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Environment ministers reflect on Boundary Dam CCS tour

By Sam Macdonald smacdonald@estevanmercury.ca

Two ministers from the federal and provincial level who have very different jobs, but very similar mandates, met at the Boundary Dam Power Station on May 25 to talk about what Saskatchewan has been doing to meet environmental goals.

Catherine McKenna, Canadian minister of the environment and climate change, toured Boundary Dam, and its $1.5-billion Unit 3 carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) project, with Herb Cox, the Saskatchewan minister of the environment.

McKenna showed a great deal of enthusiasm for the technology in place at Unit 3, condoning the work that has been put into getting CCS up to expectations.

This year, the carbon capture facility is approaching its 2016 goal of capturing 800,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide, which is the equivalent of taking 200,000 vehicles off the road for a year.

McKenna said that she came to Saskatchewan to find out what the province was doing on an environmental level.

“I want to understand how Saskatchewan is committed to tackling emissions and doing its part to address climate change,” said McKenna, during a brief media scrum after her tour of the facility.

“It’s great to see first hand, and closeup.

There are some amazing resources and amazing technology out here. It shows how dynamic this province is. We have some problem solvers here.”

McKenna said she was pleased to see the progress of the CCS technology at Boundary Dam, in light of the fact that coal is being used around the world,

Catherine McKenna, Canadian minister of the environment and climate change, and Herb Cox, Saskatchewan minister of the environment spoke to media in a brief discussion after their tour of Boundary Dam’s Unit 3 carbon capture and sequestration facility. adding, “We need to find ways to reduce emissions from that use of coal. When you have carbon capture and storage, that’s certainly an innovative made-inCanada solution, and a real opportunity for Canada to export.”

McKenna contended that there needs to be a variety of strategies to tackle the issue of climate change, and that the technology she was shown on the tour were part of that. She noted that she sees CCS technology as a separate piece of a bigger solution, from carbon pricing strategies.

“We had some discussions about (carbon pricing) here, and there are different approaches (for each province) that we’re going to need to take,” said McKenna.

“It’s certainly great to see it in person,

and it’s certainly part of what we need to do to reduce emissions.”

Cox said he believes that the CCS technology in place at Boundary Dam will serve not only as a Canadian, but a global solution, in the reduction of emissions. He added that the carbon capture has been recognized by international organizations such as the UN and International Energy Agency as a way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired generating stations.

“It was referenced in Paris in the UN secretary’s report; they highlighted what’s being done in Saskatchewan, here at Boundary Dam,” he said.

McKenna noted she had the opportunity to talk to people from the University

of Saskatchewan and a number of businesses in the province, on what measures are being done to reduce emissions in the agricultural sector, as well.

“When you look at what’s going on, there’s some amazing research in terms of tillage and carbon sequestration,” said McKenna, “ There’s a lot of work being done to build more climate-resilient crops and reducing emissions from animals, by looking at animal feed. It was exciting.”

In addition to her tour of Boundary Dam, McKenna also learned more about energy in Saskatchewan by meeting with the First Nations Power Authority (FNPA), a First Nations governed not-for-profit development company reducing development costs and risks for First Nations-led projects. She noted the FNPA is working on a number of emission-reducing projects, including one by which they reduce the amount of methane released from oil and gas flaring.

“We’ve been having discussions on how we can support Saskatchewan, very generally. The province has a goal of getting to 50 per cent renewables, and that’s great to see,” said McKenna.

McKenna suggested that there are many potential opportunities that exist with the CCS technology, including working with other provinces to help reduce their emissions and further investment in the technology.

She added, “We want to support the action Saskatchewan takes, because we’re all in this together. That’s how we’re going to do a much better job at protecting our planet, and create good, clean jobs and opportunities for the next generation.”

City’s net debt declined last year

By David Willberg dwillberg@estevanmercury.ca

The City of Estevan posted a surplus in its financial statements last year.

The city’s net debt decreased from $31.84 million in 2014 to $28.42 million in 2015, according to audited financial statements, compiled by MNP Chartered Accounts, that were released during Monday night’s meeting of Estevan city council.

The net debt is tabulat-

ed by calculating the city’s total financial assets, which currently stand at $9.94 million, and their liabilities, which are at $38.36 million.

“Our key is going to be reducing net debt,” said Jeff Ward, the city manager and acting city treasurer.

Their total cash was $1.93 million at the end of last year, which was up from $265,301 the previous year. The city also didn’t have an overdraft at the end of 2015, compared to a $1.96 million overdraft at

the end of the previous year.

“This is the first year in, I believe, the last five years, we’ve gone in with actual positive cash balances, and not any bank indebtedness,” said Ward.

If they do have an overdraft, then Ward believes, it needs to be for capital projects, and not for operations.

“We’re trying to be cash positive at all times,” said Ward.

The bulk of the liabilities are from long-term debt, which stood at $33.39

million at the end of last year. The figure was up from $32.45 million the previous year.

The city paid back more than $4 million in long-term debt, but they also took out a $5 million loan to pay for the resurfacing of the runways at the Estevan Airport and to purchase some vehicles through their fleet renewal program.

As for last year’s financial statements, the city received nearly $37.78 mil-

lion in revenues last year, with more than half ($19.07 million) coming from taxes and other unconditional revenue. And while tax revenues increased by more than $1 million from the previous year, Ward does see one looming issue.

“My big concern this year is uncollected taxes from the economy, but that’s going to affect our cash flow, and not our income statement,” said Ward. “It was even higher in 2014, and it went up …

at the end of last year. I’m really scared of it this year.”

According to the report from MNP, the city had $896,424 in taxes receivable at the end of last year, compared with $673,365 at the end of 2014.

The city received nearly $11.31 million through fees and charges, which was down by nearly $1 million from the previous year.

“We had less offsite development levies because there was less

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Safety demonstration for ECS students Rick Rieger, Saskatchewan Construction Safety Association adviser and Helen Fornwald, Estevan’s safety and emergency measures organization co-ordinator visited the Estevan Comprehensive School in mid-May to give selected students a first-hand look at what safety procedures are

needed on various worksites.

The North American Occupational Safety and Health (NAOSH) week salute included four of these safety demonstrations.

“The goal of NAOSH is to focus employers, employees and partners as well as the public on the impor-

tance of preventing injury and illness in the workplace, at home and in the community,” said Fornwald. “This year we focused on school students from Grades 9 to 12 who take practical and applied arts classes such as welding, machining, mechanics, electrical technician, cooking and carpentry.

“Saskatchewan has the fourth-highest workplace injuries record. Last year, we were second. We are improving, but have a long way to go,” she added.

The four safety presentations included a session

that safety doesn’t stop at 3:30 p.m. We need to take safety home and practice is 24 hours a day,” said Fornwald.

The presentations reached about 150 students at the Comp.

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Rick Rieger, a Saskatchewan Construction Safety adviser and Helen Fornwald, Estevan’s safety co-ordinator, presented some safety demonstrations for about 150 students at ECS to emphasize the importance of work site safety procedures.

on preventing back injuries, a hard hat demonstration, hand and eye safety.

Each student received a pair of safety glasses to use at school and at home.

“The message delivered to the students was

Ward. “That was the biggest key that was reduced from last year. Our land sales were one account, but our off-site development levies, which come from development, they were higher in 2014.”

The city also received $3.48 million for conditional grants, which included funding from the Provincial Disaster Assistance Program for the airport runway resurfacing; $1.52 million for land sales through sales of the city-owned lots in northwest Estevan; $134,241 through investment income and commissions; and $2.9 million for other revenue.

Expenses were at $31.33 million, with $6.98

million for recreation and cultural services; $6.54 million for transportation services; $5.24 million for protective services; $5.25 million for utility services; $5.21 million for general government services; $1.62 million for environmental and public health services; and $455,738 for planning and development services.

After factoring in provincial and federal capital grants and contributions of $828,857, the city had an annual surplus of more than $7.26 million. Following capital expenses and amortization of $3.59 million, and $255,227 in other expenditures, the city was left with the decrease in net debt of $3.4 million.

Despite the city’s im-

proved financial position, Ward defended the tax increase last year and this year. There are concerns, such as uncollected taxes from previous years, that could change their financial outlook.

Ward hopes they can now start to build some cash reserves.

“We could keep budgeting to zero, but they did that for years, and look what happened financially,” said Ward.

He is also optimistic the city’s net debt can be reduced to $26.5 million by the end of this year, but that will be contingent on collecting taxes that are owing, and having their capital projects meet budget expectations.

Tent caterpillars appearing locally

By Sam Macdonald smacdonald@estevanmercury.ca

The Energy City is preparing for the appearance of the ubiquitous tent caterpillar, a prevalent pest in the southeast of Saskatchewan, this spring. There have been reports of prolific infestations

of tent caterpillars in many places, including Esterhazy, Raymore and Yorkton.

Rod March, manager of open spaces, forestry and pest management with the City of Estevan, noted that the pests are beginning to appear locally, in significant numbers, though not quite in

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the excessive numbers seen elsewhere in the southeast.

“Currently, we are seeing visible clumps on trunks of trees, mostly ash, poplar and fruit trees,” wrote March in a media release from the City of Estevan. “If conditions deteriorate, we make look at hiring a contractor to fog, but only as a last resort, as trees rarely die from these infestations. It takes two to three years of the infestations to kill a tree.”

March noted that otherwise, the levels of pests in Estevan are at normal, endemic levels. March noted that the presence of tent caterpillars in southeast Saskatchewan, is in a large part due to the warm spring in the southeast.

“Because of that warm spring and the lack of moisture in the ground, many species of flies and certain species of wasps that are predators of (tent caterpillar) larvae didn’t have the habitat to breed,” March said.

Another reason for the high number of tent caterpillars in areas like Esterhazy

is the result of the high point of a cycle the critters go through, noting, “Every 10 years or so, you’ll see them in a cycle, coming out in high numbers. We’ve seen that many times before.”

Tent caterpillars tend to be an enormous nuisance because of their ability to defoliate trees, eating all the leaves, but March said they tend to clump together in clusters, and are attracted to warm parts of the tree, often clustering on the south-facing portion of the tree. He advised that the best thing to do if one spots tent caterpillars is to “squash them, wipe them off the tree and move on.”

March also noted another good method of removing the caterpillars is to spray them with a high pressure hose, using a solution of 30 per cent water, 30 per cent vinegar and 30 per cent dish soap.

As for the matter of diseases, March stated the only threat the trees of Estevan are facing this year is black knot fungus. Black knot fungus affects trees in the prunus

genus, which includes cherry, and Mayday trees.

“We have a lot of those kinds of trees here, and it’s big that we stop black knot growth on new growth,” said March, “We’re trying to rid the city of that, because it’s a big problem.”

March said he will be testing for the disease in mid-July, when symptoms of the disease start appearing on affected trees. He encouraged anyone looking to remove growths on their trees to cut the branch at a point under the growth, to dispose of infected branches by burying or burning them.

“If anything shows, I’ll bring it to the lab and have it tested. Within five days, I’ll have results back,” said March. “Last year, any testing done by the lab showed all negative results, so we were in pretty good shape.”

In anticipation of the 2016 Saskatchewan Summer Games, March said everything is looking good, and going according to plan, as far as greenery around the

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“The medians, as you’ve probably seen, all have the sod down on them right now,” said March, referring to the medians on Souris Avenue North. “Brickwork is complete there, and this week our flowers have shown up. We’ll be putting those flower pots up, at points all over the city.”

In early June, March said the trees that will be planted around the city will be delivered. Several of those delivered trees will be getting planted in Royal Heights Veterans Memorial Park, as part of the ongoing revitalization effort for the park.

“We’re hoping to start around June 8. We’ll also be planting some around Affinity Place, to replace ones that didn’t make it, in the original planting,” said March. “A few more will go by the visitor’s centre, too, just to spruce up that area a bit.

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Habitat for Humanity is moving forward

By David Willberg dwillberg@estevanmercury.ca

The committee that is trying to build a home in Estevan through Habitat for Humanity believes they have taken another step forward.

