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Deep Earth enters next phase

By Brian Zinchuk brian.zinchuk@sasktel.net

With a recent $5 million private placement of funding in place, in addition to previously announced federal and provincial government money, Deep Earth Energy Production Corp.

(DEEP) has begun flow testing of its first well for a geothermal electrical power production facility south of Torquay, within sight of the U.S. border.

The first well, drilled in late 2018, was put on production on Aug. 25. But it’s not producing oil or gas. It’s producing really, really hot briny water, hot enough that you can feel the heat coming off the tanks the water is being stored in. The intention is that when all is said and done, that water from a hot aquifer will be used in an Organic Rankine Cycle power plant to produce electricity.

But long before they get to that point, DEEP needs to get a few things sorted out, and that’s where August’s test comes into play.

DEEP president and CEO Kirsten Marcia showed Tina Beaudry-Mellor the operation Aug. 26. Beaudry-Mellor holds three ministerial postings; minister of Advanced Education, minister responsible for Innovation Saskatchewan, and minister Responsible for Status of Women Office, all three of which she felt were applicable to this project.

“It’s interesting how much those three things intersect today,” she said.

“Kirsten Marcia, a young female entrepreneur in a kind of non-traditional space. We just did some lab testing with a young female chem tech; again, a non-traditional space. Doing some great work on renewable energy that Innovation Saskatchewan is funding,” she said.

The province, through Innovation Saskatchewan, has been one of the backers of the project. SaskPower has signed a power purchase agreement with DEEP to buy the electricity produced.

Beaudry-Mellor made a point of asking those involved about their educational backgrounds, where they got their training and how the got to Saskatchewan.

“I’m interested in all those

things,” she said.

“I’m really impressed. The renewable energy and drilling space is a bit new for me, so I have a lot of questions to ask.

I think there’s a tremendous potential here.”

She noted a bit of a “bluesky discussion” about a renewable energy hub, minerals and the possibility of monetizing other products from the geothermal work that’s being done here.

“I think that’s really exciting,” she said.

Dave Brown is the project engineer for drilling and completions. He said the approximately 220 metres of core retrieved from the 3,530 metredeep vertical hole was analyzed during spring breakup. Now the hole saw a downhole electric submersible pump (ESP) at the end of 3 1/2-inch tubing.

“It’s now sitting at 2,500 metres,” he said.

There’s a dedicated onemegawatt (500 horsepower) diesel generator adjacent to the hole, powering the ESP. There’s enough fluid in the well that the ESP is placed roughly 1,000 metres above bottom, which means it takes less energy to bring that fluid to surface.

Also, deeper than 2,500 metres is the prairie evaporite formation, so thicker casing is required beyond that point.

This phase of flow testing has several purposes.

“We started production at a lower rate and ramped it up over 12 hours,” Brown said.

The hot water, really a brine, first goes through three settling tanks before entering the 27tank farm which will be used as temporary storage. While the initial flow from the well was dark, it soon cleared up, as evidenced by samples drawn into a bucket.

“We got some solids initially, but not anymore,” he said.

The storage tanks are filled one at a time. The expectation was they would be filled in three days.

There are high tech reservoir analysis flow and pressure data acquisition recorders placed downhole in addition to surface pressure and flow sensors.

Brown said the well would then be shut in for 12 days after the initial three A2 » CLOSED

Starting young The youngest participant of 2019 Kids Rodeo, Blaise Ebert, was only two years old. She participated in different disciplines, and it seemed that she really enjoyed her mini horse rides, crowd support and a beautiful sunny day at the Estevan Exhibition arena. Photo by Anastasiia Bykhovskaia

Dr. Krickan is heading home

By Ana Bykhovskaia abykhovskaia@estevanmercury.ca

Another doctor is leaving St. Joseph’s Hospital this fall.

Dr. Edward Krickan came to Estevan in August 2017 after a two-year residency training in family medicine and an additional year of enhanced surgical skills training.

Two years later, Krickan told the Mercury, it was now the time for him and his family to move back home to B.C. “My last day will be November 30th,” said Krickan.

“The main reason that I’m planning to leave is that my family and I are from British Columbia originally. And after five years away from home and family, we’ve decided it’s time to go back. We’d like to bring our girls back home to be with their family and friends. And we want to be close to home again.”

They’ve been thinking about the possibility to move back to B.C. for a while, but it was the recent trip that helped them make up their minds.

Krickan said, “The St. Joseph’s Hospital has been a fantastic place to work, and the staff and the patients

Dr. Edward Krickan, left, who rounded out the local obstetrics program in Estevan, will leave St. Joseph’s Hospital in November. Pictured here with executive director for St. Joseph’s Hospital Greg Hoffort. File photo here have been amazing.”

Unfortunately, like many smaller communities keeping physicians is a big problem.

“I think physicians staying in smaller communities is an ongoing problem throughout the country. I can’t necessarily pinpoint

any one specific reason why it might be a problem here in Estevan, but I do know that a lot of the physicians that I spoke to over the years who have come and gone, it’s quite often related to either physicians wanting to get back home to their families who

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He noted that doctors often get a big load of work with their regular family medicine patients and the emergency room coverage.

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New coal transition co-ordinator hired The new coal transition co-ordinator for the City of Estevan is already familiar with the community.

Craig Johnston was officially introduced during Monday night’s council meeting. Johnston was hired for a two-year term thanks to funding through the Canada Coal Transition Initiative (CCTI), which is offering support to communities affected by the pending phase-out of conventional coal-fired electricity.

Monday was his first day on the job.

“My primary responsibility is going to be to try to give some focus to the efforts to mitigate the problems that are going to be coming down the pipeline during the phasing out of the coal-fired electrical plants,” he said.

There are a lot of unknowns at this time, he said, and there’s a lot that could be happening in the community.

Mayor Roy Ludwig said Johnston will be tasked with helping with the transition due to the pending closure of Units 4 and 5 at

the Boundary Dam Power Station. Unit 4 comes offline in 2021 and Unit 5 will be retired at the end of 2024.

“We’re very happy that you have decided to make Estevan your home,” Ludwig said to Johnston.

He responded by saying that he wishes he was here under happier circumstances, but he is looking forward to working with council, the mayor and the people of Estevan to try to find solutions.

Johnston hopes to bring economic development, public health, education and other elements together, while working with the private sector and the different levels of government.

“There’s so much that we don’t know, and there’s a lot that could be happening here,” said Johnston.

He says it’s important for the public to know how serious this is, and the potential impact it could have.

“Most of my time will probably be spent with public consultations, consulting with business and trying to get some input in on this.

They don’t want this to be

Craig Johnston a top-down process. They don’t want somebody just coming in and imposing this. That’s just not sustainable. You need something that’s going to fit within the community.”

Among his previous work experience was working in economic development for the Estevan Chamber of Commerce in 2012.

“I loved the people,

loved the community, and I’ve been a big supporter of the energy industry throughout my career. And I heard about some of the decisions that were made in Ottawa, and I knew the effects that it would have this community, and I was concerned and a little bit upset.”

He believed his experience would be beneficial for Estevan.

The hospital continues physician recruiting « A1 “It’s too much here for a lot of physicians. They need to boost the number of physicians quite a bit in order to make it more sustainable,” said Krickan.

He has recently confirmed his future plans and will be soon working in a smaller hospital similar to Estevan on the B.C. coast. But he underlined that the workload wasn’t his main motivation to leave Estevan. “ There are lots of reasons that physicians are overworked. But I just want to stress the fact that it’s not that I’m feeling too overworked.

It’s not my primary motivation for leaving. I think overall the community and the hospital have been a wonderful experience here in Estevan. And the reason that I’m leaving is mainly related to the family and getting back close to home,” said Krickan.

Even though Krickan’s departure will be a big loss for the hospital and the community, his decision to move was understood by the hospital management.

“As tough as it is for us I absolutely appreciate that he is moving home and it makes perfect sense for him. And we are extremely grateful for all he’s done for Estevan for the past two to three years. He’s provided a tremendous service from the moment he arrived to, I’m sure, the moment he leaves,” said executive director for St. Joseph’s Hospital Greg Hoffort.

In the meantime, a Canadian-trained physician Dr. Ryan Cormier will join the clinic in September and will take over Krickan’s family practice patients once they transition over the next few months.

And to make sure that St. Joseph’s Hospital is still capable of providing obstetrics services after Krickan’s departure, the management has two plans underway.

“We are recruiting for a full-time replacement for Dr. Krickan and to provide obstetric services and other services as well. And secondly, over the past year, we have composed the group of physicians who

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His wife Marie loved the city when she came to visit during the hiring process, which clinched his decision to come here.

Johnston hails from Cupar, and had a business degree from the University of Regina and a master’s in public policy. While he was in university, he had an internship that took him to all parts of the Western Hemisphere, working in economic development.

He also started working with the U.S. government, and worked in such countries as China, Micronesia and Afghanistan.

He has also taught at universities in a number of countries around the world.

Johnston joins Dwight “Fitz” Bramble in the city’s economic development division.

The federal government announced in June that it was allocating funding for three projects in Estevan, including one for the City that will provide $260,000, which the city used to hire Johnson to help with the coal transition.

are able to do obstetrical services. So what we are looking to do is expand on it a little bit and until we have a full-time solution in place, to provide the services collectively with the group of qualified physicians who would all do part-time work at St. Joe’s in Estevan,” said Hoffort.

He noted that it’s a work in progress, but their ultimate goal is having no interruption with obstetrical services.

Hoffort also said that the hospital has an internationaltrained physician slated to start in December. No more details were announced at this time.

“Certainly a physician that served our community to the extent of Dr. Krickan will be tough to replace as far as services he provided and the volume of service. But our recruiting continues... We are doing everything we can to bridge the gap for sure,” said Hoffort.

“We are unfortunately in the environment where there are still way more physician positions in the country than there are physicians. There are a lot of physicians being trained, but not enough to replace those vacant positions and the physicians who are retiring.”

Once Cormier arrives and Krickan leaves St Joseph’s Hospital will have 10 practising physicians, with 9 of those focused on family medicine.

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Minister of Advanced Education Tina Beaudry-Mellor, in red, was toured around the DEEP geothermal site by DEEP president and CEO Kirsten Marcia, right, and reservoir engineer Claude Ghazer on Aug. 26. Photo by Brian Zinchuk « A1 days of flow. “After 12 days, we’ll move a service rig back in, pull the pump and recorders, and then recomplete it as an injection well for the next step. We’ll put a packer in and a triplex pump and run it through a filter system, reinjecting it into the hole.”

The reinjection is also expected to take three days.

The total duration of the test work is estimated at 50 days.

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“The plan is to drill the next well,” Brown said. That’s planned for the latter half of September.

That second well is expected to be drilled adjacent to the first well, but instead of going straight down, they will use directional drilling to go off at an angle such that the toe of the well will be at roughly the same vertical depth, but end up 1 1/2 kilometres to the southwest.

The result will be something of a triangle. The second well will be the producer, pulling hot brine from the ground. When the power plant is in place, the brine will run through the plant.

But for testing purposes, it will be reinjected into the first well, which will function as an injector. That test is expected to take 60 days.

That will create something approximating a closed loop in that they will re-inject into the same formation they are drawing from.

“Ideally we want to do the closed loop test before Christmas,” Brown said.

