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Valley View senior residents upset with tenant behaviour Not just for seniors anymore?

By Josh Greschner Staff Reporter

Valley View Towers I and II in North Battleford were built in the 1980s as seniors’ housing. Photo by Josh Greschner

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Much to do Friday Staff

Organizations running Indigenous People’s Day events promise lots of food and fun.

A big pancake breakfast will take place in the morning at Battle River Treaty Six Health Centre in downtown North Battleford.

Battle River Treaty Six Health Centre is celebrating its 40th anniversary.

The occasion will also be marked by a signing of a regional co-operative framework between the Battlefords and nearby First Nations.

Out at Fort Battleford, the day begins with a pipe

ceremony, followed by entertainment for children, storytelling, wagon rides and free hot dogs at lunch time.

Guest speakers will be on hand at 2 p.m., followed by a cannon firing and a round dance.

Urban Treaty Day isn’t too far away either. Registration begins at the Dekker Centre at 9 a.m.

Wednesday, June 26, followed by the Grand Entry at 10 a.m.

There will be a mini competition powwow and various activities for children.

Soup and bannock will also be served.

New Valleyview Tower residents have been causing problems, some seniors are alleging.

The News-Optimist has received a letter from the adult children of a resident of Valleyview Towers. According to the letter, more and more young people have moved into Valleyview Towers in the past year.

Valleyview Towers were built in the 1980s as seniors’ facilities. They are listed as “Senior Housing Units” on the Battlefords Housing Authority’s website, but a former board member told the News-Optimist the website could be outdated.

The letter to the NewsOptimist makes a number of allegations regarding the behaviour of some new tenants, including drunkenness, fighting, partying, indoor smoking and visitors using the laundry facilities.

Police have been called over and over again, it states.

The letter alleges the housing authority management seems uninterested and “refuses” to take cor-

rective action for the behaviour.

“Surely somewhere more suitable [to house the tenants] could be found than a seniors home filled with mostly single elderly widows,” the letter states.

According to an email from the Ministry of Social Services, the Battlefords Housing Authority reached out to Saskatchewan Housing Corporation for tenant support.

Saskatchewan Housing Corporation staff members travel to meet with housing authorities and conduct tenant interviews if problems arise. Valleyview Towers residents underwent such a process.

According to a letter Battlefords Housing Authority General Manager Denis Lavertu presented to tenants, Jerry Nekrasoff of the Saskatchewan Housing Corporation conducted interviews with tenants. Tenants agreed to establishing a code of conduct, the letter states, along with a common area use policy and lobby loitering rules.

The letter from Lavertu also included nomination forms for tenants to sit on a tenant association.

Tenants, meanwhile, circulated a petition to the

Ministry of Social Services, asking for the building to be reinstated as a seniors-only building.

As to why people on social services are in Valleyview Towers, the government email responded “excluding Saskatoon and Regina, we have provided some further flexibility to housing authorities regarding these units.”

“It’s important that people in North Battleford in housing need have access to social housing,” the government email says.

Lavertu did not respond to multiple requests for comment in time for publication of this story, nor did Battlefords Housing Authority chair Ken Holliday.

Leona Boehm, acting tenant relations manager of the Battlefords Housing Authority, directed the News-Optimist to contact the Ministry of Social Services after the News-Optimist had already received a statement from the ministry.

According to the letter, tenants said “you can’t put all these young rowdies in with a building full of seniors without causing problems.”

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Group home approved

By Josh Greschner Staff Reporter

At the June 17 Battleford town council meeting, council approved the recently proposed discretionary use application for a group home to be located at 61 - 28th Street.

Eagle’s Nest Youth Ranch, an organization that takes referrals from the Saskatchewan Ministry of Social Services, applied for a discretionary use application to house six youth.

Eagle’s Nest Youth Ranch was permitted to purchase the home with the

intent of housing four youth without the matter going before council. The matter was before council because the organization intended to house six youth.

The town received letters from residents opposing the application, citing the possibility of decreased property values, along with other concerns including a lack of parking space, general noise in the neighbourhood and others.

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In an email to council, Scott Dakiniewich of Eagle’s Nest Youth Ranch worried “denying the application in order to see how things unfold will ultimately not be productive and won’t foster the understanding required for the community to feel positive about this initiative.”

Dakiniewich offered to build a fence around the property and to establish a Neighbourhood Advisory Committee.

The advisory committee, Dakiniewich wrote, could involve regular meetings between neighbours and staff “to address concerns and build a healthy welcoming community for our youth.”

During discussion, Councillor Kevin Russell said he would “love to baby step the matter … to see how it transpires.”

Councillor Doug Laing said Eagle’s Nest Youth Ranch application aligns with the town’s Official Community Plan and that he had a “hard time” finding reasons not to approve it.

Councillors Laing, Shirley Boutin-Gervais, and Susan McLean-Tady voted in favour of the application.

Councillor Kevin Russell voted against.

Mayor Ames Leslie recused himself from the discussion and the vote because his parents own a nearby home for seniors.

“We strive to be a community of inclusion and to go against that didn’t feel right,” McLean-Tady said after the council meeting.

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Theories of Justice: Gladue in Saskatchewan, pt. 2 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 at arguments for retributive and restorative justice, the overrepresentation of Aboriginal people in jails and some basics of Canadian sentencing law.

This week, we look at the Gladue Supreme Court decision in 1999, opinions for and against it and how residential schools affected Aboriginal people in Saskatchewan and elsewhere.

By Josh Greschner

justice” – Justice Vancise, 2000

New sentencing regime

Some thinkers say you can’t logically mix retributive and restorative justice, and that one theory could violate the other.

Others say you can, and that Canada should.

A question in the legal

“Parliament, in a typically Canadian way, has tried to blend retributive goals of sentencing with concepts of restorative

community in the 1990s was how the Criminal Code changes would affect the practice of sentencing.

Trial judges make sentences.

Crown or defence can appeal sentences of trial judges, and provincial Court of Appeal decides what cases they want to take on.

The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal, located a walk from Mosaic Stadium in Regina, sometimes uses cases to clarify what the law is.

According to a 1997 paper by Crown Solicitor Laura Bourassa, disagreements regarding the new sentencing

rules arose in a 1997 Saskatchewan Court of Appeal decision involving Donna McDonald from Fond du Lac. McDonald was at a house party and a brawl broke out. A drunk McDonald drove a half-ton truck into a crowd, killing Albertine McDonald.

McDonald, 33, was caretaker of six children.

She entered a guilty plea.

McDonald’s original sentence was nine months of electronically monitored house arrest followed by 15 months probation.

The Crown appealed the sentence.

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Area elders and First Nations people gathered Saturday at the gravesite of the eight Indigenous warriors who were hanged in 1885, for a traditional feast and ceremony. Photos by John Cairns

Traditional ceremony at gravesite of eight warriors

By John Cairns Staff Reporter

A traditional gathering took place Saturday at the gravesite of the eight Indigenous warriors hanged at Battleford in 1885.

Several elders and members of surrounding First Nations were there for the ceremony remembering the warriors. The event included a pipe ceremony and prayers for those who had died as well as a ceremonial feast. It took place in Battleford at the burial site and memorial commemorating Kah Paypamahchukways (Wandering Spirit), Pah Pah-Me-Kee-Sick (Round the Sky), Manchoose (Bad Arrow), Kit-Ahwah-

Ke-Ni (Miserable Man), Nahpase (Iron Body), A-Pis-Chas-Koos (Little Bear), Itka (Crooked Leg) and Waywahnitch (Man Without Blood).

“Our people have never forgotten these people. They got hung Nov. 27, 1885,” said Brian Tootoosis, who is co-ordinator and liaison between Parks Canada and First Nations in the area.

“We are all related, all the First Nations in the Battlefords are absolutely related to all these people that got hung. So we pray with them, we eat with them to let them know we haven’t forgotten them as a people. They’re Cree people, they’re Assiniboine people, they fought for a

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cause, they thought about their people, they thought about survival when it was starvation. The government did the best they can to suppress and terminate our people. If they would have succeeded, there would have been no First Nations people, I guess, across the country. But you know, the Great Spirit has its ways of allowing our people to survive.”

The gathering followed a strict protocol that has stood the test of time.

“As protocol, most tribes have memorial events, memorial ceremonies,” said Eric Tootoosis of Poundmaker.

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termined for us. And this is one of them that came, to remember our loved ones after they passed on. Most tribes have four ceremonies every year.”

“We always do this, this kind of pipe ceremony and feast for our people that have passed on,” said Edward Osecap, an elder from Moosomin First Nation.

“This is the only way we help our people that have gone.”

Kenneth Armstrong, an elder from Mosquito, said the significance of the ceremony enlightened his life, in his words. While growing up, his father and grandfather would talk about what had happened in the past.

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One of them was an older guy and the other one was a younger guy, they say. It’s really humbling to be here, and to be part of this pipe ceremony for our young people so that our young people should know our history, where we came from, and what we have to do to keep our culture together. And to make things right and to do these ceremonies, because our loved ones that have gone ahead are not forgotten.”

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This ceremony takes place every year at this same time before the National Indigenous Peoples Day on June 21.

A number of events are planned for the Battlefords and area both to celebrate Indigenous people, and also educate and bring broader awareness about their culture, traditions and history. Events are planned for downtown North Battleford as well as at Fort Battleford.

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The mysterious case of the missing backpacks Letter

We must forgive but never forget

Dear Editor My lifetime Jewish friend, Chaim Kornfeld, is a Holocaust survivor. He has now ascended into his 90s, but his wisdom has no time limit. His family and friends were ravaged by Hitler and his minions. I once asked him how he coped with his memories. His reply is memorable. “Norm, to survive we must forgive, but we must never forget.”

Televised D-Day commemorations punctuated his pronouncement as youth “discovered” and commended the heroism of the veterans who fought and died for our future. Without a knowledge of history, there is only a distorted future. Respect is based on human contact and conversation – young and old and of every stripe of diversity.

Based on the bandying and branding of our beloved Canada as genocidal, all of us brothers and sisters, Indigenous, Aboriginal and all others must forgive and not forget, otherwise there is no future.

