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MLA Lori Carr reacts to provincial government taking the feds to court over carbon tax

By David Willberg dwillberg@estevanmercury.ca

Estevan MLA Lori Carr believes the provincial government is taking the right step by challenging the federal government in court over the feds’ desire to impose a carbon tax on Saskatchewan.

Premier Scott Moe announced on April 25 that the province would go to court over the issue. The government said it is asking the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal to answer a question on the constitutionality of the legislation the federal government has introduced to impose the carbon tax.

In a news release, the provincial government

cited such projects as the carbon capture and storage project at the Boundary Dam Power Station among its efforts to reduce carbon emissions.

Carr told the Mercury that she believes the carbon tax would only hurt the economy, and it would not achieve its goal of reducing emissions.

“Just because you pay a tax on something doesn’t mean you’re going to change your behaviour,” said Carr. “So unless they’re encouraging people to change their behaviour in some way, shape or form, I don’t think a tax is going to do that.”

Local constituents are concerned about the pos-

RCMP concludes investigation into Midale deaths The RCMP has concluded its investigation into the deaths of two people whose bodies were discovered at the Midway Family Restaurant in Midale.

The investigation consisted of an examination of the scene by the RCMP Forensic Identification Unit, several interviews of potential witnesses by the RCMP’s Regina Major Crimes Unit, and forensic autopsies of both persons.

From the time of the discovery of the deceased man and woman in the morning of April 20, the RCMP was not seeking any suspects and believed this to be an isolated incident.

“At this time, the investigation is concluded and it can be confirmed

that the two deaths were the result of a homicide/ suicide,” the RCMP said in a news release on Friday morning.

The investigation determined that the victim, Mary Lou Clauson, a 61-year-old woman from Midale, was killed by Patrick Ng, aged 74, also of Midale. Clauson had been an employee at the business, which was owned

by Ng. Cpl. Rob King from the Saskatchewan RCMP said the deaths occurred shortly before the bodies were discovered, but the exact time of death was not pinpointed.

The cause of death is not being disclosed at the request of both the families.

No other details are being released.

sibility of a carbon tax. Carr said she has talked to people in agriculture and energy industries in her constituency about the issue.

“They’re concerned about the added costs it’s going to cost them to run their businesses,” said Carr.

“Let’s take agriculture for example,” she added later. “If you add a carbon tax onto all of their inputs, that starts to become increasingly expensive.”

Carr claimed farmers are actually in carbon sync with the technologies they’re using in their farming, and they’re not a contributing cause to climate change. Agriculture producers are helping the environment with the way they farm nowadays.

“It’s really unfair to them, and that’s one of the reasons we’re taking this as far as we can, is because they (the federal government) are not allowing the Province of Saskatchewan to take all of that into consideration, all of the positive things that we’re doing,” said Carr.

Technology is more

advanced than it used to be, and farmers don’t produce the carbon emissions they used to, she said.

Other industries are taking it upon themselves to reduce emissions. Those sectors have also shared their concerns with her.

“If we think about our power generation – we’re a coal-based source here in Saskatchewan, and not just for Estevan, a lot of that power is spread out across the whole province, so that goes right to everybody’s energy bills,” said Carr.

“So it hurts every single household. Every tank of gas you put in your car, it’s going to affect that.”

She also believes that it’s not realistic to say that oil and other resources should be left in the ground.

Nobody that Carr has talked to has actually voiced support for the carbon tax. Many believe that something needs to be done for the environment, but a carbon tax is not the answer.

Carr is confident that the province will be able to win the court challenge. If they didn’t think they could

Estevan MLA Lori Carr, pictured here with Premier Scott Moe, is supporting the provincial government’s decision to take the federal government to court over a carbon tax. File photo win, the provincial government would have obviously found other alternatives, or negotiated with their federal counterparts.

“I guess it could always go the other way on us, and then of course we’ll take it to the Supreme Court, and I guess we’d have to see what would happen there,” said Carr. “We feel pretty strong in our position.”

The province released

Prairie Resilience: A Madein-Saskatchewan Climate Change Strategy, late last year, and it talks about changing behaviours and the strategies that can be employed, as opposed to actually charging a tax to people.

Carr said the government does not have a timeline for when the courts might make a decision on the challenge.

Monument committee continues to play waiting game

By David Willberg dwillberg@estevanmercury.ca

The committee that is working on the Forever in the Clouds monument is still looking for photos of two people who died in the plane crash of 1946 south of Estevan.

Committee member Lester Hinzman said they still need the pictures of C l i ff o r d S o m m e r v i l l e Coppin, who is originally from Kamsack, and Vitantos Luke Kirko, who

Hinzman said was the youngest person killed in the crash. Kirko was from Toronto.

Hinzman said they have done a lot of work to try to find the faces of the soldiers, and they’re still trying to let people know that they need two more photos.

Forever in the Clouds is carved out of a 500-yearold Douglas fir tree and pays tribute to the 21 men killed in the 1946 plane crash at a former Estevan

airport site. Seventeen faces have already been engraved into the monument, and photos of two more have been located.

At the top of the monument is a Lancaster bomber.

Hinzman noted one extra face will be engraved into the tree in honour of all unknown airmen who have been killed in combat. “ I t ’s j u s t a p h e nomenal carving,” said Hinzman. “And we have

such overwhelming support from the community here. Everybody who sees or hears about it is just overwhelmed.”

Darren Jones, who sculpted the Forever in the Clouds monument as well as the Estevan Soldiers’ Tree, is currently working in Turkey and won’t be back in Canada until July. Once he returns, he will carve the faces of two soldiers – Leonard Turtle and Bill Weacker – whose A2 » NO

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“What we’ve been thinking about doing is putting his work where we can have a campfire, and make it like a little family thing for anybody that wants to come while he’s

carving it,” said Hinzman.

They have a couple of places in mind where they can take the monument for a brief period of time while Jones completes his work.

Jones is expected to come to Estevan this summer to carve Turtle and Weicker’s faces into the

Garrow sentenced for armed robbery The day before his 28th birthday, Evan Garrow received a curious birthday gift in the form of a 400-day prison sentence for an armed robbery he committed nearly 2 1/2 years ago.

Garrow was sentenced in Estevan Provincial Court by Judge Lane Wiegers on April 24 for charges in relation to the robbery of the Royal Heights Esso on Nov. 23, 2015.

Garrow pleaded guilty to theft with a weapon, having his face masked while committing an indictable offence, and in-

timidation of a witness. The intimidation of a witness charge is unrelated to the armed robbery charges he was facing.

He had already served 160 days in custody, and was given credit for 240 days, at a ratio of 1 1/2 to 1.

Wiegers imposed a sentence of another 250 days in jail for the theft with a weapon charge and a concurrent 250-day sentence for the use of a mask charge. An additional 150 days will be served consecutively for intimidation of a witness.

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tree, even if they’re still looking for the last two faces.

The monument is currently located at the Estevan Regional Airport. A permanent home has yet to be determined. Hinzman said they want to have the last two faces engraved before moving forward with finding a permanent location.

“It belongs here in Estevan,” said Hinzman.

“This is where they died.

And they served here.

They were serving in uniform.”

Hinzman has stated before that the east lawn of the Estevan Courthouse is the ideal location for the monument, since the Estevan Soldiers’ Tree monument and the city’s cenotaph are at the west end of the property.

But earlier this year, the Ministry of Central Services ruled that Forever in the Clouds couldn’t be on the courthouse property, despite lobbying efforts

from people in Estevan and Moose Jaw. The ministry cited safety concerns, since the monument stands 17 feet high and it is made of wood.

There were also concerns with adding another structure on the lawn.

“The courthouse has a greenspace and it’s quiet,” said Hinzman. “We want a greenspace and a place where it’s quiet, where people can sit and contemplate. You get a lot of these guys who are coming back, and when they see this, the response I get from people is phenomenal, and they thank you for what is happening here.

“It brings back their families to them.”

Hinzman said there is no organization behind this particular project. It’s just a group of friends working on it.

“We feel absolutely sad that these men went through all this and were not recognized,” said Hinzman.

Grass fires keep firefighters busy Members of the Estevan Fire Rescue Service continues to see a number of grass fires in the community.

The most notable came on April 26 in northeast Estevan. Firefighters were notified of a grass fire near the CP Rail tracks. Fire Chief Dale Feser said firefighters arrived on scene and found several CP Rail workers trying to extinguish the flames.

“Upon further investigation of that particular fire, it was found that CP Rail crews were actually grinding and welding on the track, and doing some repairs to the track assembly, and a spark had been generated obviously from that and caught the dry vegetation on fire, and quickly got out of control with the high

wind speeds,” said Feser.

Kensington Avenue near the CP Rail tracks had to be shut down in both directions. Feser said the Estevan Police Service helped create a safe work zone for the firefighters.

“The fire was moving quite quickly and also threatening to quite possibly jump the Kensington Avenue, so we wanted to make sure we had suppression crews in place to head that off and prevent that from occurring, which we were able to do,” said Feser.

