Meridian Source - July 8, 2021

Thursday, July 8, 2021

VOLUME 4 I ISSUE 2

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HERE’S TO A GREAT SUMMER!

With COVID-19 restrictions becoming more relaxed and mandatory masking a thing of the past as of Sunday, this just might be the greatest summer of your life! The Border City has been an exciting place to be these last few weeks, and summer is just beginning.

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Community input welcome for 2022 budget priorities

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The City of Lloydminster is seeking the community’s input on budget priorities as Administration begins preparing the 2022 municipal budget.

Property owners and residents will have the opportunity to share their voice on municipal spending priorities through an interactive, virtual budget engagement process available at YourVoiceLloyd.ca/ Budget2022.

The survey is open from July 2 through Sept. 6.

“Setting priorities is key when developing the budget. We need to balance competing priorities while continuing to provide quality municipal services and keeping taxes affordable,” said Mayor Gerald Aalbers.

“This community engagement opportunity provides property

owners with the chance to weigh in to help influence the allocation of financial resources and to inform administration and city council when future planning and budget considerations.”

The interactive survey invites into seven areas: government services, protective services, transportation services, social programs and services, recreation and cultural services, economic development, and environmental services.

Throughout the interactive survey, based on the 2021 residential mill rate, respondents can: • add their property assessment value to see how increasing or decreasing service levels could affect their potential 2022 municipal taxation rates; • draft, edit and submit a budget and compare against anonymous submissions; and

• engage with other respondents through feedback left on responses.

The City’s budget supports municipal services, such as, but not limited to: • recreation programs and facilities, park amenities, waste collection, snow plowing, roadway maintenance; • capital infrastructure, including roads, pathways and buildings; and • the initiatives outlined in Lloydminster’s 2022-2025 Strategic Plan.

The City has not held an in-person engagement throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

However, City staff are committed to providing open engagement opportunities.

Those who cannot access the online survey may request a physical survey by calling City Hall at 780-875-6184, Ext. 2710.

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Holy Rosary build creates jobs “Those are all spinoff dollars that we

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Lloydminster Catholic School Division board chair, Paula Scott, breaks ground at Holy Rosary High School with support and applause from a number of local dignitaries on June 29.

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On one of the hottest days of the year, a bit of sweat equity went into a sod-turning ceremony to officially start construction on a $10 million expansion at Holy Rosary High School.

Many of the officials on hand for the onsite exercise on June 29 spoke about the project as a sign Lloydminster is continuing to grow and will stimulate the economy.

“I think the local economic impact will be huge,” said Mayor Gerald Aalbers.

“Construction is usually the beginning of further economic growth. I think that this just speaks to it.

“We are a regional centre. Our schools are growing; that’s evident.”

Albers also referenced the ongoing $25 million expansion and renovation at Lloydminster Comprehensive High School as more proof of economic optimism.

“We are seeing two additions to both high schools. Our elementary schools are very well packed, if I may use that term,” he added.

Aalbers says he also appreciates the fact Alberta and Saskatchew a n r e c o g n i z e d t h e need to co-fund the project.

Nigel McCarthy, director of education for the Lloydmin-

ster Catholic School Division (LCSD) sees the expansion at Holy Rosary as an indicator of community growth.

“If we took the students that were in Grade 3 to Grade 7 in our schools and put them in Holy Rosary, there’s nearly 1,200 students,” he said. “It’s auspicious and very hopeful for the future of our community.”

Vermilion-Lloydminster-Wainwright MLA Garth Rowswell noted the first time he stepped into the school it was overflowing with 900 students at 121 per cent of capacity.

“So the need for an expanded area was obvious,” he said.

Construction actually preceded the sod turning with crews and equipment getting a jumpstart on the parking lot and the beginning of infrastructure.

“As we move through the year that will accommodate our ability to put work trailers and then start construction in the parking lot and this area where we are standing right now,” said McCarthy.

Lloydminster MLA Colleen Young set the scene for what’s to come at the construction site.

“Soon this site will be bustling with construction crews and machinery as this project takes shape,” she said.

“Where we see a roof, will be transformed into a second

storey providing 16 new classrooms.”

Young noted the project will also provide students with an expanded library, a commons area and a practical applied arts section.

