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Tankard draws thousands to Affinity Place

By Corey Atkinson sports@estevanmercury.ca

Oh, what a week.

SaskTel Tankard organizers had little time after the Tankard trophy was presented to exhale before turning the rink back to its former home as a hockey and figure skating facility. But the week of Jan. 31-Feb. 4, 2018 won’t be forgotten quickly thanks to the efforts of organizers, volunteers and the curlers.

On the ice, Steve Laycock’s team defeated Colton Flasch’s team 9-7 in an exciting final Sunday afternoon, putting a bow on five outstanding days of curling and curling-related activity.

“I think that overwhelming is the first word,” said Tankard cochair Helen Fornwald.

“What just happened blew our expectations out of the water completely. Our goal, our journey along

The Brent Gedak team was part of the opening ceremony Wednesday evening. From left are Brent Gedak, Clint Dieno, Derek Owens, Shawn Meyer, coach Bob Doerr and Future Stars curler Kristen Carlson. the way. The community came out and supported it. The patch, the young

Manitoba man sentenced for charges Shane James Arran Stainer has been sentenced on charges of driving while under the influence and careless use of a firearm, in contravention to the Criminal Code of Canada.

Stainer was caught driving on Dec. 2 of last year with his headlights turned off. The arresting officer pulled Stainer over and discovered he was under the influence of alcohol, and upon further inspection of the vehicle, the officer discovered a sawed off rifle on the floor behind the seat.

At the time of Stainer’s arrest, one other person, Kristofer Donald, was travelling in the vehicle and is still facing criminal charges.

Stainer, who was the driver, was not the owner of the rifle. The rifle was later found to be the property of Donald.

Judge Lane Wiegers sentenced Stainer to a two-

year driving probation, an immediate suspension of his licence, a three-year firearms probation, a $500 fine, which carried with it a $150 victim surcharge, five months of probation and an intermittent jail sentence of 35 days.

Stainer must also attend a treatment centre in regards to alcohol and substance abuse.

The judge told Stainer to, “Apply yourself to the best of your ability while in treatment.”

He also noted in regards to the firearm, “It may as well be your gun, as far as the law is concerned.”

Stainer held one previous conviction for driving while under the influence and has been allowed to take six months to pay off his fines. Additionally, he must not consume any alcohol or drugs 24 hours prior to admission to a jail to complete his 35-day sentence.

kids supported that. Our 50-50s were well-attended and we had a great finish

here. We welcome the Laycock team to represent our province.”

For five days, the best men’s curling teams in the province took over Affin-

ity Place. Nary a complaint was heard from the teams A2 » MANY

By David Willberg

tevan and Moose Jaw who have been lobbying for the monument to be on the courthouse lawn.

Hinzman said he was informed of the ministry’s decision through a letter addressed to Mayor Roy Ludwig. Ludwig informed Hinzman once he received the letter.

Hinzman said he was disappointed by the ministry’s decision.

“These men fought for this country,” said Hinzman. “They were welldecorated men. They died here in Estevan after making it back from the war.

The youngest member was 20 years old. His decommission papers were waiting for him, and he never got back to them.”

They made it back to Canada following the Second World War, but they never made it back to their families.

Richard Murray, the deputy minister for Central Services, said the discussions to use the courthouse property also included the Saskatchewan Ministry of

Justice, since the courthouse is on the property.

“A panel was struck that included an independent representative from the legal profession, an architect, the past-president of the Saskatchewan Association of Architects,” said Murray. “The panel considered the request, and they ultimately decided that the statue was not suitable for the courthouse property.”

Murray said there were safety concerns, since the monument is a 17-foot high structure, and it is made of wood, so it will deteriorate over time.

“The addition of more statuary and structures detracts from the appearance and the architectural design of the courthouse,” said Murray.

When the Soldiers’ Tree Monument was approved for the lawn a couple of years ago, the ministry thought the lawn was a good location. But the panel is concerned with having too many structures.

Estevan’s cenotaph is located next to the Soldiers’

Tree. A coal car memorial, which is a tribute to the victims of the Estevan Riot of 1929, is on the lawn’s northeast corner.

Murray added there are a lot of young people who use the courthouse lawn for recreation activities during the summer months.

But Hinzman counters the lawn is spacious and there is enough room out there to add one more monument.

“It’s spacious and it’s a green spot,” said Hinzman.

Hinzman said he doesn’t see much of a difference between the Soldiers’ Tree monument and Forever in the Clouds.

“They’re both about our fighting men, men that gave it all to their country,” said Hinzman.

The one difference, Hinzman said, is Forever in the Clouds is more of an Estevan story, because the 21 men died in Estevan.

The Soldiers’ Tree monument is more of a tribute to Canada’s military history, although there are local touches in the Soldiers’ Tree.

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Monument won’t be located at Estevan courthouse lawn

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If the Forever in the Clouds monument is to be in Estevan, then it won’t be located on the lawn of the Estevan Courthouse.

The committee responsible for the monument has been informed that their application to use the courthouse’s east lawn has been denied by the provincial Ministry of Central Services. The monument pays tribute to the 20 pilots and the one grounndcrewman who were killed in a plane crash at the former Estevan Airport site south of the city on Sept. 15, 1946.

The monument, carved

by Alberta chainsaw sculptor Darren Jones from a 500-year-old Douglas fir tree, arrived in Estevan last September, and was dedicated during a ceremony at the Estevan Regional Airport a few days later as part of the Living Skies Airshow. It has been at the airport ever since.

Lester Hinzman said there are people from Es-

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Many pleased with how Tankard turned out « A1 about the city and the stands had a wide range of age from schoolkids to adults of all ages.

“Right from the building, they have it in, it’s a beautiful building,” said winning skip Laycock.

“They had great icemakers for it, the hotel was amazing. We had nothing but a great time here this week.”

Laycock will wear green as team Saskatchewan at the Tim Hortons Brier in Regina next month, but there were a few teams that had really good weeks leading up to the playoff round – including Estevan skip Brent Gedak’s team from the Power Dodge Curling Centre.

“There was some fantastic shotmaking all week by these guys,” said Leah Moriarty, Tankard co-chair.

“Our hometown boy gave it a good run but I think we’ve got a really good representative heading to Regina.”

The event was run so successfully, organizers are dropping strong hints that there may be more big time curling events in the future. First comes the rest after five intense, long days at the rink.

“We’re going to decompress here for a little bit and let this settle in,” Moriarty said.

“I think we’re going to do volunteer appreciation because without those volunteers, we couldn’t have

done that without them,” Fornwald said. “We’re hearing from all around the fans that have come about the beautiful facility, the clean facility. Thanks to the city for allowing this. The city staff worked so hard.

Our committee, everyone involved. It was a lot of fun and a lot of work.”

“I don’t think we’re done though,” Moriarty added. “Keep that in mind for the future.”

“I think this is just the beginning for curling events for us,” Fornwald said.

The next step will be a little bit bigger event here, and discussions have already started with CurlSask, the provincial body in charge of curling in the province.

From the outside things looked to be running smoothly, with events going on as scheduled, no significant ice issues and curlers having little issue navigating where they were supposed to be and when.

“That means our committee behind us did an excellent job in organizing,” said Moriarty. “There’s a few things, obviously that we could change but overall it did really, really well.”

The support from volunteers and the city went over and above the expecations of Fornwald and Moriarty.

“We weren’t sure, when we started planning

Suspects back in court in Sask. human smuggling case A case of human smuggling was back in Estevan Provincial Court on Monday morning.

It was last year in which RCMP discovered nine foreign nationals trying to illegally enter Canada between the North Portal and Northgate border crossings between Canada and the United States.

Michelle Strawford-Omoruyi and her husband Victor Omoruyi have both been charged with crimes related to human smuggling.

On Monday in Estevan Provincial Court, their case was in front of Judge Lane Wiegers again.

The two lawyers representing Victor Omoruyi and his wife opted to adjourn the matter to Mar. 5 for possible resolution at that time.

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Within half an hour of the Tankard ending, crews were cleaning up from the event to get Affinity Place back to its normal self. this, how it would go over in the city,” Moriarty said.

“The numbers of attendance, the volunteers, it’s blown our minds.”

“CurlSask said that

we’d just need about 100 volunteers, and we had over 160 volunteers,” Fornwald said. “Those volunteers didn’t just work one or two shifts. They worked

multiple shifts. They were coming for one shift and staying for 10 hours. It was their heart and soul put into this.”

With the Tanakrd now

in the memory banks, one can only wonder what’s next from these organizers.

“We’ll see what comes and go from there,” Moriarty said.

Safety concern cited regarding monument « A1 Murray said the courthouse staff is keeping a close eye on the Soldiers’ Tree monument regarding any possible safety issues, because it’s also carved from wood. There’s the potential for safety concerns for any wooden structure.

“It has to be maintained and well looked a f t e r, ” s a i d M u r r a y.

“This one (Forever in the Clouds) is perhaps even larger than that one (the Soldiers’ Tree), and over on the other side of the property, it’s a little more exposed as well, out in a little bit more of an open area, and more likely to be a safety concern.”

There is a group in the community that is against the Forever in the Clouds project, Hinzman said, but Murray said the ministry did not receive any opposition.

The City of Estevan and the Estevan Chamber of Commerce have supported the project. He has

met with Estevan MLA Lori Carr, and there was a meeting with the Ministry of Central Services early on in the process, but Hinzman said the two sides haven’t met recently.