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The Forever in the Clouds monument remains at the Estevan Regional Airport. Not only is the committee responsible for the project waiting for a permanent home, but it is looking for the photos of the last two soldiers to be carved.

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materials in place. The farmer had not notified the provincial controlled burn line.

Firefighters were also called to a grass fire on April 28 south of the city near the landfill. Some vegetation was on fire, but due to unstable ground with sinkholes, crews did not supress the flames.

“We set up a series of back burns to actually burn the vegetation out, and make sure that it wasn’t going to spread to any exposures or any structures, and make sure everybody was safe,” said Feser.

The fire department also responded to other grass fires and wildland fires, Feser said. Those were on the smaller scale, and could have been pre-

vented if people would have taken necessary precautions.

The rain that Estevan received on April 30 will address the dry conditions in the short term, but if the strong winds persist, Feser said it won’t take long for vegetation to dry out.

Firefighters were also called to a residential fire alarm on Wellock Road on April 23. Feser said it was a cooking-related issue, and there wasn’t enough smoke in the home to warrant ventilation.

They also handled a couple of illegal outdoor fires on April 24. Concerned residents called because a considerable amount of smoke was reported from the properties, which were both in central Estevan.

The fires were illegal because the fire pits did not meet safety requirements, nor did they have a fire pit permit in place. The homeowners were burning twigs and branches, which is also illegal.

Fire pit permits can be obtained at the fire hall, at city hall or on the City of Estevan’s website.

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Delegates from both sides of the border attend trade corridor conference in Estevan

By David Willberg dwillberg@estevanmercury.ca

Changes in the business world were the focus of the Central North American Trade Corridor Association’s (CNATCA) second biennial Trade, Transportation and Technology Conference in Estevan last week.

About 50 people gathered at the Southeast College’s Estevan campus on Thursday to hear from speakers who offered their thoughts on how changes in technology are affecting business, transportation, security, education and more.

The City of Estevan hosted the session.

Dwight Bramble, the economic development coordinator for the city, said he thought the presentations were very effective.

“I believe that we covered a wide range of topics that everybody could have related to,” said Bramble.

“Hopefully they will be able to take some things back to their individual lives, their businesses, their communi-

ties to help as they move forward.”

People in the audience came from a variety of industries, businesses and governments, Bramble said.

“I think it was good that they were able to connect to such a wide variety and wide cross-section of people,” said Bramble.

Greg Bawden, an instruction designer from the University of Regina, opened the seminar with a talk on distance learning and technology. He offered a look at the technologies available for teaching and learning in schools.

Nicole Davis, the owner of local farm Daybreak Mill, shared her experiences with e-commerce as a farmer and food processor, and how technology has allowed her to evolve from traditional ways of doing things.

Then Dr. Paul Gunderson, the director emeritus of the Dakota Precision Agriculture Center and Lake Region State College in Devils Lake, N.D., discussed agriculture and technology,

Norbert Beaujot, the founder and president of SeedMaster, discussed the impact of technological changes in farming. with a look at non-traditional products and services.

“He talked about the different things that are happening in agriculture to enhance the efficiency of agricultural production,” said Bramble.

Marlo Anderson, a talk show host and founder of National Day Calendar in North Dakota, reflected on the impact of social media, including Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. People can use those platforms without even realizing they are so inundated with social media,

Bramble said.

David Blair, the CEO of Network Solutions and Services in Bismarck, N.D., and Justin Glasser, the manager of Tubular Transport and Logistics, wrapped up the morning by looking at the impact that autonomous vehicle technologies will have on business.

“They … outlined where we are going with that sort of technology, and pretty much outlined that autonomous vehicles are already here with us,” said Bramble.

After lunch, John Nagel, the CEO and founder of CyberNet Security in North Dakota, discussed cyber security awareness. Nagel used a couple of videos to demonstrate how vulnerable individuals and businesses can be.

It was a message that particularly resonated with Bramble.

“I was blown away at how vulnerable we are,” said Bramble. “Our identity, and pretty much our whole lives are so open now because of what goes on in cyberspace and how easy it is for cyber theft and cyber crime to affect our lives.”

Norbert Beaujot, the founder and president of Saskatchewan agriculture company SeedMaster, talked about robotics and artificial intelligence in farming, and how those are creating changes for people in the agriculture sector.

The final speakers were Ed Sargeant and Annette Wills from Agency Marketing & Advertising Business Unlimited in Bismarck. They

talked about augmented reality and how the technology is changing business. They brought a couple of examples of augmented reality that people could view on their phones using an app.

All of the speakers had something valuable to contribute, and Bramble said he’ll be able to take a lot back with him as he works to further bolster Estevan’s business community.

Ron Hall, who is the chairperson for the CNATCA, said the topics that were discussed play an important role in the challenge of looking into the future, to try to determine what is coming and what the opportunities will be.

“That takes true leadership, and leadership exists on many levels across any organization, or community at any level,” said Hall.

Hall told the audience that he appreciated all of the speakers who came to the conference and provided lots of information for those in attendance.

Hillcrest School students showcase their writing skills

By David Willberg dwillberg@estevanmercury.ca

Students at Hillcrest School showcased their penmanship abilities during the school’s writing showcase on April 25 and 26.

Principal David Gillingham said the showcase was the culmination of a six-week writing project, and all students in the school participated. Students from kindergarten to Grade 6 had their writing on display in the school’s computer room in conjunction with student-led conferences that were also held those two days.

The walls of the resource room were covered with student writing.

The Grades 7 and 8s, meanwhile, shared their writing in a portfolio format in the classroom.

Younger students focused primarily on narratives, telling a story through writing, and using the principle of show, don’t tell.

“They’re creating a mental image through words, but it’s fictional writing,” said Gillingham.

Some students used cross-curricular writing.

They wrote about science experiments they had conducted, or they wrote about something they learned in social studies.

Grade 5 and 6 students often ventured into persuasive writing, he said, by sharing arguments and debating.

Not all of the writing in the showcase was the finished product, either. But Gillingham said the school wanted to show parents and teach children that there are different stages in writing, and there are different stages pieces go through.

He believes the results were “fantastic.”

“We’ve seen real engagement with the students and writing, and enthusiasm for getting into pieces of writing, and using different formats of writing,” said Gillingham.

“We’ve made some assistive technology available.

Read and Write Gold is a computer program, linked to Google Chrome, that the kids can use, along with Office 365. And those are programs

that are engaging for the kids, because they can just get their thoughts out, put them in the computer and they can automatically save.”

The school has also benefitted from focused support from the school division, with access to a number of consultants, including early literacy, student services and English as another language.

“They have helped us set goals in each classroom, and worked with the teachers to set next steps in learning and development in writing, and so they’ve been working with us to move things forward,” said Gillingham.

Parents have also been impressed, he said. Consultants have talked to parents during the showcase about technology and different ways to incorporate writing into day-to-day activities.

“They have reported a high level of interest from students and from families,” said Gillingham. “Kids are taking their parents down there (to the resource room) specifically to have a look and to share the writing that they have done. There is

Pheonix Boutin was among the young people who participated in the writing showcase at Hillcrest School last week. a degree of pride in what they’re producing, and that’s great, because they want to do more.”

One of those consultants was Kristy Johnson, who was in the resource centre during the conferences. She was excited to see the student engagement and the interest level in writing.

“The timing turned out right, with student-led con-

ferences being around the same time that we ended up finishing up a lot of the writing in the classrooms. Now they get to showcase it for their parents.”

Johnson was impressed to see the reaction of parents and students alike when they came to the resource area.

“In the last couple of nights, there have been students reading other students

writing, and really enjoying it,” said Johnson. “There was one girl in here who has been reading a persuasive essay, and she was laughing out loud.”

Students also used Office 365 to really accelerate some of the writing. Johnson said it was particularly beneficial to use the technology for those who aren’t as fond of using pencil and paper.

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A fight that can’t be ignored There are times to fight, times to back away and times to not engage in a fight in the first place.

The provincial government has found itself in the former situation in its dispute with the federal government over a carbon tax. The federal government wants to force a carbon tax on Saskatchewan.

The province argues that it should be the one to decide whether a carbon tax should be imposed, and it points to its made-inSaskatchewan climate change plan as proof that it can combat climate change without a carbon tax.

So the province has decided to take the feds to court to challenge the carbon tax.

Regardless of whether the provincial government wins, this is the right move.

A carbon tax would have a detrimental impact on Saskatchewan as a whole, and southeast Saskatchewan in particular. It would hurt oil and gas, mining, agriculture and other industries in the province.

The punitive effects on agriculture would be particularly ironic, since this province’s farmers have long been taking measures to actually reduce carbon emissions.

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Rebuild the Churchill rail line

In the fabled poem, The Charge of the Light Brigade, Lord Alfred Tennyson’s wrote, “Cannon to right of them, Cannon to left of them, Cannon in front of them Volleyed and thundered; Stormed at with shot and shell, Boldly they rode and well, Into the jaws of Death, Into the mouth of hell Rode the six hundred.”