She also applauded the role of Grade 10 student Nathan Eckel, who produced 3D conceptual drawings of the new spaces using suggestions from students in LCSD. “To see that our students are involved in designing what their future education would be, is just phenomenal,” added Young.

McCarthy specifically noted the addition at the south end of the school will house science labs, innovation labs and a kinesiology centre modelled on the University of Waterloo.

“It will have expanded space for students to sit, to con-

template, to think and perhaps, more importantly, in these days, it will have a centre for Truth and Reconciliation, which we hope the entire community comes behind and supports,” said McCarthy.

He says the other side of the school will accommodate future welders and millwrights.

“We hope to have biomechanics at a level unimaginable in most high schools,” he added.

Aalbers says a project like this is a big undertaking that will generate additional economic spinoffs.

“We’re going to see dollars spent with the contractors that come to town that they bring in,” he said.

“They’re going to be using the hotels; they’re going to be eating in our restaurants; they’ll be buying local supplies,” he said.

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Benson feted for Rotary role

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Darryl Benson will remember his last day as president of the Rotary Club of Lloydminster by leading the first in-person meeting of his term.

“The highlight of the year for me was getting back to an in-person meeting—my last meeting of the year and seeing everybody’s smiling face,” he said following the Monday lunch meeting at the Lloydminster Exhibition Grounds.

He also got to present a cheque for $2,000 to the Bike for Breakfast program before turning over the presidency to Tara Ferguson for her one-year term.

The donation followed a project update from guest speakers, teachers Natalie Wiebe and Becky Grassl, from their respective Lloydminster public and Catholic school divisions.

The cheque brought the fundraising total for school meals to roughly $275,000.

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The highlight of the year for me was getting back to an in-person meeting—my last meeting of the year and seeing everybody’s smiling face.

“The Bike for Breakfast was a big success and we just wanted to help top up their amount because they did a heck of a job this year,” said Benson.

He was also on hand to witness the swearing-in of new Rotary club member Teri-Lynn Mackie.

Rotarian Jason Whiting wouldn’t let Benson go with some parting words of thanks.

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Rotary Club of Lloydminster president Darryl Benson was all smiles to lead his first in-person meeting of the year on the last day of his one-year term.

“For you during this president’s year, it’s been so challenging,” said Whiting.

“I see it from the other clubs and all that—sometimes you’ve given the cards you’re dealt. You pulled through tremendously; you kept everybody coming to Zoom; you kept the meetings running, and I think we owe you another round of applause.”

The applause morphed into a standing ovation for a job well done with Benson’s wife, Nancy, sharing the moment.

“That was unexpected for sure, but much appreciated,” said Benson.

“Our club’s a pretty tight-knit group and I

was glad to lead them this year.”

Looking back, he called it an interesting year.

“I wasn’t expecting it to go quite the way it did, but COVID threw a curveball at us.

“We had a lot of Zoom meetings and we had a lot of non-in-person events, but we were able to act as a community service club, whether that’s volunteering with masks or raising money for the Dream Vacations which was successful, or the Christmas auction,” he said.

Benson says the Rotary club has been happy to help and serve the community through COVID, including donating to the Lloydminster Health Region Foundation for some of their COVID relief or any other reasons to help the community out.

“That’s what the service club is there for and we are able to do that this year,” he said.

He went on to say the club will be in good hands under the leadership of Ferguson.

“She’s going to do a great job. I expect nothing but good things for Tara and the club’s looking forward to her year,” said Benson.

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Cancer fighter riding for Braxton GEOFF LEE

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Jarrod Russell broke his collarbone earlier this spring, but that won’t stop him from taking part in his sixth annual Great Cycle Challenge to raise money to fight kids’ cancer.

The 45-year-old Lloydminster resident plans to ride his special bike every day in August for a total of 1,200 kilometres in support of the SickKids Foundation.

He will also be raising additional funds to support the family of a young boy from Alabama named Braxton Weidman, who has a rare and aggressive form of brain cancer.

“I’m riding for Braxton,” he said during a training ride at Bud Miller All Seasons Park on June 30.

“This is my third ride.

I broke my collarbone on April 29 and I’m just getting used to the feeling of getting back on the ride and riding around.”

