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By Miguel Fenrich Staff Reporter

As the Government of Saskatchewan returns to the Legislative Assembly early this year to pass a controversial parental bill of rights using the notwithstanding clause, some organizations that were providing sexual violence education within schools are calling into question an aspect of the Ministry of Education’s recent policy changes.

Alongside the Parental Inclusion and Consent Policy to be implemented in Saskatchewan schools, school boards were also called to, “immediately pause involvement with any third-party organization,” with the ministry stating that, “only teachers, not outside third parties, will be able to present sexual health education materials in the classroom.”

Now, Battlefords Area Sexual Assault Centre is worried that this will negatively affect youth in the Battlefords as they are no longer allowed in the classroom.

“With very little clarity or direction and very

vague language in this policy it has impacted organizations that do not deliver sexual health specific information but simply all organizations that provide information on anything direct or indirectly related to sex or gender,” says a statement from BASAC’s Executive Director, Amber Stewart.

“While we at BASAC see the value in sexual health education being taught by experts in the field with fact-based information and provided in a safe environment at ageappropriate levels, we do not believe that our organization should have been lumped into this category.”

BASAC noted that over their 40 years in the Battlefords, they’ve been fighting

to raise awareness around sexualized violence while helping support survivors of sexual violence. Over the last number of years, they also say they’ve maintained a strong focus on prevention education as they establish themselves as experts in the community.

“For BASAC, the choice to add sexual assault centres to the third-party umbrella has put the work we have been focused on in jeopardy.”

BASAC’s statement noted that during the 20222023 school year sexual violence prevention education programs were delivered to 3051 students in 14 different schools located in The Battlefords & surrounding area.

Saskatchewan’s rate of sexual assault is one of the highest in Canada, with a rate of 104 sexual assaults per 100,000 persons.

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“Children and youth having tools to understand sexual abuse, consent, body safety, etc. lowered the risk of those same children and youth becoming victims of abuse.”

The statement added that Saskatchewan has the highest rates of Interpersonal violence of all of the Canadian provinces, at twice the national average. In addition, Saskatchewan’s rate of sexual assault is one of the highest in Canada, with a rate of 104 sexual assaults per 100,000 persons.

“The statistics show that one in three girls and one in six boys will become a victim of sexualized violence and that children ages 7-13 are the most vulnerable to

child sexual abuse.

“Educating children and youth on the topics of consent, body safety and sexual abuse enables them to have a voice and reach out to a trusted adult if they are being abused, taking away the education is taking away that voice,” Stewart said.

BASAC noted that their presentations are childfriendly and have always aligned with the Saskatchewan health curriculum, in addition, they ensure that parents are made aware that they are working in the classroom and provide contact information if they have any questions or concerns and encourage them to reach out to the organization.

The organization added that since the announcement of this policy, many teachers and parents in the Battlefords have reached out, expressing their concerns and questions about why BASAC is not allowed to continue delivering these programs in schools across the Battlefords.

“We are calling on the Provincial Government and the Minster of Education to allow sexual assault centres in the province to resume their prevention education programs in school divisions across the province,” Stewart said.

“The safety and wellbeing of all children, youth, and future generations of adults is at stake, and we must act now.”

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High-ranking Onion Lake street gang member gets jail time

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A high-ranking Onion Lake street gang member who had drug trafficking charges dropped against him in two provinces has been given jail time for evading police.

Courtlin Kayne Clive Johnson LIttlewolfe was sentenced in Lloydminster Provincial Court to 600 days in Jail on charges of

flight from police and dangerous driving. With 365 days of pre-custody credit, 34-year-old LIttlewolfe had 52 days left to serve after being sentenced on Oct. 4. Littlewolfe had been in custody for 365, which translated into 548 days credit at 1.5 days for each day in remand.

Littlewolfe was scheduled to be sentenced in May but there were delays after he fired his lawyer.

According to court documents, Littlewolfe also goes by the name of Courtlin Clive Whitstone.

Last year Littlewolfe had drug trafficking and weapons-related charges stayed against him in Saskatchewan and Alberta courts.

In December 2022, weapons-related charges were stayed against Littlewolfe in Lloydminster Sask., Provincial Court.

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101st Street public housing renos celebrated

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The buildings, originally built in 1964, underwent nearly three years of renovations and are currently full already, a testament to the need for more housing in the Battlefords. | Photo by Miguel Fenrich

Both the Mayor of North Battleford David Gillan and chair of the Battleford Housing Authority, Amber Stewart, spoke about the new housing during the ceremony and remarked that it’s exactly what North Battleford needs.

“We’re really excited to be here today to cut the ribbon following this significant investment and renewal of these dues duplexes.

These started to be worked on before I joined, the board I believe it was already underway. And so to have them done, completed and filled is something that I’m really happy to see,” Stewart said on behalf of the board and herself.

“These duplexes represent the very first social housing units that were managed by the Housing Authority since the 60s ... and prior to the renovation, they weren’t a desirable place for families that wanted to live in family housing is really where we’re, we’re lacking in the Battlefords and in the province,” she said.

“And just on a personal note, I joined this board because the [Battlefords] Housing Authority has a personal meaning for me. The Housing Authority saved my life. I was a young single parent and needed somewhere safe to live and raise my children, and the housing authority

By Miguel Fenrich Staff Reporter

Residents of North Battleford welcomed improved access to affordable housing on Oct. 3, as three years’ worth of renovations in 20 properties along 101st Street were greeted with an official commencement and ribbon cutting.

A release from the Ministry of Social Services noted that the opening marks the completion of renovations to 18 three-bedroom and two, four-bedroom semi-detached units. Funding of $3.2 million was provided for the project through the National Housing Strategy (NHS), which is a joint funding project between the Canadian and provincial governments.

Minister of Education, Jeremy Cockrill (MLA for The Battlefords) shared his thoughts at the outset of the ceremony on behalf of Gene Makowsky, Minister for Social Services.

“We recognize that safe and affordable housing contributes to the health and well-being of people in our province,” Cockrill said in the statement.

“Our government continues to work with the Government of Canada through the [NHS] to build housing that is accessible and affordable to protect families in greatest housing need,” Cockrill added.

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provided that for me. And so it always holds that spot near to my heart. It allowed me to eventually purchase my first my first home,” she added.

And it’s not just the Battlefords seeing a boost for housing, the statement noted that an additional $3.2 million in funding was provided by Saskatchewan Housing Corporation through Canada Community Housing Initiative to further rejuvenate existing social affordable housing units across the province where the need is highest.

Renovations of 370 existing family and senior affordable housing units across Saskatchewan are anticipated to be completed by December 2023.

“Our government’s 10-year, $82-plus billion National Housing Strategy is working to build affordable homes for those who need them the most across the country, including in Saskatchewan,” said George Chahal, [Liberal MP for Calgary Skyview] on behalf of the Government of Canada.

“Today’s announcement of a combined $6.4 million to support the repair and renovation of 388 homes across the province is just another example of our government’s collaboration with other levels of government to deliver housing solutions.”

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The first housing in North Battleford offered by the BHA pictured here before the renovations. | Photo submitted

The housing pictured after new renovations were recently completed. | Photo submitted

Pictures featuring the renovations were taped to a table outside. | Photo by Miguel Fenrich Amber Stewart, chair of the BHA, tells attendees that government housing at one point saved her life when she was a single mother trying to find somewhere to live.

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Price controls a misguided weapon in the inflation battle

The commentaries offered on this editorial page are intended to provide thought-provoking material for our readers.

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

Zap! You’re frozen! has never worked. Why is Trudeau floating price controls now?

By Vincent Geloso

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If we could tame inflation with laws and regulations, we would have discovered it by now.