Claude Ghazer is a reservoir engineer working on the project. He said the core had been one piece of the puzzle, and now all the pieces need to come together. They’ve done

XRD testing, elemental analysis, and determined porosity and permeability.

“We’ve done some reservoir modelling to build a test program to gather subsurface reservoir data to find the boundaries and reservoir potential,” Ghazer said.

This phase of testing will provide the fluid rates. But by pumping fluid out of the formation, the resulting pressure drop will help them map out the boundaries of the reservoir.

Ghazer offered an analogy, saying, “You’ve got a pond and you’re dropping a stone into the middle. It creates ripples and when it hits the boundaries, it can come back.”

Understanding that response is important to developing the geothermal field.

Measuring the pressure transient data and analyzing it with software allows for reservoir modelling.

“You do a lot of this analysis in wildcatting exploration,” he said.

Since there are few wells drilled into the Deadwood formation, the target for this project, they’re in essentially virgin territory. Ghazer said it was a unique opportunity to gather this data because it is undisturbed.

The injectivity test is another key point.

“It’s a flow, build up, injectivity and fall-off test,” he said.

Earlier statements from DEEP implied that a much shallower formation, the Mannville, could be used for injecting the high volumes of brine produced during operations. But Marcia said that could be problematic for nearby oil producers who also use that formation for water disposal, and they “want to be good neighbours.”

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Rodeo brought plenty of action this year

Local rodeo fans were treated to two days of competition this past weekend when the Canadian Cowboys Association (CCA) made its way to the Energy City for the annual Estevan CCA Rodeo.

Crowds filled the stands at the Estevan Exhibition Association’s grounds Friday and Saturday night for the competition. Participants were also entered in several events during the slack performance on Saturday morning.

I n t h e b u l l r i d i n g, Chanse Switzer was the winner with a 77. Kade McDonald was second with a 71, Trinity Bear was third at 70 and Jud Colliness was fourth at 64.

Calder Peterson finished first in bareback with a 68, followed by Justin Carrier at 66 and Cruz McNulty at 60.

Keagan Crossman was the winner in saddle bronc with a 66 and Kaden Paton was second with a 64.

In the tie-down roping, Colt Cornet was with winner with a time of 8.6 seconds. Shawn Williamson was second with a time of 9.4 seconds, followed by Scott Sigfusson (9.7 seconds) and Justin Bridgeman (9.8 seconds).

Jeff Heggie won the steer wrestling with an impressive time of 3.7 seconds, followed by TJ Loeppky (4.3 seconds), Kal Klovansky (4.6 seconds) and Zane Marenko (6.3 seconds).

Haley Glasr ud won the women’s barrel racing in a time of 15.90 seconds.

Rachelle McCannell was second in 16.16 seconds, Mallory Mayert was third in 16.19 seconds and Calonna Slade was fourth at 16.23 seconds.

Team roping was won by the team of Clint Kelly and Cody Kelly in 5.4 seconds.

Bruce Dunham and Denton Dunham were second in 5.7 seconds, Tuftin McLeod and Tyce McLeod were third at 6.1 seconds and Wyatt Stu-

ber and Clint Schreiner were fourth at 6.2 seconds.

Junior events were offered in several disciplines as well. In junior steer riding, Line Chapman was the winner with a 75, followed

by Cody Fitzpatrick (72), Tanner Skene (71) and Ryder Zunti (68).

In novice bareback, Kade Cheney was first with a 72, followed by Cruz McNulty with a 69, Casey Bear with a 68 and Kenton Francis with a 63.

Blaine Lee had the only qualifying ride in the novice saddle bronc, and received a score of 57.

Maddy McGee won the junior girls barrel racing in a time of 16.18 seconds. Lily Wilson was second in 16.33 seconds, Macie-Rae Warken was third (16.39 seconds) and Emily Lehr was fourth (16.55 seconds) Duane Gillespie, who was the chairperson for this year’s rodeo, said it was a great event this year.

“The performances were good, we had lots of people and the weather held up,” said Gillespie.

He didn’t have a tally for attendance, but he said the stands were largely full.

A powerful thunderstorm on Saturday morning did cause some delays for the slack performance, but they were able to complete it.

The rodeo performers were good to work with, he said. They enjoy coming to Estevan and have a good time. The numbers for the timed events were high and the marks for the judged disciplines were strong. The livestock also put on a good show.

“Ground Breaking Rodeo brough good stock. They always do.”

A cabaret was held on Saturday night, with Rustic supplying the music. Gillespie said it was well attended as well. He hopes it can once again become a tradition.

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A good picture of local police Estevan residents must be pretty satisfied with the level of protection offered by the Estevan Police Service.

According to a survey carried out by the University of Regina, 88.9 per cent of respondents were satisfied or very satisfied with the level of service offered by the EPS. Also, 93.2 per cent said they felt the EPS had a visible presence in the community.

The document has a whole host of other information and data that reflects what the public thinks. And while it is a fairly small sample size at about 250 people, it’s still large enough for a community the size of Estevan to give people more than just a glimpse of what people think of our municipal policing force.

There’s also a long list of other questions that were posed to the public through this survey that range from trust to professionalism to response times.

You can argue that there are better things that could be done with taxpayer dollars, but when you consider the University of Regina helped pick up the tab on this, it’s not quite such a bad idea. If the EPS is going to be responsible for the full cost of this initiative in the future, then hopefully, it will happen only once every few years.

Still, it’s good for the EPS to know where the public views its strengths and weaknesses, and for the public to know where it views the

local police’s strengths and weaknesses.

It’s better to have this data, than to base opinions and evaluations on social media and coffee row.

Sure there are things that we wish the police would do differently. We wish they would spend more time in a certain areas. (Additional patrols on Wellock Road a few years ago would be a good example of this). We wish there was more enforcement for speeding, especially in residential areas and restricted speed zones, such as playgrounds and schools.

Other people wish that the EPS would have priorities more in-tune with their own ideas for policing.

You’ll have those who felt they were wronged by police who just won’t be happy with the police. And there will be others who will accuse the EPS of having a double-standard, enforcing the laws for some but being lax for others. (We know of a recent fundraiser that the EPS shut down that has a gripe with police).

There were also concerns with call times in this survey, with only 57.6 per cent of people saying the EPS responded to calls in a prompt fashion.

Some people will tell you that the police in this city are overpaid, or that there are too many officers in Estevan. This city currently has 26, with 16 in patrols and 10 for the dedicated units such as the Drug Intelligence Unit. Even though

four of Estevan’s officers are funded through Saskatchewan Government Insurance, some believe that we could stand to lose a few officers.

Maybe you wish they didn’t have traffic enforcement blitzes, or you wish they didn’t hand out so many tickets, or that they didn’t give out so many warnings.

The percentage of satisfied residents came in a little higher than you might expect, but not that much higher.

The EPS is doing a pretty good job. They’re out in the community and engaging with the public. They’re doing a good job of nabbing people for such charges as impaired driving and drugs.

Events like the police open house on Saturday give people reason to think the EPS members are approachable.

And they’re still pretty busy. The EPS has not seen a significant decline in call volume that you might have expected since the price of oil crashed in 2014.

Last month they reportedly had 1,200 calls, making it one of the busiest months they have had in a while. (And that spike in calls wasn’t just due to the enforcement blitz happening early in the month).

Sure there are areas that could use improvement, but most people will tell you they’re happy with the EPS, and they still feel safe living and working in Estevan.

The drilling rigs have worked most of their industry out of a job

I have spent a lot of time looking at numbers over the years - numbers of active drilling rigs, oil production, investment in the patch, etc. A significant segment of my efforts is in sorting the wheat from the chaff, picking out the key figures of what matters.

One really good source is the North Dakota Department of Mineral Resources.Their director, Lynn Helms, has been director of the department quite literally for decades. And as a “director,” he likes to make the allusion to Hollywood, so his regular report is known as the “Director’s Cut.” He’s actually a very affable guy who starts every speech with a pretty decent joke, so he’s entitled to call it whatever he wants. He’s overseen the growth of North Dakota from 120,000 barrels per day (bpd) in 2007 to 1,424,555 barrels per day today.

I wrote out that last figure instead of rounding it off because there was something about it that struck me. I recall a conversation with a senior Saskatchewan government official about seven years ago at the Lloydminster Heavy Oil Show. He pointed out that, for much of the prior decade, Saskatchewan’s oil production had remained relatively flat at about 425,000 barrels per day. And that, he noted, was actually quite an accomplishment, given the natural declines every oil well has.

North Dakota is now producting a million barrels a day more than what we were so proud of back then.

I just came across an interesting resource. On the Saskatchewan.ca website, there is a dashboard which includes oil production statistics. (Where have you been these last 11 years? Did you exist and I not know it?)

Unfortunately it speaks in cubic metres, whereas the oil industry often uses barrels. The most recent data shows 2,396,696.8 cubic metres in the month of May. My math says that’s 486,282 barrels per day. If my calculations are

From the Top of the Pile BRIAN ZINCHUK correct, it corresponds very closely with the little infographic on the page which says, “In 2015, the province produced 486,000 barrels of oil per day and shipped about 65 per cent of that production to the United States.”

So, we have now finished five years of downturn, and four years ago we were producing pretty much precisely what we are now. All told, that’s not bad given the aforementioned natural declines.

But we’re also running a lot fewer rigs. I routinely use Rig Locator, a sister publication within our parent company, for my rig analysis. It says on Aug. 23 we had 45 drilling rigs working. That’s about half of what we had prior to the downturn.

Yet we’re still producing the same amount of oil.

One of the interviews I did this month pointed out a similar thing. Josh Biggs, owner of Top Torque Services Ltd., said, “You keep hearing all the buzz how the States is booming, but I disagree with that. I look at Baker’s rig count. We’re five years into this downturn. When the rig count drops off, it’s a great time to look. North Dakota, five years ago, 185 rigs. Now? 47. So they’re at 25 per cent of what they were at.”

Baker’s numbers differed from the Director’s Cut, which said 61 rigs, but close enough. Biggs’ point is there aren’t nearly as many drilling rigs out there.

Canada’s drilling rig fleet has shrunk from 800 five years ago, to 549 today. And now the whole, much-reduced fleet, nation-wide is currently running at only 29 per cent capacity.

So what does all this tell us? Not good news

if you’re in the drilling business. You, and your competitors, have largely worked not many, but most of your industry, out of a job.

That’s right. Most. When just 29 per cent of a fleet that is already down by 31.4 per cent is working, most of the drilling industry is out of a job.

Rigs have simply become too efficient for their own good. The last time I spoke to Helms, a year ago at the Williston Basin Petroleum Conference, he noted that the rigs in their state have become 300 per cent more efficient. It used to take an average rig a month to drill a North Dakota Bakken well. That same rig is now drilling three wells in a month. (I should add, a North Dakota Bakken well is not only twice as deep vertically, but twice as long horizontally, compared to a typical Saskatchewan Bakken well.)

I’ve been told that advances in bits, with polycrystalline diamond cutters, solids control, and much larger mud motors have all played a factor.

But the sorry conclusion of all this is that the Canadian drilling rig fleet is still overbuilt by a very large measure. If we can keep producing the same amount of oil with so few rigs, eventually the conclusion will be that we don’t need that many rigs anymore.

I’ve heard tales of long ago of trees growing through rig substructures. I’m pretty sure that’s happening today with the idle rigs, many of which haven’t spun a pulley in years.

