160,300 Contact Kyle (306) 480-6711 • Evenings

NOTICE OF PREPARATION OF ASSESSMENT ROLL R.M. of Redberry No. 435 Notice is hereby given that the assessment roll for the R.M. of Redberry No. 435 for the year 2020 has been prepared and available for inspection, given the changing conditions with the Covid 19 Virus, to protect the ratepayers and municipal staff, communications regarding assessment information and appeals will be conducted through electronic means to limit person to person contact. Should direct interaction be required it will be done in accordance with directives of the public health agencies. You can contact the office at 306-549-2333 or email to rm435@sasktel.net if you have any questions A bylaw pursuant to section 214 of The Municipalities Act has been passed and the assessment notices have been sent as required.

Any person who wishes to appeal against his or her assessment or classification is required to file his or her notice of appeal, accompanied by a $ 100.00 appeal fee which will be returned if the appeal is successful, to The Assessor, R.M. of Redberry No. 435, P.O. Box 160, Hafford, Saskatchewan S0J 1A0, by the 19th day of May, 2020.

Dated at Hafford, Saskatchewan this 15th day of April, 2020.

Darrin Beaudoin Assessor

bedding plants.

Denise Taylor from Hafford also sells sturdy bedding plants in Mayfair.

She transports them in a cattle trailer. The sale of plants can occur during COVID-19 using proper protective measures.

Jason and Brenda Buziak, who farm in the Whitkow and Mayfair areas, have hockey constantly on their minds. Their oldest son Braydon was playing for York University in Toronto, Ont. until he broke a finger the middle of January. Braydon’s grandparents, Russell and Lorna Buziak of Whitkow, holidayed there one week during a cold snap. They left Jan. 8 from Saskatoon.

They took in both of Braydon’s games that week, but the second game proved to be the one to put him out for the season. A tour of Niagara Falls was out of question, as it was took cold, but they did take in other activities. Braydon

played for the Battlefords North Stars as a defenceman and was a key player on the team for a number of years.

The Buziak’s 14-yearold daughter Keyra left in late August 2019 to join Okanagan Academy in Penticton, B.C. to play hockey. Keyra is a secondyear bantam player. She is home again now.

My excursion to be hosted by John and Maria Gormley at the end of March was cancelled. We were to visit Cambodia and Vietnam, countries rich in history and culture. Two of my sons have holidayed in the part of Asia.

How many women adorned their Easter bonnets on April 12? Wearing hats has become fashionable thanks to Kate and Megan of British royalty, but I’m sure no one was wearing their hats while stuck at home.

A plan to hold an outdoor Easter service in Strasbourg was quashed by the Saskatchewan Health Authority. They were concerned, even if people stayed in their vehicles, physical distancing would be inadequate.

in your community need your help more than ever.

This is why Sunday, May 31, all Alzheimer Societies across Canada will unite to bring you this special event: the 2020 IG Wealth Management Walk for Alzheimer’s - online.

The local event was originally booked for June 7 in North Battleford. Due to the pandemic, things are changing up this year.

Join the Alzheimer Society of Saskatchewan on Sunday, May 31 starting at 10 a.m., for a fun and exciting “televised” event from your computer. The event can be watched from anywhere with an internet

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Register online at walkforalzheimerssk.ca and walk online.

Also, due to the change of not having any event site we need to make adjustments to your sponsorship package and move more of it online. Here are the few changes we are going to make to the sponsorship recognition: • there will be no onsite event activation of sponsorships • we will increase online recognition to make up for this change • verbal recognition in Facebook live video, and recognition in pre-event email • additional boosted social media recognition posts Thanks for your support, we look forward to hearing from you.

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Wash your hands often, and don’t touch your face There are a lot of excuses at my age for not washing my hands. First of all, I haven’t done anything to get my hands dirty. That is because I am old and retired.

Twiddling my thumbs isn’t dirty work. “Stay home and practice social distancing when you are out,” is the regular lifestyle of an old geezer like me.

It seems to me that the only way people would get close and talk to each other is if all cell phones were confiscated.

Ed, my old neighbour in Saskatchewan, has suggested that I stop talking about taking away cell phones.

He feels it makes me sound both old and completely out of touch with reality. I

advised to do something, we may resent it because it curtails our independence and our way of doing things. It always seems some ignore instructions while others live to correct According to Ed those who aren’t doing

By Raymond Maher as they should. When my www.accordingtoed.com grandson was a little guy, he always washed his hands revraymaher@accesscomm.ca after using the toilet, when I would come out of the did not argue with my old gregation could attend bathroom he always quesfriend, but reality is pretty in person. He streamed tioned, “Did you wash your much upside down lately.

Sunday and Holy Week and hands, grandpa?”

