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Expect evolving detours Staff Major Underground Pipes and Asphalt Replacement work began Tuesday on 100th Street in downtown North Battleford.

The UPAR work is taking place on the 1100 block of 100th Street. There will also be work done on 12th Avenue between 99th and 100th Street.

In the first week, says City Hall, there will be some disruption to 11th Avenue, and traffic on Highway 4 from Battleford will be rerouted at the bottom of the hill.

Water service disruptions are expected while the underground pipe work proceeds.

The underground work is expected to take about

three weeks, with roadway reconstruction work to follow.

City Hall says roadway reconstruction is expected to be completed by Sept.

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Until then, the 1100 block of 100th Street will be closed to traffic but pedestrian access to businesses will remain open from the back alley.

Band Gets Back to Basics Yikes! The water is cold. There were plenty of activities to take part in Canada Day, including sandcastle building at Battlefords Provincial Park, and, of course, water sports. Others chose to head to Fort Battleford for crafts and cannon fire, while some took to their backyards. Whatever activity they chose, most Canadians enjoyed a happy Canada Day. See more photos from the park on www.newsoptimist.ca.

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Poundmaker band recently built weirs and put a fish basket out into the Battle River. The intent is to have it be available for use by anyone in the community.

As the water flows through the trap, fish are caught in the basket made of willow branches. This basket is loose enough to let smaller fish through and strong enough to hold the fish that are “big enough to put in a frying pan.” See Page 6 for the story. It can also be found on our website at www.newsoptimist.ca.

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Saskatchewan’s Lieutenant Governor the Honourable W. Thomas Molloy, O.C., S.O.M., passed away on July 2, 2019, losing his battle with pancreatic cancer.

Molloy was installed as the 22nd Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan on March 21st, 2018.

Molloy, a respected Saskatoon lawyer, negotiator,

and author, was renowned for his treaty-making and reconciliation with Indigenous peoples.

His work in the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement and the historic Nisga’a Final Agreement in British Columbia led to his investiture as an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1996, and as a Member of the Saskatchewan Order of Merit in 2012.

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Transit in dire need of a new bus

By John Cairns Staff Reporter

North Battleford Transit is in dire need of a bus.

In part, they need one to service a Handi-Bus run that could potentially bring in revenue. More to the point, they are running short of buses, period.

Transit Manager Paul Robertson was at City Hall Monday last week to plead his organization’s case.

“I’m desperate for another bus,” Robertson city councillors. How soon did he need it? “The day before yesterday,” he said.

Transit currently runs two transit buses as well as three Handi-buses five days a week. But one transit bus is down for repairs in Saskatoon. Their one spare bus, a Handi-bus convertible to transit use, is now in use on the transit route.

“My buses are getting to the stage where I need one replaced,” said Robertson.

That leaves no buses at all for breakdowns, he told council.

The proposal put forward by Robertson was to add a new Handi-bus at an estimated cost of about

Transit Manager Paul Robertson. Photo by John Cairns

$110,000. Robertson said he has secured $55,000 from the Transit Assistance for People with Disabilities Capital grant. Robertson is proposing the city pay $38,500 and that the Town of Battleford contribute $16,500 for the remaining amount. An application to Battleford is already in and is to come up at their council meeting next month.

Robertson also outlined an opportunity available for them if they did have

a spare bus. They could potentially do a run to Saskatchewan Hospital that could serve 22-24 Handibus clients daily.

That would run Monday-Friday and could mean an additional 375-500 clients and an additional $40,000 to $50,000 a year, Robertson said.

There was no decision at council Monday on a new bus purchase. The issue will come up again at council next month.

Repair Café event possible

By John Cairns Staff Reporter

Oct. 26 is tentatively set as a date for a potential Repair Café event in North Battleford.

Repair Café is an effort by the Saskatchewan Waste Reduction Council to help fix items at certain locations in the province, said Director of Operations Stewart Schafer Monday

during a city council meeting. These events have been taking place at a number of cities in the province already. The waste reduction council has approached North Battleford to see if they could do one in the local area.

The plan is to round up volunteers who can repair broken or non-functional items and then give them back to owners free of

charge. Schafer said the items could include lights and cell phones.

These Repair Cafes were described in a memo from administration as “a proven model for waste reduction and community building.” The hope from city administration is that the event will go ahead in the city Oct. 26 during Waste Reduction Week in Canada.

ginning of April, and gave residents a deadline of the end of May to pay their taxes owe or make a plan, or else more steps would be taken.

A sum of $55,000 arrived in April, down to a total owing of about $523,000, and about $51,000 arrived in May. As of June 10, the amount owing was about $445,000, which is close to the amount owing at the end of 2016.

Gillan added about $175,000 of that money was in a payment plan.

An additional $57,000 is owing from the trailer park, although collecting tax from such properties involves more steps than usual since the property and the land can have two different owners.

Another measure the

Town could take for owners of properties that rent out units, Gillan said, is found under section 321 of the Municipalities Act. Tenants could pay rent directly to the town if property owners don’t pay their taxes owing.

At a previous town council meeting, council had discussed the idea of employing a third party tax collection agency to collect outstanding taxes.

But Gillan advised against the idea. At this point people are struggling, he said, and “there’s no need now for the town to go [the way] of needing people to pay the last $500 to $1,000 immediately.”

Gillan also recommended the town follow a similar proactive tax collection approach every year.

Bford finance director recommends no third party needed to collect taxes

By Josh Greschner Staff Reporter

After making a number of phone calls to residents, Battleford Director of Finance David Gillan has recommended the Town of Battleford not go to third party collections at this time for overdue taxes.

At the end of December, the town had about $659,000 in taxes owing. The number includes both property tax and the education portion of taxes, which the town collects on behalf of school divisions, Gillan said.

Between the end of December 2018 and March 2019, the town phoning and sending letters resulted in the collection of between $70,000 and $80,000.

Gillan said he sent more than 100 letters at the be-

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City Hall News

Big needle pickup reported at Parsons Park

By John Cairns Staff Reporter

North Battleford Fire Department continues to see a major spike in needle pickups in 2019.

One pickup in May caught the attention of council at their meeting Monday last week . There were two instances where fire personnel were called to the Parsons Industrial Park area to pick up needles.

There were 20 needles picked up following the first call. The second call resulted in 3,580 needles picked up.

According to Deputy

Fire Chief Lindsay Holm, the calls were to a recycling facility in the area.

Holm said that the needles were likely disposed of into the blue bins and then taken to the sorting facility.

Because it was a sorting facility, Holm did not rule out the possibility that the needles came in from outside the city.

Holm said the number was unusually high.

“We are seeing a spike, for sure, in the city,” Holm said. Around 2014 they had seen 54 needle pickups a year, but it has gone up drastically since then. In 2018 they collected 5,300 needles.

So far this year alone they are up to 8,300 needles picked up, Holm said.

Needle pickup calls are also up so far. Through the first five months of 2018 there were 72 needle pickup calls. This year the number is 131.

As for how to address the problem, Holm pointed to some initiatives through SaskHealth that were going on which would be beneficial. He said he did make a couple of recommendations about adding of additional safe disposal dropboxes in areas where they were seeing high numbers of needles.

Other communities have

implemented initiatives to deal with needles and the indication from Holm is they would look at doing something similar.

“I think we’re going to be able to try and formulate some plans for how to deal with the spike we are seeing now.”

Mayor Ryan Bater noted the issue was not isolated to the city, but “the spike in numbers has been noticed,” he said. He urged the public to dispose of needles in the safe boxes that are set up, and reminded the public that disposing needles in the blue recycling bins is not safe.

Deputy Fire Chief Lindsay Holm. Photo by John Cairns

Survey says people feel unsafe in downtown NB

By John Cairns Staff Reporter

In the wake of the draft report from Dr. Tarah Hodgkinson about community safety perceptions in North Battleford, city officials plan a communications campaign to present the findings to the public.

Ryan Mackrell, city planner, has indicated they plan to follow up on the

report right away. But he acknowledged they will need to adjust their plans to address one item that came up in the report: perceptions of safety downtown.

Downtown received low marks from survey respondents as a place where they felt safe.

In her presentation to council Monday last week, Hodgkinson remarked “no one is taking ownership

of that space in a way that makes folks feel safe.”

Councillor Kelli Hawtin said the survey validates the feelings expressed by people about safety downtown.

“Are we going to be looking at something specific downtown?” she asked Mackrell.

Mackrell responded they will need to tweak their plan a little bit. He indicated downtown would

be a priority, because that was what the data was telling them.

“The report tells us where to focus,” Mackrell said. “Downtown is the number one place people don’t feel safe, that is what they’ve told us as a community. What we’re saying is we need to listen to that, it’s been identified, and we need to do something about it.”

Ryan Mackrell, city planner. Photo by John Cairns

Bylaws passed allowing tax mailouts to NB ratepayers Staff Reporter

The final act in the budget process has been completed. The bylaws setting North Battleford’s mill rates are now passed and the tax mailings can go out.

Five bylaws were passed in three readings at a city council meeting last Monday. Passed were the amendment of the subclasses bylaw, the bylaw to establish mill rate factors, the bylaw to authorize the tax levy, minimum and base taxes and the BID levy, the bylaw levying of base tax for UPAR, and the

bylaw to amend penalties for non-payment of taxes.

While the bylaws are now passed, the actual taxes will not likely go out until mid-July, due largely to staffing issues over the next few weeks.

Director of Finance Steve Brown went into detail Monday about the property taxation process for 2019.

According to Brown, the increase to the uniform mill rate is four per cent, from 12.97 up to 13.488.

All other base taxes including the residential base tax and Recreation Capital Facilities levy for condo and residential properties

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go up four per cent. The commercial and industrial class mill rate is going up from 1.36 mills to 1.41 mills.

The provincial downloading levy brought in after the 2017 budget will be merged with the overall uniform mill rate to simplify the tax notice. As for UPAR levies, those were not increased.

There are no changes to mill rate factors with the exception of the commercial and industrial assessment. Brown said there were significant challenges on the assessment from last year to this year. For commercial and industrial as-

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One additional subclass is being created. A large commercial and industrial subclass has been created with a mill rate factor of 15.92; this covers all properties with a building with 100,000 or more square feet.

In his final comments Brown noted that anticipated revenue is $540,609 short on the tax line compared to what they had in the budget. The budgeted revenue had been $10,566,540, but the anticipated revenue from the mill rate is now estimated

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Single-use plastic ban won’t solve waste problem

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Economic reasoning and basic statistics show that such bans are largely symbolic gestures that come with real downsides

By Robert P. Murphy

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently proposed a federal ban on certain single-use plastics, in an effort to protect marine life and the beauty of Canadian shores.

But the proposal fails to get to the root of the problem.

Trudeau justified the proposal by saying, “We have a responsibility to work with our partners to reduce plastic pollution, protect the environment, and create jobs and grow our economy.”

And while we can appreciate the sentiment behind such bans by more and more governments, economic reasoning and some basic statistics show they are largely symbolic gestures that come with real downsides.

In the first place, the efforts of provincial or the federal government (or U.S. jurisdictions such as California) won’t really put much of a dent in the problem of plastics in the ocean.

As Bjørn Lomborg reports, a 2015 article in Science concluded that less than five per cent of plastic waste from land sources originates from Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries. By far the biggest contributors are places such as China and Indonesia.

What’s more, research from earlier this year found that after California’s ban on plastic bags, “the elimination of 40 million pounds of plastic carryout bags [was] offset by a 12-million-pound increase in trash bag purchases.”

Such outcomes are familiar to economists who study unintended consequences. New regulations often induce people to change their behaviour, leading to results that undermine or even totally offset the intent of the original policy change.

In the case of plastic bags, most people would use some of them a second time as trash bags in their home or to pick up after their dogs. Once that “free” source of bags from the grocery store disappeared, California residents had to buy more trash bags in traditional packaging.

Not only does this cost consumers more out of pocket – they are ironically prevented by the government from recycling the grocery bags like they had before – but the stores’ switch to paper bags also leads to more CO2 emissions.

As economists continuously remind policy-makers and the public, actions come with tradeoffs. Cracking down on plastic bag waste ends up damaging the goal of

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slowing climate change. A 2011 United Kingdom government study found that a cotton tote bag must be used 131 times before causing less environmental damage than the plastic bags it would replace.

If we move beyond plastic bags and consider singleuse utensils and plates – which are also assumed to be on the chopping block – there are, again, downsides to the proposal. By forcing people to carry around durable forks and plates rather than disposable versions, in many situations this will foster the spread of disease (the same is true for reusable grocery bags).

In some scenarios, it makes more sense to use something once and throw it away; tissues are often better than handkerchiefs, and many parents greatly appreciate single-use plastics in the realm of diapers.

Yet perhaps the biggest drawback to the proposal is its inconvenience. There’s a reason, after all, that Canadians use so many plastic drinking straws and grocery bags: they’re far more convenient than the alternatives.

Policy-makers should resist the urge to simply ban products when they begin causing some problems. There may be much more sensible solutions that mitigate the concerns while retaining the freedom of consumers to benefit from more choice.

For example, if the problem is bottles and other plastic on beaches, it might make more sense to hire a few extra people to pick up the litter. After all, people drop litter in movie theatres all the time and the solution is for crews to clean them up, not to have the government ban the manufacture of popcorn.

Another possibility is to track down more precisely the source of litter washing up on beaches. If, for example, a waste management company is behaving poorly,

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then it could be made liable for the cleanup its shoddy practices made necessary.

But to simply ban an entire class of products just because of leakage points in their disposal is gross overkill.

Canadians understandably want to be good stewards of the environment and nobody likes seeing plastic waste when swimming.

Yet Trudeau’s proposal for outright bans on single-use plastics would be largely symbolic. It will greatly inconvenience consumers, harm the environment once people respond to the policy, and won’t do much to reduce the amount of plastic in the ocean.

Policy-makers should consider much more narrowly focused responses that target the actual sources of litter – or make sure we do a better job cleaning up.