He calls his injury motivation to raise money for kids with cancer like Braxton.

“I’m going to raise some money for him during the month of August,” said Russell.

Ever since Russell’s sister Tanya Roberson sent him a video link about the story of eight-year-old Braxton, he knew he had to do something for that family and got in touch with the youngster’s dad.

“Just watching the video, my eyes teared up,” said Russell.

“I know I’m riding for SickKids in Canada, but there’s kids around the world that have cancer.

“It broke my heart that he’s going through the same cancer I had when I was a young boy.”

Russell has been the top cycle challenge fundraiser in Canada for the past five years and could hold on to that title this year as community support for his campaign builds.

One of Russell’s other sisters, Lana

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Local kids’ cancer fighter Jarrod Russell broke his collarbone in April, but that won’t stop him from raising funds for the SickKids Foundation during the Great Cycle Challenge, by riding 1,200 kilometres in August. He will also raise funds separately for the Alabama family of eightyear-old Braxton Weidman, who has the same kind of brain cancer Russell had as a kid.

Lane, is helping to organize a series of summer fundraisers.

“We are tentatively planning a family ride on Aug. 29,” said Lane.

“That would be a day where families could come out and support Jarrod on the ride. We’ll do a little bit of a fundraiser that day.”

She says from now until then, her brother “has really tied into Braxton,” who they could call the poster child of this year’s cycle challenge.

“As Jarrod said, it’s definitely the cycle challenge for Canada, but kids all across the world are suffering from cancer.

“The story of little Braxton just touched Jarrod.”

Lane says her family plans to fly to Alabama to meet Braxton and his parents in person this fall.

Lane says a lot of the fundraising they’ll be doing throughout the summer will be for Braxton and the Great Cycle Challenge.

“We’ll decide what amount is going to Braxton and what amounts are going to the cycle challenge,” explained Lane.

“We are very pleased with the community.

The word is getting out.

“Boston Pizza has stepped up, Sellers RV

has stepped up. These are community businesses who have come and sought out Jarrod

to have specific fundraisers at their locations for this specific cause.”

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CWC releases ESGc report

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CWC Energy Services Corp., which provides well drilling and well services in Lloydminster, has released its first-ever Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report.

The new ESG report, issued by the Calgarybased company in June, covers performance metrics for its 2018 to 2020 fiscal and calendar years.

“In this inaugural ESG report, CWC’s objective is to highlight our company’s ESG profile using the framework established by the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board for Oil and Gas Services,” said Duncan Au, president and chief executive officer.

“This allows us to identify, manage and report on material ESG factors specific to our industry.”

CWC provides contract drilling and well services to exploration and production companies in the oil and natural gas industry

in Alberta, and more recently in the United States.

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This allows us to identify, manage and report on material ESG factors specific to our industry.

On the environment front, CWC operates a fleet of drilling rigs, service rigs and swabbing rigs throughout Alberta with a reduced footprint.

The company’s new fleet of nine telescopic double drilling rigs cut well drilling time by about 50 per cent over historic levels and decreases the land footprint by about 30 per cent compared to typical AC triple rigs.

Almost all of CWC’s 145 service rigs have free-standing systems, thereby eliminating the need for ground disturbance from guyed wires. This results in stability of the mast

while removing a safety hazard on the job site.

CWC has also switched 85 per cent of their facilities in North America to lower consumption diode lighting and is looking at more ways to further reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The company is exploring everything from replacing diesel rig fuel with natural gas, and upgrading engines to installing hydrogen fuel cells on drilling rigs.

On the social side, CWC makes an effort to employ local individuals, contractors and service companies within the areas they operate.

In 2021, 7.1 per cent of all CWC employees and contractors identify as Indigenous (First Nations, Métis, or Inuit).

CWC is also committed to creating a safe and ethical work environment for our shareholders, customers and local communities as part of its corporate governance.

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RCMP and peace officers pumped for positive ticketing MERIDIAN SOURCE STAFF

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The Lloydminster RCMP and Peace Officers will be on patrol watching for youth doing good deeds around the Border City this summer.

Teaming up with Beyond Borders Circle of Change and the Lloydminster & District Co-op, the Lloydminster RCMP and the City of Lloydminster’s Peace Officers will be issuing Positive Tickets.