A lot of that iron is going to be cut up. A lot of capital is going vanish in stranded assets.

I understand one rig recently sold at auction for the price of what just one key component cost.

They essentially got the rig for free.

I don’t know when I will see a new drilling rig in Saskatchewan, but I expect it will be a long time from now, while the fleet continues its merciless cull.

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

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Let’s come together Throughout these past several months as a reporter covering a lot of the community events, I’m constantly hearing organizers talking about numbers being down. A bit fewer participants join the activities; a bit fewer funds being raised.

The situation seems to be quite common no matter what kind of events we are talking with a rare exception like Glow Paddle that is still somewhat new entertainment and so far keeps peeking up the numbers. But look at the community calendar, almost all activities you can see scheduled for a week will have fewer people attending.

The Estevan community is awesome. When it comes to supporting the local initiatives, people are so generous. And people are also very conscious, understanding that if we don’t participate, then there will be nothing for our kids and us, that there will be no us, not here. Our shopping local promotion that had thousands of entries in a city of our size once again proved that.

But let’s face it, there are only that many rigs drilling around.

The future of coal is very unclear. The big Boundary Dam’s carbon capture facility building project is long complete, and there are no new big projects planned. So far, we don’t see any Canadian or international businesses being all over Estevan planning to settle down here.

The financial situation in Western Canada has known better days. I’m not sure what’s going on in the east, but since it’s the global economic problem (there are a lot of explanations to this phase, but I’ll leave it aside for now) I’m guessing that they might be experiencing tough times as well.

Getting back to Estevan, we now see that a lot of events are slowly losing attendance. But on top of that, some of them are losing public interest as well. There might be few explanations to it.

First, when something follows the same scenario every year, it may get old. We are not that big of a city, so same people participate in activities from year to year. Like it was with the Estevan Idol, which then became Estevan Sings. Being an annual event, it had same people performing on stage and same people cheering for them in the stands. So after a few years, the numbers went down and the event disappeared from the Estevan annual calendar. (But when brought back this year after a break it was a hit again.)

Another problem is that many of us just cannot afford to attend every single event and support all the great causes.

We only have so many dollars a month that we can use to help something or someone, to buy raffle tickets (that even if we win, turn into Christmas presents for people we usually don’t know very well), to send kids to camps, to help local charitable groups, centres and initiatives. More and more often I hear that people have to skip some great events, because, since they are fundraisers (for very important and needed organizations) everything is quite expensive and the current middle class can afford to attend probably one or two a year max.

So maybe it’s the time to come together and start combining some of the activities Estevan has to offer. Be it summer camps, or rodeo and fair as it used to be, or any other kind of event. I wasn’t here when rodeo and the fair were held the same week, but now I hear a lot of good memories and raves to that format.

Estevan summer camps are wonderful (I think I visited a good dozen and wrote about many more). They have a lot to offer, they are creative, they are goal-oriented, but most camps this summer also had fewer kids attending.

Cultural, educational, entertaining and community-building events that different groups put together also have a hard time attracting the crowds. (EPS are doing good with their events, but not only are they well thought through and really entertaining, but they are also free of charge, and that’s hard to beat).

I always was taught that when hard times hit, you have to start thinking out of the box. Even if you were eaten, there are at least two ways out.

I’m sure Estevan organizations have many options to keep going and serving their goals, but it’s not the time when we can just follow our regular paths.

And I believe some Estevan events and activities combined together or reorganized will get a second wind and will only win from that.

Hard times are tough to live through, but wonderful for creativity. Hard times bring people together (the lone wolf dies but the pack survives, if you know what I mean), so why not stand to gain from it?

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By Ana Bykhovskaia abykhovskaia@estevanmercury.ca

It seems that Estevan has been hearing about methamphetamine or other drugrelated arrests at least once a week lately. Tara Smart, who runs the drug-testing centre SE Options Consulting, believes there might be a frightening explanation to the increased presence of these drugs.

“I’d say especially in the last year or so we are just seeing things that we never used to see. For so many years basically, we just saw a lot of THC (tetrahydrocannabinol, the chemical in marijuana responsible for a euphoric high). We never saw anyone really positive for meth or fentanyl. It was very, very rare.

And now we are just seeing a lot more of it,” said Smart.

Her mother was running the business for over 20 years. Recently Smart and her husband bought it, and while being even closer to the operation they started noticing very alarming tendencies.

The centre has very strict confidentiality policies. They just collect information and are not enforcers of any kind.

But the rise in the alarming cases they are seeing made them spread the word. Because even more frightening than just the traces of dangerous and highly addictive drugs was the facts that more and more people whose tests came positive for those narcotics weren’t aware that they consumed anything like that.

“ We see people that come in and … (they) are genuinely shocked with the results of their drug tests because they were certain that they were maybe positive for THC or something. And then meth and/or cocaine shows up as well,” said Smart.

The centre is coming across more and more cases like that, which makes specialists assume that people consume strong drugs not directly but mixed into something, allegedly, marijuana.

“Marijuana and things like that are being laced with things like fentanyl, meth,” said Smart. “Drug dealers, they don’t care about people’s safety. They just care about business. So the faster you can get someone hooked…”

People think that they may just smoke a joint and might be positive for that, but the results show that they are in more trouble. Besides high, methamphetamine and fentanyl get people chemically addicted very quickly. Smart said they see less fentanyl use than meth, but there was none before.

She believes that’s been going on all across Canada and in general, isn’t something new, but for Estevan, it is a problem that didn’t exist in the community throughout the past few years.

“We haven’t seen a lot of it until more recently.”

To a certain degree, the tendency might be a sad spinoff of cannabis legalization.

The prices at the licensed cannabis stores remain higher

than at the black market, while the consumption of marijuana was normalized.

Which means that people are more likely to smoke a joint, but trying to save money still buy it from illegal dealers not knowing what exactly they are getting.

“People need to be careful what they are buying and using,” said Smart. “It’s frustrating because prices at dispensaries are probably double what you can get say from a dealer. That’s why so many people aren’t using the dispensaries because they can get it cheaper. However, they don’t know exactly what they are getting. They think they do. But our tests sometimes show otherwise.”

Smart also noted a rise in positive tests for opioid use, which also may be a sign of a growing heroin problem in Estevan. “ We are seeing more tests that have multiple ‘not negative,’” said Smart, recalling cases where they saw cocaine, THC and fentanyl all on the same screen.

Another scenario that the centre hears more and more about is situations where people get so drunk they don’t remember consuming drugs until others remind them after.

That’s not the first drug wave in Estevan, however, during the last Estevan boom years, most tests were positive for cocaine, which people could afford then and were consciously consuming. Now when most citizens don’t have

the money to feed their addictions but feel the craving for a high, meth and fentanyl come into play putting the community’s safety under threat.

Smart has recently written a post on Facebook, outlining a dangerous tendency she and her staff are witnessing in the Estevan area. The post has been shared over 800 times.

She is a parent of three kids, and all of the centre’s employees have teenage children, so for them, the increasing presence of drugs in Estevan was not only a professional concern but also personal. Besides, Estevan is Smart’s hometown.

So the post was aimed at creating a safer environment, educating about the current situation and also encouraging parents to talk to their teenagers and make sure they know what they may get into without even knowing it.

“If you choose to smoke a joint or something like that, you must be aware that it may not just be that kind of thing.”

And this problem is relevant to not just teenagers.

“For us everything is about safety… And these are community members out there working in safetysensitive jobs. These are our families, our husbands…”

Smart believes not just teenagers, but the entire community should be aware of a possible danger “What you see isn’t always what you get. Just be very careful with your decisions,” said Smart.

Patron joins field for upcoming federal election A third candidate has joined the field for the upcoming federal election in SourisMoose Mountain.

Travis Patron of Redvers is currently on the ballot as an independent, but he is hoping to be a candidate for the Canadian Nationalist Party. Patron is the leader of the party, which has yet to be approved by Elections Canada.

If the party receives the green light, then he hopes they will have some candidates for the Oct. 21 federal election.

Patron said they have some people who are interested.

He decided to run in Souris-Moose Mountain because it’s his home riding. He knows more people here than in any other constituency, so as a new political party, he believes it’s easier to spread their message.

“I feel like I can serve this

district better than any other, given my background in the agricultural community as well as the financial technologies industry. In this district, having a background of agriculture, oil and gas and some of the development in terms of startup businesses and start-up technology is uniquely fitted towards my skill set.”

He said it would take a lot of hard work, a good strategy and some luck to win. He has been visiting communities, distributing pamphlets and letting people know there would be another option on the ballot.

“I find that people are interested in a new party regardless,” said Patron.

Patron also hopes to get their ideas out.

“In order to effectively get our ideas out into the public consciousness so to speak, it’s

Travis Patron important to actually be able to compete and win electorally,” said Patron.

He has received criticism online for statements that have been described as anti-Jewish and even racist.

The party lists anti-Zionism for party ideology, saying that the State of Israel has acted in a way that does not meet the

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He also calls for immigration reform and demographic change, which he said are based on the feedback they have received from Canadians.

“Demographic stability is something that people implicitly want to see. And we are a political party that has this at the forefront of our campaign.

We believe our current system is unsustainable, not only in the rate of immigration, but the type of immigration and the sources of immigration that we are using.”

He would also like to see Canada drop the British monarchy and have its own domestic head of state.

Patron joins incumbent MP Robert Kitchen of the Conservative Party and Phil Zajac of the People’s Party of Canada in the field for the riding.

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By David Willberg dwillberg@estevanmercury.ca

The Estevan Police Service (EPS) has released the details from a public satisfaction survey carried out earlier this year.

Dr. Rick Reddell and Dr. Nicholas Jones from the University of Regina compiled the report following a telephone survey of 250 Estevan residents in June and July to gage the public’s feelings towards the police.

According to Police Chief Paul Ladouceur, the university covered the majority of the costs, while the EPS was responsible for the remaining expense.

According to the findings, 88.4 per cent of respondents ranked their overall level of satisfaction with the EPS as being satisfied or very satisfied.

Police chief Paul Ladouceur said the EPS was quite pleased with the findings, as they exceeded provincial and national standards when comparing with other agencies.

“It does give us a good earmark figure of the areas we need to improve on, and that’s part of the strategic plan moving forward,” said Ladouceur.

“Obviously we look at that and see it as one measure of what the community thinks we can improve on.”

But he pointed out the survey is opinion-based, and is not based on data.

The one area that was lower than expected was only 57.6 per cent of people thought the police did a good job of promptly responding to calls. It’s something the EPS

will look at by studying its internal data.

“Some of the rationale behind that is often related to the size of the community. In Estevan, there’s a certain expectation by the community that the police will respond to every type of call, while in larger centres, the community isn’t necessarily as accustomed to that.”

Seventy-six per cent of people thought the EPS did a good job of enforcing the laws, 76.4 per cent viewed the EPS as approachable and easy to talk to, 59.2 per cent thought the EPS was good at supplying information to the public on ways to reduce crime; 76.8 per cent thought the EPS ensured the safety of citizens in the area; and 63.2 per cent thought the EPS treated people fairly.

Also, 68.2 per cent indicated they felt safe or very safe in Estevan, and 69.6 per cent believed crime in their neighbourhoods had stayed the same or decreased in the previous two years.