Robert P. Murphy is a senior fellow at the Fraser Institute. troymedia.com

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Just buy a couple boats and patrol over the pipeline, dammit!

On June 27, what has become a familiar refrain rang across the interwebs.

Another group is asking the courts to shut down a Canadian pipeline.

This one was very different, however. It wasn’t environmentalist earthmuffins using lawyers to metaphorically lay in front of bulldozers for a new pipeline project.

Quite the opposite. It was none other than the attorney general of the State of Michigan, seeking to shut down 66-year-old dual 20-inch pipelines that cross between the upper and lower peninsulas of that state, at the Straits of Mackinac.

You see, after 66 years of operation, the great State of Michigan is suddenly concerned about some bozo dropping an anchor on one of these pipelines that lay across the lake bottom, puncturing it and causing it to spill untold thousands of barrels of oil into the Great Lakes, causing an environmental disaster of unimaginable proportions.

Why are they suddenly concerned? As their press release stated, “An April 2018 anchor dragging incident – which ripped through several inches-thick steel cables – brought that threat home in a very real way.

“Although Line 5 was damaged – not ruptured – in that incident because the anchor hit a section lying directly on the bottomlands, if the anchor

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had dragged across the bottom of the Straits in an area where Line 5 is elevated, the likely result would have been a complete rupture of Line 5,” the release said.

This pipeline might run through Michigan, but it is vitally important to Canada. The 30-inch Line 5 runs from Superior, Wisc., through the upper peninsula of Michigan to the Straits of Mackinac, where Lake Michigan meets Lake Huron.

(Apparently it is split into dual pipelines for the crossing, then back into one).

It then passes through Michigan and crosses the St. Claire River, terminating at the refinery complex in Sarnia, Ont. The 1,038 kilometre pipeline carries light crude and natural gas liquids (NGLs). Shutting down the pipeline would result in cutting off the feedstock for one of Canada’s critical refining centres.

As I noted in my story on this, Enbridge has sought to construct a new tunnel up to 30 metres under the strait

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as a conduit for new, replacement pipelines deep under the strait, as opposed to the current pipeline lying on the lake bottom. The current state government of Michigan is against that proposal, too, despite an agreement with the previous state administration to build the US$500 million tunnel.

A 2010 spill from that pipeline into the Kalamazoo River had a direct impact on Saskatchewan oil producers while that line was out of operation.

And this is where the importance to Saskatchewan comes into play. After that 2010 spill and pipeline shutdown, Crescent Point Energy Corp. made sure each and every one of their significant operating areas had the ability to ship crude by rail. They emphasized that point in their quarterly news releases for years. These days, they aren’t doing that, nor are they using rail. The Stoughton rail loading facility is currently mothballed.

Michigan is adamant it does not want these existing lines to remain in operation while a new tunnel is dug. They want them shut down, now.

This got me thinking: if the most pressing danger is some moron dropping anchor on one of these pipelines, why not just buy a few boats and have them constantly in the water, above these lines, warning idiots to not drop their anchors on a pipeline? According to Google Earth, where you can actually see the paths the pipelines take, it’s only about six kilometres

The post, indicated by the arrow, shows where one of the two 20-inch pipelines that make up Enbridge’s Line 5 crosses the Straits of Mackinac, as seen on Google Earth. Enbridge Straits of Mackinac Google Earth

across. If the U.S. Coast Guard doesn’t want to do it, then Enbridge could hire a few boats for 24-hour coverage.

“Don’t drop anchor here, you moron!” they could broadcast on loudspeakers.

For a pipeline that moves over half a million barrels of oil per day, surely they can put a few gallons of gas in a few boats.

But, no, the state, in all its wisdom, wishes to shut this pipeline down.

I don’t know what their motivations are. Perhaps they wanted to be rid of this major pipeline ever since the 2010 spill, eliminating any possibility of another spill anywhere, including the straits.

Maybe they think, at 66 years old, that pipeline is due to burst at any time.

Maybe they don’t give a damn about the Canadian refineries, just across the St. Clair River at Sarnia, which depend on that pipeline. Or maybe they forgot that Michigan, too, has oil production, in the northern part of the

lower peninsula. (Betcha didn’t know that, did ya?

If you look about 120 kilometres south of where the pipelines crosses the straits, you can find all sorts of pumpjacks producing a total of 13,000 barrels per day).

Undersea crossings of cables, if not pipelines, were a big deal in the Cold War. The United States used “special projects” spy submarines to tap into undersea telephone cables near Russian submarine bases, in an operation called “Ivy Bells.” How did they find those cables?

One American, Capt.

James Bradley, realized that wherever cables

cross rivers or oceans, someone puts up a sign on shore saying something like, “Do not anchor here, underwater cable crossing.” Sure enough, they found the Soviet signs, followed the Soviet cables and did their dirty work.

If something as simple as a sign is used to prevent anchor strikes elsewhere, couldn’t Enbridge be allowed to use a few boats to patrol over this pipeline? Come on. Buy some boats, build the tunnel, and end this.

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

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Poundmaker band takes fishing back to its traditional roots on the Battle Courtesy of the Cut Knife Courier

Most often, when we think about going fishing, we think of a nice relaxing time to sit in a boat or on the shore of a waterway.

Maybe we’ll catch a fish, maybe not. What seems to be most important is the time we spend outside communing with nature.

That wasn’t the case for the people of the Poundmaker Reserve in the mid 1880s after their chief turned himself in and was convicted of treason.

For the next 30 years the federal governments of the time denied them the right to have a chief. They also took away all their weapons that were needed for hunting, including their horses, and did not assist them in any tangible way. There was no help or supplies forthcoming from the government agents.

One of the few food sources they had were fish from the Battle River. Far from the fishing rod and reel style of catching fish, the method they used was more certain of success.

Fish baskets have been used for centuries as dependable way to get a large supply of fish. How it works is that a weir is built on each side of a river so that most of the water will flow through a certain path. Stones from the river have been used in this case to build the weirs.

Next, locally sourced white poplars were cut and the bark removed before being pounded into the riverbed. They were put in so that a fish basket could be placed between the posts. The basket itself is made out of willows, which are sturdy, yet pliable. The willows are also close at hand and are the traditional

It is hoped the younger generation will learn the tradition. material used to make fish baskets.

Most of the water goes between the weirs and through the trap. The weirs basically help to guide the fish toward the fish basket.

Once there, the fish are caught and taken out with a scoop, which is also made from locally available material. Planks are set up for a walkway so people can get out to the trap.

Approximately eight members of the Poundmaker band recently built weirs and put a fish basket about three metres out into the Battle River.

Many of their people, especially their elders, like to have fish in their diet and have not had a local source for many years, other than the local grocery store.

Knowing this, some band members decided it was time to exercise their treaty rights and build the weirs, complete with a fish basket, on the Battle River.

The intent is to have it be available for use by anyone in the community.

Another reason to build the weir and fish basket is to teach the younger generation some of the traditional methods of supplying food for the people. It is a tradition that has been practiced by the people of Poundmaker for generations and one that should not be lost to time.

They are fortunate that their current chief, Duane Antoine, plus several other band members, learned the traditional ways to build

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It took a tremendous amount of work for the volunteers to move river rocks to build the weirs that guide the fish to the trap. Photos courtesy of the Cut Knife Courier

the fish baskets and weirs.

One of the great things about the fish basket is that it holds the larger fish, while allowing the smaller ones to continue on their way. There’s no such thing as having to throw one back. The trap holds any of these that are, as Duane said, “large enough for the frying pan.”

The Battle River has a good variety of fish including pickerel, jack, gold eye, humpback and sturgeon.

While it was built for the community, it seems that the many bears in the area are also taking advantage of the trap, scooping out fish as efficiently with their paws as band members do with the scoop.

Many band members will enjoy fresh fish, while others, especially the elders, will practice their tradition of drying fish in the manner taught to them by their elders. It is also hoped that some of the younger generation will learn this tradition and to enjoy the results.

The fish trap is located alongside the old Pou nd ma ker/ Pay nton wagon road, which gives fairly easy access to the location.

For this summer, at least, the people of Poundmaker should be able to enjoy good fishing.

The planks going out to the trap make it easy for people (or bears) to walk out and take the fish out of the basket. Handrails are sometimes added to the walkway to provide additional stability and safety.

Right, this drying rack was also made with the traditional materials (except the twine) so people could dry fish in the traditional way.

Many of the older members of the band will appreciate this and know what to do with it. They can also pass their knowledge along to younger members of the band.

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Gallery members exhibition art drop off extended to July 21 Submitted Artists taking in the 2019 Gallery Members Exhibition are asked drop off their art at the Chapel Gallery between July 8 and 21 between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. daily. Artwork will not be accepted after July 21.

Organizers say they are looking forward to the 2019 Gallery Members Exhibition and seeing the new works being created in the community. Each year the exhibition gets stronger and stronger.

They have invited Grant McConnel as the guest

curator this year. His role is to bring a fresh perspective to the membership on the advancement of their artwork. As a professional artist and instructor, McConnel can provide constructive feedback on individual work and discuss challenges and hopefully some encouraging solutions.

On Thursday, Aug. 8 between 6:30 and 9 p.m., McConnel will conduct a talk/tour through The Gallery Members Exhibition and he will speak about the work on display. This event is open to the public and

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Members Exhibition will run July 27 to Sept. 8.

Guest curator is Grant McConnel who will conduct a public in-depth curatorial talk and walkthrough Thursday, Aug. 8

does not require re-registration.

Members are invited to pre-register for a one-onone mentorship with Grant McConnel on Friday, Aug. 9 between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. Each session will last 45 minutes. Space is limited, so to register please contact Leah Garven at lgarven@cityofnb.ca or at 306-445-1760.

Just a reminder that this exhibition is open to all gallery members, and anyone can be a gallery member – an artist membership is only $20.

between 6:30 and 9 p.m.

He is available for one-onone mentorships Friday, Aug. 9 with a maximum of six artists. Pre-registration is required. Drop off of art at the Chapel Gallery is July 8 to 21 between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m.

The Battlefords Art Club’s quarterly meeting will be July 9.

Sometime in July, there will be an ARC studio members’ show.

Be sure to view the members’ exhibitions as a part of your summer activities.

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Theories of Justice: Gladue in Saskatchewan pt. 4

This is a four-part story about Canadian sentencing law, Aboriginal people in jail and what the government and the courts have tried to do about it. Canadian sentencing law is a complicated and poorly understood story. Sentencing Aboriginal people is an even more complicated and even less well understood story.

Last week, we looked some Saskatchewan Court of Appeal cases after Gladue, the Ipeelee Supreme Court decision in 2012, and issues around Indigenous identity and the cases.

This week, we look at how the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal dealt with two violent crimes after 2012, and issues around Gladue today.

By Josh Greschner

assaulted Whitehead’s aunt with a hammer, and the cousins beat McKay to Wisdom and judgment death.

Whitehead had a Gladue report prepared.

In light of Ipeelee, the Whitehead’s parents had Saskatchewan Court of alcohol problems and he Appeal sentenced for a witnessed violence in sexual assault and a “near the home. He was raised murder.” primarily by his older Joseph Chanalquay was sister. FASD was likely in convicted of sexual as- the family. sault for having sex with a He was enrolled in an woman who fell asleep at a upgrading program at the party. Chanalquay was on a Learning Disabilities Astwo-day drinking binge. sociation of Saskatchewan.

The trial judge “gave The trial judge gave significant weight” Whitehead a nine-year sento Gladue factors and tence, the same sentence as imposed a sentence of Whitehead’s cousins. two years-less-a-day. The Whitehead appealed, Crown appealed. arguing the trial judge was Chanalquay’s parents overly concerned with parabused alcohol and his ity at the expense of profather went to residential portionality. school. Chanalquay reportJustice Caldwell of the ed he was sexually assault- Court of Appeal found ed by an aunt and someone the trial judge made an eron his home reserve. ror. He found Whitehead’s The Crown asked for a circumstances lowered his three-and-a-half to five- responsibilities for the ofyear jail sentence, arguing fence, but nine years was such crimes often get a se- imposed anyway to match vere sentence. Chanalquay the sentence of his cousargued for a community- ins, whose circumstances based sentence. weren’t well-known.

The trial judge, accordCaldwell wanted a ing to Justice Richards of new sentence. Sentencing, the Court of Appeal, made however, can have strange an error by acknowledging qualities, and crafting a fit a three-year jail term as a sentence “cannot always starting point, then lower- be completely reduced to ing the sentence because of words on a page.”

Gladue factors.

The rules in the CrimiRichards wrote there nal Code don’t “always or were Gladue considerations readily lead to an objecwith Chanalquay, but “other tively measurable reasonthan the broad notion that ing process that accords alcohol consumption with parliamentary, aptypically serves to lower pellate court and Supreme inhibitions, it’s not clear Court directives on senhow Mr. Chanalquay’s tencing,” especially reintoxication can be garding Aboriginal offendtaken as saying anything ers, Caldwell wrote. Judges particularly revealing must rely on wisdom and about his culpability for judgment. sexual assault in this case.”

The Gladue report proRichards also wrote vides context for behavChanalquay contributed to iour, Caldwell wrote, but it his community, supported didn’t excuse the killing. his family, and was gainDeterrence and denunfully employed, and that ciation were important Chanalquay’s family or sentencing objectives, the reserve wouldn’t be well- gravity of the offence was served if he went to jail. high.

Richards kept the two The judge took into acyears-less-a-day jail sen- count relevant sentencing tence, and added 18 months principles and Gladue conprobation aimed at restor- siderations that reduced ative justice goals.

Whitehead’s culpability.

According to a 2016 Whitehead got an eightCourt of Appeal decision, year sentence.

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The cycle “Would imprisonment effectively deter or denounce crime in a sense that would be significant to the offender and community, or are crime prevention and other goals better achieved through healing?”

– Gladue decision Like at a trial, Crown and defence lawyers agree on some things and disagree with others.

