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Complaints, frustration, solutions and hope all came up at a meeting hosted by Battlefords RCMP at the Don Ross Centre last Wednesday.

The RCMP hosted a town hall style meeting, with approximately a few dozen people in attendance.

Mayor Ryan Bater, City Manager Randy Patrick and Community Safety Co-ordinator Herb Sutton.

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Hodgkinson mentioned the reason she was there was because of North Battleford’s highest-in-Canada Crime Severity Index ranking for communities over 10,000 population as of 2017. She also noted there are some inherent problems with the Crime Severity Index itself.

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Woolfitt said the Battlefords RCMP consists of a complement of 34 members that work in the municipal detachment and 18 members designated for rural areas.

Woolfitt said police patrol Highways 4, 16, 29 and 40.

The Battlefords detachment can call support services from Saskatoon and Regina. Services include an Emergency Response Team, Major Crimes Unit, investigation sections, police dog service and drug

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Woolfitt said the detachment calls in officers on overtime if call volume becomes too high.

Detachment boundaries can be permeable depending on different situations, such as for major incidents and if officers from one particular detachment are busy, Woolfitt said.

A woman asked about the distinction between phoning dispatch and 9-11, and if officers are more likely to respond to one or the other.

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The detachment area has 24-hour coverage, but Woolfitt said circumstances determine how much staff is on watch.

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Individuals key to crime reduction: Teniuk Continued from Front Woolfitt said police response depends on the nature of the call and calls are risk-assessed.

A woman said her experiences reporting crime have varied.

“Sometimes I call and they don’t ask for any information, and sometimes I call they ask for everything.”

Much of the Battlefords RCMP detachment area is rural and contains many grid roads. According to Woolfitt, sometimes transient criminals commit crime inside the Battlefords detachment area then leave.

Woolfitt said many people who live in rural areas have their own surveillance systems and can provide the police with “valuable information.” Some rural areas also have rural crime watch and citizens on patrol. Woolfitt said such measures should act as “eyes and ears” and police aren’t “telling people to engage with criminals.” He also said he’s not encouraging any type of vigilante behaviour.

Woolfitt said police also have to pay attention to people on release conditions who have curfews and no-contact orders, which are often issued at North Battleford Provincial Court.

“When you start putting it all together and if you look at everything, … it becomes quite overwhelming for the members, and this is why we talk about riskassessing calls,” Woolfitt said.

“We obviously want to get to every call we can, but it just depends on what the other competing calls for service that are coming in, and unfortunately sometimes the complainants won’t get that information because the members are so busy.”

A woman asked about public knowledge of people who have warrants for arrest.

“If we knew people who had warrants and [we], as a community, actually knew those people, we could be your eyes and make those calls and say ‘Hey, I have so and so right here.’”

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have released such information in the past and intend to bring it back.

The woman said, “the reason I ask that is because my house was broken into and I’m 98 per cent sure I know who did it.”

She said she spoke with police and there were warrants issued but they wouldn’t release much information.

“It’s really frustrating that [my number one suspect] is still out with his backpack when you’re probably looking for him.”

One woman complimented the HUB committee and its focus on education. She also spoke of frustration.

“I’m starting to get hardened and bitter,” she said. “When you’re a victim of something and it costs you nothing but money and you [don’t get anything] out of it, it’s easy to start getting that ugliness about you, and that’s what we don’t want, but that’s exactly what’s happening in this town.”

A man asked if there had been any consideration of military involvement and mentioned a program called Assistance to Law Enforcement.

Woolfitt said the RCMP hasn’t. Another man said “that’s the last thing you want.”

Woolfitt said property crime and mischief is high, but a number of other incidents such as break and enters has been consistent “for some years.”

Traffic offences make up a considerable portion of police statistics, as do non-offences.

Non-offences include a variety of things including suspicious people or vehicles, animal calls, false alarms, lost and found, trespassing, breach of peace, matters relating to the Liquor Act, child welfare, fire prevention, ATVs and litter.

Teniuk likened the amount of calls police have to respond to some nights to reacting to a tipped boat.

“I have a life jacket on, but what am I worried about? Am I worried about my cellphone and expensive flip flops? No, I’m worried about treading water trying to stay alive.”

At a recent town hall meeting in North Battleford, Sgt. Jason Teniuk explained some of the problems Battlefords RCMP face. Stolen vehicles and weapons coming from unlocked gun safes are the reason for many calls for service, and he urged the public to do what they can to prevent such incidents. Photo by Josh Greschner

A number of calls, Teniuk said, result from stolen vehicles and unlocked gun safes.

“I cannot tell you how many times people have $3,000 gun safes but they’re open,” Teniuk said, “then we have firearms all over the community.”

Teniuk said gun owners can be charged for unsafe storage.

If more vehicles and gun safes were locked, Teniuk said, then police can make headway on other matters.

Teniuk said police aren’t the answer to all such problems, they’re the response.

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Regarding a number of community programs, “if they’re community-driven, they’ll succeed. If they’re police-driven, they will not.”

As of the date of the meeting, there were 32 citizens on patrol.

Some expressed that the town hall wasn’t advertised well. RCMP sent notice on the Friday before the meeting and Teniuk said he took responsibility for that.

A man said an RCMP officer lived on his block and gave advice to neighbours about how to make the neighbourhood more visible, and small things such as trimming shrubs can increase visibility. A woman mentioned how dimly lit parts of the city were.

Herb Sutton said residents can sign up for the Eyes That Care program and receive a free bright motion sensor light.

Bater mentioned surveillance technology the city is to purchase. According to a recent NewsOptimist article, the City is to purchase a Ver-Mac trailer radar sign that automatically captures photos and videos of speeding vehicles and their licence plates. Infractions have GPS and date stamps. The City said such signs aren’t to be considered photo radar as no tickets would be

Results to be presented in March Continued from Front “My concern was that CSIs are typically quite problematic for cities that are the size of North Battleford,” said Hodgkinson.

“CSIs tend to measure based on denominator and tends to be impacted dramatically by denominative factors.”

As an example, she cited the situation in the Northwest Territories, with a population of 33,000. By that measure, if they have one homicide a year, it translates into a homicide rate of three per 100,000 people. Meanwhile, the national rate is 1.4 per 100,000.

“That’s obviously a factor of population size, and that’s something that we

are seeing in North Battleford as well,” said Hodgkinson.

Hodgkinson explained what the survey entails.

She said it will take 15 to 20 minutes to complete, and will be a “substantial and rigorous study” based on the most current research information of safety perceptions.

The sections include questions on community involvement/social integration, the use of public space, the feeling of safety, perceptions of crime, victimization, procedural justice and police legitimacy and demographics.

The intention is to obtain as many responses as possible, for what Hodginson calls a “statistically

significant” survey of perceptions of safety. A total of 374 responses are needed to achieve that.

She says she believes North Battleford will be the first “rural community” in Canada to conduct this kind of study.

The intention is to complete the data collection

by January 2019, and have preliminary results of summary statistics in March 2019.

The intention is for the City to have a report by June 2019. Then, Hodgkinson will submit an academic publication by December 2019 where she will compare the stigma of the high crime rate to the actual perceptions of safety on the ground.

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She said, based on her previous research, it is “very rare that communities that even have high crime rates end up dealing with high perceptions of crime and safety as well.”

In his report to council, Community Safety Coordinator Herb Sutton encouraged local residents to respond.

“I really hope that our public, our residents, take the time to participate in this study,” said Sutton.

“I would like to see a thousand or more responses. This is the public’s opportunity to have a say, as has been mentioned. So I really want to encourage the public to fill that survey out, it’s very important work.”

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City Manager Randy Patrick told the NewsOptimist cameras can be used to monitor traffic, and information which could be given to police. Police could use it to capture footage of stolen vehicles.

Teniuk spoke about the label of “dangerous” sometimes used to characterize the city.

“I’ve been here 10 years. I have no desire to leave, my family’s here,” Teniuk said. “It’s all up to everybody’s individual perspective. If you’ve been a victim of crime then you might feel that way.

“I don’t necessarily think the W5 thing was a bad thing. I don’t like the way they portrayed us, but it’s good to get people to understand what goes on inside our community.”

A man said his wife continues to go for walks at night to not let the city become a dangerous place.

The meeting ended with comments regarding the strength of character of residents and of the many good deeds performed in the city.

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I struggled to come up with a single topic to comment on in this space this week, so I’m going to offer up a potpourri of observations on more than one.

Right Wing or Left Wing?

A vast majority of voters in the Battlefords and area support conservative representatives provincially and federally. That right-wing support is well established. On the municipal level, however, it seems residents have a more left-wing view of how government should be conducted.

This is reflected in the ongoing hue and cry for the municipal government to “do something” about crime.

In fundamental political ideology right wing ideals favour a minimum of government involvement in the lives of citizens. Left-leaning ideology is more paternalistic, seeing the government’s role as one of “looking after” citizens, supporting spending on social programs and universal health care, for example.

Of course, in reality, modern politics is more centrist, serving up a mixture of right-wing and left-wing policies in order to appeal to the greatest number of voters. It’s also true, however, that the continued call for the municipal, and in some cases provincial, leaders to solve the problems in the Battlefords is a left-wing stance.

A true right-wing populace would take its own action.

That could be extreme, as the concept of vigilantism springs to mind. But the push to get more citizens involved in Citizens on Patrol is one example of individuals taking charge of the situation.

Former News-Optimist editor, Reg Sylvester, often opined that the way to take back the streets from the criminal element is to leave the comfort of our homes and big screen TVs and be out in the streets. When you think about it, that defines what Citizens on Patrol is all about.

So, while calling for civic leaders to take action against crime in a right-wing leaning community such as the Battlefords, it would be true to political leanings to take individual action as well.

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this FromCorner doesn’t seem to penetrate the minds of the operators.

I’ve seen fathers driving their children down my street and into the valley, nary a helmet to be seen. Obviously teaching children about respect for the law and the environment aren’t high priorities in that family, let alone safety.

A walk along the Battleford side of the North Saskatchewan River will reveal how repeated and intense visitation by these machines and their riders can damage the natural environment to a point where it will never recover.

Considerable effort and expense goes into maintaining the Town’s walking trails and trails on Finlayson Island, including the grooming of cross-country ski trails on the island by the City of North Battleford in the wintertime.

All it takes is one gleeful ATV jockey on a rampage and that hard work is erased.

The Town is proposing the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association lobby the provincial government to create a registration process for ATVs. Presumably this would give enforcement authorities a tool in tracking down those operating their machines illegally and make them accountable. Snowmobiles are registered, why not ATVs? I think that’s a really fine idea and about time.

Another topic for today: boxelder bugs, otherwise known as maple bugs. This little critter is one reason to hope winter arrives soon, but not a strongly compelling one. They don’t survive winter outdoors, but those who sneak into your house will be found scurrying around well into February.

Scholarly references always contain the word “pest.”

Then there will quickly be a caveat that, while the huge numbers that gather when the bugs hatch are an amazing sight to behold, they are harmless. They don’t harm plants, buildings or other structures, unless you consider bug poop on your siding and windows as damage.

Their main food source is boxelder tree seeds and newly developing leaves and sometimes plum and apple tree fruit.

Conversely, as well as being harmless they don’t have many predators. The website Sciencing lists predators as rodents, a limited number of other insects and a few bird species. Another site indicates most spiders will eat them.

The few predators who eat the bugs will eat only a few at a time and will choose them only if a preferred food source is not available.

The bug’s colouration accounts for the lack of predators. The bright red veins in wings and abdomen beneath the wings is a warning they might be poisonous. It’s a red herring. They aren’t, although they smell less the delectable when squished. As for how they taste, I’m not going to be the first one to check that out.

It is my conclusion the maple bug is no more than a manifestation of Mother Nature’s wry sense of humour.

She gets her jollies from creating a critter that seems to have no purpose. It’s a deep philosophical question for us to explore as we chase them around the house with our handheld vacuum cleaners all winter.

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Old Man Winter might be breathing down our necks, but the construction season doesn’t seem to be ending anytime soon.

It was reported last week that the City of North Battleford’s construction permit total through September has a value of $23.6 million, ahead of $16.9 million last year.

Those aren’t just numbers. A drive around the Battlefords will prove it’s happening.

It’s impossible to miss the Magic Lantern multi-screen cinema going up in the middle of downtown North Battleford, nor the Giant Tiger location just down the avenue.

Drive out towards Territorial Drive in the southeast quadrant and there is construction of another new hotel happening. The hammers seem to be pounding away in every corner.

As Mayor Ryan Bater said at a recent grand opening of a new hotel, “I just love driving around the city seeing this stuff. It makes me feel really good, it makes us all feel really good.”

He added that it’s a great time to be living in the Battlefords.

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This is happening now. What would you do?

A friend posted this above a picture of the migrant convoy making its way from Honduras through Mexico right now: “This is happening now.

Trump has to make a decision. What would you do?”

In recent days a flood of migrants showed up on a bridge between Guatemala and Mexico. Eventually, they made their way through into southern Mexico, bound and determined to find their way to America, an America that does not want them.

It’s an epic walk. I wonder what they will eat or drink along the way? How will they survive? They’re not carrying much, and I’m pretty sure “for everything else, there’s MasterCard,” does not apply.

Nearly all the Canadian and American population is made up of immigrants and their descendants, myself included, so it’s mighty rich for any of us who are not First Nation to say, “Whoa, boy, we don’t want you here!”

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There has to be some sort of control, or you’re not really much of a nation, are you?

This caravan is apparently growing. CBC reported on Oct. 22 it had reached 5,000 people. If it does keep growing, it will soon be larger than the size of our raiding party on the beaches of Dieppe in 1942. That’s not a handful of people. It’s an invasion, a literal invasion.

And, simply put, nations cannot allow invasions. The response to an invasion is with your military, and that’s exactly what President Donald Trump is talking about.

Oh, but have a heart,

people say. And I generally agree. I don’t think those people are walking the length of nearly all of Central America and Mexico because they had nothing to do on a weekend. They are desperate, and they see hope in America.

And while America has been trying to control its southern border, the reality is they have not been effective, as evidenced by the millions upon millions of people who have come to the United States illegally over the years. The southwest U.S. economy simply wouldn’t function without these people.

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his narrative. “Build a wall!” he’s been saying.

What would you do with this convoy, as president? No nicey nicey talk. What concrete action would you do when faced with a literal invasion?

If you’re Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, you put out a stupid tweet, and over the next several years Canada sees the RCMP arresting people at the border between New York and Quebec. A man loses most of his fingers to frostbite crossing illegally into Manitoba in the middle of winter. The provinces complain they are overwhelmed. Gee, I wonder why?

So Trump has to do something. But what?

If he pulls a Trudeau, the flood will become a tsunami. It won’t be four or five thousand people at a time. It might be 20,000. Why wouldn’t a huge chunk of Central America just start walking north? Have you seen the drug violence in Mexico?

The abject poverty? The repression of various regimes in “banana republics” going back to, well, forever? What would be holding you back?

Its not like people have not arrived in North America by the thousands before. In Canada, it was at Pier 21 in Halifax. In America, it was Ellis Island in New York. Ships showed up and disgorged hundreds at a time. A quick perusal of the ship arrival database at pier21. ca shows how common it was for ships to show up with 600 to 700 passengers at a time, and you can bet most of those were one-way trips.

But those sites were

controlled. Governments largely knew what was going on, at least at these points.

But one might argue that, at least for America, they never did really know how many people have been crossing the Rio Grande.

We are rapidly reaching the halfway point in the first Trump administration. How much has he actually been able to accomplish on this front?

Did his wall get built? No. Is it going to get built?

Will it stop the flood?

Will anything short of

machine-gunning people at the border stop the flood?

Trump, like President Barrack Obama before him, is faced with a nowin situation. Nothing will stop this tide, short of bullets. No wall, no deportations. Not even the atrocious act of splitting up families. There is no solution that will work.

And yet he has to do something. So again, what would you do?

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Third-quarter crime stats: trending down

By John Cairns Staff Reporter

For most third-quarter crime statistics in North Battleford, the trend is going in the right direction — down.

That is the indication from the numbers submitted Monday to city council by the Battlefords RCMP detachment.

For the third quarter July through September 2018, calls for service stood at 4,880, down from 5,156 for the same period a year ago. For the year to date, calls for service stood at 9,997, compared to 10,430 a year ago.

Third quarter statistics show declines in most categories with the exception of business and residential break and enters. Business break and enters are up from 18 to 33 and residential break and enters are up from 63 to 78. Provincial traffic offences are also up for the quarter, from 306 to 330.

All other categories posted declines including person offences, property offences, criminal code offences, drug offences, liquor act violations and impaired driving.

For the year to date the city is seeing increases in business break and enters, from 35 to 49, and property offences from 2,139 to

2,487. There is also a slight traffic offence increase from 721 to 722.

All other categories are posting declines: person offences from 982 to 908; residential break and enters from 149 to 138; criminal code offences from 1,923 to 1,661; liquor act violations from 365 to 278; and impaired operation of a motor vehicle from 181 to 148.

Overall, S/Sgt. Darcy Woolfitt described it as an “encouraging report.”