Local Habitat for Humanity steering committee chair Doug Barnstable, secretary Calven Johnson and treasurer Dan Jenish spoke to members of Estevan city council on Monday night.

They explained what they would need from the city, and provided an update for council.

Barnstable said afterwards that he was encouraged by the meeting, not only because council seemed receptive to the committee’s efforts, but they also had another chance to create awareness of their efforts.

“To have the city council supporting us as they have, has been encouraging,” said Barnstable.

He believes the best thing the city could provide would be land.

“They have indicated the possibility that they might contribute something toward the purchase of a lot to assist in that area, which would be very helpful,” he said.

Mayor Roy Ludwig is pleased Estevan now has a Habitat for Humanity chapter. He noted Weyburn has had one for a few years, which has led to a home being built for a family in that city.

“I think it bodes well for Estevan to get lower income housing in place for our people who need it, and I’m very excited about it,” said Ludwig.

Ludwig believes the city could supply the land for a new house to be constructed, and they could also waive the costs for services such as water connections and building permits.

The city currently has some smaller lots available in the Trojan subdivision.

There are non-serviced lots available elsewhere, too.

The mayor also suggested there is land available on some church properties.

“Trojan is, right now, where we’re focusing,” said Ludwig.

The local Habitat for Humanity committee has spent the first few months of the year getting organized.

They were formed on Feb. 1, as an affiliate of Habitat for Humanity in Regina, and they developed a memoran-

dum of understanding.

They are looking for more people to join their committee.

“The community has been very supportive,” said Barnstable. “We’ve had lots of people suggest they’d be available for construction.

They’re just waiting for us to be able to give them a call, and say, ‘here’s something we need some help with.’”

Their focus has been on organizational efforts, so they haven’t started fundraising yet. The provincial government has contributed to Habitat for Humanity projects elsewhere in the province.

They need to have 80 per cent of the costs of the new home in place before construction can begin. They hope to have the money by next February.

The local committee plans to have an open house later this year, so that prospective families can obtain an application form to become a member-family through Habitat for Humanity. And then the local committee will have to review applicants’ finances and determine the family’s ability to pay the mortgage.

“They have to meet the

Habitat for Humanity representatives Calven Johnson, Doug Barnstable and Dan Jenish spoke at Monday night’s meeting of Estevan city council. same kind of mortgage requirements as a bank or a credit union (would require), but without having to have a down payment, and with having zero per cent interest,” said Barnstable.

He stressed that while Habitat for Humanity’s goal is to build affordable housing for families, and to promote home ownership to end poverty, the organization does not provide a hand-out. The partnering family faces a lot of obligations during the construction phase and after moving in.

“There is some criteria that we have to review that Habitat has established over a lot of years,” said Barnstable.

The partner family cannot own their own home, their annual income has to be in the $32,000 to $52,000 range; they must have resided in Estevan for the last two years; they must have a stable income; and they must be willing to partner with Habitat for Humanity for 500 hours of “sweat equity” during construction.

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prefers that the partner family have children under 18 years of age, although they will accept families with children older than 18.

Also, volunteers who help out during the construction process need to meet safety standards.

The home will be safe and well-built, and in the neighbourhood of 1,000 to 1,100 square feet.

Barnstable is confident construction can begin next April, and the home will be ready for occupancy in October 2017.

Photographers do some interpretive art work in the Energy City Late Saturday morning 21 photographers armed with a variety of cameras ventured forth from the Estevan Arts Council craft room in the leisure centre to spend the next four hours capturing Estevan images through their lenses. The picture snappers were being asked to interpret 10 words or phrases devised

by Estevan’s artist-in-residence, Diana Chisholm and then download the results for potential public viewing.

“I want them to explore and interpret the items on their list, and we’ll lay out the results. There are no winners or losers, just interpretations,” said Chisholm as she greeted the potential picture-takers, which included four two-

person teams.

“I’ve seen it done in England and the idea also was taken up in Toronto and in Spain, where photographers with all kinds of skills went out to interpret by camera, what they were given in a list,” she said.

The list for the Estevan photographers included the words: Gathering, Twist and Turn, Surface, Bent, The Other Side, Under Cover, Shadow, Motion, Discard and Something to Talk About.

Chisholm said athletes their families and friends will also be engaged in a photography opportunity during the Saskatchewan Summer Games with the athletes’ village coming equipped with photo downloading capabilities for the

amateur photographers who will be able to post their best photo results as they send images to Chisholm during the Games.

She said she expects to see a great variety of shots from the expected to the unusual and exciting.

In both the marathon and the Summer Games, top images that are captured on cameras for the screens will also be made into print form.

“It’s about engagement with people and engagement with your surroundings,” Chisholm said.

The Summer Games will also feature some street art with kids invited to do a little artistic work with pastel chalks on sidewalks.

Again, it will allow the visitors to interact with the

Photographer Mary Jacobs receives her photo marathon 10-point list from artistin-residence Diana Chisholm when she joined 20 other photographers who set out on Saturday for an interpretative photo marathon in and around the Energy City. local community during the week-long event that will see hundreds of visitors in the Energy City every day.

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The start and finish line for this year’s MS Walk was Pleasantdale School where about 80 participants ventured forth for a five-kilometre walk after registering and turning over their pledges on Sunday afternoon.

MS Walk in Estevan hits $10,000 mark

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With almost twice as many participants as last year, the 2016 version of the MS Walk had to be declared a success, even before it began.

The Estevan walk was just one of 144 planned across Canada, said Sierra

Thompson, the South Saskatchewan development manager for the MS Society from Regina, who arrived in Estevan to bolster the local effort.

The registration process was handled swiftly, even with the unanticipated extra walkers this year, said local organizer Marieke de Roos who added that by the

time Estevan Mayor Roy Ludwig sounded the start of the walk, with a blast from an air horn, it still got underway at the scheduled 1 p.m. start time.

Thompson said an actual (official) financial tabulation won’t be available from the Estevan walk for at least a couple of weeks. She was certain

that, based on the information she had gathered

by Monday morning, the Estevan walk will have generated over $10,000 in donations. Participants have until June 13 to hand in their final amounts, so that number could jump a bit more before the official tally is declared.

“A fantastic event,” said Thompson, when

asked about the Estevan walk. She said the local volunteer component was handled well and the community enthusiasm and commitment toward the MS Society was encouraging.

“The feedback we received from the walkers was that they enjoyed the route. The police escort made sure all walkers were

Sierra Thompson, development manager for the MS Society of Canada was in Estevan to assist with the MS Walk registrations and event co-ordination on Sunday afternoon.

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safe and that was great to see because we had quite a few young children involved this year and in a few areas there were no sidewalks,” said de Roos.

Nicole Smigel, who has been diagnosed with MS and is now heading up a local support group, spoke briefly to the walk participants about the local support team and how they can connect, either in person or online.

The five-kilometre walk took the participants from the school a few blocks north to Wellock Road, where they then entered Cundall Drive and King Street and back to the school, through the Pleasantdale subdivision with one refreshment stop along the way. The weather conditions were ideal with the temperature at just over 20 C degrees and light breezes under sunny skies.

“It was pretty impressive to see the walkers, some of them who have MS, walking with their families. The local sponsors made sure we didn’t go without food and drink, even though we had more people than we expected,” added de Roos.

“It’s a bit scary because the number of people being diagnosed with MS seems to be on the rise lately so raising funds for research and education and raising awareness at the same time, is pretty important,” Deroos said.

Ten other communities in Saskatchewan held MS Walks this year to raise funds for research into the causes, risks and potential cures of this progressive affliction. The MS Society also funds a variety of programs and services to help those affected by MS, as they cope with the disease and that includes support groups, like the Estevan chapter.

The society also does advocacy work by lobbying for more flexible income and employment supports for Canadians affected by MS plus caregiver supports and co-ordinated care. Blue Cross is the major sponsorship partner for the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada.

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Council Briefs

News and notes from the May 30 regular meeting of Estevan city council Estevan city council approved the mill rate factors and the health levy for 2016 during their meeting on Monday night.

Council gave second and third readings to the mill rate factors bylaw, which governs the rates of taxation for residential, commercial and industrial buildings in the city.

The factors for residential buildings are scheduled to increase from .71 to .73, while the commercial figures will decline from 1.61 to 1.58.

The move is expected to reduce Estevan’s “property tax gap” – a calculation from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business that compares residential and commercial property taxes.

Estevan had the second-

highest gap in the province at 3.29, with residential property taxes of $1,109 for a property assessed at $200,000, and commercial property taxes of $3,652 for every $200,000 in assessment.

Mayor Roy Ludwig noted they did not receive any complaints about the property tax shift since the bylaw received first reading on May 9.

Residential property owners will incur a five per cent increase on their municipal property tax bills, which would be $162 for a house worth $350,000.

As for the health levy, it will generate about $290,000 this year, with $240,000 going towards the city’s commitment for the new Estevan Regional Nursing Home.

A ratepayer with a home valued at $350,000 will pay $62.48 through the health levy this year. *** Also during the meeting, city clerk Judy Pilloud was appointed as the associate returning officer for the South East Cornerstone Public School Division’s Estevan subdivision election, which will happen Oct. 26. *** Council approved the street closures needed for the triathlon event during the 2016 Saskatchewan Summer Games in Estevan.

Athletes will start in the pool for the swimming component, and then make use of city streets for the cycling and running competitions.

The cycling competition will use Seventh Street,

Souris Avenue, Smith Street, Arthur Avenue, King Street and back down Souris Avenue and Seventh Street.

They will complete the loop seven times.

The running contest will use Eighth Street, the pathway that runs parallel with Souris Avenue, and finally Smith Street.

The roads will also be closed during a triathlon qualifier on June 4 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. *** Council approved several recommendations regarding the upcoming civic election. Candidates will not require a criminal record check, since the background check will only specify if a candidate has a criminal record, and not the nature of the conviction.

Most cities do not require such a background check.

Mail-in ballots will not be used during the election, due to concerns with voter privacy, handling of late ballots and the sparse number of mail-in ballots in the past.

Candidates will also be required to disclose their expenses and campaign contributions.

Also, names will be listed alphabetically on the ballot. *** Small Iron Excavating was awarded a tender for $230,000 for the rehabilitation of five pathways in the city: Royal Heights Veterans’ Memorial Park; Churchill Park; Cactus Park; and two in the Trojan Park area – one near Heritage

Drive and the other from Peterson Drive to Rooney Road.

The budgeted amount was $230,000.

Parks manager Rod March noted the pathway at Churchill Park is the top priority, as it is needed the most, followed by the resurfacing at Royal Heights Park. The pathway at Cactus Park will be asphalt along Woodlawn Avenue South to Westview Place; currently the final 50 metres of the pathway is gravel.

It should take about six weeks to complete all five pathways.

A portion of the Royal Heights pathway will be shifted slightly to the west, due to the location of trees that cause problems with the current pathway.

Quidditch returning to Estevan The Estevan Public Library is bringing back its muggle quidditch tournament.

The second annual

event will take place on June 11 at 11 a.m. at the Dana Quewezance Memorial Field at Woodlawn Regional Park. Athletes and

Harry Potter fans alike are expected to come together in the tournament, which is being held in partnership with the local chapter of

the Harry Potter Alliance (HPA), a club that meets monthly at the library.

Players are only required to bring a broom of

their choosing.

All proceeds from the tournament will be donated to the Canadian Red Cross to aid the wildfire victims in Fort McMurray.

The library and the HPA are looking for players who weren’t involved in last year’s tournament to come and compete this year. They are also encouraging people to come watch and cheer for their team.

“You don’t need to be magical to play quidditch,” said Krista Larocque, who is the library’s adult program co-ordinator and the chair of the local HPA. “All you need is a broom and a lot of energy – you will be

moving around a lot.”

Muggle quidditch has been adapted to be played on the ground, as opposed to in the sky, like in the Harry Potter books and movies. All players must have their brooms between their legs as they play.