Canadian sentencing law in light of Gladue, according to local lawyer Benedict Feist and Saskatchewan Head of Prosecutions Anthony Gerein, is coherent.

In addition to coherence, Gerein wrote in an email to the News-Optimist the Criminal Code sets out a “comprehensive and flexible” approach to sentencing.

Gerein wrote the Criminal Code doesn’t “call for or permit race-based discounts.”

“The law recognizes the situation of Aboriginal offenders not because of race, but because of colonialism, displacement, residential schools and other things suffered by those of

Aboriginal descent.” Such things tend to reduce culpability, Gerein wrote.

Lawyer Eleanore Sunchild said “every Indigenous person who comes before the court has some kind of Gladue factor in their background, just being an Indigenous person in Canada creates that.”

Concern remains regarding the possibility of Aboriginal people getting lesser sentences, and what role race plays.

Professor John Borrows said in an online lecture he was “disturbed about making decisions on the basis on race.”

He said he understood the argument in relation to substantive equality, or “equality of outcome.”

“But if Aboriginal peoples who are in the system pick this up as … ‘I get this different treatment because of the race I’m a part of’ or if … [Crown or judges] look at them as this race has this special need that needs to be fixed, I’m all for getting rid of that kind of language as much as possible.”

Justifications for singling out Aboriginal people could take different forms, he said.

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worthiness due to Gladue factors has emerged as a defence in courtrooms.

Gerein wrote the argument isn’t being used too often and offenders “are entitled to raise the degree of culpability as an issue.”

Feist disagreed with Jeanette Gevikoglu’s characterization of reduced moral blameworthiness because of someone’s Indigenous identity.

Last week, the story featured a quote from Gevikoglu, who wrote in a paper Ipeelee “places Indigenous offenders in a similar position as others for whom the assignation of responsibility is a problem, such as the mentally ill or youth.”

“We look at moral blameworthiness all the time for a variety of different crimes,” Feist said. “It’s important to think about where people come from when they commit crimes.”

Sunchild and Feist criticized Saskatchewan courts’ handling of Gladue.

The court in Saskatchewan Sunchild said, hasn’t “always accepted submissions on Gladue in the full way that I think it should.”

“Many times I see people who come before the court with addictions issues, residential school issues” and other issues such as broken families, poverty and marginalization.

Feist said Gladue has been applied in a limited way in Saskatchewan, as opposed to in Toronto, which has Gladue courts and more dedicated Gladue report writers.

News stories often focus on the comparatively small amount of Gladue reports in Saskatchewan.

A Gladue report can detail an offender’s past and can depict how Gladue factors manifest in an offender’s life. They can contain information that mixes community information with individualized information.

Rudin, in a 2015 presentation to the University of Saskatchewan College of Law, said Gladue reports are meant to make people who are before the court whole and “more than a collection of tragedies.”

Sunchild commended the reports of Christine Goodwin, whose reports

make a plan for an offender to heal, which can involve addictions counselling, support groups and insight into the individuals’ situation. Sunchild said many offenders don’t know about the history of Aboriginal people in Canada.

“The law does not require that Gladue-related information must be provided in a stand-alone ‘Gladue Report,’” Gerein wrote.

Saskatchewan courts have been satisfied with pre-sentence reports.

In Tyson Whitehead’s case, his pre-sentence report and Gladue report, according to the judge contained “largely the same evidence.”

Marion Buller, former judge and Chief Commisioner of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls inquiry, told the News-Optimist pre-sentence reports look at “crimogenic factors” and risks to reoffend.

Upon reading someone’s pre-sentence report and their Gladue report, Buller said, “you’re left wondering at the end of reading both documents whether they’re talking about the same person.”

Many legal professionals are white and lead much different lives than Aboriginal offenders. Life in a town or city or on the farm can be much different than life on reserves.

“We’ve often written reports and judges will say, ‘I’ve never heard a sadder story,’” Jonathan Rudin said in a 2015 presentation to the University of Saskatchewan’s College of Law. “And I think, ‘Wow, I got a bunch more at the office that make this one look real easy.’

“If you didn’t know people lived that life, how are you able to sentence this person?”

Sunchild recommended decision makers “have an Indigenous experience,” but added non-Indignenous people can only understand up to a point.

In a recent ruling, Justice Danyliuk wrote pre-sentence reports can provide sufficient Gladue information, but if they don’t, the court has a duty to obtain such information.

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ed dangerous offenders in Saskatchewan since 1996.

The Crown has had a high success rate in achieving long-term and dangerous offender status. Scott noted that since 1997 to the time of his published paper, out of 98 applications by the Crown, courts completely dismissed only two of them.

When asked if dangerous offender applications were a strategy the Crown used to increase chances of protecting society, Saskatchewan public prosecutions responded in an email, the Crown follows the rules.

“In certain circumstances the Criminal Code allows the Crown to make an application to have a person who has been convicted of a serious personal injury offence assessed.

Such assessments are completed by a court-appointed expert.

“If, after reviewing the assessment, and all the evidence, the Crown sees a reasonable likelihood of obtaining a dangerous or long-term offender designation, it may apply for such a designation.”

According to a 2010 Regina Leader-Post article by Barb Pacholik, Gerein said the court agreeing with the Crown’s applications meant the Crown was getting it right and choosing offenders for which a designation is likely and appropriate.

Dangerous offenders “are the people that Gladue talks about,” Sunchild said, adding the system should look at ways to heal offenders.

Some Aboriginal longterm offenders didn’t make headlines and some information in their cases is subject to publication bans.

The cases detail harrowing stories of unspeakable acts done unto them, and they carried out unspeakable acts on the public.

While long-term and dangerous offender designations are two of the harshest things the state can do to people, they occur “after the fact,” and often after irreparable damage to members of the public.

Healing and restorative justice can be effective with the right programs and the right community support, Sunchild said, but the matter comes down to funding. She said restorative justice programs have been cut and programs that can fully rehabilitate offenders “are few and far between.”

Some non-profits offer programming. Some programming is available once someone goes to jail, NDP MLA Nicole Sarauer told the News-Optimist, or once someone completes a jail sentence.

According to one Saskatchewan case, once in jail, a man avoided programming for sexual offenders in case other prisoners found out why he was in jail.

Feist said he thought

funding appropriate healing programs is important, especially since the overwhelming majority of offenders are released from custody at some point in their lives.

To what extent the courts should be involved in social issues, Feist said “we can’t simply throw up our hands and say ‘this isn’t our responsibility and we’re just tending the downspout of a broken society.”

Punishment, for Feist, should be more than punishment for punishment’s sake. He compared the cycle of repeated short jail terms to the popular definition of insanity.

Sunchild and Feist also support First Nations having more legal jurisdiction.

Many reservations in the United States use tribal courts, in which reservations make legal decision on their own territory.

“Ultimately we need our own forms of justice, run by our own people, and to take the restoration and healing of our Indigenous nations into our own control,” Sunchild said.

The incarceration of Aboriginal people, Feist said, is “something we’re going to look back on with some shame, in the same way that people are looking back on the Sixties Scoop and stuff like that now.”

“History will not view this period of time favourably with regard to how Indigenous people are treated by the criminal law here on the prairies,” Feist said.

“Debate over how Gladue principles should be applied, and the courts’ resolution of the questions in issue, will further improve the justice system,” Gerein wrote.

Ongoing effort “With an innovative lens, we will work to reduce the demand on our justice system and make sure we incarcerate those we are scared of and not those we are simply mad at.”

– Christine Tell, Saskatchewan Minister of Corrections and Policing, 2016 Reducing the number of Aboriginal people in jail is also subject to decisions by the provincial government.

The Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Corrections and Policing offer various services pertaining to Aboriginal offenders, including Aboriginal court workers, cultural co-ordinators in jails, and training for Crown prosecutors regarding the background factors. Ministry of Justice officials meet with elders approximately four times a year.

The province also runs a restorative justice initiative that resolves about 3,300 adult and youth criminal cases annually, according to an email from the above mentioned ministries. This includes community justice programs operated by First Nations and other organizations.

Some programs have seen reductions in provincial funding, including the Aboriginal court worker program, Aboriginal policing and alternative measures programming.

Alternative measures is a Saskatchewan Ministry of Justice initiative designed to direct offenders from the possibility of jail.

Someone charged with “what wouldn’t be deemed a very serious crime,” NDP MLA Nicole Sarauer told the News-Optimist, including minor assaults, mischief and cannabis possessions when it was illegal, could go through alternative measures rather than the court NDP MLA process.

Nicole Sarauer Alternative measures might include perpetrators meeting with victims, community service and a letter of apology.

The relevant ministries have a stake in reducing incarceration: jail is expensive for taxpayers.

Former Minister of Justice Gord Wyant said in a 2016 committee meeting alternative measures are good for the community and are cost-effective.

“Diversion is the most responsible way of dealing with people coming into the system if that’s at all possible,” Wyant said.

An explanation for some provincial cuts, according to officials in 2016, was that the federal government was expected to kick in money for the reduced provincial funding.

Another reason for the cuts at the time was a reduction in the number of referrals to alternative measures. Crown prosecutors make referrals to alternative measures programs.

Sarauer asked in a 2017 committee meeting about Anthony Gerein, the Ministry of Justice’s plans regarding referrals.

Senior Prosecutor, Anecdotally, Sarauer said, she heard “newer Saskatchewan [Crown prosecutors] are sometimes a little more reluctant to make referrals to alternative measures.”

As opposed to taking an approach in which every case goes to trial, Anthony Gerein said at the 2017 meeting, the Ministry asked prosecutors to make “sure that each case they look at goes only where it needs to go” to resolve matters in the most efficient time possible.

Encouraging prosecutors toward alternative measures is an ongoing effort, Gerein said at the time.

Expanding restorative justice approaches and practices is in the Ministry of Justice’s 2019-20 plan.

When asked if the government has a responsibility in reducing the amount of jailed Aboriginal people, the ministries responded, “reconciliation requires our institutions support people who experience trauma, develop cultural competency and be open to new ways of responding, such as restorative and therapeutic justice.”

Sarauer told the News-Optimist “absolutely the province has a responsibility to fulfill the requirements set out in Gladue.”

20 years on North Battleford could also become something of a Gladue capital.

Educating legal professionals and the public about Gladue is an ongoing effort.

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Dustin Sand recently requested a Gladue report.

According to the R v Sand decision, Rudin estimated the cost of such a report from Aboriginal Legal Services (of which he is program director) would cost $2,000.

Even if judges have the necessary information, Sunchild points out the more Gladue factors an offender can have, the higher they can be assessed as a risk to reoffend, which could increase chances of jail. More factors could have the opposite effect of what Gladue is supposed to achieve, she said.

In her experience, Sunchild said “people who’ve been designated dangerous offenders … have ample Gladue factors,” adding many have residential school history in their background and “usually some sort of sexual or physical abuse they haven’t dealt with.”

The dangerous offender designation of Andy Peekeekoot made headlines.

Peekeekoot had a similar upbringing as other Aboriginal offenders. According to Peekeekoot, his parents abused alcohol and drugs, he was in foster care at age two, and was using alcohol and drugs at 10. He was physically and sexually abused in foster care, the decision says.

Peekeekoot was involved with the criminal justice system at a young age, spent most of his adult life in jail, and his criminal record included over 40 offences, half of them involving violence.

In 2005, a bar brawl took place in Shell Lake.

Peekeekoot pulled a knife and punched a man, and Peekeekoot was convicted of two counts of assault with a weapon.

Judge Lloyd Deshaye, who worked in North Battleford for a number of years, designated Peekeekoot a dangerous offender in 2010.

Peekeekoot appealed.

Gerein represented the Crown, while Rudin was an intervenor in the case, arguing against the dangerous offender designation.

The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal denied the appeal.

“There is less room for Gladue considerations to affect the outcome of a dangerous offender proceeding than is the case in conventional sentencing situations,” the Peekeekoot decision says.

2017 research by lawyer James Scott indicated Saskatchewan designated more people as dangerous offenders than Alberta or Manitoba, despite Saskatchewan’s lower population.

Based on research using the CanLii website, Scott found 41 Aboriginal people had been designat-

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Murray Pelletier, who represented clients with Gladue factors in North Battleford, was recently appointed a judge.

Saskatoon lawyer Kellie Wuttunee, who started practicing law in 2018, said of the criminal cases she’s dealt with, North Battleford judges have been receptive to Gladue.

“So far it’s a slow change,” Wuttunee said, “but it’s a change that’s coming.”

Continued from Page 9 Brass gave a presentation in North Battleford for those interested in learning more about Gladue.

Earlier this year, Michael Seed of Sunchild Law hosted a panel at North Battleford Provincal Court about Gladue.

The panel, attended by judges and Crown lawyers, featured a short talk from Eleanore Sunchild and a former residential school student who experienced

In 2004, Norma Mooswa pled guilty to killing six people in a drunk driving crash near Cochin. Crown and defence made a joint submission, and Mooswa was sentenced to 10 years.

In 2011, the parole board approved Mooswa’s statutory release, which is a release with conditions.

Another matter in Canadian law the pro-jail crowd likely disagree with is statutory release. By law, most offenders must be released by the Correctional Service of Canada, although with conditions, after serving two thirds of their sentence.

Mooswa had been doing time at a healing lodge before release. After release, according to a 2015 News-Optimist article, Mooswa endeavoured to help others learn from her experiences and embraced traditional values.

In 2015, RCMP saw Mooswa driving while she was

prohibited. Mooswa pled guilty to doing so.

According to the News-Optimist story, Mooswa drove because she believed an emergency family situation was taking place. Judge Lorna Dyck didn’t find Mooswa’s driving while prohibited to be justified, since the RCMP were already responding to the situation.

“That should have been enough,” the News-Optimist quoted Dyck as saying.

The court received supportive letters from Mooswa’s parole officer, staff who worked with Mooswa during her incarceration, and members of Moosomin First Nation.

Supporters attended the sentencing hearing.

Judge Dyck took Gladue factors into account, but said Mooswa previously had “blatant disregard” for court orders.

