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Rallying for local causes

Curling

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Gold medal in Cudworth

Music

Page 8 Home Routes Concert

Basketball Page20 Horizon Division Wrapup

Kyle Krentz is ready to go during the Pilger Poker Rally held in Pilger on Jan. 30. The rally saw approximately 100 snowmobilers and raised upwards of $3,500 for the Pilger Community Centre Hall. See page 3 for full story. photo by Christopher Lee

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PWOS ride includes stop in Naicam

Prairie Women on Snowmobiles capped off their first day of riding with a stop in Naicam on Jan. 31 for a supper and silent auction at Naicam School gym. Their first day started off in Prince Albert and will ride their snowmobiles all the way to Broadview to raise money for cancer research and equipment. Pictured (L to R): Hazel Crosson, Holly Hudye, Stacey Kozak, Lana Jordan, Kelly Kim Rae, Karen Wyatt, Lorraine Storey, Kaitlan Jordan, Joan Phinney, Wendy Ferguson. photo by Becky Zimmer

By Becky Zimmer woman all working together, so focused join the team as they go from one com- have moved the event from the hall to Journal Editor for one common thing it was something I munity to another, says Lueken. the school gym.

Travelling across Saskatchewan can knew I wanted to be apart of someday.”

Leaving Melfort, they had around 20 “Everybody is always willing to help be a long ride.

They were tired by the time they got to sleds following the team on their way to and to donate, so that is what makes a Now image that on a snowmobile. supper so you can tell they were riding the Pleasantdale junction. From there, great event.”

This year, 10 women joined the Mis- hard, says Ferguson.

Naicam sledders joined with them the Naicam Fire Department led the sion 2016 team for the Prairie Women on Snow conditions were better than rest of the way. troupe of women into town with a fire Snowmobile ride from Prince Albert to Ferguson thought they’d be, she says, Kevin Blair organized the coffee shop truck honour guard.

Broadview, a trip of over 1800 km. and the support from surrounding com- stop for the team in Melfort at the Co-op Fire Chief, Carl Peterson, says this is After their first day of riding from munities has been great.

Coffee Shop. It was a packed house for another way to give awareness to the Prince Albert they stopped in Naicam “We’ve had fantastic area leaders the team, with 60 supporters and fea- Prairie Women. for a supper, 50/50, silent auction and coming from every community helping tured a cake with the Prairie Womens’ “The girls have been through town booze bucket raffle on Jan. 31. us get from A to B so that’s been really picture on it. a few times in the past, and it’s just an Wendy Ferguson is from Naicam and helpful.”

The riders got a RCMP escort through idea we had the first time they’ve come is riding with the Prairie Women team President of Prairie Women on Snow- town so the snowmobilers could get to town and it just stuck. They enjoy it.” for the first time. mobiles, Carol Lueken, is coordinating through town with no stoppages, which Says Peterson.

Ferguson has known about the Prairie the 6 day trip from the van. was really nice, says Blair.

This will be Soderholm’s fourth time Women since a member of her family Along with raising money for breast “That kind of touch really says that speaking at a Prairie Women on Snowroad with them when she was a teenager. cancer research and equipment, Lueken they’re behind the cause.” Says Lueken. mobiles event. She spoke about her From then on, this is something she has says they are also raising snowmobile Naicam has always been a great sup- mom’s battle with breast cancer. always wanted to do, even before she awareness safety. port for Prairie Women, hosting events in Shirley Duford survived breast cancer had ever ridden a sled.

Along with area leaders who lead the the past, says organizer Kelly Soderholm. after being diagnosed in 2005 and her “Just seeing the camaraderie and the group along their local trails, anyone can Support has gotten so large that they daughter has been on many journeys with her, says Duford. She put on the send off breakfast for the Prairie Women team and their crew before they left on Feb. 1 to ride to Preeceville.

Lueken says they’d like to thank the community support they’ve received, either by way of donations or hosting or bringing awareness to their ride, as well as the corporate sponsors that have helped them along the way.

Lueken says that donors can now choose where their donations go to, either towards research through the Canadian Cancer Society or equipment through the Saskatchewan Cancer Agency.

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Snowmobilers enjoy nice temperatures at rallies Pilger Poker Rally About 110 kilometers down the highway It was a busy day to be a snowmobiler on Pilger was holding a snowmobile rally of their Jan. 30 as a pair of poker rallies were taking own. place in Naicam and in Pilger.

The event started at noon at ran until 6:00, Naicam Snowblasters Rally with snowmobilers able to buy poker hands at The Naicam Snowblasters hosted their 21st one for $10 or three for $20. The proceeds for the annual snowmobile rally, which started with event go towards the community centre hall. a breakfast at 9:00. Registration was at 10:00 at Secretary Treasurer Wanda Krentz says that which time registrants were could buy 50/50 the poker rally plays a big role in keeping the tickets and bucket draw tickets where they buy hall operational and helps pay for improvetickets and put them in buckets for a chance to ments, power and heating. win various prizes.

The temperature the day of the event was Despite the rough trail conditions due to perfect snowmobiling weather with temperathe weather last week the snow rally had tures hovering around -7C but the weather great attendance with 200 riders. Due to the leading up to the event was not conducive for tremendous turnout, the club was able to raise snowmobiling. between $8000-$9000.

The last few days before the event saw rain Proceeds for the event were going to the and temperatures above 0C, which caused the Naicam Snowblasters Club to help them pay for trails to become bare in some places. grooming and maintenance of the 271 kilometer Member of the hall David Freriks said he stretch of trail. was not worried about the bare spots and said The Snowblasters are part of the Saskatchhe still expected riders to come out anyway. ewan Snowmobile Association, so they are â&#x20AC;&#x153;Guys are going to go. They have big expenresponsible to keep those trails maintained as Naicam residents Bryce Lindbloom (green) and Kerry Lindbloom sive machines, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to use it,â&#x20AC;? he said. await the start of the Naicam Snowblaster Rally in Naicam on part of that membership.

The rally saw approximately 100 riders turn Since they are members however they do Jan. 30. photo by Christopher Lee out and raised upwards of $3,500. receive funding from the SSA, who collected In addition to paying for poker hands there fees from every person who wishes to ride those trails The first place winner was Theron Cory of Naicam who were also prizes donated from local businesses that and they then disperse the money evenly between all rode away with the $1,000 grand prize, second place were raffled off and food being sold. the members. went to Randy Crone of Annaheim who won $500 and Krentz said that she was really happy with the supPresident of the club Bruce Huls said the mainte- the winner of the $250 third place prize went to Les port the hall has received over the years and hopes it nance is expensive so the money raised goes a long Sandsbraaten from Naicam. continues in the future. way towards helping pay for the groomer.

Huls said he is really pleased with the support they â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve done lot of work in our hall because of funcHuls mentioned that last year they needed to replace receive from the local communities. tions like this and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got lots more improvements the tracks on the groomer which cost the club $30,000. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are more than happy with they way that they we have to make so itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good that everybody keeps Three people walked home with the 50/50 prizes. support us,â&#x20AC;? he said. coming out and supporting it,â&#x20AC;? she said.

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Mikush becomes youngest ever in Curl Sask event

By Christopher Lee Journal Reporter

Dustin Mikush delivers a rock during the SaskTel Tankard North Qualifier. Mikush became the youngest Curl Sask competitor ever at the event after rule changes in the summer allowed him to compete. photo by Devan C. Tasa

A Wa d e n a c u r l e r made Sask Curl history thanks to a rule change

by Curling Canada.

Sixteen-year-old Dustin Mikush curled second on Team Comfort at the recent 2016 Men’s Provincial Qualifier – North and as a result became the youngest competitor ever to compete in a men’s, women’s or mixed Curl Sask event.

Mikush said it was great to be the youngest ever.

“Just knowing that I was the youngest ever to be able to curl in it, it’s pretty cool just to get the experience at that level,” he said.

Mikush was granted entry into the event after Curling Canada changed the age eligibility rules in June of 2015.

The old rules stated that curlers under the age of 19 were not per-

mitted to play in the adult events and could only curl in junior events.

Now any junior aged players are free to compete in the adult division if they choose. These rules were a long time coming for Curling Canada as they now follow the same rules as both the World Curling Federation and the International Olympic Committee.

Mikush curls as part of Team Scott Comfort out of Wadena but due to the team forming late they were ineligible to curl in Sask Tour event leaving the North Qualifier as his first tour event.

Comfort’s team went 3-3 at the event and were eliminated four wins short of qualifying for the provincial championships.

Despite the loss Mikush said he drew quite a bit of positives from the event and said he looks forward to next year.

“Hopefully we can do better next year and go from there,” he said.

Curl Sask Vice-President, Patricia Yeske, was very impressed with Mikush, saying both his maturity and on ice conduct were “exemplary.”

Despite Team Comfort being unable to play in any Sask Tour events they were still eligible for World Tour events, which sent their team to Blaine, Minnesota in January. Mikush said it was “pretty darn cool” to experience that level and intensity of the competition.

