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Civic Centre to be converted for rodeo, ice surface will be restored for Anavet Cup play

By John Cairns Staff Reporter

The North Battleford Civic Centre is being converted this week to a rodeo venue, and will be converted back to an ice surface in time for the North Stars next week.

The Kinsmen Indoor Rodeo takes over the facility this weekend starting April 26 for the event that runs through to April 28. On April 30, the North Stars are back in action

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at the Civic Centre for game three of the Anavet Cup against the Manitoba champions, the Portage Terriers.

At a North Battleford city council meeting Monday, Seton Winterholt explained the process that is involved. The ice will remain underneath the dirt for the rodeo. Wood shavings were brought in by the Kinsmen group and applied to the ice surface and frozen in place. Approximately 18 inches of

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lost. Bater acknowledged some service disruptions, but said those would be as minimal as possible.

Mayor Ryan Bater said staff reductions “was not something we took lightly at all. This was a very difficult decision to make but a necessary one to make to ensure the financial health of the city and that we are spending within our means.”

He noted that the process of putting North Battleford on a solid financial footing had started quite some time ago.

“Last year we had a lot of changes with the executive management team,” said Bater, “and council had charged that team with getting us on that solid financial footing.

We were able to identify a number of efficiencies then, but we also had Continued on Page 3

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The second phase will be after the end of the rodeo with plans to turn around the ice surface safely, with the dirt removed and the ice surface shaved down to its previous level.

After that, everything should be ready to go for the North Stars against Portage next week.

They are also looking for other efficiencies throughout the organization but “staffing levels had to be impacted,” said Patrick.

The process has started now at the union level and will continue for the next three or four weeks. Patrick noted that some union staff have bumping rights.

An exact number of how many staff will be cut is not being provided at the moment. In terms of dollars, Bater said the reduction is almost $1.4 million in salaries, which is a 10.5 per cent reduction in staffing costs.

In terms of the distribution, about $300,000 is being reduced in management, $650,000 in CUPE positions, almost $400,000 in firefighter positions and $85,000 in CSOs. There are no details yet on which positions are

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The reduction of staff and positions are “distributed across the organization” according to City Manager Randy Patrick.

It includes out-of-scope, CUPE, community safety officers and fire, he said.

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Grassfire situation at a glance Biggar, Sweetgrass under control

By John Cairns Staff Reporter

The hot and dry conditions seen in Saskatchewan lately have proven a powder keg for the eruption of wildfires in the province.

As of Tuesday night there were seven reported wildfires according to the province’s website www. saskatchewan.ca/fire. Here are some that have caused the most interest and concern: Biggar fire: A local state of emergency was in effect in Biggar after a sixmile-long grassfire erupted a few kilometers outside the community on Monday. There were some local evacuations of those acute-

ly affected by the smoke.

While initial reports listed the fire as “out of control,” by Tuesday, much of the fire was contained.

But there was still a threat to more grassland in the area, and a heavy presence of emergency personnel was still needed to battle the blaze. A change in wind pattern meant the smoke was blowing away from the community as of Tuesday.

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by Wednesday morning indicated the fire was contained. Fire departments from Sweetgrass, Battleford, Cut Knife and Moosomin First Nation responded.

Mosquito and Red Pheasant: Grassfires burned on both reserves south of the Battlefords over the weekend, prompting a large response from emergency personnel.

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New condenser to handle summer curling

By John Cairns Staff Reporter

Summer curling is returning to Northland Power Curling Centre and the city is moving ahead to purchase a new air condenser for the facility.

The condenser will equip the curling centre for its summer program, and will provide cooling with outside temperatures of up to 35 C.

That is about nine degrees higher than the capability of the existing condenser.

This summer is the second year of August curling at the facility as host to the province’s high-performance centre. Twin Rivers Curling Club has committed to host the New Holland Prairieland Curling Camp slated for Aug. 7 to 10, an event sanctioned by Curl Sask.

The existing ice plant proved to be ill-equipped to handle summer curling last August. City officials said they were aware of the limitations of the existing plant, but hoped weather conditions would be cool enough for the plant to run.

Instead, above-normal conditions in August caused the plant to overheat. A stopgap solution was found by continually running water on the exist-

ing condenser to cool the plant, but that is not seen as viable for the long term as it could damage the mechanical system.

A decision has been made by council to get a new condenser with a higher heat release capacity, as quoted by J&J Air Conditioning.

The total cost is $99,720 plus taxes, licenses and permits. Twin Rivers Curling Club has agreed

to partner with the city to pay $50,000 toward the project.

The city will also manage the installation and be on the hook for the rest of the costs. To pay its portion of the project, the city has begun the process of applying for federal Gas Tax funds.

Director of Finance Steve Brown said the application would be put in immediately. This proj-

ect is eligible for funding on the basis that the new condenser would reduce greenhouse gas emissions and is a more efficient system than the one in place previously.

Two resolutions were approved: one being for the city cost-share for the larger condenser and the second was to authorize administration to apply for the Gas Tax. Both were carried.

Compensation settled for Aquatic Centre users

By John Cairns Staff Reporter

North Battleford city council has agreed to a plan to compensate users of the Aquatic Centre impacted by the partial shutdown of the facility.

CUPlex general manager Jodi Hargreaves outlined details of the plan accepted by council

Monday.

According to administration, all members may request a full hold be put on their membership during the period of the partial shutdown.

If those members would like to access the facility during this time, they can pay the admission rates being applied for drop-in users of the pool, which

are being offered at a discount during the partial shutdown period.

The cost for adults is being dropped from $9 to $6.25, seniors from $6.50 to $4.50, students from $6.50 to $5, children 6-12 from $5.25 to $4 and children 3-5 from $4 to $3.50. Family rates are also being discounted.

Alternatively, those

members who instead wish to continue with their memberships during this time will receive a pro-rated per day compensation credit on their account equivalent to the discounted admission rates.

The partial shutdown is expected to last for a number of weeks due to a breakdown of a pump.

Directly impacted are the wave pool, lazy river and slides.

The plan had been discussed at length at planning committee the previous week, and councillors seemed satisfied with the final package being offered.

“I think we’ve found that middle ground that will ease the burden as

much as possible for the users of the facility,” said Councillor Kelli Hawtin.

Mayor Ryan Bater said to reporters after the meeting that council “wanted to ensure we were finding balance between being fair to those with memberships and fair to city taxpayers, and I think we found a great balance.”

NB crime stats for first quarter: mixed results

By John Cairns Staff Reporter

It’s a mixed bag when it came to the statistics from the Battlefords RCMP detachment for the first quarter of 2019.

Sgt. Carl Dinsdale of Battlefords RCMP detachment provided details on the first quarter stats for North Battleford for January to March to members of North Battleford city council Monday. Overall, calls for services declined slightly from January through March to 2,697 from 2,792 for the same period in 2018.

As for the various crime categories, some showed declines while others saw increases.

On the decline are person offences from 280 to 254, prop-

erty offences from 664 to 613, drug offences from 41 to 24, liquor act offences from 63 to 45 and municipal bylaw offences from 29 to 15.

On the way up are business break and enters from seven to 16, residential break and enters from 30 to 46, criminal code offences from 411 to 428, motor vehicle collisions from 70 to 76, provincial traffic offences from 231 to 257 and impaired operation of a motor vehicle from 44 to 45.

Dinsdale was glad to see persons offences go down as those “tend to cause the most unrest for people, or discomfort, knowing those crimes are committed in the community.”

The bulk of the crime, as noted previously by RCMP, are

based in “social issues” – behavioural, poverty, addictions, housing, food security and others.

“The police, while we like to think we can do everything, we simply can’t,” said Dinsdale.

However, they are partnering with others in the community to get help to those underlying social issues.

Dinsdale also pointed to initial results from the Police and Crisis Team (PACT) established last December, which he called “quite promising.” During the first quarter there were 71 calls to PACT, saving approximately 142 policing hours that would have previously been spent awaiting medical assistance with those affected individuals.

Sgt. Carl Dinsdale of Battlefords RCMP detachment provided details on the first quarter statistics for North Battleford for January to March. Photo by John Cairns

Staff reductions and layoffs planned by city Continued from Page 1 tasked admistration with finding more efficiencies through the year 2019.”

Finding efficiencies had been a major focus of budget discussions, with administration making a commitment to reduce operational costs by $500,000 throughout 2019.

Since then there have been other financial pressures placed on the city, Bater noted.

One ongoing issue has been the land sales situation in Killdeer and Fairview. There were no lots sold at all last year from the city’s inventory, and the city was forced to introduce discounts on

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A second concern was the loss of long-term service agreements with other jurisdictions.

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Finally, the city has taken a major hit to their commercial assessments.

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When asked by reporters if that directly impacted this decision, Bater replied, “Yes, it did.”

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Contributors’ articles, cartoons or letters do not necessarily reflect the opinion of any Regional News-Optimist staff.

We need a retooled and simplified tax system that’s suited to a 21st-century economy being reshaped by technology

By Jock Finlayson

Executive Vice-President Business Council of British Columbia

T H E B AT T L E F O R D S

The latest federal budget, delivered in March, contains a wealth of information on the activities of the government, as well as the money it raises for its endlessly expanding array of expenditure, regulatory and income support programs.

This year, the federal government expects to spend $356 billion in total. Roughly $330 billion is allocated to programs and services. The remaining $26 billion consists of interest payments on the government’s accumulated debt.

Federal spending has increased significantly in the past decade. In 2010-11, it stood at $276 billion, meaning expenditures have risen by almost 30 per cent since the beginning of the decade.

The government projects it will collect $339 billion in revenues in 2019-20. This is up more than 40 per cent since 2010-11.

Digging deeper into the data reveals that the government depends heavily on a single revenue source: personal income tax. In fact, Ottawa gets more than half of its revenues from personal income tax – amounting to more than $170 billion in this fiscal year.

By any measure, that represents a high degree of reliance on a single revenue stream. Canada has the fifth highest reliance on personal income tax among all 36 advanced economies, according to research from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.

In most other developed countries, national governments are funded with a more diverse mix of revenue sources, including taxes on consumption, payrolls and property.

As the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada and other prominent organizations have argued in recent reports, the country’s overall tax system has become creaky, inefficient and needlessly complicated.

Income tax compliance costs continue to rise for businesses and households. The CPAs say it’s time for a fundamental reboot of taxation.

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One key part of fashioning a tax system suited for a 21st-century economy that’s being reshaped by technology is to retool and simplify the increasingly cumbersome income tax system.

As part of broad tax reform, the federal government elected in October should look to reduce the role of income tax in generating revenues to pay for programs and services.

When provincial taxes are added to those imposed

by Ottawa, top marginal tax rates exceed 50 per cent in most of the country. The aggregate income tax burden is now excessive for skilled workers, managers, professionals, innovators, top researchers and entrepreneurs. These are the people we need to drive entrepreneurial wealth creation and develop and sustain a productive and competitive economy Many talented individuals with these kinds of qualifications and experience are leaving Canada or seriously contemplating doing so.

Above all, federal policy makers should focus on trimming income tax rates while broadening the tax base. The latter means narrowing the use and scope of tax preferences, loopholes and special rules that sometimes allow two individuals with similar incomes and family responsibilities to pay significantly different amounts of tax.

Scaling back the number of complex rules, tax deductions and preferences is a worthy goal in itself.

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Not even premier yet, but Jason Kenney is assumed leader of ‘The Resistance’

You know, it’s kinda odd. Jason Kenney hasn’t even taken office yet as premier of Alberta, yet the feeling I get both in the media and online is that he has already taken his place as the head of “The Resistance,” as Macleans characterized them.

The Resistance included Ontario Premier Doug Ford, Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister, Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe, federal Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer and, of course, Jason Kenney.

They were Photoshopped together for a front page on Nov. 7, 2018.

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on the national stage than the others and, for many years, as he held cabinet positions within the Stephen Harper government.

It also may be the fact he’s been talking toughest among them all, and the rest aren’t exactly shrinking violets.

Anyhow, there was much rejoicing in the firmament on April 16 as Kenney took his place

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among those premiers, the resistance to Justin Trudeau and his carbon tax. Most of the people I spoke to in the following days were grinning earto-ear. But that’s the kind of crowd I keep.

His acceptance speech was a barnburner.

It’s clear he’s a convert to the narrative that Vivian Krause has dug up, namely that foreign money has been doing its best to keep Canadian oil landlocked. Without saying her name, he noted, “Tonight Albertans have decided that we will no longer passively accept the campaign of defamation against the industry that has helped us to create one of the most prosperous and generous societies on Earth.”

He added later, “And now I have a message to those foreign funded special interests who have been leading a campaign of economic sabotage against this great province.

“To the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the Tides Foundation, Lead Now, the David Suzuki Foundation and all of the others: “Your days of pushing around Albertans with impunity just ended.

“We Albertans are patient and fair-minded, but we have had enough of your campaign of defamation and double standards.

“Today, we begin to stand up for ourselves, for our jobs, for our future.

“Today we begin to fight back.

“From this point forward, when you lie about how we produce energy, we will tell the truth assertively, and we will use every means at our disposal to hold you to account.

“When multinational companies like HSBC boycott Alberta, we’ll boycott them.

“We will launch a public enquiry into the foreign source of funds behind the campaign to landlock Alberta energy.”

He went on to address Quebec directly, in French, basically arguing for the Energy East pipeline. It’s not normal for incoming premiers to talk to the people of another province, and in a language other than that of his own province, but that’s what Kenney did.

The reality is that one person, even someone like Kenney, is not going to be able to fight the carbon tax and pipeline fight alone. That he has those others (and I would add, New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs) show a groundswell of support in a fight that, until recently, Saskatchewan was largely fighting by itself.

And Kenney’s not one person, like Scott Moe was for a while. He’s part of a team. For a brief period in times, we seem to have nearly contiguous support for pipelines, and against the carbon tax, from the Rockies to New Brunswick (skipping over

Quebec, of course).

It should not be lost on you these were the topics that 700-plus trucks rolled through Regina on April 4, loudly proclaiming their support.

In Saskatchewan, at least, this team has support.