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Dear Editor The current Liberal government thinks the oil tanker ban (Bill C-48) is only important on the west coast of Canada and not the east coast, because Quebec gets their oil by Venezuelan and Saudi Arabian oil tankers that travel up the St. Lawrence Seaway. What Quebec wants, Quebec gets. Quebec is the spoiled child of Confederation. The Energy East pipeline that was to feed crude to oil refineries in Atlantic Canada was stopped at the Quebec border because Quebec did not want it. Quebec has enjoyed billions of dollars of oil revenue from the West, yet continues to get its crude oil from countries with dictatorships, poor human rights records and poor environment laws. Bombardier gets hundreds of millions of dollars from the Liberal government. Quebec is given $13.2 billion of the $19.1 billion equalization grant. Economic benefits that Quebec gets from the oil patch go on and on, and it is not appreciated by Quebec.

The next ruling party of Canada will probably be determined on Oct. 9 by the time the voting gets to the Ontario-Manitoba border. Eastern Canada outnumbers the west, so Western Canadian interests are not important to Eastern Canada. We need the prairie premiers and the premiers of northern Canada to get together and look at terms of separation for western Canada. Only when we divorce ourselves from Confederation will we be masters of our own destiny and captain of our own ship.

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Theories of Justice: Gladue in Saskatchewan, pt. 2 Continued from Page 3 In the Court of Appeal decision, Justice Sherstobitoff wrote the new sentencing laws “remain essentially unchanged” from those the courts used previously.

Justice Vancise disagreed, writing that to think the new law didn’t indicate the intention of Parliament to change is “to narrowly interpret the legislation and to take a reactionary approach to sentencing.”

The Court of Appeal ultimately found the original sentence to be unfit, and gave McDonald an 18-month jail sentence, although her previously served time counted toward the sentence. She got an additional six months jail time.

Vancise would have allowed a conditional sentence.

Disparity “Such individualization would lead to potential disparity from the perspective of the ‘offence,’ but would be correct in terms of parity to ‘offenders,’” - Dwight Newman, referring to Gladue, 2000 The namesake of a new direction in Canadian sentencing law was a 19-yearold mother living in Nanaimo, B.C. Jamie Gladue pled guilty to manslaughter for killing her common law husband Reuben Beaver.

Gladue was celebrating her 19th birthday. Gladue suspected Beaver, 20, of having an affair with her sister, including during the night of the killing.

At one point, Gladue chased after Beaver with a knife and stabbed him. The knife penetrated his heart.

Gladue was drunk at the time.

Gladue had a hyperthyroid condition “which caused her to overreact to emotional situations.”

The trial judge, despite 718.2(e), found there were no special circumstances arising from the Aboriginal status of the accused that he should take into consideration.

Both Gladue and Beaver were living in an urban area off reserve and “not living within the Aboriginal community as such.”

Gladue was originally sentenced to three years jail. Gladue appealed, and the case went to the B.C. Court of Appeal, and then to the Supreme Court of Canada.

The Gladue decision by the Supreme Court took place in 1999. Gladue interpreted 718.2(e).

The decision quotes reports that say the criminal justice system “has failed the Aboriginal peoples of Canada.”

The decision calls for a different “method of analy-

Judge Lorna Dyck in court. Judge Dyck is a trial judge, and she must take Gladue into account.

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sis” to achieve fit sentences for Aboriginal offenders.

According to Gladue, in sentencing an Aboriginal offender, a judge must consider “the unique systemic or background factors which may have played a part in bringing the particular Aboriginal offender before the courts” and “the types of sentencing procedures and [penalties] which may be appropriate in the circumstances for the offender because of [their] particular Aboriginal heritage or connection.”

The concept of Gladue factors emerged. According to a Gladue Awareness Project booklet, unique

background factors might include residential school, physical or sexual abuse, alcohol or drug abuse, FASD, family breakdown, or foster care.

The decision disagreed with Justice Sherstobitoff in McDonald, and that the new sentencing law was more than re-saying what already existed.

Judges in Gladue took a similar view as Justice Vancise in that community-based sentences should be used, and that jail should be reserved for “the most serious offences, particularly those involving violence.”

718.2(e), Gladue says, is designed “to amelio-

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rate the serious problem of overrepresentation of Aboriginal people in prisons, and to encourage judges to have recourse to a restorative approach to sentencing.”

Gladue quotes a previous Supreme Court decision which states sentencing, for all offenders, “is an inherently individualized process.” Disparity is a natural consequence of such an approach.

Thus, “the jail term for an Aboriginal offender,” according to the decision, “may in some circumstances be less than the term imposed on a nonAboriginal offender for the same offence.”

However, section 718.2(e) “is not to be taken as a means of automatically reducing the prison sentence of Aboriginal offenders; nor should it be assumed that an offender is receiving a more lenient sentence simply because incarceration is not imposed.”

Particularly violent and serious offences would result in imprisonment for Aboriginal offenders as often as for non-Aboriginal offenders, Gladue states.

Gladue also notes sentencing alone won’t remove the causes of Aboriginal offending, and prison rates are a result of reasons including pov-

erty, substance abuse, lack of education and a lack of employment opportunities.

The Supreme Court didn’t change Jamie Gladue’s three-year sentence, although Gladue was granted day parole in 1997 after spending six months in a correctional centre for women, and in 1998 was granted full parole.

Gladue lived with her father for some time, took counselling for drug and alcohol abuse, and did schoolwork.

Promises “… [After Gladue,] judges across the country were going ‘I have this decision which tells me I’m supposed to do something, and I don’t know what I’m supposed to do, and I don’t know how I’m supposed to do it… and so there was this frustration...”

- Jonathan Rudin, 2015, in a presentation to the University of Saskatchewan College of Law A debate took place after Gladue, which can be found in dusty red books in the University of Saskatchewan’s law library.

Two law professors, Philip Stenning and Julian Roberts, were skeptical 718.2(e) and its interpretation in Gladue. They wrote an article called

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Stenning and Roberts wrote 718.2(e) appears to assume the overrepresentation of Aboriginal people in Canadian jails is partly due to inappropriate sentencing of Aboriginal offenders.

They reasoned the different methodology of Gladue would likely do little about Aboriginal jail overrepresentation, and that Aboriginal people are before the courts more likely because of social and economic factors.

Judges redressing history “amounts to hijacking the sentencing process in the pursuit of other goals.”

“To suggest that such factors must automatically be considered if the offender happens to be Aboriginal … is inherently unfair,” they wrote.

Stenning and Roberts were in favour of defence arguments in which offenders established “a causal chain that relates their Aboriginal status … to the offence.”

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Justices Cory and Iacobucci wrote the Gladue Supreme Court decision in 1999. A young mother living in Nanaimo had killed her common law spouse while she was drunk, and the court took the opportunity to interpret 718.2(e) of the Criminal Code. Photos

by Larry Munn, from the Supreme Court of Canada website

Theories of Justice Continued from Page 5 does not capture the current diversity of the Aboriginal experience in Canada.”

They also raised the point that Aboriginal people aren’t the only people in Canadian society who have been discriminated against.

Law professors Kent Roach and Jonathan Rudin responded with an article called “Broken Promises.”

They wrote decision makers didn’t say Gladue had much to do with preexisting discrimination at the sentencing level, but that sentencing could help direct Aboriginal people from jail.

They also wrote Stenning and Roberts seemed to be relying on an outdated theory of equality.

Section 15 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms says: “Every individual is equal

before and under the law and has the right to the equal protection and equal benefit of the law without discrimination and, in particular, without discrimination based on race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age or mental or physical disability.”

What “equal” means has been a matter of debate. Two theories of equality are formal equality and substantive equality.

Business instructor Danielle Reid defines formal equality as “a belief for fairness, people must be consistently or equally treated at all times.”

Law professor Bruce Pardy defined substantive equality as equality of outcome. “[Substantive] equality does not mean treating people the same but requires treating them differently as

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as to achieve equal or equivalent effects,” Pardy wrote in a blog.

According to Roach and Rudin, the idea of formal equality has been “discredited in Canadian law.”

In the 1989 Supreme Court case Andrews, the court found discrimination could occur “from similar treatment, even in the absence of an intent to discriminate,” Roach and Rudin wrote.

The Supreme Court was committed to substantive equality.

What one might call reverse discrimination, under substantive equality, “can be justified on the basis that they attempt to [improve] the position of the disadvantaged,” Roach and Rudin wrote.

Sometimes substantive equality measures are referred to in the Battlefords as “special treatment.”

Unique Circumstances “For so many in Aboriginal communities, there’s no distinction between those who are the offenders and those who are the victims” Truth and Reconciliation Commission Report A big question in the debate is: to what extent should the state change criminal law because of circumstances the state had a major role in causing?

The unique circumstances of Aboriginal people in Canada is important to the

Gladue decision.

Economic circumstances have their roots in the 1800s.

Anthony J. Hall wrote treaties were understood differently: whereas many Aboriginal people saw treaties as a sacred pact between independent nations, colonists saw them as self-serving deals.

Reserves were created, shrunk and displaced.

A B.C. chief once referred to reserves as a type of purgatory. Indians were deprived of various rights at various times, including the ability to sell wheat freely, voting rights and free passage, in hopes they would give up the culture and embrace “civilization.” Few gave up their Indian status.

Historically, the Indian Act has been used as a political assimilation tool.

At the time that policies encouraged the white population to build an agricultural economy, according to Sheelah MacLean of the University of Saskatchewan, Indians were subject to policies of “cultural genocide.”

Many social factors affecting Aboriginal people today come from residential schools, experts argue. Local lawyer Eleanore Sunchild connects residential school experiences to current criminal behaviour.

There has been a range of residential school experiences expressed publicly.

According to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, “many students have positive memories of their

experiences of residential schools and acknowledge the skills they acquired, the beneficial impacts of the recreational and sporting activities in which they engaged, and the friendships they made.”

Many had terrible experiences.

Generations of Indian children in Saskatchewan attended residential school, and many were forced to attend.

Many were deprived childhoods with their families and good parenting and love.

At Truth and Reconciliation events, “Happy Birthday” was sung for attendees who didn’t have birthday parties as children.

Many also didn’t receive skills to do well in the world after finishing, or running away from, residential school.

“There he is,” John B. Tootoosis was quoted as saying in a 1984 book, “hanging in the middle of two cultures and he is not a white man and he is not an Indian.”

Beatings and sexual abuse took place at residential school. Many students left with a sense of shame, guilt and worthlessness for being Aboriginal. Many turned to alcohol.

Pedophile William Starr was administrator of Gordon’s residential school, north of Regina, from the late 1960s until 1984. In 1993, he pled guilty to sexually assaulting 10 boys.

He received a four-and-a-half year jail sentence.

A number of people filed lawsuits against Starr. In a

2000 court case, Starr said he didn’t remember all the children he had sexual contact with at the school, and said it could have been hundreds.