Not only will youth receive positive tickets, but they will also receive a Co-op voucher

for a free Co-op Big Cool or Co-op ice cream cone to recognize their positive acts. Vouchers are redeemable at all four Lloydminster Co-op gas bar locations This event will run all summer long, so give a big wave to your local officers and do your part to make your community the best place to be this summer; officers will be on the lookout.

The Lloydminster RCMP wants to give Beyond Borders Circle of Change a big shoutout, a community coalition dedicated to creating a culture of a safe

and caring community.

Beyond Borders’ goal is to empower individuals to ‘be the change they wish to see in the world and create long-term positive change!

The Coalition members include representation from Lloydminster Public School Division, Lloydminster Catholic School Division, Saskatchewan Health Authority, Alberta Health Services, MHCB SHINE, Lloydminster Community Youth Centre, Lloydminster Sexual Assault Services and the Canadian Red Cross.

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On Saturday, July 3 around 6:45 p.m., Turtleford RCMP officers responded to a complaint of two people in distress in the water on Turtle Lake, off the shore on Thunderchild First Nation.

Investigation reveals that 51-yearold Laverna Starr-Thunderchild had been swimming and began to struggle. Raymond Bruce Thunderchild, 60, went in to assist, and began to struggle as well. Others nearby brought the male and female, both unresponsive, to shore. They were

RUSSELL FROM PAGE 5

She said Sellers is planning to hold a barbecue in the coming weeks.

Lane says every year, her family is in awe of the community support and every year, there are so many people that get behind Russell and his cause.

Russell was diagnosed with a brain tumour

declared deceased by EMS. Both the male and the female are from Thunderchild First Nation. Their families have been notified.

No foul play is suspected.

when he was just four and is still dealing with the side effects of his cancer treatment.

He has epilepsy and partial paralysis on his right side and limited movement of his arm, fingers and legs.

He is getting a new electric-assist bike soon—but it could hard for him to let go of his recumbent bike.

“He’s very comfort-

able with the bike he has now that he’s been riding for the last five years,” said Lane.

“It will be a bit of a transition for him.

He’s happy to just be out with this one right now.”

It was a hot day to be out for a bike last week, but Russell said he goes through the spray every second time around the lake to “cool me down.”

Lloydminster RCMP Const. Melanie Flynn is excited for this summer’s positive ticketing campaign. Supplied Photo

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Small annoyances

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PRAIRIE WOOL HELEN ROW TOEWS

There are always irritants in life.

Some may come in the form of flying insects such as a mosquito whining in your ear at bedtime, while others may be larger and involve government policies, potholes or perhaps the absence of a clean spoon.

We all have ‘em.

Here are a few of mine you might also find relatable.

Every spring I fight with Barn Swallows. I mean this in the truest sense of the word as I can be seen (with a decent pair of binoculars) shaking an angry fist at them, and rushing from one end of my covered deck to the other, most often brandishing a broom in pursuit of the silly birds.

Why, oh why, do they persist in choosing a spot to build their nest, right where we sit to have a morning coffee on our veranda?

In order to prevent it, I stand guard, broom in hand, yelling at them.

“Get the heck away from here!” I holler menacingly. “There’s a perfectly good barn just over there.”

I point dramatically toward the cattle shed not 50 paces away.

“You are Barn Swallows are you not? So go

to the BARN.” But do they listen? No. I hate flies. If I previously offended any swallow lovers, perhaps we can all agree on this?

A lazy fly buzzing past, as you sit sipping drinks in the shade, paints a heartwarming picture, but when there’s 3,246 of the bloody things, all trying desperately to get inside your house, or swarming into clusters on that same, highlysought-after deck, it becomes another matter altogether.

Unbeknownst to me, last year my husband hung several, super sticky fly traps to deal with them. There’s nothing quite like lunging out the door on your way to work and running flat into one of those suckers.

“HELP!” I screamed as the sticky tape and roughly 456 dead flies immediately attached themselves to my head.

Along this theme, I recently prepared myself a lovely cup of green tea and bore it with a pleased smile to my desk.

Everything was great until the very last gulp, when I felt some unknown object enter my mouth.

I even swilled it around experimentally for a few seconds before hurriedly spitting it into the bathroom sink.