His poem was about the Crimean War of 1853-56, but he could have been writing about the pipeline politics of Canada in the second decade of the 21st century.

Cannon to Energy East, cannon to Northern Gateway, cannon to Keystone XL, volleyed and thundered…

Admittedly bad, but you get the idea.

Tennyson’s verse didn’t leave room for Trans Mountain Expansion.

The April 26 announcement by British Columbia Premier John Horgan of even more legal dealings, just a few days after his sitdown with Premier Rachel Notley of Alberta and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, shows how truly ineffective Trudeau’s words were. It is becoming increasingly unlikely, by

A carbon tax would represent another setback for the oil and gas sector, which has been hit hard since 2014 by a lower price of oil. While the picture is rosier for the industry than it was three years ago, the industry is still in recovery mode.

It would also hurt Saskatchewan’s competitiveness in the energy sector. Give an energy company a choice between investing in Saskatchewan, which would have a carbon tax, and North Dakota, which doesn’t have one, and we know where they will direct their money.

Those who support the carbon tax do not have the best interests of the province in mind on this particular issue.

We’ve seen in other jurisdictions that carbon taxes don’t result in emissions reductions. All they do is take money out of people’s pockets, and boost government revenues. The carbon tax is a contributing factor to the high gasoline prices in B.C. at the moment.

It’s unlikely that Saskatchewan will win this court battle. But this is still one of those times that the province has to stand up for the people of this province, even if there is a con-

siderable cost associated with that legal fight.

Saskatchewan’s carbon tax fight will be monitored by other jurisdictions. Ontario has imposed a cap-and-trade scheme, but the governments responsible for that system appears to be headed for defeat in a provincial election next month.

If the Progressive Conservatives seize power in Ontario, then it’s expected they will scrap the cap-and-trade. Using the federal Liberals logic, Ontario would have to accept a carbon tax, unless, of course, Saskatchewan wins its legal fight against the federal government.

You can also be sure the United Conservative Party in Alberta will be monitoring this situation, since they would scrap that province’s carbon tax if they’re elected next year.

Let the provinces decide whether a carbon tax is in their best interests. If they believe it is, then they should impose one.

If they don’t, then they should be looking for other avenues to combat climate change.

The federal government might think it knows what’s best for Saskatchewan, but when it comes to a carbon tax, they don’t have a clue.

the day, that Kinder Morgan will continue with its project.

While President Donald Trump approved the Keystone XL project, who knows if it’s actually going to happen?

So, since 2010, we’ve found we can’t build new pipelines south, east or west. That leaves just one direction – north.

Although in the past I’ve written about the folly of wishing to ship oil via Churchill, Man, in recent days I’m coming around, but not just for oil. Consider what is happening with grain and potash.

Hundreds were given layoff notices in late April because Nutrien said the railways can’t get their product to port. Grain farmers have seen their shipments delayed unbelievably. CN Rail’s CEO lost his job as a result.

Despite the Last Spike being driven in 1885, it appears Canadian railroads still haven’t figured out how to ship through the mountains in winter.

At the same time, the Canadian oilpatch is losing billions per year due to enormous price differentials. Saskatchewan alone is losing $200 million per year in royalties, and $2.6 billion in GDP, due to this. Imagine how much Alberta is losing.

While this is going on, the Port of Churchill has closed. The rail line was severely damaged in the spring of 2016, its owner is in trouble with the feds, and no one with serious money (i.e. billions) really wants it.

It’s time for the oil industry, potash and grain industry, to take a second, third and fourth look at Churchill.

Compared to the tens of billions of dollars lost in these three areas, the entire rail line to Churchill could be redone, to top class standards, at a fraction of the price. Since there’s no traffic on it now, it can almost be done as a greenfield project, and done right, with concrete ties. If we threw just a portion of the idle heavy equipment in the oilpatch

at rebuilding that line, building new bridges, beds, whatever needs to be done, it could be done in remarkable time. There’s thousands in Alberta who could use a job.

And it’s an existing railbed. It doesn’t need a half-decade long National Energy Board approval process. For all intents and purposes, this would simply be a maintenance project.

At the port itself, which is old to say the least, new, additional grain terminal space could be built as well. It doesn’t take that long to build a concrete terminal on the Prairies – just look at the one that popped up out of Melville. A port facility is going to be a lot larger, but it’s fundamentally the same thing, albeit tougher.

As for potash handling, that may take more doing. But I’m sure it’s possible.

But for oil, I know a guy who could get the tankage built in reasonable time. These things are doable.

What about winter? Ice? Short shipping seasons? Yeah, Russia has the same thing, too. And they have an enormous fleet of 40 icebreakers. There are shipyards in Korea, Finland and China that would be more than happy to build us a fleet of not only icebreakers, but ice-rated tankers, grain and potash bulkers.

If you think the money isn’t there to pay for these sort of things, consider how much money the Canadian oil, grain and potash sectors have given up in the past 12 months alone. Hell, they could double track the entire path to Churchill, easily, for just a fraction of what we’ve lost. Energy East, alone, was a $12 billion project.

If building pipelines is impossible in this country, we must build rail instead, to Churchill.

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

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Coming back to Moose Jaw one time from Regina, my girlfriend at the time and I got a message from her friend – would we be interested in seeing the film adaptation of the Stephen King novel It that night with her and her husband We’d talked about seeing a movie that night anyway so we decided to join them, with silly me not knowing much about the movie other than it was supposed to be a scary clown movie.

But had I thought about it more clearly, I’d have realized that a simple scary clown movie isn’t exactly what King does. You’ll find that in almost all of his stories in the horror genre, there are aspects of fear, bullying and many forms of childhood trauma that kids find scary at the best of times, let alone with a murderous, supernatural clown in the picture.

Because I didn’t have a bad or traumatic childhood, I can better compartmentalize the bad things that can happen in frightening movies as something that happens on the screen and not in real life.

The scenes of abuse, implied and otherwise, on the character of Beverly at the hands of her father brought up far too much for my friend though. The trauma was back in mind far too quickly. The movie was one that stuck with me, and was directed well by the first-time director Andy Muschietti.

But it didn’t make me relive anything in particular.

I’ve wondered about this as I’ve continued to watch the genre with little to no effect on my dreams, nightmares or wandering thoughts. The effect on her was a palpable, paralyzing fear. That’s not what I got into the stories for. I was reading King from a relatively young age – although for a few reasons, my parents would have stopped me from reading It or Salem’s Lot. The horror was an escape from the mundane for me.

For some of the women I’ve either been friends with or dated, frightening movies are a no-go. They don’t watch them alone as I do. For me, the one genre I can’t watch alone is the traditional romantic comedy. We’ve all been that guy or the girl in the hopeless situation, we’ve all done the inspired monologue… except we haven’t all had the happy ending that the films portray. I’ll never watch them alone. I’ll either keep thinking about real life situations portrayed in the films as either totally unrelatable or I’ll remember a time very similar in my own life where it didn’t quite end up in the happy Julia Roberts-random handsome single guy filmed version. I’ll take the ending of Notting Hill or My Best Friend’s Wedding as totally unrealistic applications of various relationship beginnings and endings, but Pennywise the Dancing Clown? Let me see another movie with that please.

They’re both forms of escapism for a couple of hours, both the suspenseful, supernatural genre and the romantic comedy. They both happen, for some people, to bring up unpleasant or traumatic memories for a part of their audience.

What the genres need is someone to mash up the two ideas so that perhaps the plots can be true to their individual lineage. The plot goes thus: a woman is about to hit the age of (insert age where biologicial clock ticks loudly). A distant relative in her hometown dies and wills her an old house that she has to live in to get the full inheritance.

While moving there, she runs into an old single high school crush who wears a lot of denim and looks like a young Paul Newman with a stylish cowboy hat pointed at just the right angle. As frightening things happen in the old creaky house, she draws closer to her crush. But hold on! Just as things get to their worst in the house, her crush’s ex-wife comes back into the picture with a hundred apologies and they get back together.

It’s hopeless! They’ll never get together and the house is about to kill her. But just as the house implodes into the pits of hell, Cowboy Paul Newman rises up on his horse and saves her. “It was you all along,” he says as they ride into the sunset, the house’s old well gurgling menacingly in the background.

On second thought, nah. Never the twain shall meet.

Darcy Wright, left, reads out names of those who died from workplace related injuries or illnesses while Ashley Johnson, MLA Lori Carr and Jody Dukart listen.

Day of Mourning ceremony held in Estevan to mark workplace deaths The names and the ages and causes of death were read out Saturday at the Miners’ memorial in front of the Estevan Courthouse as tea-light candles were turned on.

The annual Day of Mourning remembers those who lost their lives either while working or from injuries and illnesses sustained while on the job.

“Every day out at the mine where I work everyone goes out and tries to work as safe as everybody can, and make sure every-

body comes home with no injuries or fatalities,” said Ashley Johnson with the United Mine Workers Association.