A potential alternate location for the monument has not been determined, but if it can’t be in Estevan, then Hinzman said it might have to go to Moose Jaw. The Royal Canadian Air Force’s 15-Wing air force base is located in that city, and people in the air force have helped out immensely by supplying photos.

But Forever in the Clouds is an Estevan story, and Hinzman said it should be here.

Hinzman said he is looking to start a petition to get the monument at the east end of the courthouse lawn.

“For 70 years, these men were basically forgotten,” said Hinzman.

“I grew up in this town.

My father was a veteran.

We never heard of these men, until we happened to stumble across it a couple of years ago, quite by accident, and it was an old Mercury report that Doug Gent had found.”

Once it is complete, Forever in the Clouds will feature the faces of the 21 men killed in the 1946

plane crash. Jones has carved 17 faces already, and two more will be added later. The committee for Forever in the Clouds is still looking for the other two faces, Clifford Sommerville Coppin and Vitantos Luke Kirko.

A plane is carved into the top of the monument.

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Police have a lot of plans for 2018

By David Willberg dwillberg@estevanmercury.ca

It might be a “breathing” year for the Estevan Police Service, but Police Chief Paul Ladouceur said there will still a lot happening for the local police this year.

Ladouceur said a lot of significant changes have taken place within the service in recent years, with new divisions and new roles that have helped the EPS when it comes to helping front-line patrol officers, as well as major investigations and other crimes.

And there have been purchases to keep the EPS up to date when it comes to the technology used in solving crimes.

“We have incorporated so much change, and we want time for our members to certainly catch up and have some breathing room,” said Ladouceur.

“It’s focusing on the work we do every day, and putting that nose to the grind of police work.”

The EPS will continue to focus on drugs, he said, and Ladouceur noted the detection of carfentanil in this area is a source of concern for the EPS. Local officers have been equipped with naloxone kits to deal with overdoses related to carfentanil, fentanyl and other opioids.

The EPS is also preparing for the legalization of marijuana on July 1.

“There’s nothing to say that this is not going to happen, so how do we best deal with that,” said Ladouceur.

Local police will also

take a much deeper look into interpersonal violence and domestic violence in the community “We know there are incidents out there that aren’t coming to the attention of police, and we’re looking at why they aren’t coming to the attention of police, and what some of those barriers and holdbacks are for people in those situations,” said Ladouceur.

There are so many dynamics in interpersonal violence that cause people not to come to police, he said, including economic and familial factors.

Victims are often concerned about finances, the relationship itself and the impact on their children if they come forward, Ladouceur said.

“There’s so much in play when it comes to interpersonal violence, and we want to start looking at how do we work through those challenges that are holding people back,” said Ladouceur.

The EPS knows that people are seeking counselling services for interpersonal violence, but they aren’t coming to the police about it.

“It’s great if somebody can work through domestic issues, through counselling and things like that, but what if they’re not?” said Ladouceur. “At the end of the day, what if they’ve sought counselling or they’ve sought assistance from someone else, but the change stops there, and the abuse or the violence is still continuing.”

It remains a big chal-

lenge for police.

“We know things are happening out there, and much like sexual assault, it doesn’t happen in the public eye, or very seldom does it happen in the public eye.

It happens behind closed doors,” said Ladouceur.

A couple of items that were projected for last year’s budget, but weren’t purchased, are still up in the air. The first will be the purchase of on-board computers for police cruisers, which are expected to create efficiencies for local officers.

The computers would allow officers to file reports from a computer in their police vehicles, and remain on the street.

Currently they have to return to the police station to file such reports.

The EPS will be visiting police in Brandon, Man., early this year to see how their system operates, and they will meet with other police agencies as well.

The laptops will also enhance officer safety, because officers can use the information on the laptops before entering a home or after pulling over a motorist.

“Part of it is the technological aspect,” said Ladouceur. “Certainly it’s not the want or need, or a lack of putting in the effort to get this up and running. It’s the technological side of it.

“We’re dealing with various computer elements and how we tie those computers together, and there have been struggles in that regard as far as how we’re

Estevan Police Chief Paul Ladouceur says it will be another busy year for the Estevan Police Service. File photo going to make our computer automated dispatch work with our in-car computers, and things like that.”

The budgeted amount for last year was five computers worth $8,000 each.

The other looming change is the computer automated dispatch (CAD) system. The EPS would retain its dispatchers as part of the change to CAD, and dispatchers would still answer calls that come into the police station. But the CAD would mark the end of using pen and papers in the dispatch.

The CAD is connected to the in-car computer systems, and they have to link together at the same time, so it’s an all-or-nothing upgrade.

“It’s not like it’s a whole separate entity, because it all flows through the same computer system,” said Ladouceur.

The EPS will also purchase at least one new police vehicle this year, to replace vehicles that are near the end of their life cycle.

“The vehicles that we operate as a police service are among the most important pieces of equipment that we can have, because that’s what gets the officers to your door,” said Ladouceur. “So I’m not a fan of running police cars to the ground, because when that emergency call comes in, and having an officer jump in their cruiser and it doesn’t start, it just doesn’t work that way.”

A decision hasn’t been made on the future of the current police station, and upgrades to the police station were not included in this year’s city budget.

There has been a lot of speculation on how the police service will handle the cramped quarters of the

police station.

It went through its last expansion in the 1990s, and since that time, the EPS has experienced a lot of growth.

“We’re doubling up in offices in this facility right now,” said Ladouceur. “Offices that were small and designed for one person at best, in some cases we have two or three people working out of them.”

Any expansion would need to be moderate in nature, he said, and it wouldn’t be realistic to build a new police station at this time.

The future of the police station has been discussed by the Estevan board of police commissioners, and it will continue to be discussed by the police board and by city council. But at some point, Ladouceur said something will need to happen so that the officers will have the space they need to do their jobs.

Police to host impaired driving meeting A number of stakeholders in the community have been invited to attend a meeting on impaired driving in Estevan on Feb. 16 at Affinity Place, starting at 2 p.m.

Police Chief Paul Ladouceur said the Estevan Police Service (EPS) has reached out to those who might be able to provide insight and input to assist with fighting impaired driving in the community.

Those stakeholders include taxi companies, bar and off-sale liquor

company owners, school board representatives and others, so they can have a discussion on thinking outside the box to combat the issue of impaired driving.

“We’ve tried a number of different tactics in dealing with impaired driving,” said Ladouceur.

“We like to think we have all the answers, but we’d be foolish to assume that.”

Ladouceur hopes that some new ideas will come from sharing those ideas.

The EPS has had some good ideas, he said, with

the high-visibility check stops that have happened at various times during the year. Local police have also looked at programs such as This Ride’s on Us, which the Weyburn Police Service introduced last year. Residents of that city exchange their vehicle keys for free taxi rides at bars and restaurants in that city.

Legislation changes have also occurred.

“We’re just trying to get an idea, if there’s anything else out there that

we’re missing,” said Ladouceur. “Is it something where we need to focus more on the education side. If it is, it’s something where we have to look at different strategies in dealing with impaired driving.”

While the EPS has done all it can when it comes to impaired driving, it’s still an issue in the community, and always will be a challenge.

“We’d like to say it’s going to be 100 per cent eliminated, but that’s a far-

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While much of the focus has been on alcohol when it comes to impaired driving, the meeting on Feb. 16 will also focus on impairment by other drugs, including marijuana, which is scheduled to be legalized by July 1.

“You never know how it’s going to impact this country or this province or this city, for that matter,” said Ladouceur.

Marijuana will be legalized this year, he said,

and now it comes down to how the EPS will handle it going forward.

“A lot of good strategies come from our community members, and from people in the public who might have good ideas, but have never had the opportunity to share those ideas, or have never been invited to share those ideas,” he said.

Impaired driving is a community issue, he said, and so the community should work together to find some new ideas.

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Will population trend upwards again?

Once upon a time, the Covered Population Report from eHealth Saskatchewan was a must-read for those who wanted an accurate idea of how many people actually resided in the Estevan area.

It was an annual report, tabulated on June 30, of how many people with Saskatchewan Health cards were living in the city. It did a pretty good job of including those who were working in Estevan on a short-term and medium-term basis.

Compare that with the federal census, which was released once every five years, and seemingly failed to include people in the community for work-related purposes.

The figures for the 2006 and 2011 censuses were justifiably met with widespread ridicule in Estevan.

Many started to give more credibility to the Covered Population Report than the census.

And while the Covered Population Report isn’t perfect (the document is skewed towards urban municipalities over their rural counterparts), if you add the number of people in the city and the RM of Estevan, for example, it is likely pretty close to accurate, and a far better picture than the census.

For what it’s worth, the report shows the city’s population was 13,221 in 2017 (down from 13,306 the previous year), while the RM’s population was at 679, up from 658 the previous year. You can see how the numbers are lower for the RM than they should be, but the 13,900 total residents would be a pretty fair assessment.

The 2016 census, meanwhile, pegged the city and RM’s population at around 12,600 people.

Hopefully we’ll start to see the numbers grow for the city and the RM of Estevan.

As has been well-documented, the last few years haven’t always been kind to Estevan. The price of oil plunged, leading to a significant economic slowdown. A region that once had near-zero unemployment suddenly had lots of people looking for work.

There has also been uncertainty about the future of Units 4 and 5 at the Boundary Dam Power Station.

Don’t get us wrong, a lot of great things have happened in the area since the oil price slump started in the summer of 2014. But economic times have been tough, and it

has affected everyone directly or indirectly.