However Woolfitt added that “given some of the activities we’re seeing right now, it may trend up in the next quarter.”

In his presentation to council, Woolfitt outlined some of the initiatives the RCMP have been doing lately. He spoke about the town hall meeting held last Wednesday in North Battleford at the Don Ross Centre. This has been one of a number of such meetings the RCMP has held in recent months. Part of the reason for holding them, Woolfitt noted, was community engagement. It also allows people to voice their concerns and provide feedback, which he saw as positive.

The meeting also allowed the RCMP to show people the scope of the detachment area they are responsible for. Woolfitt de-

scribed one moment early on at that meeting, when he projected onto the screen a map of the coverage area of the Battlefords RCMP detachment.

That drew astonished reactions from those attending; one person there had reacted by asking “why isn’t this in the paper?”

“When they saw the area that we were responsible for policing, they were surprised,” said Woolfitt, “because it’s quite a vast area and we’re responsible for not only the communities, the little villages, but also the rural areas as well.”

There were also a num-

Staff-Sgt. Darcy Woolfitt presented the Battlefords RCMP report at Monday’s meeting of council. Photo

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Included in that report were third quarter crime statistics; this graph showing the third quarter trends compared to 2017 and 2016 was circulated at the meeting among members of council. CC indicates criminal code offences.

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“We are not in an island by ourselves, and we do have other detachments and other resources that assist us in delivering policing services,” said Woolfitt.

Woolfitt said there were some good points made at the meeting, and the plan is to do another one of these town hall meetings in the spring.

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guments for debaters and Thompson said, “has a

By Josh Greschner allows more students to really strong presence Staff Reporter participate. in debate,” while some Working with students Thompson said she con- debaters she’s encountered after classes such as psy- siders herself lucky that have been “in the debate chology, business and law she’s taught the students room since they’ve been has paid off for North she has. One former stu- toddling.”

Battleford Comprehensive dent worked at the United Thompson taught many High School teacher Lynne Nations while the others working law professionals Thompson. have gone “all over the in North Battleford, along Thompson recently world doing all sorts of in- with some of their chilwon the Willis S. McLeese teresting things.” dren.

Award for outstanding “Happily they someAmid what Thompson contributions to Canadian times keep in contact called “unhealthy debatstudent debate. with me and let me know ing,” she said the reasoned Thompson got involved how well they’re doing,” approach students learn with debate while looking Thompson said. from debate is important. for an extra-curricular proThompson said the high “There are two or more gram. school and Living Sky sides to any topic and …

“What I really like School Division have been until such times as you about debate is that there’s very supportive of the de- have a good understanding lots of opportunities for baters. of the topic you’re debatall sorts of involvement,” The Willis S. McLeese ing, I think that you have a Thompson said.

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Council notes

Games surplus held by foundation

By John Cairns Staff Reporter

North Battleford city council dealt with several housekeeping issues at a meeting Monday.

The City of North Battleford has accepted the recommendation of the Saskatchewan Winter Games host committee on what to do with the approximately $200,000 surplus from the games.

The funds will be transferred to the City, which will then transfer it to the Battlefords and District Community Foundation for annual endowments to local sports and recreation organizations and individuals. Once the City is ready to launch fundraising for Civic Centre replacement, a separate institutional investment portfolio account will be opened and funds will transfer back into that account for arena replace-

ment.

There were a few internal policies discussed and adopted. One involves putting in place a “reasonable suspicion” policy to ensure there is no inappropriate use of alcohol, drugs, cannabis and other substances among city employees.

While one might think this policy was introduced in response to the legalization of marijuana Oct. 17, City officials say the real reason it is brought in is because they simply did not have a policy in place before. The resolution to immediately implement the policy carried unanimously.

The City also heard from investment advisors Brendon Boothman and Jerrod Schafer, RBC Wealth Management Dominion Securities, who provided an update on the City’s investment strategy.

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they see “no signs of an imminent” recession and expect modest gains from equities over the next 12 months.

Their full presentation is included in the agenda for Monday’s council meeting, which can be accessed on the City’s website.

Finally, a notice of motion was presented from Councillor Kent Lindgren directing administration to develop a business tax incentive policy for the key commercial corridor, but one that is “significantly less” than the incentive offered downtown, so as “not to jeopardize the downtown core.”

This motion is in response to the recent tax incentive request from Aaron Cadrin, who is developing a new commercial strip mall at 1542 - 100th St. The motion will come back for consideration at council’s next meeting in November.

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Maher Park is located on the northwest part of North Battleford, west of McIntosh Park and Kinsmen Park.

Maher Park was subdivided in the 1960s and built out over the next two decades. The neighbourhood was named after Mayor H.J. Maher (1963). However, the Maher name is deeply rooted in the heritage of North Battleford. In 1913, H. Maher sat on the first city council.

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Joint parks and rec master plan developed

By John Cairns Staff Reporter

The City of North Battleford is joining up with the Town of Battleford to develop a regional parks and recreation master plan.

Council passed a resolution Monday to commit to working with the Town to develop that master plan. According to a memo from Director of Lleisure Services Cheryl DeNeire, it was evident to

both the City and Town that it was prudent to share in developing the master plan, to “improve cost efficiencies and effectiveness in planning and operations.”

Developing a joint master plan would cost $100,000 and the intention is for it to be funded 60 per cent by North Battleford and 40 per cent by Battleford.

The City’s portion of funding will be presented for consideration during the 2019 budget deliberations.

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Data literacy

Data interpretation increasingly important

By Josh Greschner Staff Reporter

As hockey, politics and surveillance companies use data to try to determine things about the world, data literacy is gaining importance.

Living Sky School Division Learning Consultant Doug Drover recently gave a presentation about data collection and interpretation. The school division was the topic of his presentation, but much of what he said applies to other circumstances, such as politics and economics.

“Part of my job to ask what are some of the problems with this data, what do we have to be careful of, and what to take at face value,” Drover said.

The presentation began with a slide “Fun With Data,” and Drover went over topics such as the pros and cons of using data in education, and common mistakes when data is used.

Drover showed a slide with a quote attributed to Mark Twain: “get the facts first then you can distort them as much as you want.”

“The person who owns the data gets to interpret it,” Drover said.

Drover also cautioned against reading too much and too little into what numbers might and/or might not show.

Drover made the distinction between data, which he considers “just information,” and evidence, something that’s useable, “and you always want to be able to use it.”

Evidence comes in many forms, and numbers tell only part of the story.

The other half is experiences and observations, Drover said.

Data Often Noisy and Dirty

A common mistake in data collection is that it isn’t collected in a systematic way or data accumulation is rushed. A problem for the school division is the data they obtain is “often noisy or dirty.”

“Noisy [means] there are lots of things going on so it’s not easy to draw one-to-one conclusion, and dirty means there’s a lot of errors, and that happens,” Drover said.

Figuring out student address information can be troublesome since administration assistants from the across the division enter the information approximately 35 different ways.

Similarly, student outcome data can be difficult to interpret because it’s made of “the marks of 90 different teachers with slightly different expectations.”

Another problem with data is “stretching something beyond what it was intended to be.”

“For example, we collect information on student reading scores and some of

it becomes an evaluation on whether than teacher is a good teacher,” Drover said. “Teacher evaluations aren’t based on reading scores or writing scores or math scores.”

“Just because the data says something, doesn’t mean that’s the truth and we shouldn’t extrapolate from it.”

Drover showed a graph demonstrating the correlation between per capita mozzarella cheese consumption and civil engineering doctorates awarded.

“If you jump to a conclusion, you could say we need to fund a mozzarella cheese program in our schools to increase the number of civil engineers,” Drover said. “But one of the issues with data, if you look at stuff moving around over time, is it’s not always a one-to-one causation. It’s not that one thing causes another.

It’s important to step back and ask yourself, is one really causing another, or is there something else that’s at play.”

Drover said “we see a lot of that in our schools.”

“For example, there’s a school that might have really strong math scores, but it’s not necessarily because the math instruction is very good. It just so happens that there’s a lot of kids at that school that go home and do a lot of math homework.”

The idea also applies to reading, Drover said.

Another graph showed little information apart from a line representing “my overall health” which declines rapidly at a point labelled “the day I realized I could cook bacon whenever I wanted.”

Drover asked why the graph might be misleading. Board member Ken

Arsenault said, “you could have got hit by a bus that same day.”

Drover said that was a possibility, given that the graph had so little information.

In another example, ice cream consumption is correlated with drowning deaths in Saskatchewan.

Rather than one thing necessarily causing the other, the two are correlated because both happen in warm weather.

Rules of Thumb

Drover had four rules of thumb about data in relation to the school division: don’t get excited unless there’s a change in 10 percentage points, “because there’s a lot of noise in our data and a lot of reasons why things go up and down;” look for the trend over time, not the change year to year, as the differences from one year to the next in a lot of Living Sky’s data involves a different group of kids sampled in the next year; always question the quality of data and why it might have problems; and avoid confirmation bias.

Confirmation bias is the tendency to search for or interpret information that supports what one already believes to be true.

Arsenault said of the data available to the school division, cohort data was useful for him. Cohort data involves collecting information from students over time.

Drover said he used to collect cohort data but stopped because transient students tend to leave the cohort the longer the division tracks the cohort. To some extent, Drover said, such data can resemble the cheese and engineering degree correlation.

“We’d like to think the longer the kids stay with

An important thing to understand about data, Doug Drover with Living Sky School Division said at a recent board meeting, is to know the difference between correlation and causation. Mozzarella cheese consumption has very little to do with civil engineering degrees, but they increased at approximately the same time due to external factors, not because one caused the other. Photo from tylervigen.com

us the better they’ll do, and that’s partially true,” Drover said. Rather, such cohorts don’t effectively track the transient students and can give a misleading impression of reality.

“But the smaller the cohort gets, the more and more you just get kids that are from stable two-parent families whose families have jobs and are sticking around here for a long time.”

Graduation Rates

Regarding graduation rates, Drover said the Min-

istry of Education locks students to schools, despite students moving from school to school. Drover said that approach works for looking at provincial numbers, but not necessarily for Living Sky since the division has students coming out of four different school systems. Living Sky, Drover said, uses its own formula for calculating grad rates.

Living Sky has worked to establish baseline data from which to measure changes, although such

baselines have changed over the years for various reasons.

“My problem with the data now is there’s too many variables, and then the government throws in a variable, and changes the grades, so if you can remove as many variables from collecting the data then the data should be more consistent,” Arsenault said, suggesting Drover meet with “data counterparts” and talk to the Ministry of Education about such matters.

Council’s pay reviewed

By John Cairns Staff Reporter

A City of North Battleford committee will soon be formed to conduct a review of the policy setting indemnities for mayor and council in North Battleford.

According to City Manager Randy Patrick, a policy is already in existence but it was never actually employed because, in his words, it “doesn’t make sense.”

The previous policy had

tied indemnity levels for council to a percentage of the salary of the city manager.

But according to Patrick, that could easily be abused. All council needed to do was vote to raise the city manager’s pay, and they would automatically be giving themselves a pay raise as well.

“We wanted to change that policy, make it current, make it up to date, make it reasonable and have a lot of public input into it so council can get

some good recommendations on what that policy should say instead of what it says currently,” said Patrick.

A committee of five people, including two former councillors and three members of the public, will be struck to review information collected by administration on the issue, including what other communities are doing for compensation levels. That committee would then bring recommendations back to council.

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Cando woman falls down well, survives

By Josh Greschner Staff Reporter

2018 hasn’t been Chrissy Gamble’s luckiest year.

Earlier this year she had chiral malformation decompression surgery to prevent part of her brain falling into her spine.

Another incident occurred Sept. 10.

“My husband was having a shower and then all of a sudden the water quit on us,” Gamble said. “We live where we have a well at home.

“He thought it was the pump. I went down the well the first time, and I unplugged the pump from the well, and that was fine, I got back out.”

When she went to put the pump back in the well, the ladder broke and she went down with it.

“When I fell, I fell in the water and popped back up and grabbed onto the ladder and hung on for dear life ... I had broken my leg but I didn’t realize I had broken it. I just knew that something was wrong.”

I yelled out “‘I’m OK, but I think I broke my leg.’”

The ladder was stuck on the rung of the well and Gamble hung on, keeping her from going any deeper.

She was waist deep in water.

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the top of the ladder and they sent another.

“The broken leg got stuck in the rung of the latter,” Gamble said. “I was like ‘OK, I’ll leave that there.’”

“When I got the harness on me they hauled me up, and then my pants fell down,” Gamble said.

Gamble said “my husband was saying ‘I’m so sorry,’ and he was crying, and I said ‘I’m OK.’” Crews then transported her to North Battleford. people do you have fall Chrissy Gamble She remembers a bumpy down wells?’ The nurses ride in the ambulance and were like ‘You’re our first.’ she had a screwdriver in feeling very tired. The next I thought people fall down her sweater pocket. stop was a hospital in Sas- wells all the time.”

“And the screwdriver katoon. Gamble said she Gamble said medical literally ripped [me] open stayed for seven and a half staff were surprised she from hip to hip, and all weeks. survived the incident. my intestines were coming “They asked how are Recently, medical staff out when I came out of the removed staples from her you alive? I said “I don’t well.” leg and she’s wearing a know.’”

Gamble said she was in boot. She found out later “I call myself Superthe water for three and a her stomach was cut but woman,” Gamble said. half hours. The cold water her intestines weren’t. stopped blood from flowGamble said she esti- In September, Chrissy ing and Gamble said it mates her fall was 80 feet Gamble fell down a “kind of saved my leg and in an 135-foot well. She well. A ladder broke my intestines and every- said she can’t look at lad- and Gamble estimates thing.” ders right now, and said her she fell 80 feet. She was Gamble’s husband husband took it rough. in the well for about phoned the RCMP and 9-1“He thought I was a three and a half hours.

1. goner,” Gamble said. “He She was transported to Gamble said crews sent said ‘You have to stop scar- North Battleford from a harness down and she ing me like that.’”

Cando, and then to had to put the harness on In hospital, Gamble said Saskatoon, Gamble said. herself. She lost her glasses she was surprised to find The photos illustrate the down the well and she had out more people don’t fall serious damage to her fallen out of her shirt. leg. She also suffered down wells.

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North Stars neuter Ice Wolves 9-6

By Josh Greschner Staff Reporter

North Stars fans got their money’s worth last Friday as the home team routed the La Ronge Ice Wolves 9-6.

H ome town North Stars fans buying adult tickets paid $1.67 per North Stars goal.

North Stars goalie Jake Davidson got the start and Adam Dmyterko dressed as back-up.

Mitch Zambon opened the scoring for the Ice Wolves nine minutes into the game with a shorthanded marker from Antonio Di Paolo and Macrae Setoguchi. The penalty-filled first period (in which the North Stars and Ice Wolves got a combined seven penalties) gave way to a power play goal 16 seconds later by Owen Lamb, with assists from the productive Mac-

Gregor Sinclair and Matthias Urbanski.

Elijah Loon-Stewardson scored on the same power play, with assists from Urbanski and Sinclair.

La Ronge’s Jake Gudjonson tied the game, with assists from captain Kolby Johnson and Dalton Dosko.

North Star Regan Doig potted another before the end of the period to give the North Stars a 3-2 lead, with assists from Ryan Granville and Loon-Stewardson.

The North Stars exploded in the second period with three goals in seven minutes from Brett Gammer, Ryan Gil and Urbanski, to make the score 6-2. La Ronge goalie Chad Duran didn’t last half the game in net and was pulled in favour of Jordan Frey.

La Ronge’s Di Paolo and Zach Bannister scored to keep the Ice Wolves tread-

ing water in the second, but goals by Loon-Stewardson and another by Ryan Gil stifled those efforts.

In the third period, North Star Kaden Boser scored his first of the year while the Ice Wolves were on the power play no less, to make the score 9-4. The Ice Wolves managed two more goals in the third, on the power play from Tyler Johnson and another from Max Kleiner, but fell short.

Urbanski was the game’s first star, finishing with a goal and three assists, while Seth Summers and Elijah Loon-Stewardson finished as second and third stars.

Urbanski and Sinclair were in sync for much of the game, and the team’s two top scorers finished the game placing 12th and 13th in league scoring as of Monday, each with 19 points.

Brett Gammer shoves off the competition as he celebrates his third goal of the season Friday night. Gammer’s goal gave the North Stars a 4-2 lead while teammates joined in the scoring to give the North Stars a decisive 8-4 lead at the end of the second period. Photo by Josh Greschner

Grzybowski earns shutout

By John Cairns Staff Reporter

The Battlefords North Stars returned to the win column last Wednesday with a much-needed 4-0 triumph over the struggling La Ronge Ice Wolves.

Goaltender Joel Grzybowski earned his first shutout of the season with the win.

Helping matters considerably was the

fact that he did not have to stop a multitude of shots. The North Stars put in a much better defensive performance than they did in their 6-4 loss to Yorkton Saturday night, and kept the shots Grzybowski faced to a minimum.

The North Stars outshot the Ice Wolves 12-5 in the first period and 14-9 in the second.

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By John Cairns Staff Reporter

Here is a look at the scores of games involving teams from throughout the region: In midget AAA action the Battlefords Stars split two games against the Moose Jaw Generals on the weekend at the Civic Centre.