The day is meant to honour those who weren’t able to make it home. There were a couple of people from the area who were part of the list of those who died, which was a list of 28 from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2017.

“Hearing the names and where everybody’s from, there was one from Midale and one from Es-

terhazy, I know some of the names of some of the ones who were involved there,” said Johnson. “It just kind of hits home that everybody’s got to be safe at work.”

Of those who died, seven of them were from asbestos poisoning, five were from firefighter’s cancer, five were from motor vehicle collisions and two were from complications from falls.

It’s hoped that workplaces are getting to be safer because of the aware-

ness from events like these about work related deaths.

“There’s a lot of dedicated people working towards safety and making sure at the end of the day everybody’s going home,” Johnson said.

At the event, which was also attended by Estevan MLA Lori Carr, it was said by Carr that one workplace death is too many.

“Keep your mind at task when you’re at work,” Johnson said. “Think a little bit ahead before you do things.”

Council approves new pet licence bylaw at most recent meeting Estevan city council gave second and third readings to the new pet licence bylaw at its meeting on April 23.

As per the terms of the bylaw, all dogs and cats vaccinated for rabies within the past 12 months, and spayed or neutered, will have a licence fee of $35 for the life of the pet. Vaccinations are to be maintained and kept valid for the life of the pet. If an animal has an expired vaccination, the licence shall be considered void.

All dogs or cats spayed or neutered, but not vaccinated, will have a $50 licence fee for the life of the pet, while those not spayed or neutered will be $100 for the life of the pet.

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propriate documentation must be provided. A kennel licence will be $200.

City manager Jeff Ward told council members that some people have already paid the previous annual licence fee of $10 for this year.

On a suggestion from Councillor Trevor Knibbs, those who have already paid the previous fee can have a credit applied to the fee for a lifetime licence.

Ward urged those who have paid to come to city hall to have it rectified.

City clerk Judy Pilloud reported that the city didn’t receive any feedback on the bylaw. *** Seven pieces of equipment from the city’s fleet will be put up for sale in an upcoming auction, includ-

ing three sports utility vehicles, two pick-up trucks, a tandem gravel truck, and a Zamboni. Most of the items are being replaced, while the Zamboni has not been used for a number of years. The city does not see the need for a spare Zamboni, as the Civic’s Zamboni can now be moved to another arena.

Shop foreman Dylan Paradis said the city has received good returns for the equipment in the past through the auctions. Paradis recommended the Mack Auction Sale on June 16, since he said it is the only consignment auction sale around to send equipment to without shipping expense. *** Council gave first reading to a bylaw to name

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The road is being named after Russell Brown, who was a Second World War army veteran, local businessman, city councillor and MLA. Brown was a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation MLA for Last Mountain from 1952 to 1964, and moved to Estevan in 1965. After serving the community as an entrepreneur and a councillor, he was elected as the MLA for Estevan-Souris in the 1971 provincial election for the New Democratic Party, and held the role until he died later that year.

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You go to school to learn, not for a fashion show, as The Fresh Prince’s mom apparently told him a few decades ago, but there’s a way to combine both of these things for the class in entrepreneurship at Estevan Comprehensive School.

The Oblivion clothing label will be on some of the clothes sold at the school, and the students are trying to get their label off the ground.

“We let them come up with their own idea,” said teacher Josh LeBlanc. “They work through a process.

Entrepreneurship is a 100hour class that you take in a semester and you take it

through the whole entrepreneurial cycle.”

For the class, that means coming from an idea to building the business, securing financing, negotiating terms with suppliers and finding products all the way to selling and producing the product and perhaps realizing profit or loss.

“A majority of these kids, by the time they’re done this semester, will probably have between 180 and 200 hours in the class,” said LeBlanc.

It’s an investment that these students want to do.

“The one thing I’m really big on them doing is that they have to make their product, and that’s something they have to realize through that

Chase Davidson presses a logo onto a shirt at their class in ECS.

whole cycle,” he said.

Classes have had different ideas before, but this is the not the first go-round for the fashion idea.

“The one thing that’s different this year is that… every year we have a different group of kids that come into the building,” LeBlanc said. “Their target market changes and not a lot of them understand that there’s been three clothing companies.

The other thing with this group is that they’ve had to differentiate from the other groups that they’ve had in the past. They’re doing the custom logos versus the stock and changing… where we’re doing online and ecommerce and see how that can influence things.”

The students had some different and creative ideas for their clothing rather than to make just plain shirts.

“We brought in a whole lot of different colours, so instead of being just basic black and white we wanted to bring in pink and blue and a lot of other colours,” said Jaiden (JD) Gervais, one of the students in the class. “And then we wanted to have more of a unique look so it wasn’t just the same logo everywhere. We brought in five different logos and you can choose and of the five different logos to try on any of the clothes we

Students in the Entrepreneur 30 class are, from left, Jaycee Young, JeanLuc Dupuis, Jaiden (JD) Gervais, Leighton Mus, Madison Yunick, Chase Davidson, Macie Hall and Reegan Robinson. have here.”

Leighton Mus said there is also a choice as to where the logo would be, front or back of the shirt, as well as the differences in long sleeve (baseball sleeves), short sleeve shirts and hooded sweatshirts.

The Oblivion idea has its own look on each separate piece of clothing for both genders.

“We just wanted to bring creativity and kind of give each logo a different feel and look,” said Mus, another of the students. “Kind of give it its own personal design and look and add variety to the look.”

Sizes range from small to 2XL for the shirts, in-

spired by what other students are learning.

The collaboration between the students meant some ideas didn’t get past the entire group and even some logos had to be left on the cutting room floor.

“We were going to go with a different name of the company instead of Oblivion,” Mus said. “We were going to go with Horizon but we took a majority vote and decided to go with Oblivion.

We were also going to go with a couple of different pieces of clothing. We were going to do shorts, but that also got voted out.

“We decided to go with what a majority of people want.”

The product has been live for a few days online, but the success of the class will be to see if the students have made their goals and targets.

“We want to see people in public wearing Oblivion,” Gervais said. “We want to see people in school wearing it and we want to see it in as many places as we can.”

“When the assessment and evaluation piece comes in, they’re all graded on a rubric which evaluates, basically, their performance,” LeBlanc said.

Some of the students will be heading into business classes in post secondary after spending the year in the class.

Mercury wins awards at annual convention The Estevan Mercury enjoyed numerous high finishes in the Better Newspapers Competition at the recent Saskatchewan Weekly Newspapers Association (SWNA) convention.

In the premier awards, which recognize outstanding editorial and advertising content,

sales representative Candace Wheeler and former production supervisor Jihyun Choi teamed up to take top spot in the best advertisement category.

Also, the Mercury staff won the best special section award for the Canada 150 tribute, which had stories on the history of Canada,

and how Estevan has often found itself in the national spotlight. There were also ads from local businesses celebrating Canada’s milestone birthday last year.

Sales manager Deanna Tarnes and Choi finished third in the best series of ads category.

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The guest speakers at the 20th annual Quota International of Estevan Women of Today Awards brought plenty of advice for those who gathered at the event.

Jackie Wall, who is the executive director of the Estevan Chamber of Commerce, and Debra Button, who is a former mayor of Weyburn, spoke at the luncheon on April 25 at the Wylie-Mitchell building.

Wall told the audience they have the power to create an amazing life.

“There are many books out there that promise you can have the life of your dreams if you just change your attitude, or you just unblock your abundance,” said Wall. “Or they promise things will be perfect if you can just find your life’s purpose.”

But ultimately Wall said they need to have a life with intent, and that takes work, time and practice.

When she started with the chamber nearly three years ago, Wall said the board

was dissatisfied with the chamber’s direction, but that was due to situations beyond its control.

“In the chamber’s situation, we tore apart our mission (statement), and we used it to get on target,” said Wall.

“That is how we shifted the organization. Staff and board roles were reviewed, events were analyzed, daily activities were more focused.”

It was all part of the chamber’s desire to move forward with intent.

Living with intent requires more of people, she said, and it also demands determination and eager attention.

“It forces you to dig deeper, to look at your motivation, to understand your true desire, and then to craft a path to get to those goals by using the tools that you have at hand, or searching for the tools to help you acquire your dreams,” said Wall.

Living with intent will allow people to move ahead in their career, create better relationships and achieve financial security, she said.

Button asked the audience if they ever wanted a do-

Jennifer Olfert (Ida Petterson Memorial Award for Outstanding Entrepreneur), Kim Locken (TS&M Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Workplace) and Gale Tytlandsvik (Southern Plains Co-op Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Community) were among the recipients of this year’s Women of Today Awards. Missing: Mackenzie Holman, winner of the Shirley Orsted Memorial Award for Outstanding Young Woman of Today. ever in their lives, by making a few simple changes that would impact who they are.

Button admitted she would like a few.

She has made choices that were great and had a positive impact on others.

But some decisions left her wondering what it would be like if things were different.