There seems to be more optimism in the community, thanks to a recovery in the price of oil. Activity is picking up in the patch, and companies are looking for workers.

If the price of oil continues to hover around US$65 per barrel (West Texas Intermediate), It’ll be interesting to see what happens in the spring, once road bans are lifted.

It won’t be glory days of a few years ago, but there is a cautious optimism that hasn’t been there in the last few years.

Hopefully, that optimism leads to more people living here, both long-term and short-term. And a higher price of oil not only translates to more people and a stronger local economy, but it touches every aspect of the community.

Real estate, retail and hospitality businesses all stand to gain. If people make more money, they’ll have more money to spend.

Hopefully the gains will lead to more people in the community, and higher population numbers for both the city and the RM when the 2018 report is released.

From the Top of the Pile

by and grab your munchies at the same time.

Grab some eggs and milk while you’re at it.

Let’s face it, in many cases when Marydo-you-wanna is being consumed, so is alcohol. Therefore private liquor stores should be located next door in the same mall. Pick up a two-four with your BC Bud. The next business should be a brothel.

They’re kinda sorta legal now, aren’t they?

It’s very confusing. Maybe they can have a chain of Christmas-themed brothels known as “Ho Ho Ho!” This being the enlightened 21st century, the brothel should be required by law to cater to all genders. Not just one, or two.

We can’t forget the casino, since a bar with VLTs simply isn’t good enough. And if that casino were to become an urban reserve, it should be able to allow indoor smoking, unlike any other place in the province.

If you’re going to have indoor smoking, other than the aforementioned pot, you might as well have a humidor and smoke shop. Some might even consider a vape shop, because, hey, why not? Some people are trying to quit tobacco. Nasty stuff.

Working your way to the food court (again, think Mary Jane-inspired munchies), you would come across the local meth lab.

There might be an opportunity for a dental office next to the meth lab, because meth is murder on teeth.

A pawn shop could be located there, too, so that the meth heads can pawn their stolen goods to pay for their fix, and teeth, too.

With free porn widely available on the internet, a XXX video store probably won’t last long, so skip that one. But a peeler bar, serving alcohol, is sure to bring in business.

Since “retro” is often considered cool, at least one storefront should be reserved as

a crackhouse. They’re soooo 1990s, aren’t they? Early 2000s? I wouldn’t know. I don’t know much.

We have to ensure this hypothetical mall includes a safe injection site, and a walk-in clinic, too.

Think of all the jobs we just created!

Legitimate, taxpaying jobs!

With all these ventures under one, climate-controlled roof, there would be so much traffic, you won’t be able to fire that cannon anymore. The place will be packed with customers wall-to-wall. It’ll be like Black Friday and Boxing Day rolled into one, every day. And we’re going to tax the snot out of them. We could pay off the provincial debt in three years.

My modest proposal is just that, along the satirical lines of Jonathan Swift suggesting the English should eat Irish children. I point this out because some people are too thick to figure that out.

As for being thick, the argument for legalization of all these vices has often been, “They exist in our community anyhow, so we might as well legalize it, regulate it and tax it.” That’s precisely what has happened with most of these vices already, including alcohol, casinos, porn and now, marijuana.

Whether you would want to take your kid to such a mall to ride the toy train is another story. But that’s the society we live in. If you don’t want your clothing store to be beside the pot shop, liquor store, brothel, casino, humidor, peeler bar, meth lab, crackhouse, safe injection site and walk-in clinic, what sort of person are you, anyhow?

Probably one who voted for Stephen Harper.

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

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How to fix Saskatchewan’s malls I think I’ve figured out how to revive Saskatchewan’s malls.

For years, it seems, malls in prairie chicken land have suffered decline. Firing a cannon down the main hall of most malls won’t cause any injury on any given weekday afternoon.

Here’s how you change that. You start with pot shops. (And before anyone freaks out, I am not speaking about any specific mall here, as this could apply many malls in Saskatchewan.)

Saskatchewan communities are currently in the throes of sorting how just how many licences should be allowed in their communities, and where they should be allowed. This comes in the wake of the province allotting licences to communities across Saskatchewan. I heard the mayor of Moose Jaw on CJME talking about the various conundrums this poses for them.

Here’s my plan, and any desperate economic development officer is free to steal it.

Most malls have numerous vacancies.

A pot shop would fill one. If there’s extra space, use it for a grow-op.

Most malls also have a grocery store.

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Tankard was fun! Report shows slight population decline Let’s do it again!

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No one who attended the 2018 SaskTel Tankard could complain that it wasn’t smoothly run and a blast to cover and play in.

Fans had a good time because Affinity Place was wellorganized and things were easy to get to. Food prices at the concession were consistent with what they’ve been all year. Heck, even Power Dodge supplied free coffee and hot chocolate one morning and some of us had (ahem) more than one that day.

Curlers had a good time because they’re curlers and if you give them a sheet of ice and some people to appreciate shotmaking and strategy, they’ll love you.

And the media like myself had a good time covering it because that’s what we do and this is what makes the adrenaline flow.

The city looked good from all those who were able to watch the games from a distance, and those who came enjoyed themselves immensely.

So now the question comes – what’s next? Rumours have been circulating about a 2021 Royal Bank Cup bid for the Bruins, and that idea holds some sense. Having the top few junior A hockey teams for a week here would be an exciting time for a lot of area hockey fans and the economic spinoffs would be amazing. I can’t imagine teams would be happy about their practice rink situation but perhaps somehow that’ll be fixed over the next couple of years.

With no team in the fight, we’ll never get the Telus Cup for midget AAA hockey and any bantam or peewee AA championships just wouldn’t have the average fan on the street engaged enough.

The organizers of this event themselves made themselves a powerful ally in SaskCurl, the organization that can help bring similar and bigger curling events to the city. They dropped some strong hints that there is likely to be something just on the horizon. So what could that be? The World Curling Championships that have been held in Swift Current in the past? A World Curling Tour (WCT) Pinty’s Grand Slam event? Those are often held in places like Lloydminster, and Ontario cities like Sudbury and Sault Ste. Marie – places that are either a touch bigger or are veterans to holding major curling events.

I might be wrong but personally, I don’t feel like we’ll get the national Scotties Tournament of Hearts here. The venue and the population base is just a touch too small in order to bring in the kind of revenue needed. I was shocked that organizers in Moose Jaw were able to bring the event there and those who worked on that event put in a ridiculous amount of hours and people-power to get that. It would take a monumental effort locally to pull that off from an organizational standpoint, particularly now with the 16-team format plus the play-in game, plus the fact that a lot of the big teams at that level have their own staff of nutritionists, chiropractors, etc.

The Tim Hortons Brier is also a bigger city thing now and will likely never be held in a city this small. Regina is likely as close as we’re ever getting to the Brier geographically.

Realistically, when it comes to curling at least, we’re left with the worlds and the slams, both of which would be a blast to cover from a media person’s perspective. If you’re getting Thomas Ulsrud and his Norwegian curling team (and their outlandish pants) here for a week, sign me up.

But in all seriousness I do hope that having the Tankard here is just the first step in turning Estevan into a major curling destination. Everyone has used this pun before except for me, but SaskCurl should hurry, hurry hard to ensure the Tankard experience leads to more future bigger curling events in the city.

Bring on the Pinty’s, I say.

An annual report from eHealth Saskatchewan shows a small decline in Estevan’s population in 2017.

The Covered Population Report was posted recently. It tabulates the number of people in a community who carry a Saskatchewan Health card, as of June 30 each year.

While the report doesn’t bill itself as a census, many people, including the City of Estevan, view it as more reliable than the census because it is taken on an annual basis.

The city of Estevan’s population dropped from 13,306 in 2016 to 13,221 last year.

Mayor Roy Ludwig said he wasn’t surprised to see a slight decrease, but he was hoping that Estevan’s population would be a little higher than it was in 2016.

“We’ve had a few years of a downturn as oil goes, and we’re optimistic, of course, that it’s turning around,” said Lud-

wig. “We’re getting a lot of positive feedback that our economy is in fact turning around, so hopefully next year we can turn the negative to a positive.”

The population decreases that have occurred have not been as significant as some would expect, he said. The report pegged Estevan’s population as high as 13,512 in 2014, just as the economic slowdown was starting.

Ludwig believes the lower-than-expected population declines are due to the diversity of the local economy, with agriculture, coal mining and power production, in addition to other sources of employment.

“We’re more diversified than most communities, which may look at one economic driver,” said Ludwig. “We are so fortunate that we, in fact, have several, so when one sector is down, we find that usually people, if they are interested in staying in our community, can find work

Mayor Roy Ludwig in the other sectors.”

There is a growing optimism in the community, he said, now that the price of oil has been climbing steadily in recent months.

It has hovered between US$60 and US$65 per barrel (West Texas inventory) for most of this year.

The rural municipality of Estevan, meanwhile, had a slight population increase, as it jumped from 658 people in 2016 to 679

residents last year.

Other communities saw varied results in the report. Alameda increased from 529 to 532 people; Benson dropped from 139 to 133 people; Bienfait jumped from 1,062 to 1,081 residents; Frobisher went from 215 to 216 people; Lampman slid from 983 to 977 people; Macoun dropped from 409 to 393 people; Midale declined from 874 to 870 residents; North Portal declined from 163 to 155 residents; and Torquay dropped from 346 to 336 residents.