In the first game Saturday night the Stars fell to the Generals 4-3. The Stars had built a 2-0 first period lead on goals by Cale Tuer-Treble and Brendan Albert, and added a third goal from Luke Fennig on the power play to make it 3-1.

But the Generals scored three unanswered goals to win the game.

The second game on Sunday saw the Stars rebound with a 4-1 win.

Fennig’s shorthanded goal and Tuer-Treble’s marker opened the scoring in the first. They added goals from Colby Ralston and then Shayde Peterson into the empty net in the third period to seal the win. It was a rough contest with 16 penalties called against the teams for penalties that included holding, roughing and interference.

The next game for the Stars is Friday in Tisdale against the Trojans.

In female AAA action the Battlefords Sharks hosted two games on the weekend against the Regina Rebels. Unfortunately,

the Sharks players and fans weren’t too happy after both those games, which saw Regina dominate by 6-1 and 10-1 margins.

The Sharks don’t play again until Nov. 3 and 4 when they play the Saskatoon Stars at the brand new Merlis Belsher Place at the University of Saskatchewan.

In Centre Four Hockey League standings the Battleford Barons are off to a 5-3-0-0 start this season.

They are coming off wins over Beardys Blackhawks 6-1 Saturday night and won on the road in Martensville 4-2 on Sunday. Their next action is Sunday against

Prince Albert at the Civic Centre.

In bantam play, the bantam Battlefords Barons are 2-4-0-0 to start the season, coming off a 4-3 loss to Prince Albert on the road Thursday.

The schedule is now out for the Sask West Hockey League for 2018-19. The senior season opens Nov. 2 in Unity where the Miners host the Biggar Nationals. They play Luseland Nov. 3. Both games start at 8:30 p.m.

Me a nwh i le the defending Wilkie Outlaws begin their season on the road in Luseland on Nov. 10. Their first home game is not until Nov. 23 against the Biggar Nationals.

The Saskatchewan Prairie Hockey League schedule is also out with their season beginning Saturday, Nov. 10 with two games.

The Battleford Beaver Blues host the Edam Three Stars while the Maymont Settlers host the Spiritwood Timberwolves. The first home game for the defending champion Meota Combines is Nov. 23 at the North Battleford Civic Centre versus Glaslyn.

Road to provincials

Football season over for NBCHS Vikings

By John Cairns Staff Reporter

The North Battleford Comp Vikings will be handing over their 3A football title to a new champion this year.

That was confirmed following a 42-8 playoff defeat in Saskatoon against Evan Hardy Souls, in Saskatoon league semifinal action.

Evan Hardy set the tone with a long 104 yard run by Jean Claude Wonhunnid into the end zone for a touchdown in the first quarter.

Overall, Wonhunnid had 161 yards rushing on the day and scored two touchdowns. Blade Wiggins also scored two touchdowns.

The Vikings’ only points came in the second quarter. They scored a single early in the quarter, and then at the 10:30 mark they scored their only one touchdown off of a JT

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Lamb carry into the end zone.

That cut the margin to 14-8. Unfortunately the Souls answered back right away with a 42-yard pass into the end zone to Nathan

Neave went 8 for 17 for 179 yards with two interceptions, while Adam Elefson caught four passes for 76 yards, the longest being for 53 yards.

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The third period saw the North Stars outshoot La Ronge 19-9. While the play of goaltender Marek Pipes, with a little help from the

goalposts, kept the Ice Wolves in the contest, the dam finally broke midway through the third when Matthias Urbanski got his eighth of the season from Cody Spagrud and MacGregor Sinclair.

Urbanski then scored his ninth of the season at the 14:40 mark from Ryan Gil and Sinclair.

Tanner Robin completed the scoring with 1:11 to go, with Kaden Boser get-

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The win was the seventh of the season for the North Stars as they kept pace with division rivals Kindersley while gaining ground on the Humboldt Broncos.

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Next up for the Crusaders in playoff action is Martensville, who dominated Kindersley 34-7.

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After years of planning, waiting and a few minor delays, the new Saskatchewan Hospital is finally being unveiled for the public to see.

Public tours began Monday, but the media got a sneak peek ahead of time, as they toured the facility last Thursday.

What they saw was impressive: a brand-new psychiatric hospital and integrrated correctional facility for 284 patients. The building is much larger than the current facility, which is 105 years old.

While the old hospital remains an impressive sight to the east of the new facility, it is outdated for the needs of patients and staff.

Several improvements at the new hospital were highlighted on the tour.

Among the most important changes is the provision for separate rooms for each of the patients, a welcome change from the situation at the old hospital where a number of patients share a room.

The new hospital allocates one washroom for every two patients, a big improvement from the dorm-style setup at the old hospital where 24 patients would share three washrooms, three sinks and one

shower.

The rooms also have temperature controls in every room that can be adjusted to suit the patients’ wishes. This is another improvement from the old hospital where the temperatures were often either too hot for patients, or too cold.

“These are simple things that we take for granted every day, but when you have mental health issues and you’re in an old building like we’ve been in, the environment just isn’t very therapeutic,” said Vikki Smart, executive director for primary health care for the Northwest.

“The whole building is set up to be very therapeutic for everyone.”

A major feature of the new hospital is an abundance of natural light.

There are several areas with windows to allow sunlight from outside to come into every part of the hospital.

The hospital also has dining areas, a gymnasium, an Internet Café, an area where patients can learn job-search skills and write resumes, an industrial therapy area, and outdoor areas including basketball courts.

Some new services will also be added including occupational therapists, addictions counsellors, a dietician and on-site pharmacy.

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Smart said the almostfinished product is close to what had come from those planning sessions, with patients having a major say in the final design.

Saskatchewan Hospital Director Linda Shynkaruk said private rooms were something the patients particularly wanted.

“They wanted private rooms simply to have some privacy, some space to go to if they were having a hard time or wanted to have a private conversation with a family member, for example.”

Shynkaruk added it was also important to staff to have that privacy when carrying out treatment with a patient.

Private rooms are also important given the length of patient stays at Saskatchewan Hospital. Unlike a regular general hospital where the stay is often brief, the average stay of a patient at Saskatchewan Hospital is approximately In the top photo is a view of Saskatchewan Hospital from the east parking lot.

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Visitors to North Battleford have noticed some big changes to the skyline in the southeast quadrant recently.

The Credit Union CUplex buildings have been there for a few years, but now, just down the street on Carlton Trail, the 105-room Comfort Inn and Suites hotel structure is an imposing new addition to the area.

Down the street, between Territorial Drive and 114th Street, construction is underway for a new Holiday Inn. Together, these are the first hotels to be built in North Battleford since Gold Eagle Lodge in 2006.

Exciting Times: Bater

When the Comfort Inn held its grand opening last Thursday, the man with the biggest smile in the room was Ryan Bater, who does double-duty both as mayor of North Battleford and as executive director of the tourism organization Destination Battlefords.

“I’m not exaggerating when I say it was very exciting for people living here to see this property being built. And it’s exciting to see the other property being built,” said Bater.

“It’s exciting to see the work downtown. There’s a cinema being built. I just love driving around the city seeing this stuff. It makes me feel really good, it makes us all feel really good. And yeah, it’s just a great time to be living here.”

While the sudden interest in hotel investment in the Battlefords might seem out of the blue, it is no accident.

Instead, it is a byproduct of wider ambitions by the tourism and hotel industries to turn North Battleford into an event-hosting powerhouse.

To meet those ambitions, they needed two things, said Bater. One was facilities, and “we have strong facilities.”

For North Battleford, those were already in abundance, due to the arrival earlier this decade of the Credit Union CUplex and its four components — theatre, curling centre, field house and aquatic centre.

But also needed was “hotel room availability,” said Bater.

That was easier said than done. For the past decade, that effort could be summed up by the phrase “all talk, no action.”

There had been no shortage of interest, the issue was translating that into shovels in the ground.

Stalled Initiatives

In 2009 and 2010, Battlefords Tribal Council floated plans to add 100 rooms to the existing Gold Eagle Lodge, as well as development of an adjoining shopping mall, a First Nations Heritage Park and the replacement of the existing Gold Eagle Casino building itself.

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Continued from page 18 What ended up getting the go-ahead was a scaleddown project to expand and renovate the existing casino, completed in 2015. The other plans, including the additional 100 hotel rooms, remained on the shelf.

In 2013, numbered company 600653 SK Ltd was granted a tax exemption by City Hall for a proposed 80room hotel in the southeast quadrant. That also never got past the proposal stage.

While those ideas fizzled out, there were some upgrades to existing properties, including a rebranding of the Happy Inn to the Travelodge on 101st Street, as well as the expansion of the Super 8 (now Lone Star Hotel) along Highway 16.

Destination Battlefords

The key moment behind launching North Battleford towards becoming an event-hosting destination came in March of 2013, when the Battlefords Tourism and Convention Association approved changes to transform the organization into a much larger one.

It would eventually take the name Destination Battlefords. It became a full-service marketing organization responsible not only for tourism, but also “destination marketing.” That included attracting events as well as business opportunities to the area.

Fully on board was the Battlefords Hotels Association.

Initially, six properties voluntarily committed to contributing to the new organizational structure through a one per cent destination marketing fee, levied to customers.

Bater said the levy is dedicated towards “attracting events and to support existing events that are looking to expand. So, really, [it is] a way to use the destination marketing fund to our advantage to give us resources we didn’t have before.”

Comfort Inn Launched

Finally, after years of false starts, it was in 2015 that the Comfort Inn project was announced as the first new hotel build since 2006.

Across Territorial Drive from the new Comfort Inn and Suites, work goes on for a new Holiday Inn in North Battleford. Photo by John Cairns

The project was backed by North Battleford Hospitality L.P., made up of CCR Hospitality/BCP Construction and approximately 20 to 25 local investors.

Terracap Group, owners of Frontier Centre, was also in the investment group. In Terracap’s case, they had been on the lookout for potential developers at their shopping centre property.

“It’s badly needed,” said Terracap CEO Larry Krauss at the sod-turning in 2016. “We feel North Battleford is under served in terms of hotel rooms, so we wanted to contribute to having a hotel brought to the area.”

At their grand opening Thursday, the CEO of CCR Hospitality/BCP construction, Billy Coles, repeated that same theme. The indication is the investors saw a great opportunity to provide the market with something new.

“North Battleford has been seen as underdeveloped for a long time, with just one hotel developed in 15 years,” said Coles.

“North Battleford needed new rooms. A lot of the inventory is old, and just older. And people are looking for

a nicer place to stay.”

In doing their research, Coles said it was determined the North Battleford market could accommodate two new hotels. They wanted to be the first ones in, he said.

The building permit was issued for the project in June 2017 for a value of $10.5 million. Construction transpired in an intriguing way. Units were pre-built by BCP Construction in Three Hills, Alta., and shipped to North Battleford to be stacked. The modular units started arriving in December 2017.

The hope had been to complete the project in time for the 2018 Winter Games, but the completion date was pushed back. A decision was made after the start of construction to switch to insulated concrete exterior walls, which Coles said made for a better building in the end.

“Compared to what we would have had before, it was a wise choice to wait to open six months with a much better product,” said Coles.

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Hyundai first opened in North Battleford as part of the Ulmer Group in 2010

Gord Pidde had a dream to own his own dealership. After many years of gaining experience in the industry Gord’s dream came true in 2017 when he purchased his store from the Ulmer group. After 8 months of renovations the store opened with a brand new look. Upon entering I found the atmosphere to be warm and friendly. The showroom is bright and cheery and the staff are welcoming. North Battleford Hyundai has been the recipient of two 2014 - 2016 President’s Award of Merit. It’s criteria is based on points for Highest Customer Satisfaction, Market Share, Sales Volume and Parts Department. Gord acknowledges the great staff he has for earning

this prestigious award. A large part of the staff have been with the company for many years. Rosina Highton has been with the company for over 38 years. Calvin Prongua has been in sales for over 30 years. Gordon Winfield is the parts manager and he has also been in the store for 28 years. Kelly Murphy and Sheldon Wohlberg both have over 25 years experience in mechanics while there are other staff like Barry Johnston (top saleman of Hyundai for the past 8 years in a row), Byron Hildebrand, Quentin Marjoram, Daniella Zaigel, Dan Alday, Brian Morgan, Dan Sach, Dave Beaupre, Tufael Chowdhury, Diane Trumbley and Justin Pidde complete our family. It

is this team of hard working individuals who have earned awards for North Battlefords Hyundai.

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Making N. B’ford a destination powerhouse Continued on page 19 So far, Coles says the investors’ confidence in the project has been rewarded. The night before their grand opening, the Comfort Inn had no vacancies.

“We are seeing the numbers night in and night out, that we were very right to invest in here. Last night we were turning people away left, right and centre,” said Coles.

“We anticipate that to be happening for a while.”

Holiday Inn and Suites

While the Comfort Inn and Suites hotel is now complete, the site south of Pioneer Avenue between Territorial Drive and 114th Street is now abuzz with construction activity for the new Holiday Inn and Suites.

Western Star Group of Hotels of Carlyle is behind that project. Western Star has several properties in the province’s southeast, including Regina and Estevan, but North Battleford will be their first venture outside the region.

The land for the project was sold to Western Star by the City for $1 million.

In his proposal to the City in 2017, Western Star owner Gary Brar stated the new hotel would “provide a brand new facility largely based on servicing families and providing accommodations for teams that participate in tournaments and games in town.”

It is no coincidence that the Holiday Inn, like the Comfort Inn, is down the street from the Credit Union CUplex.

Coles cites that facility as one reason Comfort Inn located on Carlton Trail.

“We chose the location that is close to the CUplex, close to the Walmarts of the world and the mall, Canadian Tire, all these different areas that usually draw customers that co-exist with each other and make for a great team of businesses.”

more and bigger events to the region.

So far, Destination Battlefords has been successful in attracting events starting with the 55+ Games and the Provincial Snowmobile Festival in 2016. The organization then landed the grand prize, the 2018 Saskatchewan Winter Games, in February 2016.

Twin Rivers Curling Club has also been aggressively pursuing events, landing the Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling in 2017. That tour is making a return visit in January 2019 to the North Battleford Civic Centre.

While Bater stopped short of saying what else could be coming down the pike, he said Destination Battlefords has several irons in the fire for major events.

“We’ve been getting a lot of momentum on events, but there is a lot of economic activity throughout northwest Saskatchewan and a lot of companies use the Bat-

tlefords as a base. So it’s not just about tourism events or sporting events. It’s about regular activity, people doing business travel, that sort of thing, exploration businesses, crews coming in and out of northwest Saskatchewan … this just adds to our ability to host more people, so it’s great.”

The hotel activity coincides with a much broader building boom in the Battlefords in general.

Through the end of September, building permits had topped $23 million in North Battleford, already topping 2017’s grand total, and the Town of Battleford was reporting building permits of just under $27 million.

Mayor Bater says the new construction has lifted the spirits of people in the Battlefords.

“It’s a very exciting time to be here. There’s a lot going on and there’s no sign of stopping.”

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For the immediate future, the main challenge will be ensuring hotel rooms in the Battlefords stay filled. To that end, work goes on by Destination Battlefords to attract

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North Battleford permit values far ahead of years 2017, 2016

By John Cairns Staff Reporter

North Battleford will end 2018 far ahead of last year’s building permit values totals.

That was confirmed recently from numbers presented at the City’s planning committee meeting. Through September 2018, 107 permits have been issued for a total permit value of $23,643,100. That compared to 93 permits issued for $16,958,625 through September of last year.

It just reminds me of Ultra Print’s poster up today: ‘W5 Missed the Good Stuff.

$4,918,000 in September, compared to zero in the same category in September 2017. One of those permits is for the new Magic Lantern movie theatre that is currently under construction downtown.

There were also seven commercial alteration permits issued for $1,381,500.

So far in 2018, there have been six new commercial permits issued for $16,248,550 and 22 commercial alterations for $3,322,500.

Councillors pointed to the big numbers as a sign of strong investor confidence in North Battleford.

“It just reminds me of Ultra Print’s poster up today: ‘W5 Missed the Good Stuff’,’” said Councillor Len Taylor.

“This is incredibly good stuff. People who don’t live here are investing here. That tells us that there are people across the country who think North Battleford has got a bright future.”

Director of Planning and Development Jennifer Niesink said at the meeting that a number of local businesses were also doing improvement and expansion, on top of the outside investment.

“It’s been a very good year for us,” Niesink said.

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Moreover, permit values for the year are now ahead of the final totals for 2017 and 2016 by roughly $6 million. That means North Battleford has topped both the 2017 and 2016 permit value totals with a full three months to spare.

It was an excellent month of September that put the City over the top. A total of 18 permits were issued for $6,857,500, up from the eight permits for $267,000 issued for the same month a year earlier.

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Getting A Little Dirty

West Country Estates applies for permit 33 half to a full acre lots proposed

By Josh Greschner Staff Reporter

Battlefords West Country Estates was before Battleford town council Sept. 17, as that project gradually comes together.