Mikush says they didn’t do overly well while at the bonspiel but said that the experience he took away was great.

“You can only get better from going in things like that,” he said.

Having players of Mikush’s age playing tournaments like the North Qualifier gives Curl Sask an indication that younger players

are “competitive,” says Yeske.

“We know that competitive curling here in the province of Saskatchewan has a future,” she said.

Yeske also noted that the young players aren’t doing it on their own and remarked about how pleased she has been with Mikush’s development.

“Dustin has some fabulous training and coaching behind him and he has a very bright future so it puts a big smile on our face at Curl Sask,” she said.

Mikush says he looks forward to being able to curl in Sask Tour events now that his team is together on time and has set some small goals for himself over the next few years on where to play next.

“Hopefully making the Tankard, maybe not next year but hopefully in the next couple of years,” he said.

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Kevin Martin Curling Academy comes to Cudworth

By Christopher Lee Journal Reporter Curling royalty Kevin Martin and his son, Karrick, came to Cudworth on Jan. 29-30 as part of a curling academy that Kevin has hosted since 1991.

The academy has traveled around the world over the years with stops in countries including, Switzerland, Japan and the United States.

Kevin’s biggest accomplishments include an Olympic Gold Medal, a World Championship Gold Medal, four Brier championships and 18 Grand Slam titles on the World Curling Tour, which is the most ever. Martin’s 18 grand slams also ties him with Jack Nicklaus for the most grand slam titles in any sports by a male athlete, and is one more than tennis legend Roger Federer owns.

Organizer of the event, Kyler Broad, said that bringing in a person of Martin’s magnitude was huge for the community.

“Its just been the talk of the town the last few weeks and everybody that you stop on the street, they’ve just had a buzz going that we have an Olympian coming to town,’ he said.

Kevin’s son Karrick is also beginning to be quite an accomplished curler in his own right. Having started when he was in grade 12, Karrick has already won a 2012 Canadian Interuniversity Sport championship and a 2013 World Universiade Bronze Medal.

Karrick’s team, based out of Edmonton also currently sits ninth in the World Curling Tour Rankings.

As part of the tour, the Martins stopped in Birch Hills the morning of Jan. 29 to speak to their club and then they came to Cudworth.

Included in their stop in Cudworth was a stop at the school to speak to the kids, a pair of curling clinics held at the Cudworth Curling Club and a banquet at the Cudworth Community Hall.

Martin said that the most important part of the whole tour was stopping at the school to speak to the kids.

“Having all those kids there this morning, that will grow curling and that’s why we’re here. It means a lot to me that Kyler and Amber and the Cudworth Curling Club went to all this work and it was successful in bringing the kids out,” he said.

Broad said the response to the event has been great as they were able to slightly overfill the curling clinics and sold over 200 tickets for the banquet.

In addition to the ticket sales, there was also a live and silent auction with a variety of different items including a signed curling and hockey jersey, blue jays pictures and tools.

All of the money raised was put into a fund at the Cudworth Curling Club where it will go towards impending upgrades and renovations on the facility.

Before taking the curlers onto the ice for a lesson, the Martin’s spent some time answering questions and going over the different brooms and how they have evolved.

Brooms are becoming a huge problem in curling, as they are becoming so advanced that they can now manipulate a rock all the way down the sheet of ice similar to using a joystick, says Karrick.

As a result of this advancement Karrick says the brooms are going to be outlawed by September because keeping them legal would mean that the curlers would never miss another shot since the sweeper could adjust any miss.

At the banquet, both Kevin and Karrick Martin got a chance to speak.

Kevin said that it was important that he brought Karrick along to speak to the kids because being a 26-year-

Kevin Martin looks on as he throws a rock down the sheet of ice at the Cudworth Curling Club during Martin’s Curling Academy on Jan. 29. photo by Christopher Lee old fresh out of university student, he can relate to the kids a lot better.

“For him to come with what he’s accomplished in various sports, but lately in curling, I think it’s a good message for other kids to be able to take that and run with it because everybody knows that small towns are filled with good athletes but it’s just a matter of them knowing what opportunities are available for them,” he said.

Kevin spoke to the attendees about his experiences through his life and told stories.

Kevin encouraged the audience to put their children in as many sports as possible because he believes that the best way to harness a child’s skills, using a hockey player as an example.

He said that if you only play hockey you could be a really good hockey player but are only 17th best in the province and since you spend all your time playing you may never find out that you are the best volleyball player in the province.

As a well-traveled and highly successful curler, Kevin had a lot of good stories.

The one that really stood out was the story of his first Brier win. It turns out that during the 1991 Brier the Canadian Curling Association held a secret meeting where it was decided that the winner of the Brier would represent Canada at the 1992 Winter Olympics. The CCA told each of the teams’ coaches about the decision so the teams would know.

Martins coach, knowing it would make Martin nervous made the decision not to tell him.

Martin and his rink made it to the final against Saskatchewan rink Randy Woytowich. During the final Martin noticed Woytowich was very nervous and he couldn’t figure out why. Not only was Woytowich older but also at that time a better curler than he was.

As the final wore on it became more and more obvious to Martin that they were going to win. In the ninth end, with an 8-3 lead, Martin began thinking in his head how he was going to answer the media’s questions after

the final was over. Since he had never really spoken to the media before he wanted to be ready.

When it was over and Martin had won he was ready for the media, he says he answered every question in his mind a bunch of times.

The first question he was asked was along the lines of how did it feel to be representing Canada at the 1992

Winter Olympics, at this point Martin still didn’t know and responded with, “Are you serious?”

He says it was the best thing that his coach could have done by not telling him since he admits he wouldn’t have won if he knew.

The night continued after Martins stories with a band and the live auction.

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February is about more than just candy hearts

By Dr. Megan Parker, ND Health Columnist

February is Heart Month.

I’m not referring to those heart shaped candies, boxes of chocolates or cute little teddy bears that hit store shelves the weeks leading up to Valentine’s Day. I’m talking about that muscular organ in your body that pumps your blood and keeps you alive.

The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada utilizes this

month known for red hearts and everything love to help educate Canadians on cardiovascular disease.

Cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of death in North America. According to Stats Canada, someone in Canada dies from heart disease or stroke every 7 minutes.

It is estimated that there are 70,000 heart attacks each year in Canada and almost 16,000 Canadians die each year as a result.

Cardiovascular disease has such a huge impact on our health care system that the Conference Board of Canada estimates that it costs the Canadian economy 20.9 billion dollars every year.

Cardiovascular disease comes in many different forms. The most common and well known are heart attacks and strokes. These often get the most attention because they are very serious and life threatening conditions, but there are many other types of cardiovascular disease that fly

under the radar.

A few examples include: high blood pressure, elevated cholesterol, angina, arrhythmias, atherosclerosis (plague build up in arteries), congestive heart failure, shortness of breath and edema.

There are certain risk factors that increase our risk of cardiovascular disease. According to the Public Health Agency of Canada, nine out of ten Canadians, or 90 percent, have at least one risk factor for heart disease or stroke. These major risk factors for cardiovascular disease include: •Cigarette smoking, •High blood pressure or on antihypertensive medication, •Low HDL (healthy) cholesterol, •High LDL (lethal) cholesterol, •CHD (coronary heart disease) in male first degree relative under 55 years; CHD in female first degree relative under 65 years, •Age (men 45 years; women 55 years),

•Diabetes, and •Metabolic Syndrome Hypertension, or elevated blood pressure, is very common among Canadians. Hypertension increases the risk of heart disease and stroke and is also damaging to the kidneys. It is often referred to as the silent killer.

Typically, there are minimal symptoms that you will experience if you have high blood pressure, but the damage it is causing in your body can be detrimental to your health.

It is called the silent killer because many people aren’t aware they are at risk or that they even have hypertension until it is too late and they’ve already suffered a fatal heart attack.

When was the last time you had your blood pressure taken?

The best approach to long term health it to educate yourself. Know the facts. Know your numbers. Know your risks.

Do you regularly schedule

annual physical exams and lab tests with your doctor to assess your risk factors for cardiovascular disease?

Knowledge is power and the more you are aware of your current state of health and your risk factors, the better equipped you are to prevent cardiovascular disease.

The best treatment for cardiovascular disease is PREVENTION. Don’t wait until it is too late.

Know your risks and make the changes necessary to keep your heart healthy. The healthier your heart, the more love you can share with that special valentine.

See next weeks column for more on heart health.

This article is intended for educational and information purposes only. It is not intended to provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Should you require medical advice, diagnostics or treatment, please contact your nearest healthcare professional.

Genetics the future of cattle industry

Calvin Daniels The cattle sector has always been one willing to change and adapt, at least since I was a youngster and paid attention to such things.

In my case, while not in the cattle business, I did attend many livestock shows from the time I was old enough to carry a show cane until the present day when I still attend a few in my role as a reporter.

What that means is I grew up through the ‘exotic’ breeds invasion which forever changed the cattle sector.

The arrival of Charolais were the first I recall.

The big white cattle being dramatically different from the existing British breeds in Canada; Hereford, Aberdeen Angus and Shorthorn.