As for the other rural municipalities in the area, the rural municipality of Enniskillen dropped from 209 to 205 people; the RM of Coalfields increased from 199 to 211 residents; the RM of Cambria climbed from 170 to 175 people; the RM of Browning jumped from 211 to 223 residents; the RM of Benson went from 199 to 188 people; and the RM of Cymri went from 212 to 226 residents.

Southeast College opens registration for fall 2018 programs Applications for the fall 2018 post-secondary full-time programs at the Southeast College are now being accepted.

There are a number of methods for prospective students to apply for their program.

“The most convenient way for students to register is online through our website at www.southeastcollege.org. They are able to submit both their program registration and application fee in one easy step,” said Sheena Onrait, the manager of marketing and communications at Southeast College.

“Students can also call or visit any of our campus locations to obtain an application package. Students can also call or visit any of our campus locations to obtain an application package.”

Last year, Onrait noted that 75 per cent of applicants used the online service and found it very helpful.

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Fire chief appears on podcast Estevan Fire Chief Dale Feser was the most recent guest on Estevan Mercury Publications’ Energy City Plugged In Podcast.

Feser discussed how he joined the Estevan Fire Rescue Service as a paid on-call firefighter in 2004, when he was employed with the local mines. He had been part of the mine rescue team at the mines, and said the skills he learned with the team helped him when he joined the fire service.

The interview then

Fire Chief Dale Feser shifted to Feser’s tenure as the deputy fire chief from 2009 to 2015,

and then the fire chief, a role that he took on in 2015. He also reflected on the new Estevan fire hall, which celebrated its grand opening last month.

Feser said the fire hall has made a big difference to the fire service.

To listen to the interview between Feser and Mercury editor David Willberg, visit the Estevan Mercury Publications website, and click on the podcast tab. Video and audio versions of the podcast are available.

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What is good credit, anyway?

Having a good credit score is essential in the modern world. It can affect whether or not you are eligible for a mortgage or other kinds of loans.

But what does that number really mean?

The most widely used credit score is calculated by the analytics firm FICO, which rates credit seekers on a scale of 300 to 850, with higher scores being better. Generally, a score above 700 is good. Although FICO guards its exact method for determining scores, we know the basic categories: • The most important element is your payment history, which measures if you pay bills on time.

• The second most important is your debt burden, or how much you owe and how much of your existing credit you use. From a lender’s perspec-

2. Buy a car for substance, not style Many people love cars and want to buy the one that looks the best and newest. This isn’t always the best idea investment-wise, however. Knowing that your vehicle will withstand harsh Canadian winters is more financially important.

3. Regular maintenance is your best option Once you’ve made your purchase, treat your car like an investment. Don’t wait for something to go wrong; get your car regularly checked by a professional.

From a financial point of view, what’s important when choosing and maintaining a car is picking the one that’s right for you rather than the one your neighbours will envy.

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Donation to Telemiracle Estevan Diversified Services (EDS) recently presented a $1,000 cheque to Telemiracle 42. The money was raised during a barbecue and a book launch that EDS held in the spring to celebrate the release of the new Saskatchewan human rights book, which EDS was a part of. Participating in the cheque presentation were, front row, from left, EDS participant Sherry Morden, Telemiracle 42 event chair Susan Colbow and EDS participant Marcella Mack; back row, Murray Shauf, Stuart Minchin and Dorothy Johner.

Moe sworn in as premier Scott Moe was formally sworn in Friday as Saskatchewan’s premier and resident of executive council by Lieutenant Governor Vaughn Solomon Schofield.

“I am honoured to be sworn in as the premier of Saskatchewan and commit to serve on behalf of all Saskatchewan people,” Moe said. “As premier, I will always stand with the people of our great province.”

Moe also announced the appointment of his first cabinet.

Five MLAs are entering cabinet, including one who becomes a minister for the first time. Gordon Wyant becomes deputy premier and minister of Education; Jeremy Harrison becomes minister of Export and Trade Development and Minister of Immigration and Careers Training;

Tina Beaudry-Mellor becomes minister of Advanced Education and Minister responsible for Innovation Saskatchewan, and Status of Women; Ken Cheveldayoff becomes minister of Central Services and Minister responsible for the Public Service Commission and the Provincial Capital Commission; and Warren Kaeding, becomes minister of Government Relations and Minister of First Nations, Metis and Northern Affairs.

Wyant, Cheveldayoff and Beaudry-Mellor opposed Moe in the recent Saskatchewan Party leadership race. They were part of cabinet until last summer, when they resigned their posts to run for the leadership. Harrison resigned his cabinet post to run for the leadership as well, but he later dropped out of the race

to support Moe. Kaeding is the newcomer to cabinet.

Two ministers remain in cabinet but change portfolios. Bronwyn Eyre becomes minister of Energy and Resources and Minister responsible for SaskWater and SaskEnergy; and Christine Tell becomes minister of Corrections and Policing, and Minister responsible for the Saskatchewan Gaming Corporation.

Ten ministers retain their current cabinet responsibilities.

“This team of 17 women and men represent many of the qualities that make our province great,” Moe said. “As cabinet, we will set targets and continue to strive to reach them. As a team, we will stand with the people of our province. As a team, we will stand with Saskatchewan.”

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Everyone looks forward to retirement and Grace Potter, the administrator for the rural municipality (RM) of Estevan, is retiring this year after 30 years in public service.

“I have been in Estevan for almost five years and altogether I’ve been in my career for 30 years. Most of my time was spent in Shaunavon, working in the RM office up there,” said Potter.

“I didn’t wait too long after high school to get into my current career, and I

After she graduated high school in the late 1980s, Potter continued some education in administrative work. A job quickly became available while she was in school. She took and ever since she has been a public servant.

“The most interesting thing I can remember is at one time I had my whole council quit; that was back in 1998,” said Potter.

“There was a lot of internal problems that were going on at the time in that particular council and they just all quit one day and I was the only one left,” she added.

“I didn’t wait too long after high school to get into my current career, and I guess I was just interested in it.”

Grace Potter guess I was just interested in it. I had a grandfather that served on council forever and this job just ended up suiting me,” she added.

Her grandfather sat on a municipal council for 28 years.

While working in Estevan, she has seen lots of interesting things, the most memorable for her is how much the RM has expanded in recent years.

“Now that I am retired me and my husband are

Grace Potter is retiring from her role as the administrator for the Rural Municipality of Estevan. moving back to the family farm because it unexpectedly became available for purchase. I can’t wait to move back,” said Potter.

In her retirement, Potter does have some travelling planned; she will be going to China with her husband for a few weeks, and once things getting sorted out on the farm they may do more travelling.

“My old job is open for someone else to take it but that will be solved with internal hiring. Michelle Dickie who has been with us for about 12 years will be taking over my old job,” she said.

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The Prairie Women on Snowmobiles will be in Estevan on Friday night for their final stop in their Mission 2018 tour. The Estevan Snowmobile Club will host them.

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The time is nearing for the Prairie Women on Snowmobiles (PWOS) to make their final stop in Estevan on Feb. 9.

The event will be at the Beefeater Plaza starting at 6 p.m. There will be a supper, and live music will start at 9 p.m. The PWOS will reveal how much money they raised through their Mission 2018 tour at the event.

PWOS is all about raising money to fight breast cancer. Their journey started in Regina on

Feb. 3. They have never been to the southeast corner before, but they decided to visit this year.

The Estevan Snowmobile Club will host the visit.

Anyone who wants tickets is encouraged to get in contact with the snowmobile club or visit them online for information about the event.

“The snowmobiling aspect of the situation sucks because we are having such a dry winter, hence the lack of snow,” said Dave Heier, the president of the Estevan Snowmobile Club.

“The Prairie Women likely won’t be able to use

their sleds around here but this isn’t the first time they have encountered a lack of snow during the winter,” he added.

The idea to get the PWOS to head south and stop in Estevan this year started at the Saskatchewan Snowmobile Association’s annual general meeting in Saskatoon, when Heier approached the PWOS executive.

“We talked about how they have never been to the southeastern part of the province and they decided they wanted to finish up in Estevan and see southeast Saskatchewan,” said Heier.

Heier said dozens of towns will be visited by the PWOS, and each time they stop they take a few minutes at a coffee shop or something like that to visit

the community.

“They were happy to come to Estevan because since their founding in 2002 they have never been this far south into Saskatchewan. That may have to do with the unreliable weather we have, but their mission is to visit as many places as possible,” said Heier.

“I can’t speak for the Prairie Women who are visiting Estevan, but I suspect, like a lot of snowmobilers in the area no one is happy about the lack snow. I think the Prairie Women from at least Weyburn, are going to be travelling by truck only.”

Heier knows that the most important thing about the PWOS is their mission to raise money for breast cancer research and he believes that regardless of whether they are travelling

on a snowmobile or in a truck, that money will be raised.

“Who knows some of them might be happy about travelling by truck because they have about 1,200 kilometres to go and it is gruelling and very cold out for outdoor activities,” said Heier.

“I am really happy that the Prairie Women are bringing a lot of exposure to the Estevan Snowmobile Club because we do maintain a lot of trails and we consider ourselves a prestigious group that provides some truly great services to our members.”

Heier said that a nonprofit group doing work for another non-profit group is rare, and the Estevan Snowmobile Club has decided to take this on as a

project for them, and they hope to raise awareness for the club and get more members.

“So far we got rooms for the Prairie Women and we have been taking donations and many other things for them.”

About 30 businesses in Estevan have contributed to donating money to the cause and helping the Prairie Women come to town.

Heier and other members haven’t had too much trouble raising money and getting people interested.