The project west of Battleford and Battleford West Place, will feature 33 lots, most of which are between a half and a full acre. Some lots are larger, the largest being nearly five acres, according to developer Dean Kupchanko.

“It’s something very unique to have an acreage setting when you’re within walking distance of the town,”

Kupchanko said.

Kupchanko recently applied for a development permit and council approved the first reading of three.

Zoning bylaw amendments also need to take place before the project progresses to next development stages.

Kupchanko said there are deposits on 21 of the 33 lots. Amenities include town water and sewer, police and school bus service.

The schedule for development, Kupchanko said, is to start construction May 1 on infrastructure, such as water and sewer, roads, streetlights and power. Delivering lots is planned for September 2019, Kupchanko said.

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Unveiling the new Saskatchewan Hospital

Continued from Page 17 Shynkaruk said staff and patients are excited about the new hospital being so close to completion.

“We think that we’re going to provide a second-tonone service for patients,” said Shynkaruk.

While media were not toured through the secure side of the facility Shynkaruk, said it’s layout mirrors that of the open treatment side.

While the hospital has been opened up for tours, construction work is still not yet finished. Workers were still on site putting the finishing touches to the facility, which is expected to see its first patients begin to move in during No-

vember.

The project, which saw shovels go into the ground in September 2015, was originally to be completed

by June 1 of this year.

But the build encountered various constructionrelated glitches including defective insulation that had to removed in the fall of 2017.

Access Prairies Partnership, the public-private partnership behind the construction, also encountered issues when one of the partners, Carillion, went into bankruptcy in 2018.

Despite those challenges, construction has now reached its final stages.

Derek Miller, executive

director of infrastructure management for Saskatchewan Health Authority, confirmed to reporters the project remains on budget and estimates the project is now 95 to 97 per cent complete.

The overall cost of the contract is $407 million.

Remaining items are relatively minor deficiencies, he said.

“There’s a few building items, some information technology that still is to be done,” said Miller.

Most of the equipment and furniture must still be added as well, and that is on schedule for delivery through November and December as patients move in.

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Ryans reign at Luseland’s Royal George Hotel In 1915, Dennis Ryan and his wife Margaret began the 62-year-long run of Ryan family management of the Royal George Hotel in Luseland. That must be a record for hotel ownership, at least in Saskatchewan.

Born in Ontario, Dennis worked for a time in the hotel at Scott, where he met and married Kay in 1910.

The couple homesteaded for a few years before they and their two little daughters moved to Luseland and bought the Royal George Hotel, built in 1912.

“The hotel was a haven for many bachelors,” Luseland’s local history book recounts. “Maggie tried to cater to them as much as possible whether it be a stack of pancakes, a crisp dandelion salad or fresh doughnuts for the priests that stayed there because there was no Roman Catholic church or rectory in town. The first masses were held in a room upstairs.”

Three Ryan children were born in the hotel – Laurence in 1917, Albert in 1918 and Leo in 1923.

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joanchamp@shaw.ca Operating the hotel in those days was a 24-houra-day, 365-days-a-year job. “In the winter it was a full-time job to keep all the stoves going to keep all three floors even moderately warm,” Kay Ryan Heffner recalls in the Luseland history book.

“When the coal stoker was installed and the boiler provided steam heat to all the floors, conditions were much more comfortable.”

Dennis Ryan passed away in 1936, and his widow Margaret continued to run the hotel. All the Ryan boys went off to war in the 1940s, leaving one of their sisters to help their mother look after the hotel operations. When Leo returned from his stint

in the navy, he worked for his mother until 1950 when he and his wife Kay took over the Luseland hotel.

The 1950s brought new prosperity to the Ryans and the Royal George Hotel. In 1955, flush toilets, sinks, showers and bathrooms were installed in the hotel. In 1952, the Ryans purchased the first clothes dryer in Luseland, which made drying the hotel sheets a lot easier.

The average cost of a single room at the Royal George Hotel was $2.

“This was not very profitable when, say on July 1 a ‘cowboy’ would rent a room for $2, invite two dozen more friends to join him and make a big mess,” Leo Ryan’s wife recalls.

time. He has spent countless hours travelling across the school division and on the phone informing his members and making sure they understood the issues and knew the bargaining committee was there for them, CUPE says.

“Whether it was by handing out scholarships to the children of his members, his impassioned representation of his members in grievance meetings or negotiations, being an active, vocal and fierce defender of the work and rights of education employees or by meeting with politicians, Denis is a voice for workers in any arena”

said Tony Head, CUPE national representative.

“These are just some of the reasons why the education workers steering committee has selected Denis Ouellette as this year’s activist award recipient.”

Ouellette says he was surprised to receive the award.

“I did not expect this. I was just trying to support my members. There are lots of members who also deserve this award,” said Ouellette.

“I want to thank the executive for choosing me for this great honor. I will continue doing what I can for our members.”

Royal George Hotel, Luseland, 2013. Photo courtesy Google maps

“Needless to say, the yearly stampede was not looked on with joy.” Hunting season was also a busy time for the hotel, every room would be full.

In 1960 the hotel industry in Saskatchewan underwent a big change. Women were allowed to enter hotel

Glaslyn resident Denis Ouellette, president of CUPE Local 4797, has been awarded the CUPE Saskatchewan Education Workers’ Steering Committee activist award.

Ouellette works at the Northwest School Division as a caretaker. He has been a CUPE member for 12 years, and has served as a steward, a member of the executive, and as the president of his local.

According to a CUPE press release, Ouellette has participated in four rounds of bargaining and achieved gains for his members each

hotel was bought by Hopfner Holdings. The Ryan family’s 62-year reign at the Royal George Hotel had ended. Today, the hotel is still standing, with a bar and restaurant – the PT KAFE. Judging from its Facebook page, the food looks amazing!

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beverage rooms, “making the atmosphere much more pleasant for both guests and workers,” Kay writes.

At this time women started working in the beverage room and Kay was able to help there, too.

Leo Ryan passed away in 1977, and the Luseland

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Pink Night raises funds for Breast Health Centre

By Helen Urlacher Correspondent

Oct. 17 marked the 16th annual Pink Night hosted by the St. James CWL. The ladies of the CWL put together the program to bring awareness about breast cancer and to raise funds for the Saskatoon City Hospital Breast Health Centre.

The members greeted guests as they came in, helped with seating and then the ladies enjoyed looking at and bidding on the various silent auction items that were donated, checking out the door prizes, buying 50/50 tickets, purchasing pink boxes that had special gifts of jewelry from various businesses and purchasing 10X envelopes.

The basement soon filled up and everyone was talking and enjoying the company of friends and family. The CWL did a beautiful job of decorating the tables with pink tableclothes and centrepieces.

Many of those in attendance wore pink for the evening in honour of all those who have battled breast cancer and guest speaker Karen Gerbig and her family were also in pink.

President Pat Exley, along with secretarytreasurer Colette Frehlich opened the program with

a couple of jokes, while a PowerPoint show was organized. Frehlich told the crowd that there was a prayer box where they could put the name of someone who was battling cancer or may have lost their battle, and all those present said a prayer for them. It was a beautiful homage to family and friends of those who have battled cancer.

Maryellen Herzog introduced the evening’s guest speake, Karen Gerbig.

“I’m a bit nervous up here as Karen is not only a survivor, but was a Herzog, so there is the family connection,” she said.

“Karen was born in Unity, lived in Clone, attended St. George School until Grade 3, then moved to Maidstone and she has returned to Wilkie to share her experience.”

Karen is a small woman, but has a smile that lit up the room. She started with, “Hello, ladies. Today was such a beautiful day and it is my 31st wedding anniversary.”

She complimented the CWL on the décor.

“I had told Maryellen I wasn’t much of a public speaker, talked to my husband about it and he was the one who said, ‘you have to tell them about your journey,’” she said.

“My incentive is to be

able to help at least one person who may be going through their battle. It is a very emotional rollercoaster.”

She talked about growing up in Wilkie and attending school. She is a registered psychiatric nurse with Saskatchewan Hospital in North Battleford for 33 years, has three children and was diagnosed four and half years ago.

After finding out about her cancer she said, “I felt contaminated, poisoned and numb. I couldn’t believe this was happening to me, I believed it would never happen to me. [I was] crying and feeling that I was being punished for something.

“I realized I had choices. My husband and I talked about what was happening and how to cope with it, and it was almost an overload of information from the nurse navigators at the Breast Care Centre, but we held each other, counted our blessings and realized we had to take control.”

She met with her surgeons and was given two options, one to remove the cancerous breast or to re-

move both and her choice was the second one.

“I want to get these lethal things off me as quickly as I could,” she said.

“My surgeons, Dr. Harrington who did the surgery along with Dr. Duval who did the reconstruction, arranged to have both surgeries coincide.”

Karen said a month later, she had surgery – there was no fooling around with her.

She added that one might think the hardest part was the surgeries, but what was even harder was telling the children what was happening. She said she broke down and her ever-faithful husband finished telling them about what was going to happen. Karen went on to say, “If you have love and family around you, you can accomplish anything.”

Waiting for a month for surgery evoked feelings of fear and nervousness, trying to figure everything out. Karen would wish for someone to cancel their surgery, so she could have hers sooner and get the cancer out of her.

When she woke from surgery, there was little pain, but more pain would come. Sleeping was not easy, but her husband on a makeshift bed in her room made it easier. The pain stayed for a couple of weeks, but with help from homecare workers,

her husband and her mom, who had just had double hip surgery, she said “the disabled helping the disabled.” A mother’s love has no limit.

After waiting six weeks for tissue results, Karen learned she had stage 1 cancer and the lymph nodes were negative.

“I was so relieved to find out the cancer hadn’t spread.”

A month later her oncologist was factual about what could happen. It was suggested chemotherapy would reduce the chance of recurrence. Tissue samples sent to California indicated she was at medium risk for it to return. Chemotherapy started, and it wasn’t long before she was losing her hair.

She had purchased a wig to match her own hair, but losing hair was only part of what chemotherapy does to one’s body – nausea, gagging, loss of appetite and a metal taste in the mouth are others. She had four rounds of chemotherapy and throughout it all she said she needed her fighting spirit, positive attitude, courage and strength.

She did have difficulties with the reconstruction surgery and then her surgeon was also diagnosed with breast cancer, so everything came to a standstill. Six months later she was able to return and have

her last round of surgery.

In October 2014, Karen’s mom was also diagnosed with breast cancer.

She opted for radiation and is doing great.

Karen said her husband was her rock and feels so blessed to have his support.

His comforting words and positive attitudes, along with comforting calls and texts from her mom, daughters and mother-inlaw helped her through her battle.

Karen said losing her hair was worse than losing her breasts then asked everyone to turn on their cellphone lights. The light dimmed and the song “I Am Not In Love With Your Hair” came on. Everyone sat quietly listening to the song, many with tears in their eyes.

Two years from her first surgery, she was back at work and ended the presentation with, “you don’t know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice.”

Lunch was served and prizes given out. Laureen Kent won the envelope prizes and Kylie Delainey won the 50/50 taking home $470.

In 17 years, St. James has raised $37,458 and can add $4,100 raised from this year’s event to the total.

The support from the community and district is greatly appreciated.

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Action Now Seniors celebrate birthdays Submitted

North Battleford Action Now Seniors met Oct. 10 at noon for a birthday potluck lunch to celebrate September and October birthdays.

Action Now supplied the chicken breasts and members supplied the rest of the meal.

President Margaret Kemp welcomed everyone, including two visitors.

Celebrating September birthdays were Mildred L’Heureux, Evelyn Foster, Mae Johnson, Merril Miller and Mary Baycroft (not present). Having birthdays in October are Theresa Elias, Olga Sendicki, Helen Polischuk and Buellah Lippe.

Fay Taylor presented Helen Polischuk with an over-85-years honorary certificate.

Margaret Kemp talked about how as we get older some if us love more birthdays and then some hate having another birthday.

Stella Ewanchuk gave a beautiful Thanksgiving prayer reminding us how thankful we should be for everything we have in our

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life when there is so much going on in our world that is negative. We sometimes forget to be thankful.

Margaret then read to us about “mean moms,” something we have all been accused of if we have any children. We then sat down to a beautiful lunch and had a fun afternoon playing Kaiser. The next Action Now birthday party will be combined with a Christmas party on Dec. 12. See you all there.

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

On the first and third Friday of every month there is a Kaiser tournament at 7:30 p.m. and everyone is welcome. If you don’t have transportation,

the handi bus is available for a small fee. Anyone 50 years and over is invited to join the club.

The centre is smoke and scent free.

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Someday when my children are old enough to understand the logic that motivates a parent, I will tell them, as my Mean Mom told me: I loved you enough to ask where you were going,

with whom, and what time you would be home.

I loved you enough to be silent and let you discover that your new best friend was a creep.

I loved you enough to stand over you for two hours while you cleaned your room, a job that should have taken 15 minutes.

I loved you enough to let you see anger, disappointment and tears in my eyes.

I loved you enough to let

you assume the responsibility for your actions even when the penalties were so harsh they almost broke my heart.

But most of all, I loved you enough to say no when I knew you would hate me for it. Those were the most difficult battles of all. I’m glad I won them, because in the end you won, too.

That is what’s wrong with the world today. It just doesn’t have enough mean moms.

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Fall needle browning, fall needle shed are normal

By Keith Anderson If you have a needle tree (evergreen) in your landscape you’ve probably noticed some discolouration (yellowing or browning) in some of the interior needles around this time.

This discolouration usually starts in August and continues right through to freeze up. It is particularly noticeable in pine trees and less so in spruce.

Don’t panic. The loss of older interior needles in the fall is completely natural, but it can be confused with

injury, disease or insect infestation.

Sometimes the yellowing/browning of these needles goes unnoticed since the needles on the inside of the evergreen are hidden by the foliage on the outside of the tree.

The dropping of needles on evergreens usually takes place in a gradual manner but, depending upon the season and environmental stresses like drought that a tree experiences, many needles can discolour all at once, and make the tree or shrub look like it is dying. The evergreen foliage

throughout the interior of conifers turns yellow, then brown, and finally drops off. The branchlets of some cedars will do this same browning and dropping of older interior leaves. The oldest, or innermost, needles of spruce, pine and fir shed first.

So here’s the deal, if pine needles turn brown from the interior of the tree, and the outer needles stay green, there is usually no cause for concern.

Needles don’t last forever.

Like deciduous (leaf)

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trees that shed their leaves every fall, evergreen trees also lose their old needles in the late summer and through the fall. The age of needles that drop off an evergreen tree, interestingly, varies from species to species.

Pine tree needle drop can vary from two-year-old needles dropping on Scots pine, to 14- to 17-year-old needles dropping as on a pine called Bristlecone.

Colorado spruce needles can stay on the tree for eight to 10 years. The point is, there are always needles

coming of age on a tree and there is an annual shedding of these older needles.

The quantity of dropped needles varies from year to year.

The other thing that happens to some species of pines is a natural yellowing when the temperatures get colder. This yellowing usually corrects itself and returns to the deep green in the spring when it is warmer and the needles begin to produce food again. There are several juniper species that turn purple or purplebrown as the temperatures

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drop in the fall. This is no cause for concern either and is merely a sign of dormancy. Their colour too will improve when the dormant season ends and chlorophyll is produced once again.

Parting advice for prairie gardeners: Don’t forget to water in your landscape for winter to avoid winter desiccation and to help reduce winter sunscald. You can start this now. Always use the fall colouring of the leaves on the leaf trees as your cue to begin your fall watering.

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St. Joseph CWL hosts fall workshop Submitted St. Joseph Calasanctius Catholic Women’s League hosted the Prince Albert Region 2 Fall Diocesan Workshop on Sept. 29 at St. Joseph Church in North Battleford.

In attendance were Rev. Father Peter Nnanga, Rev. Father Dong Doan and Rev. Father Phinh Do, provincial, diocesan and St. Joseph’s advisors respectively, as well as Shirley Lamoreaux, CWL diocesan president and diocesan president-elect Helen Kayfish.

Representatives from regional councils were from Cut Knife, Mayfair and the CWL of the Battlefords – St. Vital, Notre Dame and St. Joseph.

The workshop, “Mental Health as a Priority for our Well-Being,” began with a welcome, introductions and league prayer by president Wendy Hunchak.

Cherie Lascelle Hamilton and Michelle Lascelle presented informative, inspiring and courageous stories. Their challenges regarding personal and family mental health issues touched members’ hearts.

They brought out the importance of mental health, personal stories, how to help, who can help and self care. They made members more aware of the needs of those around them – be it a child, teen, adult or senior.

These needs can occur at home, in a workplace, anywhere in communities.

Cherie and Michelle were instrumental in organizing a group called “Hugs with Mugs” in the Battlefords. It is a safe drop-in community space where all are welcome.

This support group is an informative gathering place for those who believe “mental health matters.”

They meet at Chapel Café Tuesdays 6 to 8:30 p.m. It is for young and old who are suffering in any way. It is a place to share, listen or just sit. The “Hugs with Mugs” is a place where receive smiles are received, friends gained and emotional support is received and given.

They will readily accept donations as the group hopes to create programs for youth and adults in the community.

Michelle shared her experience of the loss of her son, Ash Lascelle. He loved spending summers at Ranger Lake Bible Camp.