There, on his back, lay an enormous, bluebottle fly. ACK! (One might speculate that maybe if I did the dishes more often, or had examined the aforementioned teacup prior to the preparation of tea, none of this would have happened.

I prefer to think the fly died there on purpose to torment me.)

Lastly, I would like to formally lodge a complaint against annoying sounds.

I take issue with repetitive tapping of foot or pencil during quiet time, vehicles or doors with squeaky parts that no amount of oil will cure, and the open-mouthed and loud smacking of lips during meals. (Also, of husbands who have the lifelong habit of sucking air through a gap in their teeth. Not naming any names).

However, and I must repeat this word—however, small annoyances are just that—small.

In the long run, does it really matter if a bird poops piles on my deck, from a point just over my head?

Can I deal with a big bluebottle in my beverage, or fly glue that gums up my hair for five months? How about a few irritating sounds? Can I cope with them? Sure. And maybe I’ll somehow be the better for it if I do.

Although I doubt it.

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From the sidelines

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WHISPERS OF THE PAST SANDRA L. BROWN

From the early days of settlement, Lloydminster had its fair share of controversial topics for folks to talk about.

Hot topics included the Meridian Bridge, hard surfacing of roads, access to water and sewer issues.

For most folks, Herd Law and the amalgamation were at the top of their list.

Currently at the top of my list would be the need to pre-plan your driving route ... again.

I never realized what a privilege it is to turn left until I’m faced with yet another “do not turn left” symbol or detour sign.

It seems like we’ve hardly had a chance to welcome the return of warm weather and now it’s construction season … again!

The Lloydminster Times office was a gathering place for folks as were other businesses.

Many heated discussions took place. J. G. Willard, J. A. Jacobs, Charlie Tasker, the town constable, the land agent and “Bob” Thompson debated both for and against the Herd Law, Fence Law

and range questions in regards to raising cattle.

J. H. “Shamus” McCormick was an auctioneer and his hobby was carving wood.

His fellow Irishman, W. A. Adams, was a lawyer with Messrs, Lisle and Ousley.

The fire hall was next door to the Times office and the bell was only rung at noon by the Town Constable or used as a fire alarm.

One day it rang before noon and folks weren’t sure if the constable’s watch was wrong or if there was actually a fire.

Seconds later Adams rushed through the back door of the Times office and hid beneath the printing press before the town constable could find him. It was yet another one of his pranks.

At some point, these two men were annoyed with something printed in the newspaper.

Shortly after, Ichabod was written in large 10-inch letters above the office doorway.

It was never proven who actually did this, although most folks considered them responsible.

The word, Ichabod, has varied meanings, including expressing regret at a loss of high standards. Allegedly,

these men made their point.

The Lloydminster Times also included news from the surrounding area through a number of loyal column contributors who went by names such as Old Mike and Old Hayseed. They argued with each other in print on various topics.

The column written

by Peeping Tom was popular because of his Scottish humour.

In sports, fans often express from the sidelines how t hey know more than the officiators.

This isn’t anything new, and in 1907 the editor printed many off-handed comments aimed at folks.

“We have had conversations with a large number of persons regarding grading going on in town. Up to the present, there are 101 who are of the opinion that they could improve on the job.”

The more folks accomplish, the less time they’ll have to talk about it.

Each of us is responsible to do good based on our abilities.

Those on the sidelines will exercise their right to talk but not to state whose abilities are the largest or more significant.

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EDITOR Taylor Weaver

June 20, 2013, is a date I may as well get tattooed somewhere on my body, but that would be overkill as I’ll never forget it.

This was the day southern Alberta started sinking, and I really didn’t want to swim.

I had moved to High River, Alta. at the end of March, only three weeks after a sevenmonth stint on a cruise ship as a photographer, and boy oh boy was I excited to start my first full-time job at a newspaper.

This was also a big moment because, despite the fact I had just been to 10 countries in seven months aboard the Navigator of the Seas, this was the first time I would move away from home and actually have a fixed address.

Mom and dad were a bit sad, and my brother, … well, he may or may not have been excited to make the drive to Alberta with me, to then hop on a plane and fly home.