According to the TRC report, some argued in favour of a “bad apple” theory of residential schools, in which there were only a few pedophiles.

Personal stories in the Truth and Reconciliation report suggest a larger pattern.

A woman at the Winnipeg TRC meeting said she was raped by fellow students and sexually abused by a residential school headmaster. A woman said she was sexually assaulted by a staff member at the Assiniboia Residential School.

In the early 2000s, a man sued the United Church of Canada and the Government of Canada for sexual assault and received damages.

Men from Amos, Que., and Cross Lake, Man., said they were sexually and physically abused. A woman said she was raped in Fort Albany, Ont., by one of the lay brothers.

A man at the Winnipeg TRC meeting said he was sexually abused, became an alcoholic, and didn’t know how to raise his children. A man who went to Blue Quills Residential School in Alberta said he was sexually abused, got into drugs and lived on the streets of Canadian cities.

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Gladue in Saskatchewan Continued from Page 6 and tried to commit suicide.

People said sexual abuse took place in Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut; La Tuque, Que.; Edmonton, Alta.; Fort Alexander, Man.; Lytton, Mission, Alert Bay and Kamloops, B.C. According to the TRC, sexual abuse in Saskatchewan took place in Beauval, Prince Albert and Kamsack.

According to a 1996 report by a B.C. tribal council, 30 people at the time reported sexual abuse. A task force undertaken by B.C. RCMP

in the 1990s reports 374 victims experienced sexual assaults.

As of January 2015, the Independent Assessment Process received 38,000 claims for injuries resulting from physical and sexual abuse at residential schools.

Many people living in Saskatchewan filed claims.

Residential school staff were convicted of various sexual offences over the decades. The first successful sexual abuse prosecution the TRC could find of a residential school staff member was

A historical photo of an oblate missionary instructing Indian children at Beauval. Some who went to residential school had good experiences. Others had terrible experiences and were sexually abused.

In 1979, Paul Leroux was convicted of sexual assault, was incarcerated for four months and later received a pardon. In 1998, he was convicted of buggery, indent assault and gross indecency and was sentenced to 10 years jail. He was paroled after four years. In 2013, Leroux was convicted of 10 counts of indecent assault at the Beauval school.

He was released on parole in 2016. Photo from the Truth and Reconciliation Report, Deschatelets Archives Ottawa.

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There’s also “a disturbingly strong connection” between being sexually abused as a child and later sexually abusing others, according to the TRC. Sunchild said conditions at residential school facilitated sexual abuse. At night, students would be locked in large dorms without supervision. Sexual abuse took place between students.

“Honestly I don’t think they realized what had happened to them [in that] being sexually abused was wrong,” Sunchild said, “because their first sexual experience was an abusive one, so that just continued amongst the students.”

Such events became a great source of shame for many people, Sunchild said, and many left residential school with anger. Many turned to alcohol.

The cyclical nature of alcoholism, violence, trauma and sexual abuse is related to the idea of intergenerational trauma. Jail doesn’t do anything to break the cycle, Sunchild said, and “the problem is that there is no way for our people to be effectively healed on a mass scale.”

Next week we’ll look at how Saskatchewan’s Court of Appeal sentenced in light of Gladue, the Supreme Court’s 2012 decision Ipeelee, and the role identity plays in sentencing.

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As young boys, Bill and his brother Steve played baseball for hours on their baseball diamond built in their pasture. The farmyard light allowed them to play well into the night. That is how the lifelong passion for the game of baseball began for Bill. As a 16 year old, Bill pitched three shutout innings against Satchel Paige’s touring Coloured All Star Team. The following year Bill was named rookie of the year in the Saskatchewan Major Baseball League.

In 1964, Bill was the recipient of the Father Athol Murray Trophy for best performance of the season.

Also in 1964, he received a baseball scholarship award to Fresno State University in California where he earned his B.A. and B.Ed. degrees. He returned home for the summer to play for the Yorkton Cardinals who, in 1967, won the Saskatchewan Major Baseball League Championship.

Bill’s love of the game led him to coach and mentor his son Phillip, his friends and countless others. In 2002, Bill recreated the Yorkton Cardinals in the Western Major Baseball League, as it is known today. As head coach and general manager, Bill had a reputation for being fair, for treating everyone with respect and giving everyone a chance.

He lobbied passionately for the principles in which he believed. He spent many hours every winter scouting and searching for the next group of young men who would make up the Yorkton Cardinals team.

In 2002, Bill earned the Western Major Baseball League Top Coach Executive Award.

Bill met his wife, Erna, while working in Lloydminster following university. Bill was a kind and gentle soul, finding only the good in every person. He loved his family, and absolutely adored his wife, and was proud and supportive

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When Bill and Erna’s son Phillip was drafted and signed by Bill’s favourite team, the Los Angeles Dodgers, Bill was immensely proud.

Bill died suddenly at his home Sept. 14, 2016.

and a keen eye at the plate.

He was invited and played two years with Reg Waterton’s Assiniboia Aces in the Southern League against teams from Weyburn, Moose Jaw, Notre Dame (Wilcox) and the Regina Red Sox. The following years Wes played with Rube and Lefty Erfle for Gravelbourg.

It was in 1976 that Wes joined the Lafleche Old Timers. In 1978 John Yonga invited him to play with the Flintoff Old Twilighters, where he played and coached from 1978 to 2006. While in this league, Wes received the 2003 Saskatchewan Baseball Association Twilighter of the Decade Award and in 2007 the SBA Appreciation Award in recognition of 10 years of dedication to Twilight Baseball.

Wes Reader was a community minded citizen, having been involved with other sports as well as having served on the Pinto Valley Dam Committee and Lafleche Credit Union Board.

For more than 70 years, Wes played and coached baseball. He was truly an ambassador for the game he loved .

Wes Reader died Aug. 28, 2018. His wife Leona lives in Lafleche. They had three children – Brad, Kim and Keri – and six grandchildren.

The Late Wes Reader

Wes Reader was born Nov. 9, 1926, in Lafleche.

He was always interested in sports and won countless ribbons in the school field meets. He played softball at school starting at the age of 10.

Wes played baseball in the 1940s and 1950s when baseball tournaments were held every weekend from May through mid July.

In the early 1940s, Wes helped put together a baseball team called the Woodrow Indians, who travelled extensively from Gull Lake to Indian Head to compete in these invitational tournaments, winning several of the events each year.

This team played for the years 1943 to 1952.

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OBITUARIES COOK: On Friday June 7, 2019, Phyllis Marie Cook at the age of 84 years passed away at St. Paul’s Hospital Palliative Care Unit in Saskatoon. Phyllis was a force to be reckoned with, a true matriarch. She expected loyalty and connection within her family. All of us can bear witness to the truth that she was a Spirit of reflection and our Yoda since she emulated the practice, “Do. Or do not.

There is no try.” We already miss her. Vigil Of Prayer was held at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, June 17, 2019 at Notre Dame De Lourdes Roman Catholic Church, 1201 – 105th Street, North Battleford, SK. Mass of Christian Burial was held at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, June 18, 2019 at St. Joseph Calasanctius Roman Catholic Church, 1942 – 98th Street, North Battleford, SK with Father Cuong Luong as Celebrant. Interment was held at the City of North Battleford Cemetery. Phyllis is survived by her son Kim (Sandy) Cook with children A.Jay (Rebecca) and Mitchell; Brian (Jill) Cook with children Christopher (Krista) and Danielle (Andrew) Kidd; Robert (Deanna) with sons R.J. and Logan; Tracy (Cheryl) with Alexandra (Derrick) Welford and Taylor ( Ariana). Her sisters Gerry Ryan, Bertie (William ) Brannon; Lynne Ryan; and Madeline Laliberte. Phyllis is predeceased by her loving husband Albert Cook; parents Fortunate & Caroline Cadrain; sisters Marge, Ida, Estelle, brothers Ernie & Bill, and several inlaws, cousins and friends. May They Rest In Peace. Memorial Donations in memory of Mrs. Phyllis Cook may be directed to Palliative Care at St. Paul’s Hospital- stpaulshospital.org or BUH Foundation Inc at canadahelps.org Or to North Battleford Golf and Country Club Junior Golf Program. For those wishing to leave a condolence can do so at www.eternalmemoriesfuneral.ca Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Robert MacKay of Battleford Funeral Services (306446-4200).

Sachko- Edward James September 04, 1943 - May 31, 2019 Edward passed away on Friday, May 31, 2019, he struggled with cancer for 16 years and finally he succumbed to it. Edward was born on the farm homestead near Cando, Sask., he was in the middle of seven children.

He attended Willowfield School and Cando School.

While growing up on the family farm, Edward had a passion for farming and chose it for his career in which he did extremely well with grain and cattle. The family knew that Edward was proud of his crops because a crop tour was a must.

He always purchased new vehicles and took you for a tour in them. Edward always kept up with current farming practices even when he was retired. He also kept up with current affairs and news. His love for animals is why he had cattle in his farming operation. He also loved nature which is why he kept the birds well fed. When Edward was younger and in good health, he went with friends on holidays to Mexico and Hawaii and Las Vegas. He also liked trapping and hunting and skid doing with his brother, Walter and friends. Edward was always well organized and meticulous about his house and yard on the farm. It was always neat and upkept. Family was very important to Edward, he liked helping when he could and hosting and visiting them Edward is survived by his siblings Margaret (James) McConaghy, Elsie Evashenko, Walter (Marlene) Sachko, Judy Hrycuik, and Jeannette (Andy) Krakowetz. As well nephews and nieces, James McConaghy and Terry (Inga) McConaghy, Karen (Dale) Reeves, Roxanne(Perry)Anderson, Craig Evashenko, Jason (Roxanne) Evashenko, Stacey(Collin) Hirschfeld, Shannon (Sean) Timmons, Crystal (Kenzie) Bunney, Darren Hrycuik, Rhonda (Perry) Burns, Marlis Hrycuik, Melissa Krakowetz, Chantel (Brett) Trost, and Scott Krakowetz. Edward was predeceased by his parents Mary and James Sachko, his brother, David, his nephews, Neil, David and Gordon McConaghy. His two brothers-in-law, Walter Evashenko and Eli Hrycuik. At Edward’s request there will be no funeral and he will be cremated. The family wishes to thank the Battleford Union Hospital staff on the second floor for the excellent care they gave Edward during his short stay there. For those wishing to leave a condolence, you may do so at www.eternalmemoriesfuneral.ca. Arrangements are entrusted to Eternal Memories Funeral Home, North Battleford, Sask.