It is clear that there will be high expectations of Kenney to swing a big stick. Will he turn off the taps to British Columbia, and let the earth muffins experience life in a decarbonized world? Perhaps he’ll ban B.C. wine, for real, this time. Will he make equalization (funded by oil, essentially) a national

issue? Will his planned war room (essentially a propaganda arm to fight the negative propaganda) have clout? Will it have any effect in putting the essentially anti-Alberta, anti-Canadian energy lobby on the back foot?

For a relatively short man (I’ve interviewed him once in Lloydminster), Jason Kenney is striding back onto the national scene as a colossus.

Now he just has to make good on those expectations.

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

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Poundmaker hosts art show May 1

Exoneration may be in the offing

By Josh Greschner Staff Reporter

former Poundmaker Chief Blaine Favel and Lawrence Weenie had tried to exonerate Chief Poundmaker in the 1990s, but Favel said exoneration was rejected at that time.

Tyrone Tootoosis, Favel said, was a main researcher in exoneration efforts, and the exoneration is Tootoosis’s life’s work.

Tootoosis was an actor, activist and oral historian.

The art show will also feature a dress made by Mrs. Horsechild, wife of Horsechild, who was son of Big Bear. The dress is

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Poundmaker Cree Nation is known for honouring its history, and an upcoming art show looks to continue that tradition.

The art show will feature artwork by the late Henry Beaudry and the late Tyrone Tootoosis, along with other historical items, Museum Curator Floyd Favel told the NewsOptimist.

The show, curated by Alexandra Nordstrom, is set to open May 1 at 4 p.m.

Henry Beaudry was the great-great grandson of Chief Poundmaker.

“We wanted to acknowledge him … due to his direct relationship to Poundmaker, but also as one of the great artists of our area,” Favel said.

Beaudry was born and raised on Poundmaker. He also lived on Mosquito First Nation.

Poundmaker leaders are in the process of exonerating Chief Poundmaker.

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on loan from the Canadian Museum of History in Ottawa.

Chief Poundmaker and Big Bear were central figures in the 1885 North West Resistance.

Returning to Poundmaker Museum is Chief Poundmaker’s gun and staff from Parks Canada. The items were featured at the museum in the summer of 2017.

Favel said the return of the items to Poundmaker brought efforts to exonerate Poundmaker “back into consciousness.”

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RCMP town hall

Downtown, new Crime Watch network discussed

By John Cairns Staff Reporter

The Don Ross Centre was the venue for a Battlefords RCMP detachment’s town hall meeting with the public on their enforcement activities.

About 35 people attended the latest meeting, which lasted for two and a half hours. It followed a similar format to other town halls the Battlefords RCMP detachment has put on. RCMP estimate they have held 25 such meetings over the last year and a half in communities throughout the detachment area.

S/Sgt. Darcy Woolfitt and Sgt. Jason Teniuk presented on the detachment’s activities, fielding numerous questions.

Missing from the meeting were the people that those in the audience seemed most interested in questioning – members of the local city and town councils.

One person loudly expressed disappointment that no elected members from either council were there. “Not a one,” he said, shaking his head.

Another complained the meeting had not been well

publicized. He characterized the city’s attitude as “if you ignore it, maybe the problem will go away.”

A hot topic raised was street harassment downtown — an issue discussed earlier that week by councillors at the city’s planning committee meeting.

One attendee asked if there was a significant increase in harassment calls but it was noted the CSOs usually take those calls first.

Woolfitt said if the individuals need to be arrested, they give the RCMP a call.

A sore point for those at the meeting was the park benches placed outside downtown businesses, including the banks. One resident called it “one of the dumbest things the city ever did,” pointing to some of the people the benches attract.

But Woolfitt said the issue is not the benches, it is people there every day who are “dealing with a lifetime of problems. They need more help than we, as a police service, can offer.”

Another sore point at the meeting was foot patrols. Frustration was expressed that not enough foot patrols seemed to be happening downtown by either RCMP or CSOs.

“I work downtown, I’ve never seen one walk anywhere,” one person said.

But the meeting was not all doom and gloom. A major initiative for the area had been announced earlier that day – the province’s expansion of the Saskatchewan Crime Watch Advisory Network to central and northern Saskatchewan.

Battlefords MLA Herb Cox was on hand to help explain it. A short video explained how the system works. RCMP send text messages or emails or make phone calls to residents with information about criminal activity.

Residents are then able to contact police with tips.

The network was launched in March in southern Saskatchewan.

Cox said response from central and northern Saskatchewan encouraged the RCMP to take it provincewide.

About 5,400 had signed up in the first two weeks and Teniuk said about 800 of those were from the Battlefords alone.

“What’s exciting to me about it is it’s secure, it’s fast and it’s reliable,” said Cox, adding Saskatchewan is the only jurisdiction using it province-wide.

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Council notes

Revived committee, Titanic bacteria, sharp uptick

By John Cairns Staff Reporter

Here are some items from Monday night’s council meeting.

The city and town are planning to revive the Battlefords River Valley Committee.

The committee had been in place for a number of years and had included representation from the city, town and province.

But the province left the board and discontinued its funding program, and the committee had been essentially disbanded.

Now the plan is to reinstate the committee with city and town representation, with new terms of reference. The city has continued to allocate $68,000 towards the river valley.

Monday night, council approved the appointments of Mayor Ryan Bater, councillor Kelli Hawtin and Director of Leisure Services Cheryl DeNeire to the revived committee.

Town of Battleford representatives are Mayor Ames Leslie, Councillor Doug Laing and Recreation Director Jordan Schechtel.

“The river valley is of significant interest to both municipalities,” said Bater.

Another item before council Monday was a number of potential Cities

Act changes being pursued by the province. Proposals deal with such areas as administration efficiencies, local governance and administration, property and taxation assessment, and additional regulations, and the province has requested feedback.

The draft proposals have been before council at both planning committee and council meetings, and there is a deadline of March 15 for municipalities to respond. Council received the proposed changes at their Monday meeting.

One addition to the agenda was the approval of Watermark Consulting to continue as their consultant dealing with activities with the city’s well field.

Director of Utilities Stewart Schafer noted the consultants are familiar with the issues faced there and best able to address them. Among issues identified was bacteria in the river that was the same as that found in the RMS Titanic.

“We have a consultant that understands the aquifer well, has been able to get the wells performing to their optimum performance, and we would like to continue using them,” said Schafer.

The motion to continue

to contract Watermark for the water wells and well field aquifer at Water Treatment Plant No. 1 was carried.

A public hearing was held into the proposed rezoning of six lots at the corner of 18th Avenue and 103rd Street from CS community service to R2 - residential. There were no objections presented to the rezoning at that hearing.

In proclamations, April 23-30 has been proclaimed World Wish Week in North Battleford, May 5 to 11 is Early Childhood Intervention Programs Week in North Battleford, and May 6 to 12 is Mental Health Week in North Battleford.

Fire Chief Trevor Brice gave the fire report for the month, and he noted there has been a 32 per cent increase in calls for sharps pickups during the first three months of 2019.

Notable pickups in March included one of 98 needles in the Sapp Valley area and 100, 1,000 and 3,000 in the Paciwin area.

The larger counts were attributed to people evicted from rental properties.

Brice also pointed out a fire ban is in effect in the city due to the current dry conditions in the area.

The ban does not cover approved fire pits.

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bers are in for March. Five permits were issued for the month for $166,000, com-

pared to eight for $807,000.

For the year to date, 19 permits have been issued

for $497,000, compared to 16 for $1.06 million for the first three months in 2018.

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The Battlefords Wildlife Federation says it is excited about a new program it is establishing.

BWF members are going to be raising and releasing pheasants into the wild with the help of 10 schools.

The program will begin with 360 pheasant eggs.

The participating schools will be incubating the eggs.

Connaught, St. Mary, McKitrick, Bready, Holy Family, St. Vital, Battleford Central, Lawrence and Heritage Christian Schools plus École Père Mèrcure have all taken delivery of incubators and the eggs will be coming to the BWF May 6 and going into the schools May 7.

Once the eggs are hatched, BWF will take them to a local farmer who will brood them until they

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In September, when the students are back in school, BWF will be inviting all the students who participated in the incubation to come out to release the adult pheasants into the wild. BWF hopes to have Saskatchewan Environment and Resource Management officers there to talk to the kids about programs and what they can do to help animals and the

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The champions of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League’s 50th anniversary season are the Battlefords North Stars.

They beat the Melfort Mustangs 7-2 Friday night at the Civic Centre. The North Stars won the Can-

alta Cup four games to one.

The final buzzer touched off a celebration on the ice. The near-capacity Civic Centre crowd of 2,300 went wild as league president Bill Chow presented team captain Cody Spagrud with the Cup. To no one’s surprise, the MVP of the playoffs was Joel Grzybowski

We have been advised we can have our first golf game on April 29.

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Don Anweiler, Saskatoon.

Gary Brotzel, Regina.

Sharon Clarke, Regina.

Bernie Eiswirth, Regina.

Elmer Franks, Weyburn.

Don McIntyre, Wainwright, Alta. (Neilburg) Ernie Moser, Mendham.

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The late Wes Reader, LaFleche.

Lawrence Sloan, Glaslyn.

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for his amazing post season performance in goal. In 16 playoff games Grzybowski’s save percentage was an incredible .950.

This is the third league title in franchise history, and the second in three years for the North Stars.

It is also a title the North Stars were not supposed to win. The pundits had predicted a rebuilding season for the North Stars after the loss to graduation of high-scoring veterans from last year’s team.

But in the second half of the season it all came together for the North Stars, and they went on a run of 12-4 in the post season to win the Cup. Game Five The North Stars entered game five without the services of either Dayton Heino or Ryan Gil, each serving the second game of a two-game suspension.

It did not take long for the scoring to start. Unfortunately, it was not the start North Stars wanted. Justin Ball caught the defence napping, moved in on the breakaway on Grzybowski and scored on Melfort’s first shot of the game.

The North Stars rebounded quickly, however. With Melfort star Tanner Zentner in the penalty box for tripping, Braydon Buziak tied the game on a power play goal from Owen Lamb and Cody Spagrud at 10:44.

Then it was the turn of the Loon-Stewardson brothers to light up the scoreboard. It was Quintin Loon-Stewardson’s ninth of the postseason, from Elijah Loon-Stewardson and Spagrud at 14:39.

Moments later at the 15:17 mark, it was Buziak’s turn to go on a

breakaway, and he beat Noah Giesbrecht to give the North Stars a 3-1 lead, with Spagrud getting his third assist of the night.

That was all the scoring through one, with the North Stars leading in shots 11-10.

In period two, Macgregor Sinclair went on a breakaway of his own and he scored, making it 4-1. But a questionable penalty call to Brett Gammer for hooking led to a Melfort goal. Tanner Zentner scored from Kayle Tosh and Justin Ball to cut it to 4-2.

With 1:24 left, Quintin Loon-Stewardson got his 10th of the playoffs from Buziak and Spagrud, to give the North Stars a 5-2 cushion through two periods.

The North Stars received a thunderous ovation as they took the ice for the third period, and they raised the roof soon after on a power play goal

by Austin Shumanski, his second of the playoffs.

Quintin and Elijah LoonStewardson assisted.

Frustrations boiled over after a Melfort flurry in front of Grzybowski and another miraculous save.

The fists started flying as both teams piled up in front of the goal. Kayle Tosh was tossed and a host of penalties were assessed.

A penalty shot ended up being awarded to Melfort’s Justin Ball.

Perhaps fittingly, Grzybowski turned Ball’s shot aside to all but finish the Mustangs off.

One final goal by Sinclair into the empty net capped the 7-2 final score and the Canalta Cup for the Battlefords North Stars.

Next up, the SJHL and MJHL champions battle for the Anavet Cup.

By John Cairns

tre, games one and two of the cup will be at the arena of the Manitoba champions, the Portage Terriers, starting Friday, April 26.

Game three, four and five will be back at the Civic Centre next week. Game three is Tuesday, April 30, game four goes May 1 and game five May 2. The se-

ries then reverts to Portage la Prairie for games six and seven.

The SJHL has issued a statement on the change: “This was a difficult decision for all groups involved, but in the best interest of all concerned that made the most sense for the three groups.”

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Everybody has a STORY

By Josh Greschner josh@newsoptimist.ca

Family waits for organ transplants

Everybody has a STORY

A Maymont-area family is waiting for a phone call that could turn their lives upside down.

Dane and Jennifer Starycki’s 11-year-old son Nate was born with gastroschisis. His stomach wall didn’t close in utero and part of the intestines grew on the outside of the abdomen wall.

“Usually it’s not that complicated but he has been worst case scenario” for a number of complications, Jennifer Starycki said.

Nate has had four open abdominal surgeries plus a number of other surgeries.

Life has been in and out of the hospital, including the Royal University Hospital in Saskatoon for the first 13 months of his life, followed by the Alberta Children’s Hospital for months at a time.

Starycki said Nate’s case has been deemed too complicated and the family must go to Toronto Sick Kids, where Nate had been in 2014.

Now he’s waiting for organ transplants.

His intestines don’t allow him to absorb and digest as many calories as he needs, and there is a risk of starving to death.

Nate eats to keep content and feel full, but absorbs a minimal amount of calories.

Nate lives on TPN, total parenteral nutrition, which

transplant, and 40 means a person is in the hospital

By Jayneadmitted Fosterand awaiting a transplant. newsoptimist.news@sasktel.net For a month, Nate was evaluated at 30. He was later evaluated at 38.

“So he’s pretty much as high as he can be without being admitted,” Starycki said.

In her spare time,

By Becky Doig Starycki organizes fundraisers, including a newsoptimist.news@sasktel.net recent one for the Ronald McDonald House, as the family has stayed there numerous times. They realized Nate’s name was in the word “donate,” and made stickers and apparel, which they sold.

Starycki said her son loves seeing people wearing the clothes around Maymont. Some items have gone to Ontario and British Columbia.

Starycki said the fundraising is a way to keep Above left, Dane and Jennifer Starycki with their son Nate, who is waiting for an intestinal and liver trans- busy and to give back to plant. Life has been in and out of the hospital for 11-year-old Nate. Above right, the Maymont-area family charities that have helped also raises money for charity in order to give back to the organizations that have helped them along the over the years. way. Photos submitted “Having a chronically Starycki said is like IV nu- can arise from the line be- the family would have to body, a situation Starycki ill kid doesn’t make it easy trition. One receives TPN coming infected, and Nate wait and see if Nate’s body describes as a two-sided to work,” Starycki said, and life can be a constant fight. through a central line in a suffered three line infec- would reject the organs.