But that’s not stopping Prime Minister Justin Trudeau from letting it be understood that he’s getting ready to try once again where so many others have failed before him. In the last few weeks, his government studied, amongst other things, France’s approach, namely freezing grocery store food prices.

There’s nothing new or original about the idea of a price freeze. The first documented historical case goes all the way back to the Roman emperor Diocletian in the year 301. The literature tells us that it didn’t work back in the day, and it hasn’t worked any better in the intervening centuries. In fact, in economics, the measure is widely seen as being counterproductive.

What needs to be understood is that a price acts a bit like a thermometer. Simply put, it acts as an indicator of the level at which the amount producers are ready to supply to the market is equivalent to the quantity demanded by consumers based on what they have to spend.

Inflation, in this analogy, is the equivalent of a temperature increase. Instead of it being 24 degrees in your home, it is now 28. The idea of a price control amounts to exchanging the thermometer for a smaller one that only goes up to 24, then declaring that the problem is solved. Clearly, this strategy does not actually solve the problem but rather deprives us of information regarding its extent and its evolution.

Just as the best way to lower the temperature in your home is to adjust the thermostat, taming inflation happens through the monetary policies of central banks.

Just because the government imposes price controls and observed prices stop rising doesn’t mean that the actual value or real prices cease to increase.

For example, companies subject to government price controls frequently adjust the product size – so-called “shrinkflation.”

An example commonly used is that of former U.S. President Richard Nixon, who, in the 1970s, decreed price controls over building materials. To respect the regulated price, while still reacting to increases in production costs, manufacturers modified the dimensions of boards. While the posted price remained the same, the real price continued to go up.

Another telling example is that of the rationing that was imposed during the Second World War. Ottawa imposed price controls on a vast array of goods and services. However, this led to shortages. It, therefore, became necessary to ration products. At the time, Canadians had

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to stand in long lines to purchase the goods they needed, and even then could only do so in limited quantities.

The result was the creation of illicit markets – with much higher prices than the official prices – allowing consumers to buy the products they needed in greater quantities than what was authorized by the rationing system. To top it all off, merchants used to sell their lower quality goods in the market controlled by the government and keep their better quality goods for the black market.

Whatever we might think of price controls, they impose very real costs on individuals. They’re just harder to see. Fellow economist Casey Pender and I estimated prudently that real inflation in Canada at the time was 48 percent – well above the official figure of 28 percent reported back then. A similar exercise leads to a similar observation in the United States.

We could continue citing example after example, but we would quickly exceed the allotted word limit for this piece.

The fact is that regulating prices does not solve the fundamental problem of inflation. It does not interrupt the “price spiral.” On the contrary, it merely reduces the quality of economic information available to consumers, entrepreneurs, and policy-makers.

To fight inflation, the central bank needs to adopt a sound monetary policy, and economic growth needs to be encouraged. These might not be easy solutions, but

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I would like to send a bouquet of thanks to Mayor Gillan and council. Their efforts are sincerely appreciated. It is so heartwarming and uplifting to see the lights shining once more over our city. May they shine for many years to come.

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It’s What They Do

By R.H. Wood

North Battleford

Recently, as I consumed breakfast in a Saskatoon hotel. the pleasant waitress took my interest. Supposing that she was of First Nation origin I ventured to ask where she actually came from. “My husband and I arrived in Saskatoon from Ukraine on a sponsorship eight months ago,” she replied adding that she then spoke only a few words of English. I was suitably astonished – here she was conversing in a fullyfledged conversation in perfect English. Encouraged, I ventured to ask about the Ukraine/Russian conflict. Her answer was immediate - “That’s what they do,” she despaired, followed by some pieces of history.

Now we have this conflict in Israel where simmering hatred has erupted. There is no way my finite brain can fully understand complicated,

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convoluted Middle East history apart from learning that Hamas, a militant group, has been “nursing their wrath to keep it warm” for years (Robert Burns quotation) – following the 1973 Yom Kippur war and several subsequent outbreaks. The short explanation for this new confrontation is “that is what they do”, but in this case, that explanation is too superficial. As in Ukraine, the question now is how does one separate

the combatants and which country or group of countries can intercede. My observation is that supplying arms and taking sides extends the suffering and death toll where sense and understanding is required.

At some point, a referee and linesmen must step in, both in Israel and Ukraine. The patience of Job and the wisdom of Solomon is required.

In this country, we have our leader making another impassioned square jaw eyes flashing feigned dramatic speech signifying nothing. If he is so wise ask him what he has been doing or achieving during his eight years to preempt this new Holy Land conflict. He must know the seeds and see the results which have “man’s inhumanity to man” all over them (again Robert Burns).

At this point, we as privileged individuals, can only muse on what is amiss with the world and mankind. Newly born

children have only simple requirements and have no knowledge of world affairs. As we mature, we absorb from our surroundings and are influenced intellectually by adults, becoming products of our environment and age.

Thus, it is entirely possible to mature from innocence to extremism of thought and action which is inculcated and may become necessary for survival.

Pre-emption is essential and right.

As for the world, it is unique in the universe as it is habitable for humanoids and is self-sustaining with heat from the sun, amazing industrial achievements and wonders such as flying machines.

The problem of course is whether mankind is appreciative and custodial of these gifts. In my view we fail significantly consuming our resources, fouling the air and overpopulating. We are told that the world’s temperature is increasing by about one degree or more each year.

This means that the world will boil in about 150

Maple bugs, Halloween bugs, boxelder bugs; questions answered

By James Tansey PhD, AAg Provincial Insect and Vertebrate Pest Management Specialist

Maple bugs are a common sight in western Canada throughout the year and become particularly conspicuous in the late summer and early fall. Large aggregations of these insects are common on sunlit surfaces and if given the opportunity, can be a nuisance in houses.

Although the term “maple bug” is often used in Saskatchewan, the accepted, common name is boxelder bug. These are named for their preferred host plant, boxelder, Acer negundo, also called Manitoba maple and ashleaf maple. There are two species of this insect in Canada: the boxelder bug, Boisea trivittata, and the western boxelder bug, B. rubrolineata. Each is more prevalent on either side of the Rocky Mountains and there is some evidence that these may be the same species, despite some subtle differences in morphology.

These insects are members of the Rhopalidae, or scentless plant bugs family, though they are known for their displeasing smells.

Phopalidae are part of the order Hemiptera, or true bugs. They are piercingsucking feeders, meaning

that they pierce their food with heavily modified mouthparts and suck out the liquid. Boxelder bugs feed almost exclusively on the developing seeds of Acer species but will also consume other insects.

Their feeding is rarely damaging to host trees.

Adults overwinter in sheltered spots, sometimes in great numbers. These emerge in the spring to feed on fallen seeds and other insects in leaf litter and soil and developing buds on host trees. Eggs are laid on these trees.

Highly conspicuous, bright red nymphs complete development to adulthood by mid-summer. These mate on flowering trees and can produce a second, overlapping generation. Come late summer, large aggregations form, mediated by release of male-and femaleproduced aggregation pheromones and attraction to warm, sunny sites.

One question asked is why they sunbathe. In addition to the pheromones released to facilitate mating and gathering, they also release monoterpenes from specialized glands.

These substances make the insects distasteful to predators and can result in a pungent smell from crushed insects. These substances, the ultraviolet light and in-

creased body temperatures associated with sunlight also reduce germination of the spores of an important insect pathogen, Beauvaria bassiana. It is thought that these monoterpenes are acquired by the bug from its host plant and that the red colouration is a sign of chemical defence.

Early fall is when boxelder bugs become a nuisance. They seek sheltered spots to overwinter and can squeeze through tight openings to get to them.

This includes window and door seals, vents, and other holes in structures.