In muggle quidditch, the bludgers are dodgeballs, and the snitch is a person.

“It’s a lot of fun and we really encourage everyone to come out and play, even if it’s your first time,” adds Larocque.

For more information about this event or the Harry Potter Alliance, or to register for the tournament, call the library programming line at 306-636-1621.

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What about this merger thing?

Whether today’s provincial budget release includes prospects of a new round of forced amalgamations of school divisions and health regions, it might still be a prime time to broach the topic.

Couple that topic with the one about whether these boards should have appointed or elected members, and the citizens of Saskatchewan could have some pretty lively debates.

We have had ample time to assess board work undertaken by appointed bodies such as the regional health authorities and the elected teams, as witnessed in the school division settings. We prefer the election model for several reasons, that could be brought forward in future editorial renderings but, for now, the focus will remain on potential amalgamations of these bodies as well as the possibility of, once again, approaching the subject of some consolidation of rural municipalities.

The idea of having governmentappointed yes-men and women carrying out government-directed edicts is simply seen as a non-democratic process, no matter how much make-up a government can apply. Using the lack of interest from voters as a reason, is a mugs game. All a school division or health region needs is a local hot topic, and voter interest is awakened

Prairie Perspective MURRAY MANDRYK Murray Mandryk is a political columnist with the Leader Post

Crowns are in sync with rural Saskatchewan When you think about it, both the Saskatchewan Party government and rural Saskatchewan have a very odd relationship with our Crown corporations.

Both the Sask. Party and rural Saskatchewan right now are largely conservative in nature, explaining why about three out of every four rural voters have voted for Premier Brad Wall’s party in the past two elections.

Yet both rural Saskatchewan and the Sask. Party remain supporters of our Crown corporations, mostly seen as something that’s emerged out of the social democratic ideology.

Like many issues in politics, the reasons why are more complex than initially meets the eye.

First, while the CCF/NDP wholeheartedly took ownership of the Crowns as their own idea, the creation of Crowns like SaskPower pre-dates the formation of the CCF in 1933. Moreover, one might be sur-

in a flash. And, if there isn’t a hot topic for the electorate to focus on, there is still preference for the election model, even if the voter turnout is less than five per cent.

Democracy is democracy and appointing board members isn’t. Choose one.

Couple school division elections with civic elections and voter interest naturally increases. That too, has been proven. We expect the same would be true of health boards, if they were given the opportunity to elect someone.

The subject of further amalgamation could raise a lot of interest. Should these divisions and regions be made even larger than they already are? How big is too big?

Is Saskatchewan headed into a new era where education and health files will be handled through boards in Regina and Saskatoon only with the news and action plans trickling down into the rural sectors?

What about media scrutiny, public perception and transparency in the nether regions? Might we encounter a situation where if the question isn’t raised in either of those two centres, then there is no question?

With an increasing flow of population toward these two cities, this sort of amalgamation could be coming down the pipeline.

Does Saskatchewan really need 28

school divisions or 14 health regions?

Or should we have two of each? It would certainly make life easier for the CEOs and provincial administrators-in-waiting. They would get what they wanted and never even have to leave the city to impart the wisdom of their ways to the great unwashed in rural Saskatchewan.

As far as rural municipalities are concerned, we can only say that surely the time has finally arrived when even the staunchest of the “leave them alone” advocates are seeing the absurdity behind trying to maintain viable RM administrations with a diminishing number of voters, councillors and administration teams. Saskatchewan still has close to 300 RMs. That could easily be cut by 70 per cent through common-sense approaches on regional fronts by the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities and the councils themselves, if the will is there.

We were there a couple of decades ago for the first attempt at RM amalgamation which was met with a firestorm of negativity. We wonder if that same level of stubbornness exists today?

We will only know if and when the subject is brought to the forefront, preferably through their elected body with the willingness to conduct the dialogue.

prised to know Grant Devine’s Progressive Conservatives created more Saskatchewan Crown corporations than anyone.

This would seem to suggest that good ideas (nor bad ones, for that matter) know no political bounds.

Second, what amounts to a good idea in governance largely depends on your need, which may be why rural Saskatchewan has always embraced the Crown corporations.

Rural voters could be conservative in nature, but all voters put their own needs first, which may be why rural Saskatchewan is now contradictory supportive of the Saskatchewan Transportation Company or even SaskTel which competes directly with private sector providers.

It may not make any sense to support either in the context of a free-enterprise philosophy, but it makes a lot of sense in the context of basic needs.

Given that Premier Wall’s Sask. Party is still reliant on rural Saskatchewan voters to maintain its strong government majority, it only makes sense that it would be eager to cater to rural voters’ needs.

In that sense, keeping the STC is no different than adding an MRI to Moose Jaw’s hospital or CT scanner in Estevan.

Meeting the needs and wants of rural voters still dictates much of this government’s policy making.

Public health care is still a huge priority for rural voters, or at least, close. Local CT scanners are more of a priority to rural voters than whether hospital laundry service is delivered by a private company or employees of the local health region. It is for this

reason that you are now hearing concerns over the government privatizing SaskTel. At issue is Wall’s recent announcement that SaskTel will undergo a risk analysis to assess its value and operations in today’s competitive telecommunication market.

Nervous unions and SaskTel employees (most of whom are located in the cities), are fearful that this move, coming in the wake of the sale of Manitoba Telephone Service, means SaskTel is up on the privatization block.

Certainly, the fact that other private carriers can now use SaskTel’s network and towers in rural Saskatchewan has added to the case that a government-owned telephone company is no longer needed.

But, listening to Wall, one gets the distinct impression he isn’t exactly eager to offend his rural base by privatizing the telephone company most committed to providing rural Saskatchewan with cell coverage, Internet, satellite TV, etc.

Really, Wall is just doing the same thing the former NDP government did when it also conducted such risk assessments.

To not undergo such a risk analysis would seem more irresponsible.

If the Sask. Party were as hell-bent on privatization as the unions and NDP say they are, wouldn’t it also be ordering the same risk analysis for SaskPower or SaskEnergy?

Instead, we will see a 10 per cent SaskPower rate hike, but that's a story for another day.

As for today, the Crowns are still in sync with rural Saskatchewan needs.

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Lampman resident upset with Lions Club decision

Norm Park All Things Considered Let’s hit the sandbox again kids and discuss a variety of issues.

It seems as if we might be having a postal workers strike in July unless some kind of compromise is worked out.

With the diminishment of front-line services, the threat of a postal strike doesn’t seem to loom as large as it once did.

I do know Canada Post’s parcel delivery service is growing while its transition (regular) mail volume declines.

The place is still showing a profit, but the analysts claim it’s not sustainable due to pension needs, even while employee benefits decline.

Parcel delivery profit, is up over 12 per cent while volume is up 14.4 per cent. Transition mail is down 6.6 per cent and its corresponding revenue declined 3.3 per cent.

Overall profit for the first quarter was $44 million, compared with $24 million for the same time period last year. So it can’t be all gloomy.

I recently read a story about postal carriers in Finland, who, in order to save their jobs, have come up with fresh ideas to keep themselves relevant within their communities.

Finland has about 16,000 posties and the mail delivery crew, for some extra pay, of about 5 Euros, (about $8 Canadian), take on such tasks as a monthly lawn mowing or delivering Meals on Wheels. Others offer minor security services for seniors such as simply knocking on the door when they are delivering the mail to check on the seniors and to see what they may need. The mail carriers will not run errands, but will assist the homeowner with a minor task, or let someone else know what is needed.

Not a bad concept and a great way for postal workers to ingratiate themselves even further into the community by becoming players in more than one category. I doubt

if our current regulations regarding mail carriers would allow such things, but it’s always fun to find out what others are doing.

With all the free publicity Donald Trump is getting from mainstream media in the U.S. the guy doesn’t have to purchase any commercial time.

He’s busting the chops of the major networks and they haven’t caught on as to how he’s working their system to his advantage.

So don’t call Donald stupid. He may be boorish, outlandish and irreverent (among other things) but he is seldom stupid. Bernie and Hillary are about to learn that the hard way.

Jeb Bush spent more than $120 million in television commercial time purchases in a failed attempt to gain the Republican nomination nod.

In fact, he was one of the early Trump victims.

The Donald, has spent less than $4 million. He claimed he was going to finance his own campaign, that he didn’t need to be beholden to companies and organizations (other than the National Rifle Association, the biggest lobby group) and would not take their money. As it turns out, he’s getting all the public exposure time he wants to deliver his silliness, for free.

We learned last week of the passing of another of our community stalwarts.

Evelyn Johnson was one of those valued pure contributors to our arts and cultural community. She was a joy to be around, never took herself too seriously and could be counted on to carry more than her full share of the workload when it came to promoting the arts in Estevan. Those of us who have been around for awhile know what she accomplished. She left no booster or builder job undone and never expected any rewards. She was the genuine item and the arts community will definitely miss her.

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The Editor: Over the past few years the Lampman Lions Club has put on a street dance without regard for the safety of homeowners in the immediate area … or their property.

While I applaud the Lions for their community contributions, this street dance is not one I can personally condone as it contributes to underage drinking and a prevalence of vandalism.

Although underage persons are not allowed to drink on the premises, it doesn’t stop them from storing their drugs and alcohol in surrounding alleyways.

I cannot attest to other homeowners’ damages but I

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dress the Lions at their last meeting on May 19.

Many of the Lion members are known to like having things their way and are not open to compromise. This was quite evident during this meeting when I approached them with my concerns. In essence, having aired my concerns, I was derided and invalidated. Eighteen men or more versus one lone female.

Yes, they have security … inside the fenced perimeter.

Yes, there is police presence, but to nab drunk drivers, not to prevent vandals or endangered youth.

Yes, youth are not allowed to drink, but only

within the confines of the gated area.

Yes, they make a lot of money, but, at what cost to others?

When I asked for additional security for the homes in the immediate vicinity, I was told to hire my own and basically told to shut up and butt out.

Knowing at that point nothing I said would have any impact, I left, but not before letting them know any future damage incurred as a result of the dance would be charged to the Lions Club.

I am sure laughter followed my exit.

Pat Kirkwood Lampman, Sask.

Censorship by mainstream media The Editor: Each spring, Campaign Life Coalition organizes a March for Life in Ottawa. The purpose of this event is to demand legal protection for preborn Canadian babies.

There is no law in Canada governing abortion. Preborn babies can be and are aborted at any time and for any reason during the entire nine months of pregnancy.

Each year some

110,000 pre-born babies in Canada lose their lives through abortion.

On May 12 this year approximately 22,000 people of all ages marched on Parliament Hill not only to demand legal protection for pre-born children but also to ask MPs to vote against the state-sponsored killing of people at the other end of life, via the Liberal government’s euthanasia Bill C-14.

While I’m sure the

mainstream media in Ottawa covered this event, I was astonished that I could not find any report on CTV or the CBC. Perhaps I didn’t look hard enough. However, I can’t help but believe that had it been 22 refugees wanting protection, or 11 transexuals worrying about which bathroom to use, or perhaps one disgraced senator demanding his back pay, the words “breaking news,” would have been

plastered all over the TV screen with reporters covering every imaginable angle.

But 22,000 protesting the killing of pre-born babies — nary a whisper.

I believe this is censorship at its finest. It doesn’t matter which side of this issue a person stands, we should all be appalled. I certainly am.

Colleen Reed Kenosee Lake, Sask.

Fire risk now listed as low Significant precipitation in the Estevan area in late May has reduced the fire risk.

According to the Saskatchewan Ministry of the Environment’s Daily Fire Danger Maps, Estevan’s fire risk was classified as low on May 30, the fifth straight day that it has been in that area.

“Just prior to the recent moisture that we received, we were contemplating issuing some more fire bans, but the moisture definitely helped keep us out of that area,” said Estevan Fire Chief Dale Feser.

The fire risk is monitored closely throughout the spring and summer months, and it varied throughout May. A fire ban, includ-

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personally have had considerable damage done to my property.