The family deciding on “I don’t want to say it’s back and forth among hosmain vein. tions last year.

Nate must be on TPN The family was told last transplants, as Starycki put experimental right now, pitals.

“All we can do is hurry five nights a week. TPN year Nate’s only chance is it, is like handing in one but there’s very few that up and wait, as they say,” problem for another. have been done,” she said. can be detrimental to the a transplant.

“You’re not doing it to The situation, to Starycki said, and to “try liver.

Nate’s parents have deBecause of complica- cided to put him on the get something better, it’s Starycki, is “a race against to live life the way you’re tions involving blood clot- list for intestinal and liver because you have no other time,” in which Nate’s line supposed to.”

She said, as a parent, ting, Starycki said, only transplants. He could po- options left except for per- either quits or he gets a watching her son endure is transplant. one vein is usable as the tentially receive a stomach ishing,” Starycki said.

The other option is letThe match for an intes- difficult, but ultimately it transplant. central line.

After the transplants, ting him starve to death tinal transplant also has could save his life.

Other complications Dealing with such matand the family “would to be “a sizeable match,” have to sit and watch that.” Starycki said. In Canada, ters, Starycki said, is “not An intestinal transplant, child mortality rates are what you think of when Starycki said, is different lower compared to the you decide to start a famthan transplanting a heart United States, so “options ily.”

She thanked the comor liver because intestines are that much smaller,” munity for their support, have something of their Starycki said. own brain. A risk of the Starycki said Nate was and has found the amount syndrome to “sclerosis of work a quarter of the time,” transplants is the body re- evaluated on a scale sys- of people praying and jecting the new intestine or tem, in which one means checking in to be “beyond the kidney.”

Mock said.

Dialysis involved lyMock said he thinks the intestine rejecting the a person doesn’t need a overwhelming.” ing down for three to four what the provincial govhours a day, three days a ernment is doing for organ 19044NN0 week, as his blood was donor registration is imcleaned. portant.

Mock said quality of “All it takes is one thing life was suppressed great- to happen, and the shoe’s ly, and that working was on your foot now, and you “pretty hard.” want a kidney,” Mock said, “No one wants to hire as an argument against orsomeone who can only gan donation skepticism.

Everybody has a STORY

Local man shares story of kidney donation

By Josh Greschner Staff Reporter

A year ago, Dennis Mock’s life changed as he received the kidney for which he’d been waiting four years. “‘Fantastic,’ that’s the word I’ve been using for about a year,” Mock said.

Mock’s kidney had shut down and he received a transplant from a deceased donor.

Mock said he “got a call late one Saturday night, and less than 24 hours later I got a new chance at life.”

Mock said a number of people wait much longer than he did.

Mock spent much time on dialysis and said initially he had to travel to Saskatoon until he was able to stay in the Battlefords.

Mock had Alport’s Syndrome, a genetic condition characterized by kidney disease and possibly hearing loss and eye abnormalities. Mock likened his

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OBITUARIES Pearl Marjorie Joyce Folkersen September 9, 1927 - March 14, 2019 Pearl Folkersen (née Jaster) passed away peacefully at the Battlefords Union Hospital, Sask. on Thursday, March 14, 2019 at the age of 91 years.

Pearl will be lovingly remembered by her six children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren: Allan (Joan); Brock (Catherine): Darren (Maria): Victor, and Quinn Dillabaugh; Robert (Ashley): William and Ava; Dale: Jaedyn MacNeill and Maggie Campbell; Brian (Norma): Abbi: Dakota: Xavier and Declan; Jennifer Wilson (Chris): Kane and Kye; Bret (Kristina): Callie and Sawyer; Gail Heintz (Roddy): Janel Mann (Ryan): Maclaren and Sephine; Jesse: Lennon; Bruce (Dana): Bailey, Keith (Brittany Lockie), and Ian; Murray (Cindy): Chad (Theresa): Haleigh and Isla; Chris (Yvette Wernick): Taylor; Kyle: Faye and Emma; extended family (Cindy’s daughters): Kate Goddard (Ryan): Lochlyn; Jess Thomson (Kevin Backer): Nash and Olin; also remembering Pearl is her sister, Vi (+Burnie), brother, Clarence (Laura) (+Joyce), and all of her 7 siblings’ families. She is predeceased by her loving husband Norman; parents, August and Helena Jaster (nee Look); brothers: Herb (+Jean), Arnie (+Olive), Ken (+Pat), sisters: Betty, Marlene (+John): (+Jannie), Vallerie and Dianna (both in infancy). Pearl was born in Yorkton, Sask. on September 9, 1927. After she graduated high school in Yorkton, she then studied Nursing at Regina General Hospital and met Norman Arnott Folkersen, recently back from World War II. They were engaged and Pearl graduated from Nursing in 1948. She and Norm married that September just before her 21st birthday.

They were the great loves of each other’s lives and were married for 59 years until Norm’s passing in October of 2007.

Pearl and Norm’s first child, Allan, was born in 1949 and they had 5 more children: Brock, Brian, Gail, Bruce, and Murray.

Norm was a banker and the family moved a number of times until February of 1966, when he took the position of Branch Manager with the Bank of Montreal in North Battleford, where they lived for the rest of their lives. Pearl worked at the Battleford’s Union Hospital, which included many years as head nurse on Third Floor, until her retirement in 1992. She loved being a nurse and was lucky to have a long career she enjoyed.

She also served as a long time board member of both the Battlefords’ Interval House and the Battlefords Alcohol and Drug Abuse Council (BADAC). Pearl was also a very active member of the Third Avenue United Church. The family loved spending many of their summers at Waskesiu. Along with their camping trips, Pearl loved playing bridge, cooking and canning, watching curling and the Roughrider games, and spending time with her family and friends. A Service of Celebration and Thanksgiving of Pearl’s Life was held on Saturday, April 6, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. at the Third Avenue United Church, North Battleford with Rev. Fred J. Tinio Officiating. The Eulogy was given by son, Brock, and Shared Memories by daughter-in-law, Norma. Scripture Readers were son, Bruce, and granddaughter, Abbi. “Good-bye” Poem (written by Grace Denio Litchfield) recited by granddaughter, Janel Mann (chosen by Pearl to be included in her Editorial in her Nursing Yearbook of 1948). Processional: “Praise my Soul, The God of Heaven”, Choir Anthem: “The Twenty-Third Psalm”.

“Who Am I Gonna Call on Sunday?” by Johnny Reid was played during the Service and the Hymn Selections: “I Danced in The Morning” and “Amazing Grace” were sung with the leadership of the Third Avenue Choir, and the Recessional was: “We Shall Go Out With Hope of Resurrection”. The Honourary Pallbearers were members of Pearl’s Bridge Clubs: Delores Maslin, Marion McEachern, Zona Wharington, Leona Halter, Marion Goodfellow, Liz Rotzien, Norma Assmus, Irene Martin, Cathy Turner, and Hazel Palmer. Honour Guard: Nursing Staff Past and Present. Memorial Donations can be made to Battlefords Union Hospital Inc., Third Floor, Box 1358, North Battleford, SK, S9A 3L8. Private Interment took place at the Prairie Willows Columbaria - City of North Battleford Cemetery after the service.

The family wishes to extend a special thank-you to Dr. Jim Johnson, and the doctors, nurses and staff on the 3rd Floor Battlefords Union Hospital, who were wonderful during Pearl’s last days.

“We say no more in parting at life’s gate, To her who passes out beyond earth’s night; ‘Good-bye.’ “ Grace Denio Litchfield Family and friends may send email condolences to www.eternalmemoriesfuneral.ca Funeral Arrangements were entrusted to Battlefords Funeral Service (306-446-4200). __________________________________________________

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OLSON: Mr. Roy Olson resident of the Wilkie Health Centre passed away peacefully March 10, 2019.

As per Roy’s request he has donated his body to medical science. Funeral Service for Mr. Roy Olson will be held Saturday, April 20, 2019 from the Zion Lutheran Church at 2:00 p.m. with Reverend Sheldon Gattinger officiating.

A private family interment will be held at a later date at the City Cemetery in North Battleford.

Memorial donations in memory of Roy may be directed to Wilkie Health Centre Po Box 459 Wilkie, SK S0K 4W0 or Heart & Stroke Foundation 1738 Quebec Ave #26, Saskatoon, SK S7K 1V9.

For those wishing to leave a condolence you may do so at www.eternalmemoriesfuneral.ca Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Eternal Memories Funeral Service & Crematorium.

DOLPH: Lorna Grace Dolph (nee Cooper), 81, Born in Fort Frances, Ontario.

Passed away peacefully March 26, 2019 at River Heights Lodge, North Battleford, SK. Left to cherish many memories are: brother, Harvey (Bonnie) Cooper, brothers-in-law, Carl (Adeline) Norris, and Vein Dolph; daughters: Deborah Werbiski, Janet (Robert) Gust, Brenda (Dan) Wilkinson, sons: Alan (Vi) Dolph, Bruce (Kristen) Dolph; Grandchildren: Raymond, Christopher, Jackson and Jubilation Werbiski, Bobi-J (Frank) Dyck, Basil (Jessica) Brooks, Narda (Larry) Brooks, William (Korine), Adrian and Robert Wilkinson, Jaimie and Kyle Dolph, Dillyn Dolph; great grandchildren: Katherine and Courtney Hankewich, Weston and Violet Brooks, Glen and Thomas Werbiski, Brooklyn Wilkinson, Jeffery, Christopher and Daniel Wilkinson; great-great grandchild: Annabelle Hankewich.

Numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and very dear friends. Lorna was predeceased by C. “Floyd” Dolph, her loving husband of 52 years, Parents: William and Elizabeth Cooper, brothers: Donald, William, James, Earl, Harold, and Jack sisters: Mary and Lily. Lorna graduated from Fort Frances High School, then worked for the Township of Fort Frances until her marriage to Floyd in 1957. She then joined him in his life with the Royal Canadian Air Force. Lorna had many careers throughout her life (including Professional Mover, after 42 moves). Civilian personnel of the Air Force base Sioux Lookout, various positions for the Township of Ignace including Fire Marshall and Welfare Officer, Casual Secretary at Hudson Public School, and the Town Administrator for the Township of Alberton. Lorna enjoyed many crafts including sewing, knitting, crocheting (often creating her own patterns). She was a co-leader of 4-H and a member of bowling leagues and Rebecca Lodge. She had a green thumb ensuring many plants and flowers were always in the house.

Lorna had a kind heart and many lifelong friendships. A Celebration of Life will be held in North Battleford August 4, 2019 at 1:00 pm from the Garden Chapel ~ Battlefords Funeral Service to be followed by a Celebration of Life August 7, 2019 at Fort Frances Legion Hall in Fort Frances, Ontario with interment in the Emo Cemetery. For those wishing to leave a condolence, you may do so at www.eternalmemoriesfuneral.ca Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Eternal Memories Funeral Service & Crematorium.

Card of Thanks The Family would like to thank Dr. J. C. Johnson for his skill and resolve in providing the best options as her health needs changed. Thanks to all the nurses, CCAs and staff of River Heights Lodge during her stay on the East Unit, for their caring and kindness, especially Terrie and Carrie. The EMTS and Paramedics of WPD ambulance for their expertise and advocacy while providing care for her, we are truly grateful!

CHARTIER: Betty Anita Chartier (nee Phillips) of Battleford, SK., passed away peacefully at Battlefords District Care Centre on Friday, March 29 at the age of 93 years. Left to cherish her memory are Don, her loving husband of 72 years along with their children Bob (Linda) Leah, Lark (Jon); Noella (Herman) Terry, Tim, Josef, Matthias (Amanda); Tim (Joan) Jennifer (Shaun) Philip (Camille); Ted (Judy) Lisa (Ben) Mark (Michelle) Ryan, Troy (Melissa); Laurel (Brian), Darryl, Anita (Cody) Rebekka; Ken (Lee Ann) Kennedy, Keegan, Kierra; Kerilee (Gregg) Jackson, Mishele; 25 great grandchildren and also her older sister Myrtle Toothe of Calgary, Alberta along with many nieces and nephews. Betty was predeceased by her parents, Elva and Walker Phillips, infant son Donald Gerald, grandsons Robert and Dustin, her younger sister Ethel, Don’s parents Ethel and Ernest Chartier and his brother Bud (Evelyn) Chartier and sister Irene Chartier. Betty’s legacy is her family and her music. She enjoyed telling the story of her Dad bringing his baby daughter and a new piano home at the same time. This began her lifelong love of music and the piano. She played at church, weddings, funerals and for family and friends. Between raising her family and playing the piano, Betty worked at Fort Battleford, taught kindergarten for 2 years and managed Battlefords Housing for 18 years. Betty also did extensive volunteering with home and school, church and community. After retirement, Betty and Don relocated to Noella and Herman’s farm where they enjoyed country life. During the past 3 years Betty was lovingly cared for by the staff of Ward 4 at BDCC. Our family is forever grateful for their care and compassion to Betty’s needs and ours. Her memorial service will be held on Saturday, April 27, 2019 at 3:00 p.m. from Living Faith Chapel, 1371 – 103rd Street, North Battleford, SK. Private interment at the Town of Battleford Cemetery, Battleford, SK. Condolences can be sent to www.eternalmemoriesfuneral.ca Memorial donations are requested to Alzheimer Society of Saskatchewan, 301 – 2550 – 12th Avenue, Regina, SK S4P 3X1. Arrangements are entrusted to Battlefords Funeral Service (306-446-4200). __________________________________________________ LAMBIE: James William Lambie, 83, of East Peoria, IL passed away at 12:05 am on Wednesday, April 17, 2019 at his residence. He was born on July 28, 1935 in Bartonville, IL to James and Grace Hariet (Knott) Lambie. Surviving are his daughter Jodi (Chris) White of Germantown Hills; grandchildren Ryan (Abby) White, Jeffrey (Samantha) White, and Tyler White all of East Peoria and Kyle White of Germantown Hills; greatgrandchildren Adalynn, Braedyn, Oliver, and Emmett White and Savannah Bolen; and sister Ruth (Roy) Danz of Livingston, WI. He was preceded in death by his parents and son Brian K. Lambie. Jim had a love of farming. He could often be found running a variety of equipment from his Kabota Zero Turn lawnmower, his Ford Backhoe, his Ford tractor, or his latest toy, a 1950s D4 Bulldozer. Finding a reason to play in the dirt was never a problem. Planting pumpkins, corn, and melons often kept him busy but should he find the fields all taken care of, there was always brush to be cleared. Jim was an United States Army Veteran. He served as a Private First Class in the Korean War and was honorably discharged in April of 1964. He was a member of the American Legion Post 1115 in Spring Bay, IL. Jim owned and operated Millpoint Park, Inc. He took over the business from his father and later brought his daughter, Jodi, into the business. He was very passionate about family and legacy. Each of Jim’s grandchildren had the opportunity to work for the business and their determination and unprecedented work ethic are thanks in large part to him. Jim loved to drive and travel. He traveled to Canada and would take an annual trip to Alaska every July and always remembered to bring back Harley shirts for all of his grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Love was never something that anyone in this family ever went without. James did not define family only by blood ties. He took great care in supporting all of his friends and family in anyway he could. He will truly be missed and always remembered. Cremation rites have been accorded. Graveside burial of ashes will be held at 3:00 pm on Monday, April 22, 2019 at Spring Bay Cemetery with military rites accorded and Jerry Harr officiating. A Celebration of Life Visitation will be held from 4:00 pm until 7:00 pm on Monday, April 22, 2019 at the American Legion Post 1115 in Spring Bay. In lieu of flowers memorials may be given to the American Legion Post 1115, 500 Legion Lane, East Peoria, IL 61611. Online condolences at www.masonfuneralhomes.com. __________________________________________________