“Because there hasn’t been any snow we haven’t been able to host any of our derbies so we are treating the event on February 9 as a derby where everyone gets together, has a good time and contributes money to a good cause,” said Heier.

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PSAC revises drilling forecast, pans B.C. government’s moves against Kinder Morgan expansion In its first update to the 2018 Canadian Drilling Activity Forecast, released Jan. 31, the Petroleum Services Association of Canada (PSAC) has revised its forecasted number of wells drilled (rig released) across Canada for 2018 to 7,600 wells. This represents a decrease of 300 wells, or four per cent, from PSAC’s original 2018 drilling forecast released in late October 2017.

British Columbia’s forecast is down substantially, Alberta’s is down slightly, while Saskatchewan and Manitoba are expected to see increases.

On a provincial basis for 2018, PSAC now estimates 3,807 wells to be drilled in Alberta, down from 3,998 wells in the original forecast. Approximately 29 per cent less wells are expected to be drilled in British Columbia, with PSAC’s revised forecast now at 517 wells for the province, down from 730 in the original forecast.

The revised forecast for Saskatchewan now sits at 2,998 wells compared to 2,931 wells in the original forecast, and Manitoba is forecasted to see 265 wells or an increase of 35 in well count for 2018.

PSAC is basing its updated 2018 forecast on average natural gas prices of C$1.75 per thousand cubic feet (mcf) (AECO), crude oil prices of US $55 per barrel (WTI) and the Canada-U.S. exchange rate averaging $0.79.

President and CEO of PSAC, Mark Salkeld,

said, “Even with steady and stable increases in industry activity levels over the low points in 2015 and 2016, any improvements will continue to fluctuate due to the ongoing discount Canada realizes for its oil and gas versus world prices. As long as our products are essentially land locked and restricted to just one customer, a full recovery for activity levels for the Canadian oil and gas industry will be negatively impacted. Investment dollars are fleeing Canada for regions of the world offering a more competitive environment for investment and where there is greater confidence in getting projects approved and completed.”

Salkeld also said, “The same challenges remain with respect to prolonged downturns in trying to attract the necessary skilled labour force back to the oilfield services sector. As the sector has experienced in the past, it takes many years to recover from significant downturns and it will be the same again now.”

Salkeld added, “The cost savings exacted from the oilfield services sector over the last 2 1/2 years, as hard as they were to bear, have paid off in operations that today are far more efficient with newer technology, which in turn changes the profile of the people needed in the sector along with the types of wells being completed for the producers. Canada will continue to see shifts from many wells drilled to fewer wells that are far deeper and more productive. PSAC will

Petroleum Services Association of Canada president and CEO Mark Salkeld may be leaving the organization soon, but he’s still got a lot to say when it comes to supporting pipelines. File photo continue to forecast as accurately as possible in these technologically changing times. It is still the most exciting industry to be in.”

Salkeld said, “What Canada needs now, more than ever, is a world class LNG industry on both the west and east coasts. This, in conjunction with access to tide water for responsibly developed Canadian oil, will set the stage for Canada to be a significant global force in reducing GHGs around the world. There is no doubt that the world wants Canadian oil and gas; there is also no doubt that Canada is the best in the world at responsibly developing and producing oil and natural gas, in large part because of the innovation delivered

by PSAC member companies and their employees.

The services sector represents the front-line workers, Canada’s exceptional middle class that works hard

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On Feb. 5, PSAC put out a press release regarding British Columbia’s most recent efforts to stall the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Expansion pipeline project.

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The release said, “This is not the time for inter-provincial trade wars as we pursue free trade agreements with the U.S. and Asian countries,” said Salkeld, “Now is the time for the Government of Canada to uphold Canadian rule of law and our constitution.”

“Investment capital is already fleeing Canada due to competitive concerns.

Lack of certainty for major project development and infrastructure will not help but only serve to drive away even more potential investment and with it Canadian jobs and economic prosperity,” continued Salkeld.

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Bennett discusses new exhibit at EAGM people are starting to surface now, he said, and the Wije’Wi (Come with Me) shares some of those stories.

“These stories were never actually passed on through written material, but through visual material,” said Bennett. “There’s a lot of text written about the Beothuk and the Mi’kmaq, from Jesuit priests from as early as 1499 and 1501, and a lot of these texts are very one-sided. So what I wanted to do was put those texts to the side.”

Bennett spent countless hours in museums and archives studying the work of the Beothuk and Mi’kmaq, to figure out the colour scheme and the connections with the artwork.

“And then I started to discover that the Mi’kmaq and Beothuk designs were very similar, so I started to overlap them and connect them, and make them converse with one another in different ways,” said Bennett.

Bennett started working on the exhibit while working on his master’s thesis in B.C. He connected with the late Daphne Odjig, who was 95 years old at the time and still completing a couple of drawings a day.

By David Willberg dwillberg@estevanmercury.ca

Jordan Bennett’s exhibit at the Estevan Art Gallery and Museum’s (EAGM) gallery No. 1 conveys the stories and the symbols associated with his people.

An opening reception for Bennett’s work was held on Jan. 26 at the EAGM. He discussed his work and answered questions for the audience.

It will remain at the EAGM until early April.

Bennett, who is a visual artist of Mi’kmaq decent and a resident of the west coast of Newfoundland, said the show is based on observations of Mi’kmaq and Beothuk people and their visual cultures.

“A lot of these works are based on our traditional porcupine quill designs, so a lot of people come into the galleries when they have these shows, and they look at it, and they see the connections of the Indigenous influence, but also ask about the bright colours,” said Bennett.

These colours are traditional for the Mi’kmaq.

Dating back 200 or 300 years, they used a lot of hot pink, bright orange and red.

Stories of the Mi’kmaq

Artist Jordan Bennett spoke at an opening reception for his exhibit Wije’Wi (Come with Me) on Jan. 26 at the Estevan Art Gallery and Museum.

“I looked at her drawings, and I said ‘If you can do two a day, I can do one a week,’” said Bennett.

Two exhibits in the south corner of Gallery No. 1 have an audio component.

If people spend enough time in front of the selections, they will start to hear

sounds.

“The further you are from the piece, it sounds like kind of a static,” said Bennett. “The closer you get, it turns into a more audible and recognizable sound.”

There are also works that pay tribute to trees.

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Police Variety Night brings magic show to ECS The Estevan Police A s s o c i a t i o n ’s Va r i e t y Night turned out to be a great event, with a good turnout for the magic and comedy show at the Estevan Comprehensive School (ECS).

COHO Productions Ltd., who specializes in fundraising events, brought the magic show to the stage in the ECS cafetorium. A lot of parents brought their kids and were thrilled when magician Riche Roy and his assistant Lorena Watters allowed some of the kids to become apart of the show. The other performer was Trevor Watters who was great at making the children laugh.

Dwayne Roemer helps manage COHO Productions and worked local police to bring the show to ECS. "What I think this show brings to the community is something that you don't see very often in Estevan," said Sgt. Evan Handley, who is the president of the Estevan Police Association.

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In the past, the proceeds from the variety night have gone to the Estevan Family Resource Centre, and last year ’s funds were divided between the Hillcrest School Breakfast Club and the family centre.

"The police variety night has always been about raising money for the community, and we are always happy with as much support we get from the community," said Handley.

"At one time we bought some bar-bells for the Blackrock cross-fit youth program.

We do a lot of charity that helps people out and brings some events to the community so people can have something to do," he added.

The Weyburn Police Association were the ones to first think of having a magic show instead of the regular types of fundraisers that the police association has done in the past.

"They are the ones who told me about it and I got in contact with Dwayne who wanted to make the magic show happen and so far this

From left, Haylee Keays stands with performer and magician Richie Roy during the Police Variety Night magic show. is our third year of having a magic show," said Handley.

"We wanted to try something different that was designed for kids that parents could also enjoy as well," he added.

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Steve Laycock has won the Tankard a few times before, but he said it never gets any less exciting.

He put his seventh Tankard on the mantle after a 9-7 win over Colton Flasch Sunday afternoon at Affinity Place. Laycock has won four now as a skip, even though this time he was throwing third’s stones, with Matt Dunstone throwing the final two stones of every end. It was Dunstone’s takeout that led to the single for Laycock in the end for the victory.

“This was an absolutely amazing experience and I can’t wait to play in Regina,” said Laycock moments after being handed the Tankard trophy.

As befitting the first seed when the field was announced, Laycock enjoyed some early success in the first couple of draws, easily disposing of the young Aaron Shutra rink and the veteran Jason Jacobson’s rink by 8-3 scores in the first two days.

But then some bumps on the road happened. He lost 8-7 to Brady Kendel, bumping him to the B side.

They responded by defeating defending Tankard champion Adam Casey 8-2 and 2003 champion Scott Bitz.

But in the B final Saturday morning, they lost 8-7 to the Brock Virtue rink, setting up a scenario where they had to win every match going forward. They did just that, knocking off Ryan Deis in six ends 8-1 in the C final, Bitz 8-2 in eight ends in the page playoff match between the two C finalists, and then Virtue 7-3 in the Sunday morning semifinal in eight ends.

The Steve Laycock team celebrates the 2018 Tankard victory at Affinity Place. The team is from left, Steve Laycock, Matt Dunstone, Kirk Muyres, Dallan Muyres and coach Lyle Muyres.

“It was a really weird week,” Laycock said. “We played amazing at times and we had a couple of blips where we just kind of ran into some hot skips.