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“Believe me, these are the kinds of questions women from Weyburn to Ukraine are asking themselves every day. From the practical to the philosophical, we need to invest in ourselves, that’s key.”

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After she lost the Weyburn mayoral race in the 2016 civic election, Button said she had some adjustments to make, but it wasn’t the end of the world.

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The Petroleum Services Association of Canada (PSAC) is now calling for a reduction in the number of wells to be drilled in Canada from its original 2018 forecast.

PSAC released its midyear update to the 2018 Canadian Drilling Activity Forecast on Thursday, and lowered the forecast for the number of wells drilled (rig released) across Canada for 2018 to 7,400 wells, a drop of 500 or six per cent from the original forecast of 7,900 made last October.

PSAC has based its updated forecast on an average natural gas price of C$1.75 per thousand cubic feet (Alberta Energy Company), a crude oil price of US$61.45/ barrel (West Texas Intermediate [WTI]), and a CanadaU.S. exchange rate averaging $0.79.

“While our oilfield services sector is marginally busier than it was last year at this time, this hasn’t necessarily translated into financial bottom lines that signal business sustainability,” said Tom Whalen, the interim president and CEO of PSAC. “In fact, we still have a number of services companies making staff reduction adjustments of five to 15 per cent.

“This pales in comparison to the 40-60 per cent staff reductions we saw mid-2015 to the end of 2016, but still a very telling sign that our services sector is far from healthy.”

Whalen added: “The improved WTI price shift into the mid to high $60s is certainly a welcome sign for our industry. However, the disconnect and volatility of the differential

Tom Whalen between WTI and WCS (Western Canadian Select) pricing means that exploration and production (E&P) companies and Canadians are not benefiting to the

same level as our ‘energy independent’ focused southern neighbour.

“It’s shameful that we continue to sell our oil to the U.S. at a steep discount to WTI, short-changing Canadians over $15 billion per year. The sooner we expand our customer base, the better off Canadians and quite frankly, the rest of the world will be.”

On a provincial basis for 2018, PSAC now estimates 2,840 wells will be drilled in Saskatchewan this year, compared to 2,930 wells in the original forecast.

A total of 3,800 wells will be drilled in Alberta, down from 4,000 wells.

PSAC also calls for 500 wells to be drilled in B.C., down from 730 in the original forecast.

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“On reflection of our adjusted forecast for 2018, we can’t help but note there is a continued shift by the E&P’s from gas to oil well drilling. That shift to oil is easily supported by the ‘lower for longer’ price outlook for Canadian natural gas,” said Whalen.

“We’re also seeing a geographic shift, forecasting 110 less wells to be drilled in B.C. than in 2017.

While this doesn’t seem like a large number, one needs to keep in mind that these are some of the most complex and service intensive wells being drilled in North America today.

“We estimate these 110 wells represent over $850 million in capital that won’t be spent in B.C. this year.”

While PSAC has reduced its forecast for the number of wells to be drilled in Saskatchewan, Whalen said it’s still about 300 more than what was drilled in the province last year.

“We estimate the capital cost to drill those wells is approximately $400 million. When you add those two scenarios together, we’re conservatively looking at approximately $450 million less capital be-

ing deployed in Canada than our earlier forecasted numbers suggested,” said Whalen.

PSAC said it is essential that Canada gets access to tidewater for its oil and natural gas resources.

Completion of the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion is but one key imperative to restoring investor confidence in Canada.

Equally important is the need for Canada to communicate its energy story internationally, proudly speaking about resource development that’s responsible, safe, ethical and to the highest environmental standards in the world.

“The International Energy Agency (IEA) recently projected that global demand for energy will increase 31 per cent by 2040,” said Whalen. “This increase includes a 49 per cent increase in demand for natural gas and a 12 per cent increase in demand for oil.

“Canada must be an active contributor in providing affordable, reliable natural resources to energy constrained developing nations to help lift them out of energy poverty so they too can enjoy the standard of living and quality of life that we Canadians enjoy.”

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Westview pirates Westview School students performed their annual Blast show, Blast of Pirates, on Thursday and Friday in the school’s gymnasium. Students showcased their acting, dancing and singing abilities in the show, which was penned by Westview principal Cheri Haberstock. A regular performance was held on Thursday evening, and a dessert theatre show took place on Friday.

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NORTH - City of Estevan crews will be helping you clean sweep by picking up your contained MAY 16 MAY 16 MAY organic waste material (twigs, leaves, and17 yard refuse) in your front driveway. Branches NORTH - City of Estevan crews will be helping you clean sweep by picking up your contained organic waste material (twigs, leaves, and yard refuse) in your front driveway. Branches must be bundled in 3ft lengths. Leaves and yard refuse must be bagged. ALL items must be on your driveway BEFORE 8am on May 17th. Call backs will not be happening in areas so please make sure items are out in time. See map online at www.estevan.ca for divisions.

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PUBLIC NOTICE ASSIGNING OF STREET NAME The Council of the City of Estevan herein gives notice of its intent to pass Bylaw 2018-1996 in accordance with Section 16 of the Cities Act, 2002, authorizing the changing of street names as herein described: That effective on May 7th 2018 third and final reading hereof, the un-named municipal road connecting Souris Avenue through to Collins Road, be named “Brown Road”.

Any person(s) claiming to be negatively affected by the proposed bylaw may submit their written objections and/or advise of their intent to be heard by the Council, by contacting the City Clerk’s office, Legislative Services, City Hall, 1102 4th Street, Estevan, Saskatchewan on or before 12:00 pm, on Wednesday, May 2, 2018.

CITY OF ESTEVAN Land Development The Council of the City of Estevan, pursuant to Section 207 of the Planning and Development Act, 2007, gives notice of its intention to amend Zoning Bylaw #2010-1834 to incorporate commercial cannabis related provisions into the Zoning Bylaw. Consideration is being given to the following: 1)To define retail commercial cannabis activities, cannabis related manufacturing operations and the growing of cannabis on a commercial scale.

2)To include commercial cannabis activities as discretionary uses within certain land use districts within the City of Estevan.

3)To provide development standards for the placement of a commercial cannabis retail store within the City of Estevan.

The amending Bylaw (#2018-1997) may be inspected by any person at the Legislative Services Business Division, City Hall, 1102 4th Street, Estevan, Saskatchewan, between the hours of 8:00am-4:30pm Monday to Friday.

City Council, at it’s meeting to be held on Monday, April 23, 2018, at 6:00pm in the Council Chambers, City Hall, 1102 Fourth Street, Estevan, Saskatchewan will hear any person(s) wishing to be heard with respect to the proposed rezoning bylaw and will further consider any written submissions respecting the proposed zoning amendment, provided such intentions and/or submissions are received by the City Clerk’s Office, Legislative Services, City Hall, 1102 Fourth Street, Estevan, Saskatchewan, S4A 0W7 no later than 12:00 pm on Wednesday, May 2, 2018.

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2018 WATERMAIN FLUSHING SCHEDULE The City of Estevan will be flushing watermains to ensure good water quality for all users of City water.

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

(1) Thursday, and Friday- May 31 and June 1 Area bounded by Perkins Street and Luscar Park on the North, Water Treatment Plant on the South, Woodlawn Ave on the West, and Hwy 47S Service Road on the East (Includes Luscar Park, City of Estevan Public Works yards, and businesses on Hwy 47S Service Road) (2) Monday – Friday June 4-8 Area bounded by 6th Street on the North, Valley Street, 1st Street, and Westview Place on the South, Alice Road and Woodlawn Avenue on the West, and Souris Avenue on the East (includes Westview, Central, and downtown regions) (3 Monday- Friday June 11-15 Area bounded by 6th street on the North, McDonald Road and Perkins Street on the South, Souris Avenue on the West, and Kensington Ave on the East (includes the Eastend, Bay Meadows, and Valley view regions, and Jubilee Place) (4) Monday –Friday June 18-22 Area Bounded by City Cemetery on the North, King Street on the South, Sister Roddy Road on the West (formerly Woodlawn Avenue), and Souris Road (Hwy 47N) on the East (includes Dominion Heights, Pleasantdale, and Royal Heights regions, as well as Cundall Drive, Woodend Place, Chinook Bay and Hwy 47N Service Road) (5) Monday – Friday June 25-29 Area bounded by Spruce Drive and Princess Street on the North, King Street on the South, Souris Avenue on the West, and Kensington on the East (includes Hillside and Scotsburn regions) (6) Tuesday-Friday July 3-6 Area bounded by King Street on the North, CPR Railroad on the South, 14th Ave on the West, and Kensington on the East (includes 7th Street, 8th Street, 9th Street, Centennial, Trojan, and Soo Industrial regions) (7) Monday- Friday July 16-20 Area bounded by Kensington on the West, Sawyer Road on the East, North and South City Limits (includes Glen Peterson Industrial Park, East Industrial, Southeast Industrial regions, and properties along Hwy 39E Service Road)

SANITARY SEWER MAIN AND STORM SEWER FLUSHING PROGRAM Beginning Tuesday, May 1, 2018 and continuing to Friday, August 31,2018 the Water and wastewater Division will be carrying out Sanitary Sewer Main Flushing and Storm sewer Flushing, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. with the occasional carry over to 6:00 p.m. During the periods of jetting, residents and businesses are advised to securely cap basement floor drains.