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OBITUARIES Shokeir, Dr. Marc Omar

Dr. Marc Omar Shokeir died unexpectedly on March 28, 2019 in Battleford, SK at the age of 49. He is survived by his mother Donna; sister Zivy (Lucien); his children Peter, Joy, Philip, Emma, Julia, Katherine, Eliza (mother Cheryl Shokeir); Ezra, Vincent (mother Candice Lankhaar); Madeline (mother Lisa Shaw); and numerous nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his father Dr. Mohamed H.K. Shokeir. Omar was born, raised and attended medical school in Saskatoon, SK. He was a brilliant pathologist and laboratory administrator who was privileged to practice in Vancouver, Bellingham, Red Deer, Calgary, Prince Albert, and North Battleford. During his 27 years as a physician he helped innumerable people, mentored many, served in medical associations in the U.S. and Canada, published many scientific papers, and helped establish several pathology laboratories. Ever the dynamo, Omar was an avid athlete who completed five Ironman Triathlons, numerous alpine climbs and rode his bike religiously. His vast knowledge and keen intellect earmarked him as a great conversationalist and led him to compete on “Jeopardy.” His friends and family will miss his compassionate listening, his sage advice, his kind soul, his prolific talking, his big bear hugs and his fabulous sense of humour. A memorial service for this great man will be held on May 4, 2019, 2:30 pm at Saskatoon Funeral Home. In his memory, contributions can be made to the Saskatoon Health Region Pathologists Fund in Medicine. Condolences may be left at www.saskatoonfuneralhome.com, Arrangements entrusted to Saskatoon Funeral Home 306-244-5577. __________________________________________________ LABBÉ, David 1956 - 2019 David (Dave) Labbé passed away peacefully at his home in Aberdeen on March 31st, 2019 at the age of 63 after a 4 year battle with brain cancer.

Dave is survived by his wife, Audrey Hamm; his stepchildren, Rob Kennedy, David Moore (Andrea), Brandon Moore, Josh Moore, Donovan Hamm, Alissa Hamm; sisters Debbie & Lynn Labbé; brothers Dana, Larry & Bryan Labbé (Shane); stepsisters Stella, Deanna, Linda, Marlene and Debbie and numerous grandchildren. He is predeceased by his sister Laurie, his father Réne, his mother Shirley, his stepmother Agnes & his stepsister Donna. Dave was born in North Battleford on January 2nd, 1956 to Réne & Shirley. He was raised in North Battleford & then moved to Saskatoon in 1997 before making his final move to Aberdeen in 1999. He started working for UMA Engineering in 1974 as a surveyor & he ended his career as a Project Manager for AECOM Engineering in 2017.

Dave enjoyed playing billiards, travelling, working in the yard, soaking up the sun & solving the Rubik’s cube. He also enjoyed having fires in his backyard fire pit, listening to music while playing ‘who sings this’ & spending time with his puppies (Bobby & Harley). Dave was a positive influence on everyone & his easy going personality & sense of humor will be greatly missed by all that knew him. A Celebration of Life will be held in Dave’s honor on Saturday, April 20th, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. at Saskatoon Funeral Home, 338-4th Avenue N, Saskatoon with Sue Panattoni as celebrant. Online condolences may be left at www.saskatoonfuneralhome.com . Arrangements have been entrusted to SASKATOON FUNERAL HOME (306) 244-5577 __________________________________________________ HARRISON: Family of The Late Walter Harrison of Battleford, Sask. formerly from the Midnight Lake area would like to express our Thanks & Appreciation. Thank you to everyone that came to take part in this Final Chapter for the Life of Walter Harrison April 11, 2019 in Glaslyn. We are so ever grateful for the support received from BDCC, RHL, BUH, Dr. Holtzhausen and Medical Staff.

The services and care provided to Walter since 2016 by many of You enabled him to enjoy the final years with us. Walt was Born April 12th, 1928 in Edam Sask. and passed away April 6th, 2019.

(That’s 90 years 359 day) At the time of his passing, Walt was surrounded by his loved ones after a brief stay at the BUH. Walt is survived by his immediate Family – Joan (Crocker-Dorval), Birdena (Greg), Brent (Jackie), Rene (Karen), Andrea (Ian) & Families, Yvonne Harrison his sister in-law; nephew Brian Harrison and niece Bev Digout & Family. Walt was predeceased by: Mother Winnie Harrison April 24/1928, Step Mother Winnifred Lofts (Harrison) April 5,1954, Father Frank Passed away March 27,1975.

Brother, John Passed away Jan. 16, 2004, Sister, Mildred passed away April 13/2015. Walt was a Great Gardener, Livestock Hand, and Lover of Horses. These traits were all gained from the skills that were acquired from his Fathers farming operation. To this day there is Harrison Land that dates back over 100 years. Walt was a Great neighbor in the Midnight Lake area. You could be rest assured if branding and vaccinating were taking place Walt wouldn’t be far away. Walt had a heart of gold that his offerings came to the Many Friends and neighbors before his personal chores.

CARD OF THANKS We want to extend a Special Thanks to the following: Bob Mackay & Staff at Battlefords Funeral Service. Father Greg & Sebastian. Glaslyn RC Church & CWL for the lunch served. Helen Pylypow & RC Church Choir.

Kevin Morozowski cemetery Support. Medical facilities; BDCC & RHL & BUH. Walt’s Relatives, Friends, and all those that he left a lasting impression On. Walt was laid to Rest next to His Brother Johnny at the Glaslyn Cemetery. Arrangements were entrusted to Battlefords Funeral Service.

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Saturday, May 4 8:00 a.m. - 12 noon. #15 Chemin Bellevue Westpark, Battleford. Antiques, Toys, Housewares, Old Crocks

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Memory drifts to scenes long past, Time rolls but memories last Sunshine passes, shadows fall, Love’s remembrance outlasts all.

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It has been a year since you left but only feels just like yesterday.

My heart still feels empty and broken healing will come so they say.

The bed has been lonely and cold with you not here to cuddle and hold.

Not all may know the grief and tears we share when the family gathers and you’re not here.

With all our memories we hold so dear ache in our hearts from missing you.

We all wish you were still here with loving hearts we all love you daddio your loving wife & family.

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FUNERAL SERVICES DEGENSTEIN: Mass of Christian Burial for Mr. Jack Degenstein, beloved husband of Mrs. Betty Degenstein, resident of Battleford, SK., will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, April 26, 2019 from St. Vital Roman Catholic Church in Battleford SK. Interment will take place at the Town Of Battleford Cemetery. Condolences can be sent to mail@battlefordsfuneralservice.com Arrangements have been entrusted to Battlefords funeral Service (306-4464200). __________________________________________________________

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LIVESTOCK 3 year old pure bred Black Angus Bull. For sale $3800 OBO. Call 306-480-8503 Black and Red Angus yearling and 2 year old Bulls on moderate growing ration - Performance info available. Adrian or Brian and Elaine Edwards. Valleyhills Angus - Glaslyn, SK. 306-441-0946 or 306-342-4407.

Simmental Bulls for sale - 2 year old bulls, pure bred, strong and sound. Ready to go into the pasture and work. Contact Cindon Farms at 1-306-441-8679 or by email grcmcave@gmail.com

NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE ESTATE OF: PHILLIP LEONARD LAPLANTE LATE OF MOOSOMIN FIRST NATION, SASKATCHEWAN, DECEASED All claims against the above estate, duly verified by Statutory Declaration and with particulars and valuation of security held, if any, must be sent to the undersigned on or before the 17th day of May 2019.

McKercher LLP Barristers And Solicitors 374 Third Avenue South Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7K 1M5 Attention: LORNE R. FAGNAN Solicitors for the Estate

LAND FOR SALE

HOUSES FOR RENT

1&2 Bedroom Suites • Fridge, stove, washer, dryer • Some are air conditioned Rental rate: $650 to $1,200 per month Complete application: 1441 - 100th Street Or Phone 306-445-8571 or 306-441-0950

LAND/PASTURE FOR RENT Hay Land for rent in RM of North Battleford 437 RM. Any inquires call 306-481-6837.

SERVICES FOR HIRE A-1 SERVICE WILL SHINGLE, BUILD FENCES & DECKS, INSTALL FASCIA & SOFFITS, PAINTING, YARKWORK CLEAN EAVESTROUGHS ETC. 306-445-8439 OR 306-441-3690

FEED & SEED

RENTALS & LEASES

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PUBLIC NOTICE

Resort Village of Aquadeo Public Notice – Planning and Development Fee Bylaw

Public Notice is hereby given that the Council of the Resort Village of Aquadeo intends to adopt a Planning and Development Fee Bylaw under section 51 of The Planning and Development Act, 2007.

INTENT: The bylaw is intended to allow the Resort Village to charge cost-recovery fees related to the review and processing of development-related matters. Specifically, fees would be applied to the review, advertising, approval, enforcement, regulation, and issuance of: development permits, discretionary uses, minor variances, and amendments to the Official Community Plan and Zoning Bylaw. Rationale for the application of the fees will accompany the proposed bylaw.

REASON: The Resort Village of Aquadeo wishes to avail itself of the legislated cost-recovery tool such that development review costs are more appropriately borne by development proponents, thereby minimizing costs for general ratepayers.

PUBLIC INSPECTION: Any person may inspect the bylaw at the Resort Village of Aquadeo office between 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM, Wednesday through Friday, excluding statutory holidays. Draft copies of the proposed bylaw are available from the Resort Village office (hard copy at cost). The Resort Village office is located at 1006 Highway 4 North, Cochin, SK S0M 0L0.

PUBLIC HEARING: Council will hold a public hearing on Wednesday May 15th, 2019, at 9:00 AM in the Resort Village office to hear any person or group that wants to comment on the proposed bylaw.

Council will also consider written comments received by the undersigned by Friday May 10th, 2019. For additional information, please contact Brian de Montbrun, Acting Administrator at (306) 386-2942 or aquadeoadmin@ gmail.com.

Issued at the Resort Village of Aquadeo this April 12, 2019.

Brian de Montbrun Acting Administrator Resort Village of Aquadeo

NOTICE is hereby given that the assessment roll of the Rural Municipality of Paynton No. 470 for the year 2019 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 4:00 p.m. on the following days; Monday to Thursday – April 29, 2019 to May 30, 2019 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 $75.00 appeal fee which will be returned if the appeal is successful, to: The Secretary of the Board of Revision Box 10 Paynton, Sask.

S0M 2J0 by the 30th day of May, 2019.

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NOTICE OF PREPARATION OF ASSESSMENT ROLL

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Dated this 29th day of April, 2019.

Michelle Buechler Assessor

RESORT VILLAGE OF COCHIN Public Notice – Basic Planning Statement Amendment Notification To book Classified Advertising call

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RESORT VILLAGE OF AQUADEO Public Notice – Amendments to the Basic Planning Statement and Zoning Bylaw

Public Notice is hereby given that the Council of the Resort Village of Aquadeo intends to adopt three (3) bylaws under The Planning and Development Act, 2007 (PDA). One bylaw to amend Bylaw No. 18/19 known as the Basic Planning Statement (BPS), and two bylaws to amend Bylaw No. 19/89 known as the Zoning Bylaw (ZB).

INTENT: The amendment to the BPS would align the Resort Village’s planning policy with changes to the over-arching provincial land use planning framework on lands which may be hazardous for development; specifically, to address potential flood and geotechnical risks. The onus for proving suitability of development will be the responsibility of proponent.

The first of the two ZB amendments would introduce a definition for “hazard land” and outline the review process and requirements for development applications that may be located on land deemed hazardous. The proposed amendment would also remove the numbering scheme from the definitions section of the ZB. The second of the two ZB amendments would update bylaw references to the current version of the PDA and defer any planning and development related fees to an external fee bylaw being considered separately by Council.

AFFECTED LANDS: The three (3) proposed bylaws are textual and general in nature and apply to all development within the Resort Village; all lands within the Resort Village are affected.

REASON: The Resort Village wishes to align its policy and regulation with the existing provincial legislative and regulatory requirements for land use planning and development, and to introduce its own policy and regulation on how it will receive, review, and process development applications on land that may be potentially hazardous. The numbering scheme for the definitions within the ZB are to being replaced for better organization, and updating references to the current PDA will allow readers to better locate applicable legislation governing those topics. The fees portion is being replaced as council intends to adopt a separate bylaw and rationale to address planning and development related fees.

PUBLIC INSPECTION: Any person may inspect the bylaw at the Resort Village of Aquadeo office between 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM, Wednesday through Friday, excluding statutory holidays. Draft copies of the proposed bylaw are available from the Resort Village office (hard copy at cost). The Resort Village office is located at 1006 Highway 4 North, Cochin, SK S0M 0L0.