British breeds were just emerging from an era of belt buckle-tall cattle. I can remember

pictures of champion animals that barely came to the waists of the showmen in the late 1950s and into the 60s. They were cattle suited to an era that was gone.

There was a recognition cattle should be bigger, and exotic breeds such as Charolais arrived to ‘grow’ cattle.

The early arrivals caught attention and the stage was set for a long list of breed arrivals; Simmental, Limousin, Maine Anjou, Saler, Chianina, Meuse-Rhine-Issel, and Pinzgauer among many.

Each year a new breed seemed to be the buzz at shows such as Canadian Western Agribition. I recall one year stickers all over the barn are with “Chianina Can”, even before the breed arrived in the scene.

If some of the breeds on the list above may not seem familiar, that is because while in general exotics caught on and changed the sector, not all breeds found favour, some arriving with a moderate splash and disappearing quite quickly.

While the exotic influence was dramatic, it is not the only development which has had its effect on cattle.

Efforts through the

years have also been placed on creating what are in their simplest terms traceable hybrids, with some becoming ‘official breeds’.

The Hays Converter is a breed of cattle native specifically to Alberta, Canada. Named for Harry Hays, the agriculturalist and politician who developed the breed, it was the first pure breed of cattle created in Canada. Work on breeding the Hays Converter began in 1959, and it was officially recognized by the Canadian beef industry under the Canada Livestock Pedigree Act in December of 1975.

Senator Hays wished to create a cattle breed that would be based solely on production, and as such would mature to market weight as fast as possible, detailed Wikipedia.

“Hays chose three particular breeds of cattle in order to achieve the optimal breed of cattle.

He achieved this by combination crosses of Holstein cattle on Hereford cattle and Brown Swiss cattle …

“Once the crosses began, Hays selected for the traits he wanted, and any offspring that did not make the cut in one

way or another would have their tails docked and were shipped off to a processing plant. Once all desired traits were achieved in the offspring, the breed was closed off to mating with any outside breeds. By the time the breed achieved pedigree status in 1975, it had achieved all of the traits Hays had hoped it would. These traits included high growth rate, sturdy build, good carcass quality, easy calving and excellent milk production.”

Bringing different breeds together to create a new one is not new. It was the way Lacombe pigs were developed in Canada, as well as Canadian and Rideau Arcott and Outaouais Arcott sheep.

And again in terms of cattle: “The Canadian Speckle Park is a breed of cattle native to the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It is one of only a few beef cattle breeds developed in Canada. The latter half of the breed’s name derives from the characteristic white, black and grey spots and patches of color that it’s known for,” noted Wikipedia.

“The Canadian Speckle Park is one of the new-

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est cattle breeds, having been officially recognized by the Canadian government in 2006. A breed association was formed in 1985, and exports of Canadian Speckle Park to the U.S. and Australia have occurred.

“Work on breeding the Canadian Speckle Park began in the 1950s with the crossing of a roan Shorthorn heifer to a Black Angus bull.

The spotting became a dominant trait in the offspring, and the beginnings of a new breed emerged. Descended solely from British beef breeds, it is naturally polled and inherits many of the characteristics of popular cattle like the Angus.”

Similarly, the Brangus breed was developed to utilize the superior traits of Angus and Brahman cattle. Their genetics are stabilized at 3/8 Brahman and 5/8 Angus.

“A review of the development of the Brangus breed would take us back beyond the founding of the American Brangus Breeders Association in 1949; however, registered Brangus descends from the foundation animals recorded that year or registered Brahman and Angus cattle enrolled since

then. Much of the early work in crossing Brahman and Angus cattle was done at the USDA Experiment Station in Jeanerette, Louisiana.

According to the USDA 1935 Yearbook in Agriculture the research with these crossed started about 1932,” noted www. ansi.okstate.edu And now similar work appears to be taking place in creating what is being called the Durham Red. The American Shorthorn Association introduced the first 100 per cent British breed composite when it allowed the registration of Shorthorns crossed with Red Angus.

So far only a few hundred Red Durhams have been registered through the American Association, but again it shows a willingness to work on creating genetics which are felt to take the cattle sector forward.

It is not likely that Durham Reds will have near the impact of the importation of exotics, any more than has Hays Convertors or Speckle Park, but they do show the sector being active in looking for new genetic packages to improve the industry.

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Raonic has tough climb to tennis top

By Bruce Penton Sports Columnist

Milos Raonic is only 25 and the Torontonian has been on a steady climb to the mountaintop of the tennis world.

But at the very top sit three or four other stars from around the world who keep using their backhands and forehands to swat him down.

Raonicâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time will come, however.

The tennis stars sitting at the peak of that mountain are Novak Djokovic of Serbia, Andy Murray of Scotland, Rafael Nadal of Spain and now, to a lesser degree due to advancing age, Roger Federer of Switzerland.

Canadian tennis fans got excited in late January when Raonic advanced to the semi-finals of the seasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first Grand Slam event, the Australian Open, but disappointed when he failed to hold a two sets to one lead against Murray and lost in five sets after a leg injury slowed his movement.

Murray went on to lose in straight sets to Djokovic, the No. 1 player in

the world who, at 28, is probably good for another four or five years on top of that tennis mountain. Murray is also 28, while Nadal will be 30 this year. If no other wunderkind comes along to threaten the gameâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best, Raonic might reach that tennis mountaintop in oh, say, 2019 or 2020. Victory by attrition, so to speak.

The Canadian professional has one of the gameâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most powerful serves. It was clocked coming off his racquet as high as 234 km/h in Australia and he generally racks up more aces than his opponents. Still, aces in tennis are like home runs in baseball; they look good and draw gasps from the crowd, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the other intangibles of the game that add up to victories. Raonic is close, but heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sitting on zero career Grand Slam titles and he wants that to end. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s probably the most heartbroken Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve felt on court,â&#x20AC;? Raonic told tennis. com after Murrayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 4-6, 7-5, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-2 victory.

Asked Steve Tignor of tennis.com:

Viscount news

By Sandra Reid Correspondent Once again, we were a lovely bunch of ladies all gathered together for three hours last Wednesday, busy making blankets for Blankets 4 Canada. Are you looking for something to do on a Wednesday? Come join us at the library in Viscount!

Or perhaps you are looking to keep busy in the evenings; how about knitting or crocheting 8â&#x20AC;?x8â&#x20AC;? squares for us? Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the number to call: 306 944-4820.

On Saturday January 30th, there

was 12 people that attended the Viscount Seniors fundraising breakfast at the Senior Center. Workers for that day were Chris Rault and Louise Barlage. The winner of the Lucky Loonie Pot was Greg Wagner.

The grade 3/4 class at Viscount Central School did book reports by decorating hats and telling about the stories they read.

Best wishes to anyone that is under the weather, hope you feel better soon. If you have any news to share please let me know. Thank you have a great week.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Is Raonic for real? Are Grand Slam titles inevitable for him? Is he a step closer to reaching his long-stated goal of becoming No. 1?â&#x20AC;?

Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland, another of worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best, was asked about Raonic after losing to him in the fourth round in Australia. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Will he have chances to win Grand Slams?â&#x20AC;? said Wawrinka. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yes. Will he take them?

Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll add all that up at the end of his career.â&#x20AC;?

Canada has never had a singles player win a Grand Slam event. Hopefully Raonic will be the first. â&#x20AC;˘ Gambling pariah Pete Rose, to reporters, when asked how he ought to be depicted in the Cincinnati Redsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; planned statue of him: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Well, I sure as hell donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want it to be me standing at the $2 window at Turfway.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;˘ Dwight Perry of the Seattle Times: â&#x20AC;&#x153;First St. Louis loses the Hawks to Atlanta, the Cardinals to Arizona, and now the Rams to Los Angeles. The Show Me The Door State, anyone?â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;˘ Randy Turner (@randyturner15) of the Winnipeg Free Press, on Twitter: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Shawn Horcoff getting busted for taking performance enhancing drugs is not a good endorsement for performance enhancing drugs.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;˘ Dwight Perry again: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The NHL suspended Ducks forward Shawn Horcoff 20 games for violating the NHL/NHLPA Performance Enhancing Substances Program. Team officials suspected something was amiss when he got two minutes for cross-checking â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the Zamboni.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;˘ Comedy writer Alex Kaseberg, on Panthers LB Thomas Davis insisting to play in the Super Bowl despite a broken forearm: â&#x20AC;&#x153;On a side note, I had a brain-freeze drinking a smoothie this morning and went back to bed.â&#x20AC;?

â&#x20AC;˘ Comedy writer Gary Bachman, on Muhammad Ali turning 74. Said Ali: â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am the grayest!â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;˘ Comedy writer Jim Barach: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mean Joe Greene and the boy from the famous Coke ad reunited after 40 years.