Mooswa was sentenced to a year’ incarceration.

Pelletier appointed provincial court judge in NB

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He has been appointed to take over from Judge Bruce Bauer, who is transferring to provincial court in Saskatoon.

Pelletier worked most recently with the federal public prosecution service but has extensive experience with Legal Aid

Staff Reporter

The Province of Saskatchewan has announced that Murray Pelletier has been appointed to be a judge at the provincial court in North Battleford.

Aid. He has appeared in court in North Battleford representing clients on numerous occasions.

Pelletier is a member of Cowessess First Nation, Treaty 4 Territory of Saskatchewan.

He received his law degree from the University

Saskatchewan, working in the northern area office and later as legal director in the Saskatoon Rural Area Office.

Pelletier is no stranger to the Battlefords. He worked with Sunchild Law Office for a time before returning to Legal

of Saskatchewan in 2007.

Minister of Justice and Attorney General Don Morgan praised Pelletier’s skills in announcing the appointment.

“Judge Pelletier is a remarkable appointment to the bench,” said Morgan in a news release.

“He has made valuable contributions to the legal community in Saskatchewan for the past 10 years. His knowledge, experience and skill will certainly enhance the judicial system in our province.”

Sutton departs the HUB table, Patrick will attend

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stances and advocate for necessary resources.

“The decision to dissolve COR, I believe, is an indication that the data use is not a major priority for the province at this time.

As a result, I am no longer attending the Hub table meetings,” Sutton’s report stated.

The HUB table does continue to meet and perform its role, which is to assess situations of elevated risk and provide immediate support to at-risk individuals and families by connecting them to the needed services.

The COR’s focus has been more long-term, with analysis of data and long-term trends. The

Staff Reporter

Community safety coordinator Herb Sutton has left his role at the HUB table, largely due to other overall changes impacting the organization.

Recently the province announced it was dissolving the Center of Responsibility in Prince Albert as of June 28, and HUB table data will now be managed from Regina.

Sutton explained in his latest monitoring report that his role there had been as data recorder, to provide consistency in local data collection so their data could be used to accurately describe local circum-

North Battleford HUB had worked closely with the Prince Albert COR in the past few years.

While Sutton is no longer attending HUB meetings, City Manager Randy Patrick has assumed the city’s spot on the HUB steering committee.

News that Sutton had departed came as a disappointment to Councillor Kevin Steinborn.

At a council meeting last Monday, Steinborn said it was “a little disheartening to see the province has gotten rid of the COR in PA.” He also cited the importance of the data collection that was being done.

“I just hope that this

isn’t a step backwards.”

Sutton assured Steinborn that the HUB would go forward as before with the day-to-day connecting to service.

Battleford town council is honouring Pride with a newly repainted crosswalk in front of Battleford Town Hall. A ceremony took place Wednesday evening.

Bobbiesue Thom spoke of the Stonewall Riots, which were violent confrontations between police and gay rights activists outside the Stonewall Inn in New York.

An international gay rights movement was born from such events. Photo by Josh Greschner

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YAKIWCHUK, Edward Frederick “Eddy” October 28, 1940 – June 20, 2019 It is with great sadness and heavy hearts that the family announces that Eddy’s journey with us has come to a peaceful end. Eddy endured years of both Dementia and Parkinson’s disease.

Diseases he feared the most in life. The challenges he faced and endured ultimately led him to reside as a patient for four years at Sunrise Gardens in Brooks, AB. While his health challenges changed him physically and mentally, the sparkle in his eyes and smile never dulled. Left to celebrate his 78 wonderful years of life are Louise, his wife of 54 years; daughter Carla and her husband Ashley and Eddy’s two greatest treasures, his grandchildren, Hayley and Chace. He also leaves his two sisters Justine Katerynch and Elsie Kutnikoff, and his brother Michael (Brenda) Yakiwchuk. Uncle Eddy has numerous nieces and nephews who have many fond and funny memories. Eddy is now rejoined with his brother Morris and parents Mike and Annie. He also rejoins numerous friends he so dearly cherished. He was born on his family farm October 28, 1940 near Richard, Saskatchewan to Mike and Annie Yakiwchuk. He resided and worked hard on the farm until he moved to Edmonton to work for Air Canada Cargo. It was there he met and married Louise on May 1, 1965 and they made their way back to Louise’s family farm near Bassano. Eddy became a passionate and dedicated grain and animal farmer.

He taught his family the love of the land and animals. He was a fixer of all things. A caring and dependent neighbor. He always enjoyed meeting new people at any given time or day. He loved home cooked meals, good conversation and crazy stories. He had a sense of humor and a laugh no one can forget. His love for all things, cookies, chocolate, chips and ice cream has been graciously passed onto his grandkids. We want to express our gratitude and heartfelt thanks to Dr. Coetzee and all the staff at Sunrise Gardens, Duchess ward, for the care, comfort and unconditional love they provided for Eddy throughout the remainder of his life. You all helped to keep the essence of Eddy going. At Eddy’s request a private service will be held for the family, and a celebration for friends will be announced at a later date. In lieu of flowers the family asks you to consider making a donation in Eddy’s memory to Sunrise Gardens, (c/o Residence Council, 1235 – 3 Street, Brooks, AB T1R 0P7). This council provides opportunities such as bands to entertain the residents.

Many of you know how much Eddy loved those dance nights and all the music. Our world became a little quieter as Eddy moved on to his next journey. However, we can all smile and chuckle knowing Heaven became is little more louder with the laughter and shenanigans that Eddy is now embracing.

Nostrovia! To send condolences, please visit Eddy’s obituary at www.wheatlandfuneralhome.ca. __________________________________________________

WOLOSHYN: Gertrude (Gertie) Mabel Woloshyn, a long time resident of the Battlefords, passed away November 17, 2018, in Comox, British Columbia. She was predeceased by her husband Fred and son Don. She is survived by her son Gerry, daughters, Vivian, Elaine, Patti, Shelley and Lynn, daughter inlaw Margaret and their families. 18 grandchildren, 29 great grandchildren and 7 great great grandchildren. Her family held a Family Memorial Reunion at Jackfish Lodge. We were able to remember our good summer vacation times, held at the family cottage. Her presence is missed but we have many good memories and times to treasure.

SKOW: It is with sadness that we announce the passing of Edward Skow, at Leduc, Alberta (formerly from North Battleford, Saskatchewan) at the age of 89. Edward will be lovingly remembered by his wife Elsie (married 67 years), daughter Myrle (Tony), son Gregory (Jamie), son Darcy (Dana) and his 7 grandchildren and 3 greatgrandchildren. Edward grew up on a farm in Rabbit Lake, Saskatchewan with his parents Charles and Viva Skow. He met his wife Elsie Kahl at a church dance in Medstead, Saskatchewan where he was playing in the orchestra. They married in April of 1952.

Edward and Elsie moved to North Battleford and were blessed with three children and later were blessed with 7 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren. Edward pursued a career with the North Battleford City where he became the Foreman of the City Water Works Department. In his working career Edward also was a Fireman and he retired from Battlefords Regional Care Centre. Edward loved to square dance, play the drums and the guitar. He also loved to travel with his wife Elsie across Canada, United States and Europe. Edward loved to curl and play softball and most recently his days were spent volunteering at Salem Manor in Leduc, Alberta. A Celebration of Life will be held in the future. In Lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society, 1910 McIntyre Street, Regina, SK S4P 2R3.

Condolences can be sent to www.eternalmemoriesfuneral.ca. Arrangements are entrusted to Battlefords Funeral Service (306-446-4200). __________________________________________________ HEIDEL: It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Lawrence (Lorne) Henry Heidel on June 24, 2019, at his cabin on Lac LaRonge, Saskatchewan. Left to cherish his memory are his son Scot, daughter-in-law Alison, and his grandsons Riley and Brad Heidel; brothers and sisters Louis Heidel, Thelma (Terry) Wakelin, Ev (Al) Cheney, Don (Kathy) Heidel, Larry Heidel, and Harry (Josephine) Heidel; sisters-in-law Rosemarie Heidel, Mildred Heidel, Joyce Heidel, Ruby Heidel, and Josephine (Karl) Holba; brothers-inlaw Alfie Gilchrist and Howie Gilchrist; numerous nieces, nephews, and their families. Lawrence is predeceased by his wife Mary Patricia (Pat) Heidel, parents John and Helen Heidel, parents-in-law Herbert and Margaret Gilchrist, brothers Ernest Heidel, Bill Heidel, Robert Heidel, and Charlie Heidel; sisters Elaine Witham and Madeline O’Hirko; sisters-in-law Velda Heidel, Lorraine Heidel, Jane Gilchrist, Evelyn Gilchrist, Betty Gilchrist, and Ellen Redman; brothers-in-law Tom Witham, Alf Moar, Neil Gilchrist, and Gordon Redman. Lawrence was born on July 31, 1940 at North Battleford Saskatchewan. He met Pat and they married on April 1, 1961. Lawrence and Pat moved to their farm at Wilkie, Saskatchewan in 1975 where they farmed until their retirement in 1991. Lawrence enjoyed hunting at his family moose cabin in the fall, travelling to Texas in the winter but most of all he enjoyed spending summers at his and Pat’s cabin on Lac LaRonge. He loved entertaining friends and family at the cabin and he was especially famous for his fish fries. A celebration of life will be announced at a later date. Memorial Donations are requested to the Alzheimer Society, 301-255012th Avenue, Regina, SK S4P 3X1. Condolences can be sent to www.eternalmemoriesfuneral.ca Arrangements are entrusted to Battlefords Funeral Service (306-446-4200). __________________________________________________

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Sister Raymonde Arcand (Sister Marie Goretti) of the Sisters of the Presentation, passed away on Saturday, June 8, 2019, at the age 81 in the North Battleford Union Hospital, SK. A Mass of Christian Burial was held at 3:00 p.m., on Wednesday, June 12, 2019, at St Joseph Calasanctius Roman Catholic Church North Battleford, SK, Second Funeral Mass was at 10:00 a.m., on Friday, June 14, 2019, Chapel of the Provincial House of the Sisters of the Presentation of Mary, 1405 Bishop Pascal Place, Prince Albert, SK, by the Most Reverend Albert Thévenot, M. Afr., Bishop of Prince Albert and Very Reverend Maurice Fiolleau, Vicar General. Interment took place in the Sister’s Section of South Hill Cemetery in Prince Albert, SK. Sister Raymonde was born and raised in Jackfish, SK. Grades ten and eleven were completed in Spiritwood when she boarded at the convent and went to the Catholic School there. In July of 1956, Raymonde left for Quebec to join the Order of the Sisters of the Presentation. Upon her return to SK, she was stationed in Green Lake. Her heart’s desire was to become a missionary however that ministry began as a teacher at St. Paul school in P.A. in 1961, continued in Debden, SK and at the Academy, in P.A. Due to ill health she discontinued teaching and served as school secretary-librarian in St. Lazare, MB. In 1981 she began working with Indigenous People at One Arrow, Beardy and The Pas. Since 1988 she has touched many through her ministry in the North Battleford area, on Sweetgrass, Moosomin, Saulteaux, Red Pheasant, Mosquito, Pound-Maker, Little Pine and in the city of North Battleford. We will remember the joy she experienced in her work, her determination in spite of fragile health. Her warm, cheerful and respectful attitude won her students’ hearts and will never be forgotten by the Indigenous People she valued and loved so dearly. We rejoice that she now rests in the loving arms of the Lord that she believed in. Sister Raymonde leaves to mourn the Members of her Religious Community; one sister, Rachelle (Wayne); two brothers, Aimé (Eva) and Lionel (Geri); three sisters-in-law, Carole, Jeanette and Sandra; one brother-in-law, Raymond Ward; numerous nieces/nephews, uncles/aunts, sisters-in law, cousins and friends; the Indigenous People she dearly loved.

She was predeceased by her parents, Damase Arcand and Marie-Ange; and step father, Pete Day; one sister, Claudette Ward; four brothers, Aurèle, Albéric, Marcel, and Gilbert. For those wishing to leave a condolence, you may do so at www.eternalmemoriesfuneral.ca Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Trevor Watts of Eternal Memories Funeral Service & Crematorium.

Card of Thanks Sr. Rita would like to thank the Arcand family for all the loving support they gave her during the illness and passing away of Sr. Raymonde. She would also want to thank them for the beautiful lunch they organized and served. Thank you to all the helpers who made the celebration of Sr. Raymonde’s life a prayerful experience. Thank you to all the people who came, to Edgar and the drummers from Red Pheasant First Nations, the Sisters of the Presentation and to the priests who celebrated the Mass.

Thank you also to those who prepared the funeral in Prince Albert and to everyone who came to pray with us. Thank you to Eternal Memories of North Battleford and to River Park from Prince Albert, SK for their compassion and love. A very heartfelt thank you to Dr. Dunhin and Dr. Gieni and to all the nurses at BUH Palliative Care Unit for their excellent care. May the angels be her constant guides now and forever.

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SCOTT: On January 28, 2019 Kurt Douglas Scott tragically passed away from injuries sustained from a motor vehicle accident in Cochrane, AB. Kurt was born on March 29, 1974 in North Battleford, SK. He was a resident of Cochrane, AB. He will forever be missed by his two children Zoë (16) and Jacob (14), his mother Marion and late father Douglas, brother Edward (Theresa), sister Brenda (Kevin), two nephews Codey and Tyler, and two nieces Britney (Aaron) and Karlee.

As well as numerous aunts, uncles, cousins and many friends.

Kurt was such an amazing father, son, brother, uncle and friend.

He lived life to the fullest, his positive energy, smile and laughter were infectious. He enjoyed spending time with family and friends, especially if it included the outdoors. On behalf of the Scott family, please honour us with your presence in celebrating the life of Kurt which will be held on Saturday June 29, 2019 at 2:00 PM at Cochin Community Hall in Cochin, SK. Any gracious contributions can be made to the Gofundme page that has been set up for Zoë and Jacob Scott in memory of their dad. All donations will be deposited into a trust fund for their future. The family expresses their deepest gratitude for the support, kindness and memories everyone has shared in which the family will always hold so close to their hearts. Kurt had touched so many lives and there couldn’t possibly be a better legacy than bringing joy to this world.