PUBLIC HEARING: Council will hold a public hearing on Wednesday May 15th, 2019, at 9:00 AM in the Resort Village office to hear any person or group that wants to comment on the proposed bylaw.

Council will also consider written comments received by the undersigned by Friday May 10th, 2019. For additional information, please contact Brian de Montbrun, Acting Administrator at (306) 386-2942 or aquadeoadmin@ gmail.com.

Issued at the Resort Village of Aquadeo this April 12, 2019.

Brian de Montbrun Acting Administrator Resort Village of Aquadeo

Public Notice is hereby given that the Council of the Resort Village of Cochin intends to adopt a bylaw under The Planning and Development Act, 2007 (PDA), a bylaw to amend Bylaw No. 8-89 known as the Basic Planning Statement (BPS).

INTENT: The proposed BPS amendment would re-designate the policy areas for four parcels of land within the Resort Village. One parcel from Commercial to Residential policy area, and three parcels from Residential to Commercial policy area.

An existing policy will also be amended to allow for the full range of commercial uses in the commercial policy area to be allowed within the zoning district used to implement said policy.

AFFECTED LAND: The affected lands of this amendment are: • All of Parcel AC, Plan 93B00155 Ext. 0, Surface Parcel 131149919: Commercial to Residential • All of Lot 10, Block 2, Plan 101864572 Ext. 0, Surface Parcel 154201474: Residential to Commercial • All of Parcel J, Plan 92B15936 Ext. 1, Surface Parcel 164270820: Residential to Commercial • All of Parcel L, Plan 101965125 Ext. 0, Surface Parcel 164270831: Residential to Commercial Restrictions on allowable commercial uses for all of Parcel J, Registered Plan No. 102274961, will be lifted.

REASON: The Resort Village is pursuing the amendment to reflect the current and intended future uses of the subject lands, and to better align the Resort Village’s land use policy with zoning regulation. The textual policy amendment will correct a conflict between the land use policy and regulation of campgrounds as a discretionary commercial use within the Resort Village. The policy change would affirm the Resort Village’s previous decision to re-designate and rezone Parcel J, Plan 102274961 for use as a campground.

PUBLIC INSPECTION: Any person may inspect the bylaw and map at the Resort Village Office between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday. Copies will be available to the public at a cost or by emailing cochinadmin@sasktel.net and asking for a copy. Digital copies of the maps forming part of the bylaw and depicting the affected lands are available are available for viewing at www.northboundplanning.ca/public-notification.

PUBLIC HEARING: Council will hold a public hearing at 6:00 p.m. on May 14, 2019, to hear any person or group that wants to comment on the proposed bylaw. Council will also consider written comments received at the hearing or delivered to the undersigned at the Resort Village office by hardcopy or email three days before the hearing. The Resort Village office is located at 1006 Highway 4 North, Cochin, SK S0M 0L0.

Issued by the Resort Village of Cochin this 10th day of April, 2019.

Amber Loeppky Municipal Administrator

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NOTICES / NOMINATIONS

NOTICE OF PREPARATION OF ASSESSMENT ROLL 2019

Notice of Annual General Meeting for

RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF BATTLE RIVER #438

NOTICE is hereby given that the Assessment Roll for the Rural Municipality of Battle River #438 for 2019 has been prepared and is open for inspection at the office of the Assessor from 9 am to 4 pm, Tuesday to Friday from April 10th to May 11th.

A Bylaw pursuant to Section 214 of The Municipalities Act has been passed and the Assessment Notices sent as required.

Any Person who wishes to appeal his or her assessment is required to file a Notice of Appeal, accompanied by a $50.00 fee for each assessment being appealed, by May 11th, 2019 to: The Assessor, R.M. of Battle River #438, Box 159, Battleford, Sask. S0M 0E0.

Dated this 10th Day of April, 2019 Betty Johnson Assessor

NOMINATIONS are now being Accepted for positions to the

Village of Ruddell Notice is hereby given that the assessment roll for the Village of Ruddell for the year 2019 has been prepared and is open to inspection by contacting the assessor of the Municipality, at 306-827-2034 or darrinbeaudoin@gmail.com, for an appointment; on the following days:

BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE TURTLEFORD AND DISTRICT CO-OP 4 - DIRECTORS (3 year terms) Nomination papers may be obtained from the Turtleford and District Co-op Administration Department Office Deadline for nominations Wednesday, June 12, 2019 5:00pm

Friday, April 26, 2019 to Monday, May 27, 2019, excluding statutory holidays.

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:

Notice of Preparation of Assessment Roll

The Assessor, Village of Ruddell, Address P.O. Box 7, Ruddell, Saskatchewan, S0M 2S0, by the 27 day of May, 2019.

R.M. of Medstead No. 497

Darrin Beaudoin Assessor

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 2019 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 29, 2019 to June 3, 2019 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: The Assessor Box 100 Paynton, Sask.

S0M 2J0 by the 3rd day of June, 2019.

Dated this 29th day of April, 2019.

Stephanie Knorr Assessor

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VILLAGE OF DEHNOLM

Notice is hereby given that the assessment roll of the Village of Denholm for the year 2019 has been prepared and is open to inspection at the office of the Administrator of the Village, until the time for lodging appeals has expired from 5:00 – 7:00 P.M. Friday 7, 2019 or in writing to Box 71, Denholm Sask. S0M 0R0.

Any person who desires to object to the assessment of himself/herself or any other person must within 30 days after the date of publication of the notice in the Saskatchewan Gazette lodge his/her complaint in writing with the administrator of the Village.

Dated at Denholm, Sask. The 22nd of April, 2019 Lila Yuhasz Assessor

TOWN OF BATTLEFORD

Request for Proposal Nuisance Yard Remediation

Turtleford & District

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

Dated at Radisson, Saskatchewan this 23rd day of April, 2019.

Applications for membership must in by May 17th, 2019 and renewal of Memberships must be paid by close of business June 3rd, 2019.

ASSESSMENT NOTICE

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

NOTICE OF PREPARATION OF ASSESSMENT ROLL

Battlefords Trade and Education Centre Inc. Thursday, June 20, 2019 7:00 p.m.at the Pfeifer Learning Centre 801 – 105th Street North Battleford, SK

Notice is hereby given that the assessment roll for the R.M. of Medstead No. 497 for the year 2019 has been prepared and is open to inspection in the office of the assessor from 8:30 a.m. to Noon and 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. on the following days: Monday to Friday, April 26th to May 27th, 2019.

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 $50.00 appeal fee which will be returned if the appeal is successful with: The Assessor, Rural Municipality of Medstead No. 497, P.O. Box 12, Medstead, Saskatchewan, S0M 1W0, by the 27th day of May, 2019.

Dated this 25th day of April, 2019.

Christin Egeland Assessor

NOTICE OF PREPARATION OF ASSESSMENT ROLL Rural Municipality of Redberry No. 435 Notice is hereby given that the assessment roll for the R.M. of Redberry No. 435 for the year 2019 has been prepared and is open to inspection in the office of the assessor from 9:00 a.m. to Noon and 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. on the following days: Monday to Friday, April 26 to May 27, 2019, excluding statutory holidays.

The purpose of the request for proposal is to: 1. Select a service provider to clean up nuisance yards and sites within the Town of Battleford, including grass cutting, tree and shrub trimming, and the removal of garbage and debris, 2. Specify the base rate of providing a minimum level of service of at least 3 hours, 3. Specify an hourly rate should the work take more than 3 hours, 4. Provide an ‘as needed’ service within 48 hours.

The term of the agreement is May 21, 2019 until October 31, 2019.

Inquiries and submissions are to be made to Al Manibal, Public Safety Officer at (306) 441-5607 or publicsafetyofficer@battleford.ca.

Submissions, with fees and references are accepted until 4:00 p.m. May 2, 2019 at the Town Hall or via email.

The contract will be awarded May 7, 2019.

PUBLIC NOTICE Rural Municipality of Parkdale No. 498 Claims for damages resulting from Expropriation of 3.25 acres of land on the SE 25-52-17 W3 to provide legal access to the petitioner Pursuant to Section 19 of The Municipal Expropriation Act, the council of the Rural Municipality of Parkdale No. 498 gives notice that the work has been completed on the following property: The SE 25-52-17 W3 Any individual whose land was not taken for the work, but was injuriously affected must file a claim stating the nature of the damage and the amount claimed with the administrator of the Rural Municipality of Parkdale No. 498 on or before 4:00 p.m. on July 31, 2019.

Any claim not filled by that date is barred, issued at Glaslyn, Saskatchewan this 18th day of April, 2019.

Jennifer Ernst Administrator

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 27th day of May, 2019.

Dated at Hafford, Saskatchewan this 24th day of April, 2019.

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Hey guys my name is Harley and I was brought into the shelter because I showed up on some peoples farm needing a new family and furrever home, so they brought me here to be able to find a furrever home and family that is perfect for me. I am super sweet, House trained and love people of all ages. I am sweet and loving, I love to play and go for walks. If your thinking of adding a new furr baby to your home and family then come on down to the shelter today.

Hey guys my name is Smudge and I am here at the shelter searching for my furrever home and family. I am a super sweet loving girl that loves to snuggle and cuddle. I spend most of my days sleeping eating and playing with my cagemate.

If your thinking of adding a new furr baby to your home and family then come on down to the shelter today.

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Pre-Kindergarten & Kindergarten Registration

Light of Christ Catholic School Division and Living Sky School Division are accepting students into the Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten Programs for the 2019-20 school year. Students must meet the following criteria: Kindergarten: Children who are five years old as of December 31, 2019.

Pre-Kindergarten: Children must be 3 or 4 years of age at the time of application. Please see the LOCCS website (www.loccsd.ca) or the LSSD website (www.lskysd.ca) for further Pre-K criteria.

Please contact your local school for registration details.

North Battleford Schools Light of Christ Catholic Schools Holy Family (Pre-K & K) 306-445-2360 St. Mary (Pre-K & K) 306-445-5152 Notre Dame (Pre-K & K) 306-445-0283 Ecole Monseigneur Blaise Morand 306-446-2167 French Immersion (K only) North Battleford/Battleford Schools – Living Sky Schools Lawrence (Pre-K & K) 306-445-4944 McKitrick (Pre-K & K) 306-445-3851 Connaught (Pre-K & K) 306-445-3661 Bready (K Only) 306-445-4954 St. Vital Catholic (Pre K & K) 306-937-2233 Battleford Central (Pre-K & K) 306-937-2112 Heritage Christian (Pre K & K) 306-446-3188

PASTURE LAND FOR SALE RM GRASSY LAKE No. 381

Legal Land Desc SW 14-39-23-3 consisting of: LSD 5, Extension 51 LSD, 5, Extension 50 LSD, 4, Extension 49 LSD, 3, Extension 48 LSD, 3, Extension 47 LSD, 3, Extension 46 LSD, 3 Extension 45

Total Acres

2018 Asses.

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2018 Taxes

ISC Parcel 44,200 $120.43 Sketches - 104.89 (SAMA Property Report - 110.0)

Property Comments: All native prairie.

Improvements: Fenced and cross fenced for livestock.

Assignment of Agricultural Lease on Adjacent Parcels: The Agricultural Crown Lease includes: NE 11-39-23-W3 158.53 acres 31 Cow Months NW 11-39-23-W3 160.00 acres 43 Cow Months SE 11-39-23-W3 156.31 acres 39 Cow Months SW 11-39-23-W3 156.22 acres 49 Cow Months NW 15-39-23-W3 160.00 acres 49 Cow Months SE 15-39-23-W3 160.00 acres 39 Cow Months SW 15-39-23-W3 160.00 acres 56 Cow Months Total 1,111.06 acres 306 Cow Months Terms and Conditions of Tenders are: 1. Envelopes must be marked “RM of Grass Lake - Tender”.

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

3. Sale is conditional on approval of Assignment of Pasture Lease from Saskatchewan Agriculture for adjacent land totalling 1,111.06 acres, more or less.

4. Seller will be responsible for the property taxes on the property to January 1, 2019.

5. Offers must include a deposit by certified cheque, bank draft or money order for 10.0% of the price being offered, payable to Jones Law Office in trust.

6. Buyer must provide balance of purchase price within 30 days of acceptance of offer.

7. All offers must be received in our office by the tender deadline 12:00 Noon, May 17, 2019.

JONES LAW OFFICE 1201-103rd Street P.O. Box 1179 NORTH BATTLEFORD, SK S9A 3K2 Telephone: (306) 446-2211

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2002 Ford Bus

74,708 Kms. Seating for 8, plus driver and 4 wheelchairs.

For further information or to view, please call Marion Nordell at (306)845-7636.

Sealed bids will be accepted until 4:00 p.m. on May 15, 2019 at the Town of Turtleford Town Office.

Lowest bid not necessarily accepted.

FENCE TENDER

Tenders are now being accepted for the following: -

Supply & install 900 feet of 4 foot high chain link fence Fence contains two ends, two 90 corners, one 16 foot gate Fence to be installed at Cut Knife High School Completion date July 2, 2019

(for more details contact Brian Bossaer at (306) 937-7902 or brian.bossaer@lskysd.ca) Please submit tenders by May 3, 2019 marked “FENCE TENDER” to: Living Sky School Division No. 202 509 Pioneer Avenue North Battleford, SK S9A 4A5 NOTE: Lowest, or any tender, not necessarily accepted.

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TERMS OF PAYMENT Interact Debit, Cash, or Cheque with ID. NOTE: We do no charge buyer fees at our sales

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306-883-9298 CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Living Sky School Division No. 202 Growth Without Limits, Learning For All

Now accepting applications!

Administrative • Battleford Central Elementary School Vice Principal • Cando Community School - Principal • Cut Knife School - Vice Principal • Kerrobert Composite School - Principal • McLurg High School - Vice Principal • North Battleford Comprehensive High School Principal Teaching Positions for the 2019-20 School Year • Accepting applications for full/part time continuing, replacement and temporary teaching positions Details and link to online applications can be found on our website at www.lskysd.ca.