As the time, once again, approaches for this annual shindig, I decided to write a letter to the Lions asking them to reconsider the location of the dance, or, at least provide more protection to the immediate homes on the perimeter of the event. At one time it was held at the fair grounds and the facilities there would be better suited for the crowds that attend.

In a small town such as this, people tend to be afraid to stick their necks out, so even though I had verbal agreement from many, not one would stand with me when I was invited to ad-

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ing controlled burns, was imposed by the Estevan Fire Rescue Service for the Rural Municipalities of Estevan, Benson and Cambria on May 5 due to the extremely dry conditions in the area, but it was repealed on May 10 after the southeast region received some much-needed moisture.

And while the fire risk returned to an extreme level later in the month, a fire ban was not implemented for a second time.

A couple factors influence the fire department’s decision on a burning ban.

The first is if the fire risk is at an extreme level for at least a week. The other is what Feser called the “3030-30” rule: a prolonged stretch with temperatures

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above 30 C, winds above 30 kilometres per hour and the relative humidity below 30 per cent.

“That’s when it’s a really prime case where we’re not going to be able to handle a grass fire at a manageable level,” said Feser.

They have had to respond to a few grass fires this spring, but Feser believes they could have had to handle more if people didn’t heed the fire department’s warnings.

If people are conducting controlled burns, even now with the fire risk at a low level, then the fire department hopes they will exercise caution.

“We just want to make sure that the wind condi-

tions are down when these people are conducting their burns out there, so try to make sure the wind is less than 30 kilometres an hour when they decide to do so,” said Feser.

People conducting controlled burns should notify the fire department in advance, he said, and they should include their land location, so that the fire department knows what is happening.

“Hopefully, it prevents an unnecessary response from somebody calling in, thinking it’s a fire,” said Feser.

The fire department checks the fire risk on a regular basis, and posts the daily fire danger maps on their Facebook page.

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Drewitz School of Dance graduates took a moment out of their dress rehearsal to pose for this photo as they prepared for their final night under the spotlight as a member of the local dance school. From the left: Lorin Fichter, Shelby Tytlandsvik, Madison Frehlick, Billie Jaworski, Taylor Kuntz and Jaclyn Schindel.

Drewitz School of Dance provides Sweet Treats for annual recital The popularity of the Estevan Drewitz School of Dance continues to grow as evidenced by this year’s response to their 33rd annual recital on May 28.

This year ’s perfor-

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their personalities and they seem to love to dance,” said Lorie-Gay DrewitzGallaway, director and head instructor as well as choreographer for the show.

But it doesn’t happen without the assistant teachers and class helpers, she said, explaining how it works in co-ordinating the various dance genres with their instructors and time schedules. The school offers classes in ballet,

pointe and character, tap, jazz, lyrical, musical theatre, Highland and stretch and while the Saturday recital wrapped up another formal season of learning and dancing, the summer offers more opportunities to stretch the knowledge base for young dancers prior to the formal registration begins for another season of instruction, on August 31.

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This year ’s recital with the Sweet Treats theme included master of ceremonies James Lainton.

The recital doesn’t happen without the volunteer assistance from a group of willing helpers who set up programs, lighting, camera, backstage staging of stars, sewing, props and even setting up chairs for the final performance, she noted.

Drewitz-Gallaway will be engaged in the annual ballet summer school and will lead a mini-dance workshop for early learners in early September.

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Tower of Song will bring Cohen tribute renditions to EAGM There will be no shortage of musical magic in the Energy City on Saturday and the Tower of Song duo of Oliver Swain and Glenna Garramone will be one of the major contributors.

The B.C.-based duo, who will be on the back end of an extensive tour through Western Canada, will be featured performers at the Estevan Art Gallery and Museum’s After Dark series starting around 8 p.m.

Tickets are available at the gallery this week and at the door on the evening of the concert.

Garramone spoke with the Mercury as she and Swain travelled between Lloydminster and Shaunavon on May 25. Their tour would be taking them over to Manitoba before their Estevan concert and a couple of wrap-up appearances in Kelowna and Victora B.C. The duo, who are accomplished instrumentalists as well as vocalists, pay tribute to Leonard Cohen, even though, they noted in a recent release, it won’t include the 201st rendition of Hallelujuah.

Swain brings what is described as a delicate, fractured tenor voice to the event while Garramone adds the sultry, mezzo-soprano harmonies in the understated arrangements.

“We’ve had a good time so far, getting people aware of some of Leonard Cohen’s other material,” Garramone said. “We’ve played to some full houses and sold-out venues. Canmore, Edmonton and Camrose were very good and we’re used to singing pretty well anywhere, theatres, folk clubs, bistros and bars and house concerts. I can’t remember playing in an art gallery before though,” she said with a chuckle, looking forward to the Estevan stop.

The gallery will be doing double duty that day since an afternoon concert featuring Library Voices and Joel Henderson (a.k.a.

Poor Nameless Boy) will be taking to the temporary stage in the gallery for a fundraising concert to assist Fort McMurray fire victims Nolan and Jenine Haukeness, whose story of fleeing the flames appeared in the May 11 edition of the Mercury.

“If we’re stressed out now, it’s pleasantly stressed out,” Garramone joked, when asked about their tour and how this musical coupling came to be.

It was noted they blended their musical

talents during an impromptu jam session at a party about 10 years ago, and have found excuses to work together on several other occasions even though they have ties to other musical groups, Swain with Duhks (Grammynomination) and the Juno-nominated Bills and the Western Canadian Music Awards nominated team, Outlaw Social and the Louisiana-based Red Stick Ramblers, while Garramone often works with Pandora Chorus and works vocals for Oliver’s Big Machine and is part of the backing band for renowned spoken word artist Shane Koyczan.

She credits her background in poetry (bachelor of fine arts in poetry from the University of Victoria), as being a big help in musical compositions. Both will present one of their own musical compositions during the course of the Estevan concert.

“I mean poetry isn’t something you set out to do in your life, yet when you live your life, you sometimes approach it and find out how powerful and efficient it can be,” Garramone said.

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The Fair Trade Show in the Wylie-Mitchell Air Cadet Hall on Saturday featured a number of local exhibitors as well as several from around the province. Brad and Mandy Wilson were a couple of local entrepreneurs displaying their Wood You wares that included unique signs and other crafted wood products.

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eHealth CEO pays visit to Sun Country boardroom Susan Antosh, the CEO of Saskatchewan’s eHealth Saskatchewan paid a visit to the Sun Country Health Region on May 25 to provide first-hand information to the board members who had gathered in the Tatagwa View conference room in Weyburn. eHealth provides data stewardship for the Saskatchewan Electronic Health Record plus other health information systems and databases when appropriate to do so.

During her Power point presentation, Antosh noted that Sun Country was

among the leaders in most categories in terms of information technology and meeting the IT standards necessary for connecting local electronic health information system to the Saskatchewan electronic health records and their associated components.

Antosh emphasized the electronic health information system was launched about five years ago and has progressed steadily and carefully to deliver health-related information from point-topoint in a secure manner, thus easing pressure and

stress not only on patients, their families and healthcare providers, but also administrators.

The speed and clarity of information means more timely care for the patients, she suggested, “empowering patients and enabling providers with the right information at the right time through a provincially standardized system that is sustainable and secure, is the vision,” she said.

Antosh spoke briefly about how processes were being standardized, melding over 500 into a more workable function that will

work across the province.

She also talked about sustainability of the system, the opportunities that are surfacing as the project moves onward and the various people involved in the partnerships.

Getting patient information to health-care providers is just one key element to the system, she said. The system also has the capability to provide information to directly assist patients in certain circumstances.

Improved productivity is working hand-inhand with improvements in safety and security of the delivery system, she said. eHealth operates under the wing of the provincial Treasury board’s Crown office and it includes procurement implementation.

The office is funded through an annual fee paid by all health regions.

Antosh fielded several questions and heard a few testimonials from board members following her presentation and was thanked by board chairwoman Marilyn Charlton and Sun Country’s CEO Marga Cugnet.

The City of Estevan’s Operation Clean Sweep resulted in a lot of garbage being collected and dropped off at the city’s landfill.

Norm Mack, the roads and drainage manager for the city’s public works department, said the cleanup campaign, which was held from May 16 to 23, generated a very good response from the public, and they haven’t received any complaints about the process.

“It went very smoothly and it was well-organized,” Mack said in an interview with the Mercury. “The customers didn’t have to second guess the way it worked.”

City of Estevan crews cleaned up the city’s main entrances and the green spaces such as parks and boulevards.

They also spent two days collecting contained organic waste materials, such as twigs, leaves and yard refuse, from the front of people’s yards.

“We picked up tonnes of garbage, more garbage than we ever have,” said Mack.

“It’s probably because we haven’t done a cleanup campaign for a couple years now.”

Operation Clean Sweep concluded with a free weekend at the city’s landfill from May 20 to 23. A total of 771 loads of garbage were dropped off by city residents during the four days.

“We kept track of all the garbage that we collected during that week at the landfill scale, and what came in during the free weekend, and it was 220 metric tonnes of

garbage, so that is quite a bit,” said Mack. “It was semi load after semi load of garbage.

“We were able to get a lot of garbage out of the city, that probably was an eyesore, and clean up the ditches.”

The amount of garbage dropped off during the free weekend surpassed their expectations, but Mack added the landfill’s employees were able to handle the traffic.

Mack was also impressed with the community engagement during the campaign. The Rotary Club of Estevan and local 4-H Club members picked up garbage alongside Highway 47 South on May 17. ARC Resources also had a crew of employees who helped out during the campaign.

A lot of individuals and groups were out during the week to assist with the cleanup efforts. Mack estimates that 75 to 100 people volunteered.

“I think that people are on board with turning our community around a bit, from an industrial town to something better than that, to something we can be proud of,” said Mack. “We can tidy it up and have a neat city and still be an industrial city.”

The cost for Operation Clean Sweep should be minimal, he said. The employees were working during their regular shifts, and so the biggest cost would be supplies, such as garbage bags.

Mack is already looking forward to next year’s Operation Clean Sweep. They have a schedule in place, and it worked out well, so he doubts they will need to make a lot of changes next year.

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Wednesday, June 1, 2016

For Westmoreland, reclamation starts before the ground is broken

By Sam Macdonald smacdonald@estevanmercury.ca

One of Westmoreland Coal Company’s biggest priorities is considered before a single piece of coal is taken out of the ground.

Environmental superintendent Andrew Hutchison said that the main goal for reclamation is, at minimum, to create an equivalent land capability, leaving the land as good and viable as it was before any mining took place.

“As far as reclamation is concerned, it starts even ahead of mining.

Prior to any overburden removal, we will go in with our equipment and remove topsoil, and subsoil layers,” said Hutchison. “We either directly place those soils on areas that have been previously levelled, or will stockpile those on an area that is yet to be levelled.”

Before any mining takes place, the company’s first priority is an environmental impact assessment, determining, among other mitigating measures, how much topsoil will be salvaged, and where the slopes and levelled land in an area will be. The ideal end result is viable for farming or set aside for use as wildlife habitat.

When mining operations begin, Hutchison noted that topsoil is pushed into windrows by dozers.

The depth of those windrows is based on soil quality measurements set out by the assessments done on the land.

These windrows are then hauled to the mined out sites and dumped into rows. are arranged at predetermined distances from one another so that when mining is complete and the land to be reclaimed is levelled, the windrows can be pushed into the area by a bulldozer in a sequence, creating an ideal soil depth.

“The dozer can come in and push one up, until they reach the next windrow.

Right now, we’re tracking to be close to within two to three centimetres of our target placement depth by utilizing that method,” said Hutchison.

“When we are levelling areas and when possible we try to shape the bottom of the areas that will be gathering water so that

they are smooth before any water gets into them.”

Once the topsoil and subsoil are replaced in an area to be reclaimed, Hutchison said a mixture of seeds are put into the ground, usually hay and pasture grass. The seed blend has been created by Westmoreland over the last number of years, and utilizes species that will be successful in a variety of soil and moisture conditions.