(Brady) Kendel played really good and Brock Virtue had a great game. Today, we were up and down. We had a few off ends and we got a lot of mistakes out of them as well. It was just a little bit of a sloppy final but we came out the right side of it.”

They didn’t change their game at all through the week, Laycock said.

“We were happy with how we were playing, despite the couple of losses. It felt like it was just a couple of things where a few breaks didn’t go our way and we’re just not playing quite as good,” he said. “We weren’t that far off and we didn’t have to change much. We were lucky we actually had a few games where they weren’t easy teams, but it was just how they played against us. That would have been a grind if we were playing 10-11 end games all the way through.”

Matt Dunstone leaps into the arms of Steve Laycock while Kirk Muyres watches at the Tankard at Affinity Place Sunday.

That set up the final, which saw Laycock grab a five-ender in the fifth to stake a 6-2 lead. Flasch’s takeout attempt of a few Laycock stones was just a bit off, leaving four stones in the rings with Laycock holding the hammer. A draw by Dunstone to the eight-foot gave Laycock the huge lead just before the fifth end break.

“It’s good and bad,” Laycock said. “Obviously it’s great to have the points up on the scoreboard but I feel it kind of changed the whole psyche of the game

after that. We were just trying to blow out ends and they’re playing balls to the wall, trying to come back.

That’s a tough place to play from if you’re the team that’s up. They’ve got nothing to lose at that point. Say we only get two there and just kind of piece away and play a normal game, that’s actually a more comfortable position. You’re more used to that in curling. Obviously, I would never hand away extra points like that.”

With the Tankard under his belt, Laycock now

moves to the Tim Hortons Brier next month in Regina, which will be a new experience for him. Although he’s played at the Brier a whopping six times, Laycock has never played it in his home province.

“You can just see other Briers when the home team makes a shot and the whole place just goes wild,” Laycock said. “Obviously the last year with (Brad) Gushue, I think they propelled him right to the win, that crowd. Hopefully we’ll have a similar type of week.”

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Gedak’s Tankard comes to an early end

By Corey Atkinson sports@estevanmercury.ca

Brent Gedak’s week had some ups and downs over the course of his hometown SaskTel Tankard but overall the week went fairly well for him and his team of third Clint Dieno, second Derek Owens and lead Shawn Meyer.

Gedak began the Tankard with a 5-1 win over the Jeff Hartung team.

“Fortunately we got lucky and we were able to steal a few but for the most part it was a really close game,” Gedak said.

The ice in that first match was “great, with lots of curl,” Gedak added. “It was nice to get that under our belt.”

He then lost 10-4 to the young Brady Kendel rink from Saskatoon in the Thursday morning draw.

“We just had some inconsistencies,” Gedak said.

“We were getting some curl when we weren’t expecting it … all game we were juggling them around. We practice this all year what’s going to happen if we come up against that. We’ll just write down what we learned and try to go from there.”

The fact that it was the morning draw wasn’t a factor, Gedak said.

“You’ve got to get up for every game, it just didn’t matter,” he said. “We just didn’t play well.”

The Thursday night draw, with attendance high at Affinity Place, saw Gedak drop a heartbreaker 7-5 to Ryan Deis’s team.

The team had three rocks pick on debris on the ice, but Gedak wasn’t using that as an excuse.

“There’s nothing you can do about the picks,” said Gedak. “They’re out there and we have to adjust to how we throw our rocks. The other team never had any.

They were throwing with a little more rotation than us…

It’s part of the game.”

Gedak curled well at times, playing a perfect hit and roll to count two in the fourth end to tie at that time 2-2. But it wasn’t enough for a well-curled game by the Deis team.

That set up a Friday afternoon draw against the veteran Randy Bryden team, a game which Gedak won 6-4.

“We had the right angles today and the guys made some great shots,” said Gedak after Friday’s early afternoon draw.

The team played with the lead after stealing two in the fourth end. The team overall curled better than they did Thursday.

“We struggled a little bit with the rocks yesterday,” Gedak said. “Today we got a good set and our coach was doing some scouting and found a set we wanted.”

But overall, the pressure hadn’t gotten to them Friday afternoon like it may have Thursday night.

The pressure hadn’t gotten to them in that match or in the 7-3 win over the Jason Jacobson rink Friday night in front of what again was a full house.

“We’re going to have to play that good throughout the weekend here to finish,” Gedak said after the match.

“If we don’t play that well we won’t win. We’ve gotten our feet wet, we’re starting to get a feel for the ice and we’re just going to keep going.”

Brent Gedak’s team opened the Tankard with an early win but lost the next two games to put him behind the eight ball.

Their next match was against Scott Bitz, another Tankard vet who got better as the week went on. Bitz beat them Saturday morning 9-7 to end Gedak’s Tankard.

“We played well, we played strong as a team together,” said Gedak after the match. “Unforuntately we just lost a few games.”

The Gedak team had a lot of difficulty getting all the Bitz rocks out of play in the early going.

“We started without hammer so we were trying to get things going a little bit so we don’t just go up and down and keep the advantage in his court,” Gedak said.

“Just couldn’t get on the right inch early in the game and they got a deuce on us early.”

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Strippers tournament contacting teams about this year’s event

By Corey Atkinson sports@estevanmercury.ca

As reported in last week’s Mercury, with only two rinks in town, the Estevan Strippers are moving their tournament to have a few games in Bienfait this year.

With the Civic Auditorium on its way to being decommissioned, the Estevan Strippers have had to move their late March/early April tournament to be played in the Power Dodge Ice Centre, Affinity Place, and now the Bienfait arena.

“The other issue we run into at this time of year, and we hope we do run into

it this year is that we could be down to one rink for one day at least, if the Bruins continue to win in the playoffs,” said Rick Rohatyn.

“They have to get access with their building also, so we could have issues with having that building and hopefully we do, because we like to see them continue on in the playoffs.”

The organization has a tentative schedule that shows games in Bienfait but have to talk to the teams and make sure they’re ok with it.

Other rural rinks have had to deal with a power demand charge at the beginning of every month,

Rohatyn said. “They’re assessed a power fee and we don’t know what that is. We have to wait to see the Beinfait rink board has a meeting to give us a figure that we can work with. We do know that their per hour ice charge will be less than what we’ll pay in Estevan so we can make up some of that money by having to pay less per hour…

“The Strippers have had a good relationship with Bienfait because we’ve donated to their rink in the past when they needed repairs. And we think it’ll be the least disruptive to our tournament at this time.”

Action from the 2017 Strippers tournament at the Civic Auditorium. File Photo.

There will be 40 teams invited again this year, plus others on a waiting list.

Rohatyn said it would be difficult to contact teams

and tell them they couldn’t come.

“The best option was to go to Bienfait this year,” he said.

The team will be tackling this a year at a time, and Rohatyn is hopeful teams won’t have to travel for more than one game.

Bruins struggle to get points on the road The Power Dodge Estevan Bruins, booted from their rink for the 2018 Tankard, went on a four-game road trip.

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K of C Free Throw Rowan O’Handley takes a shot at the Knights of Columbus Free Throw competition last week at Estevan Comprehensive School.

Kids competed to make free throws against other kids their own age. The winners were announced at the McLeod Series’ games at ECS Tuesday night but were unavailable at press time. Corey Atkinson photo

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saves in net while the Bruins only fired 24 at Humboldt’s Parker Tobin.

The Bruins Wednesday then made it a little bit better with a 3-2 shootout win in Kindersley. Hayden Guilderson and Michael McChesney scored in regulation while McChesney and Zach Goberis both scored in the shootout. Matt Lukacs stopped 26 shots in regulation and overtime and didn’t allow a shootout goal.

They lost 4-3 in a shootout to the Battlefords North Stars Friday night. Captain Jake Fletcher scored all three goals in regulation and overtime for the Bruins, with Guilderson and Kaelan Holt adding two assists each. None of the Bruins scored in the shootout, but Chaseton Braid did for the North Stars. Didur stopped 34 shots in the net.

Saturday, the Bruins travelled back to Humboldt and lost 5-2. Guilderson and Arthur Miller each scored.

Lukacs stopped 31 of 35 shots.

The Bruins used Jarret Gerlach as an affiliate player for the first two games. At 19, he has 10 goals and seven assists in 23 games this year with the Pilot Butte Storm, collecting 155 penalty minutes. From 2013-2016, he played three full seasons of midget AAA hockey with Swift Current and Tisdale.

The Weyburn Red Wings have now caught up to three points behind the Bruins with two games in hand. Estevan has only one game – Wednesday night’s game at the Notre Dame Hounds.

- The Proteus Saxophone Quartet Monday, February 12, 2018 7:30 PM

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The Estevan Arts Council is proud to present Prairie Debut – The Proteus Saxophone Quartet in concert. The Quartet will perform in Estevan on Monday, February 12, 2018 7:30 pm at the Trinity Lutheran Church.

Meeting in France, the Saxophone Quartet Tommy Davis, Holly DeCaigny, Mark Michalak, and Michael Morimoto, formed in 2011 and currently unite throughout the year for intensive music projects taking them through Western Canada, USA and France. They strive to perform music from many styles, which feature the saxophone and its diverse personas. They include works from the classical saxophone canon, popular tunes, and modern interpretations of non-idiomatic works for the saxophone. www.prairiedebut.com Prairie Debut – Proteus Saxophone Quartet is part of the Stars for Saskatchewan concert series. Advance tickets are available at Henders Drugs, ticketpro.ca or at the Estevan Arts council office. Regular priced tickets will be available at the door. Please call 634-3942 for more information or check out our Facebook page.