Other findings from the report were: • More than nine in 10 respondents (93.2 per cent) somewhat or strongly agreed that the EPS officers had a visible presence in the community, and 95.6 per cent of people felt that police visibility was the same or had increased in the previous year; • Eighty-four per cent of respondents somewhat or strongly agreed that the EPS demonstrates professionalism in its work; • Over four-fifths (83.2 per cent) of respondents somewhat or strongly agreed

Police Chief Paul Ladouceur that the EPS is an organization with integrity and honesty, while 82.4 per cent of respondents said EPS officers understand the issues that affect their community.

When asked about local policing, the respondents strongly agreed or somewhat agreed that the following activities should be prioritized: responding to gang offenders

and drug trafficking (85.2 per cent); reducing drinking and driving (78.4 per cent), responding to property crimes such as break and enters (66 per cent) and reducing aggressive and dangerous driving (65.2 per cent).

Slightly less than half of respondents felt that a greater emphasis should be placed on enforcing municipal bylaws.

Almost two-thirds of respondents (62.8 per cent) said that the police should place a greater priority on increasing interactions with different community groups, and particularly with young people.

When asked about whether they would pay an additional $10 in funding per year to assign a community education officer to work in the Estevan schools, 60 per cent of respondents said they would.

They were less willing to increase their taxes by $2 per month to improve police visibility.

Ladouceur admits he

was surprised to see that residents would be willing to pay a little more if they knew that money was being directed to crime education in schools.

“The public felt that there could be more education and crime prevention in our community,” said Ladouceur.

“While we may see as a police service ourselves doing a very good job in that area, clearly more needs to be done” This marked the first time in a number of years that such a survey has been completed regarding the EPS. Ladouceur couldn’t find anything from the past decade.

“One of the best ways to measure your success as a police agency is to look at public perception. They’re the ones paying the tax dollars for the service. A good business asks its customers how it’s doing. A good police service asks its citizens how they’re doing.”

The police chief doesn’t expect this is going to happen every year, but it’s good to embark on every few years.

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Coop Kids Curling | Grades K - 2 | Nov 3 - Dec 15 | Sundays 1-2pm | $60 Coop - 5 |toNov 3 - Dec 15 | Sundays 2-3pm | $60 SeasonKids runsCurling October| -Grades March.3Fees be determined U15 & U18||age Grades 6 -12 | Oct 29 - Feband/or 11 | Tuesdays | $185 CanSkate 4 and older | Monday Thursday6-7pm 6:15-7pm For more information email estevancurling@accesscomm.ca Figure Skating | Passed CanSkate 5| days and time to be determined For more information email estevanskatingclub@gmail.com

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Season runs October - March. Fees to be determined CanSkate | age 4 and older | Monday and/or Thursday 6:15-7pm Season runs from September - mid November Figure Skating | Passed CanSkate 5| days and time to be determined Recruitment night | Females grades 4 -12 | Sept. 12 & 15 | 5:30 - 7:00 For more information email estevanskatingclub@gmail.com Practice | Females in grades 4 -12 | Thursday & Sunday $180 fee For more information email wcn157@hotmail.com

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Tuesday Evenings 7 PM to 9 PM For more information please email 2901army@cadets.gc.ca

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2901army@cadets.gc.ca Season runs from Sept - May | $135 Sparks | 5&6 years | Mon | 6- 7:15pm Brownies | 7&8 years | Mon | 6 - 7:30pm Guides | 9-12 years | Wed | 6 - 8pm Pathfinders | 13-15 | Wed | 6 - 8pm Rangers | 15-18 TBD| $135 Season runs fromyears Sept -|May Extra | 12-18 SparksOps | 5&6 yearsyears | Mon| TBD | 6- 7:15pm For more information email Brownies | 7&8 years | Mon | 6 - 7:30pm dc.blackgold@gmail.com Guides | 9-12 years | Wed | 6 - 8pm Pathfinders | 13-15 | Wed | 6 - 8pm Rangers | 15-18 years | TBD Extra Ops | 12-18 years | TBD For more information email Season runs from October - March. dc.blackgold@gmail.com U12 | under 12 | twice a week

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U15 | under 15 | twice a week U18 | under 18 | twice a week Senior | 19+ | twice a week For moreruns information please- March. email Season from October kristinamuhr@outlook.com U12 | under 12 | twice a week

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U15 | under 15 | twice a week U18 | under 18 | twice a week Senior | 19+ | twice a week For more information please email Season runs from Sept 22 - Dec 8 kristinamuhr@outlook.com Sundays from 2pm - 3pm Challenger Baseball is an adaptive baseball program designed to empower athletes living with physical and cognitive disabilities.

Season runs from Sept 22 - Dec 8 For more information email Sundays from 2pm - 3pm challengerbaseballestevan@gmail.com Challenger Baseball is an adaptive baseball program designed to empower athletes living with physical and cognitive disabilities.

For more information email challengerbaseballestevan@gmail.com 10 week Fall session $135- Sept 20th Babies (3-11 mths) |Fri 9:15am or Sat 9:15 Tykes ( 12 - 24 months ) Sat 10:45am Tots ( 2-4 years ) Fri 10:45am For more information please email jenniferdunne@intellidance.ca 10 week Fall session $135- Sept 20th

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Babies (3-11 mths) |Fri 9:15am or Sat 9:15 Tykes ( 12 - 24 months ) Sat 10:45am Tots ( 2-4 years ) Fri 10:45am For more information please email jenniferdunne@intellidance.ca

A8 August 28, 2019

See the ads created by Estevan kids!

For the first time this summer, the Estevan campus of the Southeast College gave the younger kids a chance to have a taste of the professional world. The summer camps that ran throughout July and August gave children exposure to different career paths and taught many new skills, including advertising.

Seven participants of the last camp of this summer, which was called Performing Arts Week, had a chance to try their talents in the Estevan Mercury and SE College Back to School promotion, and create real adds for businesses of their choice.

“The kids were able to pick the ad they wanted to start with.

Many chose businesses their

parents or grandparents work at,” explained Janay Marr, summer camp co-ordinator.

It wasn’t that easy of a job and some of the young ad designers were a bit frustrated in the beginning.

“When we brought it up the kids seemed quite confused and unsure,” said Marr. “As a group, we read through each

ad and brainstormed ideas.

Together we drew our ideas on board and the kids would choose what to draw.”

They also discussed the Estevan community and different businesses that kids are surrounded by.

Then students could choose from markers, crayons and pencil crayons for their

ads. Most of them used pencils first and then coloured their pictures in.

“The kids enjoyed creating advertisements. Once we could make connections to the businesses the kids had a lot of fun with it,” said Marr.

She noted that when doing it again, she would give children more area to work with.

“The kids needed to have a larger drawing area. On some advertisements there was not much space to draw or create a descriptive picture,” said Marr.

But all ads turned out to be really unique and personal.

All kids’ creations can be found on the pages of the Mercury.

Ready for the movie Addison Fleck, left, and Nixon Fleck were among the young people who attended the drive-in movie at the Southern Plains Co-op’s Estevan grocery store on Monday night.

Billed as The Last Family Party of the Summer, it was a chance for people to gather for a fun evening out. Young people built cars out of cardboard to watch the movie, and a fundraising barbecue supper was served. Students from the Estevan Comprehensive School’s band program provided music.

WESTMORELAND MINING HOLDINGS LLC A Subsidiary of Westmoreland Mining Holdings LLC Estevan Mine

GRAZING LAND FOR LEASE

Sealed bids will be accepted at the office of Prairie Mines & Royalty ULC (“PMRU”) Address: Estevan Mine, Box 3000 Estevan, SK S4A 2W2 A�n: Stephen Kitchen un�l 12:00 noon CST, on Wednesday, September 11, 2019 for the lease of the following parcels of land for grazing purposes: 1. Ptn of the W ½ lying east of the RM road, all in Sec15-2-6W2 of na�ve grass land totaling 158 acres.

2. Ptn of W ½ 15-2-6W2 and Ptn NW10-2-6W2, lying west of RM road and, north of haul road, and east of spoil piles totaling 103 acres.

3. Ptn of NW¼, NE¼, SE¼ 10-2-6W2, lying east of RM Road, northeast of haul road totaling 245 Na�ve grass land.

4. Ptn of S½ 10-2-6W2, Ptn of N½ 3-2-6W2 lying southwest of haul road and east of old mine buildings totaling 77 acres of reclaimed land and 32 acres of old spoil.

5. Ptn of NW, NE, and SE9-2-6W2 lying east of haul road, south of access road, west of end cut, and north of old ramp of reclaimed land, totaling 150 acres.

6. Ptn of all of 16-2-6W2 and Ptn of NW17-2-6W2 lying west of spoil edge, north of access road, and east of old haul road of reclaimed land, totaling 360 acres.

7. Ptn of SE¼, SW¼, NW¼ 17-2-6W2 and Ptn of NE¼ and SE¼ 18-2-6W2 lying north of haul road, and west of Bienfait Plant Site totaling 147 acres.

8. All that Ptn of N½ of 18-2-6W2 lying north of haul road, totaling 120 acres of Na�ve grass and 60 acres of old spoil.

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Condi�ons: a. The installa�on and maintenance of at least a three-wire barbwire fence on all four sides of each parcel except for the length of the large water bodies shall be the responsibility of the successful bidder. b. The area of all water bodies is included in the parcel acreage specified above. c. The RM taxes assessed against the land will be paid by the successful bidder. d. Bids (cost per acre) are to be placed on an individual parcel basis with the parcel number and land loca�on clearly marked on the outside of the sealed envelope. e. GST will be added to the successful bid. f. Cash rent is to be paid in advance each year for the dura�on of the poten�ally renewable yearly lease. 2019 invoice will be pro-rated to 25%. 2020 and beyond will be paid in full. g. PMRU reserves access rights to all leased land, including the right to remove lands from Lessees as needed for mining opera�ons. h. Terms will be cash upon no�fica�on of the successful bidder. i. PMRU reserves the right to award leases at its sole discre�on, and the highest or any offer will not necessarily be accepted. j. Bids (cost per acre) will revert back to a pre-determined cost per acre by PMRU, at the discre�on of PMRU a�er the 2022 Grazing season. k. Successful bidders will be required to execute PMRU’s standard form lease agreement.

For more informa�on, contact Stephen Kitchen at (306) 636-7841 or Clayton Stenhouse at (306) 636-7809

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Energy

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Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Working at Deep Earth Energy The Deep Earth Energy Corporation’s site outside of Torquay has been very busy, thanks to the work that is proceeding on the project, which is the first of its kind in Canada. Photos by Brian Zinchuk

A key piece of hardware is the electric submersible pump, the pipe in the centre of the photo, seen here just before it was lowered into the well.

It might be a geothermal project, but all the service providers are oilpatch related, and most come from Estevan. In this picture, the service rig is from Independent Well Servicing, the tanks and containment come from Black Diamond, the bed truck and foreground picker are Camion Trucking, the distant picker is from Bert Baxter Transport. A few days earlier, the mud being mixed in the tank came from Prairie Mud, and L&C Trucking had brought in the tubing.

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A10 August 28, 2019

EPS Open House: Building a safe community together

By Ana Bykhovskaia abykhovskaia@estevanmercury.ca

Up until the last minute it wasn’t clear if the Estevan Police Service (EPS) would proceed with their open house event. The rain was pouring Saturday morning, but Police Chief Paul Ladouceur checked the radar and decided to proceed. The decision proved to be right. “(The EPS Open House) went really well. The weather did co-operate in the end, so it was a huge relief,” said EPS programming co-ordinator Monica Rae. Shortly after the rain, the EPS invited the community to come over for a great day full of activities and entertainment.