The whole world is waiting Easter Services. He feels In scripture, Jesus was to get back to normal since the emptiness of his church asked, “Why do your disCovid 19 has turned life building with heartache at ciples break the tradition of inside-out. present. the elders? They don’t wash I spoke with one pasStay home and wash their hands before they tor relative who was so your hands often, and don’t eat!” Jews became ceremofrustrated that there was touch your face; may feel nially defiled during the no Easter Service at his like a trap and snare for ordinary circumstances of church, where his conmany. As soon as we are daily life and were cleansed

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by pouring water over their hands. This washing with water was meant to cleanse Jews in a spiritual sense, which kept them from becoming spiritual unclean.

They isolated themselves from non-Jewish people as much as possible.

In today’s sense, we wash our hands with soap and water to prevent becoming sick with the Covid-19 virus. We do not fear that Covid-19 will makes us spiritually unclean but physically ill.

Jesus explained to his disciples what makes people spiritually unclean. He said about food Jews considered unclean to eat, “Don’t you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then out of

the body? But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these make a man unclean.

For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander. These are what make a man unclean, but eating with unwashed hands does not make him unclean.”

We know crowds brought Jesus their lame, blind, crippled, mute, and others for help. Jesus healed them, and the people praised God for the healings. Jesus acted to provide healing for all sinners by his unwashed hands nailed to the cross in death as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.

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

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

(RC) St. Joseph Calasanctius Parish 1942 - 98th Street, North Battleford, SK S9A 0N4

TerriTorial Drive alliance church

306-446-1695

PASTOR: Rev. Phinh Do

DAILY: Tues., Wed., Thurs. & Fri. - 9 a.m. unless otherwise noted WEEKEND MASS TIMES: Saturdays - 7:30 p.m. Sundays - 9:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m.

St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church

ANGLICAN PARISH

306-445-5901

St. George’s Anglican Church - 9:30 a.m.

1401 - 98th Street, North Battleford, SK

SUNDAY SERVICES Rev. Trevor Malyon

Reverend George Yando Sunday Services 10:30 AM Everyone Welcome

191 - 24th Street West, Battleford, SK

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

1302 - 99th Street, North Battleford, SK

Hope Mennonite Fellowship

Battlefords Grace Community Church

1291 - 109th Street, North Battleford

SUNDAY - 11:00 a.m. - Worship Service

Pastor: Bill Hall

Pastor Gerhard Luitjens & Abel & Sonya Zabaleta (Mission Partners)

191 - 24th Street W., Battleford, Sk. 306-937-7575

WORSHIP SERVICES - 11 a.m. Sunday

Church Phone 306-445-4181

Everyone Welcome

Living Water Ministry

Sr. Pastor Brian Arcand Pastor Anand George Phone: 306-445-3803 Cell: 306-441-9385 Fax: 306-445-4385

All Saints Ukrainian Catholic Parish 902 - 108th Street, North Battleford ALL LITURGICAL SERVICES ARE TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED. CALL MARUSIA AT 306-445-8369 RE ONLINE SERVICES

Battleford United Church 52 - 4th Avenue West Battleford, SK

306-937-3177 Rev. Gayle Wensley

SUNDAY SERVICES 11:00 a.m.

Third Avenue United Church Rev. Dexter van Dyke Sunday Worship, Youth Groups and Bible Study Groups are cancelled until further notice.

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

Battlefords Cowboy Church Services 1st & 3rd Thursday of each Month

Battleford Legion Hall 7:00 p.m.

PASTOR - Rick Martin

1371 - 103rd Street (Use East Door)

LIVING FAITH CHAPEL

1372 102nd St 306-445-3009

ROMAN CATHOLIC ST. VITAL’S Phone 306-937-7340 PASTOR - Fr. Sebastian Kunnath

Maidstone/Paynton United Church of Canada Phone: 306-285-3823 Contact: Don Retzlaff

Services: First & Third Sunday 10:30 a.m.

Church & CE Wing: 306-893-2611 For booking the Wing: 306-893-4729

Sunday Services 10:30 am Various Weekly Programs www.livingfaithchapel.ca

Battlefords Seventh-Day Adventist Church

11 - 18th Street, Battleford, SK

Saturday Evening Mass - 5:00 p.m.

Sunday Mass - 10:30 a.m.

Sunday Evening Service 7:00 p.m.

Bible Study Wednesday 7:30 p.m.

1702 - 106th Street, North Battleford

Come Join Us Sundays at 11:00 am Loving God Growing Together Serving Others Phone Church: 306-445-4818 Fax: 306-445-8895 Email: tbcnb@sasktel.net www.trinitybaptistchurch.ca

Pastor James Kwon

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

Phone 306-445-9096

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

Worship Service - 11:00 a.m.

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Remember when provided free pizza to your son or daughter’s soccer team when they won the championship?

Neither do we!

Local Businesses and their owners are the heart of our town.

They live here. They play here. They invest here.

They need our support, now more than ever.

Whenever Possible – Shop The Battlefords!

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