They aren’t blood feeders or dangerous to humans or animals but can be problem roommates. Once inside a dwelling, they can stain surfaces with their feces and contribute to an unpleasant home experience. The best way to prevent entry is exclusion.

Seals and screens that are in good repair are the most effective way to keep them out. Control with insecticides applied to surfaces and host trees is generally not effective.

Though a nuisance, they won’t be going away any time soon. If steps to exclude these insects from structures are taken, they can be an interesting component of gardens and yards and provide valuable

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years if the readings are in Fahrenheit or in half that time if they are in Centigrade.

Personally, I fear the future. I think man is profligate and our leaders past

and present are failures while mankind in becoming uncontrollable, There is no doubt that “what we do” or have been doing is not good enough for the future of this planet.

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A Festival of Pumpkins

Midwest Food Resource’s second annual pumpkin festival in North Battleford was held Sept. 23. A young girl plays X’s and O’s with mini gourds in the Kids Play Section at the pumpkin festival. | Photos

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The Battle River Bandits playing music for the crowd.

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RCMP Gang Task Force arrests four in high-risk vehicle stop

By Lisa Joy

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In a high-risk vehicle stop, the Battlefords RCMP Gang Task Force and Provincial General Investigation Section arrested four people in a stolen vehicle. Officers found a loaded firearm inside the vehicle.

On Sept. 28, the Battlefords RCMP Gang Task Force was conducting proactive patrols when they located a stolen vehicle in the 1800 block of St. Laurent Drive. The vehicle had previously been reported stolen from Warman.

Police charged three people, including 25-year-old Harley Dillon from Onion Lake, 25-year-old Blaire Chief of Scott, and 21-year-old Kalyn Thomas of North Battleford.

The three appeared before Judge Kevin Hill in North Battleford Provincial Court Monday. Dillon and Chief appeared by phone from the correctional centre, and Thomas appeared by CCTV from Pine Grove Correctional Centre.

Court heard that they were in possession of a stolen Dodge Ram and a sawed-off rifle.

The Crown was opposed to their release and elected to proceed by indictment, which means a stiffer sentence if convicted.

Dillon is charged with possession

of a firearm when unauthorized, possession of a firearm in a motor vehicle, possession of a firearm without a license, possession of property obtained by crime, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, careless use of a firearm, possession of a weapon contrary to an order, driving while prohibited, possession of a firearm with a tampered serial number, and identity fraud.

Chief is charged with possession of a firearm when unauthorized, possession of a firearm in a motor vehicle, possession of a firearm without a license, possession of property obtained by crime, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, careless use of a firearm, possession of a weapon contrary to an order, dangerous driving, driving while prohibited, possession of a firearm with a tampered serial number, and failing to comply with an undertaking.

Dillon and Chief were to appear in court next on Oct. 6.

Thomas is charged with possession of a firearm when unauthorized, possession of a firearm in a vehicle, possession of a weapon contrary to order, possession of a firearm without a license, possession of property obtained by crime, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, careless use of a firearm, and possession of a firearm with a tampered serial number.

She appears in court again Oct. 25.

provide a single location where families with young children can access reliable information, programs and services to support their children’s development and family wellness. All programs are free and available to all families.

Some of the specific information and resources provided by Early Years Family Resource Centres include: • Early learning opportunities for children through play-based activities, family groups, art, music, movement or other preschool programming; • Parent education

through formal and informal learning opportunities, drop-in programs and seminars; • Family wellness and support initiatives to assist families to identify and build skills that support child development and overall family health and wellness; and • Information and referrals to link families to the best possible service to support their child’s development and links to other places in the Battlefords that may be able to help meet the family’s needs.

The BEYFRC team works closely with the

Early Childhood Community Planning Network (ECCPN) to provide community events at multiple locations throughout the Battlefords. This network facilitates connections with other like-minded professionals with children and families’ well-being at the forefront of every discussion and decision.

Some upcoming ECCPN events include National Child Day Event (Nov. 19), and Family Literacy Day (Jan. 26). We hope to see you there.

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Farm Strong

A blacksmith at work at Farm Strong Family Fun Fest, a fun event to enjoy before or after shopping Saturday, Sept 30, at the Frontier Centre mall.

Other activities included a scavenger hunt, demonstrations and skill testing games. | Photo by Averil Hall / Freelance Photographer

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Everybody has a story Last dance: Sugartop will play music to the end

By Miguel Fenrich Staff Reporter

If you stand on the concrete pad at Dianne cs backdoor in the Muddy Lake Valley — straddling Highway 21 about two hours west of Saskatoon — the hills unfolding to the north tell the story behind the name of her band; Sugartop.

When I visited SkogHumble on an oddly hot September afternoon, she led me into the basement where her collection of pianos, mixers and instruments live between dances. On the wall above her basement sink, beside family photos and a vintage beer stein, there’s a plaque from ISC celebrating Sugartop Ranch’s 100-year-old incorporation in 2010.

But for Skog-Humble, a Saskatchewan girl edging 60, born into a family of musicians where her first interaction with an instrument was at three years old on her mom’s knee at the family pump organ — it would be years before she found her way home to Sugartop Hill.

“I know the picture is here somewhere,” SkogHumble tells me, gesturing around her basement.

The picture would show a young girl, around four, trying to copy her mother and reach the peddles on the same pump organ she’d first touched a year earlier.

“There was a movie on in the summertime called Miracle on 34th Street, and I heard the song Silent Night, and she [Mom] said I walked over and played Silent Night.”

Skog-Humble was six.

Around the same time, years before babysitters, she would find herself sleeping on the bands’ coats or in their drum cases during long nights when the adults would stay up dancing. She was, as she calls it, “soaking up all the music” while she slept.

By seven she’d gotten her first acoustic electric guitar. Then she was mentored by Reg Sittler and Wilbert Bosler (both from the small village of Handel) until she went on to play in their pickup band at age 10. At 15, Skog-Humble got a 12-string guitar and auditioned to join Little Prairie Band alongside Bernard Ochs.

“They needed a guitar player. So they all came to Mom and Dad’s house, in the living room, we set everything up, and I auditioned and got the job,” she said.

“I think Bernard really wanted to have kind of a house party, so it worked out well,” Skog-Humble added, laughing.

The Journey from Little Prairie to Brandles Orchestra Little Prairie Band was

Above left, three years after her husband’s death, following a 39-year marriage, Dianne Skog-Humble started playing music again — this time solo. Above right, Skog-Humble pictured on Sugartop Ranch with a plaque celebrating the 100th anniversary of her husband’s farm in 2010. The name Sugartop comes directly from the hills to the north. | Photos by Miguel Fenrich

one of hundreds of groups across Saskatchewan who played old-time music — mainly waltzes, traditional polkas, and two steps at dances throughout Western Canada. When Skog-Humble started with the band, she joined Martin and Balzar Weber, Tony Lang, and Bernard and Leon Ochs.

“It’s a lot of fun [playing in a band] It can be a little bit tedious at times. But if you got people bringing fresh music in all the time, which we did, that makes it all the best,” she said.

“And when you can look over across and say smile at one of them, like in my case in the Little Prairie Band, Bernard and Leon were like, they were the catalyst that kept me going and, and wanting to do more.”

Skog-Humble tells a story that involves a scandalous dance in Rosetown, a misplaced skirt and a rowdy polka that left her and Bernard Ochs crying on the fire escape for 20 minutes in the middle of winter. She mentions cross-provincial travel, wayward banjos and other stories while holding back laughter.

But everything good does come to an end at some point. Despite learning how to play several instruments, and noting that travelling with a band is enjoyable but tiring, SkogHumble says she just wasn’t challenged anymore.