“It’s a very good turnout, similar to years past,” said Ladouceur. “To connect with the community, there is no better way.”

And seemed that the public was very grateful for this opportunity.

“It’s nice to raise awareness with the Estevan police.

We are really enjoying it, and the kids really like it,” said local resident Maria Walter, noting that her son Kade’s favourite part was interaction with K9 unit Max. The station was open for tours, who could learn all about the world of policing, check out the cells, have a peek at the shooting range and much more. At times people would line up in front of the

station waiting for their turn to go inside.

“This is the community’s police service. They should be able to see where their funds are going and how their dollars are being spent,” said Ladouceur, explaining why they open the station.

There is always a concern about how much the police should show. But even though anybody could explore the station, Ladouceur said it still remained safe.

“We have a high level of security that we don’t advertise, so we know what’s going on,” said the police chief.

Fortunately for the tourists, there was nobody in custody so the cells were open to the public that day.

The Estevan Fire Rescue Services, RCMP, EMS, SGI, Mothers Against Drunk Drivers, the Estevan Family Resource Centre and the Southeast Newcomer Services joined the event. Kids with painted faces and balloons in their hands could have their fingerprints taken at the ID station. The fire truck, ambulances, police and RCMP vehicles were also open so guests could go inside, check out the systems and start the sirens.

Kids had a blast interacting with the funny and smart SGI Bucklebot. Bert Baxter had donated their BBQ for the police use on Saturday.

So EPS members cooked a barbecue launch, which was greatly appreciated along with all the activities.

Damian Gervais made sure that everyone in Estevan could hear the sirens of the police van.

“I think it’s a great event.

There is a lot for kids, there is a bouncy castle, face painting, balloons. They are being totally spoiled with treats,” said Misty Pennington whose daughter Sadie’s favourite was a hotdog cooked by Deputy Police Chief Murray Cowan.

In general the bouncy castle set up in front of the Court House was one of the biggest attractions for kids. “ The kids loved the bouncy castle. It’s always a hit, and ours is unique being

The second EPS Open House attracted many families on Saturday.

a police car,” said Rae. She outlined, that the event wouldn’t turn out the way it did without the volunteer help and community support.

“We were just so grateful to have volunteers and members of EPS, and everybody just pulling together as a community to make this event happen,” said Rae. “We were really thrilled that people are taking an active interest in our police service. It means a lot to us. And our community is

a huge part of our community being safe. And their commitment to safety is really appreciated.”

To keep the event interesting and exciting the EPS plans to have it every couple of years. But the next one may happen a bit earlier.

“I would assume that when we do the expansion to the facility we probably will have one for that, as an exception, an open house so people can see why we are doing it and what we are do-

ing,” said Ladouceur noting that it will be nice to have that extra office space for the EPS operations.

The hope is that the shovel will be in the ground this year.

Throughout the afternoon the EPS had bike patrol and traffic services units, CID and K9 vehicles, van and the Challenger on display. And even though a number of the EPS members were involved with this PR activity, the main work went as usual for patrols.

The SGI Bucklebot was there to talk to children about road safety and answer their questions.

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Avi - 6 Southeast College for kids

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SOUTH EAST CORNERSTONE PUBLIC SCHOOL DIVISION #209 2019-2020 SCHOOL BUS SCHEDULE BUS NUMBER

*** Any questions please call Evelyne at 306-636-7458 *** SPRUCE RIDGE/ESTEVAN COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL

82-220

a.m. route

HILLCREST ELEMENTARY/ESTEVAN COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL 82-218

Approximate Pick up Time

a.m. route

Henry & Popular Bay

8:20

Henry & Bannatyne

8:22

Henry & Arthur

8:24

Alexandra & Eva

8:26

Victoria & Albert (South Mailboxes)

8:29

Alexandra & Edward (Mailboxes)

8:30

Daycare

8:32

Drader Street (Only if bussing is requested)

8:37

ECS

8:38

Spruce Ridge School

8:40

82-120

8:03

7th Ave & 5th Street (Back Alley)

8:06

9th Ave & Alley by Credit Union

8:07

302 - 4th Ave

8:13

5th Ave & 2nd Street

8:14

7th Ave & 2nd Street

8:15

Hillcrest School

8:22

Approximate Pick up Time

Royal Heights

7:58

1402 - 5th Street

8:04

1225 - 5th Street (Parking Lot)

8:05

1318 - 2nd Street

8:07

1014 - 2nd Street

8:10

Valley Street & Coronation Street

8:11

1001 - 10th Ave & Valley Street

8:12

1st Street & 11th Ave

8:13

1821 - 1st Street

8:15

Stop Sign & Woodlawn Ave

8:18

Alice Road & 2nd Street A.

8:20

West Valley Edge (Only if bussing is requested)

8:22

82-120

SPRUCE RIDGE/ESTEVAN COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL 82-218

a.m. route

Approximate Pick up Time

834 George Street

8:33

926 George Street

8:34

8th Street & Souris Ave Stop Sign

8:37

848 Smith Street

8:38

Corner of Arthur Ave & Smith St

8:39

ECS

8:41

Spruce Ridge School

8:42

82-320

a.m. route

Approximate Pick up Time

Driver - Larry Johnson

HILLCREST ELEMENTARY/ HILLCREST AREA COMP SCHOOL

Driver - Julie Milford

Approximate Pick up Time

Driver - TBD The Ridge

8:10

455 Willow Park Greens

8:12

410 Willow Park Greens

8:14

325 Willow Park Greens (Empty Lot)

8:15

Service Road (Across from Highway 18)

8:17

Westview School

8:22

18th Ave & 1st Street

8:28

15th Ave & 2nd Street

8:30

13th Ave & 2nd Street

8:31

10th Ave & 2nd Street

8:33

Corner of Coronation Street & Valley Street

8:34

Sun Valley Drive (Shell Lot)

8:21

ECS

8:40

Hillcrest School (Pickup ECS students from Bus # 82-218 for ECS)

8:22

Murray St

8:24

5th Ave & 2nd Street

8:26

ECS

8:33

PLEASANTDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 82-118

Approximate Pick up Time

Driver - Renee Buskow 8th Street & 14th Ave (Empty Lot)

8:04

Estevan Day Care (Pleasantdale Only)

8:06

60 Cundall Drive

8:07

Crosswalk on King Street (Chinook Bay)

8:09

Corner of Nicholson Road & Newcombe Drive

8:10

Nicholson Road between Veterans and Kohaly Ave (Mail Boxes)

8:12

Nicholson Road (Beside Town Houses)

8:14

2001 Mayfair Bay

8:17

Corner of Nicholson Road & Tedford Way

8:19

Wellock Rd and Dieppe

8:20

Pleasantdale School

8:21

PLEASANTDALE AREA ESTEVAN COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL 82-118

a.m. route

9th Ave & 2nd Street

Driver - Julie Milford

WESTVIEW AREA ESTEVAN COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL

a.m. route

Driver - Larry Johnson

** Hillcrest Comp students will transfer to Jeri-Lee Jones' bus # 82-811 at Hillcrest**

Westview School

a.m. route

Approximate Pick up Time

Driver - Bev Schmidt

WESTVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

a.m. route

Please arrive 3-4 minutes early

SPRUCE RIDGE SCHOOL/COMP 82-119

a.m. route

Approximate Pick up Time

Driver - Renee Buskow Pleasantdale School

8:28

Wellock Rd & Dieppe

8:29

Corner of Nicholson Road & Newcombe Drive

8:31

Nicholson Road & Veterans Ave (Postal Boxes)

8:33

King St & Chinook Bay

8:35

Nicholson Road & Grundeen Crescent (White Apartment)

8:36

Corner of Nicholson Road & Tedford Way

8:39

Wellock Road & Mayfair Bay (By the Garage)

8:41

60 Cundall Drive

8:43

ECS

8:47

Driver - Brandy Janecke 517 Milne Cres

8:23

563 Milne Cres

8:24

Post Office Boxes at Alley across from 481 Petterson Drive

8:25

388 Petterson Drive

8:27

Seregella & Petterson Drive

8:30

ECS

8:32

Spruce Ridge School

8:35

SPRUCE RIDGE SCHOOL/COMP 82-219

a.m. route

Approximate Pick up Time

Approximate Pick up Time

Driver - Nicole Williams Rooney Road

8:26

340 Brooks Road

8:28

437 Brooks Road

8:29

364 Petterson Drive

8:30

ECS

8:33

Spruce Ridge School

8:34

A12 August 28, 2019

Brave young riders showcased their skills at Kids Rodeo

All Kids Rodeo riders and their helpers gathered for a group picture before the event. Photo by Anastasiia Bykhovskaia The second annual Kids Rodeo took place on Sunday morning. And once again young riders had a lot of fun in the arena.

The program included barrel racing, stake racing, mock goat tying, roping by foot, relay racing, water racing and the most exciting

part – mounted shooting with water guns.

This year the numbers were slightly down with 16 horse handlers entering the rodeo. Participants came from Estevan, Oxbow, Weyburn and surrounding areas.

All kids were individual riders, however, some of them

required a little bit of help.

“Some of them ride by themselves, and some of them are being led,” said Lindsay Collins, the member of the Estevan Exhibition Association who was announcing the performers.

Kids were up to nine years old with the young-

est one, Blaise Ebert, being just two. Other participants were Donnie Emmel, Arizona Spencer, Abigail Jutras, Haylie Petterson, Peyton McIntyre, Weston Ebert, Fallyn Shier, Dalton Maley, Avery Lischka, Harlow Ludwig, Audree Jutras, Rowyn Shier, Paisley McIntyre, Mason Shier and

Cody Maley.

All of them took part in each of the seven disciplines and did their best. There was no timing or judging, and all participants were the winners at the end of the day. Most kids were at the novice or beginner level, and a couple let their horses go a bit faster

during the barrel races to demonstrate their skills.

The storms co-operated with the Estevan Exhibition Association throughout the three days of rodeo activities.

And once again Estevan Exhibition Grounds witnessed a great rodeo weekend with a good turnout.

Physical literacy coming to southeast libraries The South East Sport, Culture & Recreation District and the Southeast Regional Library have announced that they are collaborating to implement a new initiative called the Physical Literacy in the Library Project.

The project aims to create a variety of physical literacy kits that are available for all southeast libraries to access, including the Estevan Public Library. The physical literacy kits are similar to the Southeast Regional Library’s mobile Makerspace kits concept, where library branches book the kits on a three-week or four-week rotation.

“Rural communities need a safe and fun space for activity, and the library can fulfill that need,” states a press release for the initiative.

“The physical literacy kits give libraries access to unique and creative resources to get people of all ages and abilities moving.”

The project was initiated to assist libraries in developing barrier-free, movement-based programs and opportunities.

It also helps local libraries to support broader community goals around health and wellness.

Physical literacy is defined as the motivation, con-

fidence, physical competence, knowledge and understanding to value and take responsibility for engagement in physical activities for life.

At the start of the project, a survey was distributed to libraries to garner input into the content of the kits and target groups they would intend to reach through physical literacy programming. The summer student employees from both partner organizations worked together to source, order and assemble the kits.