If the commercial were shot today, the boy would take the jersey that Greene tossed to him and immediately put it up for auction on eBay.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;˘ RJ Currie of sportsdeke.com: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Clippers star Blake Griffin reportedly broke his right hand punching the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s equipment manager at a Toronto restaurant. Apparently it all started with coffee, a doughnut and Griffin being told not to dunk.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;˘ Janice Hough of leftcoastsportsbabe.com: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Peyton Manning reportedly told Bill Belichick after the AFC Championship that this â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;(Super Bowl) might be my last rodeo.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; And Belichick no doubt was thinking â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;We expected THIS game to be your last rodeoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;˘ Another one from Kaseberg: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ex-NFL QB, Vince Young, was arrested after driving erratically and being uncooperative. He was charged with a DUI and with impersonating Johnny â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Footballâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Manziel.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;˘ Late-night TV funnyman Conan Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Gisele Bundchen shared a picture of Tom Brady after he lost the NFL playoffs. It was a heartbreaking photograph of a handsome man being consoled by a Brazilian supermodel.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;˘ Dwight Perry once again: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The NBA All-Star Game will be played in Canada for the first time ever, this Sunday in Toronto, but not everyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s happy about it. Factor in the exchange rate, and three-pointers will be worth only 2.1 points this year.â&#x20AC;?

Care to comment? Email brucepenton2003@yahoo.ca

Plunkett news

By Deloris Sutherland Correspondent Happy Valentineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day goes out to everyone.

Plunkett folks send their deepest sympathy to Mrs. Mary Marquis of Saskatoon, formerly of Viscount on the recent passing of her husband Francis in Saskatoon this past year.

Dennis & Leona Credgeur were away to baby sit their grandchildren in Meadow Lake for a week.

Doney Schultzâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mother Mrs. Agnes Shultz celebrated her 100th birthday on Jan. 25. Friends and family gathered at her home in Wadena.

She still looks after her own home, yard, plants, and bakes bread and buns. Her husband Ernest passed away in Oct. 2014 at nearly 101 years old. They were married for 78 years.

She believes in the farm life, working hard and no government handouts.

Several folks took in Danceland recently and really enjoyed it.

Scott Giddings of Endeavour was recently here visiting his parents Stan & Irene Giddings and had come down for a load of bales.

Several ladies from here have been going to Viscount and helping the women there work on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Blankets for Canadaâ&#x20AC;?.

A moose was accidently killed last week on highway 16 just east of Plunkett. We were on our way to Humboldt and saw it in the ditch on the north side of the highway.

Plunkett folks send their deepest sympathies to the family of Syl Stadnichuk of Guernsey on his recent passing.

We recently had rain here overnight which made things pretty icy.

Get well wishes go out to anyone ill and in the hospital. We wish them a speedy recovery.

Anyone having any news please phone me at 306-944-4852. Thank you kindly.

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Music in Annaheim

By Christopher Lee Journal Reporter

Home Routes came through Annaheim on Jan. 30 as Coco Love Alcorn visited the Backroads Bed & Breakfast.

Since the B & B is not very big Alcorn had the opportunity to play in an intimate setting, which she says presents unique challenges.

“As a performer I can almost feel like too invasive into peoples personal space. I find I close my eyes a little bit more so that people don’t feel like I’m staring at them the whole time,” she said.

The stop in Annaheim was part of Alcorn’s home routes tour, which sees her play 12 shows in 14 days across Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

After her stop in Annaheim she was off to Greenwater Lake Provincial Park after which she made stops in six Manitoba cities, including shows on back-to-back nights in Flin Flon and then she came back to Saskatchewan to complete the tour in three more SK cities.

Alcorn said that she hasn’t really toured much of Saskatchewan before, mostly just playing in Saskatoon. As a result of the unfamiliarity with the surroundings Alcorn was welcomed to the harsh realities of google maps in rural Saskatchewan.

“Coming here there was no address it just said go up that road 13 kilometers and then I looked on the google maps and there was no evidence of Myers road but we just operated on faith it would all work out and here we are,” she said.

Alcorn’s show was very unique and included a “fly by the seat of my pants” setlist where she made up the setlist as she went along.

The final performance of the eve-

Coco Love Alcorn belts out one of her songs during the home routes concert at the Backroads Bed and Breakfast on Jan. 31, while Robert Alan Mackie plays the double bass in the background. photo by Christopher Lee ning was an improvised song where Alcorn asked an audience member to name a song, which was What A Wonderful World. From there Alcorn took the lyrics and made her own version of that song using only the lyrics.

Usually Alcorn travels alone and uses only a loop station as backup.

With a loop station, a singer can either prerecord sounds into the machine or record live sounds into a machine which will play back on loop for as long as they wish.

This tour however, Alcorn brought

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along Robert Alan Mackie, a double bass player that she has played with a couple times.

The pair have known each other for about a year. Since this is their first tour together, Mackie says it is going to take time to build some chemistry, especially considering he isn’t very familiar with her music and since Alcorn likes to make things up on the spot.

Mackie is used to playing this way however as he said that since he isn’t his own act he takes gigs all the time with artists like Alcorn and is used to feeling things out as he goes.

“Sometimes it’s scary but I do this on a lot of gigs and harmonically this music is a lot easier than a lot of other music I play,” he said.

Despite the difficulties with things early in the show as he got himself up to speed, Mackie is confident the pair will adjust to each other as the

shows go on.

“We’ll settle into it, tonight there was some really musical things that happened and there was some less musical things that happened but we have 11 more shows to go,” he said.

Alcorn is a signer/songwriter from Antigonish, Nova Scotia who says she started singing at a very young age. It wasn’t until high school that Alcorn really started taking singing seriously.

After high school Alcorn received a scholarship to attend school in the United States. After lasting exactly one semester, Alcorn returned home where she starting playing various gigs.

Since that time Alcorn has produced seven albums starting with her first in 1995 entitled Coco Love Alcorn.

Alcorn has enjoyed a very successful career thus far, having toured “lots” of Canada, the Cayman Islands, Mexico, Chile and the United States.

Alcorn also spent four months living in Bangkok, Thailand where she sang for a cover pop band.

For four or five years Alcorn also sang melodies for Canadian Rock Band, 54-40 from Tsawwassen, British Columbia.

It was during this time that Alcorn got the chance to play the gig in the Cayman Islands.

“That was pretty awesome,” she said.

During their time together they also created a side project called Paloma where she was the lead singer and the members of 54-40 were her band mates, which they played while they were touring together.

“We ended up doing a tour where Paloma opened for 54-40 so they were all incognito. Neil, the lead singer of 54-40, was hiding and playing keyboards in the background. A lot of people didn’t even realize it was them because of the lighting so they opened for themselves, it was pretty funny,” she said.

Alcorn is currently working on a new record, which can be pre-ordered on her website, cocolovealcorn.com.

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PROGRESS EDITION Continuing down the path of progress in Humboldt

By Becky Zimmer Journal Editor For Mayor Malcolm Eaton, 2016 is about continuing down the path Humboldt has been on for the last couple of years.

“There is a lot of planning work and some of that planning is coming to fruition.”

The Our Humboldt Strategic Plan is continuing on the path set forth in 2013, including the updating of the Official Community Plan, an infrastructure study, and the future adoption of the new zoning bylaws.

As Humboldt grows, those are very important pieces of the strategic plan moving forward, says Eaton.

With the kind of growth Humboldt has been seeing, the Official Community Plan, a document that all communities

have, needed to be updated, says Eaton.

“Humboldt is a very different place and we’re expecting very different kinds of development.”

With new commercial, residential and industrial developments coming in, a document to guide those developments are important for a city like Humboldt.

All future developments are centered around the values set out by the strategic plan and the values the city has set.

The new budget system is a big part of the strategic plan in ensuring that the city is spending appropriate funds on these values, says Eaton.

“That is what the residents and taxpayers want us to do is to spend that money wisely.”

Infrastructure improvements,

being a safe and caring community and bringing in important arts and culture programs are all values that Eaton and council wants to instill in their decision making plans.

“What we’re seeing come out of the Our Humboldt Plan and what it gave us is a really strong vision for the community.” Says Eaton.

The staff and community is adopting those principles, says Eaton.

Other projects that are coming out of the strategic plan are important infrastructure improvements.

Like many old Saskatchewan communities, old infrastructure is becoming more of a hazard, especially underground systems, says Eaton.

Old wire lines, cracked side-

walks, old water and sewer systems all need to be improved, says Eaton, and they will continue to do that.

“Increases in our water and sewer utility rates reflect that.

That’s what those funds are being used for.”

Humboldt has been approved for a significant $4.5 billion water system project under the Building Canada Grant for the project.

“The federal and provincial governments will contribute equally.” Says Eaton.

Each level of government, including the municipal government, will each contribute a third of the cost.

These are all continuing projects, with each year seeing a few major projects completed.

“We’ve made a lot of progress, we’re not done by far...It’s just

something we have to continue to do every year,” Eaton said.

A lot of analysis of water and sewer system upgrades came as a response to the major storm in July, 2015.

Humboldt has done a lot in terms of planning for growth and part of that is taking care of what is already here, says Eaton.

The new year will also bring discussion about recreational and cultural needs in Humboldt, says Eaton.