All applications must be submitted online.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY The R.M. of Eldon No. 471 is accepting resumes for the following positions:

• Experienced Motor Grader Operator • Public Works Maintenance Labourer for the 2019 season. Preference to applicants with a class 1A license and motor grader and heavy equipment experience. Only those considered for an interview will be contacted. Interested individuals should submit their resumé including a Driver’s Abstract, qualifications, work experience, three references and wage expectations by 12:00 noon, Friday, May 3, 2019: R.M. of Eldon No. 471 PO Box 130 212 Main Street Maidstone, Sask. S0M 1M0 Email: rm471@sasktel.net Phone: 306-893-2391 Fax: 306-893-4644

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Illegal bulk weed likely cheaper than legal product

By Averil Hall

Freelance Writer/Photographer

Drug laws have enticed cannabis users toward legal products, although the laws of economics continue to affect prices regardless of legality.

The News-Optimist recently asked local legal cannabis retailers some pricing questions.

The price conscious product Edison Rio Brava, in a 3.5 gram package, cost $10 per gram at 5Buds in North Battleford and Jimmy’s Cannabis Shop in Battleford. It cost $10.86 per gram at Fire and Flower in North Battleford.

According to Statistics Canada, bulk prices of cannabis from illegal sources are likely lower.

Last year, Statistics Canada released the crowd sourcing application StatsCannabis “to try and capture changes in consumer behaviours” due to legalized cannabis.

StatsCanada advises readers take caution with the numbers as they could be subject to statistical bias.

StatsCanada found the unweighted average price per gram of cannabis in Canada was $6.83 in 2018, according to 19,442 StatsCannabis submissions.

After legalization, StatsCanada estimated the average price per gram of cannabis to be $8.02 per

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gram, according to 385 submissions. About half the 385 submissions were bought from legal sources.

From Oct. 17 to Dec. 31, 2018, buyers paid nearly $10 per gram for cannabis from legal suppliers, while the average price for illegal suppliers was $6.52.

Another factor affecting the StatsCannabis figures was the average quantity purchased: buyers bought an average 8.3 grams from legal suppliers, while the average quantity bought from illegal suppliers was more than 17 grams.

The data also note men were more likely to buy cannabis from a legal supplier than women.

S a s k a t c h ewa n’s numbers were close to those of the rest of the country. The average prelegalization price was $7.28.

According to updated information from StatsCanada, the average price of post-legalization cannabis was $8.02 per gram.

However, the Saskatchewan numbers were subject to many fewer StatsCannabis submissions than Ontario, Quebec and Alberta.

Selling small quantities of cannabis for $7.28, while below market value, would be unviable for local retailers and likely wouldn’t turn a profit. The local retailers say their prices are affected by government remuneration and strict guidelines.

Above are the three cannabis retail outlets in the Battlefords. Photos by Averil Hall

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10-megawatt solar project.

The Request for Qualification phase saw 22 applications from 13 proponents pre-qualified to submit proposals during the RFP phase.

Dustin Duncan, Minister Responsible for SaskPower says, “Adding another 10 megawatts of solar power will help us meet growing demand for electricity while continuing to move toward SaskPower’s goal of reducing carbon emissions 40 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030.”

This meets a key aspect of Prairie Resilience, the province’s climate change strategy, he said.

SaskPower did not select a site for the project.

Proponents were required to identify a site location for each application submitted into the RFQ, and each site identified went through an environmental pre-screening.

The RFP opens April 23, and proponents will have until mid-October 2019 to submit proposals into the RFP for evaluation.

SaskPower will then review and evaluate all proposals. Announcement of the successful proponent is expected in early 2020, and the project is expected to be in-service as early as December 2021.

“This is the next step toward fulfilling SaskPower’s commitment to add 60 MW of solar power to the provincial electricity grid

by 2021,” said SaskPower President and CEO Mike Marsh. “In addition to the current solar power generation opportunities for independent power producers, we will continue to pursue partnerships with the First Nations Power Authority as well as communitydriven projects.”

SaskPower completed the first 10 MW competition in June 2018 and announced that Saskatchewan’s first utility scale solar project would be developed near Swift Current in the Rural Municipality of Coulee.

The facility is expected to be operational by the end of 2020.

For further information, visit saskpower.com.

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COMING EVENTS

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Sundays

Tuesdays & Thursdays

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

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

1st Sunday of the Month

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

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

4th Sunday of the Month Musical Jam Session at the Medstead Hall at 2:00 p.m. Musicians, singers, entertainers, & listeners. All ages are welcome. Bring along your instruments, and dancing shoes and have a great time! Please bring lunch, 50/50 tickets. Free admission. Sponsored by: Medstead Leisure Life Club.

Mondays Radisson TOPS SK5243 meeting at 7:00 p.m. in the Radisson Town Office.

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

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

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

2nd Monday of the Month Parkinsons Support Group at the Historic Lions Club House, 162 - 22nd Street, Battleford at 1:30 p.m. For more info phone 306937-2987.

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

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

Mondays, Wednesdays & Thursdays Active Walking, Health Program at the Meota Community Complex from 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon. Stretch & tone portion at 10:00 a.m.

Tuesdays The Knitting/Needlework Group drop-in Tuesdays from 4:00 - 8:00 pm at the Marcelin Wapiti Public Libary.

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

Call Margaret at 306-445-7615.

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

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

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

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

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

Meeting 6:15 - 7:00 p.m. Phone Irene Lascelle at 306-445-4625.

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

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

Tuesdays & Thursdays Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7-9pm at 1371 - 103rd Street (Living Faith Chapel Gym - use parking lot doors off 102nd). All ages – youth to senior, all skill levels. Annual membership fee $125.00 (or $5.00 drop-in fee per night) plus a $5.00 fee for the Table Tennis Saskatchewan membership/insurance.

Last Tuesday of the Month

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

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

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

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

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

3rd Wednesday of the Month Cancer Survivor Support Group at the Third Avenue United Church, 1301 - 102nd Street at 7:00 p.m. It is a self help group for people with Cancer and their family and friends. For further information call Pat Gotto at 306-445-5891. All are welcome.

3rd Wednesday of the Month Battlefords North West Historical Society Meeting at the Lions Club House, 22nd Street, Battleford at 1:30 p.m. Phone 306-445-3480 for more information.

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

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

2nd Thursday of the Month The Battlefords Photography Club meets at the Don Ross Room 108 Exterior entrance 4 at 7:00 pm. Meetings run from September to June. For more information please phone Heather at 306-843-1807.

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

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

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

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

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

2nd & 4th Friday of the Month Ukrainian Seniors Kaiser Tournament at the Battlefords Ukrainian Hall, 792 - 108th Street at 7:30 p.m. For further details phone 306937-3190 or 306-441-3147. New members welcome.

2nd & 4th Saturday of the Month Storytime & Craft on the 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month at the Marcelin Wapiti Public Library, 100-1st Ave., Marcelin.

This section is provided free-of-charge to non-profit organizations. To list the Community Calendar please call News-Optimist at 306-445-7261 or fax the information to 306-445-3223. Please provide complete information including event, time, date and location.

Although we will do our utmost to make sure your event appears in this section, we can not guarantee all submissions will appear.

Deadline for submissions is Friday at 10:00 a.m.

April 10 was a birthday party for Action Now members. Back row – Faye Goll, Pat Chapman, Paul Bilanski and Theo Omelchenko. Front row – Stella Ewanchuk, Ruth St. Marie, Margaret Fedun and Fay Taylor. Photo submitted

Submitted Action Now Centre is located at 1501-101st Street in North Battleford. The centre is open four days a week. Monday and Thursday, canasta is played at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, the game is Kaiser cash back at 1:30 p.m. Friday, cribbage cash back is hosted at 1:30 p.m.

On the first and third Friday of every month there is a Kaiser tournament at 7:30 p.m. and everyone is welcome. If you don’t have transportation, the handi bus is available for a small fee. Anyone 50 years and over is invited to join the club.

The centre is smoke and scent free.

On April 10, we held the March-April birthday party for members Fay Taylor, Paul Bilanski and Margaret Fudun (March) and Ruth St Marie, Theo Omelchenko, Flo Sample, Faye GolI, Stella Ewanchuk and Pat Chapman (April). After singing Happy Birthday, 42 members sat down to a beautiful ham and pot luck luncheon. A special thank you to the members who came in early to arrange, and to Ruth Bilanski for all the decorations. We had Easter bunnies dancing all over our walls.Both Ruth and Muriel Miller had a special arrangement of special crafted Easter eggs. Thank you to Gwen Cave for a special inspirational blessing before starting our meal.

During clean up President Margaret Kemp gave us information on how Action Now began. Action Now started on April 2, 1979, with 21 seniors meeting at the Legion to discuss the formation of a senior citizens club in North Battleford. Joe and Eva Phelps came from Saskatoon with a presentation on starting a Provincial Seniors Citizens Action Now. A committee of seven was chosen (none are living today) to begin the club we belong to today. Their goal was to lobby the government officials to be made aware of needs of seniors to improve their lives, also to have a place where seniors could gather to socialize and have recreational activities. They resolved to improve senior transporta-

tion, have a rest centre with washrooms downtown and to get Walk and Don’t Walk signs on 11th Avenue and 100th Street. They attended council meetings expressing time and again the importance of such a rest place downtown. Since they needed money for this to happen they donated money and time to raffles and ticket selling, anything to make this happen.

They helped staff the ticket booth at the malls and sold local and lottery tickets and shared the profits with the Kinsman Band. The results were that we have received grant money from Sask Lotteries for thousands of dollars we can now pass on to help other local organizations. They affiliated with Sask Pensions and delegates went to conventions with resolutions for senior healthcare, housing situations, old age concerns, pension reforms, etc. Their meetings were held at the Legion until June 1981 when they could purchase the 1501101st Street location with a loan from the city and a grant from social services.

Then the cost of furnishing meant back to raffles, bake sales, craft and quilts sales, suppers and pancake breakfasts and all grants that where available were applied for. In 1990 the loan was paid back and they received the title to the North Battleford Senior Citizens (Action Now) Club Inc. By this time their membership had reached 239, so the building was too small. Again they got busy and worked to double the size of the building.

One rule that was carried on is that all members at age 85 are issued a life time membership. Membership has declined as most members are over 85.

Now all we have to do is look at the list on our wall of all past members and say a big thank you to all of them for the hard work that they put in to start our club and make changes in our lives. Look around and see all the smiling faces when we sit down to all our fun activities. And when we remember our members who have passed by with a minute silence, say “thank you” to all their hard work.

Most members stayed to play Kaiser afterwards.

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Local students receive scholarships

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COMING EVENTS

Saturday April 27

Topline Dance Club - Country Junction at the Royal Canadian Legion Hall 1352-100th Street, North Battleford at 8:00 p.m. Lunch served at 12:00 am. Members $10.00 Guests $12.00, minimum age of 19, dress casual. For more information please contact Sharon at 306-446-0446, Leela at 306-445-7240 or Jean at 306-445-8815.

Submitted Battlefords and District Community Foundation recently presented annual scholarships to three students from the Battlefords.

Julia Kowalski is the 2019 recipient of the award from the Hazel Asmussen Fund. She will be attending the University of Saskatchewan to study drama.

As an active member of the North Battleford Comprehensive High School Drama Club for the past five years, she has had the opportunity to explore the many roles in the world of live theatre production.

The Hazel Asmussen Fund was established with BDCF in 2007. Asmussen, a retired nurse and local artist, had long been involved in community building. She created this fund to help post-secondary fine arts students with their school expenses.

The Peter Lewochko Fund provides annual scholarships to students pursuing post-secondary education in agriculture, education or engineering.

Lewochko’s profession was farming, and he established this scholarship in 2013 as a legacy to his belief in the value of education.

Sara Florence and Linzeii Steinley are the recipients of the awards from the Peter Lewochko Fund. Florence will be attending the University of Saskatchewan for the Agriculture and Bioresources program. As an active 4-H member, she is following her dream of becoming a veterinarian. Steinley has been accepted to Lakeland

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Sunday April 28

Annual Pie Auction.The Villa Pascal is having their annual Pie Auction at 2:30 p.m. in the Villa dining room.Auctioneer services are graciously donated by Ivan Whyte.

Saturday May 4

Sara Florence

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The Comic Strippers Improv Comedy Show.A male stripper parody & improv comedy show. A show for all genders 19+ only. Dekker Centre 623 Carlton Trail, North Battleford at 7:30 pm. A ficticious male stripper troupe, played by a cast of some of Canada’s best improvisational comedians, performs a sexylarious improv comedy show. These guys try to be sexy...it just comes out funny. For tickets http://app.arts-people.com/index.php?ticketing=dekkr. Box Office 306-445-7700 or boxoffice@dekkercentre.com.

Saturday May 4

Alcoholics Anonymous

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

Linzeii Steinley

Al-anon Family Groups

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

Tuesdays & Thursdays

Julia Kowalski

College in Vermillion and plans to pursue a career in agriculture with a focus on animal health.

Community foundations across Canada create endowment funds that will provide annual income to meet needs in the community. Battlefords and District Community Foundation currently holds 24 funds that contribute to a range of interests from the arts and health care to postsecondary scholarships and recreation. BDCF invests donations and provides grants from annual income on each fund. Over $40,000 in community grants and scholarships will be distributed this year.

Parenting After Separation and Divorce Program. 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. These public information sessions are intended to help people who are considering or may be in the separation/divorce process.

Registration is mandatory. There is no fee for these sessions. To register call toll free 1-877-964-5501. Location will be advised when you register. Classes are for adults only. No child care provided.

Tuesday May 7

Trivia Tuesday at the North Battleford Library. Come to the library for a fun night of trivia! Teams of 2-4 must register beforehand by calling the library at 306-445-3206. Begins at 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday May 8

Tuesdays and Thursdays from at 1371 - 103rd Street (Living Faith Chapel Gym - use parking lot doors off 102nd). All ages – youth to senior, all skill levels.Annual membership fee $125.00 (or $5.00 dropin fee per night) plus a $5.00 fee for the Table Tennis Saskatchewan membership/insurance.

Tie-Dye Fun. Come to the North Battleford Library for an evening of tie-dye fun! Bring a white t-shirt, cloth bag, or pair of tube socks and unleash your creativity. Please pre-register by calling the library at 306-445-3206, as spots are limited. Begins at 7:00 p.m.

Thursdays

100 Women Who Care The Battlefords at the Empress Carpet One Floor & Home, Highway 4 North, North Battleford at 6:00 p.m.