CHERNESKY: In Loving Memory of Walter Myroslaw “Morris” Chernesky, born May 11, 1933 at Edam, SK., passed away June 5, 2019 in North Battleford, SK. Survived

by His Loving wife Elsie (Astride) Chernesky and son Terry (Angie) Chernesky and grandchildren Larissa (Joseph) Santiago - Peyton, Olivia, Bella; Jessica (Sean) Brewster- Adia, Raya, Marek & Benson; Natasha (Spencer) NikkelJackson; Nathan (Amanda) Chernesky; sister Pat Chernesky (Fred Olfert).

Predeceased by his father Walter and his mother Mary. Funeral Service was held on Monday, June 10, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. from the Glaslyn Community Hall, Glaslyn, SK with Rev. Dan Gies officiating. Eulogy was given by Pat Chernesky. Music Ministry: Musicians: Judy Gies & Nathan Chernesky; God Loves People More Than Anything - Nathan & Amanda Chernesky; Song Selections: I Can Only Imagine, Leaning On The Everlasting Arms & Because He Lives. Honorary Pallbearers were Gus Peterson, Pete Peterson, Olaf Peterson, Fred Olfert, Harry Zubiak, Brian Goota, Wayne Read, Leonard Pylypow, Wayne Russell, Bill Abbott, Art Bastian And all other Friends ~ The many lives he touched. Urn Bearers were Nathan & Amanda Chernesky. Memorials are requested to Life Outreach International, PO Box 982000, Fort Worth, TX 76182-8000 (1800947Life), Turtle Lake Four Square Mission Camp, PO Box 98, Livelong, SK S0M 1J0. Arrangements were entrusted to Battlefords Funeral Service (306-446-4200).

Agnes Jeanne Jullion Wilkinson Mrs. Agnes Wilkinson resident of Edam Enriched Manor passed away peacefully with family by her side at Battlefords Union Hospital at the age of 92 years. Agnes is lovingly remembered by her daughter, Jocelyne† (Gary†) Grismer and their daughter, Jennifer Ritchie (Darryl Wensley) and family; son, Guy (Emily) Jullion and their children, Angela (Mike) Weber and family, Joel (Cindy) Jullion and family, Adam (Lindsey) Jullion and family, Brett (Cassie) Jullion and family, Jenna (Jason) Nash and family; son, Denis (Cami) Jullion and their children, Amy (Brad) Crossland and family, Suzanne (Chad) Blais and family; son, Marc (Carlys) Jullion and their children, Dustin Jullion, Sean (Shauna) Jullion and family, Jessica (Blair) Knowlton and family; daughter, Paulette (Lenny) Blais and their children, Jeremy (Nicole) Blais and family, Robyn (Grant) Wilson and family; daughter, Nicole (Alan) Babiuk and their daughter, Kaitlin (Scott) Hedin and family; son, Mike (Shelley) Jullion and their children, Shalane (Mat) Thacker and family, Alyssa (Ryan) Roach and family, Rylan (Brittany) Jullion and family, Bryn Jullion (Jessica Belland); 18 grandchildren; 35 great grandchildren; brother, Francois Gallais; sister, Anne Sitter; brother-in-law, Ted Williams; and sisters-in-law, Rose-Marie Gallais and Margaret Gallais. She was predeceased by her parents, Honoré and Marie Gallais; father and mother-in-law, Alphonse and Julie Jullion; her first husband, Charles Jullion; her second husband, Neil Wilkinson; brothers, Maurice, Hubert and Brieux; and sisters, Marie, Celine, Therese, Gertrude, Cecile and Helen.

Vigil of Prayer was held Sunday, June 9, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. and Mass of Christian Burial was held Monday, June 10, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. both from St. Hippolyte Roman Catholic Church in Vawn, SK with Father Peter Paase as celebrant. Interment will be held at a later date. Memorial donations in memory of Mrs. Wilkinson may be directed to the Heart and Stroke Foundation, 1738 Quebec Ave #26, Saskatoon, SK S7K 1V9. Condolences for the family may be left at www.eternalmemoriesfuneral.ca.

Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Nicole Welford of Eternal Memories Funeral Service & Crematorium.

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SHIELDS: Jim Shields of Battleford passed away on May 20th Jim was born on July 22 1940 lived all his life farming and helping others he will be missed by brothers and sisters many nieces and nephews many friends RIP Jimmy.

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__________________________________________________ THIELL: In Loving Memory of Anne Marie Thiell, born August 10, 1919 at Sinnett, Saskatchewan, passed away April 29, 2019 in Calgary, Alberta.

Anne is lovingly remembered for her kindness, her strong faith and her generous spirit. Her smile was vibrant and made everyone around her feel welcome and important. She loved being with her family, especially the youngest members. Anne will be dearly missed by her daughter Joan and her children: Donald (Anita); Debra (Mark); Timothy (Karen); Lisa (Brian); her daughter-in-law Therese and her children: Andrew (Patty); Blaine (Susan); Joseph; Pamela (Kevin); Treana (Darin); 14 Great-Grandchildren & 9 Great-Great-Grandchildren. She was predeceased by her husband August, her son Bernard, and her great-great-granddaughter, Haylee, and numerous siblings.

Funeral Mass was held on Saturday, May 4, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. at St. Joseph Calasanctius Parish, North Battleford, SK with The Celebrant Fr. Phinh Do. Memorial Donations are requested to St. Joseph Calasanctius Parish, 1942 - 98th Street, North Battleford, SK S9A 0N4. Interment took place at the City Cemetery, North Battleford, SK. Arrangements were entrusted to Battlefords Funeral Service (306-446-4200).

CARNAHAN, Edna Irene June 28, 1942 – May 28, 2019 It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our sister Edna Irene Carnahan on Tuesday, May 28, 2019 at the age of 76 years. Edna was born on June 28, 1942, the second daughter of Albert & Gertrude Sherman of Fielding District.

She married in July, 1969 to Allan Bruce Carnahan. Left to mourn her death are: her sister Lucille (Marshall) Wynn’s children Rosemarie (Greg) Masnyk; Albert Wynn (Pat Norris), Rob Wynn and Les Wynn; her sister Pat (Jim) Carnahan of Battleford & their children Jennifer Carnahan (Alex Meschtcheriakov), Kristel Carnahan and Alexis Jones; her sister Helen (Ben) Fields of Trail, BC and their children Daniel, Luke (Pearl Penner), Cam (Lila Schug); her brother-in-law Roy (Donalda) Carnahan their children Auvery (Joe) Reid, Shannon, Bob (Stephanie Gratton) and 1 great niece and 6 great nephews. Edna was predeceased by her husband, Allan in 2017; her parents, Albert & Gertrude Sherman; in-laws, Stan & Elsie Carnahan; and her older sister & her husband Lucille (Marshall) Wynn. Edna had many interests, one being her love of travelling to Maui every few years to be with family. Memorial donations in memory of Edna may be directed to the Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation. For those wishing to leave a condolence, you may do so at www.eternalmemoriesfuneral.ca Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Nicole Welford of Eternal Memories Funeral Service & Crematorium.

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IN MEMORIAM BEITZ, Larry

In loving memory of Larry Beitz who passed away suddenly on May 29, 2019 with his loving wife Debbie at his side. Larry leaves behind to mourn his wife Debbie, children Jenny, Tamie and Dereck, brother Ed (Bev), sisters Janet (Rob), Sue, and Wendy (Kerry), brother-in-law Bob Healy, and sister-in-law Janet Beitz, many grandchildren, greatgrandchildren, nieces and nephews, as well as his 2 dogs that he adored, Bella and Maggie. Larry was predeceased by his mom Beatrice Stead, sister Donna Healy, brother David Beitz, brother-in-law Brian Johnson and grandson Adam. Larry was born in Kitchener, Ontario on November 29, 1943. He grew up in Ontario but lived in many communities in BC before settling in the Battlefords. Larry worked as an entrepreneur, in mining, in pulp and paper and in human resources. His latest business adventure was with Debbie at the Kitchen Zone. Larry was all about people, touching the lives of many over the years.

He could connect with people of all ages. Larry was loved, respected and happy. He will be greatly missed by all who knew him. In staying true to Larry’s wishes there will be no service.

The greatest tribute to Larry would be to take what you learned from knowing him, use it well and pay it forward. In lieu of flowers, donations in Larry’s honour may be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation (26-1738 Quebec Ave., Saskatoon, SK S7K 1V9). Cremation arrangements in care of Mourning Glory Funeral Services (306) 978-5200. Messages of condolences can be left at www.mourningglory.ca. __________________________________________________ PENNER: Mrs. Anne Penner resident of North Battleford, SK passed away Saturday, June 1, 2019 at the age of 79 years. Funeral Service was held Thursday, June 6, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. from the Territorial Drive Alliance Church with Pastor Keith Klippenstein & Reverend Don Unger officiating. A Private Family interment was held at the Glenbush Cemetery.

Anne is beautifully remembered by her children, Barb (Rick) Rosendahl Travis & Kaylee, Karen, Melissa; Keith Penner - Brooke & Kyle, Spencer, Saige; Bev (Fred) Klassen - Chalsie, Briar & Kristen, Harley & Amanda Calvin & Cain, Lisa & Curtis - Jasmine, Dara, Vienna, Luna; Dave (Karen) Penner - Jaxon - Renae, Nichole; Corey (Christine) Penner - Brittany & Adam - Great-Grandchildren Zayden, Huxley, Sawyer, Brett & Katie; Judy (Blake) Lybeck Jessica - great-grandchild Cash, Brandon & Steph, Meghan & Shane, Sabrina & Micheal; Heidi (Hugh) Brinkhurst - Dawson, Conner. Predeceased by her parents, John & Elizabeth Wiebe; husband, Frank Penner; daughter-in-law, Chantel Penner; grandchild, Braxton Penner; great-grandchildren, Chloe Penner and Hannah Penner. Memorial donations may be directed to Sanctuary of Hope - John Hagee for more information visit https://www.jhm.org/sohcares For those wishing to leave a condolence, you may do so at www.eternalmemoriesfuneral.ca Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Trevor Watts of Battlefords Funeral Service.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

June 2004

SADLY MISSED and ALWAYS REMEMBERED Larry, Chantel, Meagen, Mom (Anni Baier) & all family members We miss you Mousie!