Hutchison noted the chosen plants are the most successful, and capable of growing and flourishing in reclaimed areas. The seed mix is one that has been developed over the past five years, and created by Westmoreland, in the case of the tame mixes. The company also utilizes a cover crop of fall rye for reclaimed land. Fall rye tends to establish quickly and helps to minimize soil erosion. In certain areas it is a government requirement that native species be replaced to compensate for the disturbance of native prairie. In these areas a comprehensive blend of native seeds is utilized.

“There are certain requirements in certain areas, that we have to seed it to a mixture of native grasses similar to what was there, ahead of time,” said Hutchison. “In those areas it is a government requirement that native species be

One of the many areas reclaimed after mining, outside Estevan. replaced to compensate for the disturbance of native prairie. In these areas, a comprehensive blend of native seeds is utilized.”

In areas where there are particular rare native plants, seeds are collected then seeded and started at the Shand Greenhouse. These are then planted into native reclaim areas. Hutchison said areas that are seeded to native species are specifically monitored for a minimum of five years, to check species composition, and to make sure there is sufficient successful growth of seeded species.

Trees often grow in reclaimed areas on their own, Hutchison noted, but the company also sources

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“In the past, we’ve planted a considerable number of trees,” said Hutchison. “We’re looking at getting that established again.”

Another priority in Westmoreland’s reclamation efforts is creating water bodies in areas that have been seeded and levelled, so that when the land is reclaimed, there is water available for any livestock or wildlife that end up utilizing that particular area.

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Job search workshops designed to help potential employees A trio of workshops being offered by the Southeast Newcomer Services team will focus on assisting local citizens in their job search efforts.

Although the sessions are offered by Southeast Newcomers, the opportunity exists for anyone in the community who feels they could benefit from the workshops, said Jay Roye, a spokesman

for the Newcomer Services team. “In partnership with Labour Market Services here in Estevan, we’re setting up a series of two-hour workshops with the first one being June 2, and the other two being held on June 7 and June 16,� he said.

The workshop spaces are limited, so Roye said it was important for those who

are interested to register now by phoning 306-637-4920.

On each of the three days, the workshops will begin at 3 p.m. and wrap up around 5 p.m.

The first session will provide an introduction to writing resumes and cover letters with a goal of building a strong foundation from which to approach prospective employers.

The next sessions will centre on developing even more effective resumes for a very competitive market and how to zero in on the job preferences a candidate may have through the development of more comprehensive and effective resumes and ways to grab the attention of potential employers.

The third session will lead candidates into an in-

terview and networking environment with team leaders explaining to them what they can expect during personal or online interviews for job placements. “It will be designed to help remove some of the anxiety factors that we all encounter during a job interview. It will also help some, especially newcomers, how to approach certain questions

that will be asked, to provide suitable answers, sort of the dos and don’ts of the interview process,� said Roye.

That workshop will include mock interviews so that potential job seekers can get a first-hand look at how things might go during an interview process, and also they learn how they can network within a community to gain access to potential job opportunities.

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Public Notice

AGM- June 8th at the St. Joseph’s Hospital from 12:00 pm – 1:00pm (Auditorium 2)

At the April 25, 2016 Regular Council Meeting Bylaw 2016-1963 has been passed to provide for the control and regulation of traffic within the City of Estevan. This bylaw comes in to force on June 1, 2016.

This bylaw is available for viewing at City Hall, 1102 Fourth Street, Estevan, SK. or on our website www.estevan.ca Please contact Judy Pilloud City Clerk at 634-1852 or cityclerk@estevan.ca for further information.

The Southeast Saskatchewan Airshed Association (SESAA) is a non-profit association responsible for monitoring and communicating air quality characteristics in south east Saskatchewan.

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BYLAW 2003-1642 SIGN REGULATIONS: Section 5.8.1: Unless specifically approved by City Council, No sign or portion thereof shall be placed on any City owned or controlled properties, or extend into, be attached, overhang, project or otherwise encroach into any City owned or controlled properties or facilities including public street right-of-way, roadways, boulevards, sidewalks, walk ways, street lights, power poles or any other type of street furniture. Also, no sign shall be attached to or supported by any tree or other vegetation.

Any sign unlawfully placed within City owned properties shall be subject to removal by the City.

City of Estevan Public Notice Due to Construction on the transmission lines north of the Water Treatment Plant, the Road between the bridges on the Water Treatment Plant Road will be closed.

Work is set to commence on May 2, 2016 and will last up to June 20, 2016, Turnbull’s Excavation has been awarded the contract to do this work. During this time local traffic will be able to access their property from the Boundary Dam Road or up to the North side of the bridge on the Water Treatment Plant Road. There will be no through traffic between the bridges.

The bulk water filling station located at the WTP will be out of service for this time period. The City is setting up a temporary filling station on the West service road on Highway 47 South. There will be an instruction sign and a metering station at that location. The customer using the system will be responsible for the hose connection between the meter and their tank. The meter will have the same male 2 inch Kamlok that is currently at the filling station at the WTP. The City of Estevan apologizes for any inconvenience that this work will cause.

Public Notice Pursuant to Section 43 of the Cities Act, public notice is hereby given that the City of Estevan intends to restructure by adding the following lands from the Rural Municipality of Estevan No. 5 to the City of Estevan (notably referred to as ‘Land annexation’ and/or ‘Municipal boundary alteration’) The land to be added to the City of Estevan is legally described as: Parcel B, Registered Plan No. 75R22816 and Parcel C, Registered Plan No. 83R42201 located within the NorthEast Quarter Section 21, Township 2, Range 8, West of the Second Meridian, RM of Estevan No. 5.

(Lands to be annexed shown on the map below) The reasons for the proposed annexation are: To facilitate the planned expansion and municipal servicing of a private modular home park development known as West Valley Village.

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ESTABLISHMENT OF REMUNERATION COMMITTEE City Council seeks three (3) persons interested on serving on a Committee established to review Remuneration paid to Members of Council. The City has completed research on this matter and it is expected that the Committee will conduct this review and make recommendations to City Council. Committee members will be eligible to receive city approved per diem/ day for time spent working on the Committee.

Council will review the recommendations and determine what remuneration should be for the new Council Members elected at

the General Election in October 2016.

Please advise the following in writing of your interest to serve on this committee to the following by May 30, 2016: Corporate Services 1102 4th Street, Estevan, Sk. S4A 0W7 executive.assistant@estevan.ca

Domestic Sewer Main Flushing Program

Beginning Monday May 30,2016 and continuing to Wednesday, August 31, 2016, the Public Works Service Division will be carrying out a Domestic Sewer Main Flushing/Jetting Program between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. with the occasional carry over to 6:00 p.m.

During the periods of jetting, residents are advised to securely cap basement floor drains.

2016 Program Area will encompass all streets North of 6th Street, and West of Souris Ave within City limits including: Morsky Drive Larter Road MacCready Bay Tedford Way Matte Court Jesse Bay Wellock Road

Irvine Crescent Dieppe Crescent Victory Road Gibbs Road Mayfair Drive Mayfair Bay Cardinal Avenue

Barabash Bay Taisey Crescent Newcombe Drive Nicholson Road Wahlmeier Drive Boyer Avenue Mack Place

Mather Crescent Dyer Road Pettigrew Road McCormick Crescent Grundeen Crescent Thorn Crescent

Sinclair Bay Hill Avenue Veterans Avenue Veterans Crescent Veterans Bay Kohaly Avenue Lynd Crescent

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CITY OF ESTEVAN – 2016 WATERMAIN FLUSHING SCHEDULE

The City of Estevan will be doing maintenance work to ensure good water quality for all users of City water. This work includes the turning of main water valves around the City, and flushing large quantities of water from various hydrants in each area. If your water appears discoloured during the days your area is scheduled for this work (see schedule below), please run a faucet for a few minutes until the water is clear again. If the water remains dirty for a longer period, please contact City Hall at 634-1800 to let us know. Thank you for your understanding during this important maintenance!

(1)Thursday, and Friday- June 2&3 2016

Area bounded by Perkins Street and Luscar Park on the North, Water Treatment Plant on the South, Woodlawn Ave on the West, and Hwy 47S Service Road on the East (Includes Luscar Park, City of Estevan Public Works yards, and businesses on Hwy 47S Service Road)

(2) Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday- June 6,7,&8 2016

Area bounded by 6th Street on the North, Valley Street, 1st Street, and Westview Place on the South, Alice Road and Woodlawn Avenue on the West, and Souris Avenue on the East (includes Westview, Central, and downtown regions)

A public hearing to discuss the proposal will be held at City Council’s regular scheduled meeting of Monday, July 18, 2016, 7:00 pm, Council chambers, City Hall, 1102 Fourth Street, Estevan, Saskatchewan, at which time a decision will be made on proceeding with an application for the municipal boundary alteration.

Area Bounded by City Cemetery on the North, King Street on the South, Sister Roddy Road on the West (formerly Woodlawn Avenue), and Souris Road (Hwy 47N) on the East (includes Dominion Heights, Pleasantdale, and Royal Heights regions, as well as Cundall Drive, Woodend Place, Chinook Bay and Hwy 47N Service Road)

Any person(s) who wishes to object the proposed restructuring may file a written objection, stating clearly the reason for their opposition, with the City Clerks office of the City of Estevan, at 1102 Fourth Street, Estevan, Saskatchewan, S4A 0W7 or by emailing cityclerk@estevan.ca.

Area bounded by Spruce Drive and Princess Street on the North, King Street on the South, Souris Avenue on the West, and Kensington on the East (includes Hillside and Scotsburn regions)

A written notice of objection must be received by the City Clerks office no later than 12:00 noon the 13th of July, 2016 Further information respecting this proposal may be obtained by contacting the Land Development Services Manager, City Hall, 1102 Fourth Street, Estevan, Saskatchewan or by email at rdenys@estevan.ca Dated at the City of Estevan this 27th day of May, 2016 Judy Pilloud City Clerk

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Area bounded by 6th street on the North, McDonald Road and Perkins Street on the South, Souris Avenue on the West, and Kensington Ave on the East (includes the Eastend, Bay Meadows, and Valley view regions, and Jubilee Place)

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ECS athletic field and running track officially opened in style

By Jamie Harkins sports@estevanmercury.ca

Close to 300 athletes from schools across Southeast Saskatchewan as well as scores of congratulatory parents and onlookers gathered under grey but unbroken skies on Monday afternoon to witness the grand opening of the Panteluk Athletic Field and Chamney Family Running Track at Estevan Comprehensive School (ECS).

The ECS band welcomed the crowd to the opening ceremony with a rousing edition of O Canada before a series of speeches were given by representatives from the City of Estevan, ECS, the Estevan 2016 Saskatchewan Summer Games committee and the main sponsors of the athletic field and running track. A mascot race then ensued with Ravi, the Summer Games good luck charm, reaching the finish line first to break the opening ribbon and start the first major athletics event at the facility featuring the assembled grades 6 to 9 athletes.

“Lots of people have been using the track for a little bit of training and of course for walking and all that, but it’s really good to see 275 kids are going to be using it all at the same time here,” said Brian Smith, co-chair of the Summer Games, shortly before the competition began. “All sorts of different events are going on from 100-metre (sprints) all the way up to the 1500m (run) on the track and we have shot put and discus for the throwing events and of course we have high jump and we have the long jump and the triple jump going on all at the same time. So, it’s going to be a lot of fun.”

Smith said the opening event for the facility was planned about two years ago when the construction of the track began in June 2014 with the hope the junior grades track meet will become an annual contest at the school.

He said the event also served as an opportunity for the Summer Games’ volunteers to see the venue

and get an understanding of what they’ll be doing as well as test their operation devices such as the starting guns, data entry systems and stop clocks.

“It’s more comfortable running on it than gravel,” said Kaiden Tuchscherer, 14, about his first impression of the track while competing at the meet as a member of the Spruce Ridge Cougars track team.