There are 11 kits available which cover the following topics: pickelball, outdoor summer activities, outdoor

winter activities, glow in the dark miniature golf, floor curling, early years play, play for children ages six to 12, outdoor games, fitness, story walks and quidditch.

Each kit has a guide which provides an outline of how to use the kit in the community and ideas for programming. A kit would be loaned to a library for a one-month period. Some of the kits are duplicates.

Joni Hagen, South East District executive director, said: “One of the priorities for South East District is to support local groups to offer a wide variety of physical activ-

ity and active opportunities in their communities. This work supports the goals of the Framework for Recreation in Canada, which includes a priority around active living, and the Canadian Sport for Life movement, which identifies the importance of developing physical literate children to be active for life.

“We were really excited when we initially presented the project idea to Southeast Regional Library; they immediately communicated that the project fits their goals as well.”

The physical literacy kits will inspire new movement-

based programming such as walking or fitness programs and assist public libraries to weave physical activity into summer programming.

The kits will help form and sustain community partnerships. For instance, the press release said libraries could team up with schools for such activities as an outdoor winter festival with snow carvings; daycares for story time and movement; museums for heritage walks; seniors’ clubs for chair yoga or a walking book club; and sports and recreation organizations to support play, sport and access to nature.

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Sports A13

Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Five track champions crowned at speedway

By David Willberg dwillberg@estevanmercury.ca

It took a lot of work and some good timing, but the Estevan Motor Speedway was able to get its track championship program in on Saturday night, and crown its season champions in all five classes.

The status of the program was in doubt on Saturday morning, after two thunderstorms rumbled through the Estevan area; the latter was the stronger of the two, with sustained heavy rains for more than 30 minutes.

But in a post on its Facebook page before noon, the track said it was going ahead with the program, and they were able to start on time at 7 p.m., thanks to the hard work of its track preparation team.

And since the race program only had a handful of cautions, they were able to complete the races before a severe thunderstorm hit the area at around 10 p.m. Once the storm hit during the postrace interviews, fans, drivers and volunteers scattered to their vehicles or for cover.

Two of this year’s track champions won their features

on Saturday night: Travis Hagen of Williston, N.D., in the modifieds and Ryder Raynard of Estevan in the slingshots. Hagen finished atop the modified standings with 310 points, four more than Estevan’s Kody Scholpp.

Ed Turnbull of Estevan was third in the overall standings with 289 points.

As for Saturday’s feature race, Hagen passed John Flory with a few laps remaining.

“It was fun racing wheel-to-wheel with John.

I grew up watching John and Dad (Mike Hagen) race side by side, so it’s always fun racing with John,” said Travis Hagen.

He credited the track preparation crew for making Saturday’s feature race happen.

“I didn’t think we’d get this race in,” he said. “But there wasn’t a hole in the track. They do a good job every time we come here to Estevan.”

Scholpp was in the hunt throughout the feature, but couldn’t get past Flory and settled for third.

Hagen and S cholpp narrowly avoided a wreck coming out of turn 4 on the

Joren Boyce won the championship in the stock car class for his 44th career track championship. opening lap that knocked four drivers out of the race.

Raynard was the class of the slingshots throughout the year, as he finished with 318 points, 30 more than Estevan’s Jace Emmel. Out of

Leevi Runge, right, was the champion in the hobby stock class for the fourth time in the past five years.

the eight slingshot features at the track this season, Raynard won six.

The last one might have been the most impressive of all, as he defeated Estevan’s Jace Emmel by about eight seconds. Ty Saxon finished third.

Lampman’s Leevi Runge was the other track champion from the southeast region, as he won the hobby stock division for the fourth time in five years with 269 points, 11 more than his brother Landon.

As they were announcing that Leevi Runge was the track champion, a loud blast of thunder echoed overhead.

Leevi Runge noted it was pretty special to finish 1-2 with his brother. “ We’re both working on each other’s stuff, so we’re pretty sane. As long as one of us is winning, we’re happy.”

But there is a little bit of bragging rights in beating his brother for the championship.

Leevi Runge believes all the time they dedicated to

working on the car paid off.

“We also had a lot of track time this year, so we travelled to Minot and Williston.”

Riese Dignan of Kenmare, N.D., won Saturday’s feature, with Scott Curtis of Estevan in second and Leevi Runge in third.

Minot ’s Joren Boyce, who has been racing regularly in Estevan since the track opened in 2000, won the stock car class with 297 points, 23 more than Estevan’s Chris Hortness.

Boyce believes this is track championship No. 44 in his racing career, He previously won the modified title in Estevan on multiple occasions.

“We were lucky enough to win the opener here this year. The 20-year celebration has been an important thing for me here. I think I’ve made it to every points race except one (in 20 years), we had a truck problem on a points championship night and we weren’t able to make it.”

He loves the track, the

people and the community, and finds Estevan welcoming to the out of town drivers.

Mike Hagen of Williston won the feature, barely edging out Austin Daae for second. Gregg Mann of Estevan was third.

Darren Medler of Minot won the sports mods class with 227 points, one more than fellow Minot driver Robby Rosselli.

Blake Penna of Estevan was the top local driver in the overall standings, as he finished third with 203 points.

Medler won only once this year, but was in the top five throughout the year.

Makenzie Hagen of McGregor, N.D., won the feature, while Robby Rosselli was second and Medler was third. The sport mod feature had a wild finish, as Rosselli passed Hagen for the lead coming out of the fourth turn. But an incident in turn four just before the end of the race brought out the caution, negated the pass and handed Hagen the win, and Medler the championship.

Estevan Bruins preparing for fall camp Power Dodge Estevan Bruins head coach and general manager Chris Lewgood has high hopes for the upcoming hockey season.

The Bruins will host their annual fall training camp from Thursday to Saturday at Affinity Place.

About 45 players are expected to attend camp, which will have registration, meetings and practices on Thursday, scrimmages on Friday and the annual Black versus Gold

intersquad game on Saturday.

“We had a small camp in mind, and by the time camp rolled around, we had three teams of guys that are vying for a spot on the team this year, or prospects for down the road,” said Lewgood.

Eleven players won’t be back from last year’s team.

Seven of them – forwards Turner Ripplinger, W ill Koop, Bryce Platt and Michael McChesney, and de-

fencemen Jake Heerspink, Johnny Witzke and Aigne McGeady-Bruce – graduated following last season.

Goaltender Grant Boldt and forward TJ Irey have decided to play in the North American Hockey League.

Forward Tristyn DeRoose was dealt to the B.C. Hockey League, and defenceman Bronson Adams was allowed to pursue other opportunities.

But they still have half

of the team back from last year’s squad, which won the Viterra Division title for the third consecutive year.

“There’s a pretty good nucleus, especially on the back end. I think our D core is really strong. We have some veteran players who aren’t necessarily returning Bruins but are veteran players.”

The y ’ l l also have a number of top prospects in camp, and some walk-on

players looking to join the team.

Several of the hopefuls are local products, including defencemen Alex Von Sprecken and Kersey Reich, and forward Mason Strutt, all from Estevan. Cody Davis of Alameda will also be at camp.

Forwards Cal Caragatta from Regina, Griffin AshamMoroz from Winnipeg and Troy Hamilton of Brandon, Man., are among the other

players who have committed to be at the Bruin camp. They also have a contingent of American-born talent ready to battle for a spot. “ We have more guys that are junior A ready than I’ve ever had at a camp here in Estevan,” said Lewgood.

He’s looking forward to a competitive camp, and he expects there are some really good players that they will have a hard time retaining due to the talent they have.

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Lingelbach recognized for commitment to baseball Joe Lingelbach’s name might be the one attached to Mets Stadium ball diamond in the Woodlawn Regional Park, but he’ll tell you his work was part of a much larger team effort.

A celebration was held Friday evening at the park to dedicate Lingelbach Field at Mets Stadium. A large crowd, including friends and family, turned out for the ceremony and to congratulate Lingelbach on the accomplishment.

Mets Stadium was the home of the Ace Mud Mets, which won provincial titles for Estevan in the 1960s and the 1970s. But the facility was not used for some time, and fell into a state of disrepair.

When Estevan hosted the provincial twilite over-35 tournament in 2010, Lingelbach

co-chaired the competition alongside Lindsay Clark. A third field was needed to compliment the two at Lynn Prime Park, and so an effort began to restore Mets Stadium.

“Lindsay and I got down here, and we started reconstruction to get it playable for the provincials in July,” Lingelbach told the Mercury.

The following year, Mets Stadium was among the facilities in the park decimated by the flood of the Souris River. Once the damage was cleaned out, Lingelbach and other volunteers set out to restore it again, and it was in use before the end of 2012.

“We had already put in so much work in 2010, why wouldn’t you just keep going and get the diamond back with a whole lot of corporate help

and other volunteers, we were able to do that.”

The flood of 2011 was a discouraging time, but Lingelbach was quick to point out that Mets Stadium is a recreational facility. Other people were hit harder because they lost farms, crops and homes.

He lauded all the people who put in a lot of time to get the field up to snuff on separate occasions.

“It’s a lot of fun to volunteer. It takes you away from doing things on the ‘Honey do” list that you’d rather not,” said Lingelbach.

He also credited his family for allowing him to come down and do his part to repair Mets Stadium, and the park board for hosting such a great event on Friday night and bringing all the people down.

A fun day of golf Lee Carls was among 128 people who participated in the third annual Dustin Pratt Memorial Tournament on Saturday at the TS&M Woodlawn Golf Course. The sun came out after a big storm creating great conditions for some golf with meaning. The memorial tournament was dedicated to Dustin Pratt of Estevan, who died in an accident on an oilrig in Alameda at age 27 in August 2016. The first tournament was organized in 2017 in memory of Pratt, who cared more about fun aspects of golf. Ever since the first tournament, his family and friends tried to put together something that would reflect his character and personality. This year the tradition was still alive with many players wearing funny T-shirts or no shirts at all. Many put on redneck themed attire and had a wonderful day in good company, thus paying tribute to Pratt and his life.

From left, Eileen, Jolan and Haley Lingelbach, Marlene and Leonard Grube and Joe Lingelbach unveilled the sign for Lingelbach Field at Mets Stadium.

The Tap House served supper and drinks to everyone in attendance.

Larry Preddy, who is the chairperson of the park authority, recalled that in the 1960s, Mets Stadium became a reality, thanks to the efforts of people like Ray Frehlick and Don Dupuis.

“The field has just grown and grown every year, and I can say as a park it’s something we are really proud of. I don’t think you’ll find a better ball park in southeast Saskatchewan than this one,” Preddy said.

Preddy noted that when he approached Lingelbach about the honour, Lingelbach wanted it to be named Volunteer Park, in honour of everyone

who contributed.

Woodlawn Regional Park board member Greg Hoffort said Mets Stadium was not a priority once the flood waters subsided eight years ago, and if not for Lingelbach, Hoffort believes Mets Stadium would still be under two feet of mud.

“He came to us with a plan and what he had in mind, and we basically said it’s yours, go take it and do what you can,” said Hoffort.

Lingelbach rallied workers and sponsors to make the work happen, and at every work bee, he was the first to arrive and the last to leave. He also ensured the character of the park was maintained after the flood, rebuilding it to its original specifications.

Hoffort said it was important to leave the Mets Stadium name in tact, as it’s a big part of the city’s history. Lingelbach agreed it was important to keep the name.