“All the work that’s been started on the Multipurpose facility and the theatre concept will continue.”

All of these new developments are important assurances to Humboldt’s growth, says Eaton but looking at the current problems in Humboldt are also important.

Watrous sees an influx of new young residents

By Christopher Lee Journal Reporter Watrous is experiencing great growth.

In the 2011 census Watrous was home to 1,857 people. Community Development Officer with the Town of Watrous, Brendan Manz, says that number is more like 2,000 now and says that number continues to grow.

“Our schools as a whole are doing very well,” says Manz. “We’ve seen an injection of younger families move into our community. I know our pre-school was having to turn down students this year which I think is the first time ever in it’s history.”

The injection of young families is a new concept for Manz and the town since they used to find it was a lot of older people that were settling in Watrous.

“I think for years we were seen as kind of a retirement community with Manitou Beach and that sort of thing is something that we attracted is kind of a place grandparents came,” he said.

Manz says that he figures the injection of young blood can be attributed in part to the growing industry sectors that can be found with the Watrous region.

“We have a full range of things from the agriculture sector, to the tourism sector, accommodations, our dealerships, so we have a lot of opportunity here not just based on one sector. We are not just relying on oil or gas or just on agriculture we have three or four growing sectors in our area,” he said.

Having Manitou Beach in the area does not hurt either as Manz estimates

that they get between 150,00- 200,000 visitors annually through their area.

Manitou is a tourist destination on its own since they are one of only three lakes in the entire world that have the mineral in their lake that offer natural and therapeutic healing properties to the skin and body.

In addition to Manitou Beach, Watrous hosted some very successful events last year, the biggest being the RCMP Musical Ride.

“That was a big hit in our community and I think we had over 2200 people come out to that event at our sports grounds. We believe it was one of the largest single events we have ever hosted in our communities history,” says Manz.

One of Watrous’s biggest yearly events is their Show and Shine held on Main Street, with last years event having 140 entries.

This is Watrous’ 25th anniversary of the Show and Shine.

Since artists are a big part of the Watrous community, Watrous also hosts a studio trail the first weekend in July, where local artists open their private galleries for residents and visitors to see their work and potentially buy pieces that they like.

Watrous was also hard at work starting up a community day care committee.

Watrous currently does not have a licensed community day care with parents having to find a day home to send their children to.

Watrous is just in the early stages of planning and setting up the day care

centre. Manz admitted it was going to be a long process and said that their biggest hurdle to cross right now is figuring out whether they are going to build new or take over an existing building and whether that building will be in a residential area or whether they will retrofit an existing building downtown to fit the requirements of a day care.

Manz said that once those hurdles are cleared they are going to look at ways to fit the community and the program around each other.

“We are just going to continue to look at other ways to build capacity around that program and continue our marketing that we do as a community that represents us a great place to live, work, play and invest,” he said.

In addition to the community day care, Watrous also opened a brand new fitness centre, which they began fundraising for in 2014 and opened right around the beginning of 2015.

Manz has been very impressed with the support it has received and has over 200 members already.

“It’s one of our only completely self-sustaining recreation facilities too so it’s been a very nice addition to our community,” he said.

Another facility seeing some change was the hospital.

After years of having a health clinic in the downtown and the hospital on the edge of town Watrous was able to integrate both of those services into one building at the hospital. The benefit is being able to have the doctors under one

roof. Now, all of the clinics and facilities are in the same building and patients can get all the care they need including, long term care, emergency services, acute care and even basic medical appointments all in one place. Manz feels not only will this benefit the patients but also the doctors.

“We feel that really helps in the long term of keeping doctors here and it will attract them in the future. They will be able to come to one facility and not have to travel between our main street and our hospital on the edge of town to work,” he said.

As for infrastructural growth, Watrous had that as well.

In the fall of 2015, Watrous got a new reverse osmosis drinking water system, a project they had been working on for three years.

Manz said that Watrous is really proud of their drinking water now.

“We feel that it is some of the best that you will find in the province where before it definitely wasn’t so that’s been big,” he said.

Looking ahead to 2016, Watrous just recently became an affiliate with the Main Street Program and are starting to look at their downtown and look at their Main Street to figure out opportunities for growth and for ways to preserve their historic buildings.

Manz welcomes everyone to come and check out Watrous.

“We feel that we have a lot of offer, so if you are looking to move to the community as well it is a great place to raise a family and live, work and play,” he said.

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Looking behind, looking ahead:

Community organizations look back at 2015

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By Becky Zimmer Journal Editor We asked local organizations what was a highlight for them in 2015: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our monthly potlucks and our pancake breakfast for shrove Tuesday.â&#x20AC;?

- John Zimmer, Lanigan Merry Mixers â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have a Care-AVan Tea in January, and the Care-A-Van runs and picks up local people in the community to take them to that function at no charge.

Another special event that our Care-A-Van runs for is our 70 plus Christmas party thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sponsored by the Watson Community Club. (The Care-A-Van) brings people there from the community to that.â&#x20AC;?

- Lavina Fetter, Treasurer of the Watson Care-A-Van â&#x20AC;&#x153;Getting new windows and flooring put in the centre and the Christmas Party.

- Georgia Athmer, Englefeld Good Neighbour Centre â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our Night at the Museum that we hosted, it just engages the kids so much and helps them develop an interest in the place.â&#x20AC;?

- Wanda Bryce, Watson Museum â&#x20AC;&#x153;The renovations were a walk-in tub among other things. The Good Neighbour Store and their generosity is so appreciated.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always a big surprise when you go. It humbling what they can do. We had a family donate in honour of

Theresa Johns which was a new gas fireplace for our front room and some upgrading to the front room to go along with it.

Each individual that we meet and spend time with, we enjoy working with them and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one big family here. Truly the people are huge on our list.â&#x20AC;?

- Brenda Nabseth, Evergreen Country Home Leroy Assisted Living Inc. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our Dinner Theatre is our big fundraiser every year. We bank on that to keep the Rec Board going and for upkeep on the facilities. Also the Trip of the Month which is something we do year to year.â&#x20AC;?

- Jody Vedress, Annaheim Rec Board

What community organizations are looking forward to in 2016 By christopher lee Journal reporter We asked local organizations what theyare looking forward to in 2016: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The motor cycle rally and Show and Shin. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re hoping for a good crowd and good weather.â&#x20AC;?

- Wanda Kiefer, St. Gregor Shake, Rattle & Roll â&#x20AC;&#x153;We look forward to graduating our 2015-2016 story hours children and look forward to the new

ones coming in the fall.â&#x20AC;?

- Monica Kiefer, Munester Library â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot of changes happening within the whole library system and things are becoming more digital but there are still people that like to use hard cover books and you just want to serve everybody.â&#x20AC;?

- Nanette Ecker, Lake Lenore Library â&#x20AC;&#x153;For 2016 we are trying to raise money to get

a new playground for the community and the surrounding communities of Muenster.â&#x20AC;?

- Charmaine Baril, Muenster Playground Committee â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are looking forward to the opening of our new rink that is actually being built as we speak so thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s our focus right now, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s probably the biggest thing for us.â&#x20AC;?

- Kari Moore, Leroyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Raise the Roof

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Upgrades the name of the game in Watson

By Christopher Lee Journal Reporter The Town of Watson enjoyed a busy 2015.

Their first order of business for 2015 was to hire new town maintenance employees and then familiarize them with both the town and their new position.

Watson Mayor Norma Weber said that training the new hires was a little time consuming but she said it was worth it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have a great group to work with,â&#x20AC;? she said.

Watson has committed to replacing their fire hydrants over a few year span and remained on schedule with that replacing all five that were planned to be replaced.

In addition to the fire hydrants, the fire hall also saw an upgrade in their pumper truck to a 2000 model.

Watson also had their lagoon dredged, which is something that typically needs to be done every ten years.

Weber said that the hope is that it will be many years before it needs to be done again.

Some of the back alleys also received some upgrades and were re-graveled.

The Town of Watson was hard at working making upgrades to McNab Park as well.

There was a new water line put in and a new camper sewer dumping station was added as well. The campgrounds also received some power upgrades as there are now five new 50-amp campsites to go along with the usual other ones that were already there.

McNab Park was not the only spot in town to receive upgrades as the community swimming pool saw upgrades to the swim area, change rooms and shower areas. As well, there was a canopy built at the paddling pool.

Weber said â&#x20AC;&#x153;due to a very generous donationâ&#x20AC;? the Watson Skating Rink is also going to be adding a new scoreboard to be setup for the fall of 2016.

Santa Claus Day is a big part of the Town of Watson and as a result the Christmas light display on Main Street was replaced.

At the north end of town, the green space also got some attention in 2015 as there was a brand new sign erected there.

With many changes happening in 2015, Watson is not going to rest in 2016. There are more changes happening in 2016 as well.

Since Watson was busy training new staff in 2015 there was not a lot of opportunity for infrastructure updates to the Town with the exception of the re-graveling so 2016 is going to be focused on updating the roadways says Weber. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Which has caused us some grief in the last couple of years with how wet it was,â&#x20AC;? she said.