My first day of work at the High River Times was April 1, no joke. Fast forward to June 20. I was woken up by a phone call from my editor and was told “we’re in a state of emergency and under flood watch.”

This being my inaugural fulltime job at a newspaper, at first, I was excited at the thought of covering some hard-hitting news … but it didn’t take long for the reality of what was happening to set in and things became very, very real.

I went out to shoot photos around 10:30 a.m., and by 1 p.m. I decided it was time to get to my apartment and see how things were looking.

My basement suite was still dry, but I knew it wouldn’t take long for that to change.

I packed as much as I could into a 75-litre hiking backpack, grabbed my gear and headed out the door.

It’s also worth noting that by the time I left my apartment there was water flowing down the walls after coming in through the window.

That’s when this photo you see here was taken by my buddy and then-Globe and Mail freelance photographer, Chris Bolin. After crossing the street, which was now a river with some pretty intense current, I asked Chris, “what do I do now,” to which he replied, “keep shooting.”

It’s now raining pretty hard, like the rain Forrest Gump encountered in Vietnam, and I find myself carrying around the majority of my personal belongings and a ton of camera gear.

The photos I took after leaving my apartment were the best of the day, and that was just the beginning.

Flood coverage in the High River Times would continue for over a year, and for me, it was coverage that hit home because not only was I interviewing displaced families during some tough times, I too was living that displaced reality.

I lost the majority of what was left in my apartment, including camera gear and a laptop, but the silver lining for me was

the fact my retainer and Canada Goose jacket somehow survived.

I’ve had that retainer since my braces came off when I was in Grade 7 ... talk about a longterm relationship!

One aspect of that day I will never forget was trying to get my mom on the phone to let her know what was going on, and of course, to also reassure her I was OK. It seemed like everyone and their dog was trying to make phone calls though, as I could barely get a call out.

“It’s like a war zone, and the water is really cold,” were the words I said to her after finally getting a call through.

The 2013 southern Alberta flooding is just one of many examples of how wild Mother Nature can be.

As I write this there are currently over 200 active fires in B.C. and the stories coming out of those out-of-control fires really pull on the heartstrings.

The heat wave we in the Border City experienced last week sparked this column idea, and if you’re like me and don’t have air conditioning, I’m sure I’m not alone when I say it felt amazing to open the windows and let the cool breeze in on Sunday night!

I could talk about my flood experience and how much I sweat last week in that heat for days, but the moral of the story here is, never underestimate Mother Nature’s power, if you’re in a situation where it feels like it’s the end of the world, things will get better, and last but certainly not least, always have tenant insurance!

Until next time.

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Opinion

Leeway from Lloyd: Staycation in Lloyd STAFF WRITER GEOFF LEE

This week I am having a staycation in keeping with pandemic recovery trends.

The main reason though is I am broke or badly bent. I also have nowhere to go this month.

In August, I plan to compete in a 100 km bike race against the clock in Drumheller and another 100 km dash in Drayton Valley in September, but those are just one-night day trips.

I had hoped to zip over to Banff, but with everyone clamouring to be outdoors with COVID restrictions lifting, there probably isn’t a single campsite available in Canada.

If I win the lottery I could book a “seat” on one of those upcoming balloon trips to

the edge of space on the Spaceship Neptune.

The first unmanned test flight took place on June 18 from Florida.

Reservations can be booked for a flight in 2024 for $125,000 per person. I’ll take two in case I get space sickness!

Until then, I hope to snag a cheap campsite in the pines for a couple of days here on ground level, but it looks like I am out of luck until next summer.

That’s okay since I am not really a big vacation person anyway. Being single, I prefer to enter a sporting event.

Before I was diagnosed with four herniated discs in 2006, I would enter a running race just about every second week during the season. I did the New York, Chicago and Toronto marathons and a couple of triathlons in B.C. It was a great way to spend

File Photo time with like-minded people. One of my favourite races was running the Grand Coulee Dam with a buddy of mine from Nelson B.C. It was hotter than Hades that day and a heck of a long drive to get there and back

in the same day. It was also a lot of fun travelling to the 12K Bloomsday Run in Spokane, Wa. every year and tackling Doomsday Hill!

The last time I ran it, which was in 1988, about 50,000 runners took part.