COMING EVENTS

Battlefords AAA Sharks Annual General Meeting The meeting will be held on Tuesday, June 25, 2019, at 7:30 pm at Don Ross BMHA Board Room.

Everyone welcome! battlefordsaaasharks.ca

NOTICE OF CLAIM

I Eva Grise am serving Andy Muzyka a notice of claim.

File #22404.

Quietly remembered every day, Deeply missed along life’s way.

Just as he was, he will always be, Treasured and loved in our memory.

Dawson Creek Provincial Building 1201-103 Ave. Dawson Creek, BC V1G 4J2 (250) 784-2224

AUCTIONS LAKE LOTS - Lac de Iles, SK. Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Unreserved Auction, June 21 - Edmonton Site. 12 Recreational Lake Lots at Laumans Landing?located in the Meadow Lake Provincial Park. Jerry Hodge: 780.706.6652; rbauction.com/realestate.

Shop for Sale 75’x50’ Fenced 1.4 acres. 2- 14’x14’ overhead doors, 3ph power, 3 offices, desks, 2 bathrooms, 1 shower. 1 Ton elec crane, compressor. $389,000. glelias@hotmail.com 306-446-4462 or 306-441-5552

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES Neighbourhood CATERER’s FOR SALE. Selling to the right person(s). Equipment, building and more. Straight sale or will train/mentor. Lorraine at 306-4682606 or 306-747-7413, Shellbrook, SK.

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GARAGE SALES

HORSES & TACK Will buy all classes of horses. 306329-4382.

LIVESTOCK Black and Red Angus yearling and 2 year old Bulls on moderate growing ration - Performance info available. Adrian or Brian and Elaine Edwards. Valleyhills Angus - Glaslyn, SK. 306-441-0946 or 306-342-4407.

HEALTH SERVICES GET UP TO $50,000 from the Government of Canada. Do you or someone you know Have any of these Conditions? ADHD, Anxiety, Arthritis, Asthma, Cancer, COPD, Depression, Diabetes, Difficulty Walking, Fibromyalgia, Irritable Bowels, Overweight, Trouble Dressing...and Hundreds more.

ALL Ages & Medical Conditions Qualify. CALL SASKATCHEWAN BENEFITS 1-(800)-211-3550 or Send a Text Message with Your Name and Mailing Address to 306992-5527 for your FREE benefits package.

IN THE ESTATE of JACK KARLSON ASPELUND, 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 6th day of July, 2019.

Denmans Baldwin Friedman Frank Barristers & Solicitors 201,1291-102nd Street, Box 905, North Battleford, SK S9A 2Z3 Solicitors for the Estate of Jack Karlson Aspelund

HOUSES FOR SALE $1,000,000 view. 52 26th street Battleford. 3 lots, solid cabin style house. 1050 square ft. new paint, full basement, 2 redone bathrooms, 4 bedrooms, one of a kind. $425,000. Call 306-4418333.

3 Bedroom/2 Bath FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS $289,000 2696 100 Street, NB, SK. 1,300 sq.ft. 3 Bedrooms/2 Bath/ 1.5 Garage. Year Built: 2008.

Call: 1-306-441-4071

ANNIVERSARIES

60th Wedding Anniversary Peter & Doreen Come & Go TEA Blue Mountain Adventure Park 2 to 4 pm EVERYONE WELCOME!

FUNERAL SERVICES Joan Potratz: A Celebration of Life Service will be held Saturday, June 22, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. from St. George’s Anglican Church with Reverend Janice Trost officiating. A Private family interment will be held at the Turtleford Cemetery. Flowers are gratefully declined. For those who wish, donations can be made to the Battlefords Humane Society (https://www.battlefordshumanesociety.com/apps/donations/) or the charity of your choice. For those wishing to leave a condolence, you may do so at www.eternalmemoriesfuneral.ca Arrangements were entrusted to Trevor Watts of Eternal Memories Funeral Service and Crematorium.

COMING EVENTS

MEEWASINOTA CRAFT & TRADE SHOW 35th Annual - Sunday, July 7, 2019 Meota Community Complex - 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Admission $2.00 per person (12 and over)

Display Tables - $25.00 each Outside Booth Space Available Sponsored by Meota A.D.R.A. (Meota & District Recreation Assoc.)

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To book tables contact Julie 306-892-2277 (Meota Village Office) during business hours or Email: meotadra@sasktel.net

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Loving Remembered by wife Anni and children and grandchildren

Gaudet, Edna Rose Alba Mrs. Edna Gaudet passed away on June 15th, 2019 in North Battleford, Saskatchewan. Left to cherish Edna’s memory are her children Omer Gaudet (Pat Champoux Johnson), Rita Villeneuve (Jerry Villeneuve), Raymonde Nicholls (Jim Nicholls), Angèle Vany (Gerard Vany), Rodolphe Gaudet (Celeste Gaudet), Rosemarie Wasko (Neal Wasko), Doris Duke (Tim Duke), Cécile Jesse (Brian Jesse) and Thérèse Godin (Paul Godin) as well as 34 grandchildren, 50 great grandchildren, 3 great great grandchildren. Edna is predeceased by her husband Aurélien Gaudet, her daughter Marie Rose Gaudet, her parents Camille and Eugénie Gareau and numerous brothers and sisters. A Prayer Service will be held on Tuesday, June 18th, 2019 at 7:00 pm at St. André Church, North Battleford, SK with Father Cuong Luong & Deacon Gil Bellavance presiding. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Wednesday, June 19th, 2019 at 1:00 pm at the Church of St. Isidore in Bellevue, SK with Father Matthew Ngyen officiating, burial will follow at Bellevue Cemetery.

Memorial donations in Edna’s name may be made to the Villa Pascal Building Fund 1301 113th Street North Battleford, SK S9A 3K1. Condolences to the family may be made to www.sallowsandmcdonald.com.

Sallows & McDonald ~ Wilson & Zehner Funeral Home, Jennifer Wildeman in care of arrangements 306-445-2418.

BUSINESS FOR SALE

Huge 50 plus Fundraiser Garage sale at 1232-107. June 20, 21, 22. 10am-8pm. June 23. 10am4pm. STAR WARS items and Scentsy will be there.

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Edmund Baier June 2018

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In Loving Memory of Ramona Houle

If tears could build a stairway, and memories a lane, We’d walk right up to Heaven and bring you home again.

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LAND FOR SALE

MOBILE/MANUFACTURED HOMES FOR SALE

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HOUSES FOR RENT

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

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

CN Roofing - Tree Removal and Cutting, - Demolition, -Free estimates, - Quality Work, - Fully insured, - All work guaranteed, - References available.

Call or text Clayton 306-480-7098.

Available for Rent, 2 bedroom, W/D/F/S and dishwasher, utilities not included, references required.

Call or text 306-480-1347 Serious inquiries only.

FEED & SEED

HEATED CANOLA WANTED!!

GREEN CANOLA SPRING THRESHED DAMAGED CANOLA FEED OATS WANTED!!

BARLEY, OATS, WHT LIGHT OR TOUGH SPRING THRESHED HEATED FLAX WANTED!!

HEATED PEAS HEATED LENTILS "ON FARM PICKUP" Westcan Feed & Grain 1-877-250-5252

SERVICES FOR HIRE

DUPLEXES FOR RENT 2 bedroom loft style main floor duplex. 1200sq ft. With power, energy, water included. Hardwood floors, 5 appliances, 1 and 1/2 bath. $1350 1 year lease, references. No smoking 306-441-3999.

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COLLECTIBLES & CLASSIC CARS

FEED & SEED Buying/Selling FEED GRAINS heated / damaged CANOLA/FLAX Top price paid FOB FARM

1963 Mercury Comet convertible, lots of work done to it. Good running condition. $5,000 OBO. Phone 306-441-7530

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

LUCKY BIRTHDAYS

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Make sure your birthday and those of your family are entered in our prize draw!

Buy a ticket, pick a date, one winner!

Tickets $20.00 and win a birthday party on us valued at $600.00.

ONLY 365 TICKETS SOLD. Draw made Dec. 31, 2019.

Call the Animal Shelter 306.446.2700 for more information and tickets.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

Battlefords Interval House

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Date: June 26, 2019 Time: 7:00 pm Place: Pennydale Junction (upstairs) 92-22nd St. W., Battleford, SK S0M 0E0 The Battlefords’ North Stars Hockey Club Inc.

Notice of Annual General Meeting

Monday, June 24, 2018 Gold Eagle Lodge 7:00 p.m.

Everyone is welcome and there is a $5 membership fee to be able to vote for the open board member seats.

TAX ENFORCEMENT

TAX ENFORCEMENT LIST

Village of Denholm PROVINCE OF SASKATCHEWAN Notice is hereby given under The Tax Enforcement Act that unless the arrears and costs appearing opposite the land and title number described in the following list are fully paid before July 30, 2019 an interest based on a tax lien will be registered against the land.

NOTE: A sum for costs in an amount required by subsection 4(3) of The Tax Enforcement Act is included in the amount shown against each parcel.

DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY

Part of Lot Lot Blk Plan Title Number Part of Sec Sec Twp Range Meridian

2

5 68B10046

TOTAL COSTS TOTAL ADVER- ARREARS ARREARS TISING & COSTS

148476640 $2,002.92 $70.40 $2,073.32

Dated this 20th day of June 2018.

Lila Yuhasz Treasurer

COMING EVENTS

Friday June 21

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

Saturday June 22

Growing Summer Reads! at the North Battleford Library. June 22nd is the kickoff for the TD Summer reading program, and our theme this year is Growing Summer! All ages are invited to help plant a children’s garden, sign up for the reading program, and do a scavenger hunt.

Begins at 1:00 p.m. Hope to see you there!

Annual General Meeting Tuesday June 25th, 2019 12:00 NOON

Saturday June 22

Location: St. Andre Parish Hall 1301 – 112th Street North Battleford EVERYONE WELCOME Visit our website

www.newsoptimist.ca for more community events Alcoholics Anonymous

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

Battlefords Union Hospital Foundation Inc. Invites you to attend their

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING BUH’s Basement Boardroom

Wed., June 26, 2019 at 6:30 p.m.

Financial statements and auditor’s report are available at the BUH Foundation Office for any interested person to examine.

Please advise BUH Foundation at 306.446.6652 if you are planning on attending.

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.