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Westmoreland Bruins fill the net in weekend split The peewee AA Westmoreland Bruins had no issues finding the net this week in a pair of games as they make their way to the end of their regular season.

The Bruins (6-16-0) scored 14 goals on the weekend in their 7-2 win over the Melville Millionaires (5-133) Friday and their 8-7 loss Saturday in South Saskatchewan Minor Hockey League action at the Power Dodge Ice Centre.

On Friday, Carson Birnie’s hat trick powered the Bruins to the win. Jordan Marcotte scored a goal and two assists, while Colton Pushie, Ty Hoste and Emmett McCarthy scored singles. Goaltender Tallan Howie played the entire game in net.

Saturday, Hoste scored two goals and two assists, and McCarthy scored a goal and three assists to lead the charge for the Bruins.

Rylan Hansen, Marcotte, Tate Kasick and Kersey Hollingshead each scored while

netminder Howie played the entre game in net.

Their last games this season will be a pair of games Friday and Saturday in Yorkton (18-1-2) and one more Feb. 16 in Moose Jaw (5-15-2).

Hit, Draw and Tap Westmoreland Bruins forward Carson Birnie comes up the wing Saturday against the Melville Millionaires at the Power Dodge Ice Centre. David Willberg photo

The 2018 Hit, Draw and Tap championship was held Sunday at Affinity Place after the SaskTel Tankard semifinal. Kids in different age groups from eight to 15 took part in the provincial shootout event on Tankard ice.

Bottom, Estevan’s Albina Monukalo participates in the event.

Top, Estevan’s Kristen Carlson slides from the hack.

Corey Atkinson photos.

TS&M Bruins get set for Mike Sarada Memorial Day The Estevan TS&M Bruins didn’t give up a lot of goals last weekend in their two road games but they didn’t score a lot either.

The Bruins tied 2-2 in Regina against the Pat Blues Saturday and lost 2-1 to the Melville Millionaires Sunday.

Colby Cuddington’s goal with 7:04 on the clock tied the game in Regina. Mason Fichter had also scored in the game and Zane Winter played the entire game in net.

Kaden Chrest scored for the Bruins in Melville at 12:26 of the second period to bring his team to one goal down but the Bruins weren’t able to get any closer. Winter

stopped 25 of 27 Melville shots in the game.

As part of their last regular season game of the year Sunday at 7 p.m. against Weyburn, the team is planning a Mike Sarada Memorial Day, which will include an alumni game at 2 p.m., the midget AA Apex Bruins taking on Weyburn at 4 p.m., and a silent auction of items throughout the afternoon and evening. Sarada was an assistant coach of the TS&M Bruins who died last month on a highway just north of the city.

Proceeds from the day will go to the Mike Sarada Athletic Education Centre.

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Daniel W. Longney 1937 – 2108 Daniel passed away peacefully on Thursday, January 25, 2018 at St. Joseph’s Long Term Care, Estevan, SK at the age of 80 years.

Daniel will be lovingly remembered by his wife of 53 years Josephine (nee Pukas) Longney; daughter Patricia (Phil) Thompson and their children Aaron (Dealle) Thompson and their children, Brooks and Dani, Janelle Thompson and Ty Thompson; son, Ed (Tina) Longney and their children, Bailey (Levi) Steffins and Braiden Longney; daughter Kim (Jason) Rauch and their children, Joshua, Keegan and Noah Rauch; sister Beth (Glen) Pomoty; mother in law Gladys Pukas; sister in law Virginia Wheeler; brothers in law Patrick (Isobel) Pukas, Andrew (Bonnie) Pukas as well as numerous nieces and nephews.

Daniel was predeceased by his parents, Harry and Louise Longney; brother Ernest Longney; sister in law Joyce Longney; brother in law Clayton Wheeler and nephew Darren Pomoty.

The Memorial Service for Daniel was held on Tuesday, January 30, 2018 at St. Paul’s United Church, Estevan at 2:00 p.m. with Rev. Jason Richards officiating. Interment took place at the Estevan City Cemetery immediately following the service and the lunch reception was held in the church auditorium.

If friends so desire, memorial donations may be made to the Alzheimer Society of Saskatchewan Inc., 301-2550 12th Avenue, Regina, SK, S4P 3X1 or to the St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation (designated to Long Term Care), 1176 Nicholson Road, Estevan, SK, S4A 0H3.

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The family of Daniel Longney would like to express our sincere appreciation to all friends and family for the cards, flowers, online condolences, memorial candles, food and the many messages of support. We would also like to acknowledge the St. Joseph’s Long-Term Care staff for their love and dedication.

Much gratitude to Jason Richards at the United Church for his heartfelt words and touching tribute to Danny and the UCW for the wonderful luncheon. To Hall Funeral Services, your professional service, guidance and caring will forever be remembered as a great comfort to our family.

The Longney Family Donald Harold McIntosh 1944 - 2018 With much sadness, the family of Don McIntosh of Stoughton, Sask. announces his passing at the Pasqua Hospital, Regina, Sask. on Monday, January 22, 2018 at the age of 73 years.

Don’s memory will be forever cherished by his loving family: wife of 46 years, Betty Lou McIntosh; daughter Nicole (Joel) Elder and children, Jada and Donnie; daughter Angie (Jason) Driedger and children, Quinton and Jaylynn; daughter Haley (Aaron) Smith and son Owen; son Shane (Lori) McIntosh and children, Deana, Destiny and Luke; siblings, John (Elaine) McIntosh, Larry McIntosh and Myrna (Rick) Davis; in-laws, Joan Bernier, Pat & Donna Slater and Zandra Slater, as well as numerous nieces and nephews.

He was predeceased by his parents, Harold and Jeannette McIntosh; brother Frank Bernier; parents-in-law, Walter & Olive Slater and brother-in-law Edwin Slater.

The Prayer Service was held on Wednesday, January 24, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. in the Chapel of Hall Funeral Services, Estevan, Sask. with Sr. Jacqueline Lussier, CSC officiating. The Funeral Mass was celebrated on Thursday, January 25, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. at Our Lady of La Salette R.C. Church, Forget, Sask. by Rev. Wilfred Calinawan. Interment followed at the parish cemetery, after which a luncheon took place at the Royal Canadian Legion in Stoughton.

If friends so desire, donations in Don’s memory may be made to the Stoughton & District First Responders, Box 282, Stoughton, Sask., S0G 4T0 or the Stoughton-Tecumseh Fire Department, Box 598, Stoughton, Sask., S0G 4T0.

Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Hall Funeral Services, Estevan.

Thank You

Thank you to all our friends and relatives for the support during Don’s lengthy illness and his passing in the form of visits, cards, food, flowers, kind words, donations in his memory and assistance with the service. Many thanks to Sr. Jacqueline and Fr. Wilfred for your kindness and beautiful services, Shannon Shakotko and Dustin Hall for the lovely music and the ladies who provided the lunch. Thanks to Hall Funeral Services for your caring assistance.

Thank you to members of Stoughton and District Ambulance and Fire Department for the honour guard at the service and thank you to the physicians and staff of Pasqua Hospital’s Unit 3B for the care and compassion over the past 4 months.

-Betty Lou, Nicole, Angie, Haley, Shane and families

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Obituaries

Isabell Elaine Willock 1944 - 2018 It is with heavy hearts that the family of Isabell Willock of Lampman, Sask. announces her passing at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Estevan, Sask. on Sunday, January 21, 2018 at the age of 73 years.

Isabell’s memory will be forever cherished by her loving family: husband of 52 years, Robert Willock; son Donald (Melodie) Willock and children Kristi Willock (Scott Holtz) and son Jaken and Alexandra Willock (Kyle Hovind); son Trevor (Dawn) Willock and children, Hayden and Sydney Willock; daughter Allison (Steve) Massel and children, Dylan, Dayton and Kadyn Massel; sister Donalda (Don) Neill, as well as numerous nieces and nephews.

She was predeceased by her parents, Neil and Annie McTaggart and parents-in-law, Earl and Carolyn Willock.

The Funeral Service was held on Friday, January 26, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. at Faith Lutheran Church, Lampman, with Rev. Mohandas Barnabas officiating. Immediately following the service, a time of fellowship and refreshments was held in the lower level of the church, after which the immediate family attended the interment at the Browning Cemetery, Browning, Sask.

If friends so desire, donations in Isabell’s memory may be made to the St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation (designated to palliative care), 1176 Nicholson Road, Estevan, SK, S4A 0H3.

Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Hall Funeral Services, Estevan.

Drinking water advisory for Lampman

CAREERS NOW HIRING The Estevan Mercury is looking for the right person to fill a vacancy within our ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT. This is a permanent part time position that will be support for all departments within the Mercury.

The position is for approximately 24 hours per week and increases to 40 hours per week when necessary to fill in for vacations.

Qualifications should include: • Proficient with computers and programs such as excel and word. We have industry programs that you will be taught.

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Thank You

We would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to Dr. Christie, nurses and staff on Unit A at St. Joseph’s Hospital for the compassionate care. Thanks very much to the pallbearers: Gary Adair, Jay Fisher, Darren Neill, Steven Neill, Clayton Spalding and Brian Seeman.