“It was more or less ... mechanical towards the end for me. I wanted to do different songs that I heard on the radio or bring with me something like that ... they had a lineup of songs that they were comfortable with,” she said.

“I think Little Prairie was satisfied with just doing a certain amount of music, they didn’t want to reach out farther. And I

loved every one of those guys, but I just needed to be let loose a little more and wanted to try a little more.”

By 19 she was working in Humble Music, a store based in Unity that was owned by Leonard Humble, who played with the Brandles Orchestra. Soon after they were married, and she would go on to play with Brandles and Humble for almost 12 years.

“He was very patient, and he loves seeing younger people learn stuff. We’re kindred spirits, actually.

We were a lot alike, and it just merged into a 39-year marriage.”

The Birth of Sugartop Leonard Humble was a musician himself. With 13 years of training from the Toronto Conservatory.

When they’d get new instruments at the shop, they closed down for days and Skog-Humble says it was like Christmas.

“When I was working for him before we got together, it was like a candy shop because there’s guitars, there’s accordions, keyboards, there’s horns, there’s everything. And he had this fast and steady rule. One of us has to know how to demonstrate everything in here,” Skog-Humble said, though she added that wasn’t always the case.

“I couldn’t get a bark out of a trumpet,” she laughed.

When the Brandles decided to retire in 1990, the pair realized they didn’t want to quit. Deciding to take up a duo, they found themselves struggling to find a name for themselves.

“I had heard him tell a story ... his [Leonard’s] grandfather homesteaded this and there’s a hill you can see from Highway 21, and it’s almost like a haystack. But it’s got two levels and it reminded his

dad of the candies they used to get at the state fair in Minneapolis [before they immigrated to Canada],” she said.

“And they were called Sugartop Candies.”

Leonard’s dad would go on to call it Sugartop Hill, and rather than name their band after their surnames like most wife and husband duos did at the time, they wanted something different. They had already named their homestead Sugartop Ranch, and their business selling horses was called Sugartop Arabians.

And Sugartop was born.

They served Unity at their music store until 1999 when computers and the rise of the internet began to change the music industry in Saskatchewan. In 2002, Sugartop retired.

“We had put out feelers all over saying we’re still ready to play because Leonard wasn’t ready to quit. And we did do a few things close to home or whatever. But ... we didn’t know Landis [had a] dance club. We didn’t know Biggar’s [club] was still going, or Battleford.”

But Skog-Humble noted something else had changed in Saskatchewan around the same time.

“Leonard and I counted one night just for something to do, and ... we counted between as far south as Salvador right through to Macklin all the way to Cut Knife and all the way through Landis and Biggar. I believe he said there were at least 35 orchestras at that one time when he was young.”

A Cultural Shift in Saskatchewan’s Old-time Musical Culture Historically, music was one of many intentional acts of community in the province. But, gone are the days of large weddings, families of musicians

forming orchestras, house parties or New Year’s Dances in every small town between La Loche and Estevan.

“Saturday night there was a dance either in Handel or Landis or Biggar. You could pick your choice of players. I noticed it more [while playing] in Brandles but when we went down the road, you’d see, ‘Oh, that’s Halters ...Oh, that’s the Beltones.

Oh, there goes somebody else. You knew their vehicles. And we were crossing paths,” Skog-Humble said.

“Sometimes you stop on an approach and have a drink,” she said, laughing at the now unimaginable taboo.

Skog-Humble notes that DJs gaining prevalence took out several live bands because they couldn’t compete with their low prices or their ability to play almost anything solo. A new ease of travel meant fewer local events. Smaller families meant fewer weddings.

Bigger farms meant a weakened sense of community that at one point, held people together.

“We played for one fella at Anaheim. He had seven boys. We played all weddings,” she said.

“And interests went the other way ... you want to go out and have a social drink. And it’s pretty scary right now if you do that.

Some people, even my dad, he liked to have a drink before he started dancing, and whatever. But I think the biggest thing though, is that family sizes are way smaller. The communities are smaller because the farms are farther in between them.”

But in 2020, Leonard passed away after 39 years of marriage.

“Before he passed, he told me, he says, ‘You’re

gonna want to go back and play.’ And he says, ‘That’s what you need to do ... it’s gonna help you get through a lot of the stuff that comes behind when I’m gone,’” she said, adding that he asked her to keep the music alive.

“Keep it going.”

And she has. Her first show in nearly 20 years under the name Sugartop happened in February.

She’s played in Yorkton again, Regina and will be in Saskatoon in October for Oktoberfest. She’ll travel down to Moose Jaw and to Biggar three times in the new year.

“So I kept that [Sugartop] now to come back because some people remember. They look for two of us, but they remember what we did,” she says, adding that it really opened up for her at the Prince Albert Polkafest and now she’s been booked for the 2024 Aberdeen Polkafest.

Sugartop: Moving Forward in a Man’s World But despite the joy she gets from playing, she said it’s not always simple.

“But whether I’d be accepted or not ... it’s not an easy thing to say. It’s a boy’s thing. It’s a man’s world.”

Skog-Humble noted that Leon Ochs helped her get noticed again in recent months, and was an essential force that got her playing again. But even then, she found it hard to deal with the prejudice she’d sometimes face.

“And I had a few phone calls when I started. You know, after I’d played one or two, and they go, ‘but you’re a woman.’”

As she steps back onto the stage, she realizes Sugartop may be the only band playing old-time music in Western Canada that is led solely by a woman.

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Everybody has a story Last dance: Sugartop will play music to the end Continued from Page 12 “It was always kinda like it was a guy’s thing,” she said, noting that she was always playing with a man, but never on her own like she is now.

“As a girl [you] were mentored by your mother and grandmother to become a wife and a mother ... to learn how to cook, how to sew, how to raise families,” she added.

But the playing of music is something that’s in her heart, despite the pain of losing Leonard.

“When you get in front of other people, as a rule, I’m not too good in crowds ... you just open up, it’s like you’re in your own little world. They smile at you, and it just builds, and it just makes it so worthwhile.”

And that’s why it pains her to see the dance clubs and bands dwindling in Saskatchewan.

What will remain? A Loss of Saskatchewan’s Culture “We need to keep this alive ... I am the last playing member of what would have been the Brandel Orchestra ... that would have been considered a playing member,” she said.

“The rest have passed, and sadly, all of these oldtime bands, the other ones that influenced me were

the Beltones from Kerrobert. They’re all gone.”

Before Leonard passed he’d told her to keep playing. She says he’d asked her to keep people laughing, to keep them happy and to not let this die. When I asked Skog-Humble why it needs to be kept alive, and what value these songs and dances hold, she said it’s keeping the culture of Saskatchewan, and the people who built the province — alive.

“All that stuff was from the people that immigrated here. That’s a cultural thing. Like the schottische — The first ones I learned was from my grandfather on dad’s side, Dad’s father, he would sing them in Swedish,” she said.

“And you take the German immigrants that came with their families, they brought with us the polkas and lot of the oldtime waltzes. The Swedish Scandinavians, they brought some waltzes and stuff too ... We’ve got Slovenian, there’s another country that brought Frankie Yankovic over.

“If we can preserve it, it would be awesome.

There’s not very many of us, like you said, that are doing that kind of music anymore. And we, I would hope that it would stay,”

she said.

“But if it doesn’t, to me, it would be a loss. Because it’s stepping away from our heritage, in a way.”

Until Sugartop’s Last Dance: What Does the Future Hold?

She tells me about house parties where fiddles signified the start of good times. Her parents spent many a Christmas Eve with a Swiss family from Landis that would cobble together accordions, fiddles, guitars, pianos and they’d play late into the night.