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OBITUARIES CAMERON: It is with great sadness that the family of Nita Cameron announces her sudden and unexpected passing on Friday, June 14, 2019 in the ICU at the Royal University Hospital in Saskatoon at the age of 67.

Left to cherish Nita’s memory is her sister Doreen (Bob) Gordon, her brother Roger (Diane) Cameron, nephews Kevin (Nancy) and Kelly Gordon, Cheyne Cameron (Lila Brown) and numerous cousins and friends. She was predeceased by her parents, George and Kathleen Cameron and by her only niece, Tara Cameron. A Memorial Service in Saskatoon to remember Nita will be announced at a later date. If so desired and in lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Meewasin Valley Authority 402 – 3rd Ave South, Saskatoon, SK S7K 3G5, www.meewasin.com , where Nita loved to walk along the Meewasin Trail and enjoy the outdoors. Donations may also be made to the ICU Education Fund at the Royal University Hospital, 103 Hospital Drive, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0W8.

Condolences can be sent to www.eternalmemoriesfuneral.ca Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Battlefords Funeral Service (306-446-4200).

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IN MEMORIAM

In Loving Memory of ROBERT JAMES LOWERYSON APRIL 21, 1939 - JULY 2, 2018

Tony travelled to Yukon in the mid 70’s, in the summer months he’d spend his time in Dawson City working various jobs, one being working for the fire crew. Tony settled on Horse Creek staking claims for his placer mine. He was very skilled with his hands, whether he was turning wrenches, laying a bead welding, operating his machinery or manufacturing a part himself, he could do it all. Many people brought their projects or vehicles to Tony for him to repair.

In Tony’s earlier years in Hamilton, Ontario, he enjoyed the sport of boxing. With this experience it lead him to be a bouncer at many of the local bars. Tony also served in the military for 3 years spending a portion of that serving in Germany.

In his spare time he’d get cleaned up and go into Whitehorse to go dancing at the Casa Loma with his friends. Tony was an avid reader and listened to country and western music.

Tony was a man’s man; strong willed, you can say the mentality of BRUINS REARGUARD an old prospector, he worked hard Seeing regular duty throughout his life, helping people when asked and not wanting on the Beaver-Bruins anything in return. blueline is defencemen Tony Kopp of See Insert!

Battleford. Tony is in Anthony severed all family ties his last year of juvein about 1958. The reason being? nile hockey, stands Remains on the shoulders of the 6’2”, and weighs 180 beholder! pounds. Prior to joinFrom what I can remember as a ing the Beaver-Bruins youngster, Tony was very athletic this winter he played and mechanically inclined! in the Big Four HockAlthough I suspect, known to ey League last season likely very few, Anthony was also with Battleford Millers. quite an avid vocalist. One of his Tony will be seen in favorite songs that I can remember action on Monday, him singing was El Paso, by Marty when Bruins play host Robinson. to St. Thomas at the Anthony also played some hockey in his teen years!

Playdium.

After my numerous failed attempts and investments to try and locate brother Anthony, this brings my searching to a final closier!

Info supplied by: Kelion Kopp

God has taken you from me so I’m sending a dove to heaven with a parcel on its wings.

Be careful when you open it, it’s full of beautiful things.

Inside are a million kisses wrapped up in a million hugs to say how much I miss you and love you.

I hold you close within my heart, and there you will remain to walk with me throughout my life until we meet again.

Lovingly remembered

by Lionel and all of your family

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It is with great sadness, and disappointment, largely due to finding out long after the fact.

The passing of the late Anthony/ Tony Kopp, of Whitehorse, Yukon.

August 26, 1940 ~ May 2, 2017.

Anthony was predeceased by his parents, Jacob Kopp 1968 and Clara Kopp 2001 formerly of Wilkie Saskatchewan.

A huge thank you to the friends and associates of Anthony Kopp for their efforts and involvement in dealing with his final affairs and the drafting of Anthony’s obituary card. It is understood that they had no knowledge of any of Anthony’s family ties.

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To a Public Engagement Session Regarding Future Development at Turtle Lake When: Saturday July 20th from 1:00 pm - 7:00 pm Where: Dexter Hall, located on Grid Road 795 north of Kivimaa-Moonlight Bay The R.M. of Mervin No. 499 is providing a Public Engagement Session for all interested ratepayers and parties regarding future development proposals around Turtle Lake. The RM Council is currently considering applications for rezoning into Lakeshore Development Districts and Commercial Districts to accommodate the proposals. Please note that no rezoning amendments have been drafted for any of these applications. By attending the Pubic Engagement Session you can: • Review the information for each proposal for development • Ask questions directly to the Developers • Provide feedback/comments to the R.M. of Mervin For further information regarding the Engagement Session, please visit www.rmofmervin.ca.

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE ESTATE of DONALD ARTHUR FOULDS, late of North Battleford, 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 before the 2nd day of August 2019.

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Continuous cropping of canola, the final year of a 12-year study Dr. Breanne Tidemann - Research Scientist, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Flax breeding program highlights Michelle Beaith - Agronomist, Saskatchewan Flax Development Commission Intercropping canola (3 vs. 5 seeds/ft2) and field peas (4 vs. 8 seeds/ft2) for disease management Kayla Slind - Research Associate, Western Applied Research Corporation Demonstrating different rates of N, P & S as seed-placed, sidebanded and midrowed in canola Jessica Weber - General Manager, Western Applied Research Corporation Canola variety performance trials Keith Fournier - Director, Saskatchewan Canola Development Commission Lunch Served 12:00 – 1:00 pm Reducing toxicity of seed-placed phosphorus fertilizer in canola Dr. Patrick Mooleki - Research Scientist, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Improving the management of sclerotina stem rot of canola using fungicides and risk assessment tools Dr. Kelly Turkington - Research Scientist, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Nitrogen use efficiency in oil seed-pulse-special crop rotation Dr. Bandara Manjula - Research Scientist, Crop Diversification Centre South, Alberta Agriculture and Forestry Tame mustard tolerance to clomazone applied pre-plant to control cleavers Alick Mulenga - Coordinating Agronomist, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Tour ends at 3:00 pm Closed-toe shoes preferred. Boot covers and sanitation mats will be on-site.

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National Indigenous Peoples Day Pancake Breakfast Celebration

Thank you to our sponsors: BATC Community Development Corp., BMA Benefits, the City of North Battleford and Town of Battleford, (through the Saskatchewan Lotteries Trust Fund for Sport, Culture and Recreation), Innovation Credit Union, Discovery Co-op, SGEU, Sasktel, Culligan Water Conditioning, Splish Splash Auto and Pet Wash, Gold Eagle Casino.

Thank you to the following special guests for their greetings: Elder Anderson Moosomin (Mosquito First Nation) for his prayers, and to our program MC, Pamela Peterson.

Thank you to the Chiefs and Mayors for conducting a special signing ceremony of the “Sacichowasihc Relationship Agreement” at our pancake breakfast celebration: Attending were Chiefs Wayne Semaganis (Little Pine), Bradley Swiftwolfe (Moosomin), Kenny Moccasin (Saulteaux), Crystal Okemow (Lucky Man) and Laurence Paskemin (Sweetgrass); Mayors Ryan Bater (City of North Battleford) and Ames Leslie (Town of Battleford); and Senator Jenny Spyglass (Mosquito) and MC Samara Emsley (The Jim Pattison Broadcast Group).

Thank you to the participants attending the “Honouring Our Chiefs in the Celebration of the 40th Anniversary of the Battlefords Indian Health Centre (BIHC)”: Chiefs who were the original signatories to the establishment of BIHC were honoured. Both Chief Martin Spyglass (Mosquito) and Gordon Albert (Sweetgrass) were in attendance, and late Chiefs Henry Favel (Poundmaker), Casey Kennedy (Little Pine), Harry Nicotine (Red Pheasant), Ernest Kahpeaysewat (Moosomin), Rod King (Lucky Man), Andrew Paddy (Thunderchild), Alex Gopher (Saulteaux), Alex Harper (Onion Lake), and Steve Pooyak (Sweetgrass) were honoured. Thank you to their family members who attended on their behalf. Also attending the celebration were former Health Centre Directors Alma Favel-King and Janice Kennedy, and former Community Health Director, Joanne Lucarz Simpson, as well as present Executive-Director Patti Whitecalf-Ironstand.

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LAND FOR SALE The Public Guardian and Trustee of Saskatchewan as Official Administrator for the Estate of Valerie Rolanda Lozinski, will accept bids on the following: R.M. of Redberry NE Sec 26 - 43 - 08 W3 As described on Certificate of Title 75B03004 Property will be sold in “As Is” condition. No minerals included in sale.

Sealed bids, clearly marked “Estate of Valerie Rolanda Lozinski Tender”, should be received in our office by 5:00 p.m. on July 20, 2019 accompanied by a deposit of 10% of the bid in the form of a money order or certified cheque to the address below. (Deposits will be refunded except for that of the successful bidder.)

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

The highest or any bid is not necessarily accepted.

For further information phone: Rebecca Turnbull

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Saturday, July 13th - Battleford Connie Leask Gant Large Antique & Collectable Sale

Saturday, July 20th - Battleford Estate of John & Diane MacDonald Household, Vintage Furniture, Shop

Saturday, July 27th - Glaslyn Area Garry & Marlene Conacher Large Farm Auction complete line of Seeding to Harvest Equipment

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NSRBL scores and standings going into July

By John Cairns Staff Reporter

The Canada Day break is over and teams have resumed play this week in the North Saskatchewan River Baseball League.

Coming into the week, the Border City Blue Jays were all alone on top of the

league with a 10-0 record, followed by Wilkie at 101-1, the Unity Cardinals at 10-2 and Lloydminster Twins at 9-2.

Among the Battlefords area teams, the Battlefords Trappers have the best record at 8-4, good for fifth in the league. The North Battleford Beavers are

well back at 4-8 and the North Battleford Midgets are near the bottom at 1-12, just ahead of the 0-12 Mervin Flyers.

Scores from last Monday saw Standard Hill beat the Beavers 4-3 while the NB Midgets beat Mervin 10-1 for their first win of the season. Scores from

June 25 saw the Trappers defeat the Beavers 14-4 in an all-Battlefords matchup.

Standard Hill took down Edam 10-0 and Wilkie won over Unity 4-1, June 26 scores saw the Unity Midgets beat the North Battleford Midgets 10-2 while Border City hammered Mervin

COMING EVENTS

Friday July 12

Tales and More at the North Battleford Library 10:45 a.m. Enjoy thematic storytimes inspired by STREAM (Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Art, Math) activities. Ages 4-8.

Saturday July 13

Parenting After Separation and Divorce Program. Family Justice Services offers a Parenting After Separation and Divorce Program.

These public information sessions are intended to help people who are considering or may be in the separation/divorce process. Sessions will be offered in North Battleford Saturday 13, 2019 - 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Saturday, September 7, 2019 - 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. and Saturday, October 5, 2019 - 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Location will be advised when you register. Registration is mandatory. There is no fee for these sessions. To register for these sessions call Toll Free 1-877-964-5501.

Classes are for adults only - no child care provided.

Saturday July 13

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Escape Room at the North Battleford Library 11:00 a.m. You and four friends will be thrown back to 1986, where you’ll have to work together to manipulate the very fabric of the space-time continuum and get yourselves back to the present day! That’s right, it’s our very own escape room at the North Battleford Library! Sessions are 45 minutes long, start at 11:00 a.m., and are every hour on the hour until 5:00 p.m. Registration is a must and ages 13+ are welcome in groups of 2-5. Get ready to escape the 80s!

Saturday July 13

Alcoholics Anonymous

Please call our 24 hour at 1-877-341-3322 for support or information.

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

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 drop-in fee per night) plus a $5.00 fee for the Table Tennis Saskatchewan membership/insurance.

Thursdays

Peer to Peer Support Group for Mental Health meets Thursday 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.

Silver Screen Saturday. Come to the North Battleford Library 2:00 p.m. for a movie! We will be showing classic and retro movies throughout July. Today we’ll be showing Ferris Buller’s Day Off, a fun movie about a high school student who fakes ill to have an adventurous day off from school. Ages 12+.

Monday July 15

Musical Monday at the North Battleford Library 10:30 a.m. Bring your toddlers and preschoolers to the library park for some fun music and movement! Note:The main library is closed during this time.We are only open for this event.

Monday July 15

Monopoly Monday at the North Battleford Library 2:00 p.m. Join us for a fun afternoon of board games every Monday for July! Not just Monopoly, but all sorts of board games for all ages! Hope to see you there!

Tuesday July 16

Scenery Stretches at the North Battleford Library on Tuesdays afternoons to help tend to the children’s garden and do some yoga!

Ages 5-10.

Tuesday July 16

Thursday July 4

Origami Night at the North Battleford Library at 6:30 p.m. Come to the library for a fun night of paper-folding! No experience necessary, and no registration required. Ages 13+.

Friday July 5

Time for Tots at the North Battleford Library 10:45 a.m. For ages 18 months to 3 years and their parents or caregivers. Come and enjoy 30 minutes of simple stories, rhymes and finger plays.

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

Tales and More at the North Battleford Library 10:45 a.m. Enjoy thematic storytimes inspired by STREAM (Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Art, Math) activities. Ages 4-8.

Saturday July 6

Silver Screen Saturday at the North Battleford Library 2:00 p.m.

Come to the library on Saturday afternoons at 2:00 p.m. for a movie! We will be showing classic and retro movies throughout July.

Today we will be showing To Catch a Thief, the story of a retired cat burglar who must clear his own name when a string of robberies is committed in his signature style. Ages 10+.

Monday July 8

Wednesday July 17 Thursday July 18

Makerspace Play Date at the North Battleford Library 4:00 p.m.