Michelle and her husband started a fund in his honour, which sends children, who otherwise wouldn’t be able to afford such experiences, to summer camp. The children are selected from the Bridges for Children Program. Anyone wishing to assist in this worthwhile project can contribute to the Ash Lascelle Ranger Lake Bible Camp Hope Memorial Fund.

The presentation helped those present become more aware of mental health issues and the need to nurture bodies and minds – overall being.

The message is: “In life we are to be of service to others. The panel demonstrated how to make someone’s life a bit brighter.

We all need ‘to be kinder than necessary,’ because one doesn’t realize what the road is like that others travel on in their journey.

Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, as long as you can. If we can’t do great things, we can do small things in a great way.”

Celebration of the Eucharist followed the panel discussion. Concelebrating the mass were Father Peter, Father Doan and Father Phinh. It was an honour to have these priests celebrating the mass with CWL members.

Father Peter gave a wonderful homily speaking on the feast day of the Archangels Gabriel, Michael and Raphael.

He shared how Archangel Michael was the protector against evil and leads God’s army in this way.

Archangel Gabriel is the messenger of God, who revealed announcements of great importance to Zechariah and the Virgin Mary.

As the healing angel, Raphael gives physical and emotional healing.

Thus, Father Peter made a reference to the workshop’s theme linking the CWL to these angels.

Members can and should pray to these three archangels for support and guidance.

Prince Albert Region 2 CWL members attended a workshop at St. Joseph Church in North Battleford Sept. 29. Also attending were Rev. Father Peter Nnanga, Rev. Father Dong Doan and Rev. Father Phinh Do. Photo submitted

A delicious soup and biscuit lunch was provided

by St. Joseph CWL. Following lunch Father Peter, as provincial spiritual advisor, gave a brief, meaningful and humourous talk.

He encouraged CWL in our region to continue their good works and expressed his love, concern and appreciation for all.

Shirley Lamoureux, the diocesan CWL president, reported on topics from the national and provincial conventions. Major changes in planning strat-

egies have been discussed and will be available soon.

Shirley also reminded members that resolutions sent to the legislature and parliament have been effective in influencing legislation in the past. The national CWL meets directly with the appropriate government ministry to express our concerns with the backing of every parish council in Canada, a privilege not given to many organizations. Members are to continue to push against injustices.

Diocesan presidentelect Helen Kayfish then led a session of sharing of concerns and suggestions from the overall group.

Sensitivity to others, compassion, communication, work ethic and co-operatively working in groups were touched on. Upcoming dates of conventions and workshops were given.

President Wendy thanked everyone for attending the workshop. After wishing everyone a safe trip home, the day closed with prayer.

Museum association members meet in Unity

By Dorothy Schwartz Correspondent

The fall meeting of the North Battleford West Museum Association was held at Unity Museum Oct. 13. The meeting was held in the Adanac Hall on the museum grounds.

The building was moved 11 kilometres from the village of Adanac in 2003.

It is a two-storey building and has a modern kitchen, bathrooms and storage that were added after it was moved.

It has become a source of income as it is rented for meetings, showers and family gatherings and every Sunday from May to November, Sunday brunch is served by museum vol-

unteers.

Jim Sego was at the registration table and coffee and muffins were available for all who had travelled great distances.

Museum volunteers came from Spiritwood, Goodsoil, Frenchman Butte, Loon Lake, Meadow Lake, St. Walburg, Lashburn, Maidstone, Cut Knife, Bresaylor, Wilkie and Unity.

Museums Association of Saskatchewan sent three delegates from Regina.

The meeting was brought to order by chairperson Laura Heilman of Wilkie and son Phil took the minutes. Greetings came from Unity president Pat Uzelman and from the deputy mayor of Unity Brian Van der Linde.

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A guided tour of the museum commenced, followed by an interesting railroad presentation by Cailen Bethel Von Rempelle.

The business meeting started with each person present introducing themselves and stating which museum they were from.

At 2 p.m. visitors were divided into three groups each with a topic to discuss — school tours, fundraising and enticing volunteers. A report from each group was given.

A presentation from MAS followed.

Date for the spring meeting is May 4 at Goodsoil. An interesting and informative meeting came to a close at 4 p.m. allowing visitors to get home before dark.

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Firefighters cook up steak night fundraiser

By Lorraine Olinyk Correspondent

The Borden Friendship Club held their Harvest Tea and Bake Sale on Oct. 18 with more than 30 in attendance. Winning the 50/50 of $25 was Peggy Wainwright and winning door prizes were Elaine Gunsch, Jean Sawchyn, Florence Neufeld, Sandra Long, Dianne Winters, Ann Wardhaugh, Stella Hawrylyk, Ann Brand, Val Fendelet, Eleanor Walton and Diane Tracksell.

Borden Fire and Rescue held their annual steak night Oct. 20 in the Borden Community Centre, serving close to 200. There were more 25 items in the silent auction. Elaine Gunsch won a firefighters calendar, with Borden’s local firefighter Inga Abramson featured on one of the pages.

There were guests from other fire and rescue organization – Langham, Radisson, Maymont, Swift Current, Meadow Lake, Aberdeen, Nipawin and Buckland.

After the meal, acting Fire Chief Ian Wainwright spoke about the new fire hall addition that cost $112,00. So far $38,000 has been raised. He spoke about a break-in with equipment worth more than $40,000 stolen. Two items have been recovered.

Ian also thanked the volunteers on the fire deptartment. who turn out to practice every two weeks.

He said 50 per cent of the evening’s profit would be going to the Terry Tkazcyk Trust Fund. Terry has been a member since 1996 and is fire chief, but suffered a severe stroke in early fall. He is recuperating at Parkridge in Saskatoon.

Mayor Jamie Brandrick welcomed everyone on behalf of the village and thanked everyone for supporting the cause. He gave some statistics on the calls made this past year, thanked Ian Wainwright for acting as fire chief and Inga Abramson for heading the first responders.

He recognized Scott Sutherland for his many years on the fire Department, but who is now retired.

He talked of the grand opening of the new fire hall and thanked Transcare for loaning equipment when Borden’s was stolen.

Affinity Credit Union made a $500 donation and there was a generous donation from Block’s Agencies. SaskEnergy and Borden Co-op donated the natural gas barbecue raffled off. It was won by Archie Wainwright of Borden.

The Terry Tkazcyk family thanked the firefighters and the people of Borden who have all donated to the trust fund to help with expenses and gave an update on his progress in

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recovering from his stroke.

The 50/50 of $495 went to Lee Osborne of Borden and three bottles of beverages were won by Gerry Wainwright, Krista Julseth and Don Zunti.

The names of all the firefighters were read indicating when they had joined the fire department.

Peter Thiessen, joining in 1986, is the longest serving member. The newest is Ross McBain in 2018. The members all went on stage for a photo and were given a standing ovation for all their work serving the community and surrounding areas.

Members of the department are Ross McBain, BJ Berg, Jenna Bradshaw, Dustin Bezugly, Luke Walker, Inga Abrahamson, Connor and Ian Wainwright, Ian and Mandy Tracksell (dispatcher), Colin Lawes, David Dolsen, Peter Thiessen, Jamie Brandrick, Dan Gunsch, Rob Schmidt and Terry Tkazcyk.

Upcoming at Borden is a Friendship Club potluck supper and program Oct. 24 at 5:45 p.m., Halloween Dance and raffle Oct. 28 in Borden Community Cen-

Connor Wainwright, Inga Abrahamson, Mandy Tracksell, Jenna Bradshaw, Ian Wainwright; front row – Jamie Brandrick, BJ Berg, Dan Gunsch, Peter Thiessen, Rob Schmidt, Ian Tracksell and David Dolsen. Luke Walker and Terry Tkazcyk were absent).

tre with profits going to Terry Tkazcyk Trust Fund and walk-in flu shots at the Borden Health Clinic Nov. 1 from 1 to 4 p.m. There is a soup, bun and cookie luncheon Friday, Nov. 2 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Anglican Church lower hall with donations to Christmas hamper fund accepted.

Members of the Borden Fire Department present at steak night are: on stage – Colin Lawes, Ross McBain, Dustin Bezugly,

Stella and Ann enjoying lunch at Friendship Club tea Oct. 19. Photos by Lorraine Olinyk

Don Block presenting a donation to Ian Wainwright for the Borden Fire Department’s new fire hall.

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Celebrate Halloween this weekend

By Sherri Solomko Correspondent

First, I must wish my father-in-law a happy birthday Friday. He can still out walk many of us.

Looking forward to birthday celebrations with him this weekend.

KC Rescue Meowloween is at the Legion Hall offering a “Haunted Hallway” with little monsters invited to come from 7 to 9 p.m. and big monsters from 9 to 11 p.m. Friday, and Saturday.

The Unity Kin Club will host a Hellbilly Ball with prizes for best costume and offering a variety of musical entertainment throughout the night.

UPS is holding a break stop for trick or treaters offering hot dogs and hot chocolate, while supplies last, for the cost of a donation to the “We Scare Hunger” campaign collecting non-perishable items for the food bank.

UCHS students will be collecting items for their “We Scare Hunger” campaign benefiting the local food bank on Halloween night starting at 5 p.m And you can be sure on Halloween day there will be businesses and business people decked out in their Halloween finest for some Halloween fun on Oct. 31st.

The Lions Chase the Ace jackpot is now more than $10,000, as residents and visitors try their luck at winning the big jackpot every Wednesday. The Lions have committed their

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end of the proceeds to minor hockey, minor ball, the outdoor recreation venue and the walking paths, Next week there will be fall suppers. There are a few tickets left for both St. Peter’s Church meal Sunday, Nov. 4, while Unity United Church is holding theirs Thursday, Nov. 8.

Check with these churches or church members to purchase your tickets.

Long Term Care Rec Fun is hosting a perogie and sausage fundraiser from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday.

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Hollyhock’s greenhouse is providing boxed sunlight as well as a tropical atmosphere and rainfall fountain to help boost your mood this fall and winter.

The museum pancake brunches will begin next Sunday each week at the Adanac Hall on the museum grounds for only $7 running from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. each week. There will not be a brunch on Nov. 11.

Folks are still talking about the NWT grain dryer fire on Oct. 11 that took all day to extinguish and left yet another complication for farmers still struggling with harvest.

NWT is hosting an appreciation luncheon Nov. 8 for their customers as well as

all those who helped in any way that day.

Flu shots are available at community clinics or local pharmacies.

As we move into November, it is time to purchase a poppy and start wearing it. The community is invited to a community Remembrance Day service at St. Peter’s Church starting at 10:30 a.m. Nov. 11. With only one Second World War veteran still in Unity, do your best to attend this service.

The multi-million dollar, 15,500-square-foot Delta Co-op Home Centre is now open after construction was completed Thanksgiving weekend.

Over six months, residents got to watch the progress of this new building. Unity Credit Union’s building also changes its look daily as construction continues on their interior and exterior renovation project.

Coffee row loves to review the multiple events and activities that have either already taken place in our community or are on tap in the weeks and months ahead. Everyone feels so fortunate to live in a community that continually experiences growth evidenced in the new construction all around them, as well as having so many events and activities to choose from. They agree we in a great community.

So you can see life is full of fun and activity in Unity with our friends at coffee row sharing this traditional part of our community culture. Until next time …

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Combine jockeys scrambling to complete harvest

By Lorna Pearson Correspondent

No doubt the most exciting thing around the country this past week has been the sight of combines in the fields again, and the dust a flying. We all hope the crop can all be taken off before the weather changes again. It is a very busy and stressful time for the farmers.

The geese are still around by the millions.

When I asked one of the hunters in the café here what they do with their meat, one said they make it up into sausages and jerky.

There were six together from North Carolina.

My granddaughter Lisa Calladine is just back from a trip to Buenos Aires in

South America where she accompanied members of a rugby team. The teamentered the under 18 group from Lethbridge to compete in the Youth Olympics.

They had a pretty great 10 days away, but sure wished they had taken Spanish lessons before going, as they often had trouble communicating with the locals there.

Home from Paris, France and visiting her many family members in Metinota and North Battlefords areas was Anne Marie Fransoo. Anne Marie is with COCJ and has spent eight years in Paris. She will be back to Canada in two years.

Smithers, B.C. organized a “bee” where everybody brought out their leaf

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rakes to clean off the bike trails through the forest.

Riding a bicycle on a layer of leaves could be dangerous, I suppose.

The story of Christopher Redmond in Tuesday’s paper is well worth looking up to read. It is quite remarkable and shows what a local boy can do by trying hard. It is interesting and positive about North Battleford, their schools and life in the world of films and TV. The episode he produced called “B is for bus driver,” will air on Sesame Street in November.

The picture on Facebook, posted by WCCA on Oct. 17, of 151 whooping cranes, taken in Saskatchewan somewhere, is great, and proof that they are increasing in number.

Thanks to Brian Johns for sharing this.

Congratulations to Doris (Heyden) and Norman Colley who celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary Oct. 22 in Spiritwood’s Pioneer Center. They had a great turnout and both their children, Allen Colley and Gail Franson, attended, along with their families.

News of the passing of Ellis Knutson, in Saskatoon, Oct. 20 has come. His service was held Oct. 27 in Saskatoon. Ellis, and his late wife Lorraine have had a summer home in Chitek

Lake for many years since his retirement. The last school he taught was in Mayfair and his first one was in Junor west of Leoville.

Duplicate bridge was played at the Do Drop In Oct. 16 with top score by Vern Iverson and Eric Callbeck. Next were Maureen Campbell and Margaret Dyck and then Julie Moore and Gerry Fernandes. Oct. 18 found the group at the Pioneer Hall in the city with top score by Donna Scherman and Maureen Campbell. Second were Jean Lawes and Fraser Glen and third were Mary Phelps and Gerry Craig.

Six of these devoted bridge players went to Saskatoon on Saturday to take part in a tournament there.

Canasta was played Oct. 19 in the Do Drop In. Top score was by Bob Lesko and Sonya Bouvier (Calgary). Second were Marion Ottas and Jack Stewart and third were Cora Christiansen and Janice Morton. A nice social time over coffee followed.

I enjoyed having granddaughter Sonya Bouvier from Calgary spend a few holiday days with me last week. We did a loop to Chitek Lake through the forest and on to Leoville, Spiritwood and Rabbit Lake, visiting along the way. The road was not bad from Leoville to Chitek, but this spring was almost impassable, the holes were so bad. It’s always good to get in touch with folks you haven’t seen for a while.

Preserving heritage property an important priority

By Dorothy M. Mills Correspondent

I read with great interest Tammy Donahue Buziak’s letter in the Oct. 16 Regional Optimist on historic St. Vital Church in Battleford. I’m from Baljennie and have always been interested in our local history including Battleford.

We all should be trying more and more to preserve as many of the old historic buildings and sites as possible. These areas do mean a lot to the community.

St. Vital Church has been held as a Municipal Heritage Property since 1985. It represents a wealth of history for the younger generation. Hopefully it

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Over the years we have lost so many of our historic buildings due to demoli-

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tion and fire. At least we have the old post office open again. I just hope St. Vital Church does not end up like Government House.

A big thank you goes to Tammy for her letter.

There are some good museums in the community, too, such as Fort Battleford, Fred Light and the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.

My husband Stanley Mills recently made a donation of an antique barge that his grandfather and father used at the farm in Baljennie for years to the Eagle Hills Blacksmith Shop at Fred Light Museum. We also made a donation to the Western Development Museum in North Battleford of a riding saddle and bridle plus some odd pieces of old harness.

My husband volunteers nearly every day at the North Battleford Western Development Museum. He spends most of his time in the workshop, along with other volunteers. They are restoring some antique gas

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tractors, some at least 100 years old and even older.

There are only certain tractors they can repair. Others are artifacts and cannot be worked on. Some of the parts needed must be fabricated at the museum shop.

It’s exciting to hear a tractor running again.

Children in England celebrate Guy Fawkes Day Nov. 5. Some Englishmen unhappy with their government hired Guy Fawkes to kill the king and all his officials using gun powder.

His assault failed and he was arrested. The children dress up and light bon fires and set off firecrackers.

They also make effigies of Fawkes and set them on fire. There is a recipe to make a special cake for Guy Fawkes Day. Make me a sandwich on Nov. 3, as it is John Mon-

taqu’s birthday. He invented the sandwich. His full name was John Montaqu Fourth Earl of Sandwich.

What a wonderful change in the weather to some lovely clear sunny days. It has made it possible for the farmers to get back to finishing the harvest.

The fields are alive with many combines as well as swathers. It’s a big rush now to get done before the next change in the weather.

Some days there is a little wind that has helped dry crops. The forecast sounds good for a while yet. Good luck to all.

The warm sunny days have brought out the fall pest of the maple bugs.

They are everywhere. A big nuisance, but at least they don’t seem to harm much of anything.

Happy Halloween to all.

North Battleford Lions Club

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North Battleford Lions Antiques/Toys and Gun Show We would like to thank those individuals who helped us put on another successful show and sale.