Watson is a community, which is populated by 777 people as per the last census in 2011. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are holding our own or just growing a little bit. We just seem to be hanging in there for now,â&#x20AC;? says Weber about their year-to-year population.

Weber says that they are working on finding different ways to attract new residents to the area.

They are working with their bylaw officer on keeping the town tidy and making it more attractive and friendly for visitors, she says.

Business is also an area that Weber sees as a potential attraction to new residents.

She says that they are working to make sure that the businesses in town are able to serve the purpose of what people are coming to town for.

Watson will be hosting a number of events in 2016 hoping to attract tourists, with the hope that some of those tourists might enjoy Watson enough to consider moving there.

Some of the events planned for Watson in 2016 include their usuals, Santa Claus Days the first weekend in December and Spring into Watson the first weekend in June. Watson is also planning a Brad Johner concert for Feb. 13 at the Watson Civic Centre, a sportsmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dinner in April and an arts and crafts show in mid November.

Weber encourages anyone to come and visit the Town of Watson. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are a very friendly community and we do have a lot of businesses to offerâ&#x20AC;Ś I hope people will come and take a look at our community and do business here and maybe even settle in,â&#x20AC;? she said.

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LeRoy Credit Union was established in 1949 and since then has always had a strong commitment to the community. After all it was the membership and community that started it all back then. LeRoy Credit Union is and autonomous branch that has grown consistently in the past years. That growth is due to the members and their strength and Loyalty to the local Credit Union. In turn the Credit Union is loyal to them and the community and surrounding area. This is shown by supporting the community activities and services not only with cash donations or items but with volunteer time as well. In times of adversary we have pulled together to provide that service again to the area. A most recent example of that is the burning of the LeRoy arena in 2013 we are now getting ready for the new rink to be completed by 2016. That is no small feat for a town of 490 people. The credit union has been there from the start supporting this project financially and also by being on committee for the building and volunteer fund raising.

The board, management and staff have also supported the LeRoy School Floor Project, LeRoy Leisureland Regional Park and numerous smaller events, organizations and service clubs. Often by donation but not just in cash, time and give aways are important part of the sustainability of these projects in small town Saskatchewan.

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Supporting our young people in sport and culture with team jerseys, water bottles and door prizes is important to us. We also support music festivals, Youth Camp sponsorship and sending staff from the credit union to help during camp week which is very rewarding for the staff and camper. We sponsor Grad awards for our future community builders. They are the leaders of tomorrow. As well, we were awarded the 2014 LeRoy School Hall of Fame Award, their way of recognizing our support of the School and its students.

We like to participate in fun events as well such as community Halloween bags and Santa days, themed give aways throughout the year in the office. Member appreciation day is our best day with a barbeque and prizes. If the weather cooperates itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great day of visiting and enjoying a great meal together as a community. Credit Union Day is in October and we like to take the time to recognize our past and look to our future as a credit union. So many more sponsorships of Provincial and National donation campaigns as well are supported by our staff and board alike.

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Looking behind, looking ahead: Small town Sask. looks back at 2015

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By Becky Zimmer Journal Editor What was a highlight for you in 2015: â&#x20AC;&#x153;We didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do much infrastructure in 2015 as weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking towards expanding our lagoon system in 2016 and looking to phase in our reverse osmosis water system. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have a public meeting in March or April to discuss our options. Our ambulance association is

expanding the fire hall to accommodate their equipment in 2016.â&#x20AC;?

- Jennifer Thompson, Lanigan Town Administrator â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Senior Boys won provincials in Volleyball.â&#x20AC;?

- Debra Parry, Village of Annaheim â&#x20AC;&#x153;(We had) a good playground program. Our junior program.â&#x20AC;&#x153; - Laurie Berube, Town of Birch Hills Recreation

Director â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a long road but the community of Nokomis now has a school with a usable gymnasium space.â&#x20AC;?

- Leah Edwards, Councilor for Town of Nokomis â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Lake Lenore Heat wave is special every year.

Hundreds of people come out for the slo-pitch and cabaret.â&#x20AC;?

- Barb Politeski, Lake Lenore, Town Administrator

Small village feel right by the city

By Becky Zimmer Journal Editor Last year was a good year for the Village of Muenster.

With all the residential lots sold in 2015, they are looking for new developments at the west end of town. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This spring weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be starting a new subdivision,â&#x20AC;? says Mayor Reva Bauer.

Fourteen new lots going in for 2016, she says.

Being so close to Humboldt, Muenster has the feel of a small village while still having access to services just 10 kilometres away.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a real compliment to the community, says Bauer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think people really like living small town life with city amenities so close,â&#x20AC;? she says.

Financially, Muenster has been working hard at balancing their budget for the last few years.

This way they are secure without having extreme increases in taxes, says Bauer.

Infrastructure, asset improvements and looking to long term growth and sustainability are some of the goals of Muensterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s city council.

For 2016, there are many infrastructure improvements coming their way, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a long time coming, says Bauer.

There have been a lot of meetings coming to fruition with the Department of Highways. Access into Muenster from Highway 5 is on its way to being improved. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll improve traffic flow and safety for everybody in and around Muenster,â&#x20AC;? Bauer said.

So far, the department has discussed building up the turning lanes, adding new ones and adding flares.

Muenster is waiting to hear

about exact details but they have proposed to fix up both intersections which is very exciting, says Bauer.

There are many other things that Muenster is looking forward to this year, including the Kelly Bates Football Camp. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It always has a great turn out (and) goes over really well.â&#x20AC;?

When it comes to being a unique community, St. Peter â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s College provides that to Muensterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s prairie landscape. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Having St. Peterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s College there is a huge bonus for us. We appreciate having them there.â&#x20AC;?

The community itself is â&#x20AC;&#x153;pretty incredible,â&#x20AC;? says Bauer â&#x20AC;&#x153;Anybody who enjoys community living likes Muenster a whole lot.â&#x20AC;?

With a good 2015 in the books, Bauer is looking forward to what 2016 brings.

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Balance an important part of Cudworth

By Becky Zimmer Journal Editor It is not just about population growth in Cudworth, but the kinds of growth they are seeing, says Mayor of Cudworth, Harold Mueller.

The population of under 30 year olds is around the same population of over 65 year olds.

That is a balance not every town in Saskatchewan can brag about, says Mueller.

Many things are bringing young people back to small town Cudworth, including a diverse economy.

Agriculture, ranching and three extensive livestock operations; hogs, turkeys and chickens, make for plenty of local opportunities.

The seismic industry, oil and gas drilling, is in a downturn which is affecting the five businesses in Cudworth that deals directly with that industry. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are owners here for the last 20 years that have contributed to our economy. Hopefully that will be a turnabout there.â&#x20AC;?

Because of this diversification, businesses still report on doing well in Cudworth. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Businesses report increased business this year in all areas; the lumber yard, the pharmacy, the grocery operation.â&#x20AC;?

This business prosperity can also be seen in the towns infrastructure.

The main access road and main streets have all been repaved, all public buildings have been renovated, and their recreational facilities have been expanded and upgraded.

Five million dollars has been invested into their infrastructure in the past eight years, says Mueller.

The swimming pool was a big upgrade for Cudworth in 2015.

With leaky pipes around the pool, the community took on the task of giving it a complete overhaul from April to July.

This was a huge undertaking for the

community but it was also an incredible show of community support with $300,000 raised for the project, says Mueller. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Most of it (was) carried out by local companies and volunteers who donated their time. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the kind of community we have.â&#x20AC;?

This level of support energizes a community, says Mueller, which shows people how to get the job done by working together.

This community spirit is alive and well in our area, Cudworth exemplifies that in terms of their list of accomplishments.

Visitors continue to comment on the friendliness and attractiveness of the community, says Mueller. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We continue to be seen as progressive. A very attractive community.â&#x20AC;?

This attraction brings in a lot of young people into the area and also because of Cudworthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s full medical services, and recreational facilities.

Cudworth has a full and active arena with minor hockey teams in every age group, including two girls teams, an active curling rink, recreation centre and hall, and a swimming pool, which is one of the few in the area.

Cudworth has also invested in brand new playgrounds that both kids and parents love. Muellerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s son comes in from Saskatoon and he says that they are not even comparable. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He says, they are better than anything they have in the city.â&#x20AC;?

This demonstrates that they want young people to come and stay, says Mueller. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The message is we want you, we need you, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re prepared to provide services that you want.â&#x20AC;?

Full health services is another very appealing service that Cudworth provides, says Mueller.

With full medical and health services, care homes, assisted living homes, and independent living facilities, and six first

responders with their own full ambulance that the RM and town bought to provide assistance. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The ambulance comes out of Wakaw, so they take 10-15 minutes but the first responders are here within minutes.â&#x20AC;?

Families have moved from British Columbia, Ontario, and other places around Canada to live in Cudworth.

When Mueller asks them what brought them there they say it is the level of care and service Cudworth brings.