Think & play with STEM and STEAM activities, build robots, create video games, explore circuits and more! All materials provided. Ages 5-12.

Friday July 19

Tales and More at the North Battleford Library 10:45 a.m. Enjoy thematic storytimes inspired by STREAM (Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Art, Math) activities. Ages 4-8.

Friday July 19

Monopoly Monday at the North Battleford Library 2:00 p.m.

Join us for a fun afternoon of board games every Monday for July!

Not just monopoly but all sorts of board games for all ages! Hope to see you there!

Cookie Carnival at the North Battleford Library 2:00 p.m. The City of North Battleford Playground Program joins us to present an afternoon of stories, activities, and cookies! We will be registering before the event. Parents, please stay with your children for this event.

Scenery Stretches at the North Battleford Library 3:00 p.m. Come to the library on Tuesday afternoons to help tend to the children’s garden and do some yoga! Ages 5-10.

Silver Screen Saturday at the North Battleford Library 2:00 p.m.

Come to the library on Saturday afternoons at 2:00 p.m. for a movie!

We’ll be showing classic and retro movies throughout July.Today we’ll be showing Clueless, a modern take on Jane Austen’s classic novel Emma. Cher, a teenage socialite, sees herself as a matchmacker, but fails to see a potential match for herself. Ages 12+.

Tuesday July 9

Wednesday July 10

Time for Tots at the North Battleford Library 10:45 a.m. For ages 18 months to 3 years and their parents or caregivers. Come and enjoy 30 minutes of simple stories, rhymes and finger plays.

Thursday July 11

Makerspace Play Date at the North Battleford Library 4:00 p.m.

Think & play with STEM and STEAM activities, build robots, create video games, explore circuits and more! All material provided.

Ages 5-12.

Saturday July 20

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.

12-0. June 27 scores saw the Beavers fall again to Wilkie 7-1 at home, Unity over Standard Hill 11-1 and Lloydminster Twins over Edam 13-6.

Going into July, the Trappers’ Gavin Nolin led the league in runs with 18, hits at 26 and RBIs with 16. He also had a .605 batting average and a .673 onbase percentage, which are

the best of any player in the league who has played three or more games this season.

Five games were scheduled for Tuesday in the league, including the Trappers at Standard Hill and the Beavers hosting the Unity Midgets. Three games were scheduled for Wednesday and two more for Thursday.

ST RS North Stars commitments announced

By John Cairns Staff Reporter

More graduating members of the Canalta Cup champion Battlefords North Stars have announced their next stops on their hockey journeys.

Captain Cody Spagrud has committed to the University of Saskatchewan Huskies. In addition to his efforts to lead his team to the Cup, the 20-year-old defenceman from Gull Lake was the SJHL’s Top Defenceman for 2018-19.

“Obviously I’m really excited to be joining the Huskies,” Spagrud said in a statement on the North Stars’ website. “They’ve been a great team for a long time so it will be a good opportunity for me to become a better player and person.”

In a statement, Head Coach Brayden Klimosko congratulated Spagrud, calling him “one of the best players I have ever coached in my six years of coaching. Cody is a tremendous leader and will be irreplaceable for the North Stars.”

Another key member of the roster this season was forward Ryan Gil. Gil, who earned the nickname the “California Kid” because he is from Huntington Beach, Cal., is heading back to the United States on a scholarship to Grand Canyon University

in Phoenix, Ariz.

Coach Klimosko said Gil was “relied on heavily for his offensive game as well as blocked shots. I wish him all the best in his future as a hockey player as well as a student.”

Gil won’t be the only former North Star on that college roster. The other news is that goaltender Chad Duran has also committed to Grand Canyon University.

Earlier, it had been announced Duran was headed to Div. 3 SUNYCanton, but Grand Canyon confirmed on their Twitter feed on June 5 that Duran would instead be joining their program. Duran is from Littleton, Col., and joined the North Stars as a reliable veteran backup in net this season.

Finally, North Stars assistant captain and twotime cup champion Owen Lamb has committed to University of Alberta Augustana Vikings. The North Stars forward scored 30 goals this season with the club.

“We’re very excited to add Owen to our Vikings hockey program,” said their head coach, Blaine Gusdal, in a statement.

“He’s a proven winner with loads of playoff experience and two SJHL championships on his resume. He oozes true character and he’s going to have a wonderful university career.”

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Posthumous induction is fourth time into hall of fame Submitted

The Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame will be celebrating the 35th annual induction Saturday, Aug. 17 in Battleford.

Special guest speaker will be Ferguson “Fergie” Jenkins, the first and only Canadian to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y. Call 306-4461983 now for tickets.

The Late Dwayne Andreen Dwayne started playing baseball at the age of five, when, in 1960, his dad coached the Kinsmen Little League in Kindersley, winning the 1968 Provincial Little League Championship and going on to compete in the Western Canadian Championships in British Columbia, losing to the B.C. team in the final.

Dwayne then played minor league baseball while growing up in Saskatoon.

This included pony and midget league baseball in 1971 to 1973, followed by junior league baseball. He played many defensive positions. He then went on to play for Spero Leakos with the Saskatoon Commodores in 1976 and 1977. He also played for the Saskatoon Patrick Liners of the Saskatchewan Major Baseball League from 1978 to 1984. Dwayne had become proficient as a pitcher and

first baseman.

While with the Patrick Liners, the team won the 1979 regional playoffs against Manitoba, but lost in the Canadian Senior Baseball Championship in Chatham, Ont. In 1980 the team won the Provincial, Western and Canadian Championships. In the second game of the Canadian Championship, Dwayne was called to pitch when Team Saskatchewan was down 3-0, bases loaded, with one out in the third inning. He got

Dwayne Andreen

one batter to pop up in the infield and struck out the next batter to end the inning. He then pitched nohit ball the remainder of the game and Team Saskatchewan won 21-3. Coach Jim Elliott had special praise for Dwayne’s pitching in winning the game against Prince Edward Island.

Dwayne continued as a member of the Liners,

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winning the 1981 and 1982 Western Canadian Championships, and the silver in 1983. In 1984 the team represented Saskatchewan in the Westerns held in Red Deer, Alta., but did not place in the medals. The team represented Saskatchewan in the Canadian championships in 1981, won silver in 1982 and bronze in 1983. The Liners played in three or four tournaments during the summers. Dwayne played against such players as Dave Pagan and Bobby Meacham of the New York Yankees.

Dwayne coached his son, Ken, from age six through the minor leagues in Saskatoon. He coached the Patrick Liners in 1983 and 1984. In 1987 and 1988 he co-coached the Canadian little league that entered the International Kenko baseball tournament in Tokyo, Japan. From 1989

to 1992, Dwayne was the head coach of the Canadian Kenko team that went to Tokyo, placing between fifth and seventh in the tournaments.

Dwayne’s dedication, leadership, baseball talent and ability were greatly appreciated by his teammates and coaches. As a coach, he was excellent with the young baseball players and inspired and encouraged them to always perform to the best of their ability.

Dwayne was inducted into the Saskatoon Sports Hall of Fame in 1982 as a player with the Saskatoon Patrick Liners and again in 1983 as a member of the Patrick Liners, team category. Dwayne was also a member of the 1980 Team Saskatchewan inducted into the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame in 1988.

Dwayne died in Saskatoon on Aug. 4, 2018.

Golfing to make dreams a reality for local youth

By Therese A. Prentice

The first and hopefully annual “Swing Fore Summer Camp” Golf Tournament was held June 9, at the Rustic Nine Golf Course in North Battleford. The inspiration for this event came from a young local couple, Kim and Dale Richardson.

While taking in a round themselves on the course, the two became inspired.

Always looking for opportunities to foster local relationships, the project began to come together as they played through the nine holes. Kim recalled her days at camp as a child and all of the fun she had there. It was a wonderful opportunity that, unfortunately, is not available to all children. They began talking about local youth in the Battlefords and how great it would be if they could give some of them a similar experience.

The Richardsons are members of the Seventh Day Adventist Church and, as such, have connections to Camp Whitesand. The camp is located 50 kilometres west of Yorkton, on

Highway 16. It is owned and operated through the ManSask Conference of the Seventh Day Adventist Church. A very progressive operation, the camp is constantly upgrading, renovating and growing.

Archery, art, BMX, canoeing, crafts, music, drama, horsemanship, outdoor adventure, rock climbing, wake boarding and water skiing are just some of the many activities offered at Whitesand. Surrounded by a natural forest and alongside the Whitesand River, it is an ideal spot for children to experience nature in a safe and nurturing environment, promising excitement and adventure.

Dale and Kim wondered if it would be possible to choose some local youth and send them to camp, perhaps through sponsorship. Thus the idea of partnering golfing with fostering relationships came into fruition, as the two decided a tournament might be a wonderful way to raise the funds to see their inspiration become a reality.

They approached Victor and Elaine, owners of

Rustic Nine Golf Course.

Victor and Elaine were enthusiastic about the Richardson’s idea and Swing Fore Summer Camp was born.

A presentation was then prepared and taken to a board meeting at the Seventh Day Adventist Church. Dale is a deacon at the church and active in the community, always looking for opportunities to reach out as liaison between the two. The presentation was successful and they were given a clear go ahead.

With full support on all fronts, the next question, naturally, was who to choose as the lucky recipients of a free trip to camp.

After some discussion Kim contacted the Battlefords Boys and Girls Club. She met with Nicole Combres, the club’s executive director, and pitched her idea of a charity golf tournament, with the proceeds used to send some youth to camp.

Nicole says she was “blown away by this offer, knowing how taxing fundraising can be and the fact that someone else wanted

Vince Loewen, Cody Loewen, Levi Joe, Marshall Morrison. Photos submitted

to host their own fundraiser to support our members was truly amazing.”

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is a non-profit organization and opportunities like this don’t come along every day. The only responsibil-

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Anger is like a forest fire; it burns out of control “I have had an outburst of anger that I’m not proud of admitting,” I told Ed my old neighbour in Saskatchewan. He wasn’t surprised because he knows I suffer from the occasional thunderstorm of temper. My anger can come up fast or simmer and then boil over, causing a mess rather than serving a useful purpose.

Ed said to me, “Is this ‘Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song?’

You used to sing to me how somebody did you wrong after you had a fit of anger.”

“I thought my temper was tamed down, but it is as wild as ever. I can have weeks, days and months of keeping my anger down

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his grandmother were with him. Ed has no patience for drivers in Edmonton and the endless, busy, traffic there.

Long story short, Ed felt that a car had cut him off in traffic and he hit the brakes and the horn. He let loose at the other driver with a blue streak of curses that had the devil blushing. Ed realized that inside his car, it was deadly quiet, his grandmother spoke up. She said to Ed, “Never assume the other driver cut you off on purpose.

See it as unintentional and that you could make such a mistake yourself some time. Swearing like the devil isn’t the answer to your anger in front us or

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revraymaher@accesscomm.ca to manageable exasperation, moderate annoyance, and just a bit of sticky resentment, but then when it seems the lid is on OK, my anger explodes and my thunder rolls at others.

They may be asking themselves, “Where did this nut case come from?”

Ed understands losing

control of his anger and reacting uselessly. He is embarrassed by one of his fits of road rage. His wrath doesn’t bother him if he is by himself, but he exploded once when others were with him. He was driving a car full of relatives to a wedding reception in Edmonton. His aunts and

yourself.”

Feelings of anger, joy, fear, sadness, loneliness, etc. are experienced by everyone. Is anger one of our most unhealthy emotions if not handled wisely?

Does it have the power to destroy relationships and to be life-changing negatively? Anger may be a valid feeling, but it can be opening a floodgate. Our anger released can sweep us up and far beyond what we intended.

The Bible is rich in wisdom in our need to deal wisely with our angry feelings. The book of James cautions us, “Let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; for the anger of

man does not produce the righteousness of God.” Anger can blur the thinking of those who are angry. Jesus said, “Anyone angry with his brother will be subject to judgment.”

We think of murder as serious and wrong before God and man, but murder comes from anger, turned into hate that leads to murder. Proverbs teaches us, “Good sense makes one slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense.”

Thomas A’ Kempis directs us: “Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be.”

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

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St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church

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

Battleford Legion Hall 7:00 p.m.

PASTOR - Rick Martin

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

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Tramping Lake Class of ‘69

The Tramping Lake Class of 1969 held their 50th reunion this year. Back row, Jim Wilson, Mildred (Park) Danyluk, David Frehlich. Front row, Konnie (Kondraczynski) Elder-Dvorak, Mary (Heit) Fiddler, Noreen (Glatt) Schwealje, Lorraine (Brandle) Mullin, Audrey (Hoffart) Vetter, Denise (Heit) Schmidt. Nine out of 16 were present. Photo submitted by Sherri Solomko

Driving Away Hunger

Farm Credit Canada recently donated $1,000 to Glaslyn Central School for FCC’s annual Drive Away Hunger program. Every year Drive Away Hunger donates $1,000 to a lucky school to help fund their school feeding program. This money is to help ensure kids are getting enough nutritious food to help them get through the day. This year Glaslyn School was selected, says Jenny Markewich, relationship manager. Photo submitted

Big Hearts = Big Opportunities Continued from Page 16 such an opportunity. Nicole shares with me. “This was not an easy task, considering how special each and every member of ours is to us. With that being said, there were some things we kept in mind – the age of the child/youth, their ability and willingness to attend a camp so far away from home and their family circumstances and previous camp opportunities. With these factors in mind, our staff were able to choose members who would benefit from this camp experience and we are beyond excited for them.”

The morning of the tournament was overcast and a bit chilly but everyone still attended.

The event was open to all ages. Thirty golfers registered – 28 adults and two youth – and all completed nine holes. Barbecue burgers and salads were served afterwards. It was unanimously agreed the event was a success and the expectation at this time is that the tournament will be held again next year.

A follow-up meet and greet luncheon was held

June 15 at the Seventh Day Adventist Church. Four of the six youth chosen for Camp Whitesand were in attendance, accompanied by some family members.