You may smell an odor in your home, this can be resolved by simply opening windows for a short period of time and running water to ensure all traps are full of water. Storm sewer will have no effect on homes and business’.

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Track getting ready for action this weekend

By Corey Atkinson sports@estevanmercury.ca

While the spring thaw was a little bit later than most years, the Estevan Motor Speedway is getting ready for another year of dirt racing starting this Saturday with its regular program.

The dirt track speedway will have modifieds, street stocks, sport modifieds, hobby stocks and slingshots this year for most of their races. “ I t ’s b e e n a l o n g winter for these guys and they’re really passionate about their racing,” said Byron Fichter, speedway president. “You’re always excited to get back out there. That being said there’s a whole bunch of work getting the track un-winterized and ready to go.”

A large crew of volunteers got together last weekend to help get the track ready with rock and tumbleweed removal and general track cleanup before this weekend’s races.

The annual Test ‘n’ Tune was cancelled in order to do track cleanup.

“I’m sure they’ll be working pretty much daily until May 5 getting that track prepped,” Fichter said. “It’ll be a mint track again like they always have it.”

The track will need to get some heat on it, which has been tough to come by so far this year, to create a more even track and get rid of the deep frost.

“Even stuff that’s a couple feet deep can cause you problems down the road,” Fichter said. “That’s kind of their focus, to get that stuff worked out. And having a smooth racing surface is almost as important as moisture. But we have the capability of watering so that’s never an issue.”

The track is one of the first in the area to get going for the season with their regular points night this Saturday at 3 p.m.

“We will be done with plenty of time in front of Savour the Southeast,” said Fichter. “We don’t want to run over them and they don’t want to run over us… and also at this time of year we can hopefully

knock on wood and have some sunshine and it’s warm.”

There are three race nights in May, including the opening date Saturday plus a May 18 regular night and the Tougher Than Dirt Tour night May 26.

“The president of the NoDak Speedway is promoting that,” said Fichter of the Tougher Than Dirt Tour. “He’s starting to gain some major attention. He’s drawing cars out of as far away as Arizona. We’ll have guys racing from Arizona and Iowa and that’s always exciting.”

June has three race nights including a sprint car showdown June 22 and 23.

“This would be the first time we’ve ever had a sprint car doubleheader,” Fichter said. “They’re well known as the fastest cars on dirt so it’s very exciting to have those cars this year.

It’s something different for us and we’re very excited to have those.

The Dakota Modified Tour rumbles through Estevan July 9, which Fichter calls the “World Series race.

“We attract cars from as far away as Texas for that, and it just seems to get bigger and better and faster every year,” Fichter said. “We’ve had guys race that were NASCAR superstars, and guys that have went on to be NASCAR superstars.”

The two rounds of the Canadian Dirt Wars are July 21-22. Last year, David Rieks from Iowa won the races for hobby stocks.

“Any time you can attract guys that are willing to drive here 10 to 15 hours to partcipate at your racetrack, that’s always a feather in your cap,” Fichter said.

A late model special will be at the track Aug. 3 and will be followed by a regular program Aug. 11, which leads to the championship night Aug. 25, where the winners of the 2018 season will be named.

The annual Enduro race is scheduled for Sept.

15 and the awards banquet is set for Nov. 3.

Most of the drivers are going to be coming back for the year.

“There are a ton of

Riley Raynard (97r) takes a high line on Greg Rieks (78xx) in one of the heats at the Border City Dirt Wars last year at the Estevan Motor Speedway. Dirt Wars, as well as a lot of the track’s favourites, will be back this year. rookies this year,” said Fichter. “Last year we had guys like Devon Gonas in the hobby stocks last year step up and competed for a championship right till the end. We have a whole bunch of new rookies and new possibilities and that’s awesome. Getting new people involved in the sport is always amazing.”

The junior slingshots are also going to have a few more drivers this year, providing further growth for the sport.

TRACK SCHEDULE FOR THE ESTEVAN MOTOR SPEEDWAY (GREEN FLAG SCHEDULED FOR 7 P.M. UNLESS NOTED) Saturday, May 5 Friday, May 18 Saturday, May 26 Saturday, June 9 Friday, June 22 Friday, June 23 Monday, July 9 Saturday, July 21 Sunday, July 22 Friday, August 3 Saturday, August 11 Saturday, August 25 Saturday, September 15

Season opener (3 p.m. green flag) Regular program Tougher Than Dirt Tour Regular program Sprint Car Showdown Sprint Car Showdown Dakota Classic Modified Tour Canadian Dirt Wars, Round 1 Canadian Dirt Wars, Round 2 Late Model Special Regular Program Championship Night Annual Enduro (2 p.m.)

Sieben joins Saskatchewan Rush for regular season finale A local lacrosse star was part of the Saskatchewan Rush for their regular season finale over the weekend.

Goaltender Teanna Sieben, who is on the roster of the Estevan Big Dogs junior B lacrosse team this year, was signed by the National Lacrosse League’s Rush for the team’s regular season finale last night against the Calgary Roughnecks. Sieben participated in the morning shoot-around and warm-ups prior to ball drop. She was also introduced in the Rush starting lineup.

Sieben, 18, has played the game of lacrosse since she was 13. Sieben is quickly emerging as a star in net,

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and hopes to play collegiate lacrosse in the United States. She frequently travels to Calgary in order to work with ELEV8 Lacrosse, including Rush player Tor Reinholdt.

Sieben has worked relentlessly to perfect her craft, overcoming plenty of adversity in the process. She was born with influenza pneumonia, and the medication she received to treat the illness left her with profound hearing loss. By age 10, Teanna was almost completely deaf.

At this time, she was approved to have a second cochlear implant surgery. The surgery was a success, and improved her hearing.

“As a deaf athlete, Sieben is an incredible role model for young girls with disabilities,” the Rush stated in a news release. “She encourages fellow young female athletes who face similar challenges to stay the course and follow their dreams. “ Sieben said she was excited to be joining the Rush.

Rush players and coaches were thrilled to have Sieben in the crease and expected her to provide an extra spark heading into the game.

The Rush went on to win the game 11-10, and finish the regular season with a 14-4 record, the best in the league.

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ECS Elecs badminton players move on to regionals It was another big weekend for Estevan Comprehensive School Elecs badminton players and teams as many of them will move on to regionals this weekend in Whitewood.

Winners of their respective groups included Justin Van Achte in boys singles, Ruth Pecson in girls singles and the team of John Sasi and Jean Rose Be in mixed doubles.

They will go on to regionals, as will the mixed doubles team of Christian Prawdzik and Maya Daoust, and the girls doubles team of Sarah Nobiss and Trinity Rooks.

The top two teams in each of the singles and doubles will move on to provincials at Wilkie May 12.

Last year Sage Dayman in boys singles and the mixed doubles team of Sasi and Sammy Wade, made it to provincials, which took place at Weyburn.

Sasi and Wade didn’t make it out of their pool with an 0-3 record while Dayman went 1-2 in pool play.

Andrew Batt was the last Saskatchewan High Schools Athletic Association provincial medalist from ECS when he won a silver medal in boys singles in 2010.

Ruth Pecson of the Estevan Comprehensive School Elecs badminton team gets set to serve Saturday at ECS.

Canada loses in quarterfinal at World U18s The ECS Elecs badminton team that has moved on to regionals this weekend at Whitewood.

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World Under-18 Hockey Championship in Russia last week ended with a surprise quarterfinal loss.

Te a m C a n a d a , which includes Estevan Minor Hockey product Cole Fonstad, lost 2-1 Friday in their quarterfinal to the Czech Republic despite outshooting the Czechs 34-31 in the game.

Winning all four games, Canada had won first place in their pool in the round robin to secure the match with the fourth place Czechs, who had won one of their four matches going into the playoff round.

Fonstad didn’t hit the scoresheet in any of the five games Canada played.

Cole Fonstad His next action will be awaiting the chance to hear his name at the National Hockey League Entry Draft.

He’s ranked 65th among North American skaters for the June 2223 draft in Dallas.

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Future stars sought out at Bruins spring camp

By Corey Atkinson sports@estevanmercury.ca

The future might be looking quite bright for the Power Dodge Estevan Bruins.

The team held its annual spring camp last weekend at Affinity Place as midget and a few bantam players got to try out their talents against other list players in the hopes of making an impression on the team and getting invited to fall camp.

Many of the players, though, aren’t likely to star in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League in either this season or the next.