WINNERS OF DRAWS WERE: Steven Hirschfeld - 308 Rifle Nathon Masse - 12 Gauge Shotgun Steven Hirschfeld - John Deere Riding Tractor Tyson McCullough - Air Rifle

All the Venders who came from ON, MB, SK, AB and BC Sponsors: Pattinson Agro donation of J.D. ride on tractor Discovery Co-op supplying two rifles And Pellet gun Western Development Museum re loan of trailers.

A Special thank you to Tony for setting up tables a big job.

The Mental Health for hauling tables in and out.

Many people volunteered from outside the Lions: • Judy Kuffert • Fern Simpson • Jocelyne Ritchie • Karen Pernala• Pam Hellofs • Pat Gotto • Claudette McQuire • Joyce Smith • Jerry Wintonyk • Debbie Wohlberg • Maurice Huard • Bill and Grace Bowman • Bonaventure Lions Apologies to any we may have missed.

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FUNERAL SERVICES ALBERDING: It is with sadness the family of Jerome Alberding, beloved husband of Leona Alberding, announce his peaceful passing Thursday, October 18, 2018 with family at his side at the Battlefords Union Hospital.

A Celebration Of Life Gathering for family and friends will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, October 27, 2018 in Dr. Lawrence Hall – The Dekker Centre, North Battleford, SK. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations are requested to St. Paul’s Hospital Foundation, 1702-20th Street West, Saskatoon, SK S7M 0Z9 Condolences can be sent to mail@battlefordsfuneralservice.com The Celebration Of Life arrangements have been entrusted to Battlefords Funeral Service. (306-446-4200) __________________________________________________________ LEGER: Mass Of Christian Burial for Raymond Leger, resident of North Battleford and formerly of the Glaslyn-Midnight Lake Districts, will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, October 26, 2018 from Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church at Glaslyn, SK – Vigil Of Prayer will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, October 25, 2018 from St. Joseph Calasanctius Church, 1942-98th. St., North Battleford, SK. Interment will take place at Fairholme Cemetery.

Donations in Raymond’s memory are requested to the Battlefords Union Hospital Foundation, Box 1358, North Battleford, SK S9A 3H8 (please designate to the Palliative Care Unit). Condolences can be sent to mail@battlefordsfuneralservice.com Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Battlefords Funeral Service (306-446-4200) __________________________________________________________

OBITUARIES KELLER: It is with great sadness that the family of Yvonne Keller announce her passing at 6:40pm on August 26, 2018, in Poplar Courts Nursing Home in Wilkie, Saskatchewan. Yvonne was born on October 9, 1938, the youngest of eight children to John and Rose Kappel in the Pascal area. She attended grade one in the Pascal School and then they moved closer to Leipzig where she then attended Leipzig school.

She loved horses and since they were the main farm power at the time, there were many around. Her mother would sew all the dresses for the daughters for school, cultivate a large garden and prepare meals for the farm crews. The sudden passing of her mother when Yvonne was nine years old would be a defining moment in her childhood responsibilities. In 1955, she married Edward C. Keller where they continued to live and farm in the Leipzig area while raising seven children. While creating a life for their family, they were both involved in the community where Yvonne was involved with the Catholic Women’s League for many years. As the family matured and expanded, Yvonne and Ed continued to farm together until Ed passed away due to complications from cancer in 2001. Yvonne loved the outdoors and lived on the farm until 2016. Her son, Iain, and daughter-inlaw, Jaimee, lived in the adjoining yard. Their generous support enabled Yvonne to maintain her independence. Yvonne joined her daughter, Yvette, on her many business and pleasure road trips with Johnny Reid, Bob Williston, and Elvis along for the ride. In 2016, Yvonne moved to Poplar Courts where she enjoyed interacting with residents and staff. Family and friends were always welcomed. She was the last surviving member of her siblings. Yvonne is survived by: her seven children: Yvette (Robert) Gruber, Bernadine (Henry) Jungwirth, Edwina (James) Weninger, Charles Keller (Jennifer Kripki), Clifford (Rita) Keller, Alan Keller (Dwayne Dubois), Iain (Jaimee) Keller; 15 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren: John Gruber, Nathan Gruber, Aaron Gruber (Gary Mai), and Abra Gruber; Jared (Jennifer) Jungwirth and children James and Julia, Orin Jungwirth (Kelsey Wright) and daughter Georgia; Alyssa Weninger, Megan (Adam) Pegg, Edward (Janessa) Weninger and son Vincent; Jack Keller, Charlie Keller; Ashley Keller; Jocelyn Dubois; Ethan Keller, Jade Keller; her sister- and brothers-in-law Rita (Leo) Meier and Arnold Stark, along with many nieces, nephews and grand-nieces and -nephews. She is predeceased by: her parents; her husband; seven siblings and in-laws: Helen (Leo) Sittler, Isabel (Ted) Stark, Cletus (Agnes) Kappel, Irene Stark, Mildred (Leonard) Ulsifer, Alfred Kappel, Donald (Janet) Kappel; and grandson (David Weninger). The funeral was held on Thursday, August 30, 2018 at 11:00 am at St. Paschal’s Church in Leipzig, Saskatchewan. Donations in Yvonne’s memory can be made to Wilkie Poplar Courts Activity Fund, Box 459, Wilkie, Saskatchewan, S0K 4W0. __________________________________________________

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OBITUARIES Mary-Jane Pakitine of North Battleford passed away peacefully at RUH Saskatoon 14 Oct 2018

ZIMMERMAN, ODILE: November 21, 1924 - September 21, 2018. Odile (nee Creurer) passed away peacefully at Villa Pascal, North Battleford.

Odile was born on November 21, 1924 on the family farm near St. Brieux, SK. After graduation from high school Odile moved to Saskatoon.

She graduated with a Teacher’s Certificate from Normal School (Teacher’s College).

Odile taught for three years before marrying Herman Zimmerman. Odile and Herman were married on August 5, 1946. They lived in the town of St. Gregor, on the Zimmerman farm, and Tisdale before settling in North Battleford in 1961 with 12 children. Odile thought she was a queen, it was the first time she had indoor plumbing. Three more children were born in North Battleford. Herman passed away in 1981. Odile remained in their home until 1988. She moved to an apartment at Manoir Marchildon. Odile moved to Villa Pascal nursing home in 2001.

She remained at the Villa until her passing. Odile was predeceased by her parents, her siblings, her husband, her sons Dennis in 2018 and Larry in 2014, her daughter Linda in 1993 and her daughter-in-law Dianna in 2017. Odile lived happily in North Battleford raising 15 children and enjoying time with 25 grandchildren, 20 great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren. Odile was a life-time member of the Notre Dame CWL. She enjoyed playing card games with family and friends, music, movies and reading. She was amazing at sewing, knitting and crochet, and taught those skills to her children. Odile is remembered by many nieces, nephews, and cousins. Odile leaves to cherish her memory: DENNIS + (Diana Wood), LARRY + (Dianna+): his family Shannon, Joshua and Jacob; Jason (Marcella), their daughters Sofia and Mila Odile; Tristan, LINDA + (Jon): their daughters Jennie, her children Jessica (Gage) & their daughter Xyla; Kayla; Taylor (Mack) & their children Wren and Oliver; Tara (George); Roxanne (Shane), their children Jude, Tobin, Delia and Isaac, JOYCE (Graydon). BOB (Donna). JOAN (Wayne): their sons Evan (Leda); Dylan (Nicole), ALLAN (Janice): their children Janelle; Levi, MAURICE. MARIE (Ray): their children Laura; Matthew; Thomas (Laura), BRIAN (Lorna): their daughters Sheena (Eric); Marissa, JAMES (Laura): their children Josh (Allie); Michelle, her children Deneige & Caleb;Adrien, ANN (Richard): their sons Michael (Deneen), their children Steen & Ellara; Denny, ROGER: his sons Ashten; Aaron, RENEE (Andrew): their children Adam (Kristi), their children Marin & Nolan; Megan, her sons Grayson & Owen; Jody (Chad), their son Jackson and DAN. Odile was last surviving member of a generation of the Marie & Denis Creurer and Mary and Adolf Zimmerman families. The following is an exerpt from her brother Adrian’s diary: I discovered what my little sister Odile inherited from Mother and Dad. From Dad, that admirable quite strength that enabled her to bear the burdens of adversity with dignity.

From Mother, that incredible faith in God and her complete dedication to her purpose in life, which is serving God - unshakeable belief in Jesus Christ. Fulfilling her role as wife and mother with love and perserverance and guidance for each of her 15 children. Jesus said, “give it and it shall be given back abundantly.”

She is no doubt reaping her rewards from the love she is receiving from her family. Thank you to the Staff of Villa Pascal, the Notre Dame CWL, and to all of you for your kind words, prayers and support. From Odile’s Family. __________________________________________________

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Mrs. Jacquelyne Byers of North Battleford, SK passed away with her sisters at her side Thursday, October 18, 2018 at the Battlefords Union Hospital at the age of 63 years. Jackie was born Feb. 25, 1955 and died peacefully on Oct. 18, 2018 after a 17 month hard fought battle with small cell lung cancer. Jackie is lovingly remembered by her husband Michael Barrett of Finley, CA and two sisters Norma Byers of North Battleford, SK and Dianne (Craig) MartinZawada of Saskatoon, SK; her niece Hollis (Blair) Martin- Anton of Vancouver, BC. Jackie will also be remembered by her many dear friends in California and her aunt and cousins in Canada. She is predeceased by her parents Florence & Jack Byers. Jackie graduated from Walter Murray Collegiate in Saskatoon, SK. She obtained her diploma in Greenhouse Horticulture Technology from Malespina College in Namaimo, BC and a B.Sc in Geography from the UVIC, BC. Jackie then pursued a Master’s Degree, but discontinued after moving to California to dedicate her life to her first love - Farming. Jackie and her husband operated an organic poultry & egg farm and a processing plant under the brand name “Clucky Plucky Chicken”. She loved selling her products at Farmers Markets throughout Northern California while wearing her hilarious chicken hat to the amusement of her customers. Her favorite venue was the Palo Alto Market where she met famous chefs Guy Fieri and Emeril Lagasse. Prior to her farming venture, Jackie worked in a variety of jobs including a medical research technician at the U of S. Her last job was at Mendocino Farm Supply which she thoroughly enjoyed. Jackie had many passionate interests; she loved the outdoors and nature and as a young woman took many canoe trips in Northern SK. She loved fishing all her life. She enjoyed curling and other sports. She had a great love for music and enjoyed playing the harmonica and guitar. Jackie also enjoyed travel- African Safari in Kenya & Tanzania, Australia and New Zealand and in her last months an Alaskan Cruise with her sisters and niece. Her final adventure with these ladies was a late September trip to her favorite childhood haunt- Waskesui- before entering into Palliative Care in Battlefords Union Hospital. Jackie made friends easily and had many close friendships wherever she lived. Everyone loved Jackie! She cared about telling jokes, lots of laughter, having fun…and family. Jackie, was so proud of her niece, Hollis’s work accomplishments in the cosmetic industry, and of the caring compassionate young woman Hollis grew to become…Hollis adored her auntie. Jackie was diagnosed stage 4 in May of 2017. It was her wish to return to her birthplace, Saskatchewan.

She mentioned the geographical term “Topophilia” - the emotional bond between a person and a place, and she spent the final year of her life in her beloved Saskatchewan. A Thank you to the Strides Program at Alex Dillabough Centre in Battleford; Jackie so looked forward to participating in the program until she was physically unable to continue. Thank you for the compassionate and dedicated care from Dr. Erin Hamilton, as well as the Battlefords Union Hospital Palliative Care Unit, Dr. Turrill in Lakeport, CA and Dr. Gobeil and other medical staff at Sutter Pacific Heights Campus Hospital in San Franscisco, CA. Special thanks to Alisa Carlson, Gary, Lois and David- dear friends of Jackie who lovingly helped Jackie while receiving treatments in California, and to Linda Morrison who so kindly took Jackie in and cared for her until Jackie was strong enough to travel back to Canada. We will forever be in your debt. Memorial donations in memory of Jackie may be directed to the BUH FoundationPalliative Care Unit PO Box 1358 North Battleford, SK S9A 3L8 or to The Lung Association, Saskatchewan 1231 8th Street East Saskatoon, SK S7H 0S5 Jackie has chosen cremation and as per Jackie’s request, no formal service will be held. A Private Celebration of Life gathering will be held at a later date in Saskatoon, SK and Finley, CA. For those wishing to leave a condolence, you may do so at www.eternalmemoriesfuneral.ca Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Trevor Watts of Eternal Memories Funeral Service & Crematorium.

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OBITUARIES FREEMAN: Therese Marie Charlotte Nolin was born the eldest daughter of William and Jeanne Nolin, in North Battleford, SK on May 20, 1939.

She grew up with her sisters, Gertrude and Armande, and brothers Lionel, Don, Raymond and Bernard on the family farm on the shores of Jackfish Lake near what is now Poplar Cove. She attended the local school, St Michael’s, until her parents moved the family into North Battleford where she completed her high school. After graduation, she moved to Saskatoon to work as a nurses’ aide.

She met her future husband, Albert Freeman, and they were married on November 25, 1961. They had 2 children, Beverly and Lloyd, and eventually a son-in-law, Tim, 4 grandchildren (Kirk, Clark, Scott and Adam), and a daughter-in-law, Riona.

The family moved to Yorkton where Terry was a stay-at-home mom until the children reached their teens. Her love of fashion and crafts and her great sense of style served her well as she entered the retail industry but also brought some conflict as teenaged Bev was always stealing her clothes! She was a gifted seamstress who could sew dance costumes or graduation and wedding dresses as easily as a duck blind or boat cover. Terry and Al were the hosts of many family gatherings where her famous tortierre was always in great demand. When they moved back to Poplar Cove after Al’s retirement, their home was the hub for many of the extended family. She loved spending time in her garden and decorating the yard and deck. She could watch sports (and the weather channel) all day long, especially baseball, curling, CFL football and her Montreal Canadiens. She loved fishing – often betting her grandsons who would catch the first and/or largest fish. Theresa and her sister Trudy toured Europe where they had many adventures. She loved Paris especially; it was one of her fondest memories. She had an adventurer’s spirit, excited to experience new and different lands and cultures. After she was widowed, Terry fell in love again when she got her beloved dog, Sparky. He was her constant companion and they shared a deep bond – looking after each other as only best friends can. Although Theresa’s health was failing recently, she never let on how tired or sick she felt. Her mind was always as sharp as ever. She loved her daily calls with Bev and enjoyed visits with friends and family. Theresa passed away peacefully on October 16, 2018 at Royal University Hospital. She will always be remembered for her caring, generous spirit and love of family. Theresa’s faith was an important element throughout her life. Vigil Of Prayer was held on Friday, October 19, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. from ‘The Garden Chapel’ – Battlefords Funeral Service with Presider Fr. Phinh Do. Mass Of Christian Burial was held on Saturday, October 21, 2018 at 3:00 p.m. From St. Leon Roman Catholic Church, Jackfish, Saskatchewan with Celebrant Fr. Phinh Do. Cross Bearer was Patrick Nolin. Eulogy was given by Bernie Nolin. Liturgy Of The Word: 1st Reading: - Giselle Cooke; Psalm: Sung by the Choir; 2nd Reading: Brenda Campbell; Gospel - Fr. Phinh Do. Prayers Of The Faithful: Michael Nolin. Liturgy Of The Eucharist: Offertory Gift Bearers: Shawn Nolin and Sean Secker. Music Ministry: Mary Ann Corbeil – Director / Organist; Camerilla Choir. Urn Bearers were Lloyd and Beverly. Honourary Pallbearers were Grandsons: Kirk Byczynski, Clark Byczynski, Scott Byczynski & Adam Byczynski and Friends: Colleen Gray & Bev Jefferies. Active Pallbearers were Michele Nolin-Grasby, Tim Nolin, Breck Fleming, Gary Nolin, Shannon Stone & Rejeanne Delain. Rite Of Committal was held at St. Leon Parish Cemetery, Jackfish, Saskatchewan. Memorial Donations are requested to St. Leon Parish, Jackfish Lake, SK, Heart and Stroke Foundation or to the Canadian Cancer Society. Arrangements were entrusted to Battlefords Funeral Service. __________________________________________________

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Elmer F. Peters The family of Elmer Peters are sad to announce his passing on October 6th, 2018 at BDCC at the age of 83. He leaves to mourn, his wife Peggy Gibney, son Don (Jeannie), granddaughter Alyx (Steve) Brown of Boulder Colorado, grandson Joe of Saskatoon, mother Kay of North Battleford, sister Freida Dewan of Battleford, brother Erwin (Alma Jean) of Kelowna, brothers-in-law Mel (Louise) Gibney, Jim Gibney and Stuart (Carol) Gibney, sister-in-law Sharleen Bjerke and many nieces and nephews. Elmer was predeceased by his dad Fred, in-laws Red & Daisy Gibney, sister-in-law Audrey Gibney and brothers-in-law Melvin Bjerke and Bill Dewan. Memorial donations may be made to BUH Palliative Care Unit, Box 1358, North Battleford, SK S9A 3LB or a charity of your choice. Condolences may be made to the family at www.SallowsandMcDonald.com. 306-445-2418

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Sandra & Greg & Families Ellis Carl Knutson 1929 - 2018 Ellis leaves behind to forever cherish his loving memory, his family Bev and Myles Marchand, Aaron (Aria, Aurora), Alison and Tyler Corbett (Willow), Wayne and Sal Knutson, Ryan, Brent and Terri Knutson (Cadence, Austin, Brooklyn), Danielle and Ashley Sasbrink-Harkema (Korben, Nolan, and Harper), Barry and Chris Knutson, Colin Knutson (Ashlee, husband Ty, and Teague), Matt and Tracie Knutson (Peyton, Avery, and Brynn). He is predeceased by his loving wife Lorraine, parents Carl and Ella Knutson, brother Don (Gert) Knutson, sisters Eileen (King) Mathiason, and Clarice (Don) Jahr. Ellis was a retired school teacher, he taught in various locations in rural Saskatchewan for almost forty years. His profession enriched the lives of many students. Ellis and Lorraine moved to Chitek Lake after retirement, then to North Battleford, and eventually to Saskatoon. Chitek Lake became a summer home for Ellis and Lorraine. Ellis was an avid gardener and fisherman. He enjoyed being with his family and visiting with friends. The family wishes to thank the staff at St. Paul’s Palliative Care ward for the compassionate care Ellis received during his time there. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the St. Paul’s Hospital Palliative Care Unit. 1702 – 20th Street West, Saskatoon, SK, S7M 0Z9.