A good number of the congregation from the church were there, too. A lunch was followed up with a generous presentation to the four young recipients.

They each received a new sleeping bag, a Bible and some other camp necessities. They were also given a package of information containing a list of items they would need to bring to camp.

There was no mistaking the joy and excitement the children and their families/ guardians were feeling that afternoon. They expressed how incredibly blessed they felt for their children to be sponsored for seven days at Camp Whitesand.

Kim, Dale and others had volunteered many hours to make it all happen. Darcy, a school bus driver and a church member, is offering his services, free of charge, to drive the children to and from the camp in July. I was invited to the tournament but was out of town and unable to at-

tend. However, I received an invitation to the lunch from Pastor James Kwon and his wife, Boram. I attended and was graciously welcomed. Ms. Combres expressed immense gratitude to Kim, Dale and all others who were involved in planning the Charity Golf Tournament. Their combined efforts providing an experience that the children chosen will never forget. She is also, as we all are, thankful to the businesses and individuals who supported the event.

The six campers chosen, in the 10 to 13-yearold category, will be off to camp for the week of July 21 to the 28. We wish them well and are hopeful that they arrive back home excited and eager to share some of their new skills and stories of their adventures at camp, completing Kim and Dale’s vision.

If you are interested in becoming a sponsor for next year’s tournament or interested in directly funding sponsorship for one or more children, please contact Kim and Dale at swingforesummercamp@ hotmail.com.

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Independent Retailer Month was established by Clare Rayner, known throughout the world as “The Retail Champion” to help get local communities working with their local retailers to help keep local money local. There’s been a loss of culture and community throughout the years as big box companies move in and start driving the smaller companies out of business. Our stores select the highest quality products for you and pride themselves in giving you the very best personal service, because these are the people that you pass on the street; your kids go to school with their kids; your neighbors; your friends.

The Independent Retailers rely on the support of their community, and the loyalty of these people to their local businesses. Since the creation of Independent Retailer Month, millions of dollars in revenue have been returned to local businesses as people start shopping locally and discovering the hometown feel you get from shopping with your friends and neighbors. Independent Retailer month is your opportunity to get in and support the Battlefords and keep the dream of small businesses alive and well.

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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 May 20, we held our meeting at 1 p.m. with 12 members present. President Margaret Kemp opened the meeting with a brief history of three members who had passed away. A minute silence was held for Irene Blais, Clarence Drescher and Irene Blanchette.

The winners of the Kaiser tournament were John Sendecki, Faye Goll, Howard Weitzel and Yvonne Macpherson.

Winner of the cribbage tournament was Marcel Lacoursiere. We decided to leave the afternoon and evening Kaiser rules the same so it would not be so confusing to members.

Since there was no in-

terest we decided to cancel our garage sale.

Margaret will put up a no bully sign and the members will decide on the cancelling of memberships if the bullying does not stop during card games. We only want to have fun, not to be bullied.

All bills are to be paid as they come in, rather than waiting for meetings.

We received two applications for our North Battleford Comprehensive High School scholarship and we had a vote to decide which applicant we would accept after listening to the applications. We had one person who applied from John Paul II Collegiate. It was decided if their marks held we would accept them.

We held our birthday party with pork loin roast and pot luck on June 12.

Happy Birthday was sung

Margaret Kemp presents Margaret Fedun and Fay Taylor with their Lifetime Memberships.

to Richard Chuhanuk, Vera Payne, Gwen Cave, Rose Marie Blanchette, Edith Lochart, Yvonne Macpherson and Sharon Dollansky. Gwen Cave and Yvonne Macpherson where given their Lifetime Memberships. Margaret Kemp welcomed everyone

and Marcel Lacoursiere entertained with a bit of humour, then everyone sat down to lunch.

Our picnic will be held on July 10 with an afternoon of bingo and cards and late afternoon wieners and watermelon and fun, fun fun.

Richard Chuhanuk, Vera Payne, Rose Marie Blanchette, Gwen Cave and Lucille Shutra at the potluck lunch.

John Sendecki with the Kaiser trophy.

Winner of the cribbage tournament was Marcel Lacoursiere.

Fay Taylor presents Gwen Cave with a Lifetime Membership. Photos submitted

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Retiring reverend recognized for 50 years service

By Sherri Solomko Correspondent

The eight weeks summer madness has begun.

Soak it all in, literally, and check out your local communities for events and activities to take part in this summer. Or, check out all that your province has to offer for summer fun.

Congratulations to retired Reverend George Ward who received recognition for 50 years of service to the United Church of Canada, and, retired Reverend Louise Robson who received recognition for 25 years of service to the United Church of Canada. These presentations were done at the annual outdoor service and picnic of Unity United Church held June 23.

Congratulations to triathlete Reece Gilbert who has qualified with Team Sask for the Western Canada Summer Games coming up in Swift Current Aug. 9-18. Reece will join fellow Unity athlete, Abby Rutley, who earned a spot on the roster for Team Sask softball.

The rainy weather certainly created some challenges around Unity. The motocross tracks were forced to close June 24 until repairs could be made to the track as a result of excess rain wear and tear on

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their track’s course.

Remember to always be aware of suspicious or unusual activity in your neighborhoods and town, and report it! Vandalism took place over the June 22 weekend to the memorial gardens created by nurses on the hospital grounds.

Some residents have also been reporting either loud groups of individuals late at night, or other mischievous acts about town. It’s up to us to be our community’s eyes and ears and the police won’t know of these incidents if we don’t report them.

Road construction has begun on the end of Main Street replacing those water and sewer lines so some mild traffic inconveniences while this is being done.

Take advantage of the Unity Aquatic Centre during these summer months.

You can enjoy aquacizes, public swimming and the occasional special event during the summer months at your local pool. Check the schedule either posted at the pool or on the Town of Unity website, or follow their Facebook page.

At the ball diamonds, things are heating up for provincial championships. While Friday night slo-pitch has wrapped up for the season, baseball and softball teams will be heading to their respective provincial championship events every weekend in July, depending on their divisions. Softball girls U19 and U14 will compete in Saskatoon this weekend, with a top two placing in provincials earning the team a spot at Western Canadian championships.

U16 will play in Regina this weekend, also with a chance to earn a spot at Western Canadian championships with a top two placing. U12 girl’s softball is off to Balgonie for their provincial event July 12-14.

Boy’s baseball is not finalized yet, however Unity will send an 11U, 13U, 15U and 18U team to provincials across the province either July 19-21 weekend or July 26-28 weekend.

Senior cardinals will play their provincials Aug. 9-11 weekend with league playoffs coming up with a next week start.

Congratulations to area umpires as part of Team Blue who have been selected by Softball Sask for the following: Unity - Kenny Coons - U16 boys and girls Western Canadian; Biggar -

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At Unity United Church’s annual outdoor service, held the last Sunday in June, retired Reverend George Ward was recognized for 50 years with the United church of Canada while retired Reverend Louise Robson was acknowledged by the United church of Canada for her 25 years of service. Certificates were presented by Unity United Church’s serving minister, Gary Johnson. Following the outdoor worship service, a picnic was enjoyed. Photo submitted by Sherri Solomko

Trevor Green - U16 boys Canadian in Saskatoon; Wilkie - Rylan Head U14 boys Canadian in Saskatoon; Macklin Owen Heck - U16 boys and girls Western Canadian in Biggar; Cut Knife - Kenny Feser - U14 girls Canadian in Montreal.

Coffee row participant’s conversations have moved from drought conversation to all this rain conversation and speculation. As well, those rowers that are around the tables at this time of year are offering summer weather predictions, review of local events and activities, enthusiasm for local sports teams and players as well as sharing summer vacation plans and

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Ryder to championships

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On a bike ride at sunset June 21 through the ballpark, the environment resembled more of a winter look than a summer scene as a result of poplar fuzz.

Photo by Sherri Solomko

The Zunti family is a familiar name for rodeo success stories. Mom Twila has seen her share of success in the barrel racing circuit, as has Kaybree Zunti. But in 2019, Ryder Zunti has taken his turn to shine.

Already having won some championship buckles at several rodeo events, 13-year-old, Grade 8 Unity Composite High School student, Ryder Zunti has received word that he has qualified for the National Junior High Finals Rodeo.

This event will feature 1,000 contestants from 44 states, five Canadian provinces, Australia and Mexico and is the largest junior high rodeo event. From a press release provided by the Zunti family, “In addition to competing for more than $80,000 in prizes, NJHFR contestants will also be vying for more than $200,000 in college scholarships and the chance to be named a National Junior High Finals Rodeo World Champion.”

Ryder will begin his ride to the championship title on June 23 as part of this Huron, S.D. event. Ryder qualified in chute dog-

ging and small bore rifle shooting.

You can follow his story on the websites www.

NHSRA.com daily for complete results.

In addition to qualifying for this National championship, Ryder Zunti recently learned he has qualified for

Calgary Stampede junior steer riding event; he is set to compete on July 6th.

It’s lining up to be another exciting, eventful rodeo season for the Zunti family. Ryder is the son of Brent and Twila Zunti, brother of barrel racer Kaybree Zunti.

Ryder Zunti on a steer at the Unity Western Days rodeo, June 2. Photo by Helena Long

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Hotel Wynyard: ‘A City Hotel in a Country Town’ J. O. Lewis must have had considerable confidence in the future of the hotel business in Wynyard when, in 1925, he built a three-storey brick hotel on the southwest corner of Bosworth Street and Avenue B East at a cost of $40,000.

Prohibition had just ended in Saskatchewan the year before, so perhaps Lewis hoped to open a drinking establishment in the new Hotel Wynyard.

Lewis, who also owned a hotel in Wadena, opened Wynyard’s 30-room hotel in 1926, but quickly put the business up for sale or lease. No buyers stepped forward, so from 1931 to 1935, Lewis rented the Hotel Wynyard to a Mrs. Allingham.

Controversy arose when the Government of Saskatchewan allowed hotels to sell beer by the glass. The new legislation, passed on Jan. 22, 1935, also allowed communities to vote on whether they wanted a beer parlour in their local hotel.

Temperance supporters in Wynyard circulated a petition in early April opposing the issue. Lewis promptly closed his hotel.

His action so aroused the businessmen of Wynyard that, on May 7, 1935, more than 30 of them met to pass a resolution calling upon Mr. Lewis to reopen the hotel. “It was pointed out,” the Star-Phoenix reported on May 8, “that Mr. Lewis had erected a hotel here which was an asset to the community in every respect and that he merited the support of the people.”

The businessmen met with Lewis who agreed that “if the businessmen would circulate a petition among

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joanchamp@shaw.ca the citizens pledging their support and cooperation,” the hotel would be reopened for business. He opened it the next day, and four months later, opened a beer parlour.

“Many thirsts were allayed Friday when the new beer parlor in the Hotel Wynyard was formally opened,” the StarPhoenix reported on Sept.

10, 1935. “From Bosworth Street a double door and inlaid tile entrance greets the eye, while inside there is a spacious room with lofty ceiling and beautiful inlaid linoleum.” Lewis, encouraged by the support of Wynyard business community, had enlarged the hotel, adding seven more rooms plus the beer parlour at a cost of $10,000.

In 1940, the Hotel Wynyard passed under Mr. Lewis’ estate to his daughter, Mrs. M.B. Grieve. From that time until 1953 the Grieves owned and operated the business as Hotel Lewis.

A heated labour dispute arose in 1940 between employers and employees in the hotel and restaurant business in Wynyard. A negotiating meeting was held in March at which it was revealed that some employees were required to work 70 hours per week, while the lowest rate of pay was less than $3 per

week and the highest less than $6. “Employees of the Wynyard Hotel objected to living conditions,” the StarPhoenix further reported on April 18, “claiming that the staff quarters in the hotel, located in the basement, were not suitable.” In September 1940, the provisions of Saskatchewan’s Minimum Wage Act were applied to several towns, including Wynyard.

In 1953, Walter Thorfinnson purchased the property and managed it under the name Artwal Hotel until 1960. Subsequent owners included John Hawryluk, who changed the name back to the Hotel Wynyard, Mrs. Adeline Ryhorchuk and the Szydlowski family.

In 2010, Richard Szydlowski advertised that the Wynyard Hotel was for sale. The hotel featured: a licensed beverage room with a 157-person capacity; major renovations to main floor completed in 2005; 12 guest rooms on the second floor, with a common full bath; and a two-bedroom living quarters with suite on the third floor, plus more guest rooms. Today, visitors to Wynyard, located between Yorkton and Saskatoon on Hwy 16, can stop for a brew at the hotel’s Wrecking Bar & Grill.

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The Wynyard Hotel, May 23, 2019. Photo by Joan Champ

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The St. Mary School 5/6 class performed a number of different events this year to raise money for the Battlefords Humane Society. Their culminating fundraiser allowed students to purchase tickets for an opportunity to make over the school principal, Shaun Loeppky, and two educational assistants, Paul Spriggs and Troy Dunits. The school was able to raise more than $500, and three lucky students made over male staff on Tuesday, June 25. Later that day, Ms. Kipp and some of the Grade 5/6 class were able to present a cheque to the animal shelter to Jess Sawarin on behalf of St. Mary school.

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Teacher Kimberly Kipp and the Grade 5/6 class presenting Jess Sawarin of the Humane Society with a cheque for $530.15, funds raised by a number of events, including the makeovers of three school staff. Photos submitted

Educational Assistant Paul Spriggs and student after his makeover.

St. Mary School Principal Shaun Loeppky also had a makeover.

Educational Assistant Troy Dunits and a student following his makeover.

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Thirty-eight turn out for June potluck in Borden

By Lorraine Olinyk Correspondent

The Borden Co-op and Affinity Credit Union worked together to put on a barbecue lunch, with the proceeds going to the Borden Community Centre Preservation Committee.

This committee has bought all new chairs and eight-foot long fiberglass tables for the hall. For $2, you could get a hamburger or hot dog, pop and ice cream, and they raised $334 for the committee.