“It’s part of history in our corner, and those people who came before me … you can’t take anything from them. They started all of this.”

Lingelbach noted Mets Stadium has been used for Saskota Baseball League games and provincial tournaments.

He has played on it for provincial competitions, and he wishes he could have played there when he was a kid, because he believes the large outfield makes it a perfect place for kids to play baseball.

Tournament opens season The Estevan Minor Hockey Association gave local young players a chance to get geared up for the upcoming season by hosting a three-on-three hockey tournament from Friday to Sunday at Affinity Place.

Teams consisted of seven

skaters and a goalie. Each team had three skaters and a goalie on the ice at once.

Three teams were entered in each of the novice and atom divisions, and five were in the peewee division.

In the novice final, Team

District Five beat Team Shier 8-6. The Knights won the atom final, defeating the Rampage 10-6.

In the peewee division, On the Bench defeated the Ice Aholics 8-7, while the Rink Rats defeated Team Fleck 11-6.

The Knights (gold) faced the Rampage during the three-on-three hockey tournament at Affinity Place.

Concussion: The Invisible Injury Most of us know someone who has sustained a concussion. Concussions have been a mainstay in the media over the past eight years. It is a widespread belief of health care professionals that there is not a concussion problem in sport, rather a concussion management problem.

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trainers. 10-15% of athletes are affected by concussions each year. These numbers are very concerning!

Inconsistency between associations and health care professionals can also result in mismanagement. Lack of education for parents, coaches, and trainers can contribute to the inability to recognize concussions when they occur.

You may be surprised with some of the sports that have the highest concussion rates. Here are the Top 9: 1. Football 2. Girl’s Hockey 3. Boy’s Hockey 4. Girl’s and Boy’s Rugby 5. Boy’s Lacrosse 6. Girl’s Soccer 7. Girl’s Lacrosse 8. Boy’s Soccer 9. Boy’s Wrestling Football and hockey at the top of the list is no surprise. The one that sticks out the most is #2: Girl’s Hockey, which is technically ‘non-contact’.

If you have ever watched a girl’s hockey game, you would quickly realize that it is a very physical game.

Hockey has also taken out ‘contact’ until the Bantam level (14-16 years old). It makes you wonder whether this will have a large effect with the concussion rates. We have yet to see published results from this change. Having treated

over 100 concussions I can confidently share that we do see many concussions in hockey under the age of 14.

How do you know when an athlete has sustained a concussion? When should they be pulled from their activity? What are the symptoms of concussion?

Stay tuned for the answers to these questions in next week’s article!

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Edward H. Tafelmeyer 1924 – 2019 Edward passed away peacefully on Saturday, August 3, 2019 at Hillview Manor, Estevan, SK at the age of 95 years.

Edward is survived by his wife Laura (nee Shiminsky); 2 daughters, Dana Tafelmeyer and Kathleen (Ray) Goodsell; grandson Robert Elliot as well as numerous nieces and nephews.

Edward was predeceased by his parents, John and Bessie Tafelmeyer and 2 sisters, Bessie and Florence.

If friends desire, memorial donations may be made to the Hillview Manor Activities Fund, 1401 1st Street, Estevan, SK, S4A 2W7 in memory of Edward.

In keeping with Edward's wishes there will be no service.

Yvonne Clark at Hall Funeral Services, Estevan is assisting Edwards’s family.

Alma A. Ponchuk 1928 - 2019 Alma Ponchuk passed away peacefully with family by her side on Friday, February 22, 2019 at the Estevan Regional Nursing Home at the age of 90 years.

The Graveside Service for Alma will take place on Thursday, August 29, 2019 at 5:00 p.m. at Souris Valley Memorial Gardens, Estevan, SK with Marian Huber officiating.

Interment will also take place for Michael Ponchuk, Laurine Ponchuk and Brent Folbar. Immediately following the service there will be a light lunch (location to be announced at the graveside).

If friends so desire, memorial donations may be made to the Estevan Regional Nursing Home Auxiliary, 1921 Wellock Road, Estevan, Sask., S4A 2B5.

Yvonne Clark at Hall Funeral Services, Estevan is assisting Alma’s family.

Walter Ropchan 1924 - 2019 Walter passed away peacefully July 22, 2019 at Grey Nuns Hospital, Edmonton, AB. Walter was born to John and Maria (Mary) Ropchan on a farm at Soda Lake, AB, youngest of eleven siblings. In 1955 Walter and brother Bill purchased the International Hotel in Estevan, SK until 1971 when a fire completely destroyed this landmark. He married Jean Steiger in 1967 and retired soon after in Edmonton, AB—not before owning and operating the Carra Valla Inn in Melfort, SK and Vernon Inn in BC. He was predeceased by his wife Georgina Stegier (nee Matt) (2011). He leaves behind three stepchildren, Bob Steiger, Rod Steiger and Nola Matvenko and their families; one sibling, Alice in California USA; and numerous nephews and nieces.

Cremation and a private service will be held in September at Jasper, AB. Walter was a humble, extraordinary businessman, city councillor, pilot, grandpa, and friend. Sadly missed and loved by all!

Viola Eileen Kyle 1933 - 2019 Viola passed away peacefully at the Estevan Regional Nursing Home, Estevan, Sask. on Monday, August 19, 2019 at the age of 86 years.

Viola’s memory will be forever cherished by her son Laurie (Jackie) Kyle and grandchildren, Brandon (Lacey) and their son Ronan, Brody (Sydney) and their children, Peyton and Keaton, Jayden (Hannah); daughter Donna (Mel) Trobert and grandchildren, Tasha (Jayson) and their children, Meagan and Bryce, Travis (Renee) and their children, Mercedes and Lexxus; cousin (almost sister) Muriel MacKinnon, as well as numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.

She was predeceased by her husband Bob Kyle; parents, Mabel and Harley MacKinnon and brother Richard “Dick” MacKinnon.

A Service of Remembrance was held on Friday, August 23, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. at the Royal Canadian Legion, Stoughton, Sask. with Elizabeth Goodson officiating. Interment followed at the Stoughton Town Cemetery, after which a luncheon was held at the Legion.

Those wishing to make donations in Viola’s memory may do so directly to the Estevan Regional Nursing Home Auxiliary, 1921 Wellock Road, Estevan, Sask., S4A 2B5.

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Harold C. Tisdale 1955 – 2019 It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Harold C. Tisdale on Monday, August 19, 2019. After a tough year long battle with cancer he passed away with family by his side at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Estevan, SK at the age of 64 years.

Harold is survived by his wife and best friend Rhonda Tisdale and their children, Tasha (Lee) Symons and their children, Cruz, Cashton and Dylan; Kim (Celeste) Tisdale and their children Easton and Charlee; Marissa "Missy" (Josh) Friess; brother Wilfred (Jean) Tisdale; sisters, Faye (Richard) Wizniuk, Mary (Gordon) Lawrence and Diane (Bill) Lester; brother in-law Rick Young; sister in-law Kathy (David) Heier as well as numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

Harold was predeceased by his parents Clifford and Betty (nee Boyer) Tisdale; brother Kim Tisdale and Rhonda’s parents, James and Agnes Young.

The Celebration of Harold’s Life was held on Monday, August 26, 2019 at 1:00 p.m. at the Beefeater Plaza with Sandy Dalziel officiating. Immediately after friends and family were invited to a luncheon at the Beefeater Plaza where Snapper's favourite beverage was available. Friends and family were welcome to the interment that took place following the luncheon at the Estevan City Cemetery.

If friends so desire, memorial donations may be made to the Cancer Foundation of Saskatchewan Inc. (designate to the Allan Blair Cancer Centre), 4545 Parliament Avenue Regina, SK, S4W 0G3, or to the Estevan Humane Society, P.O. Box 1095, Estevan, SK S4A 2H7.

Yvonne Clark at Hall Funeral Services, Estevan assisted Harold’s family.

Thank you

The family of Harold Tisdale would like to thank Dr. Bigsby, Dr. Meiers, Dr. Suri and Dr. Souied for their surgical and medical efforts to help him fight this aggressive cancer. After surgeries and treatment in Regina, it was Dad’s choice to come home for Palliative Care in Estevan. We would like to thank St. Joseph’s Hospital, Dr. Adeboye, and their nursing staff on Unit A. A very special thank you to Brenda Freeman, Kirsten Walliser and Nicole Hirsch for their compassionate care. It did not go unnoticed and you all made this situation more tolerable.

Thank you to Sandy Dalziel for officiating and Yvonne Clark for the assisting along with Hall Funeral Services.

Thank you to Dad’s brother and sisters for doing Dad’s Eulogy, and Mary Lawrence for presenting. You provided a great honour to your brother.

Thanks to David Heier for speaking and toasting to Dad. Thank you to friends and family for the generous amounts of food, catered meals, flowers, beverages, phone calls, messages and wonderful support. It's all so appreciated, and our Mom's heart is full.

A special thanks to Channy Mack with Sunset Embroidery for doing up Dad’s personalized keepsake.

Thank you to Hirsch Construction and Red River Lumber for the 40+ years. Working for Hirsch Construction was Dad’s life.

Thank you to Lee and Janet Symons along with The Days Inn (The Beef Bar/The Beefeater Plaza) for going above and beyond to honour Dad. Thank you Dad for being so tough, never giving up and fighting right until the end. It’s not goodbye - it’s see you later.

Love, Rhonda, Tasha, Kim, & Missy

Jeffrey Marcotte 1976 – 2019 With heavy hearts, the family of Jeff Marcotte wishes to announce his passing at home on Tuesday, August 13, 2019 at the age of 43 years.

Jeff will be lovingly remembered by his soul mate Stacy Marcotte and their children, Jordan, Landon and Alyssa. Left with wonderful memories are Jeff’s parents, Brian and Patti Marcotte; brother Trent (Amy) and their children Maggie, Tyler, Emma and Owen; sister Celeste (Nathan) and their children Ava, Isabella and Theo; grandma Barb McLaren (Arnie Zimmerman). Jeff will be greatly missed by Stacy’s parents, Jim and Eileen Coughlan and sister-in-law Tammi (Chris) and their children Summer and Tyson; long term employees, Andy and Ron Wurtz; as well as numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, extended family and friends.

Jeff was predeceased by his grandparents, Norman and Carol Mossing; grandpa George Marcotte and cousin Eric Mossing.

A come and go “Sharing of Memories” was held at the Chapel of Hall Funeral Services, Estevan on Thursday, August 15, 2019 from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. A Celebration of Jeff’s Life was held on Friday, August 16, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church, Estevan with Pastor Lori James officiating.

A time of lunch and fellowship was held in the social hall following the service. Interment took place at the Salem Lutheran Cemetery, Torquay, SK. Deb Heidinger with Hall Funeral Services, Estevan is assisting Jeff’s family.

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Songs and smiles at Trinity Lutheran Church VBS final event Close to 120 kids ages three and up attended the Estevan Trinity Lutheran Church Vacation Bible School (VBS) last week. The event wrapped up on Friday with a performance in front of dozens of excited parents.

Each day kids participated in music activities, did crafts, enjoyed a snack based on the theme of the day, had some gym time, read Bible stories and did science experiments that were related to the theme of the day.

“It was messy, it was fun. Everyone had a good time,” said Carrie Frostad, who is a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church.