The Funeral Service will be held on Saturday, October 20, 2018 at 1:00 pm at the Acadia-McKague’s Funeral Centre (915 Acadia Drive, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan). Private interment to be held at a later date.

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Cancer Survivor Support Group. A self-help group for people with cancer, their families and friends. Meetings the second Monday of each month at 7:00 pm at Third Avenue United Church 1301-102nd Street, North Battleford. All are welcome. The strength of one is the strength of all. For further information call Myrna: 306-445-2328 or Ken 306481-4137.

Tuesdays & Thursdays

North Battleford Table Tennis Club at the Living Faith Chapel gym, 1371- 103rd Street at 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Ages 14+, all skill levels. (use parking lot doors off 102nd). Accompanied youth 8-13 years welcome on Tuesdays 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. Email tabletennisnb@gmail. com for more information or visit us on facebook.

Friday, October 26

Topline Social Dance Club with Leon Ochs at the Sloan Auditorium in Royal Canadian Legion, 1352 - 100th Street, North Battleford from 8:00 - 12:00 p.m. Minimum age is 19. Lunch served.

Phone Sharon at 306-446-0446, Leela 306-445-7240 or Jean 306445-8815. “When the going gets tough...the tough go dancing”.

Saturday, October 27

Understanding Mental Health - Opening Our Minds at the Third Avenue United Church, 1301 - 102 Street from 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Join us for a one-day presentation with keynote speaker: Marlene Mirasty R.N. To register call 306-445-8171 - registration deadline Friday, October 19. Lunch served.

Sunday, October 28

Notre Dame Parish Fall Supper at the Light of Christ Learning Centre, 1202 - 105th Street North Battleford from 4:30 - 7:00 p.m.

To place orders for delivery to senior homes and shut-ins, please call Betty at 306-445-3108 or Phyllis at 306-445-8909 by 6:00 p.m.

Saturday, October 27.

Thursday, November 1

Get excited, our next event is set! BSSC Salsa Night. Upstairs at the Legion, North Battleford. Only $2 each. Bring your friends and remember, the bar is cash-only. Grab a drink and join us on the dance floor for a salsa lesson, some refreshers and fun social dancing. Our last event was a hit! Beginners, experienced, young, ‘young at heart’ and all genders welcome. We’ve got a good time in store for you. Leo Liendo will be joining us once again with his excitement for dance and his sweet salsa flavour. Follow us on Facebook for upcoming events at Battlefords’ Salsa Social Club.

Questions? Contact Megan Hewison at (306) 481-4538.

Saturday, November 3

60’s Style Hootananny for Hooters at the Alex Dillabough Centre - Battleford. Let us take you back to the 60’s with great music & fun! Tickets are $40 per person, seating will be tables of 8. No one under 19 years of age admitted. For tickets please call Jody at 306-441-9359. There will be safe rides home for you and your vehicle provided by St. Joseph Knight’s of Columbus #7336 and Scott Campbell for Silver Collection.

Sunday, November 4

Maidstone Christmas Craft Show at the Maidstone Legion Hall from 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Monday, November 5

The North Battleford Library is hosting Richard Van Camp, who will be reading from his short storey collection.

Tuesday, November 6

Join us for a fun evening of trivia at the North Battleford Library.

Teams of 2-4 must pre-register by calling 306-445-3206.

Thursday, November 8

The North Battleford Library is hosting Gail Krawetz as she discusses her book, Risk & Reward: The Birth & Meteoric Rise of the Saskatchewan Party.

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Application for Re: Liquor Permit

(Under the provisions of The Alcohol and Gaming Regulations Act, 1997)

(Under the provisions of The Alcohol and Gaming Regulations Act, 1997)

Notice is hereby given that Discovery Co-operative Ltd. has applied to the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority (SLGA) for a Restaurant permit to sell alcohol in the premises known as Discovery Co-op at Unit 401 9800 Territorial Drive North Battleford, SK.

Notice is hereby given that Brianne Campbell has applied to the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority (SLGA) for a Restaurant with a tavern endorcement and retail store permit to sell alcohol in the premises known as Roadside Inn Tavern and Salon at 301 Railway Ave. Borden, SK.

Written objections to the granting of the permit may be filed with SLGA not more than two weeks from the date of publication of this notice.

Every person filing a written objection with SLGA shall state their name, address and telephone number in printed form, as well as the grounds for the objection(s).

Petitions must name a contact person, state grounds and be legible. Each signatory to the petition and the contact person must provide an address and telephone number.

Frivolous, vexatious, or competition-based objections within the beverage alcohol industry may not be considered and may be rejected by the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Licensing Commission, who may refuse to hold a hearing.

Write to: Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority P.O. Box 5054 Regina, Saskatchewan S4P 3M3

RESORT VILLAGE OF COCHIN Public Notice – Official Community Plan and Zoning Bylaw Amendment Notification Public Notice is hereby given that the Council of the Resort Village of Cochin intends to adopt two bylaws under the Planning and Development Act, 2007 (PDA).

A bylaw to amend Bylaw No. 8-89 known as the Official Community Plan (OCP), and a bylaw to amend Bylaw No. 9-89 known as the Zoning Bylaw.

INTENT: The proposed OCP amendment is to re-designate the affected lands from Residential to Commercial policy area.

The proposed ZB amendment is to re-zone the affected lands from R1 - Residential District to C - Commercial District.

AFFECTED LAND: The affected lands of this amendment are all of Parcel J, Registered Plan No. 102274961, being surface Parcel No. 203426423, shown within the bold line in the attached map, and lying within the jurisdiction of the Resort Village of Cochin. The land is bounded by Antoine Ave., Joseph Cres., Leon St., and Terry Cres.

REASON: The Resort Village is considering a proposal for a commercial seasonal campground on the subject land. Land use re-designation and re-zoning is required to accommodate the use.

PUBLIC INSPECTION: Any person may inspect the bylaw and map at the Resort Village Office between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday. Copies will be available to the public at a cost or by emailing cochinadmin@sasktel.net and asking for a copy.

PUBLIC HEARING: Council will hold a public hearing at 6:00 PM on November 13, 2018, to hear any person or group that wants to comment on the proposed bylaws. Council will also consider written comments received at the hearing or delivered to the undersigned at the Resort Village office by hardcopy or email before the hearing. The Resort Village office is located at 1006 Highway 4 North, Cochin, SK S0M 0L0.

Issued by the Resort Village of Cochin this 17 day of October 2018.

Amber Loeppky Municipal Administrator

Written objections to the granting of the permit may be filed with SLGA not more than two weeks from the date of publication of this notice.

Every person filing a written objection with SLGA shall state their name, address and telephone number in printed form, as well as the grounds for the objection(s).

Petitions must name a contact person, state grounds and be legible. Each signatory to the petition and the contact person must provide an address and telephone number.

Frivolous, vexatious, or competition-based objections within the beverage alcohol industry may not be considered and may be rejected by the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Licensing Commission, who may refuse to hold a hearing.

Write to: Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority P.O. Box 5054 Regina, Saskatchewan S4P 3M3

Date at North Battleford, Saskatchewan, this 23 day of October 2018.

RESORT VILLAGE OF COCHIN Public Notice

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NOTICES / NOMINATIONS

TAX ENFORCEMENT LIST R.M of Meeting Lake No. 466 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 the 27th day of December, 2018, 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 TOTAL ADVER- TOTAL Part of Lot Lot. BLK/ Plan TISING ARREARS Title No. ARREARS COSTS & COSTS Part of Sec. Sec. TWP Range Meridian NW 16 46 09 3 121516893 232.54 6.10 238.64 SW 16 46 09 3 121516859 232.53 6.10 238.64 SW 21 46 09 3 121516488 462.70 6.10 468.80 NE 13 47 11 3 119982628 394.75 12.20 406.95 119982639 PT NW 13 47 11 3 119982651 115.78 12.20 127.98 119982640 SE 24 47 11 3 117846298 599.68 6.10 605.78 SE 26 47 11 3 117846388 373.91 6.10 380.01 SW 32 47 11 3 149820363 40.51 6.10 46.61 NW 18 47 12 3 142199365 800.09 12.20 812.29 142199309 PT SW 19 48 09 3 145458063 237.70 6.10 243.80 SE 19 48 11 3 144664500 1056.79 6.10 1062.89 SE 27 48 11 3 120860029 231.67 6.10 237.77 PT SW 27 48 11 3 120860041 332.04 6.10 338.14 NE 34 48 11 3 142199264 685.66 6.10 691.76 NW 34 48 11 3 142199297 531.59 6.10 537.69 NE 29 48 12 3 109960319 970.14 6.10 976.24 33 9 101878476 3 136162762 1616.20 6.10 1622.30 18 9 101878476 3 139657832 3586.93 6.10 3593.03 10 4 78B14134 3 143740818 117.58 6.10 123.68 Dated this 25th day of October, 2018.

Janelle Lavallee Treasurer

–Zoning Bylaw Amendment Notification

Public Notice is hereby given that the Council of the Resort Village of Cochin intends to adopt a bylaw under the Planning and Development Act, 2007, a bylaw to amend Bylaw No. 9-89 known as the Zoning Bylaw (ZB).

INTENT: The intent of the ZB amendment is to amend or introduce new content as follows: • Definitions: act; all-weather road; applicant; accessory building; flood proofing; floor area; frontage; loft private garage; hazard lands; modular (manufactured) home; move-in residential building; non-conforming site; park model trailer; permanent foundation; personal service shop; RTM (Ready to Move) Home; shipping container; shore land; site; commercial storage compound; industrial storage compound; and seasonal tourist campground.

• Real Property Surveyor Report requirements • Introduce discretionary use evaluation criteria • Updates to legislative references • Regulating the placement of decks • Flexible locating of municipal facilities and public utilities.

• Regulation for shore land development • Hazard land provisions • Site, yard, frontage, and coverage regulations are to be replaced for better organization; regulations are largely unchanged.

• C - Commercial District: commercial and industrial storage compounds are to be added as discretionary uses with regulations and evaluation criteria.

• UR – Urban Reserve District: Single detached dwellings are added as a use.

• All previous text amendments to the ZB are to be repealed; former content is being re-introduced for better organization and clarity. A separate amendment will address zoning of land within the Resort Village.

AFFECTED LAND: The affected land is legally described as all lands located within the jurisdiction of the Resort Village of Cochin.

REASON: The reason for the ZB amendment is for housekeeping and clarification of content for: alignment with provincial legislation; reflect current provincial land use planning framework; and consistent implementation. New content is also being added to accommodate new forms of development reflective of current market demands, and for compliance with provincial legislation.

PUBLIC INSPECTION: Any person may inspect the bylaw and map at the Resort Village Office between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday. Copies will be available to the public at a cost or by emailing cochinadmin@sasktel.net and asking for a copy.

PUBLIC HEARING: Council will hold a public hearing at 6:00 PM on November 13, 2018, to hear any person or group that wants to comment on the proposed bylaws.

Council will also consider written comments received at the hearing or delivered to the undersigned at the Resort Village office by hardcopy or email before the hearing. The Resort Village office is located at 1006 Highway 4 North, Cochin, SK S0M 0L0.

Issued by the Resort Village of Cochin this 15 day of October 2018.

Amber Loeppky Municipal Administrator

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PUBLIC NOTICE RM of Mervin No. 499 Public Notice – Official Community Plan and Zoning Bylaw Amendment Public Notice is hereby given that the Council of the Rural Municipality (RM) of Mervin No. 499 intends to adopt two (2) bylaws under the Planning and Development Act, 2007, to amend Bylaw No. 94-3, known as the Official Community Plan (OCP) and Bylaw No. 94-4, known as the Zoning Bylaw (ZB).

INTENT: The proposed OCP amendment is to streamline subdivision evaluation criteria within the Lakeshore Development and Recreational Vehicle policy areas and alter current wording of stakeholder consultation in alignment with new provincial legislation. The proposed ZB amendment will simplify requirements for survey reports in certain districts, update Development Appeal Board fees, limit the number of accessory buildings under 100 sf in the Lakeshore Development Districts, introduce regulations about cannabis, allow office development in the commercial district and introduce some new definitions.

AFFECTED LAND: The affected lands of these amendments are all lands lying within the jurisdiction of the RM of Mervin No. 499.

REASON: The reason for the OCP amendment is to provide the following: a. Align Hamlet Board consultation procedures with new provincial legislation policies. b. Streamline the evaluation criteria for subdivision proposals between the Lakeshore Development and Recreational Policy Areas.

The reason for the ZB amendment is to provide the following: 1. No longer require Real Property Surveyor Reports in the Conservation, Agriculture, Commercial and Lakeshore Development 3 Districts where certain criteria are met.

2. Update Development Appeal Board fees to match provincial legislation.

3. Introduce cannabis regulations as discretionary uses into the Agriculture and Commercial Districts.

4. In the Lakeshore Development Districts, limit to 3 the number of accessory buildings under 100 sf.

5. Allow office buildings to be a permitted use in the Commercial District.

6. Include the definitions: cannabis production facilities, cannabis retail store.

PUBLIC INSPECTION: Any person may inspect the bylaw at the RM of Mervin No. 499 office between 9:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. excluding statutory holidays. Copies are available at cost.

PUBLIC HEARING: Council will hold a public hearing on November 6, 2018 at 1:30 PM in the RM office located in the Town of Turtleford to hear any person or group that wants to comment on the proposed amendments. Council will also consider written comments received by the undersigned by November 2, 2018. For additional information, please contact (306) 8457333 or planner.rm499@rmofmervin.com.

Issued at the Town of Turtleford this 15 day of October 2018.

S. Yvonne Prusak, BASc, MA, MCIP, RPP Municipal Planner RM of Mervin No. 499

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NOTICE The Tax Enforcement Act DENNIS GEORGE WELLS

TAKE NOTICE that the Rural Municipality of Parkdale No. 498 intends to be registered as owner under the above Act of the land described as Lot 5 Blk/Par 1 Plan No AF4578 Ext 0, Title No. 148766013.

The municipality claims title to the land by virtue of an interest based on the tax lien registered against the existing title to the land in the Land Titles Registry as Interest Number 181127493 and you are required to TAKE NOTICE that unless you contest the claim of the municipality or redeem the land pursuant to the provisions of the above Act within six months from the service of this notice on you and, subject to the further provisions of The Tax Enforcement Act, a certificate of title will be issued to the applicant and you will thereafter be forever estopped and debarred from setting up any claim to, or in respect of, the land.

The amount required to redeem the land may be ascertained on application to the Clerk, Treasurer or Administrator of the municipality. For any questions about the tax enforcement process please contact Taxervice at 1-877-734-3113.

Dated this 18th day of October, 2018.

Jennifer Ernst, Treasurer Rural Municipality of Parkdale No. 498

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R.M. of Eldon No. 471 PROVINCE OF SASKATCHEWAN Notice is hereby given under The Tax Enforcement Act that unless the arrears and costs appearing opposite the land described in the following list are fully paid before the 4th day of January, 2019, a tax lien will be registered against the land.

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NOTICES / NOMINATIONS FORM 2 (Section 4)

TAX ENFORCEMENT LIST TOWN OF HAFFORD

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 the 31st day of January, 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 TITLE NO. BLK LOT PLAN LOT

PT

18 3 11 12 22-23 25 17-18 13 15 15

11 11 C 16S 01 23 16S 14 15 11

1011633701 AP160 BM6153 BX2922 N2670 BX5553 BX2922 AX252 101633958 Ext 6 101633655 Ext 15

147382140 147382195 119516025 142830244 148599433 148673784 148558393 141968908 133983210 137216404

TOTAL ADVER- TOTAL ARREARS ARREARS TISING & COSTS COSTS 1,064.37 15.50 1,079.87 529.54 15.50 545.04 855.36 15.50 870.86 738.56 15.50 754.06 1,595.46 15.50 1,610.96 1,095.12 15.50 1,110.62 1,241.64 15.50 1,257.15 772.56 15.50 788.06 1,277.49 15.50 1,292.99 1,353.60 15.50 1,369.10

Dated this 23rd day of October, 2018.