Winning door prizes were Ian Wainwright, Cael Redhead, Lorraine Lajoie, Dave Parchoma and Blaire Dolson.

The Borden Friendship Club held their monthly potluck supper on June 26 with 38 out to enjoy the meal and local talent.

The tables were all nicely decorated with rose bowls and candleholders with pink and purple flowers set on doilies and colored serviettes. Blowing out the candles on the birthday cake for June were Pat Trischuk, Sandra Long, John Petrun and Ruben Rempel. Peter Thiessen was MC for the program and he told a few jokes and then introduced Ron Mills who played guitar and sang Back to You, Life Where Corn Don’t Grow and I Can’t Even Walk Without

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Marlene Derbawka and her daughter Stephanie played and sang She’s an Eagle When She Flies, a medley of Summer Songs, Those Were the Days, Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool, One Day at a Time and an Irish Song. Marlene plays the guitar and mandolin and Stephanie plays a Cobro guitar. Velora Friesen had a humorous reading called Life Happens, all about a girl getting engaged to three different men in three different cities and what happens when they all show up at the same time. Sue Mills told a few jokes and sayings about old … never die, they just … with different words for each sentence.

With Mary Thiessen playing the keyboard, she accompanied Peter and Ruben for their singing of Cool Water, Mocking Bird Hill, Somebody Touched Me, Remind Me, Remind Me Dear Lord, It’s Shouting Time in Heaven and closed with Rock of

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There are no business meetings for the summer but the next potluck supper and July birthdays will be July 31 at the acreage of Ed and Dianne Rawlyk and the club supplies the meat, buns and dessert so everyone just bring salads or fruit.

The Borden Museum is holding an Historic Walk Of Borden on Saturday, July 13 at 2 p.m., with summer student Leah Williamson in charge.

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R.M. of North Battleford No. 437 Fire Department is grateful to James Richardson International - Pioneer Grain for a donation of $75,000 towards their construction of a new fire hall. Kim Corfield, director of operations for Richardson Pioneer was immediately supportive of building a strong working relationship with Saskatchewan’s newest volunteer fire department, says a release issued by the RM. The new department commenced operations April 1 and consists of Fire Chief Neil Good, Deputy Fire Chief Trevor Watts and a trained group of 18 volunteers, 17 men and 1 woman. Each one brings a unique complimentary skill set for the department. To date the department has responded to five wildland fires and two motor vehicle accidents, one of which required the department to deploy extrication tools to remove the accident victims. The R.M. fire department is working towards construction of a new fire hall to house the fire truck, wildland fire trucks, emergency rescue vehicle, a water tanker, water storage, a training center, offices and in-house laundry services. The generous donation from Richardson Pioneer is a great show towards these goals. Richardson Pioneer says it is proud to be a part of an exciting new department, and they are happy to see the new department working promptly to develop mutual aid agreements between neighboring jurisdictions and municipalities to provide the highest level of service and safety to all residents and businesses in this R.M. and surrounding communities. Pictured are Kim Corfield, Fire Chief Neil Good, Mitch Driver, Reeve Dan Bartko, Steven Nelson and Deputy Fire Chief Trevor Watts. Photo by Kelvin Heidel

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It’s a busy time at the lake

Every summer for many years, the Quinn family have been celebrating Canada Day at their summer home in Meota. This year they were happy to have a friend from Leduc, Alta., Iris Lawrence, join them and their many friends for the occasion. Iris and Norma have been friends for more than 75 years. Trevor Quinn did the honour of raising the flag, with help from his daughter Kathy Richardson of North Battleford.

Then everyone joined in singing O Canada, followed by a toast to Canada. Then Kathy’s family served refreshments and birthday cake.

Manager Stan Gulutzan of the Meota Golf Course congratulates Lloyd Johnson on making his very first hole in one. Lloyd was golfing with his wife Betty on June 23 and it was witnessed by Derek Welford and Alex Welford.

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eota News

There are new flags at the Meota Golf Course, courtesy of Larry Doke, MLA. This is appreciated by the club and players, alike. Photos submitted by Lorna Pearson

By Lorna Pearson Correspondent

Meota was a-buzz this weekend with people and vehicles everywhere.

There are several garage and yard sales going on as well as the church sales on Saturday that went over well. The golf course appears to be busy as the weather co-operates nicely.

The concession stand at the beach is open from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday to Friday and weekends from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. they have a great selection of ice creams and a wide variety of foods, so try them out.

The hotel cafe is open in the Steak Pit Monday and Tuesday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Other days it is open from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Vawn celebrates their annual Mud Volleyball on Saturday, July 6, on the old school grounds. For information call 306-821-1330.

Watch for posters, it looks like a Fun Day. Swimming lessons in Meota are July 15-21 and 22-28 and Aug. 12-18.

Contact Brittany at 306480-9592.

Duplicate bridge played in the Do Drop In, June 24, found top scores by Jette and Terence DaSilva, Mary Greenwald and Joyce Antoine, Gerry Craig and Lorraine Manning. June 25 in the city top score went to Vern Iverson and Gerry Craig, followed by Joeanne and Rudy Wiens and then Trudy and Roland Verret. June 27, again in the city, top score went to Jean Lawes and Fraser Glen, then Vern Iverson and David Sharpe and then Margaret Dyck and Catriona Winterholt.

Canasta was played in the Do Drop In June 28 and top, very high score of 53,390, went to Vern Iverson and Nestor Fransoo.

Second were Iris Lawrence (Leduc, Alta.) and Lorna Pearson, third were Marion Ottas and Terry Neale. There were four tables in play and as always a nice tasty snack bar to choose your treats from, afterwards.

Unreserved Public Farm Auction

Terry Schommer

Handel, SK | July 15, 2019 · 10 am

2005 New Holland CR970

1998 John Deere 4700 90 Ft

2002 Bourgault 5710 Series II 54 Ft w/5350

1997 New Holland 9882 4WD & Mauser 16 Ft Dozer

2009 J & M 1326 1300± Bu

2011 Ram 3500 Laramie

2006 Bobcat S220

2008 Kenworth T800 & 2012 Load Line 20 Ft

2011 Case IH 2162 35 Ft

2010 PJ Trailers 25 Ft

Directions: From HANDEL, SK, go 0.8 km (0.5 miles) South. GPS: 52.051201, -108.693348 Legal Land Description: NE 31-35-19 W3

Tractors

1997 New Holland 9882 4WD, s/n D105405, 425 hp, 12 spd standard, OutBack S2 display, Outback receiver, Outback eDrive autosteer, 4 hyd outlets, aux hyd, 710/70R38, duals, rear suitcase weights, 8189 hrs showing.

1991 Ford 846 4WD, s/n D475975, 230 hp, 12 spd standard, 4 hyd outlets, 18.4R38, 6824 hrs showing.

1979 Co-op Implements DX160 2WD, s/n 76240103, 24 spd, 2 hyd outlets, 1000 PTO, 20.838 R, 145 PTO hp, 7019 hrs showing.

1976 Massey Ferguson 275 2WD, s/n 9A248B12, Ezee-On ldr w/bkt, 3 hyd outlets, 540/1000 PTO, 3 pt hitch, 18.4-26 R, 67 PTO hp.

Combine, Swather & Header

rear hitch, hyd cross auger, 14981 eng hrs, back up camera, 851884 km showing.

2011 Ram 3500 Laramie Crew Cab 4x4 Pickup Truck, s/n 3D73Y3CL0BG579685, 6.7 L, Cummins, diesel, manual 6 spd, 240797 km showing.

2012 Load Line 20 Ft Tri/A Pup Grain Trailer, s/n 2DDPED2029C1012922, roll tarp, air brakes, alum wheels, rear controls, pintle hitch.

1975 5500 Gallon T/A Tank Trailer, s/n 927552, stainless steel tank, 11R24.5.

2013 H & H 12 Ft Utility Trailer, s/n 533RS51219DC226861, 2 in. ball coupler, folding mesh ramp, winch, 2990 lb axle.

2010 PJ Trailers 25 Ft Gooseneck Trailer, s/n 4P5FD3226A1146189, 5 ft beavertail, (2) 12000 axles, king pin & g/n coupler, dbl jacks, flipover ramps, pop up center plate.

2000 Trailtech S/A Snowmobile Trailer, s/n 2CU3F7A19Y2007874, slide under ramps, plywood deck.

2016 Master Tow S/A Car Dolly Trailer, s/n 4DFTS1013GN122928, hyd surge brakes, 3500 lb axles, extended by 4 in, tire straps.

18 Ft S/A Trailer, 8.25-20 duals.

2005 New Holland CR970, s/n HAJ101583, 14 ft hdr, 2005 Swathmaster 14 ft P/U, reverser, VSR, auto HHC, F&A, grain tank exts, chaff spreader, fine cut chopper, lateral tilt fdr house, 900/60R32 F, 600/65R28 R, 2271 sep hrs showing, 3027 eng hrs showing.

2006 Massey Ferguson 9420 30 Ft, s/n 9420HR92572, F&A, 16.9-28 F, DSA, gauge wheels, crop lifters, MT 2000 roller, 4.5L Cummins, 1399 hrs showing 2011 Case IH 2162 35 Ft Flex, s/n YBZN15085, Seeding, Tillage & Breaking to fit New Holland CR970, hyd F&A, factory transport, 2002 Bourgault 5710 Series II 54 Ft Air Drill, dbl P/U reel, poly skids. s/n 37550AH-06, floating hitch, 10 in. spacing, sgl Skid Steer Loader shoot, liquid fert kit, 4 in. steel packers, 5350 350 bu 2006 Bobcat S220, s/n 530711932, John Deere 3 comp’t tow-behind tank, sgl fan, 491 hp monitor, C76 bucket, s/n 0001008, 75 hp, aux hyd, rr weights, 8 in. hyd auger.

Co-op Implements 14 Ft Double Disc Seed Drill.

12-16.5, 3543 hrs showing.

Trucks & Trailers

2008 Kenworth T800 T/A Grain Truck, s/n 1XKDD49X28J934376, Cummins iSX, 485 hp, Eaton Fuller 18 spd manual, A/R cab, A/R susp, 240 in. WB, alum wheels, 20 ft steel box, electric roll tarp,

Michael Higgs

Agricultural Territory Manager West Central Saskatchewan

306.481.4440 mhiggs@ritchiebros.com Auction Company License #303043 & 309645

International 12 Ft Cultivator.

Morris 50 Ft Harrows.

Degelman R570H Rock Picker.

x 35 Ft Grain Auger · Grain Guard 7 hp 24 In · (2) Caldwell 3 Hp Aeration Fans · Flaman 3 Hp Aeration Fan.

Precision Farming

Sprayer & NH3 Equipment

1998 John Deere 4700 90 Ft, s/n N04700X002158, 750 gal stainless steel tank, chem mix tank, trip nozzle bodies, rinse tank, Case IH 750 display, EZ-Steer autosteer, hyd axle adj, 12.4-38, (5) sectional control, GS1 display, 4505 hrs showing.

Bourgault LFC 2000T 1600 Imperial Gallon Fertilizer Cart.

1975 7500 Imperial Gallon Liquid Fertilizer Tank.

(4) Samson 23.1-26 Tires, to fit John Deere 4700.

Trimble EZ Steer 750 Autosteer.

Trimble EZ Steer 500 Autosteer.

Outback 360 Light Bar.

Equipment Attachments

Grain Carts

Mauser 16 Ft 6 Way Tractor Dozer to fit New Holland 9882 · CID Pallet Forks · Swisher 2645R 50 In. ATV Blade · Westward 8 Ft 3 Point Hitch Blade · Kodiak FEL Mount Pallet Forks · John Deere Skid Steer Forks · John Deere GU78 Skid Steer Grapple Bucket · John Deere 80 In. Snow Bucket · 72 In. Front End Mount Tractor Bucket · Front End Mount Tractor Bale Spear.

Grain Bins

Landscape Equipment

2009 J & M 1326 1300± Bushel T/A, 22 in. auger, Recreational Vehicle Big 1000 PTO, 520/85R42, roll over tarp, hyd drive, 2014 Kawasaki KVF750G Bruteforce 4x4 Quad. scale, hyd chute.

Trail-Rite FB50 50± Tonnes Smooth Wall Hopper · Metal Industries 32± Tonnes Wall Hopper · Westeel 3000± Bushel 14 Ft 5 Ring Hopper · (2) Westeel-Rosco 2000± Bushel 14 Ft 5 Ring Hopper · Butler 4800± Bushel 19 Ft 5 Ring · Butler 4200± Bushel 19 Ft 4 Ring · (2) Westeel-Rosco 3300± Bushel 19 Ft 5 Ring · WesteelRosco 2400± Bushel 14 Ft 7 Ring · (4) Westeel-Rosco 1950± Bushel 14 Ft 6 Ring.

Farm King Y750R 84 In. 3 Point Hitch Lawn Mower · John Deere 145 Riding Lawn Mower · Swisher 60 In. Pull Type Landscape Mower · King Kutter 72 In. Yard Rake · King Kutter 72 In. 3 Point Hitch Dual Edge Land Grader · Howard 72 In. 3 Point Hitch Rotavator · Schulte 9600 8 Ft 3 Point Hitch Snow Blower.

Other Items Include

Chem Handler III · Truck Box Trailer · 40 Ft Liquid Dribble Bander · Moisture Tester · Tanks · Air Compressor · 2009 Westfield MK100-61 10 In. x 61 Ft Swing Grain Auger Cement Mixer · Dolly Converters · Snowmobile Truck · 2016 Westfield TFX100-41 10 In. x 41 Ft Grain Auger · Deck · Farm Supplies · Selection of Household Items 2016 Westfield STX80-46 8 In. x 46 Ft Grain Auger · 6 In. ...AND MUCH MORE!

Grain Handling Equipment

For more information: Terry Schommer: 306.948.9882, schommerterry@gmail.com For complete list of details visit:

rbauction.com | 800.491.4494

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