Show & Shine, Barbeque Fundraiser & Biker Games Main Street, Hafford. Registration starts 11:00 a.m. - Beer Gardens open until 11:00 p.m. Live music from Dukes Under Fire - The Bros G. Show & Shine - $25.00 Bike Games - $25.00, Elk Burger & Pop $5.00. 100% of proceeds donated to Lupus SK Society Inc. For more information contact Larry Dale on Facebook or 306-491-3877.

Saturday June 22

Topline Social Dance Club will be hosting a dance at The Royal Canadian Legion Hall, 1352-100th Street in North Battleford at 8:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m., lunch served. Gold Tones as entertainment for the night. Members $10.00 Guests $12.00, minimum age of 19, dress casual. For more information please contact Sharon at 306-446-0446, Leela at 306-445-7240 or Jean at 306-445-8815.

Monday June 24

Adult Book Club at the North Battleford Library. Join us for discussion of Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult at 7:00 p.m.

Refreshments provided.

Wednesday June 26

Teen Book Club at the North Battleford Library. Our teen book club will be discussing Caraval by Stephanie Garber at 4:00 p.m. Snacks will be provided.

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The Town of Hafford is accepting applications for a Urban Municipal Administrator with duties to commence as soon as possible.

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The Town of Hafford Box 220 Administrator Position Hafford, SK S0J 1A0 Fax: 306-549-2338 Email: town.administrator@hafford.ca Phone: 306-549-2331 We thank all applicants but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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RM of Meota No. 468 Public Notice – Zoning Bylaw Amendment Public Notice is hereby given that the Council of the Rural Municipality (RM) of Meota No. 468 intends to adopt a bylaw under The Planning and Development Act, 2007 (PDA), to amend Bylaw No. 02-2011, known as the Zoning Bylaw (ZB).

INTENT: The intent of the proposed amendment is to guide and regulate development on Dedicated Lands within the RM. AFFECTED LAND: All lands within the RM designated as Buffer Strip, Environmental Reserve, Municipal Reserve, Public Reserve, and Walkways, under the RM’s jurisdiction are affected by the proposed bylaw.

REASON: While the use of dedicated lands is largely regulated by provincial legislation, the RM believes it advantageous to provide this information in a more accessible and convenient medium. Where provincial legislation and regulation permit, the proposed bylaw addresses how the RM will process, regulate, and approve the use of dedicated lands for public and temporary uses.

PUBLIC INSPECTION: Any person may inspect the bylaw at the RM of Meota No. 468 office between 9:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. excluding statutory holidays. Draft copies of the proposed bylaw are available from the RM office (hard copy at cost). The RM office is located at 300 1st Street East, Meota, SK S0M 1X0.

PUBLIC HEARING: Council will hold a public hearing on July 3, 2019, in the RM office to hear any person or group that wants to comment on the proposed amendment. Council will also consider written comments received by the undersigned by June 28, 2019. For additional information, please contact (306) 397-1000, yvonne@northboundplanning.ca; or (306) 892-2061.

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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.)

The highest or any bid is not necessarily accepted.

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KEYANOW CHILD AND FAMILY CENTRE INC. JOB OPPORTUNITY FAMILY SERVICE WORKER (Term Position July-December 20, 2019) Keyanow Child and Family Centre Inc. is seeking application for a highly motivated individual who is willing to meet the challenges of Child Protection on Little Pine First Nation, Poundmaker and Lucky Man Cree Nation. In this position, you will be responsible for investigating allegations of neglect, physical or sexual abuse; assessing family function; determining risks to children’s safety; implementing intervention plans to address child protection issues; and providing support services to families. When necessary you will initiate court proceedings and work through this process with the family. You will be required to travel and work flexible hours. Our Agency has Zero Tolerance of Drugs including Marijuana, and Alcohol.

Must have a BSW or BISW. Qualified applicants please submit: resume plus 3-professional and 2-personal references, RCMP Criminal & Vulnerable Sector Record Check and a Driver’s Abstract to: HR Personnel at P.O. Box 1426, North Battleford, SK S9A 3M1 or email: joyces@kcfcentre.com or fax 306445-5568.

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Hometown Heroes

RM Fire Department Receives Major Contribution

Parrish & Heimbecker Limited has made a $25,000 contribution to the RM of North Battleford Volunteer Fire Department. Fire Chief Neil Good, Deputy Fire Chief Trevor Watts and Councillor Gilles Fransoo, who initiated the fund raising campaign, accepted the cheque on behalf of the RM from Chad Olson who represented the local P & H elevator.

These donations reflect community spirit and regional partnerships while helping to ensure the municipality can provide the essential emergency and protective services ratepayers and surrounding areas require, says the RM. The RM reminds the public they can join the list of contributors to the RM of North Battleford No. 437 Volunteer Fire Department Fund which can be found on their website at rmofnorthbattleford. com

If your group or institution has been the recipient of a donation or gift, or if you have made a donation to your community, we’d be happy to let our readers know. Send a photo to our email address: newsoptimist.news@sasktel.net. Please include names of those in the photo and the details of the donation or gift. See some of our Hometown Heroes on this page.

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The North Battleford Bonaventure Lions have been busy helping with spring teas. The first was May 4 at River Heights Lodge. Left to right are Dora Johnson, Sharon Bridges, Darrallene Lapp and Linda Laycock. This is a corrected version, as the names were incorrect in the May 30 issue when this photo first appeared.

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In my last news report, sorry to say I made a mistake to be corrected on the Soule family of Ruddell. It should have been Herman Soule, not Norman Soule.

I apologize for the mistake.

The Western Development Museum in North Battleford antique gas stationary engines and tractors volunteers had another work bee. They are putting the finishing touches on two antique tractors, getting ready for Those Were the Days in August.

Get well wishes go out

to Fay Keller of Bridge Road Condos as she has been in a Saskatoon hospital. Hope to see you about soon. Get well also to Violet Weber of Battleford who had a recent fall and is recovering in Battlefords District Care centre. Hope you will be back home soon.

The Canadian military has been on the move going through the local area,

sometimes in long convoys of trucks and military equipment. They make their rest stop in Battleford next to Highway 4. There have also been busloads of military men and women passing through.

The annual Legion Motorcyce Ride for Dad took place Saturday, June 15. They started in Saskatoon and on to Battleford, where they stopped at the arena for a barbecue. They then motored to Wilkie and ended at Biggar. There were more than 300 motorcycles, part of a nationwide event with proceeds to prostate cancer research.

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Borden United Church holds last service

By Lorraine Olinyk Correspondent

Borden School Awards Night was held June 12, preceded by a burger and salad supper put on by the SCC with lots of sweets for dessert. MCs for the program were Levi Gough and Jade Matte. After O Canada, Brody Morris gave the principal’s address.

The Governor General’s award was given to 2018 graduate Kirsten Szwydky, the Prairie Spirit Teacher’s Association Scholarship of $500 was awarded to Danika Pidwerbesky and the Community Service award went to Max Gader. Thanked for their community service were Ken Crush, Affinity Credit Union, Borden Co-op, parents, staff and students.

Athletic Awards: Wyatt Dyck - junior volleyball, curling, badminton, track and junior male athlete; Danika - senior girls volleyball; Owen Dyck - junior badminton, and junior cross country; Brooke Brazeau and Colton Thiessen - senior badminton; Savannah Sutherland - senior track and female athlete award; Levi Gough - senior cross country; Sadie Funk junior female athlete.

Citizenship awards went to Max Gunsch for K/1, to Emma Kolosky for Grade 2/3, Alex Orchard for Grade 4/5, Katelyn Worona for Grade 6-10 and Danika for Grades 10-12. Most improved awards went to Milayna O’Toole in K/1, Anna Torrens for Grade 2/3, Karsyn Grasby for Grade 4/5 and Noah Braun for Grades 6-9. A special Arts Award for drama went to Jack Donegan. Thanks and a standing ovation were given to Sheri Sutherland who has worked as an Educational Associate at Borden School for 18 years, has been involved in

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all the athletic activities, and who will be working at Langham Elementary School in the fall of 2019.

Academic awards: On the Honour Roll (80 -90 per cent) were Wyatt Dyck, Colton Thiessen, Baeleigh Hinz and Kaleb Warren and on the Honor Roll with Distinction (91 per cent and higher) were Savannah Sutherland, Danika Pidwerbesky, Sadie Funk, Brooke Brazeau, Levi Gough and Jade Matte. Students with highest averages were Sadie, Savannah, Kaleb and Danika.

Borden United Church held its final service in the church building on Sunday, June 10, with a full church to commemorate the occasion and hear memories of the church life over the years. The congregation have been holding their services at St. John’s Anglican Church in Borden at 1:30 p.m. and will continue to do so every Sunday.

The June 10 service was presided over by Gayle Wensley, resident minister.

During the service, Danika Pidwerbesky was baptized and Holy Communion was served. During the baptism, special music was sung by Gayle and Pamela Pidwerbesky. For the Litany of Thanksgiving, those taking part and speaking of past events held in the church were worship leader Gayle Wensley who spoke of baptisms, communions, ministers and lay people who have led worship, Sandra Long, board chair, who spoke of the pews and worshippers who

have gathered for services, funerals, weddings and other celebrations, Robynn Anderson who spoke on behalf of Sunday school students and leaders, Daphne Pearce who spoke of the United Church Women and the meals and coffee served while working together and Helen Sutherland who spoke of having study groups for learning and the friendships forged as they met. Pamela Pidwerbesky and Gayle sang one verse of Breath on Me Breathe of God, which reminded Lorraine Olinyk of the congregations, choirs, organist, all musicians who have proclaimed their faith here in hymns and songs. Building committee member Stew Walton, with hammer and drill bits as symbols, spoke of the many hours men and women put in over the years to maintain the building, and Gayle concluded with stating that we come together with many good and treasured memories but with a strong sense of grief at saying farewell to this hallowed place. An offering of symbols took place and handed on to Rev. Sheldon Carr from St John’s were the memoriam plaque of deceased members by Jean Sawchyn, Helping Hands banner made by Sunday school teachers and students

by Danika Pidwerbesky, Voices United hymn book

by Sandra Long. Gayle declared the church closed.

June 23, Borden United Church will be hosting Speers United Church members for a potluck lunch at 12:30 p.m. followed by a joint church service at 1:30 p.m., all in St. John’s Anglican Church. There will be no United Church service on June 30, or during July and August. The first service in the fall will be Sept. 8 at

Borden United Church, June 10, symbols were passed over to Rev. Carr. Jean Sawchyn, Gayle Wensley, Sandra Long, Danika Pidwerbesky and Pamela Pidwerbesky at the organ. Photos

by Lorraine Olinyk

Mrs. Kaufman presenting the senior female athlete cup to Savannah Sutherland.