Cycling events are more expensive to enter than running events, but they are way cheaper than booking a dodgy balloon into space and you can fly down the road on the seat of your pants.

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Chemical-free weed control GREEN FILE MARK & BEN CULLEN

Sometimes you can have it both ways.

You can have a weedfree garden without the use of herbicides.

First, chemical-free weed control is possible if you relax your standards somewhat.

Secondly, there are tactics to a relatively weed-free and chemical-free garden. Here are our favourites: Crop rotations minimize weed pressure in the veggie garden before it even happens.

If you have been growing tomatoes on the same patch of bare soil for many years, a bank of weed seeds will have accumulated over time which can compete easily with your tomatoes.

Try sowing a cover crop in that section, such as

an alfalfa or clover mix, which will out-compete the weeds for a season while building up the soil again by fixing nitrogen out of the atmosphere.

Competition. Plant higher densities of the plants you want, and it will be harder for weeds to take over.

Mulch. Proven to reduce weed pressure by up to 90 per cent and reduce watering by up to 70 per cent. Mark prefers 2 to 3 inches of shredded bark mulch whereas Ben prefers straw, whatever your preference it will minimize weeds.

Solarizing. Where you have a stubborn patch of weeds, like twitch grass or Canada thistle, you can literally bake them out of existence.

This takes patience.

The trick is having full sunlight, as you are harnessing the sun’s rays

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to burn them off. Use a sheet of clear greenhouse plastic at least 3 mm thick and secure it down over the area for 8 to 12 weeks during the hottest part of the summer – July is a great time for the job. Temperatures can exceed 49oC which will also wipe out soil-borne diseases and pests.

Burning weeds, it is easy to overkill. Weed torches have been around a long time and many people have had mixed success – often because they want to scorch the plants to the ground. Not necessary. Simply pass over the green weeds slowly, enough to burst the leaf cell walls. They will wilt in a few days. Repeat this process a few times until the plant has run out of energy. Tip: Mark uses a two-wheeled cart to mount the propane cylinder on.

Electronic weed zappers follow a similar premise to the propanepowered weed torches but run on a high-voltage electric current, where an electronic wick drives a current through the plant, bursting cell walls. While the consumer-friendly zappers we have seen look sketchy to outright dangerous, this is a somewhat common practice in organic farming where implements can run off the power of a tractor. As one of Cullen’s Foods organic bean growers put it, “smells like a vegan barbeque!”

Delicious.

Chemical-free herbicides such as horticultural vinegar (which contains acetic acid) can show some immediate effect but in our experience are not effective long-term and requires regular reapplication. As these things go, “the dose is the poison” and it begs

Supplied Photo the question- is such a high volume of vinegar good for your soil? We do not have a scientifically proven answer, but we would rather not have it.

Hoeing - you have one in their tool shed but avoid using it. Here is the rub: the earlier you remove weeds with a sharp hoe, the less work you will have pulling them later. The secret to successful weeding is to sharpen your hoe and use it

while weeds are young.

This time of year, the weed seedlings that are sprouting in your garden will die when you cut them down and leave them exposed to the sun to bake for a few hours.

Repeat the treatment every two or three weeks to keep weeds under control and you will never have to hurt your back yanking on a deeply rooted burdock again.

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Last week in the field: Sask crop report MERIDIAN SOURCE STAFF

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The majority of crops in the province are in fair to good condition. Provincially, 56 per cent of the fall cereals, 61 per cent of the spring cereals, 58 per cent of the oilseed crops and 60 per cent of the pulse crops are at their normal stages of development for this time of year.

Most of the province received rainfall this week, but it was not enough to improve soil moisture conditions or to offset the effects of the current heat wave.

Cooler temperatures and a good widespread rain are needed for the entire province.

Rainfall in the province ranged from nothing to 28 mm in the

Vonda area. Moisture levels sharply declined this week.

Cropland topsoil moisture is rated as zero per cent surplus, 31 per cent adequate, 42 per cent short and 27 per cent very short.

Hay and pasture land topsoil moisture is rated as zero per cent surplus, 24 per cent adequate, 36 per cent short and 40 per cent very short.

Haying operations are off to a delayed start in the province due to cool temperatures and moisture limitations early in the season.

For most producers, this year’s hay crop did not reach a satisfactory quantity or quality.