Bring a mother, a daughter (19 yrs and older), and a grandmother and come to connect with other community women over a glass of wine donated by Scott Campbell Dodge and some finger foods prepared by the wonderful staff of Porta Bella Restaurant. Doors open at 6:00 pm and presentations from the three chosen charities will begin promptly at 7:00 p.m.

Peer to Peer Support Group for Mental Health meets mornings @ 9:30 am at 1602 103rd Street in North . We welcome you to join us as we work towards recovery, and support one another.You will be warmly welcomed by all.

Mondays April 22 - May 12

Sharing Grief’s Journey. Mondays March 25 - May 12, 2019.A support group for those struggling with the loss of a loved one. Mondays at 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. for 8 weeks. For more information call Sue at 306-445-6658 or Denise at 306-441-3338.

Friday April 26

English Style Fish and Chips at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 70, 1352 - 100th Street from 5:00 - 8:00 p.m. Tickets $15.00 each.

225 Advance tickets only. Call 306-445-2173.

Friday April 26

Afternoon movie:Albert, Up, Up, and Away! All ages are welcome to the North Battleford Library to view a fun, family-friendly movie at 2:00 p.m. Inspired by the beloved children’s book,Albert by Ole Lund Kirkegaard, this lively, animated tale whisks you on a journey that has to be seen to be believed!

Saturday April 27

St. George’s Day Tea & Bake Sale from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. at St. George’s Hall, 191-24th Street, Battleford, Admission $5.00. Door prize.

Saturday April 27

Family Art Workshop with Holly Hildebrand. Bring your whole family (ages 5+) to the North Battleford Library for a fun, springthemed art workshop from 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. Families must register by calling the library at 306-445-3206.

Thursday May 9

Saturday May 11

Fan Fest at the North Battleford Library at 11:30 a.m.We’re hosting a comic convention! It’s called North Battleford Fan Fest and we’re excited about it. While the library opens at 10:30 a.m. like usual, the events of Fan Fest begin at 11:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. There will be vendors, a Smash Bros tournament, an escape room, panel discussions and a costume contest! Come in cosplay! There will also be swag bags for the first 75 people through the door!

Saturday May 11

Club 70 Social Dance Club - Drift Wood at the Royal Canadian Legion, 1352-100th Street, North Battleford, 7:00 -11:00 p.m. Everyone welcome. Lunch served at 11:00 p.m. $15.00/adult/senior. Carol 306-386-2470.

This section is provided free-of-charge to non-profit organizations. To list the Community Calendar please call News-Optimist at 306-445-7261 or fax the information to 306-445-3223. Please provide complete information including event, time, date and location.

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Deadline for submissions is Friday at 10:00 a.m.

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If you are confused, I am totally mixed up I told Ed, my old neighbour in Saskatchewan, that it had been our time to deal with confusion. Things had spiraled out of control, like when you drop a glass that shatters, into many pieces.

It began two weeks ago when we heard the news that a friend had died suddenly. Her death was confusing for our friend had not been facing a major health problem, but was abruptly dead, with her husband and seven children left to pick up the pieces of their broken hearts. It was a hidden health condition that snatched her life away in the same way that heart attacks and strokes steal lives in a few hours.

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revraymaher@accesscomm.ca Her seven children, aging from seven to 18, are lost in the confusion of why did this happen?

Confusion means we are without clear or satisfying answers. It tends to go against our human nature to admit that we do not have all the explanations for why and when things happen. We like to think

in terms of the ideal that a mother will see her children grown with children of their own, but the reality may not match the ideal. The ideal in our minds becomes a confusion between our opinion and the facts of the matter.

Because of some remodeling in our condo,

we have had several pickups and deliveries scheduled in the last few weeks. None of the deliveries have been on schedule with lots of confusion about where the shipments are – in the warehouse or on the delivery truck unable to complete their deliveries as scheduled.

We tend to live by appointments, and in one sense they give us control.

We think we know when various things will happen, but at best, they are just a guide of what may or may not occur.

Confusion can be mild or a total lack of clear thinking as in the case of crippling grief.

The apostles in the Bible

had a period of great confusion not only over Jesus’ death but also about his resurrection from the dead.

Although Jesus had tried to prepare them for his death at Jerusalem, they were confused, frightened, struggling to get a firm grip on both what Jesus’ death and resurrection meant to them and their lives.

On the third day, the women had gone to the tomb of Jesus to anoint His dead body but found two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning.

The men said to the women, “Jesus is not here; He is risen.” The women returned and told the 11 apostles, but they did not

believe the women for their words seemed to them to be nonsense.

Later that same evening, Jesus appeared to the disciples as they met together. He appeared in their midst and said, “Peace be with you.”

They were frightened and thought that they were seeing a ghost. He said to them; “Why are you troubled and why do doubts arise in your minds? Look at my hands and feet. It is I myself!

Touch me and see; a ghost does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have.” Their confusion did not vanish, but joy and amazement began to replace their fear and sorrow.

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.

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ANGLICAN PARISH

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

1401 - 98th Street, North Battleford, SK

SUNDAY SERVICES Rev. Trevor Malyon

SUNDAY 10:30 a.m.

191 - 24th Street West, Battleford, SK

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

Everyone Welcome

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)

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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

Sunday Evening Service 7:00 p.m.

Bible Study Wednesday 7:30 p.m.

1371 - 103rd Street (Use East Door)

All Saints Ukrainian Catholic Parish 902 - 108th Street, North Battleford

DIVINE LITURGY Sundays at 10:00 a.m.

Wednesdays at 10:00 a.m.

Contact: Fr. Ivan Derkach 306-937-3767 or 306-317-8138

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 Sunday Worship Service - 10:30 a.m.

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

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Phone 306-937-7340 PASTOR - Fr. Sebastian Kunnath

Saturday Evening Mass - 5:00 p.m.

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Phone 306-445-9096

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The Ferrie family at the Invermay Hotel The Invermay Hotel on the corner of Railway and Main was built by Anthony Turner in 1905 to accommodate the influx of settlers brought in by the railway. Despite the fact that the bar was closed due to Prohibition, Robert and Nellie Coleville bought the hotel in 1917. The couple, with their six children, operated the Invermay Hotel until 1929. Invermay is

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By Joan Champ

joanchamp@shaw.ca located on Highway 5 between Wadena and Canora.

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According to the history of Invermay, Parkland Trails (1986), Gladstone (Glad) M. Ferrie and his wife Mabel (Mabs) took over the operation of the Invermay Hotel in 1929 and ran it for 28 years.

Glad was born in Denver, Colorado, in 1892. He came to Canada in 1906 and farmed in the Rama district. He served as a corporal in the 2nd Engineers of the Canadian Armed Forces during the First World War. After the war, he resumed farming with Mabs and started a family of three boys and one girl. Mabs was a nurse, and since the closest doctor was in Canora, there were many times when she was called on to serve as a midwife. The couple decided to move to Invermay and buy the hotel so their children could attend school in town.

The hotel business suited the gregarious Glad very well. He loved people and his greatest pleasure was serving the public.

This he did in a variety of capacities, first as hotelkeeper, then as reeve of the Rural Municipality of Invermay, and eventually as

Invermay, c. 1910. Source: prairietowns.ca

Gladstone M. Ferrie, c.

1950. From Parkland Trails (1986)

Invermay Hotel, June 2006. Photo by Joan Champ

a Liberal Member of Parliament for the MacKenzie constituency from 1945 until 1954.

The dining room of the Invermay Hotel was the Ferrie family’s headquarters. The freight train stopped in town every day at noon and for many years meals were served to the crew. Meetings of the Rural Municipal Council were held in the hotel, and the members usually had their meals in the on council day. The RM Council’s annual Christmas dinner was served at the hotel for several years. After the Second World War, the hotel dining room was converted into a lunch counter.

The hotel, like other buildings in those early days, was not insulated.

“There was a standing joke about the lack of heat,” writes A. B. Ferrie in Parkland Trails. “One very cold winter day, an old fellow wandered in all covered with frost. A traveler, who was just checking out, looked at him and said, ‘Which room did you have last night?’”

The Ferrie children were expected to help out with the hotel operation. The boys hauled water from the town well.

“A familiar sight around town was our Scotch collie, Don, pulling the sleigh loaded with cans of wa-

ter,” Ben Ferrie recalls in Invermay’s history book.

In 1950, the Ferries had a well dug on the north side of the hotel, which supplied good drinking water for themselves as well as for others in the community. Glad also worked as a cattle buyer during the years he owned the hotel.

He travelled to Winnipeg on the cattle train every Saturday, returning by passenger train the following Tuesday.

Glad passed away in 1955 after a lengthy illness.

His youngest son Russel managed the hotel along with his wife Leona until 1957 when they sold it to Steve Kohan.

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Senator Ben Prince and Chief Sam Swimmer – Part I At the outset, I must give credit and a commendation to the folks who compiled Now and Then, Battleford Historic Resources. I put my own spin on this article, of course.

But I confess that all of the information on Senator Ben Prince in this essay is from this document, a project of the Battlefords North-West Historical Society. In particular, most of the credit goes to Don Light, Ross Innes and Doug Light who compiled this historic work. However, there is scant material on Chief Ben Swimmer.

So, I have taken author’s licence to describe Chief Swimmer’s life “the way it must have been.”

If you want a extraordinary work on the history of Battleford, I think you can get a copy of Now and Then from the Battlefords North-West Historical Society (Tammy Donahue Buziak, secretary treasurer. She is also the director of the North Battleford Historic Archives. Call the City of North Battleford for her telephone number.)

I am writing about two remarkable men: Senator Benjamin (Ben) Prince and Chief Sam Swimmer (Ya Ya Num) of the Sweetgrass First Nation. Both were outstanding examples of servant leadership and public service. But their backgrounds and life experiences were as different as night is from day. Senator Ben Prince was a self-made man – a man of wealth and privilege. Chief Sam

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iebert on Heritage

Richard W. Hiebert, Ph.D President, Battlefords Heritage Society

Swimmer was not a man of almost limitless resources like Senator Ben Prince.

He was immersed in his culture and gave his life in service to his fellow man (and woman) - First Nations and white alike.

And Senator Benjamin Prince was a kind and generous man. He used his great wealth to help all who needed a hand.

Senator Ben Prince was born on April 29, 1854, at St. Gregoire, Que., the eldest son of Benjamin Prince and Marie Louise (nee Bourdages). Ben and his brothers spent their formative years in and around their hometown. The wide open spaces of the western plains beckoned. Ben and his brothers had limitless optimism and energy. In addition they were well educated, and smart – business smart. On top of that, they were well-formed and handsome.

Ben and his brother came west to Manitoba in 1878. After trying their hand at various businesses, they pulled up stakes in 1880 and made the arduous trip by horseback to Battleford. Three brothers followed – Joseph George, Hector Jean and Arsene.

Arsene sought his fortune in the gold fields of the Klondike in 1898.

Ben and Alphonse were highly successful business partners in Battleford and surrounding area for 40 years. Shortly after arriving in Battleford, they started a farming operation, which quickly expanded to include exporting cattle to the east and the United Kingdom.

They entered into a highly profitable business with another astute businessman – a Scotsman and a successful and wealthy man in his own right – Alexander Macdonald.

Macdonald was noted for his wholesale grocery business. Then, flushed with success, the PrinceMacdonald enterprise built the first flourmill in the area. And, of course, they monopolized the industry – not by design, however, and only because no one else had the finances to construct a flourmill or was willing to take the risk. The money kept rolling in. So the brothers built a sawmill in 1883 on what is now 24th Street just north of Gowing Frost’s home. It was later relocated to the north to

Senator Ben Prince

the banks of the North Saskatchewan River. The Prince’s business empire reached new heights when Alexander Macdonald sold his grocery store to Ben and Alphonse. The two brothers then opened a general store and sold meat and lumber (no doubt lumber that had been cut and planed in the Prince Sawmill). The Prince brothers operated much like the family compacts in 18th century Upper Canada. You can’t build and run an empire like the Prince enterprise forever.

Sooner or later, it is bequeathed to the children or sold outright. After his father’s death in 1920, Paul ran the grocery store until 1949. The lumber business and general store were sold to the Galvin Lumber Company. The farming operation, the flourmill

Chief Sam Swimmer

and sawmill were sold for a hefty price as well.

Ben and Ernistine Brassard were married on Feb. 9, 1887. They had five boys and four girls, one who died in infancy. Ben served with the Home Guard during the 1885 Rebellion (see explanation – Re: Chief Sam Swimmer). As is fitting for a man of Ben’s stature, he was elected to the North West Territories Legislature in 1897 and was elected again in 1901.

He served three terms as mayor of the Town of Battleford. He was a stalwart member of the Roman Catholic faith and contributed much to the building of St. Vital Church in 1883. His greatest honour was his appointment to the Canadian Senate by Sir Wilfred Laurier in July of 1909. After an immensely full and accomplished life,

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this great man passed away on Oct. 25, 1920.

Senator Ben Prince’s mansion overlooks the North Saskatchewan Valley and the mighty river.

It is without doubt, the largest and most expensive mansion ever built in the Battlefords. It speaks to the wealth and power of a great entrepreneur. Yet it is common knowledge that Senator Prince never turned away a man in need. It is likely that Senator Ben Prince was the most successful man in the history of Battleford.

He served his constituents in public office, in his church, his family and his business associates and ordinary people. Senator Ben Prince was a servant leader, philanthropist and exemplary citizen.

Next week, Part II – Sam Swimmer.

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Borden Co-op holds annual meeting, beef supper Correspondent

million to 170 individual co-ops. FCL has given out $4.7 billion to local co-ops in the last 10 years. He also talked about a third fertilizer plant being built in Alberta to complement the two in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. He closed by stating that only the customers can make a co-op successful.

Robbie Schmidt gave the manager’s report with sales up over $100,000 but expenses also up, due to a few break-ins, repairs to the refrigeration units and new shelving painted in both stores. Hardware sales were down but feed sales were up. They have been discounting older stock and advertising on social media. Bulk fuel was with Saskatoon for a while but is now amalgamated with Hafford, who deliver

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The Borden Co-op held their annual meeting in the Borden Community Centre on April 18, preceded by a roast beef supper prepared by the staff, with the serving and clean-up by three of the Grad 2019 class.

On the tables were baskets filled with Easter candies for everyone to enjoy.

Nominated as chairman for the meeting was Jamie Brandrick and for secretary Julia Orchard.