“It’s easy to start off too, like you don’t slip when you start. The (sprints), it gives you extra oomph.”

Pat Jeannot, principal of ECS, said this new facility is fantastic for the community and the students at the school now and for many years to come. He said having an athletic field and running track of this regard also allows them to host many more events at ECS, which should continue to grow their already blossoming track and field program along with other school athletic teams.

“I want to join track next year,” said Shanelle Rioux, 14, a Grade 8 student at Spruce Ridge School who will be attending ECS in September. “I guess (the track) will make me better having a good place to practise.”

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By Jamie Harkins sports@estevanmercury.ca

Estevan 2016 Saskatchewan Summer Games mascot Ravi crosses the finish line officially opening the Panteluk Athletic Field and Chamney Family Running Track at ECS. Photo by Jamie Harkins.

Rocanville School athlete Dawson Springer completes a 1.45m leap in the high jump competition. Photo by Jamie Harkins.

Carson Henrion, a student at Redvers School, competes in the long jump competition. Photo by Jamie Harkins.

Sacred Heart School’s Josie Andrist admires her attempt at the shot put competition. Photo by Jamie Harkins.

A driving rain couldn’t stop the Estevan Comprehensive School (ECS) Elecs track and field team from earning some personal best scores and times at the South East District Athletic Association (SEDAA) district championships at Weyburn Comprehensive School last Wednesday.

Kelly Phillipchuk, a coach of the ECS track and field team, said the steady downpour had a bit of an affect on the various events, but the athletes kept trying their hardest despite the difficulties. He said the kids were helped out at the district championships by having trained in similar conditions including a practice in the rain about two weeks prior to the Weyburn competition.

The SEDAA district championships are the qualifying meet for the Saskatchewan High Schools Athletic Association (SHSAA) provincial finals that are being held at Regina’s Douglas Park this weekend.

Eleven out of 26 ECS athletes earned a berth at the provincial finals, with Carly Kreklewich (800-metre run), Donny Mortenson (high jump), Tatiana Dutka (long jump), Morgan Fichter (triple jump), Sammy Wade (1500m), Reece Handley (triple jump), Jacob Shurygalo (quad-shot put) and Jenna Kreklewich (quad-100m and long jump) placing first in their events.

“Every time we go a little farther into the competitions, get a little deeper, the competition gets a little better,” said Phillipchuk. “But on the other hand I think the tough competition brought out some of the best in our athletes as well seeing them push a little harder and run a little faster and jump a little farther. In terms of competition we like to be pushed and I think they did a great job.”

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The Chase Gedak team, with back from left, Drew Fenwick, Gedak, Nathan Wagstaff, Tallen Howie; front, Camryn Westling and Brielle Farr, are the 2016 Rondeau Cup champions. Photo by Jamie Harkins.

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Young golfers put on skills display at Rondeau Cup

By Jamie Harkins sports@estevanmercury.ca

Forty-six kids took over the front nine at TS&M Woodlawn Golf Club on Sunday afternoon for the 21st annual Rondeau Cup junior tournament.

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Brielle Farr, Tallen Howie, Nathan Wagstaff and Camryn Westling won the 2016 Rondeau Cup with a scramble play score of 34 (2-under). They were followed by the Reegan Robinson team of Hudson Chernoff, Clay McKersie, Hannah Hortness and Kora Dowhanuik, the Brayden Pachal squad

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Amanda Minchin, head professional at TS&M Woodlawn Golf Club, said the tournament is named after Eldon Rondeau, who has been a staple at the club for a number of decades.

She said he was the driving force in the community for improved and accessible youth golf programs and the Rondeau Cup trophy and tournament is a yearly reminder of his dedication to junior golf in Estevan.

“We get older kids and we put them with younger kids and they play scramble,” said Minchin, about how the tournament is run.

“They all have to use at least one tee shot from everybody no matter how big or little they are.”

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The Jean-Luc Dupuis team of Reid Waldegger, Alec Waldegger, Chase Zohner, Parker Zohner and Carson Deichert rounded out the field by shooting a 40 (4over).

“I think the youngest we had out there was three (years old) today,” said Minchin, noting kids of all ages and abilities were welcome to play in the tournament. “We had him with Brayden Pachal, who is a junior here who actually plays in the WHL. So, he was out there with the kids too.”

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Tornados trampled by Buffalos Puetz and Oudie-Senger Zander quickly crossed the plate after that on passed balls by Tornados pitcher Kyler Dutka.

Three straight walks then brought in Taylor Unrath before the top of the first inning was stopped after six runs on a wild throw to first base that allowed Pierce Kayton and Boston Unrath to score.

“My philosophy with these peewee age boys is just to get the bat on the ball,” said Buffalos coach Jeff Puetz. “Just have fun. If you see something you can hit, put the bat on it, hit it hard and good things will happen.”

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By Jamie Harkins sports@estevanmercury.ca

A tough first inning cost the Estevan TS&M peewee AAA Tornados baseball team in their first home game of the year on Sunday at Cactus Park’s Dayman Trucking Co. Ltd. Diamond against the Regina Buffalos.

Trevor Dutka, coach of the Tornados, said the team got off to a slow start in their 13-1 loss to the Buffalos, which is something the boys have been doing all season. He said it seems the kids are just not mentally prepared for the start of games and that has to change moving forward.

The Buffalos’ Carson Foster scored the first run of the game on a bases loaded infield single

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Puetz over the left field fence that also scored Jake Orthner. The Tornados got on the board in the bottom of the second on a double to centre field by Derek Weinrauch that allowed Hayden Lavoie to cross the plate.

Weinrauch took the mound to begin the third inning where he shut down the Buffalos offence with three straight putouts. The starting left fielder remained the Tornados pitcher for the final two innings of the game allowing five runs, but continually keeping the ball in play and opportunities open for an out.

Zander pitched the full five innings of the game striking out six batters.

“Zander, he’s a great kid,” said Puetz. He’s a “big strong kid. He loves pitching and did a won-

derful job of pitching today.”

Dutka said the Tornados, who are back in the Baseball Regina League after a short hiatus, are improving and that can be seen in each of their first three games including the loss to the Buffalos. He said the hope is the kids will continue to work hard over the course of the next two months giving them a strong push towards a possible league and provincial championship in July. “ We w a n t t o i m prove every day, every game, every practice,” said Dutka. “As long as we’re improving and the kids are learning then us coaches are doing our job and as long as the kids are having fun doing it it’s a great day.”

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By Jamie Harkins sports@estevanmercury.ca

The Estevan Warriors bantam lacrosse team lost 11-6 to the Moose Jaw Mustangs at Affinity Place on Friday, but that final result masks a strong start and complete game effort from the hometown club.

“I was happy how the kids played,” said Warriors coach Rhett Handley.

“We’re improving every game, every single practice and it really showed out there.”

After falling behind 5-3 in the first 15 minutes, the Warriors fought back in the back-and-forth and hard-hitting second period that featured both teams generating chances offensively. Estevan’s Kyler Gervais quickly brought his team to within one 47 seconds into the frame on the power play with a shot from the top of the goal crease that went low corner only to have Moose Jaw’s Liam Fitzpatrick restore

the two-goal lead while shorthanded 30 seconds later. The Warriors’ Cale Adams then notched his second of the game on a scramble in front before the Mustangs jumped ahead by two before the period came to a close.

Estevan controlled the play during the opening minutes of the third period, but couldn’t beat Moose Jaw netminder Bryden Kerr despite a few quality chances including a Gervais shot from 15 feet out that hit the post and an Alex Von Sprecken attempt from in close that the goaltender got a pad on. After withstanding the push, the Mustangs widened the lead before Von Sprecken deposited a rebound off a blocked shot with just over a minute remaining.

“We are pretty evenly matched,” said Mustangs coach Shae Nichols, whose team moved to 6-3 after the win. “They are definitely a big physical team, hard to contain and we’re a smaller

younger team, but we just kept running. That’s all we could do.”

Handley said the Warriors (0-5) endured a bit of an adjustment period at the beginning of this season to their new position in the Queen City Minor Box Lacrosse League (QCMBL), but have been progressing with each practice and game. He said getting a chance to play games in the QCMBL as opposed to their former state of just continually practising bodes really well for the club and now that they’ve got their feet wet they’re ready to go.

“You can practise and draw things up all day, but it’s never going to make a difference until you’re playing in a game,” he said.

“I expect them to keep improving every single game, just like we have every single practice. The boys are pretty confident and they’ll get a win. That’s our ultimate goal, to come out of this with a few wins.”

Warrior Sawyer Kopec drives toward the Mustangs’ net during the second period of Estevan’s 11-6 loss to Moose Jaw at Affinity Place last Friday. Photo by Jamie Harkins.

Summer Games tennis competition will leave lasting legacy

By Jamie Harkins sports@estevanmercury.ca

The legacy of the Estevan 2016 Saskatchewan Summer Games tennis competition may be just as important as the games itself.

Two tennis courts at the Estevan Comprehensive School (ECS) that are in need of repair as well as the two courts at the Estevan Leisure Centre are getting a complete refurbishment early this month in order to bring them up to Summer Games standards. The work at the ECS tennis courts has

begun already as the fencing has been repaired, new backboards have been put up and the court surfaces were cleaned.

Nicole Clow, Estevan 2016 Saskatchewan Summer Games manager, said a contractor will now be coming to Estevan to grind the cracks in the ECS court surfaces to make sure everything is smooth, patch in those gaps and then fill in the uneven spots to make everything level. Once that is completed the contractor will lay down a resurfacing material before painting in

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Clow said the leisure centre courts will be refurbished right after the ECS work is done. She said the cost of repairing the ECS courts came in at approximately $50,000, which was made possible by a donation from Richardson Foundation giving them the naming rights to the courts for the next 10 years.

The Summer Games tennis competition will run from July 27 to 30 with the first day scheduled for a practice session, the second and third days comprised

of round-robin play and the final day being the medal playoffs. All nine districts are expected to compete in the aged 11-14 tournament that will see teams of four girls and four boys try for a medal in either the boy’s singles, girl’s singles, boy’s doubles, girl’s doubles or mixed doubles categories.

Rory Park, executive director of Tennis Saskatchewan, said Team South East will be chosen at a one-day competition in the Energy City later this month, with the exact date dependent on when the renewal of the

ECS and the Estevan Leisure Centre courts are complete. He said the provincial organization is trying to recruit interested athletes from schools within the district who have regular access to a tennis court, but acknowledged there is not a lot of tennis activity currently in the southeastern part of the province.

Park said that is where the Summer Games can be a huge boost to the sport. He said the tennis portion of the Games will be a grassroots competition just as it has been in the past, but the

infrastructure and interest in the sport it provides will hopefully allow the game to grow.

“That’s what happened over the years,” said Park.

“It happened in Yorkton (after the 2000 Summer Games) and the last Games were in Meadow Lake and because of the Games there is a really strong tennis club up there (with) lots of kids playing and some adults playing. That’s what we hope the legacy is. It’s not just kids playing tennis, but a whole community getting excited about tennis.”

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“We’re looking for some more personal bests and I think some of our athletes are looking to place really well this year,” he said. “Even as the South East Cornerstone School Division, we have a very strong team we’re bringing down, so we’re hoping for good results.”

ECS athletes qualifying for the SHSAA provincial finals and their respective sports are: Reese Handley, triple jump; Carter Davenport, 800m, 1500m; Tatiana Dutka, long jump, triple jump; Morgan Fichter, long jump, triple jump, high jump; Sammy Wade, 1500m, discus; Donny Mortenson, 100m hurdles, high jump; Justin Weinrauch, 100m; Carly Kreklewich, 800m, 3000m; Nikita Leblanc, long jump; Dylan Massicotte, quadrathlon; Jacob Shurygalo, quadrathlon; and Jenna Kreklewich, quadrathlon.

St. Mary’s athletes qualifying for the SHSAA provincial finals and their respective sports are: Zach Ashworth, 100m, triple jump, high jump; and Nikki Kistanov, 100m, long jump, triple jump.