“An important element is to manage our list,” said Bruins head coach and general manager Chris Lewgood. “We’ve got a 50-man protected list that goes as young as 15-year-old players, and we also have some … players that are going to be eligible for the draft that we want to have a good look at. It’s a young camp but also an opportunity for guys that are pushing for some spots on our team next year to solidify their place in fall camp. Out of this, we’ll be making a few commitments to young players that we think are going to be able to step in next year as well.“ Some of the players at the camp have had a few games as affiliated players

Josh Baker takes the puck up ice with Team Gold Saturday night at the Bruins spring camp all-star game at Affinity Place. this year already, as Alex Von Sprecken, Jack Michell, Kade McMillen, Eric Houk and Ryder Pierson have each had a taste of SJHL regular season and/ or playoff hockey before.

“It’s really fun to watch their improvement,” said Lewgood. “Von Sprecken and Houk, McMillen and Michell, those guys espe-

cially played with confidence and that helps a tonne here. Also, they‘ve grown a lot as players, just playing with the older players does a lot for their development and you can see it on those players.”

Lewgood was also pleased to see the development of some of the players that have been drafted high

Bruins hand out the team’s hardware

The Power Dodge Estevan Bruins went their separate ways Sunday night, but not before the team handed out its annual awards at a dinner at the Beefeater Plaza.

With a regular season that included 34 goals and 44 assists over 58 games, Zach Goberis was named the team’s most valuable player and scoring champion. He also split the team’s Iron Man award, not missing a regular season or playoff game along with teammate Jake Heerspink.

The playoff most valuable player was Bo Didur, the team’s goaltender who had a remarkable 2.35 goals against average during the postseason that saw the Bruins make it to Game 7 of the Canalta Cup final.

Kaelan Holt was named the team’s most popular player along with winning the Bill Shinske Ethics award. Jake

Fletcher and Jake Tesarowski shared the Audrey Shinske Memorial Scholarship, and Hayden Guilderson won the Abe Berday Scholastic award.

Fletcher won the Mr. Hustle award, and Jayden Davis won the Estevan Bruins training staff heart award. Johnny Witzke went home with two awards, one for defenceman of the year and another for community involvement.

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Jennifer Durr won the team’s volunteer of the year award.

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by the team over the previous three bantam drafts.

“Dylan Hull is a guy that we picked in the first round two years ago and he had a nice camp here,” Lewgood said. “Cal Caragata, we were aggressive to make a move for last year at the draft and I thought he was one of the best players at the camp. He’s a guy who probably, if we had a younger team next year could challenge for a spot here at 16 years old.

He’s likely going to play a year with the (Regina) Pat

Canadians. There’s hits and misses with the draft, but that’s the nature of having a Tier II league with a draft.

As far as we’re concerned things have gone fairly well.”

The Bruins’ immediate need before the puck drops on the 2018-19 regular season will be to fill the shoes of eight overage players, including five forwards, two defencemen and a goaltender. Lewgood did mention that Oxbow’s Ethan Veroba, a 19-year-old who played in the Big Six Hockey League

last year with the Oxbow Huskies, might be in the mix, and also American Grant Boldt will be return for fall camp to challenge for a spot.

“It’s an area where we’ll need to do some recruiting and have a little bit more depth in camp than what we did here,” Lewgood said. “But we are really excited about some of the young guys we had here in camp in goal and we’ll watch closely their development and see where they’ll fit in.”

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Kindergarten Registration Children Born in 2013 South East Cornerstone Public School Division No. 209 Schools: 33 Central Alameda Arcola Assiniboia Park Carievale Carlyle Elementary Carnduff Education Complex Gladmar Regional Haig Hillcrest Lampman Lyndale MacLeod Macoun Manor Maryfield

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Bantam Voltz pick up pair of wins over Swift Current The Estevan bantam Voltz are back in the win column this year after a pair of home victories over a pair of Swift Current teams in South Saskatchewan Lacrosse League action.

The Voltz Saturday beat the Swift Current Rampage white team 6-5 in Bienfait Saturday afternoon after defeating the other Swift Current Rampage team 4-3 at the Power Dodge Ice Centre that morning.

In the 6-5 win, Kaden Chrest scored four goals, including the winning goal with 3:53 left in the third to take the lead only 15 seconds after the Rampage had tied the game. Nathan Wagstaff and Kalen Stang scored the other goals.

In the other game, Chrest scored three goals including the game winner, again, with 4:08 left in the third period. Wagstaff scored the other goal and

Feeling the Impact Voltz player Kaden Chrest holds the ball and looks for a pass or a shot Saturday around a Swift Current defender at the Power Dodge Ice Centre Ryder Farnsworth had a pair of assists in the game.

Earlier in the week, the Voltz went to Moose Jaw to battle the Mustangs Thursday and came away

with a 4-4 tie. Chrest and Wagstaff scored singles, while Jackson Miller got the Voltz’ other goal.

The Voltz have a game Wednesday night in Wey-

burn against the Thrashers and then are off from league action until May 16, when they take on the Thrashers at 8 p.m. at Affinity Place.

Novice Voltz win their first game of the season Home cooking served the novice Voltz well in their 7-1 home win Saturday over the Swift Current Rampage at the Power Dodge Ice Centre in South Saskatchewan Lacrosse League action.

Liam Stubel scored a hat trick in the game, scoring the second, fourth and sixth goals of the game. Porter Crossman scored a pair in

the game, and the team’s other goals were scored by Bennett Day and Tayven Nordin.

The Voltz will play at Weyburn against the Thrashers 1 team Saturday in their next league game of the season, and then at the Rampage May 13. Their next home game is May 16 against the Thrashers 2.

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Novice Voltz players Austin Merkley, middle, and Deegan McGillicky, right, look to see where a Swift Current player will go to next Saturday at the Power Dodge Ice Centre.

NOTICE OF ANNUAL PUBLIC GENERAL SCHOOL COMMUNITY COUNCIL MEETINGS St. Mary’s School – May 9th – 7:00 pm 615 Arthur Avenue, Estevan Public Meetings are scheduled for the purpose of electing members to their School Community Councils.

Nomination forms can be picked up at the schools during regular school hours. Completed nomination forms are to be returned to the schools by no later than 7:30 pm the nights of the meetings.

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The Estevan peewee Voltz had a busy start to their season splitting a pair of games against teams from Swift Current Saturday Their first game saw the Voltz play their home game against the Swift Current Rampage 1 at Bienfait, attempting a comeback that fell just short of the win in a 7-6 loss. Corby Lemcke’s second goal of the game with 47.5 seconds left brought the Voltz to within a goal but they couldn’t quite get the tying marker. Tye Farnsworth scored two other goals in the game for the

Voltz, while Shea McNabb and Chase Foord scored the others.

The Voltz then took on the Rampage 2 at the Power Dodge Ice Centre and left little doubt in a 10-5 win.

McNabb scored four goals in the game and Lemcke added three. Foord scored a pair and the other goal was notched by Hayden Lheritier. Farnsworth had a pair of assists.

T h e Vo l t z p l a y e d Monday night at Weyburn Thrashers 2 and their next league game after that will be May 9 at Thrashers 1.

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Jeff Davies of the Estevan Impact looks for a shot attempt against the Saskatoon Brewers Saturday at the Power Dodge Ice Centre. The Impact senior lacrosse team lost a pair of Prairie Gold Lacrosse League games on the weekend, dropping the match to the Brewers 18-1 Saturday and then losing a closer game 11-7 to the Weyburn Steelers Sunday in Weyburn.

The Impact play the Saskatoon Swat Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Ice Centre in their next game and then will take on the Saskatoon Plainsmen Sunday at 11 a.m., again at the Ice Centre.

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Estevan Leisure Centre weight room future to be discussed at open house The City of Estevan will host an open house to discuss the future of the weight room inside the Estevan Leisure Centre.

The meeting will be on May 2 at 5 p.m. inside the leisure centre’s multipurpose room.

In a news release issued on April 27, the city stated those who attend will have the opportunity to contribute respectful ideas to the discussions. All members of the public are invited. If an individual cannot make the open house but would still like to offer suggestions, they are asked to drop it off in person at the Estevan Leisure

Centre office.

The feedback that is received will be provided to city council for discussion at the May 7 open meeting. Council’s final decision will require user and community input.

The city issued an earlier news release

on April 24 on the weight room issue, stating an unauthorized notice has been put up in the weight room regarding the facility’s future. It made claims of council decisions that have not taken place.

The notice has been taken down.

“During the budget deliberations, city council indicated that funds should be put into the weight room at the Estevan Leisure Centre,” stated the April 24 news release.

“Initial discussions occurred during budget deliberations on how to move forward with the facility.”

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Card of Thanks Thank You The family of the late Ernie Schmidt wish to extend a sincere thank you for all the phone calls, online condolences, monetary memorial donations, flowers, prayers, visits and even the hugs, as all your acts of kindness will never be forgotten. Our heartfelt thanks to the Estevan Regional Nursing Home Staff, where Ernie resided for the past 5 years, for all the comfort and care given with such dignity and respect. It was so heartwarming to see so many family and friends that travelled from near and far to attend his Celebration of Life in Estevan.