John Sawyshyn Administrator

Application for Re: Liquor Permit

(Under the provisions of The Alcohol and Gaming Regulations Act, 1997) Notice is hereby given that Beauty Spot Lash Bar & Spa has applied to the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority (SLGA) for a Special Use - General Salon/Spa permit to sell alcohol in the premises known as Beauty Spot Lash Bar & Spa at 151-22nd St. Battleford, SK S0M 0E0.

Written objections to the granting of the permit may be filed with SLGA not more than two weeks from the date of publication of this notice.

Every person filing a written objection with SLGA shall state their name, address and telephone number in printed form, as well as the grounds for the objection(s).

Petitions must name a contact person, state grounds and be legible. Each signatory to the petition and the contact person must provide an address and telephone number.

Frivolous, vexatious, or competition-based objections within the beverage alcohol industry may not be considered and may be rejected by the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Licensing Commission, who may refuse to hold a hearing.

Write to: Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority P.O. Box 5054 Regina, Saskatchewan S4P 3M3

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TAX ENFORCEMENT

TAX ENFORCEMENT LIST Rural Municipality of Paynton No. 470 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 the 24th day of December, 2018, 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 NE 16-47-21-3 EXT 38 NE 20-47-21-3 EXT 0 SE 21-47-21-3 EXT 0 SW 21-47-21-3 EXT 0 BLK/PAR A-PLAN 101700414 EXT 4 BLK/PAR A-PLAN 101370686 EXT 3 NE 17-47-22-3 EXT 3 NW 17-47-22-3 EXT 4 SE 19-47-22-3 EXT 6 SW 20-47-22-3 EXT 3 SW 20-47-22-3 EXT 1 SE 29-47-22-3 EXT 6 SW 29-47-22-3 EXT 0 BLK/PAR A-PLAN 101591210 EXT 48

TOTAL ADVER- TOTAL MERIDIAN ARREARS TISING ARREARS COSTS & COSTS Parcel B, SW 33 47 23 3 167.84 13.26 181.10 Pt SW 16 47 24 3 1,044.42 13.26 1057.68 NE 6 48 23 3 1,021.78 13.26 1035.04 Parcel F, SE 5 48 23 3 1,909.97 13.26 1923.23 NW 24 49 23 3 563.74 13.26 577.00 NE 28 49 23 3 815.00 13.26 828.26 SE 28 49 23 3 667.87 13.26 681.13 NE 36 49 23 3 831.33 13.26 844.59 NE 4 50 23 3 654.17 13.26 667.43 SE 4 50 23 3 795.81 13.26 809.07 Parcel A, SE 17 50 23 3 582.24 13.26 595.50 NW 28 50 23 3 556.26 13.26 569.52 NW 30 50 23 3 683.26 13.26 696.52 SE 31 50 23 3 641.62 13.26 654.88 NW 33 50 23 3 813.79 13.26 827.05 NE 25 50 24 3 645.64 13.26 658.90 NW 25 50 24 3 410.19 13.26 423.45 SE 25 50 24 3 413.98 13.26 427.24 SW 25 50 24 3 441.91 13.26 455.17 NE 26 50 24 3 319.70 13.26 332.96 S 1/2 NW 26 50 24 3 218.06 13.26 231.32 SW 26 50 24 3 413.25 13.26 426.51 NE 27 50 24 3 215.52 13.26 228.78 NW 27 50 24 3 490.07 13.26 503.33 SE 27 50 24 3 380.15 13.26 393.41 SW 27 50 24 3 196.55 13.26 209.81 NE 33 50 24 3 418.03 13.26 431.29 NW 33 50 24 3 401.51 13.26 414.77 SE 33 50 24 3 582.19 13.26 595.45 SW 33 50 24 3 501.35 13.26 514.61 NE 35 50 24 3 139.93 13.26 153.19 NE 36 50 24 3 513.26 13.26 526.52 NW 36 50 24 3 479.85 13.26 493.11 SE 36 50 24 3 782.53 13.26 795.79 SW 36 50 24 3 133.19 13.26 146.45 NE 5 51 23 3 607.26 13.26 620.52 NE 5 51 23 3 1,533.36 13.26 1,546.62 SW 6 51 23 3 779.80 13.26 793.06 NE 7 51 23 3 8.65 13.26 21.91 SE 7 51 23 3 113.87 13.26 127.13 SW 7 51 23 3 43.00 13.26 56.26 NE 8 51 23 3 60.83 13.26 74.09 NW 8 51 23 3 89.94 13.26 103.20 SE 8 51 23 3 484.59 13.26 497.85 SW 8 51 23 3 308.00 13.26 321.26 NE 10 51 23 3 195.41 13.26 208.67 Pt NE 10 51 23 3 639.58 13.26 652.84 NW 10 51 23 3 225.31 13.26 238.57 NE 1 51 24 3 54.19 13.26 67.45 Pt NW 1 51 24 3 5.33 13.26 18.59 SE 1 51 24 3 160.81 13.26 174.07 SW 1 51 24 3 236.24 13.26 249.50 Pt SE 12 51 24 3 0.52 13.26 13.78 Pt SW 23 3 1,675.94 13.26 1,689.20 22 48 NE 12 48 24 3 1,623.43 13.26 1,636.69 SE 12 48 24 3 1,549.00 13.26 1562.26 Dated this 25th day of October, 2018.

Ken E. Reiter Administrator DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY SEC TWP RANGE

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TOTAL ARREARS*

COSTS TOTAL ARREARS AND COSTS

119446207 119446566 119446229 119446645 147186344 149815996 112461588 112461599 129924872 129924849 112574415 117266610 117266632 143281414

855.24 931.79 909.70 1,066.01 1,885.30 509.35 376.77 1,660.26 335.71 421.50

10.32 10.32 10.32 10.32 10.32 10.32 10.32 10.32 10.32 10.32

865.56 942.11 920.02 1,076.33 1,895.62 519.67 387.09 1,670.58 346.03 431.82

459.86 1,923.12 516.87

10.32 10.32 10.32

470.18 1,933.44 527.19

*On January 1, 2019 the 2018 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 15th day of October, 2018 Michelle Buechler, Administrator

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.

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NOTICE OF BY-ELECTION PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that nomination of candidates for the office(s) of: Councillor: Division 5 Rural Municipality of Glenside No. 377 will be received by the undersigned on the 14th day of November, 2018 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm at the Rural Municipality of Glenside No. 377 Office located at 113 6th Avenue East, Biggar, Saskatchewan and during regular business hours on Friday October 26, 2018 to Tuesday November 13th, 2018 at the Rural Municipality of Glenside No. 377 Office located at 113 6th Avenue East, Biggar, Saskatchewan Nomination forms may be obtained at the following location: RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF GLENSIDE NO. 377 MUNICIPAL OFFICE 113 6TH AVENUE EAST, BIGGAR, SASKATCHEWAN Dated this 25th day of October, 2018.

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Leko’s Conservation Corner

Asking permission is a good rule for hunters

By Lindsey Leko

Ministry of Environment

I saw one of my high school teachers in Regina a while back who told me that he reads my columns with great interest. He is still not sure how I ever became a law enforcement officer with vast responsibilities from what he

remembered about me in school, but I told him that we all grow up someday.

He seemed to accept it.

Thanks for the kind words Mr. K. With hunting season underway, I have been getting lots of questions about various topics to discuss.

Some may be a bit of a reminder, but some new

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topics are generating some interest.

One of the first comments I received this year was from a gentleman who had just purchased his hunting licence. With the purchase of his licence, we provided him with a copy of the Hunters’ and Trappers’ Guide. He commented that it was smaller than past years and he is correct, as some of the content has been moved to saskatchewan.ca/hunting.

Online users can simply print specific sections of the guide (or the entire guide) at home, download it to their mobile device, or link to it through some mobile hunting applications.

Over the last few weeks, I have heard some discussion on various social media venues about land access. The one thing that keeps coming up is when a wounded big game animal runs from land that you have access to onto land that you do not have permission to be on because it is posted.

What you should do in a situation like that is make contact with the owner of the posted land. Explain the situation and ask for permission to enter onto the land to retrieve your harvest.

If the landowner says no, which that person is entitled to do, contact your local conservation officer, who will retrieve the

Hunting season is underway. The Ministry of Environment’s Hunters’ and Trappers’ Guide can be accessed online. Photo by Vicky Clayton animal for you. Don’t enter onto the land without permission or you could face charges.

Here are a few more questions from hunters and landowners.

Q: Can ravens be shot if they become a nuisance?

A few years back, changes were made to The Wildlife Regulations, which allowed landowners and trappers to legally shoot ravens found damaging property.

Q: Can I use an ATV to hunt upland birds?

All terrain vehicles, side by sides or snowmobiles may not be used to hunt wildlife in all southern zones in Saskatchewan

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Set up and supervise students in practical work experience.

Qualifications:

The candidate will have a Bachelor’s degree in Education with a major in Early Childhood Education or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience. Two years recent and relevant experience working in an Early Childhood Education setting as an Early Childhood Educator or Instructor. Effective interpersonal and communication skills (both written and oral). Candidates will have effective instructional ability.

Candidates should be knowledgeable in Metis culture and value diversity, including the ability to deliver course material to a diverse group.

Term: Location: Salary:

January 2,2019 - April 12, 2019 North Battleford, SK A competitive salary plus benefits package

Deadline for Applications: November 9, 2018

Please quote competition code when submitting resumés to: Ms. Robbie Walliser 917-22nd Street West Saskatoon, SK S7M 0R9 Telephone: (306) 657-2264 Fax: (306) 975-0903 Email: hr@gdins.org The Gabriel Dumont Institute has the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission to hire affirmatively.

Please indicate in your cover letter if you are of Metis ancestry.

Only those short listed will be contacted.

Mission Statement - The mission of the Gabriei Dumont Institute is to promote the renewal and development of Metis cuiture through research, materials development, the collection and distribution of those materials, and the design, development and delivery of Metis-specific educational programs and services.

during an open big game season. They can be used if there are no big game seasons open.

Q: Are there parcels of land that a hunter can hunt on that is not privately owned?

Yes, there are Fish and Wildlife Development Fund Lands, as well as Ducks Unlimited Lands and even some pastures that are open to the public.

Wildlife lands are clearly marked and you may only hunt on foot. A vehicle can be used to retrieve legally harvested animals by the most direct route, but make sure your firearm is encased.

Ducks Unlimited Land is also a good option and these parcels are clearly marked as hunt on foot only.

The last parcels of land are community pastures.

These are normally closed to hunters until November 1, so that they have time to remove the cattle. It is always best to talk with the pasture manager regarding access rules.

Q: Can I legally shoot a moose from a boat?

The short answer to this is yes. A boat is not considered a motor vehicle under the Wildlife Act, so one can legally carry a loaded firearm in a boat and shoot from it. Make sure that if you harvest your animal in the water you have the

means to retrieve it. Also, ensure you are not harassing or chasing that animal with a boat.

Q: Do you have any tips on tagging and or field dressing your big game?

Remember that when you are out hunting big game, you should take special care in preparing your harvest prior to taking it to a meat cutter. Make sure that your licence is available and the harvest is tagged properly, as the meat cutter has records that they must fill out.

If you de-boned meat, make sure that it remains cool. The main reason for meat spoilage is body heat.

Ensure you have good air circulation around the carcass and skin it, if possible, to aid in the cooling.

Take note in what you put your de-boned meat into. Normal garbage bags may not be the answer, as many of them are made with a disinfectant that kills bacteria and odour.

They are probably not something that you want your de-boned meat sitting in.

Until next time … stay safe out there — Ministry of Environment conservation officer Lindsey Leko has spent more than 26 years as a conservation officer in Saskatchewan. If you have questions, please contact lindsey.leko@gov.sk.ca.

Milleton Hall smorg enjoyed

By Margaret MacEachern Correspondent

Saturday Keith and Dawn Hartman of Lloydminster picked up mom Jean Hartman and all went out for dinner. Marrie Hartman joined them.

Linda Smith and three grandchildren were in to see Marlene Pike.

Colleen Koski and her sister Gloria Ford from Waseca were to Lloydminster to do some shopping.

A number of ladies enjoyed the Milleton Hall smorg on Sunday. There was a large crowd and a delicious meal.

Tuesday morning coffee at the Pine Island Suites was enjoyed playing bingo, readings and seeing the crafts the people have made.

The beautiful weather is seeing a lot of harvest being done and some have finished.

Driving around town we see a lot of Halloween ghosts and goblins ready for Oct. 31.

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Put your snow tires on before it snows “You fix your roof when it is not raining, and you put your snow tires on before the snow flies,” I told Ed last week. I’m getting my snow tires put on next week, so I’m ready for the winter that will undoubtedly come our wa.

I told Ed I became acutely aware of tires last week because two males, 14 and 15, went on a tire-slashing spree in the greater Vancouver area.

A quiet Monday evening turned destructive when more than 100 cars parked on the streets around the 7500 block of 12 Avenue in Burnaby had tires senselessly ruined.

The two slashers

have been arrested and charged with mischief.

That does not undo the inconvenience and expense to the car owners with destroyed tires.

Getting one’s tires slashed would be both unexpected and frustrating.

Things happen in our lives that we are not prepared for, such as being the victim of vandalism, crime, car accident (not our fault) and others.

In a spiritual sense, we are not prepared to be victimized by gossip and slander that stabs us in the back by the unnamed and unseen talkers.

Around election time, whether local, provincial or federal, it seems there

is more than enough of the slashing of an opponent’s record in office or character.

With conflicting information presented, it looks like no one cares about the whole truth, as if there is none. Do people believe only what they want to hear? Do, we live in a time when it is no longer a sin to tell

a lie?

Ed, my old neighbour, told me you cannot get all bent out shape about truth. He believes if you don’t put snow tires on your vehicle for the winter, only you will care.

If you get stuck enough times, you will put your snow tires on to end the experience of being stuck frequently. If you pass

along what you hear it might not be the whole truth, or in any way factual, but it won’t hurt you if it isn’t true.

Ed said if you make something up and tell it to others as the truth then you’re lying and it is wrong. Just to share what you heard about someone is merely harmless gossip. Ed is sure everyone slants the truth to suit themselves.

When does harmless gossip become harmful and slanderous? When we put snow tires on for the winter, it isn’t just about our car and our driving experience. Without snow tires, you may endanger other cars that share the road with you

in a snowstorm. What we do or say is never without some consequence to others. If we think of others as tires what we say about them has the power to slash and ruin their reputation.

Who would object to people speaking well of their good qualities and actions? If someone had a complaint against us, we would like to answer their complaint face to face between the two of us. We can betray, slander and needlessly hurt the reputations of our neighbours but it only means our reputation will get slashed also. What we say and do often comes back to bite us.

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 306-446-1695

PASTOR: Rev. Phinh Do

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

St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church

Battlefords Grace Community Church

1401 - 98th Street, North Battleford, SK

306-445-5901

Pastor: Bill Hall

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

SUNDAY 10:30 a.m.

WORSHIP SERVICES - 11 a.m. Sunday

Everyone Welcome

Everyone Welcome

Hope Mennonite Fellowship

Pastor Patrick Carty

1291 - 109th Street, North Battleford

Sunday School - 10:00 am Sunday Worship - 11:00 am

SUNDAY - 11:00 a.m. - Worship Service Pastor Gerhard Luitjens & Abel & Sonya Zabaleta (Spanish Ministry)

1231 - 104th Street North Battleford Phone 306-445-7777 www.emmanuelfellowship.ca

Church Phone 306-445-4181

Various weekly programs “A Community of believers seeking more of God’s presence”

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

DIVINE LITURGY Sundays at 10:00 a.m.

Wednesdays at 10:00 a.m.

Pastor: Rev. Allen Huckabay

1372 102 St 306-445-3009 nd

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

TerriTorial Drive alliance church

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.

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

306-937-3177 Rev. Gayle Wensley

SUNDAY SERVICES 11:00 a.m.

Third Avenue United Church Sunday Worship Service - 10:30 a.m.

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

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

ANGLICAN PARISH

Living Water Ministry

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

1371 - 103rd Street (Use East Door)

Battlefords Seventh-Day Adventist Church

SUNDAY SERVICES Rev. Trevor Malyon

St. George’s Anglican Church - 10:00 a.m.

191 - 24th Street West, Battleford, SK

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

1302 - 99th Street North Battleford, SK

St. Jean Baptiste de la Salle Roman Catholic Church DELMAS - Fr. Sebastian Kunnath SUNDAY MASS - 9:00 a.m.

Box 10, Delmas, SK

S0M 0P0

Phone 306-937-7340

Sunday Evening Service 7:00 p.m.

Bible Study Wednesday 7:30 p.m.

1702 - 106th Street, North Battleford

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

Pastor James Kwon

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

Phone 306-445-9096

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

Worship Service - 11:00 a.m.

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Before you know it, Christmas will be here!

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