“I would say like, when we go visit there is there was music involved in probably 80 per cent of the visits when I was little, and I went with Mom and Dad some more.”

But even today, as she continues to play under the Sugartop name, she finds herself missing Leonard.

“When I walk out the door, I go, ‘Oh, damn, I wish you were with me.’

But when I go now ... you look forward to that. Like, that’s the brass ring at the end of the week for me now is I get to go out and get the life that I had back.

“He showed me I would say about 80 per cent of the old-time music ... in Biggar, the first engage-

Dianne Skog-Humble plays music in the basement where her instruments live between dances — a collection of keyboards, mixers, guitars, and more. | Photo

by Miguel Fenrich

ment I did in February, I heard several other ladies say, ‘we heard the Brandles Orchestra again.’”

Skog-Humble doesn’t know how long she’ll play, but she hopes that after her, more will come to save this music that is an act of remembrance of a part of Saskatchewan that no longer exists.

“As long as I can put out

the quality of music that I want to put out. If I start to not do it as well, then I’ll back away. But as long as I can make people smile, and dance, and they’re satisfied with what I do, I’d like to do it well into my later years.”

An hour and a half after I arrived, I drove home in silence. I look out over hills that once held fami-

lies on each quarter, where house parties would swell, music would be played, and community would be fostered across Saskatchewan in communities that no longer exist. I wonder — when the last polka is played, the last band member quits playing, and the final hall shuts the lights off for the last time, what will remain?

Meota and District News

Thanksgiving visitors

By Eric Callbeck Meota

As we revel in the postharvest season we can be thankful. As we travelled this past week to Alberta. (a full Canadian dollar, lower taxes than most and little political or social unrest) we ended up at Rocky Mountain House. The heritage site south of town was a bit difficult to find but well worth a visit.

The documentation of David Thompson’s exploratory work was demonstrated with an outdoor puppet show.

We Canadians can thank him for finding a land route through the Rockies which would eventually tie British Columbia to the rest of Canada. Many smaller fields were lying in swaths and a few of the Canola crops remained standing green.

Thankfully we here are in a weed control stage and most of the grain is in the bin.

Ted Adomas’s family had their daughter, son-inlaw and grandchildren visiting from north of Edmonton. Ken and Judy Schmidt had friends and relatives

visit for an early birthday celebration. Always good to celebrate.

Winners of Tuesday afternoon bridge were Vern Iverson and Etta Miesner.

Second were Donna Scherman and Anna Wallbilling and third were David Sharpe and Bea Priduden.

In Thursday afternoon bridge Verne Iverson and David Sharpe were first. Second were Donna Scherman and Catriona Winterholt and third were Barb Mitchel and Anna Marie Wallbilling. Thursday night bridge has been moved to Thursday afternoon.

In Canasta. Arlene Walker and Gordon Klein

A puppet show depicts the role of David Thompson in mapping a route through the Canadain Rockies.

were first. Second were Albert Huys and Bob and third were Lesko Verne

Iverson and Nestor Fransoo. In Norwegian Whist, Bev McCrimmon was

first. Second was Albert Huys and third was Adele Rosicot.

Baljennie News

Black bears sighted near Mills farm

By Dorothy M. Mills Correspondent

A display at the Rocky Mountain House Heritage site features a replica of a Red River cart. | Photos by Eric Callbeck

Sympathy goes out to Roy Tornberg’s family of Battleford on Roy’s passing Sept. 23. He was born in 1930 in the Sunningdale area and lived there for a few years. The family moved to different areas and settled in the Battlefords area. He had a great love for horses and spent a

few years at Those Were the Days at the Western Development Museum in North Battleford. He also had a harness hop. With his horses and wagon, he gave many rides.

A funeral service was held at the Battleford United Church and he was buried at the Town of Battleford cemetery Sept. 28.

The North Battleford Western Development Mu-

seum closed Oct. 1 after another busy season. Now comes clean up of all the village buildings. They have just about finished getting all the antique tractors winterized. Program and Volunteer Co-ordinator Heather O’Neill is going to hold a fall tea at the museum Oct. 14 from 2 to 4 p.m. Anyone interested can contact her for tickets.

Beware of black bears

in the Baljennie area as a mother bear and two cubs were seen near the Mills farm. The mother bear has been around all summer.

The fall colours are all around us. Some leaves have already fallen. So far, only a little frost. The harvest is pretty well completed. The bales are hauled to feed yards. So far, our October weather has been pleasant.

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OBITUARIES KRILOW: Krilow, Florence It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Florence Krilow (nee Crathorne). Florence was born on July 17, 1926 in Crathorne England and passed away September 23, 2023 at the age of 97 years. As per Florence’s wishes, her cremains will be returned to Crathorne, England where she will be interred with the rest of her family. Although Florence did not wish a funeral, donations may be made in her name to the Sherbrook Community Centre in Saskatoon.

Condolences may be sent to www.prairieviewchapel.com. Arrangements in care of Prairie View Cremation and Memorial Services (306) 242-7884. __________________________________________________ JOHNSON: It is with tender hearts the family announces the passing of their beloved mother, Mrs. Mae Johnson on Friday, September 29, 2023, at the age of 99 years. A Celebration of Life Service will take place on Tuesday, October 17, 2023, at 1:00 p.m. held at Third Avenue United Church with Reverend Jo Ann Hills officiating. Private family interment will take place at the City Cemetery. Left to cherish Mae’s memory are: Daughter, Joanne (Jack) Zepp and their children: Julie Zepp, Ryan (Lyndsey) Zepp; Son, Lorne (Noella) Johnson and their children: Jared (Shayla) Johnson, Jesse Johnson; Daughter, Loraine Johnson; Son, Allen’s children: Pamela Johnson (Scott), Mardell Johnson; Son, Dennis (Lavona) Johnson and their children: Deven Johnson (Holly), Bradley (Shanda) Johnson, Brittany Van Loon; Daughter, Lynn (Jim) Cole and their children: Mallory (Dallas) Simmonds, Adam (Hayley) Cole; Mae is survived by sister-inlaw, Nancy McGerrigle; 16 great-grandchildren; numerous nieces, nephews & cousins. Mae was predeceased by her husband, Calvert Johnson; Son, Allen Johnson; Parents: Ethel & John McGerrigle; brothers: Ken, Gordon & Don McGerrigle. In lieu of flowers donations may be made in memory of Mae: Villa Pascal’s Palliative Room- https://villa-pascal.com/donate.html; Alzheimer’s Society- Donate Now! (etapestry.com) Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Eternal Memories Funeral Service & Crematorium - Elle Dell Funeral Director.

HOWRISH: Our Aunt Rosie, beloved wife of the late John Howrish, died at her residence, Deer Valley Care Home in Battleford, Monday, October 2, 2023. She was a few months short of her 104th birthday. Auntie Rosie was born in Hafford, SK on December 1, 1919. Her earlier years were spent in DeFuniak Springs, Florida as Baba and Gido had an opportunity to move south. In the mid 30s, the family moved back to the Kohut family farm near Hafford, SK. In 1939, Auntie Rosie married John Howrish and they moved to Battleford, SK. Her daughter Phyllis was born in 1942. Those years were spent as a mother, wife, and aunt to many. Auntie Rosie babysat for many of the local families and soon they became her family. She was a creative cook; her dill pickles and tomato sauce were legendary. She also had a green thumb; her garden and flowers were admired by many. With the help of neighbors, family and close friends, Auntie Rosie was able to stay in her own home until the tender age of 100. Her strength, stubbornness and determination were exemplary. Auntie Rosie is survived by numerous nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband, John; daughter, Phyllis and son-in-law, Barry Halbwachs; parents: Maria and Roman Kohut; sisters: Anne (Dick) Zypchen, Jeannette (John) Worotniak and brothers: Mike (Betty) Kohut, Alex (Nettie) Kohut, Leo (Edie) Kohut and Raymond (Fran) Kohut. The family are grateful for the loving care and compassion shown to Auntie Rosie at the Deer Valley Care Home over the past few years. To honour Auntie Rosie’s wishes there will be no funeral service. There will be a private family internment at a later date. Memorial donations in memory of Rose can be made to the Battlefords Union Hospital Foundation designate to Palliative Care – Po Box 1358 North Battleford, SK S9A 3L8. Condolences for the family can be left at www.eternalmemoriesfuneral.ca. Arrangements have been entrusted to Eternal Memories Funeral Service and Crematorium – Vanessa Macnab Funeral Director. Vichnaya Pamiat ! – Memory Eternal !