1:30 pm.

The Borden Community Centre Preservation Committee held a chili luncheon June 10 in the centre, which was not well attended, but you got a great meal for only $5 and the proceeds went to improvements for the hall.

They also held a Father’s Day raffle worth $100 in tools and goodies for dad, won by Kasey Saunders for his dad Tristan.

Danika Pidwerbesky, Mrs. Kaufman and Brooke Brazeau.

On June 19, the Credit Union and Co-op are holding a barbecue by the Coop grocery store. For $2 you get a burger or hot dog, pop and ice cream with the proceeds going to the hall.

A golf tournament in aid of Jim Pattison’s Children Hospital will be held at the Borden Golf Course on Saturday, June 22, starting at 10:30 a.m. Call Murray at 306-222-7038 for info.

Sheri Sutherland and Wyatt Dyck, who won many athletic awards.

The Borden Friendship Club hold their potluck supper and birthday cake on June 26 and local talent will be featured.

Radisson seniors host a pancake breakfast at their Goodrich Centre on June 29 from 9 to 11 a.m. and ithe Borden museum is holding an Historic Walking Tour of Borden starting at 2 p.m. at the museum under the direction of the summer student Leah Williamson.

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Travelling to tie family cords together “A five-day trip to our grandson’s graduation was good for our car,” I told Ed, my old neighbour in Saskatchewan. He could not figure out how a trip could be useful for our car.

I explained the eight hours of driving one way at top interstate speed was what the car needed. Before the trip, the dash engine light had lit up. The dealership said that I needed to drive the vehicle at higher speed for a longer drive, instead of short trips at low speeds. After our trip to Portland, Oregon, eight hours there and eight hours back, our car’s engine light has stopped coming on.

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parents. There would not be grad parties, nor family celebrations over a family member’s graduation. It should be a time to present teachers with gifts to last them now and through their retirement. What woman teacher would not want a plastic rose with the student’s name and year stamped on it.

Likewise, all male teachers would get a stamped Bic pen. Ed likes to quote his father’s words on his graduation: “So what if you’re graduating? That’s why you were in school, wasn’t it?”

Graduates will be congratulated, given presents, and their families will gather around them in joy and celebration. Parents

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By Raymond Maher

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revraymaher@accesscomm.ca graduation is too much.

He has his own ideas about how high school graduations should be conducted. If Ed ruled the school system, high school graduations would be for the school staff and the graduates only. It would be at the end of the last school day. On that day the graduates would get their

diplomas with a handshake and, a solid direction to each one: “Now go to college or university or get a job, as you are all done here!”

Ed is full of ideas about how high school graduations should work.

Graduating students would not get presents but give presents to their

find it a bittersweet time as many graduates will leave home, and the family cords that bind parents and their son or daughter will stretch and loosen.

Sometimes they will seem to be so loose that they no longer count. Mostly the connections will be strong, as many parents and children will travel hours, or days to celebrate graduations, marriages and other special occasions. Family love may stretch, but it also binds many together.

We are born into a family or marry into one.

Ruth in the Bible married into a family that came to her country of Moab from Bethlehem in Judah.

A famine caused them to leave Bethlehem. Ruth

married one of two sons in the family, but both the father, Ruth’s husband and other son died in Moab.

Ruth was a young widow, also Orpah her sister-inlaw, and the older Naomi, the mother of the family from Bethlehem. Naomi was ready to return to Bethlehem and instructed each daughter-in-law, to return to her family in Moab and remarry.

Ruth refused to let her mother-in-law return alone to Bethlehem. She vowed, “Where you go, I will go, and where you stay, I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God.” She traveled with Naomi and tied the cords of family love tightly.

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

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

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Everyone Welcome

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

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

306-937-3177 Rev. Gayle Wensley

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

Saturday Evening Mass - 5:00 p.m.

Sunday Mass - 10:30 a.m.

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

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Unfair Play at the Windthorst Hotel In 1907-08, Albert E. Playfair built the threestorey hotel at Windthorst, 140 kilometres east of Regina on Hwy 48. By 1911, hotelkeeper William Williamson was living in the hotel with his three children. Williamson sold the hotel to Thomas Henry after Saskatchewan introduced Prohibition in July 1915.

Tom Henry had marriage issues. The 1916 Canada Census shows that owner Henry, age 58, was living at the Windthorst Hotel along with his 13-year-old daughter, Vivian. There is no mention of his wife, although he is listed as married. Tom’s wife, Ellen, is listed in the census as residing, unemployed, in a separate residence from the hotel with her sevenyear-old daughter, Ethel.

The same census shows that 21-year-old Alice Ellen Playfair, daughter of Albert Playfair, the builder of the Windhorst Hotel, was working as the housekeeper at the hotel.

Alice was living with two of her brothers in a private home in the village.

Alice and Tom may have had an affair, because genealogical records show that Alice eventually became his second wife.

Tom Henry also got into some trouble with the law while operating the Windthorst Hotel. In the spring of 1919, he was convicted of perjury and sentenced to a year of hard labour in the Regina jail. This resulted from his appeal of his previous conviction for hiding liquor in with his stock of soft drinks at the hotel in Windthorst – a no-no during Prohibition.

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By Joan Champ

joanchamp@shaw.ca In 1918, Jack Johnson and his wife Olga bought the Windthorst Hotel and ran it until 1945. “Mr. and Mrs. Johnston made their hotel business an asset to the community in many ways, opening their doors freely for public functions and making the hotel a gathering place of the district,” the town history records. “Social functions which included weekly card parties, bridal showers, and wedding receptions were held at the hotel.”

The Johnstons, who had no children of their own, opened their hearts to three children of the Lenius family, following the death of their mother in 1920. Annie, Frank and Joe Lenius were foster children of the Johnstons, who gave them a happy home while they continued their schooling.

Jack Johnston had many interests. “His main hobby was taxidermy and he mounted birds and animals with an artist’s touch,” states the Windthorst history book. “So much so that some of his specimens are in the Smithsonian Institute … and some are in the Provincial Museum in Regina.” After he retired from the hotel business in the mid-forties, Johnston sold it to Joe Lenius.

Jack’s foster son, Joe Lenius, and his wife Emmie ran the Windthorst Hotel from 1945 until 1950, when they sold it to Ron and Marg Morrison.

The Morrisons renovated the hotel extensively between 1950 and 1976. The biggest change they made was to remove the third storey of the building in 1966. A café replaced the hotel’s dining room.

The Windjacks became the owners of the Windthorst Hotel in 1979. Once again, renovations were undertaken, and a steak pit was added. A variety of entertainment was featured in the hotel bar.

Norm and Karen Jones bought the hotel in 1993 and changed its name to Norm’s Place. The hotel was put up for sale by the Jones in 2009 – asking price: $235,000. The price went up to $350,000 in 2013. The listing for the hotel in Windthorst stated that it had a 100-seat beverage room and steak pit, a commercial kitchen on the main floor, eight non-modern guest rooms, and an office and guest lounge on the second floor. The Jones apparently didn’t find a buyer for Windthorst’s hotel, for on November 30, 2018, they celebrated the 25th anniversary of Norm’s Place.

Norm’s Place, the hotel in Windthorst. Source: Google street view, 2013

Removing the third storey of the Windthorst Hotel in 1966. Source: Windthorst Memories (1982)

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Motorcycle Ride For Dad starts with a simple question

By Helen Urlacher and Kathy Heilman When Mark Diehl from the Blaine Lake area and a friend of his went to a car show in Calgary in 2008, they were approached by an officer wearing a blue glove, asking their age.

He also asked if they had ever had a prostate exam.

Mark said that he lost his father to prostate cancer, so he took the exam to be sure he was all right. Mark also took all the information that he could as an idea popped up into his head.

That is when the “Motorcycle Ride For Dad” got its start in Saskatoon in 2009 and now 10 years later, the Saskatoon Motorcycle

Ride for Dad has raised over $1.1 million, which stays in Saskatoon for prostate cancer research.

On Saturday, June 15, the ride started in Saskatoon, continued on to Battleford, then to Wilkie, but unfortunately for the riders, who were all ages – men and women – were held up by the CPR track maintenance, so they weren’t able to come into to town 300 strong.

They arrived in small groups, a bit wet and chilly, but with smiles on their faces to enjoy coffee, juice or water courtesy of Brenda at the Wilkie Reddi Mart and ice cream treats from the Wilkie Delta Co-op, and to pick their cards for their poker hand, which was a part of

the fundraising done by the riders. Riders came from Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Local riders included Shannon and Lorne Sittler, Kevin Glessing, Brock Wangler, Kevin and Lauralee Kropf and riders from Landis area.

The volunteers – Clarke, Todd, Helen, Ocean, Ira and Kathy – were happy to help the riders and the friendly waves and handshakes, the “thanks for volunteering” as they headed to Biggar for the closing ceremony made the day. The most important message of the day – that ALL men ages 40 and up get tested for prostate cancer. Early detection

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How to make a dream come true: OA Leather

By Helen Urlacher Correspondent

Since the closing of the SGLA liquor store in Wilkie, the brick building has stood empty and lifeless. That is until now.

Born and raised in Airdrie, Alta., Ian Guenter has bought the former liquor store in Wilkie, where he is operating his business, is a wholesale distributor of high-quality leather.

Before coming to Wilkie, Guenter worked as an electrician in Calgary, Alta., until the work started to slow down. At the same time, he was just starting out on a hobby.

It all started when on a camping excursion while wearing his favourite black hoodie (or bunny hug) when he ripped a hole in it. He thought, “This sucks, this is my favourite hoodie, one with no logos on it as I don’t like logos.”

Guenter could not find another one like it unmasked and plain so he thought that he would like to design his own logo and start his own clothing brand. Guenter brought in some hoodies and wanted to also add to them things he could make. He was always interested in leatherworking, as another friend in Calgary was doing leatherworking, so

Guenter thought, “If he can do it, so can I. At least I can try it!”

The following day after deciding to start up leatherworking, he was meeting his dad for coffee, who threw down a copy of Tandy Leather Catalogue, which Guenter found “weird” because he and his father had never discussed leather before. Guenter’s father said to him, “I feel that you would be good at this and I feel you should try this out.” This was obviously written in the stars and Guenter decided he would have to do this for sure now.