Thank you to the ladies from Faith Luthern Church for serving the lunch afterwards, as it was a wonderful time of sharing more memories of Ernie. Our sincere appreciation to Hall Funeral Services for the compassion and exper tise shown during this difficult time. If we have missed anyone, please accept our apologies, as it is so hard to sum up a lifetime of love shown by everyone from all walks of life.

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Obituaries Anne Schwab 1926 - 2018 Anne Schwab passed away peacefully at the Estevan Regional Nursing Home, Estevan, SK on Wednesday, April 25, 2018 at the age of 91 years.

Anne’s memory will be forever cherished by her children: Richard (Anita), Ron (Sheila), Mel (Carol), Frances (Ron) Krieger, Gordon (Sandra Bazin), Debra (Bill) Chapman and Andrew (Janice Da Costa); grandchildren: Karl (Pattie) Schwab and son Jackson, Derek Schwab, Danica (Aaron) Schoonbaert and children: Owen, Dominic and Anthea, Katie (Chris) Harris and son Keith; Michael Schwab and Jaime Schwab; Jonathan (Danelle) Schwab and children: Zoe and Esme, Joel Schwab (Erin Roche), Aaron Schwab and Miriam Schwab (Jon Klassen); Stephen Krieger, Amanda (Michael) Gehl and children: Sarah, Chantelle, Jessica and Erin, Victor Krieger, Jennifer (Damien) Volk and children: Rainy, Bradley and Ethan, Jeffrey (Kelsey) Krieger and children: Charlie and Stella, Angela (Ryan) Stepp and daughter Halle; Benjamin Schwab, Everett Schwab and Garrett Schwab. Anne will also be lovingly remembered by her brothers, George (Beatrice) Olheiser and John Olheiser; sister Alexandra Miller; sisters-in-law, Rose Johner and Kay MacDonald; brothers-in-law, William Schwab and Alphonse Schwab, as well as numerous nieces and nephews.

She was predeceased by her husband Ludwig; parents, Joseph and Barbara; numerous siblings and other family members.

Prayers were held on Thursday, April 26, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. in the Chapel of Hall Funeral Services, Estevan. The Funeral Mass was celebrated on Friday, April 27, 2018 at 1:30 p.m. at St. John the Baptist R.C. Church, Estevan, by Rev. Sathiadas Antony.

Interment followed at the Estevan City Cemetery, after which a luncheon was held in the parish auditorium. In lieu of flowers, donations in Anne’s memory may be made to the New Estevan Regional Nursing Home, 1201 - 2nd Street, Estevan, SK, S4A 0M1. Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Hall Funeral Services, Estevan.

Marylou Clauson (nee Riffel) It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Marylou Clauson on Friday, April 20, 2018 at the age of 61 years. Marylou was the eighth child and fourth daughter to John and Regina Riffel. She was predeceased by her mother Regina; father John; brother Gerard; sister Margaret; fatherin-law Lloyd Clauson; and mother-in-law Mary Clauson.

She is survived by her husband Keith Clauson of Midale; sons Jeff (Sarah) of Estevan, Jesse (Kelsey) of Regina and Shane (Kristin) of Regina; granddaughters Claire and June; grandsons Charlie and Jack; brothers Anthony (Anita) of Winnipeg, Tom (Linda) of Regina, Jim (Lena) of Christopher Lake, and Philip of Fort QuíAppelle; sisters Virginia of Fort QuíAppelle, Susan of Regina and Lorna of Regina; brothers-in-law Ken (Marjorie) of Midale and Wayne (Sherry) of Weyburn; as well as numerous nieces and nephews. A FUNERAL MASS will be celebrated at St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, 2026 Winnipeg Street, Regina, SK on Saturday, April 28, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. with a reception to follow in the hall. Family and friends are invited to sign the online obituary and tributes page at www.reginafuneralhome.ca.

Arrangements entrusted to Regina Funeral Home and Cemetery (306) 789-8850.

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Ruth I. Gibson 1920 - 2018 It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Ruth Gibson (Engelstad) on Friday, April 20, 2018 in Estevan, Saskatchewan at the age of 97 years. Ruth spent her life dedicated to family, friends and her church community. Ruth's memory will be forever cherished by her sons, Darwin (Daria) and Lorie (Brenda); grandchildren, Ian, Margaret, Christopher, Tyler and Jodi; sister Lois Solie; son-in-law Edwin Dyer and sisters-inlaw, Doreen Gibson and Reta Gibson. Ruth will also be missed by her four great grandchildren and five great great grandchildren.

She was predeceased by her husband of 40 years, Ian Gibson; daughter Cheryl Dyer; parents, Ellen and Ludwig Engelstad; brother Leo; sister Berna Ciasnocha; sister-in-law Lottie Duce and brothers-in-law, Leon (Rita) and Gerald (Doreen). A Service of Remembrance for Ruth was held on Thursday, April 26, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. at St. Paul's United Church, Estevan, with Mr. Don Kindopp officiating. A luncheon followed in the church auditorium, after which interment took place at Souris Valley Memorial Gardens. If friends so desire, donations in Ruth's memory may be made to the Heart & Stroke Foundation of Saskatchewan, 1738 Quebec Avenue, Unit 26, Saskatoon, SK, S7K 1V9. Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Hall Funeral Services, Estevan.

Shirley Raymond July 13, 1949 — April 19, 2018.

It is with great sadness the family of Shirley announces her passing at the age of 69. She is predeceased by her father Harvey, grandparents Irene, Albert, Francis and John-Lucas Freeze. She is survived by her husband Garry, son's Shawn (Gwen), Corey, mother Florence, siblings Darrel (Val), Darren and Cara, grandchildren Jamie, Brandon, Alyssa, Krystopher and Hannah.

Shirley was active in the community. She loved visiting friends in town, gardening and spending time with family. She will be missed by all who's lives she touched.

A memorial service was held Saturday April 28th at 11am at St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, 434 2nd Avenue, Beiseker, AB. Memorial donations may be made to North Rocky View Community Links Society, Beiseker, AB or Canadian Cancer Society. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.sunsetltd.ca

Lorraine Mary Bonokoski (née Le Rossignol) April 12, 1919 – April 22, 2018 Lorraine Mary Bonokoski was born in Marienthal, SK on April 12, 1919 and died peacefully in Regina, SK on April 22, 2018 at the age of ninety-nine. Lorraine was predeceased by her husband Anton Leo Bonokoski; her parents, Pierre and MarieAnge Le Rossignol; her brothers, Alex and Henri Le Rossignol and her sisters, Yvonne Charette and Semone Thom. Lorraine is survived by her son Richard and spouse Linda Smith; her daughter Marian Schnell and her husband Claude Schnell; her son Hilary and spouse Norrie Duncan and her sister, Gabrielle Slotsve. She will also be lovingly remembered by her eight grandchildren, Nicholas (Katie), Lara (Harvey), Melanie (Gerhard), Dale (Taya), Wade (Amanda), Nathan, Arden and Noel, and five great grandchildren, Benjamin, Caleb, Safiya, Tanner, Levi and Miles. Lorraine is also survived by her sistersin-law, Marie Bonokoski, Sister Frances Bonokoski and Mary Lou Audet (Ray), and brotherin-law Gordon Bonokoski. The Mass of Resurrection was celebrated at Saint John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church in Estevan, SK at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, April 26, 2018. A private burial will be held at another time. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the charity of the donor’s choice. The family is sincerely grateful for the care given to their mother and grandmother by the staff of Creighton Lodge in Estevan, the Sun Country Home Care staff, the staff of the Estevan Regional Nursing Home, the staff of Saint Joseph’s Hospital in Estevan, the staff of Ward 5F at the Regina General Hospital, and for the ministry of the Roman Catholic Chaplaincy of the Regina General Hospital. May Lorraine rest in peace. Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Hall Funeral Services, Estevan.

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Dennis Mark Struble 1948 – 2018 After a brief battle with cancer, Dennis Struble, surrounded by the love of his family, drew his final breath on Sunday, April 22, 2018 in the comfort of his home in Estevan, SK, at the age of 69 years.

Dennis will be forever missed by his loving wife Marlene (nee Hank); and their sons, Mark (Melissa Nickloski) and Dennis (Sandy) Struble; grandchildren, Shadoe and Aliesha Struble (Ivy and Lazarus), Danielle Struble (Autumn and Carter Vansteelandt), Zachary Struble, Colby Struble and Zachary Bjorndal; siblings, Loraine Supple, Edith Erhardt, Yvonne Garton, Mary Ann Hochstein, Donald Struble and Richard Struble along with their spouses; as well as numerous nieces and nephews.

Dennis was predeceased by his parents, Ralph and Rose Struble; sister Pauline Struble; daughters, Lonetta and Denise and grandaughter Courtney Struble.

Family and friends gathered on Thursday, April 26, 2018 at 2:00 pm at the Royal Canadian Legion, Estevan Branch (large hall) to share memories of Dennis and have lunch in his honour.

Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Hall Funeral Services, Estevan.

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1215 - 5th Street, Estevan

Phone: 306-634-3353

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