Spruce Ridge athletes qualifying for the SHSAA provincial finals and their respective sports are: Alex Vonsprechken, 1500m; and Olivia Kramer, shot put, discus.

Pleasantdale athletes qualifying for the SHSAA provincial finals and their respective sports are: Logan Ehrmantraut, 400m; and Taylor Haux, javelin.

Flame Throwers Earn Long-Awaited Win

The Estevan Flame Throwers men’s basketball team captured the Men’s C Division crown at the annual University of Regina Alumni Tournament (URAT) with a come-from-behind 80-73 win over Fort Qu’Appelle on May 15. The Flame Throwers, with Rob Gallaway, Dustin Wilson, Chris Lesy, Justis Grimsrud, Axel Grimsrud, Daryl Donovan, Keegan Dayman, Shane Ross, Scott Meek, Nathan Wilhelm, Mike Grobbink and Lyndon Mayuk, earned their first URAT championship this year after having competed in the tournament’s C Division for 12 years. Submitted photo.

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Estevan Police Service (EPS) members have made an arrest in connection with a theft and a fraud last week.

Members received a complaint during the May 24 day shift of a wallet being stolen from an unlocked vehicle in the core area. A credit card from the wallet had been used at various businesses in the city the previous night.

As a result of the investigation, officers arrested and charged an 18-year-old Estevan male with possession of property obtained by crime and fraudulent use of a credit card during the May 26 night shift. He will appear in court in

July to answer to the charges.

Charges are also pending against three other males.

Police want to remind the public to lock the doors of their vehicles and to remove all valuables.

In other recent calls, police were called to several complaints of a male panhandling outside businesses in the downtown area during the May 23 day shift. The matter is under investigation.

Members are also investigating a report of a male being criminally harassed.

Police received a call through the Report Impaired Drivers line

Damage complaint is under investigation The Estevan RCMP is seeking the public’s assistance with a recent incident south of the city.

On May 25, the RCMP responded to a complaint about the Estevan Archery Club’s fence near Woodlawn Regional Park. Sometime in the afternoon, a pickup truck turned eastbound off Highway 47 near the entrance to the archery club.

Evidence indicates the vehicle immediately fishtailed, lost control and went into the south ditch near the archery club, de-

molishing a section of the fence. The vehicle then fled the scene.

The Estevan RCMP is advising the public to be on the lookout for fresh dents or scrapes on the front end of a pickup truck, particularly on the driver’s side.

If anyone sees a truck they suspect was involved in the incident, or if they have more information on this crime, they are asked to contact the Estevan RCMP at 306-637-4400 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800222-8477.

regarding a vehicle at a local parking lot during the May 23 night shift.

Officers checked the vehicle, and the motorist showed no signs of impairment.

Members also received a report of two males going through vehicles at a local business.

Officers were in the area at the time, but were unable to locate the males.

Officers responded to a two-vehicle collision in the 1200-block of Fourth Street during the May 24 day shift. One vehicle was towed from the scene.

A male motorist was c h a rg e d w i t h d r i v i n g without due care and attention under the Traffic Safety Act. Police received a report of mischief from a residence in central Estevan during the May 24 night shift. A door to the residence was damaged, and then a truck window was broken while the suspects were leaving.

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Officers arrested a 28-year-old Estevan man for uttering threats to cause death, assault, unlawful confinement and breaching a probation order during the May 25 night shift. He made his first court appearance in Estevan on May 26.

Police assisted with a domestic call during the May 27 day shift. Both sides co-operated after speaking to police.

Members received a complaint of a theft. The matter remains under investigation.

Officers received a report of uttering threats during the May 27 night shift. The matter is still under investigation.

Police received a telephone call from a concerned citizen because the individual thought a drug deal had just taken

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Members responded to a report of fireworks being set off in the Willow Park Greens trailer park. It is illegal to set off fireworks within city limits.

Police were called to a local liquor establishment for a report of a male refusing to leave, despite a request from the staff. Police attended and the male was sent on his way with friends.

Members are investigating a harassment complaint that was reported on May 27. Police have received more information regarding the suspect and methods he was using. Officers are looking into 100 telephone calls that came to the complainant’s phone within 35 minutes during the May 28 day shift. The matter remains under investigation.

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Only one motorist was charged under the Traffic Safety Act for speeding.

Officers received a report of a burgundy Cadillac travelling westbound on Highway 39 towards Estevan without any license plates. Officers were unable to locate the vehicle.

Members received a report of teenagers walking south on Fourth Avenue with open alcohol and refusing to leave the road, causing problems for motorists. Police attended and located a number of youth and young adults in Woodlawn’s day park.

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Doris Jean Aspholm 1931 – 2016 Mrs. Doris Aspholm of Innisfail, Alberta passed away peacefully at the Rosefield Care Centre on Tuesday, May 24, 2016 at the age of 84 years.

She will be lovingly remembered by her 4 children; Shelley, Sharon (Steve) Gard, Robin (Janet), Leslie (Lyle) Lesy; 11 grandchildren, Corey (Rachel), Jana (Randy), Lynden, Gerrett, Shaun (Brandy), Ryan (Jody), Tyler, Jaclyn, Bryce, Shania and Sarah; 10 great grandchildren, Madison, Bailey, Taylor, Emily, Jaden, Tristan, Logan, Scarlet, Levi and Kash and honorary granddaughter Rae (Neil) Oribe and their daughter Andrea. She will be missed by a very very special companion Ron Scott. She is also survived by her sister Mae (Cal) Wall and a sister in law Dodie (Arnold) Brigley, as well as a large circle of other relatives and friends. She was predeceased by her husband Clifford, parents Knut & Lydia Johnson, siblings Aina, Leo, Emy, Karen, Alfred and Anne.

A Memorial Service was held on Monday, May 30, 2016 at 1:00 pm at the Heartland Funeral Services Chapel, Innisfail . Memorial tributes may be made to the Alzheimer’s Society or the charity of one’s choice.

Heartland Funeral Services Ltd., Innisfail entrusted with arrangements. 403-227-0006. www.heartlandfuneralservices.com

Luverne K. Bod 1949 – 2016 With family by his side, Luverne Kenneth Bod passed away peacefully on Sunday, May 22, 2016 at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Estevan, SK at the age of 66 years.

Luverne’s memory will be forever cherished by his mother Clara Bod; wife Dianne; children, Heather (Spencer) Dyck, Regina, SK, Cheryl (Tim) Goodhue, Regina, SK, Jade Jensen, Courtenay, BC and Jennifer (Kelvin) Hollman, Colonsay, SK; grandchildren, Jessica, Ashton and Tucker Dyck, Regina, SK, Shaina and Skylar Goodhue, Regina, SK, Jamie (Brandan) Smith, Fort Nelson, BC, Jordan Moreau, Courtenay, BC, Jessica and Joshua Jensen, Courtenay, BC, Samantha (Brandan) Tuchscherer, Warman, SK, Kianna and Ryanne Hollman, Colonsay, SK; great grandchildren, Jacob and Nash Smith, Fort Nelson, BC, Caedon and Zachery Moreau, Courtenay, BC; brother, Barry (Joyce) Bod, Estevan, SK; sisters, Joan (Kim) Bachorcik, Torquay, SK, Audrey Bod, Estevan, SK, Brenda (Terrell) Kelly, Torquay, SK; Dianne's brother Vernon (Elouise) Klassen, Rapid View, SK as well as numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, aunts and uncles.

Luverne was predeceased by his father Roy Bod and brother Kenneth in infancy.

The Memorial Service was held on Thursday, May 26, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church, Estevan, with Pastor Stewart Miller officiating. The lunch reception was held at the church immediately following the service.

Memorial donations may be made to the New Estevan Regional Nursing Home, 1201 2nd Street, Estevan, SK, S4A 0M1.

Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Hall Funeral Services, Estevan.

A special THANK YOU to: the staff at St. Joseph’s Hospital for the amazing care given to Luverne and family during his last few months; Pastor Stewart Miller for the wonderful service; Trinity Lutheran Church for hosting the service; for all the family and friends who assisted with all of the food preparations, numerous duties during the service; the many trays of buns, snacks, fruit and meals donated to our family; for all of the comfort and condolences our family received during this difficult time.

Dianne & family Merleen I. Hill 1939 - 2016 Merleen Hill, late of Estevan, SK, passed away on Sunday, May 15, 2016 at the age of 76 years after a long and hard battle with cancer. Merleen leaves to cherish her memory, her husband of 53 years Robert "Bob"; two brothers, Cliff (Marjorie) Landsiedel and Milt (Vicky) Landsiedel of Medicine Hat, AB; 3 sisters, Joyce Howse, Ruth Shanks and Donna (Les) Mehrer; sister-in-law Hazel Landsiedel all of Medicine Hat, AB as well as numerous nieces and nephews and their families. Merleen was predeceased by her parents, Alex and Bertha Landsiedelel; Robert's parents, Merle and May Hill and two brothers, Alvin Lansiedel and Leroy Landsiedel. Merleen was born and raised in Hodgeville, SK area.

Following graduation she moved to Calgary where she met and married Robert in 1962. They later moved to Victoria, BC where she was employed in a bank until her retirement in 1994. In 2003 they moved to Estevan where she resided until her passing. Robert and Merleen spent many winters vacationing in California and Arizona and after their retirements, they spent many winters in Sun City, AZ. They traveled extensively and enjoyed numerous cruises. Merleen loved to embroider, knit, crochet, quilt and cross stitch. She completed over 100 cross stitch pictures and shared them with each sister, brother, brother inlaw, niece and nephew. Those pictures will always have a special place in our hearts.

Merleen was an excellent cook, baker, chocolate maker and cake decorator. Many family weddings and anniversaries included a special cake decorated by Merleen. She loved spending time with family and we will always treasure the visit, card games and other fun times we had together. A Time of Remembrance will be held at a later date. In memory of Merleen, memorial donations may be made to the New Estevan Regional Nursing Home, 1201 2nd Street, Estevan, SK S4A 0M1.

Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Hall Funeral Services, Estevan.

Gary Charles Bowers 1933 – 2016 Gary Bowers, born on December 30, 1933, passed away peacefully on May 16, 2016 in Calgary, Alberta, at the age of 82.

Gary will be lovingly remembered by: His wife Charlotte (Marklinger) Bowers of Airdrie, Alberta.

His children: Son Daryl Bowers and his wife Angela of Airdrie, Alberta; Daughter Penny Bowers of Milton, Ontario; Daughter Tracy Harris and her husband Jason of Airdrie, Alberta.

His grandchildren: Blaize and Dillan Bowers of Edmonton, Alberta; Jackson and Taylor Smiley of Milton, Ontario; Colton Harris of Airdrie, Alberta; Christopher McDonald of Calgary, Alberta and David McDonald of Edmonton, Alberta; along with 5 great grandchildren as well as numerous nieces and nephews.

Gary was predeceased by his parents: John and Jessie (Penny) Bowers of Macoun, Saskatchewan; his siblings: Jack Bowers of Calgary, Alberta, Jim Bowers of Estevan, Saskatchewan, Doris Bowers of New York, NY and Vivian Bowers of Macoun, Saskatchewan.

Gary was born on the family farm located between Macoun and Benson Saskatchewan. He married Charlotte Marklinger in 1966 and together they raised their three children Daryl, Penny and Tracy on Gary’s family farm.

Gary was the strong silent type with good looks that resembled Clint Eastwood in his youth. He was a listener, always paying attention to the conversation but never dominating it. When he did speak, everyone listened. He had a razor sharp wit and he could always be relied upon to drop the closing punchline to any conversation.

He was well read and had a knack for remembering facts and statistics. If you were picking teams for a trivia contest, there was always a fight to see who got Gary on their team.

Gary loved the wide open spaces of Saskatchewan and the peace and quiet of watching the sunset over his land. In 1998 he stepped down from the combine and retired from farming. In 2008 Gary and Charlotte moved to Airdrie, Alberta to be closer to their family.