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LACEY: It is with great sadness we announce the death of Arthur "Woody" Lacey of Hafford, SK, at the age of 87.

Woody is survived by his wife of 49 years, Judy Lacey (Hafford); sister Nora Hoskins (Victoria); stepdaughter Bambi Barnes (Edmonton); and stepson Berton Barnes (Cold Lake).

In lieu of flowers, please donate to the Heart and Stroke foundation in Woody's name.

Celebration of Woody's Life was held on October 10th, 2023, at the Hafford Ukrainian Catholic Church Hall WALKER: The death of Charles Ernest Walker, age 90 years, of North Battleford, SK, occurred on October 1, 2023, at the Lloydminster Continuing Care Facility, Lloydminster.

A private family internment at the City of North Battleford Cemetery will occur on Saturday, October 14, at 1 pm.

John Pollard

Jimmy Pollard

Born - July 29, 1928 Born - August 27, 1968 Passed - October 4, 2012 Passed - November 15, 2021 Rest in peace Love from your Family

In Loving Memory Of

A Celebration of Life, open to the public, will be held on October 14 from 2-4 pm at the Centennial Activity Center (Lawn Bowling Building), 1901 106th Street, North Battleford, SK. Left to cherish his memory are his children, Brent (Wanda) Walker of North Battleford, SK, Sharon (Mel) Stratechuk of Edmonton, AB, Brenda (Glen) Manners of Lloydminster, SK and Joanne (Craig) Heaver of Lloydminster, SK; grandchildren Cody Manners (Chantel Manners), Nicole Manners (Connor Neumann), Kyle Stratechuk (Stephanie Jean), Eric Stratechuk; and greatgrandchildren Kolby Manners and Jace Manners.

He was predeceased by his loving wife, Margaret Walker; daughter Gail (in infancy); parents Hector and Mary Walker; brother Edward Walker; sister Mary-Loretta Walker; and sister-inlaw Shirley Walker.

Charles was born on July 3, 1933, in North Battleford, SK, and was the youngest child of Hector and Mary Walker. Charles loved travelling, specifically driving the back grid-roads of Saskatchewan to obscure destinations. If there was a handbuilt stone wall, crooked grove of trees, or Doukhobor caves in the riverbank, he knew where these places were and could tell you how to get there.

He was known for his jovial personality and ability to talk to anyone and make them smile. During his life, he was a member of the Battlefords Cross Country Ski Club, Hamlin Community Club and Old Time Dance Club. Over the years, Charles made many friends and acquaintances while managing L&M Wood Products, North Battleford office. He also loved farm life and actively farmed for many years in the Hamlin District. He also spent countless hours keeping the Acreage weed free and looking like it should be in a gardening magazine. Charles will be sadly missed by all who knew him.

SUSAN HERTES

May, 10, 1953 - Oct. 17, 2022 One year since you closed your eyes and entered Heaven’s gate. We think about you everyday.

We will always remember and cherish your memory. Missing you greatly, until we meet again, all our love.

Rick, Aaron & Dayle.

FUNERAL SERVICES

Donations in memory of Charles may be made to LRHF (LCC Patient Comfort).

Arrangements were in care of McCaw Funeral Services Ltd. Lloydminster.

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IN MEMORIAM

Quinn Dianne Campbell 1999-2019

carry your heart with me I carry your heart with me (I carry it in my heart) I am never without it (anywhere I go you go, my dear, and whatever is done by only me is your doing, my darling) I fear no fate (for you are my fate, my sweet) I want no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true) and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meant and whatever a sun will always sing is you.

Here is the deepest secret nobody knows (here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud and the sky of the sky of a tree called life; which grows higher than soul can hope or mind can hide) and this is the wonder that’s keeping the stars apart.

I carry your hear (I carry it in my heart)

Love Mom and Noah

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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

Total Costs Arrears*

Title No.

BLK/PAR J-PLAN CC264 EXT 0

154442831 154.59

Total Arrears and Costs

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* On January 1, 2024 the 2023 taxes will become arrears and be added to the amount required to remove the property from tax enforcement proceedings. Penalty is calculated to the date of the Notice and will continue to accrue as applicable.

Dated this 6th day of October, 2023 Michelle Buechler, Administrator

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TAX ENFORCEMENT LIST TOWN OF RADISSON

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Visit: www.cfuwsaskatoon.org to apply or for further information.

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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 December 12, 2023, an interest based on a tax lien will be registered against the land.

DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY

Title No.

Deadline to apply is: October 27, 2023

LOT A-BLK/PAR 1-PLAN AO2041 EXT 0 LOT 25-BLK/PAR 1-PLAN G1466 EXT 0 LOT 28-BLK/PAR 1-PLAN G1466 EXT 0 LOT 1-BLK/PAR 2-PLAN G1466 EXT 0 LOT 2-BLK/PAR 2-PLAN G1466 EXT 0 LOT 24-BLK/PAR 2-PLAN G1466 EXT 0 LOT B-BLK/PAR 4-PLAN BY2239 EXT 0 LOT 15-BLK/PAR 6-PLAN G1466 EXT 0 LOT 16-BLK/PAR 6-PLAN G1466 EXT 0 LOT 11-BLK/PAR 7-PLAN G3010 EXT 0 LOT 3-BLK/PAR 9-PLAN G3010 EXT 0 LOT 33-BLK/PAR 10-PLAN G3010 EXT 0 LOT 1-BLK/PAR 11-PLAN G3010 EXT 0 LOT 2-BLK/PAR 11-PLAN G3010 EXT 0 LOT 3-BLK/PAR 11-PLAN G3010 EXT 0 LOT 4-BLK/PAR 11-PLAN G3010 EXT 0 LOT 5-BLK/PAR 11-PLAN G3010 EXT 0 LOT 20-BLK/PAR 11-PLAN G3010 EXT 0 LOT 21-BLK/PAR 11-PLAN G3010 EXT 0 LOT 22-BLK/PAR 11-PLAN G3010 EXT 0 LOT 4-BLK/PAR 15-PLAN I5059 EXT 0 LOT 24-BLK/PAR 15-PLAN 101800864 EXT 6 LOT 5-BLK/PAR 15-PLAN I5059 EXT 0 LOT 20-BLK/PAR 15-PLAN I5059 EXT 0 LOT 21-BLK/PAR 15-PLAN I5059 EXT 0 LOT 6-BLK/PAR 17-PLAN I5059 EXT 0 LOT 7-BLK/PAR 17-PLAN I5059 EXT 0 LOT 15-BLK/PAR 18-PLAN I5059 EXT 0 LOT 16-BLK/PAR 18-PLAN I5059 EXT 0 LOT 17-BLK/PAR 18-PLAN I5059 EXT 0 LOT 18-BLK/PAR 18-PLAN I5059 EXT 0 LOT 19-BLK/PAR 18-PLAN I5059 EXT 0 LOT 20-BLK/PAR 18-PLAN I5059 EXT 0 LOT 3-BLK/PAR 23-PLAN I5059 EXT 0 LOT 18-BLK/PAR 23-PLAN I5059 EXT 0 LOT 19-BLK/PAR 23-PLAN I5059 EXT 0 LOT 21-PLAN G3778 EXT 0

147249658 138732105 119681376 153600106 153600128 154425573 145334066 148490017 148490039 145818636 138989198 151072578 137864852 137864874 137864885 137864829 137864841 154552956 154552978 154553092 155899917 155899928 155899906 126627150 126627341 145636184 145636195 151554539 151554540 151554551 151554573 151554584 151554595 154458984 145617127 145617150 126722897

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.