Guenter went around to the local Alberta leather shops but just couldn’t find the high quality that he was looking for. In one leather shop, he found a certain type of leather called horween, which is a higher quality leather from Chicago, Ill., which came in one size – 25 square feet. He wanted to make a wallet, needing only a small piece, but the wholesaler told him he had to buy the whole piece, which he had no use for. That’s when a light bulb went off in Guenter ‘s head and he decided he was going to purchase high quality leather, sell it online and cut it down to the appropriate sizes that people were wanting – half size, quarter

Ian Guenter at work in his leather wholesale business in Wilkie. Photo by Helen Urlacher

size, all the way down to a single square foot.

To keep his startup costs to a minimum and instead of renting out a space, Guenter started the business in the house in Airdrie selling his leather online.

He developed a webpage with reviews on the leather, high quality photos of the leather and the business soon took off. People were going crazy for it.

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When looking around Wilkie, he noticed the only available big enough space for his needs was the old SGLA Liquor Store. He jumped at the chance to purchase the building and was very fortunate to have gotten it. Guenter hopes that he can stay in the building for quite a while.

The business is primarily online, selling to leathermakers wo make saddles, wallets, bags and other leather products, and he is selling all over the world.

Primary customers are in the United States, at about 60 per cent. Thirty per cent area in Canada and Russia, Australia, South Korea,

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UCHS will be sadly bidding farewell to Mr. Wood who is heading to Ontario for a new adventure. You can join UCHS in wishing these graduates well at their cap and gown ceremonies June 28 at 10 a.m.

Unity Public School is also feeling a little melancholy as they are sending a great class of Grade 6 students across the road to the high school in the fall. June 24 is the Grade 6 yearend celebration as well as the last official day of classes before report cards come out. UPS is also bidding farewell to Mrs. Soloski who is retiring at the end of this year.

Canada Day activities at our local museum will include a pancake breakfast at 8 a.m., church service at 10:30 a.m., barbecue lunch and concession from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., museum buildings open, live music

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amounts of money on too much leather they don’t or won’t ever use. They can take whatever they may need. No more. No less.

Guenter soon outgrew his home, decided to rent a space, outgrowing that in seven months. That’s when Guenter and his fiancé Michelle decided that with an online business they could move anywhere in Canada.

Guenter’s sister lives in North Battleford with her family, so he and Michelle decided to look at the real estate in Saskatchewan.

The first house that came up was the first one that they purchased. It was inexpensive, and perfect and Look for“Let’s thego for they thought, it!”

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Singapore and Japan.

“There isn’t anyone in Canada that sells high end quality leather the way I do ... there was a huge hole in the market for high quality wholesale leather, customized to their uses. You don’t grow up wanting to be a leather salesman, it’s not really a conventional career choice.

I found a niche and I found a hole in the market, saw an opportunity and took advantage of it, making it work!”

With not having to have walk in customers, it allows for more people to be served online and allow for no time loss in shipping and getting the placed orders all over the globe.

Guenter wants to add 3D technology to his web page to allow customers to be able to see the pieces they want right before them and know if that what they want from the comfort of their home, anywhere in the world, taking advantage of technology, allowing to make sure his customers get exactly what they want and need. Customers can contact him online at www.oaleathersupply.com He also is on Facebook at OA Leather Supply.

Guenter said that he and Michelle, since coming to Wilkie, have met many nice people through Michelle’s job at the Wilkie Curling Rink and her shop in North Battleford. They are enjoying their new home and being able to be a part of the community.

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Sons of Norway have some fun at sports weekend

By Lorna Pearson Correspondent

The Sons of Norway, District 4, held their annual Sports Weekend in the Community Complex in Meota, hosted by Nisse Lodge of North Battleford, June 7, 8 and 9, under the direction of Arlene Walker of Meota and her co-workers.

Registration was Friday with a light supper following. The flag presentation featured flags from Canada, United States, Norway, Saskatchewan and Sons of Norway. The national anthems were sung for Canada, United States and Norway.

There was a display table with woodwork, Norweave, artwork and Rosemaling work done by local artisans and silent auction items were on hand for bidders along the north wall.

The Friday 50/50 was won by Barbara Johnson of Edam.

The Meota Hobby Band entertained and several folks enjoyed an old time dance to two.

That evening a surprise number was done by three fellows. It was hilarious!

Saturday morning saw 17 members at the bowling alley in the city, competing; 11 at the Meota Golf Course and the balance at the hall playing Norwegian whist. Lunch was available at each venue.

The turkey buffet started at 6 p.m. with Arlene’s daughters Jodie and Tracey and their friend Wanda Weber tending to kitchen duties and as waitresses.

All the tables had centrepieces of Norwegian figurines – all as cute as could be.

Arlene opened the evening program by introducing Master of Ceremonies Grant Gunderson from Glaslyn who in turn introduced Russell Wiigs of Calgary who brought greetings from District 4.

The 50/50 winner Saturday was Ken Dormier of Edmonton.

The retiring of the colours followed and the flags were returned to the starting point.

Cowboy poetry with Louise Lundberg from Mervin was next followed by a fashion show under the direction of Marion Ottas of Edam.

A fashion show took place as part of the activities.

Songs and music by Joan and Wilf Rice of North Battleford was the last item.

Sunday morning the directors and presidents held a meeting at 9 a.m. followed by a tasty brunch.

The sports weekend in 2020 will be hosted by the Calgary group.

Prizes were presented to game winners by Arlene Walker and Dave Ottas. The bowling winners in the morning were Dave Ottas and Nancy Iverson, the random winners were Lyle and Betty Lambert of Lethbridge, Alta. Participation prizes were given to four members from Lethbridge who played golf.

Norwegian whist winner in the morning was Eric Callbeck, afternoon winner was Lorna Pearson.

The attendance shield with highest percentage of their members from a distance attending went to Aspelund Lodge from Red Deer, Alta. Others came from Lethbridge, Calgary, Edmonton and Clareshome, Alta., and Saskatoon.

Success of this event is credited to the leadership of Arlene Walker and her many volunteer helpers, with outstanding decorations, setting up and taking down displays etc., all a group project which every one enjoyed.

Missing at the event was a faithful member Bev McCrimmon who helped Arlene make some of the decorations. She is home from the hospital but was not strong enough to come.

We missed her presence.

These three men were good sports in letting the ladies dress them up – the huge hats concealed their heads and arms, while their abdomens were painted like a face of a little man. They appeared Friday evening at the Sons of Norway celebration, and caused much hilarity. It takes about an hour to get them ready to show. Photos submitted by Lorna Pearson

One wonders just how much fun are Norwegians allowed to have?

New homes going up at the lake

By Lorna Pearson Correspondent

First off we have been notified that the June noon meal at the Community Complex has been cancelled. The workers are all too busy. So see you in November for the next one.

A celebration of life for the late Beverly Sutton will take place, after the interment, in the Meota Community Complex on June 22 at 2 p.m. Bev passed away at the age of 57 in Okotoks, Alta., on Feb. 20.

She was a music student of Junice Headley for eight years and Junice will play at the service.

The cement trucks have made several trips into the village and nearby areas this past week or two.

While there are many places in the village for sale, some folks are still building new homes.

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scores go to Gerry Fernandes and Jette DaSilva, Joyce Antoine and Mary Greenwald, Cletus Scherman and Catriona Winterholt. June 11 in the city saw top scores by Vern Iverson and Gerry Craig, Joyce Antoine and Jane Groves, Ron Inkster and Donna Scherman. June 13, in the city saw top scores

by Vern Iverson and David Scharpe, Julie Moore and Jean Lawes, Mary Greenwald and Joyce Antoine.

Canasta June 14 in the Do Drop In saw top score go to Svend Christiansen and Arlene Walker with second by Cora Christiansen and Janice Morton and third by Eric Callbeck and Marion Ottas. Another

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MAIDSTONE – May 24 was movie night at the Drop In Centre with 15 people in attendance. The movie was How to Train Your Dragon 2. The door prize was won by Payton Beccotte. Next movie will be in September.

Cribbage was played Monday, May 27, with high score going to Jean Hartman with all 121 scores.

Low went to Bev Stewart.

Dorothy Schwartz provided lunch.

Bingo was played Wednesday, May 19, with Joan Smith and Bev Stewart doing the calling.

Denise Newton supplied lunch.

Cribbage was played Monday, June 3, with high score going to Denise Newton and low to Bev

nice sociable affair for folks who only meet every two weeks.

Gwen Lacerte is back home after spending nearly a month in Alberta with family.

The Do Drop In held their monthly meeting June 14 with 13 members present. Minutes and financial reports were given.

Building repairs needed were discussed. Wednesday morning coffee will continue from 9 to 11 a.m. in the Do Drop In. Maureen handed out the tickets for the play we are going to at the Barn Playhouse, north of Saskatoon, June 23. All is in readiness for the trip by van. Convention news was reported by Vivianne Lesko regarding the resolutions, walkathon and speakers at the gathering June 5 and 6 at the Heritage Hotel in Saskatoon. There is a new toll free number, “211,” where one can get information on anything

you are looking for, or be directed to where you can get it. Resolutions involved adding the shingles vaccine to the drug plan, cost of living for seniors hasn’t followed inflation and needs to be increased, need more geriatricians in the province, regulations re massage therapists qualifications and increase the pension income amount on income tax returns. The new provincial president is Dwayne Turcotte, replacing Pat Trask. The library reported 378 patrons between Feb.1 and April 30 and three new cards were issued. Books not circulating well are being removed to make room for new ones and will be for sale this summer. Thanks for the flowers in front of the hall to Maureen Campbell and to Linda Ard for those in the backyard. A tasty lunch closed the gathering with the next meeting date being Sept. 8.

Stewart. Lunch was supplied by Lois Myer.

Bingo was played Wednesday, June 5, with Joan and Shannon Smith doing the calling. Lunch was provided by Margaret MacEachern.

Former Drop In member Rita Taylor Morrison, 94, passed away at the Maidstone Hospital May 31. Funerals service was held at the United Church on Friday, June 7.

Cribbage was played Monday, June 10, with high score going to Lois Myer and low to Jean Hartman.

Jean also supplied lunch.

Bingo was played Wednesday, June 12, with Joan Smith and Bev Smith doing the calling. The loonie pot was won by Dorothy Harmel. Joan Smith provided lunch.

The monthly meeting followed bingo with Denise Newton acting as chairperson. There will be no cards or bingo in July and August. Next movie night is to be Sept. 20. A person is to be hired for June, July, August and September to weed and water the flowerbeds. Next monthly meeting will be held Sept. 11 at 2:45 p.m.

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