Charlotte called him her rock. Through good times and bad, he was her shoulder to cry on, her hand to hold and the voice to cheer her on. He was her beloved husband for more than 50 years.

On behalf of Charlotte and her family, they would like to thank the hospice staff of Holy Cross Manor in Calgary, Alberta for their compassionate care and making Gary’s transition to heaven a peaceful and easy one.

Those wishing to make donations in Gary's memory may do so to the Heart & Stroke Foundation or the Canadian Cancer Society.

A private service for family members was held in Gary’s memory in Airdrie, Alberta.

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Hans E. Neuman 1935 - 2016 Hans passed away on May 12, 2016 at Macoun, SK at the age of 80 years. Hans will be lovingly remembered by his sister Marion Connor; 5 nieces and their families and many special friends in Macoun including Jack and Donna Pick and their families.

Hans was predeceased by his parents, Harry and Elizabeth (Kliensasser) Neuman; siblings, Albert, Carl, John and David.

The Graveside Service was held on Thursday, May 19, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. at the Macoun Cemetery, Macoun, Sk with Pastor Charile Bowen presiding.

There was a lunch reception at the Macoun Seniors Drop in Centre following the interment. Memorial donations may be made to the The Canadian Red Cross Society, 300 - 170 Metcalfe Street, Ottawa, ON, K2P 2P2. Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Hall Funeral Services, Estevan.

Donald Stewart Doerr 1936 - 2016 Don Doerr passed away suddenly at his home in Estevan, SK on Wednesday, May 18, 2016 at the age of 79 years.

Don is lovingly remembered by his wife Norma (McPhee), the love of his life for 51 years; his children, Bob (Colinda) Doerr of Bienfait and Barb (Stan) Gessner of Estevan; 4 grandchildren, Dustin and Harley Doerr of Bienfait, Zachary and Kyra Gessner of Estevan; three siblings, Jack (Darlene) Doerr of Weyburn and their children, Michell, Ron, and Sherry; Joy Hirtle of Fort Qu’Appelle and her children, Kim, Dawn, and Kenny; and Darcy (Dianne) Doerr of Bienfait and their children, Kayla, Alyssa, and Damon; as well as numerous other relatives and friends.

Don was predeceased by his parents, Stewart and Hilda Doerr; Clinton and Bernice McPhee; brothers-in-law, Warren McPhee, Ron McPhee, Ken Hirtle and Russ Swayze and nephew Rick Doerr.

The Memorial Service was held on Monday, May 23, 2016 at St. Giles Anglican Church, Estevan, SK at 2:00 p.m. with Rev. Mark Osborne officiating. Lunch was held following the service.

Interment will take place at a later date.

Those so wishing may make donations in Don's memory to the St. Giles Anglican Church Building Fund, 317 - 12th Avenue, Estevan, SK, S4A 2L7.

Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Hall Funeral Services, Estevan.

Evelyn W. Johnson 1922 - 2016 The family of Evelyn Winnifred Johnson sadly announces her passing on Thursday, May 12, 2016 at Hillview Manor, Estevan SK at the age of 93 years Evelyn was born and raised in Saskatchewan and spent the last 50 years of her life in Estevan, SK. She was involved in many organizations in Estevan and enjoyed gardening, painting and rug hooking.

Evelyn was predeceased by her parents, Russell and Victoria; husband Norman of 59 years; two brothers, Melvin and Edwin.

Evelyn is survived by her four children and their families, Philip (Jeanette) Johnson, Garry (Elaine) Johnson, Arleen (Larry) Reid and Garth (Mitzi) Johnson; 8 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren.

The Funeral Service was held on Saturday, May 21, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. at St. Paul's United Church, Estevan, SK with Sandy Dalziel officiating. The lunch reception was held in the church auditorium immediately following the service. The interment took place on Tuesday, May 24, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. at Sunset Cemetery, Moose Jaw, SK. Memorial donations may be made to Hill View Manor - Activity Fund, 1401 - 1st Street Estevan, SK, S4A 2W7 or to a charity of one's choice.

Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Hall Funeral Services, Estevan.

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A wife and a husband were fishing. She said, “I don’t know, but it seems to me the boot you caught yesterday put up more of a fight than the inner tube you caught today.”

The club’s next meeting will be held June 2 at 12:30 p.m. This will be the last meeting until September.

The bridge winner for the week of May 23 was Jim Benison. Margaret Sawyer was second and Lorna Stubel was third.

Rose Weinrauch was the winner in cribbage.

Nick Morsky came in second and Arlene Wetsch finished third.

The club plays canasta on Mondays and attendance is growing, with three tables of four people.

A new pastor arrived at a church on Sunday morning and found that only an old farmer had shown up.

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Trinity Lutheran Church E.L.C.I.C.

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738 - 2nd Street, Estevan Church Office: 306-634-5684 E: trinity.luth@sasktel.net Website: www.etlc.ca

THE SALVATION ARMY Estevan Community Church

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St. Peter’s Lutheran Church 130 Souris Ave. N. Reverend Randy Kleemola Phone: 306-634-2024 email: st.peters@sasktel.net

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St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church Corner 12th Avenue & 2nd Street

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Pastor: Father Brian Meredith MASSES: Saturday: 7:00 p.m.

Sunday: 10:00 a.m.

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ECS bands wrap up successful year with outdoor concert

Some sat in the shade, others relished the exposure to the sunshine following a few rainy days, and all enjoyed the musical offerings of the Estevan Comprehensive School Band’s year-end concert on Sunday afternoon.

The Grade 9 band started things off followed by the school’s jazz band and finally the senior band, all under the guidance of ECS musical director Kyle Whitehead.

The school’s fight

song started the musical festivities and Whitehead informed the audience of over 100 who had gathered in and around the school’s forecourt and front steps, the band had fared well in their travels to the Edmonton Cantando Festival, earlier in the school year, with about half of the Grade 9 band melding with about half of the senior band members who were able to make the trip, to put on some powerful performances and scoring well

Amy Marum-Quinn, who came to Estevan from Ireland a couple of years ago, gave the audience a sampling of the Irish whistle, during the ECS band wrap-up concert that was held outdoors on Sunday afternoon.

with the adjudicators.

The junior band gave some well-rehearsed versions of a lullaby as well as a percussion-driven rendition of the Game of Thrones theme as part of their concert segment.

Saxophonist Parker McKelkie then gave the audience a solo performance, playing the selection he will be required to perform at the upcoming Saskatchewan Music Festival finalists adjudication. Parker was selected as one of the musicians to advance to the provincial level during this year’s Estevan District Music Festival.

The ECS Jazz Band and senior band took their turns in front of the appreciative audience with the jazz team livening things up with the Basin Street Blues and then swinging into the slower tempo with the jazz classic Summertime.

Amy Marum-Quinn, who came to ECS via Ireland three years ago, was another featured soloist as she gave the audience a lively jig-styled number on her Celtic whistle before joining the senior band as one of their three flutists.

Whitehead then announced the winners of the various annual musical awards given to promising students, with some of them advancing to take on further musical training at the postsecondary levels.

The Woody Herman Award for outstanding musical achievement and dedi-

The Grade 9 Band, clarinet section, was featured in a couple of musical offerings provided by the ECS junior, jazz and senior bands on Sunday afternoon during their outdoor wrap-up concert. cation to the jazz program went to McKelkie while the Director’s Award for the top band student went to Aurora Whitehead. The band director stated, “believe me, I marked her harder than the others, just because she is my daughter, but she did excel and earned the top marks.”

The Patrick S Gilmore Award for outstanding high school band student and band commitment went to saxophonist Tucker Monroe.

The Special Achievement Award for students who have successfully com-

pleted all four years of the band program or choral went to Zach Anderson, Shana Dosch, Kristen Duffus, Haley Dukart, Jacob Miller and Garrett Wempe.

The Special Recognition Award went to the ECS saxophone quartet for their dedication to the extra musical group opportunities and continued improvements over the last four years.

Later Whitehead told the Mercury, “I had between 90 and 100 students this year, it was a very good year, they made a lot of progress. Next year the

band will be taking a major trip to Halifax.” Since this will involve a lot of additional planning and perseverance from the students, Whitehead said he expected the music students will be engaged and committed to the program as they move into the new academic year.

In the meantime, many of the ECS music students have been involved in pep band activities surrounding the Western Canada Cup and will be participating as musical contributors during the Saskatchewan Summer Games at various venues and staged events.

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Estevan Mercury

Jack Wruth and Doris Shank with awards...

Top office in Western Canada in closed transactions 2015. Top office in Canada in closed transactions 2015. (Small market)

Congratulations to all of you on a fantastic 2015. You have excelled more than could have been imagined and have been recognized for this on a local level, a Canadian level, and on a World Wide level. You should be proud of your accomplishments just as we are so very, very proud of all of you. It’s an honour to have you all on our team.

Lorna Pylychaty (306) 421-6847 Estevan and Area

Rhonda Blanchette

Linda Mack 306-421-3883

(306) 461-9791

Estevan and Area

(306) 745-7755

Scott Comfort

Martin Park

Brent Haas

Wadena & Area

Commericial Division

Commercial Division

Jennifer Gillis

Diane Rusnack

Stacy Neufeld

Estevan and Area

Mel Cole

(306) 451-7677 Grenfell and Area

Candice Jesmer (306) 620-3634 Yorkton and Area

Florence Christianson (306) 338-7632 Wadena and Area

Mervin Secondiak (306) 621-6084 Canora and Area

Frank Su (306) 491-6728

Agriculture Division

(306) 338-9632

(306) 620-3603

(306)621-4575

(306)621-1535

Commercial Division

Yorkton and Area

Sandi Shewchuk

Bill Harrison (306) 621-8007 Yorkton and Area

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Nancy Johnson

Bob Steil

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Spyhill and Area

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(306) 621-3680 Yorkton and Area

Ray Nordin (306) 730-8151

Agriculture Division

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Kipling and Area

Esterhazy and Area

Lisa Kirkwood

Fawn Wickham (306) 734-7921

(306) 728-6789

Rolna Pranke (306) 435-7343

Moosomin and Area

Shawn Pryhitka (306)-621-9798 Yorkton and Area

Langenburg and Area

Melville and Area

Wade Windjack

Marcel DeCorby

Elyse Wilson 306-621-4663

Yorkton and Area

Gladys Secondiak (306) 620-9700 Canora and Area

2015 Office Awards BACK LEFT – Chantel Balaberda – Spirit Award Back centre – Linda Mack – Rookie of the Year Back right – Elyce Wilson – Most Improved

Number one in closed residential transactions in Saskatchewan in 2015 -Gladys Secondiak

Front Left – Ted Cawkwell – Top Producer Front Centre – Jack Wruth (owner/chairman) Doris Shank (owner/broker) Front right – Fawn Wickham – Chairmans award

Congratulations to our team!

Back left: Darren Balaberda, Graham Toth, Frank Su, Mel Cole, Gary Cole, Ray Nordin, Rob Kozak, Shawn Pryhitka, Scott Comfort, Wade Windjack, Gladys Secondiak, Mervin Secondiak, Bill Harrison, Elyce Wilson Middle Row left to right Marcel DeCorby, Ted Cawkwell, Bob Steil, Jennifer Gillis, Donna Nyeste, Rhonda Blanchette, Krista Ruf, Stacy Neufeld, Candice Jesmer, Sandi Shewchuk, Jill Carlson, Sarah Robleski, Lisa Kirkwood, Lorna Pylychaty, Diane Rusnak Lynn Fawcett, Rolna Pranke Front Row left to right: Nancy Johnson, Larissa Rowan, Lizanne Stubel, Chantel Balaberda, Cameo Britton, Doug Jonassen, Jack Wruth, Doris Shank, Fawn Wickham, Darci Kirkwood, Linda Mack, Florence Christianson, Pat Pugh

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RE/MAX Hall of Fame Award Rolna Pranke Pictured with Jack Wruth and Doris Shank *Each office independently owned & operated