The CFUW is an organization that promotes education to raise the status of women locally, nationally and internationally.

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MEETINGS

Annual General Meeting Tuesday, October 17, 2023 5:00 PM

North Battleford Public Library Boardroom 1392 - 101st Street

Interested in joining our Board?

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Thursday October 19th 2023

Starting at 6:30 pm.

Annual General Meeting & Social

Sloan Auditorium (lower level) of the Royal Canadian Legion (1352 100th St, North Battleford).

Total Arrears* 1,365.54 3,234.99 1,725.72 3,013.98

Costs 38.00 38.00 38.00 38.00

Total Arrears and Costs 1,403.54 3,272.99 1,763.72 3,051.98

1,802.67 4,448.52 3,235.67

38.00 38.00 38.00

1,840.67 4,486.52 3,273.67

2,474.32 1,796.86 2,413.43 1,130.18

38.00 38.00 38.00 38.00

2,512.32 1,834.86 2,451.43 1,168.18

1,271.31

38.00

1,309.31

785.70 2,291.40

38.00 38.00

823.70 2,329.40

871.84 422.82

38.00 38.00

909.84 460.82

3,252.05

38.00

3,290.05

916.41

38.00

954.41

929.90 2,733.28

38.00 38.00

967.90 2,771.28

1,085.29

38.00

1,123.29

* On January 1, 2024 the 2023 taxes will become arrears and be added to the amount required to remove the property from tax enforcement proceedings. Penalty is calculated to the date of the Notice and will continue to accrue as applicable..

Dated this 6th day of October, 2023 Norma Stumborg, Administrator

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Maidstone Grace Community Youth Group at the Sunderland corn maze Oct. 4. | Photo courtesy Kathy Utri

By Kathy Utri

Correspondent

Congratulations to Marlene Bullerwell who won the Maidstone Quilting Squares 2023 raffle quilt.

A huge thank you goes out to everyone who purchased tickets. Total proceeds of $2,400 will be donated to STARS. Maidstone Senior Citizens Drop-In Centre held its last meeting as a seniors’ association on Sept.

29 with 10 people in attendance. By CRA’s registered charitable organization rules, funds were dispersed to other qualifying registered charities in our community. In future, there will not be an official organization but members will still gather with others for group social activities such as cards and other games on Mondays at 1:30 p.m. and coffee social on Tuesdays at 9:30 a.m.

Bingo will be played on Wednesday, Nov.1 at 1 p.m. and hopefully, this will be a weekly event if a good response is received. All bookings of the centre are now handled by the Town of Maidstone (phone 306893-2373).

Maidstone Gully Multiple 4-H Club held their first general meeting of the 2023-24 season at Waseca Community Centre on Oct. 2. General leader this year

is Christine Myer with assistant leaders Deiedra Blyth and Heather Gerlinsky. Voting took place for the executive and other club positions. President is Kayden Tuplin; vicepresident, Saidai Mosher; secretary, Mickey Blyth and treasurer, Jayce Myer.

Other positions voted on were: junior representative, Harper Johnston; senior representative, Isabelle Harbin; communications and social representative, Logan Gerlinsky; and photographers, Karli Myer, Harper Johnston and Jacob Gerlinsky. Members are still deciding their projects and leaders. The next general meeting will be Monday, Nov. 6 at 7 p.m. at Milleton Hall. New members are welcome. For more information, please contact Christine Myer at 306-893-2298.

Kin Club Maidstone met on Oct. 2 where they discussed current and upcoming events. The flamingo flocking was again a terrific success thanks to Maidstone, Waseca and surrounding area having flocking wars amongst themselves. The group had fun with this fundraiser for Telemiracle. The next event is tending bar and providing DD service at Maidstone Arena’s Oktoberfest Oct. 14.

Maidstone Grace Com-

NOTICE OF CALL FOR NOMINATIONS Rural Municipality of Mervin No. 499 Public Notice is hereby given that NOMINATIONS of candidates for the office of Councilor for Division 3 will be received by the appointed nomination officers at the Municipal Office in Turtleford during regular office hours until Wednesday, November 1st, 2023 at 4:00 p.m. local time.

Nomination forms may be obtained from the Municipal Office.

Dated this 12th day of October, 2023.

Brenda Ottenbreit/Returning Officer

munity Youth Group made an exciting trek to Sunderland corn maze Oct. 5.

Thirteen youth, five littles and six leaders/drivers enjoyed the outing despite the near zero temperature and, although there were a few disappearing acts, nobody got lost. Youth Group, Grades 7 to 12, meets every Thursday at 7 p.m. Leaders are Melanie Pompu 306716-6682 and Alex Pompu 306-716-6631.

About sixty people participated in the third annual Glow Run for Cystic Fibrosis in memory of Amie Gray-Carroll Oct. 7.

The event was organized by the Maid2Run crew, Maidstone Kin Club and Tabitha Ballan. Between e-transfers and donations at the run/walk, just over $1,700 was raised. Thank you to Maidstone RCMP for lending lights, Synergy Credit Union for the snacks for participants afterwards and Maidstone Museum for use of the museum as a gathering place before and after as well as the use of their facilities. (from information submitted by Tiffany Telenga) Time to fall back will soon be upon us. In the wee hours of Nov. 5, Daylight Savings Time will end, so remember to turn back your clocks by one hour when you go to bed the night of Nov. 4. This applies to us in Maidstone and area as we observe Mountain Standard Time but it does not apply to most of Saskatchewan who is on Central Standard Time and doesn’t change their clocks at all.

Other upcoming events: Oct. 15 - Swedish Smorgasbord at Milleton Hall 4 to 7 p.m. (17 miles north of Maidstone on Hwy 21); Oct. 18 - “Family Play and Learn” at Ratushniak Elementary School in preK room 1 to 2:30 p.m.; Oct. 18 - Maidstone Health Care Auxiliary pie bingo at Legion Hall 7 p.m.

(Alderwood work/supply pies); Oct. 20 - Maidstone community calendar deadline.

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Wildlife federation hosts supper Saturday, Nov. 4

By Elaine Woloshyn Correspondent

As the days quickly roll by the temperatures for Thanksgiving weekend certainly were pleasant.

Entertained many guests outside and had an enjoyable visit at the hostess’s place. Gusty winds didn’t deter the flies who were also enjoying warm weather.

Singer/songwriter Doug Sylvester from North Battleford will be the main feature at a 7 p.m. coffee house fundraiser Saturday, Oct. 21 in Mayfair Hall.

Raffles, goodies with coffee and a cash bar will be available. Admission is $10 per person with pre-schoolers free. Proceeds will go

to Mayfair’s Mennonite and Catholic churches.

Mark your calendars for Nov. 4 as Thickwood Wildlife Federation is sponsoring a supper in Mayfair Hall.

The library branch is having soup and sandwiches next Wednesday, Oct.18 from noon until 2 p.m.

Swing by for a quick lunch, chat with your neighbours and take out a few library books. Teresa is always there with a smile and if the book isn’t there that you would like, it can be quickly ordered.