Arena a big focus for LeRoy

By Christopher Lee Journal Reporter After a devastating 2013 saw the arena in LeRoy burn down and 2014 spent fundraising for a new one, 2015 was a big boost for the town of LeRoy. Construction on the new arena has been ongoing with hopes that it will be completed by the end of 2016.

That was LeRoyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s biggest concern this year says Mayor Brian Thoen. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That was our main focus to get that up and running and everything is progressing really well on that right now, it is been on budget and it is looking really good,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Aside from the arena, LeRoy, like many other communities in the area, spent time and resources focusing on their water system as they installed isolation valves in case of a water main break.

The only other infrastructure work Thoen said the town did was to their roads where they were repairing pavement.

Looking ahead to the rest of 2016 the main focus again is going to be on the arena but Thoen said they are also looking at creating a day care.

LeRoy is a town of 427 people at the 2011 census but Thoen says that it is growing and is now right around 500.

Due to the hog industry, Thoen says more and more families are moving in.

LeRoy also offers tax incentives

on land purchases to encourage new residents, says Thoen. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have advertising on our website and stuff to encourage young people to live in LeRoy,â&#x20AC;? he said.

The town also offers tax incentives for businesses as well.

Thoen says the town does not host events for tourism but says that they do town tours for those interested. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We take them around for visitations, if they want to come in and look around or whatever just being very friendly when they do come in and try and attract them,â&#x20AC;? he said.

LeRoy is also home to a school from kindergarten to grade twelve and the LeRoy Leisureland, which was under new management last year. Thoen says he is looking forward to the Leisureland now that the new managers have had a year of operation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s looking to be very exciting coming up here this year. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s having more things going on out there,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Thoen encourages everyone to come in and take a look around. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Just come in for a drive and have a look around and if you have any questions just stop by the town office and we would be more than happy to sit there and answer questions for people that want to come in and make inquiries about living in our town. It is a safe and secure town,â&#x20AC;? he said.

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By Becky Zimmer Journal Editor With all the services of a city but the small town feel, there is a big appeal to Naicam.

Mayor Rodger Hayward says for a town that size, they have a lot of businesses to service Naicam and surrounding area.

“We’re a community of around 750 people, yet we still have everything you need and can get in a larger centre but with that smaller community feel.”

With two grocery stores, two insurance brokers, a pharmacy, a clinic, garages and car dealerships, Naicam has many amenities that are usually found in larger towns or cities.

Going into Naicam, instead of Humboldt or Melfort is an appeal for people to move into town.

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Looking behind, looking ahead:

what communities are looking forward to in 2016 By christopher lee Journal reporter “We are replacing some sewer line infrastructure. In 2016, we are 100 years old and it’s our 45th hogfest so it’s a pretty big year for us.”

- Lani Best, Engelfeld, Saskatchewan Wynyard is hoping to receive “Higher level government funding for a new arena.”

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“We’ve been very fortunate in the area,” says Hayward The town itself has seen positive growth in the last couple of yours, including some new homes that were built in the last couple of years. Hayward says he is looking forward to more of that in 2016.

Last year saw major upgrades to the recreation facility with improvements to the ice surface to go along with three curling sheets that are still in good condition.

A group of kids in Naicam did their own part in bringing in more recreational options into town. They raised money for a new bike park and presented it to council for approval to build it in Naicam.

“They did a very good job in presenting their case to town council and they went ahead about built (it).” Says Hayward.

Twenty-fifteen planning kicked off for the town’s 95th birthday coming up on the July long weekend.

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By Becky Zimmer Journal Editor Born in Wadena, Deputy Mayor, Conrad Eliason, always wanted to work to contribute to the small town spirit of Wadena.

His town is very fortunate and has a lot of appeal to young families Eliason says, partially because of the Wadena Hospital and other medical amenities, like Weneeda Park Lodge Housing, Pleasant View Care Home, and the Independent Living Facility, are services that not all small towns get for support.

“Because of those facilities we attract people who are wanting to retire, as well as young families with children who want to be close to a hospital.”

(From left to right) Mason Christianson Eliason says the town took ad- (helmet), along with fellow Wadena vantage of the empty United Church Panthers novice teammates, Brighton building to offer more fitness services for the town which will be and Ashton Nakrayko, rest after a hard fought victory over the Foam Lake Flyers opening on Feb. 1.

“We’ll be having a number of at Cameco Hockey Day in Wadena. different organizations in the comphoto courtesy of Conrad Eliason munity that will be able to use that, “A great deal of work is done to promostly for fitness and training.”

The Wadena Players Theatre will be vide facilities and to maintain the infrabring another comedy to town on Mar. structure and provide services for the 5-7. Each night will be different with people. He was impressed with that fact.”

One of the events that could not have a dinner theatre, dessert theatre, and wine and cheese meet the cast pre-show gone off without the work of many volunteers was the Cameco Hockey Day planned.

“This is very well excepted...We usu- in Saskatchewan that happened Jan. 17, including activities planned for Jan. 13. ally sell out on these things.”

Cameco volunteers also spent a lot of Job transfers are normal for Wadena with the schools, SaskPower and SaskEn- time in Wadena contributing their time to ergy moving people around but Eliason the hockey days.

“It was a real bonanza for the town.” does say that Wadena has a stable populaSays Eliason. tion over the past year.

The weekend raised approximately “It is becoming a stable retirement community and also we have a lot of younger $100,000 for the town and Eliason, along with Wadena’s city council, wants to comfamilies moving in.”

Many are impressed with the com- pliment all the volunteers who devoted munity spirit and friendliness of Wadena. hours of work to the events.

Eliason says that Wadena wants to conWadena recently had a long haul trucker retire and he told Eliason that he tinue offering sports programs to youth is impressed with the organizations that all year round. This will put a strong emphasis on their youth, says Eliason. are made up solely of volunteers.

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In 2013, BHP Billiton approved an additional $2.6bn (total approved spending to date of $3.75 bn) to go towards the sinking and lining of both shafts and development of initial surface infrastructure and utilities at the Jansen Project. Since that time, most of the initial surface infrastructure is finished. Completed contractor and Crown Corporation scopes of work include the sewage water treatment plant, water pipeline, power and gas supply, to name a few. With the completion of the Service Shaft permanent headframe and the Discovery Lodge 2,586 bed construction camp, BHP Billiton has taken the opportunity to reduce costs by electing to manage the Jansen Project site ourselves.

Over the past few months, the Project has gone through some cost reduction work. This has not lessened our commitment to our host communities and we will continue to strive to make a positive impact through our active participation in community events and our investment in key community priorities.

Our goal moving forward is to focus on safely sinking and lining the shafts and to complete the studies on the project. The studies are further defining how we intend to design and build Jansen processing facilities and other major infrastructure in a way that maximizes the mine’s value.

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Find us on Facebook Amanda Baldwin-Block and her private practice Metamorphosis Counselling are a new addition to LeRoy. Amanda spent most of her life in Alberta, where she completed grade school, a Bachelor of Arts (Majors in Psychology and English), a Post-Graduate Certificate in Counselling, a Masters in Counselling Psychology, and a Post Masters Certificate focused in Group Counselling.

After grad school, Amanda spent 18 months in Nunavut territory, completing an Internship as a Psychologist. She lived in isolation and learned more about herself than she ever could have imagined. She returned home to the prairies and came to Saskatchewan for her doctoral work. While taking courses in Regina, she met her life partner and have since come to call LeRoy home.

Amanda has practiced in the counselling field for almost ten years and the helping professions more generally for over 15. She has experience working with almost every human “demographic” and always finds herself more drawn to the unique stories of individuals rather than the “categories” we live by.

306.360.7743 Amanda is particularly skilled (experienced) in working with adolescents, female victims of past and/or present violence/abuse, and populations who self-identify as Canada’s First Nations, Metis, and Inuit. Her areas of specialization include crisis and trauma (including critical incident stress debriefing), grief and loss, identity and personal change, and social justice.

Amanda primarily utilizes narrative inquiry/therapy and feminist practice. She has trained in and used solutions focused (brief) therapy, motivational interviewing (primarily with addictions counselling), and cognitive/behavioral therapies.

At the end of the day, Amanda believes that it is the working alliance (relationship) forged between counsellor and “client” that determine the effectiveness of the work.

Today, Amanda works part time as a School Counsellor and also teaches University courses. She has a small private counselling practice out of her home in LeRoy and is available flexibly to talk or meet with you to discuss potential counselling relationships.

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Water upgrades big part of Foam Lake’s 2015

By Christopher Lee Journal Reporter

Foam Lake was busy making upgrades to their water systems in 2015.

They have been working towards replacing all of the valves and crib stops, which will make it easier to isolate a water line break, Mayor Bob Johnson says.

In addition they made improvements to their reverse osmosis water system and added a second well to their system in the event that their first one fails.

The other main infrastructure improvement made by Foam Lake last year was to their streets in accordance to their yearly street maintenance program.

Looking ahead to 2016, Foam Lake plans on continuing to make upgrades to their water systems, which include under ground water and sewer lines, but Johnson says that will depend on funding.

“It is very, very expensive to replace the underground but we are looking to work towards replacing parts that we know might give us some problems,” he said.