She noted that the Trinity Lutheran Church VBS has grown the last few years and was steadily busy.

“We are so thankful for people to bring their kids out and it’s so good to have them all here,” said It took about 25 leaders to handle the little VBS participants.

“I’m so thankful for the youth in this community. I think youth alone we probably had eight to 10 (volunteers). And there were also so many other leaders from the community,” said “I’m so grateful that they all were so dedicated this week to make it such a success.”

Kids gathered for the final event of the Estevan Trinity Lutheran Church VBS. Photo by Anastasiia Bykhovskaia

Conditions check leads to meth arrest

One person was arrested Aug. 22 after Estevan Police Service (EPS) members attended to a residence in the city’s north end to perform a conditions check.

The owner was not there and two other people were in the residence. Through an investigation it was found that one of the people was in possession of meth.

A 23-year-old Estevan woman was arrested and resisted police. Members took her into custody with minimal force and she was transported back to the police station’s cells.

She faces charges of possession for the purpose of trafficking, resist arrest and breach of court-ordered conditions.

She was held in custody and taken before a justice of the peace for a future court date.

Police dog assists in arrest The Estevan Police Service’s (EPS) K9 unit was recently used in the arrest of a suspect.

The EPS received information on Aug. 18 that Kristofer Donald, 28, of Estevan was at a residence in the central part of the city.

Donald was wanted for allegedly failing to comply with his electronic monitoring conditions and had been at large for approximately one week.

In addition, the EPS says he has a number of other outstanding Criminal Code charges.

Police were aware Donald had been in different locations in southern Saskatchewan over the course of the week, and might have made his way back to the Energy City.

Members were able to confirm Donald’s presence at the residence and due to safety concerns the EPS canine unit was called in for support.

Attempts to negotiate and have Donald surrender were unsuccessful.

Police dog Max was utilized to search the residence and located Donald hiding inside a small closet in a back bedroom. Max apprehended Donald at this time. The suspect was subsequently transported to hospital for treatment of a puncture wound to his forearm after he was bitten

by Max during the arrest.

Donald is facing further charges of allegedly resisting arrest and failing to comply with conditions of his undertaking, in addition to outstanding drug trafficking charges. He appeared in court on Aug. 19 and has been remanded in custody until later in September.

In other recent police news, members attended to a complaint of a theft under $5,000 from a local business on Aug. 21. The matter is still under investigation.

Members also conducted numerous conditions checks on individuals on judicial release throughout the evening. A female youth is facing charges of failing to comply and a warrant is being sought for her arrest.

Police also arrested and charged an 18-year-old man from Weyburn on Aug. 22 for failing to comply with his undertaking. He was lodged in cells and was brought before a judge the following day. No further details were available at the moment.

Members arrested a 17-year-old Estevan woman for failing to abide by her curfew. The female was released for court in October.

EPS also attended the A&W restaurant in Estevan in support the Burgers to Beat MS fundraiser on Aug. 22.

The EPS arrested one person for theft on Aug. 24.

Police were alerted to a suspicious vehicle that was seen in a business parking lot.

Officers attended and located the vehicle. They found that a lone male was stealing copper from the business. Officers arrested a 38-year-old Bienfait man and charged him with theft and possession of stolen property. He was released on conditions in front of a justice of the peace and will be in court later in October to answer to the charges.

Members witnessed a motor vehicle accident at the intersection of Fourth Street and Second Avenue on Aug. 24. One of the vehicles was observed to leave a stop sign before it was safe to do so.

There were no injuries and one vehicle had to be towed from the scene.

Police are investigating an incident in which a 24-year-old Estevan man was injured and taken to St. Joseph’s Hospital. The man had suffered a serious injury and remained in hospital for observation as of Aug. 24.

Updates will be provided as

the investigation progresses.

Officers received a call on Aug. 25 from On-Star regarding a vehicle located in Estevan. All that the OnStar employee could hear were children in the vehicle.

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and spoke to the owner. The individual was outside the vehicle and still supervising them but didn’t initially know the kids had placed the call.

Police received a report of a theft of a motor vehicle.

The victim legally parked his

vehicle and was gone for an hour. Through investigation, police located the vehicle and learned that an individual had the vehicle towed without any lawful authority to do so. The individual was charged with mischief.

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August 28, 2019 A17

A fun night paddling on the river The Estevan Glow Paddle down the Souris River is a growing late summer attraction in southeast Saskatchewan.

Organized by Estevan Stand Up Paddle and Kayak, there were 26 watercrafts registered for the third annual event. Monique Willms, who was one of the organizers, said they had about 40 participants.

It’s an increase from the previous two editions, and she believes the number of registrants has grown by about one-third each year.

“This year we had a lot more families come with their kids,” said Willms. “I think last year we had maybe two or three kids, and this year we had at least a dozen.”

The Glow Paddle night started with participants meeting in the free park area of Woodlawn Regional Park next to the river. They decorated their watercrafts so that they would be visible after dark.

“Everybody is responsible for bringing their own décor items and glow sticks and mini lights and that kind of stuff,” said Willms. “So we have time to decorate while we’re down at the park and then we get together for a group photo, and we launch together as a group.”

They travelled from the free park to the Hidden Valley Golf and RV Resort before

returning. They spent about an hour paddling in the daylight and another hour once it was dark out.

Willms said the event was initially for those who use stand-up paddleboards, because that’s what Willms and another organizer Jennifer Durr use. It has since grown to include canoes and kayaks.

“It definitely seems like people are really starting to recognize that our river is really perfect for this kind of sport,” Willms said. “Most rivers you get on and the current is so strong that you can only go one way. You have to arrange pickups and it becomes a bit more of an ordeal.”

But with the Souris

River, people can navigate it without much resistance, so it’s nice to make a loop. It’s also nice and sheltered, and it’s not as windy as going out on Rafferty Dam or Boundary Dam. “I see a lot more people with kayaks and paddleboards in the back of their vehicle,” said Willms.

The proximity of the Souris River to the city also helps encourage people to try the recreational activity.

Willms said Glow Paddle usually happens in August each year, because the evenings are still nice, but it gets dark earlier, so they can head out on the water at a reasonable time.

Brielle Farr was among the participants in this year’s Glow Paddle event.

Photo by Durr Photography

Participants in the Glow Paddle event on Saturday night make their way down the Souris River. Photo by Durr Photography

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Riding for Memphis The Heretics Motorcycle Club held its annual fundraising motorcycle poker ride on Saturday. Participants departed from the Black Grasshopper Pub at noon and rode throughout the afternoon. This year’s event was named the Ride for Memphis, and it was a fundraiser for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy in honour of Memphis White, who died earlier this summer at age 17 due to the disease. Memphis’ father Clint is a member of the Heretics. The event raised $2,517, and that total is expected to grow through the sale of T-shirts.

Firefighters called to combine fire and more The Estevan Fire Rescue Service tended to numerous calls during the past week.

Firefighters were called to a combine fire in the Benson area on Aug. 21 at around 10 p.m. When they arrived on scene, they found a fully engulfed combine that the farmer had been driving home from a field.

They extinguished the flames and a small ground fire that ensued.

It appears that the combine suffered a mechanical failure.

“A hot bearing is more likely the issue that was the ignition source,” said Fire Chief Dale Feser. “Of course with the combines there, you

get a lot of chaff and grain dust that were very easily ignited.”

Nobody was injured in the fire.

Two more calls occurred Aug. 22. The first was for a commercial fire alarm in north-central Estevan during the noon hour. Firefighters found a contractor had been soldering and created enough smoke to set off the fire alarm.

“It was found that no fire was occurring and everybody was safe,” Feser said.

Then at 3 p.m., they were dispatched to a vehicle rollover near the Bienfait landfill with unknown entrapment and injuries. Emergency Medical Services was already

on the scene when the fire department arrived, and treated and released the driver.

The driver didn’t suffer any injuries. There was a minor fluid leak, so the truck was isolated and returned to zero energy to eliminate ignition sources.

“The vehicle was on its side. It had flopped over due to wind conditions and a little bit of a hangup of some of the product that was in the box as they were attempting to unload it,” said Feser.

The fire department was dispatched just after 1 p.m.

Aug. 23 to a commercial fire alarm in west Estevan.

It proved to be a false alarm.

“They had some alarms

going off inside their office, and then hit the reset button on the alarm system, which in fact triggered it, which is how we were dispatched to it,” said Deputy Fire Chief Rick Davies.

The fire department had five calls on Aug. 24 that Davies said were due to the humidity. Two were from St. Joseph’s Hospital, while the others were from a northcentral apartment complex, an east-central residence and an east apartment building.

On Aug. 25 at 3 a.m., they were called to a carbon monoxide (CO) alarm in south Estevan. CO was detected in the home, and SaskEnergy crews were called

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“There was no sickness, no injuries. Chalk it up to the CO detector doing its job,” Davies said.

The fire department has also revealed details on the cause of the fire at the Derrick Motor Inn on Aug. 19.

After talking with the contractor who was in there working, it was learned the contractor was repairing water lines, but had not been in the structure for hours.

“He was trying to repair certain copper lines when he received some electrical shock,” said Feser. “So due to a safety concern there, they

shut down operations.”

A water leak had contributed to shorting out electrical equipment, which was the ignition source for the fire.

Also on Aug. 20, the EPS held its regular training night in which crews went to its training grounds at the south end of the city for vehicle firefighting operations and foam application techniques.

As for the community engagements, the fire department participated in the SMILE Services Estevan Parade on Aug. 23 and the Estevan Police Service open house on Aug. 24, and were on standby for fire suppression at the Estevan Motor Speedway on Aug. 24.

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SMILE Services Parade made people laugh

Hundreds of people lined up along the route of the SMILE Services Estevan Parade on Friday. Bright, original and exciting event created the atmosphere for the rodeo weekend making a lot of spectator smile while watching the floats travelling

through downtown.

The air was filled with music, laughs, candies and quite a bit of humidity. Fortunately, the weather cooperated and the community could enjoy the show.

Just over 40 floats were entered in the parade this

year, which is slightly less than before. However, the general turnout was good.

“We would like to have more entries, but we were satisfied with what we had,” said manager of SMILE Services Art Beselt.

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afternoon out in town getting everything ready for the parade. He said it took quite a bit of work to put the event together.

The floats gathered at Eighth Street just before 4 p.m. to later travel up Fourth Street, down Sixth Street and

to end at the Estevan Leisure Centre. Streets were closed for traffic at the time of the parade.

This year the parade was organized around the theme of emergency services.

The Estevan Trinity Lutheran Church won the award for the best entr y in the parade. The CUPE group of dressed-up volunteers walking with the truck decorated with balloons won for the best interpretation of the theme. Tyros Tree

Services had the best out of town entry; Debby Barker and her ponies had the best horse award, and St. Joseph’s Hospital once again won for the best comedy.

SMILE Services Estevan have been putting the event up for 16 years making it a good tradition.

After the parade was over, a good portion of the crowd slowly moved over to the Exhibition Grounds for a great western-style show. For more on CCA Rodeo see A3.

Trinity Lutheran Church float was named the best of the parade. Photo by Anastasiia Bykhovskaia

Addison Shiels walked along with the CUPE float giving sweets to kids. Photo by Anastasiia Bykhovskaia

Candy hunting, as always, was one of the biggest excitements for kids, who brought as big of bags as they could. Photo by Anastasiia Bykhovskaia

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