Faye and Keith Liebaert attended an 80th birthday party last Sunday for her oldest sister Marjorie who resides in Moose Jaw. 5. Don’t forget Rabbit

Lake’s harvest supper this Saturday, Oct. 14 the community hall. The prices are very reasonable at $15 for adults, kids 11 years and under $10 and pre-schoolers free. Time is 5 to 7 p.m.

Former Mayfair resident Patti Salisbury’s daughter and her family lost their house in a devastating fire three weeks ago.

Sarah Lafave resides in the Yorkton area. Mayfair’s Creative Corner has generously donated funds. There is also a GoFundMe page on Facebook for anyone wanting to help out.

“Sometimes our lives have to be completely shaken up, changed and rearranged to relocate us to the place we were meant to be.”

A beautiful pumpkin patch in Cooling’s northern garden in the hamlet of Ranger.

I took many pictures of their well-laid-out garden on my September visit. | Photo

by Elaine Woloshyn

Worship Together Spend some quality family time together.

Worship at the church of your choice.

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

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

TerriTorial Drive alliance church 306-445-5158 www.tdac.ca

306-446-1695

PASTOR: Rev. Fr. Phinh Do

Corner of Scott & Territorial Dirve Sun. 10:30 am Ministries for the whole family

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

St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church

ANGLICAN PARISH

306-445-5901

St. Paul’s Anglican Church North Battleford Sunday @ 10:30 a.m.

St. George’s Anglican Church Battleford Sunday @ 5:00 p.m.

Watch the Sunday Morning Service on Facebook @ www.facebook.com/battleriverparish Contact: 306 445 4155 stpaulnb@sasktel.net

Rev. Trevor Malyon Rev. Jan Trost

1401 - 98th Street, North Battleford, SK Sunday Services 10:30 AM Everyone Welcome

Hope Mennonite Fellowship 1291 - 109th Street, North Battleford

Sunday Worship Service - 11:00 a.m.

Sunday School - 10:00 a.m.

Pastor: Dean Covert

Church Phone 306-445-4181

Notre Dame de Lourdes Church

12th Ave. & 104th Street, North Battleford, SK S9A 1S8 PASTOR: Rev. Father Millan Sajonas Office: 306-445-3836 Mass Times: Saturdays: 7:00 pm Sundays: 11:00 am & 5:00 pm (except July & August) Sundays: 9:30 am St. André’s Church Email: notredame.nb@gmail.com • www.notredameparish.ca

902 - 108th Street, North Battleford

Divine Liturgy: Sundays at 10:30 a.m.

Pastor: Rev. Leonid Malkov Office: 1-306-343-6516

52 - 4th Avenue West Battleford, SK

306-937-3177

SUNDAY SERVICES 11:00 a.m.

Third Avenue United Church Rev. Jo-Ann Hills

Sunday Worship Services at 10:45 am

306-445-8171

Live Streaming Available at www.thirdavenueunitedchurchnb.ca Email: thirdaveunited@sasktel.net

Everyone Welcome

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

Sunday Afternoon Service 3:00 p.m.

Bible Study Wednesday 7:30 p.m.

1371 - 103rd Street (Use East Door)

LIVING FAITH Sunday Services 10:30 am CHAPEL

Ukrainian Catholic Parish of All Saints

Battleford United Church

Living Water Ministry

Battlefords Cowboy Church

1372 102nd St 306-445-3009

Battlefords Seventh-Day Adventist Church

Services 1st & 3rd Thursday of each Month

Pastor FADY FAKHOURY

Battleford Legion Hall 7:00 p.m.

PASTOR - Rick Martin

ROMAN CATHOLIC ST. VITAL’S 11 - 18th Street, Battleford, SK

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

Saturday Evening Mass - 5:00 p.m.

Sunday Mass - 10:30 a.m.

Various Weekly Programs Pastor Casey Sitter www.livingfaithchapel.ca

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Come Join Us Sundays at 11:00 am and 6:30 pm Loving God Growing Together Serving Others Phone Church: 306-445-4818 Email: tbcnb@sasktel.net www.trinitybaptistchurch.ca

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

Worship Service - 11:00 a.m.

Marriage and family counseling is available by appointment.

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Little Sprouts hosts grand opening Oct. 22 supper Saturday, Oct. 21 in the school gym, doors open at 5:30 p.m. and Langham Oct. 22 from 4 to 7 p.m. in the Langham Community Centre hosted by many organizations in the town.

The Borden Farmers’ Market held their last sale for the summer Oct. 7 and

there was free food for the many that attended in appreciation of their support all summer. Winning the last 50/50 draw was L. Olinyk. Mark your calendar for Saturday, Nov. 25 when the market holds its Christmas sale in the Borden Community Centre from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

More than 30 tables have been booked.

The Borden Lion’s Chase the Ace raffle is still on with a new deck of cards until February 2024 and the winner of the weekly draw on Oct. 5 was Ross McBain of Borden.

The Borden Lions will be hosting a Remembrance

Day service Nov. 11 in the Community Centre at 10:30 a.m. and lunch will be served following the service. The club decided not to hold a fall supper this year as there were not enough workers, but hopefully, another organization at Borden will offer to do one this fall.

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By Pastor David L. Walker Turtleford Baptist Church

Brenda and Ron Tumbach went all out decorating their yard for Thanksgiving. | Photo by Lorraine Olinyk

By Lorraine Olinyk Correspondent

A Thanksgiving service along with celebration of the eucharist was held at St. John’s Anglican Church Oct. 8 and the church, outside steps and lower hall were beautifully decorated by Brenda Tumbach. Oct. 15, Celtic Country will be supplying gospel music and everyone is welcome at 10:30 a.m. with lunch to follow.

Brenda and Ron also went all out in decorating their

yard for Thanksgiving.

The Little Sprouts Early Education Centre is in operation and will be holding a grand opening on Sunday, Oct. 22 from 1 to 3 p.m. The Borden Lions and Anglican Church have both been invited to attend as they have supported the centre.

Fall is the time for fall suppers and some that are coming up are Speers United Church Wednesday, Oct. 18 in the Recreation Centre from 5 to 7 p.m., Maymont’s roast beef

Hi once again. September was an exceptionally good month here at TBC. We experienced good turnouts and a month’s average of 32. Hearts are hungry to worship God. Over the past year or two, we were having trouble connecting and using the laptop and syncing it with three overhead screens. A local minister from another church offered his services, and in two hours all problems were solved. If you read this, thank you, Don. Sept. 24, at the GGMH, a couple came along with another man from North Battleford. Between them, they played the banjo, guitars, a dobro, a bass guitar and perhaps more instruments. Also duets and a trio. A young man from near

North Battleford who just got his “learners” drove his grandpa to the hymn sing. He played an accordion which was close to 80 years old. There was another accordion duet, with a harmonica along with vocals. Of course, Dora blew her train whistle as we all sang “I’m Travelling On The Hallelujah Line on the Good Old Gospel Train,” an old song. I can’t name others who sang solos and duets this time, but it was a great evening. It was topped off with hot dogs and chilli that Chris Kipp brought along for the usual lunch and fellowship downstairs.

One lady said, “I wasn’t going to come, but as soon as I walked in, I felt the peace and warmth and enjoyed it so much” The next GGMH is Oct. 29. Everybody everywhere is invited at 6 p.m. Please spread the word that

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October will be our last GGMH hymn sing until spring, but watch this paper for TBC news and updates.

Please keep in mind, that every Sunday at 10:30 a.m. before the morning worship service, we gather in the foyer for coffee and chat. You will find people friendly, and will not feel out of place. We are one big family.

The Webbers have once again left for British Columbia until spring. We are going to miss them and will be praying for them.

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