This year the street maintenance program is going to look towards sealing a bunch of the streets in town to help maintain the integrity of the pavement.

Foam Lake is not a very large community with a population of 1,148 people according to the 2011 census but Johnson says those numbers have increased over the last several years.

Johnson feels that the town is already a welcoming place to visitors and potential residents.

“We’ve got a very, very clean town

and that makes a difference,” he said.

Johnson says his council is always trying to further promote the town.

“As a council we continue to work towards promoting our town and to making sure that it is a good place to live and raise your kids,” he said.

Johnson pointed to the new state-ofthe-art outdoor water park, recreation facilities and schools as vital attractions for potential new residents.

As for work, Johnson says they can cover some new residents for that as well with their biotech manufacturer, which turns canola into fuel additives and employs over 50 people.

If biotech manufacturing is not your thing then there is always business owning, which Johnson says is another attraction for new residents since the town provides tax incentives to help potential business owners develop their business.

New business owners are not the only beneficiaries from the town either.

“We do as much as we can to maintain the services we have,” said Johnson.

If you are looking for things to do in Foam Lake Johnson says that there is plenty to do.

There is a heritage marsh, a campground and in the winter there is crosscountry ski trails.

Johnson did not stop there when naming things for residents and visitors to do.

“We have a golf driving range and fishing lake, beaches and resort villages,” he said.

Johnson says they promote tourism through Fishing Lake 12 miles north of town. Their population can reach upwards of 5000 people.

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As a facility assistant you will be required to assist operations staff in the day to day operations of the business such as: 1. Unloading & loading trucks 2. Loading rail cars 3. Operation of fertilizer blending equipment 4. Operation of forklift & trackmobile 5. Day to day housekeeping requirements.

We are looking for an individual who is outgoing, able to work within a team environment and understand the importance of customer service. You will also be required to work overtime and shift work in order for the company to meet production requirements. Applicant must have a valid class 5 driver’s license.

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Horizon weekly wrap up for Jan. 25-31

By Christopher Lee Journal Reporter Junior Girls The junior girls had seven games this week with St. Brieux â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bâ&#x20AC;? and Cudworth being the busiest teams with a pair of games each.

The two busiest teams squared off in Cudworth. It was a battle between the leagues highest scoring team, St. Brieux and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lowest, Cudworth where St. Brieux outgunned the undermanned Cudworth offense 52-6.

Looking to keep the momentum rolling, St. Brieux came into Humboldt. They did keep that momentum rolling as they beat the Mohawks 42-36.

In Cudworth, things did not go much better for the Huskies as they managed only a few more points during their 54-10 loss to St. Dominic.

With the win, St. Dominic remains undefeated (4-0) while also keeping Cudworth winless (0-4).

Another game featuring teams heading in opposite directions came in Middle Lake where the undefeated Avengers hosted the winless Humboldt Mohawks.

The teams continued trending in opposite directions after the buzzer sounded due to Middle Lakeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 44-21 victory.

Humboldt based St. Augustine was also in action when they hosted Annaheim.

Both teams came into the matchup with identical 0-3 records meaning one team would

have their first win while the other would remain winless.

It was St. Augustine who came away victorious win a 42-30 win.

Another game featuring teams with opposite records came in Watrous when Strasbourg came to town. Strasbourgâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s defense stifled the Watrous offense all game limiting them to eight points during a 44-8 shellacking.

The junior girlsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; closest game this week came in Foam Lake as Wynyard came to town looking to keep their undefeated record alive but were downed by fellow undefeated team Foam Lake 31-25.

Junior Boys The junior boys had seven games of their own this week with some being nail biters and others being blowouts.

The biggest blowout came in Cudworth where St. Augustine shut down the lowest scoring team in the league with a 46-8 victory.

It was a battle of the Lakeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in Lake Lenore when they hosted Middle Lake. With first place for both teams on the line it was Lake Lenore who emerged victorious with a 57-39 win.

It was a low scoring affair in Humboldt where St. Dominic beat visiting Viscount 28-11.

Looking for their first win, 0-3 Imperial

Lanigan who came out on top, keeping Imperial winless by a score of 48-20.

Lanigan was busy this week as they also played Watrous in a battle for first place. The game turned out to be the junior boysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; closest game as Watrous grabbed first place by eking out a 34-33 win.

The weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s next closest game came in Watson where visiting Foam Lake grabbed a 35-31 victory.

In Wynyard, it was a battle of Wynyard schools as Wynyard Comp tripped up Wynyard Elementary 63-21.

Senior Boys Due to final exams the senior boys have the week off. They return to action on Feb. 2 with a trio of games, St. Brieux travels to Humboldt to take on the Mohawks, Watson travels to Lake Lenore to take on the Lancers and Kawacatoose travels to Watrous to take on the Wildcats.

Senior Girls The senior girls are also off for the week and are scheduled to return to action Feb. 3 when Lake Lenore travels to Middle Lake for a date with the Avengers.

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Lives well lived at the Villa

By Becky Zimmer Journal Editor Recreational workers, Lori Nienaber and Linda Salikin-Dufault are always looking for more ways to entertain residents and their families.

They were very excited to bring in memories from the past in their Hobby/Art Show in St. Mary’s Hall on Jan. 27.

With January being a cold month, this was the perfect time to exhibit the work and lives of 34 of their residents.

Many residents have amazing talents, says SalikinDufault, and they wanted to give them the opportunity to show them off.

A variety of items were on display, including crochet, knitting, paintings, woodworking, gardening, and photography. Residents who did not have particular items to share made a display of photos and books of what they used to do, like welding and inventing.

Nienaber and Salikin-Dufault also brought items from home to give the exhibit an antique look, including a sewing machine from Germany that was Nienaber’s great grandmothers and a rocking chair that was Salikin-Dufault’s baba.

“We wanted them to feel like they were walking into the gallery.”

“They’ve been excited for a month. They couldn’t wait for Christmas to be over,” says Nienaber.

Part of the reason Nienaber and Salikin-Dufault brought in this idea was so that residents could talk about themselves and what they liked to do.

“They’re all beaming because love watching all their stuff,” says Salikin-Dufault.

Seeing all their work on display also brought back good memories for them as they go back to days when the items were made, says Nienaber.

The employees of the Villa also got that chance to get insight into their residents, as well.

“It makes it better when you’re caring for them, instead of just seeing when they’re gone, ‘oh, I didn’t know they did that,’” says Salikin-Dufault.

Villa staff give a little extra when they know more about their residents, says Nienaber.

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the exhibit as they brought in items to be displayed and wrote up biographies on their family members.

“It’s good for the families to be involved with their loved ones.”

Even visitors to the Villa who did not have family as residents were impressed with the display.

Residents are already talking about the next one, says Salikin-Dufault.

Myrna Kosik pushes Marie Kaese around the Hobby/Art Show in St. Mary’s Hall at St. Mary’s Villa on Jan. 27. Thirty-four exhibits were set up to display the hobbies of Villa residents. photo by Becky Zimmer

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Planning for your retirement

BY CHRISTOPHER LEE JOURNAL REPORTER

“It’s never too early to start planning for retirement,” says Leona Wakelam of the LeRoy Credit Union.

Planning for your retirement is an important part of life, especially as time goes on and the rate of inflation continues to grow.

Everyone has expectations of what their retirement is going to be like, which Wakelam says will be drastically different if you don’t start planning early.

“If you want to travel or if you want to maybe buy some retirement property when you’re older if you haven’t made the plan for it and you don’t

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have the funds for it, you’re just not going to be able to enjoy your retirement properly,” she says.

Starting a retirement plan can be intimidating for some people especially if you are not sure what it is or where to start.

There are a number of different ways to start planning for retirement and they range in complexity from very simple to quite complex.

“One example of a very simple plan is just in your budget If you are a monthly income earner and you only have so much money per month to deal with is come up with a dollar amount that you think you can put away and do a monthly contribution to an RRSP,” says Wakelam.

You don’t even have to start big, any little bit helps says Wakelam.

“Even if you can only do smaller amounts then by the time that that person retires you’ll have decent funds to draw from,” she said.

If you are unsure of how or where to start, visit your local financial institution or financial planner and ask them for help.

It is their job so they are the experts.

When starting your retirement planning, it is important to remember that you can receive a

benefit on your taxes for investing in an RRSP and when you get older and no longer have an income you won’t be taxed as much.

Wakelam says she can’t stress enough how important it is to start early and says if you have already started it’s a good idea to reassess your plan every once in a while.

“At any point there is such a range of things that you can do to benefit you when you’re ready for your retirement so start now if you haven’t. Maybe even revisit what you are doing, is it going to be enough or doable?” she said.

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Ray Whitton was just one of five performers that wowed the crowd at the benefit concert put on by the Humboldt and Area Refugee Coalition on Jan. 30 at the Community Gathering Place.

Funds raised will go to the one or two Syrian families that will be sponsored by the coalition and brought to Humboldt. Check out this weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Humboldt Journal for the full story. photo by Becky Zimmer

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