Minutes from the 2018 meeting were read by Julia, then president of the board, Darrel Wiebe, gave his report, first introducing the staff, thanking Robbie Schmidt for being a hands on general manager for the past year, thanking the staff who have given great

service and everyone for their patronage. He also gave a quiz – Where Am I? – with the answer to all the services mentioned being Borden.

Randy Graham of North Battleford, who is on the FCL board of directors, brought greetings from FCL, which celebrated 90 years in 2018.

He thanked the pioneers before us who had the vision to develop co-ops to where we are today. As of Oct. 31, 2018, FCL had $10.7 billion in revenues, $1.1 billion net in earnings and have returned $789

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BATTLEFORDS WILDLIFE FEDERATION wishes to acknowledge & thank all our

SPONSORS, VOLUNTEERS & EXHIBITORS who made the Battlefords Wildlife Federation 73rd Annual Smoker a Success Special thanks to the following:

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DOOR PRIZE SPONSOR: • Andre’s Meat Shoppe • Minute Muffler • North Battleford Hyundai • Sobey’s

KID’S CORNER: • Innovation Credit Union • Pattison Agriculture • Fisher’s Drug Store • SPORTSMAN’S GAMES: • Boston Pizza

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BAR SPONSOR: • Discovery Co-op • Splish Splash Auto, RV & Pet Wash • Nu Tec Embroidery Ltd.

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the fuel on site to the farmers. There were 61 new members in 2018 and there are now 520 active members out of a total of 730. Robbie thanked Randy and Dale Paulow from Hafford for attending and thanked the staff for all their hard work, doing the supper and putting up with his new ideas. He also thanked Grad 2019 for their help and the board for all their dedication this past year. He thanked everyone for shopping the local coop and stated that members wouldn’t be getting an equity cheque from the big box stores in the city like they would be getting that night. He also gave the financial statement, showing sales of $3,643,631, cost of goods $3,347,222 leaving a gross margin of $296,409, expenses were $473,670 for operating and administration and total loss from operations being $156,310. Patronage from FCL was $331,443, savings before income tax $175,133 leaving a net savings of $158,036.

Transferred to statutory reserve was $8,757, to general reserve was $112,905 and patronage allocation to

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• Sound City • Cargill • Quickfalls Collision Centre • Blend Restrauant & Bar • Comfort Inn & Suites • Table Mountain • Anderson Pump House • Elk Point Drilling • Fedler Electric • Ed Marchewka RAFFLE SPONSORS: C.A.A. Parkland Farm Equipment (2004) Ltd. Home Hardware Building Center – North Battleford Northern Lights Casino J & J Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Battlefords Co-op Aquatic Centre North Battleford Hyundai Splish Splash Car Wash Tim Horton’s Silvester Glass & Aluminum Products Rainbow Toyota Bee-j’s Office Plus MX Only.ca Do All Holdings Ltd. Austin’s Saddlery Smith Radiator Service Fountain Tire Northern Nurseries Viterra Humpty’s Restaurant Bill & Don’s Men’s Wear Valley Ford F.C.C. Farm Credit Canada

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• Western Development Museum • Table Mountain • OK Tire • Yellowhead Truck & Equipment Ltd. • R & J’s Garden Restaurant • Family Pizza • Scott Campbell Dodge Chev Ltd. • Meota Hotel • North West College – Battleford Campus • Cavalier Agro • Parrish & Heimbecker Ltd. • Fisher Drug Store • Li King Family Restaurant • Minute Muffler • Blend Restrauant & Bar • Richardson Pioneer • Battleford Bait & Tackle • Battleford Provincial Park • Dairy Queen • Rainbow Toyota

Thank you to all for making our 73rd Annual Smoker a huge success in our community!

Battlefords Wildlife Federation apologizes to anyone who has been inadvertently missed.

We appreciate all your support.

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Door prizes were given out with Rider cutting boards or wall hangings going to Wendell Dyck, Treyton Schmidt, Stella Hawryluk. Larry Newhook, Stew Walton, Bob Krueger, Ted Mandziak, Corny Neufeld, Lee Tracksell, Gloria Derbowka and Dustin Tracksell and the $100 gift card to Sheri Sutherland. Equity cheques were handed out to those who were present.

Upcoming at Borden – Saturday, April 27, there are garage sales around Borden, a 55th anniversary in the Community Centre, the vet gives shots to small animals in the afternoon and a local band is entertaining at the Roadside Inn in the evening. In the morning, Radisson seniors host a pancake breakfast from 9 to 11 a.m. in the Goodrich (senior) Centre. Borden Farmers’ Market will be starting up Friday, May 3, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Fire Hall, and the Local Fire and Rescue are doing the burgers and hot dogs this year. The market runs every Friday until Oct. 4 in the Fire Hall.

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members $36,374. The grocery store had sales of $613,918, farm supply $431,360 and petroleum $2,598,353 for a total of $3,643,631, up $482,453 from 2017.

Diane Tracksell, who attended FCL 90th annual meeting, gave her report, speaking about member loyalty, the energy sector, customer satisfaction, planning for changes and challenges regarding carbon and climate. She said if anyone in Borden needs items, just phone to either store and they will be delivered.

Two presentations were made to employees – to Dorothy Fouhy for 11 years service and Kandace Brandrick for 16 years (Borden and Radisson).

The board nominated Luke Walker and Darrel Wiebe to the board and with no further nominations they were elected. Darrel thanked Roy Saunders for his many years of service on the board, now having to step down after serving three terms of three years each. Also on the board are Glenn Sutherland, Brett Larsen, Justin Block, Julia Orchard and Diane

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Pickleball comes to Unity Community Centre

By Sherri Solomko Correspondent

Don’t forget the town’s public meeting tonight at 7 p.m. at the Unity Community Centre. It’s a great opportunity to hear from the mayor and council as well as address any questions or concerns with them.

The curling rink is how home to the growing sport of pickleball, suitable for all ages. Every Wednesday afternoon beginning at 1:30 you can join in with balls and paddles provided.

This weekend you can take in some great dance entertainment with the Flat Out Dance Competition being hosted by our local Revolution Dance School Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the UCHS senior gym.

April 30, UCHS drama will host a dessert theatre as a final public performance of their production “Tracks” that earned them the win at regionals. They are off to provincial competition next weekend.

Next weekend is the Unity Sports Wall of Fame Induction event that will induct more than 20 teams as well as two individuals.

You can view this Wall of Fame at the Unity arena and it already includes dozens of teams and individuals previously inducted.

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nity News

This is the last Sunday for the museum pancake brunches. Next up on their agenda is the May 18 hobby show at the Unity Museum. Volunteers are also being sought for Canada Day celebrations.

A big thank you to volunteers Brian Woytiuk, Deryl Richards and Terry Smith who are working at our community hall renovations, removing the old stage and putting in a new portable stage, as well as preparing the area that includes the bar and janitor’s room for its new configuration. These renos also include some new electrical work, new LED lighting and a brand new public address system.

Ball teams are on the diamonds in preparation for their seasons. Their season will include the annual Minor Ball Day on May 26 followed by several weekends in a row of ball tournaments in both baseball and softball.

There are 18 teams registered this year under Unity Minor Ball with the addition of four Learn to Play teams, so this will

keep all diamonds in town very busy this season.

Thanks to community fundraising contributions, a new score clock and a new batting cage will be part of the venue, with help from the Lions Chase the Ace and 2k16 Westerns committee.

Unity Western Days is looking for rodeo queen contestants as well as volunteers for the multiple activities they will have in conjunction with this event. Contact Brian or Bryce Woytiuk at UMP if you are interested.

Lions Club will be starting “Chase the Ace” fundraiser again, each week at the Legion Hall, beginning May 1.

Coffee row folks are loving talking about all things that are great about spring including spring seeding, spring weather, spring animal sightings and gardening plans. They continue to have plenty of conversation topics to review that will include the popular weather discussions as well as the multiple events and activities that have taken place and are upcoming in our community. So you can see life is full of fun and activity in Unity and our friends at coffee row sharing this traditional part of our community culture. Until next time...

This field near Senlac was full of purple blooms as spring crocuses made an abundant appearance in this area on Easter weekend. Often spring sight seekers are searching prairie fields and hills for the occasional crocus sighting, however this field offered a vast floral coverage of the blossoms. Photos by Sherri Solomko

Although the skies looked promising on April 17 around Unity, only winds came about and not the hoped for rains that are wanted and needed in the area.

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Despair, Fear, Unsure of the Future?

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Medstead School readies for community event

By Corrina Murdoch Correspondent

As the green begins to emerge, Medstead moves into the full throes of the spring season. A short week marked the beginning of Easter break, with school returning to session on April 29. With the coming of the warmer seasons, a number of community events draw nearer.

A number of school run events from track and field to the arts are forthcoming. Quickly after the end of Easter break comes back-to-back events on

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May 2. Kindergarten registration will be at 9 a.m. at the school with Mrs. Knot, teacher.

On the evening of May 2, speaker Evelyn Larson will be hosting a presentation at the Medstead Central School gymnasium.

The information session, to be followed by a question period, is open to both students and families of children at the school,

as well as to the general public.

Evelyn Larson, a consultant for the Saskatchewan Health Authority, is a life coach with Child and Youth Mental Health who spent time at the local school facilitating a program for Grades 1-4 to encourage positive habits and wellbeing. The focus of the May 2 presentation is the keeping of a healthy mind. The endeavour is scheduled for 7 p.m. and is to be followed by the annual general meeting of the School Community Council, the sponsors

Maidstone Museum News

By Dorothy Schwartz Correspondent

MAIDSTONE – The Maidstone Museum annual silent auction in conjunction with the trade fair was held March 13 and 14. The museum committee thanks all who contributed articles, donated cash and worked at the event. This is our main fundraiser for an organization made up of volunteers. We are always in need of volunteers, even for a few hours, to keep our 13 buildings and

grounds in good condition for the viewing public.

Our group provided a hot roast beef supper on the Saturday night for about 120 vendors of the trade fair booths. The trade fair organizers are to be complimented on a complete sellout of space and the interesting variety of merchandise. It was a successful event and the good weather helped the huge attendance.

The monthly meeting was held at the museum Thursday April 18. Due to vandalism, the origi-

nal bronze plaque at Pine Island will be replaced by a wooden replica with the same wording as the original. This will be done by the Paynton municipality as the site is in their jurisdiction, May 26, early afternoon. Everyone is welcome. The original plaque has been returned to Maidstone museum for safekeeping and display.

Resumés for part time help were reviewed.

Thank you to all who took the time to apply.

Our next meeting will be May 21 at 7 p.m.

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New handivan for Turtleford Submitted

The Riverside Handivan Board in Turtleford says it is excited to have recently received its new handivan.

This was made possible due to those in the community who showed their support by means of generous donations, as well as a grant from the Kinsmen Foundation, funding from the Government of Saskatchewan Transit Assistance for People with Disabilities program and Members of Mervin and District Cooperative.

The handivan provides an opportunity for people to attend necessary medical appointments on a regular basis and for nursing home residents to remain active in the community and overall improve their quality of life.

With the old handivan showing the effects of age, trips were limited, especially in cold weather.

With the old handivan showing the effects of age, trips were limited, especially in cold weather, so a new handivan has arrived to take over. Photo submitted

The new handivan has opened up the way for residents to enjoy outings such as going to the golf course, bowling, day trips to the lake in summer, going for scenic drives, enjoying meals with nursing home residents in surrounding communities, attending

school events and spending time with loved ones during the holidays.

The Riverside Handivan Board is thankful to everyone who helped with fundraising efforts and for donating towards the acquiring of the new handivan.

The golf course is now open at the lake

By Lorna Pearson Correspondent

The golf course was up and running this past weekend, nice for the local and holiday folks who can’t wait for their first game of the year.

The list of highway repairs for this summer has been posted and there will be more rebuilt this side of Vawn. The heavy oil tankers and grain trucks really are hard on the roads. They weren’t built for that kind of traffic in the past. I was sorry to see nothing for the highway from Leoville to Chitek Lake, which at times is almost impassable in places. Improvements will be made between Kindersley and the Alberta border, a road Beth said needs work.

April 15 found a tasty buffet at the Do Drop In set out for our visitors who came down from Edam for the day. About a dozen folks joined our group.

Door prizes were drawn for while the dishes were being done then people played whatever game they preferred Canasta, cribbage or Scrabble. The day ended with coffee and cookies and all had a nice social afternoon.

Lefa Sproxton and Vern Burgardt have returned from their winter stay in Yuma to find everything in order except the tarp off

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one building didn’t survive. Compared to their return last year, when there was still a foot or two of snow, it was good.

A waterline break at the junction of Beach Avenue and the golf course road had many machines and men working for several days to correct the problem and had the ‘Boil water advisory’ signs up around town.

Duplicate bridge played at the Pioneer Hall in the city April 16 saw top score go to Margaret Dyck and Pat Zaychkowsky, second were Jim Fraser and Cletus Scherman, and third Richard Groves and Joyce Antoine. Twenty players showed up this night.

April 18 games saw Vern Iverson and David Sharpe first, then Margaret Dyck and Fraser Glen and third Joyce Antoine and Gerry Fernandes.

At the Do Drop In Friday evening there were only two tables in Canasta play with top score

by Marion Ottas and Dora Greening and second by Dave Ottas and Arlene Walker.

The Lions’ golf cart fundraiser saw the cart

sink on April 19 with Leo Brassard being the closest guess. The cart and thankyou poster are at the corner across from the hotel and store.

Mark your calendars again for the community hall lunch on April 26.

Come out and welcome our snowbirds back and have a visit with everybody and enjoy a tasty meal.

My daughter Beth Wynne drove up from Taber on Sunday for Easter dinner with Linda and me. A drive along the lake showed ice gathering against Tobey’s Point and in the bay this side of it. Some damage to the concrete blocks around the berm at the swimming hole has happened with one big rock coming over with the ice on the western side, whereas it usually happens to the northeast section.

That could still happen as the ice was back into Sparrow Bay on Sunday where it had been quite far out the day before. Beth said the little sloughs along the way have lots of snow geese in them in mid-day, between feeding times.

The days are so nice you feel like you should be planting something, but it is still mid-April, not midMay. Lots of people were cleaning up their yards, trimming trees and raking leaves and hauling to the recycle station north of the village.

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