We would also like to express our gratitude to Laurie Fornwald for the beautiful music and Maureen Ulrich for her assistance and accommodation in this regard. Thank you to Hall Funeral Services for your assistance and Dustin for singing a solo at the service, Rev. Mohandas Barnabas for his meaningful, comforting words and the Lutheran Church Ladies for providing the lunch after the service. Many thanks to Stacey Wempe and Grimes Sales for providing a supper after the service, the Town of Lampman for providing a meal for us. Last but most certainly not least, we extend our appreciation to our family and friends for memorial donations, flowers, food, supplies, company and well wishes. Thank you to each and every one of you who have reached out to us during this difficult time. Your kindness will always be remembered.

-Robert, Donald, Trevor, Allison and families.

A precautionary drinking water advisory has been issued for the Town of Lampman.

The Saskatchewan Watershed Authority issued the advisory on Jan. 30, due to high turbidity levels in the water distribution system.

The advisory is expected to remain in effect until at least Feb. 15.

People are asked to boil water for at least one minute prior to use. This includes water for drinking purposes, washing fruits and vegetables, and brushing teeth.

People should not drink from

ADMINISTRATOR The Mainprize Regional Park is located in Southern Saskatchewan approximately 60 km South East of Weyburn and 60 Km NW of Estevan. The Park features Full time Residents, Seasonal Residents and well as Seasonal Camping, Overnight Camping. Boat docking facilities for an excellent fishing experience, as well as a beach and Picnic Area. The Park also features a 21 hole golf course, 18 hole links style course as well as maintained practice holes to provide opportunity for new golfers and family fun golfing.

Qualifications & Experience • University degree or equivalent in the field of Accounting, Commerce, or Business Administration.

• At least 5 years related experience with multiple years of experience and training in management and supervision; • Knowledge of municipal financial administration and accounting principles and practices; Work with Manager prepare annual budgets, and to ensure success of the park.

• Work with the Regional Park Board, keep minutes for all business meeting of the board, and maintain all documents required by legislation.

• Experience and/or training in municipal administration, is an asset, but not a requirement.

• Knowledge of the Southern Saskatchewan Communities, and particularly the Mainprize Regional Park and Saskatchewan Municipal Legislation would be considered an asset.

FIELD OPERATORS Blackburn Well Service is looking for experienced, reliable contract field operators. Duties will include but not limited to operations and maintenance of oil batteries and wells, optimization of wells and ensuring safety and operational procedures are followed.

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Applications to be received no later than 12:00 pm, February 16th, 2018. Please send resume to Joe Vilcu – Board Chair at rm36reeve@sasktel.net.

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A salary package, including competitive benefits/pension plan, will be negotiated based on qualifications at the time of hire.

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A18 February 7, 2018

Estevan Mercury

Outstanding businesses will be recognized Estevan Mercury Publications is encouraging the public to vote for their favourite businesses in the community through the Reader’s Choice Best of Estevan contest.

The contest gives people the chance to vote for businesses that they believe are doing a great job. More than 200 categories have been created.

Ballots will appear in the Feb. 7, 14 and 21 editions of the Estevan Mercury, and the Feb. 9, 16 and 23 editions of Southeast Lifestyles.

Deanna Tarnes, who is the sales manager for Estevan Mercury Publications, said there are so many great businesses in Estevan, but sometimes they can be overlooked.

“It’s a way to jog people’s memories about all of the great businesses that are in town,” she said.

People have their favourite businesses, and Best of Estevan is a good way to celebrate those businesses.

There are so many different categories in the contest because Estevan Mer-

cury Publications wants to make sure there is a category for each business.

“We want to show the diverse number of businesses that Estevan has, and promote that you can do anything you need to do locally,” said Tarnes.

A business could win in more than one category.

Tarnes noted there are a lot of businesses that have opened in the community since the promotion was last held in 2011 who will now have a chance to be recognized.

Each business that wins will receive a framed certificate to hang proudly inside. Many of the businesses that won when the promotion was previously offered seven years ago still have the certificate.

A special publication, highlighting the different winners, will be released at the end of March.

A couple changes have been for this year’s promotion.

The first is an online component, as people can go to the Estevan Mer-

cury Publications website, www.estevanmercury.ca, and vote for their favourite business in each category.

The ballot is separated into three components on the website.

The other difference is the introduction of a best overall business award, in which people can vote for their favourite business.

Also, as part of the promotion, Estevan Mercury Publications will give away four $25 gift certificates to Mr. Mike’s.

To be eligible for the gift

card giveaway, people must vote in at least 25 categories.

Then the ballot needs to be submitted through the Mercury’s website or dropped off at the Mercury office.

The deadline to vote in the Best of Estevan Reader’s Choice competition is Feb. 28.

Tarnes said the promotion was very well received when it was last offered in 2011, and she believes now is a great time to offer it again.

YOU CHOOSE THE

BEST OF ESTEVAN! RULES: Participants must fill out their favourite local business/service

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AUTOMOTIVE Auto Body Repair __________________________ Auto Detailing _____________________________ Auto Glass ________________________________ Auto Parts _________________________________ Car Dealership (new) _______________________ Car Dealership (used) _______________________ Car Rental ________________________________ Car Wash _________________________________ Gas Station _______________________________ General Auto Repair ________________________ Oil/Lube Change __________________________ Tire Shop _________________________________

BUSINESS & SERVICES Accounting Firm ___________________________ Advertising Specialties ______________________ Ag. Machinery Sales _______________________ Ag. Machinery Service _____________________ Alterations ________________________________ Appraisers ________________________________ Auction Company __________________________ Bank _____________________________________ Body Piercing _____________________________ Bottled Water _____________________________ Bulk Fuel Supply ___________________________ Campground _____________________________ Carpet Cleaner ____________________________ Catering Company ________________________ Cellular Service Provider ____________________ Communication Systems ____________________ Computer Sales/Service ____________________ Concrete Contractor _______________________ Convenience Store _________________________ Day Care Service __________________________ Dry Cleaner _______________________________ Duct Cleaning _____________________________ Electrician _________________________________ Engraver __________________________________ Equipment Rental ___________________________ Financial Service ___________________________ Fitness Centre______________________________ Hair Salon ________________________________ Hot Tub Sales & Service _____________________ Insurance Company ________________________ Kitchen Renovations ________________________ Landscaping _______________________________ Laser Therapy _____________________________ Lawn Service ______________________________ Lawyers ___________________________________ Locksmith _________________________________ Manicure/Pedicure _________________________ Motel/Hotel _______________________________ Musical Instruction__________________________ Oilfield Supply _____________________________ Pet Grooming______________________________ Pet Boarding Kennel ________________________ Photographer ______________________________ Plumbing __________________________________ Print Shop _________________________________

name on the lines below for a chance to win. A minimum of 25 categories must be filled out. Businesses that receive the most votes in their category will be declared the ESTEVAN MERCURY’S READER’S CHOICE BEST OF ESTEVAN. Forms must be submitted by February 28.

Real Estate Company _______________________ Realtor____________________________________ Renovator _________________________________ Retirement Home ___________________________ Roofing ___________________________________ Safety Services ____________________________ Self Storage _______________________________ Tanning Salon _____________________________ Taxidermy _________________________________ Travel Agent _______________________________ Veterinarian _______________________________ Web Design _______________________________

ENTERTAINMENT & SPORTS Art Gallery ________________________________ Bikes _____________________________________ Billiards/Pool ______________________________ Driving Range _____________________________ Golf Course _______________________________ Karaoke Bar _______________________________ Museum __________________________________ Nightclub/Lounge __________________________ Race Club _________________________________ Park ______________________________________ Tourist Attraction ___________________________

FOOD & DRINK Overall Restaurant__________________________ Asian Cuisine______________________________ Bakery____________________________________ Breakfast __________________________________ Buffet _____________________________________ Bulk Food _________________________________ Chicken Wings ____________________________ Cup of Coffee _____________________________ Deli Sandwich _____________________________ Dessert ___________________________________ Family Restaurant __________________________ Fast Food _________________________________ Fine Dining ________________________________ Hamburger ________________________________ Ice Cream _________________________________ Outdoor Patio _____________________________ Pasta _____________________________________ Pizza _____________________________________ Seafood __________________________________ Steak _____________________________________ Sub ______________________________________

All submitted forms will be entered to

WIN 1 OF 4

HEALTH SERVICES Chiropractor_______________________________ Dentist ____________________________________ Massage Therapist _________________________ Optometrist________________________________ Pharmacy _________________________________ Spa/Esthetics ______________________________ Weight Management _______________________ Skin Care _________________________________

SHOPPING Appliances ________________________________ Art _______________________________________ Bath ______________________________________ Bedding __________________________________ Books ____________________________________ Building Centre ____________________________ Cellular Phone ____________________________ Children’s Clothing _________________________ Gift Shop _________________________________ Computers ________________________________ Cosmetics _________________________________ Drug Store ________________________________ Electronics Store ___________________________ Fireplaces _________________________________ Floor Covering _____________________________ Fresh Produce _____________________________ Frozen Food _______________________________ Furniture __________________________________ Garden/Greenhouse _______________________ Greeting Cards ____________________________ Grocery Store _____________________________ Home Improvements ________________________ Jewelry ___________________________________ Lighting ___________________________________ Mattresses ________________________________ Meat/Deli_________________________________ Medical Supplies___________________________ Men's Clothing ____________________________ Office Supplies ____________________________ Optical __________________________________ Paint _____________________________________ Shoes ____________________________________ Sporting Goods ____________________________ Toys ______________________________________ Windows _________________________________ Window Coverings _________________________ Women's Clothing__________________________

$25 $25

Name: ____________________________________ Phone Number: ____________________________

PRESENTED BY