Hay quality is currently rated as seven per cent excellent, 38 per cent

File Photo good, 45 per cent fair and 10 per cent poor.

Producers hope that the heat will break.

Rain is needed to improve crop and pas-

ture growth, especially in the areas that did not receive much rain prior to this week.

The majority of crop damage reported was

from the heat, dry winds, extremely dry soil conditions, insects and gophers.

Producers are busy finishing crop herbicide

applications, moving cattle to market, scouting for pests and fixing equipment and beginning haying operations in some areas.

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Beach volleyball cool for summer TAYLOR WEAVER

EDITOR

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With everything that’s happened in the past 16 months, the question wasn’t when they’d be able to play, it was if they’d be able to play.

However, the Lloydminster Beach Volleyball Club was pleased they’d be able to hit the sand this summer as COVID restrictions loosen.

The club hosted its first inter-club tournament of the summer on June 27 at the beach volleyball courts at Bud Miller All Seasons Park, which proved to be a fun afternoon for the whole family.

“When we do these tournaments the parents all come out, and I think right now they all just miss watching

their kids play, to be honest with you,” said the club’s head program coach Matt Peck.

Peck, who hails from Melbourne, Australia, and played indoor volleyball with the Lakeland College Rustlers for four seasons, started the club four years ago with his mate and former teammate, Jean Carlo (JC) Funez, who serves as the club’s assistant coach.

“Me and JC started this program four years ago, so this is our fourth summer doing it,” said Peck.

“We had 11 kids our first year and it’s just grown and grown since then. We have 68 registrations this year and we do a seven-week program.”

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first of three inter-club tournaments of the summer and a great way for indoor volleyball players to keep their skills sharp in the offseason.

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We had 11 kids our first year and it’s just grown and grown since then. We have 68 registrations this year and we do a sevenweek program.

“They all come and play twice a week and then we run three interclub tournaments, so these are all kids from Lloyd and they’re using this club for training,” said Peck.

“A lot of them want to go play provincials, some want to go to play nationals, so this is a way for them to compete against each other, and then we’ll also have a few teams go on to compete at a higher level.

“A lot of them hadn’t really played beach volleyball, and it’s not really a huge sport in Lloyd. Most of them are indoor players that are using this as a way to play in the summer.”

Peck played for the Lakeland College Rustlers’ men’s volleyball

Members of the Lloydminster Beach Volleyball Club were trying to keep their feet cool at Bud Miller All Seasons Park during an inter-club tournament on June 27.

Taylor Weaver Meridian Source team through his years of eligibility.

“I was there for five years total and got my Bachelor of Commerce as a finance major,” he

said. “I got my degree and graduated, so I think I’m done. The young guys coming through there are pretty darn awesome players,

which is great.”

Peck also just recently accepted an offer to assistant coach the Rustlers’ women’s volleyball team next year.

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Chance Thomson flies around the barrels on Championship Sunday during heat eight of the WPCA’s stop in Dewberry this past weekend. Taylor Weaver Meridian Source

Chucks return to Dewberry MERIDIAN SOURCE STAFF

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The World Professional Chuckwagon Association (WPCA) made its highly-anticipated return to Dewberry this past weekend for four days of racing, and on Championship Sunday, Layne MacGillivray took home the $25,000 prize.

Kris Molle may have crossed the finish line .2 seconds ahead of MacGillivray, but an OMB (outrider missed barrel) resulted in a two-second for Molle, crowning MacGillivray the weekend’s champion.

The WPCA’s next stop is in High

WPCA driver Layne MacGillivray.

River, Alta. for the Battle of the Foothills, which is scheduled for July 16-18.

The Canadian Professional Chuckwagon Association is in the Border City from July 11-19 for the North American Chuckwagon Championships. Tickets and more information are available at lloydexh.com.

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Careers

Working with Mother Nature and technology MIDWEST MINUTE VERN McCLELLAND

In farming, just when you think you have it figured out, someone comes along with

another innovation.

Our family has a livestock operation that requires us to carefully monitor not only the health of the animals under our care, but also to ensure they receive a balanced diet year-

round.

Now, one of the nice things about cattle is their robust digestive system with an inherent ability to convert grass into milk and steak.

In our part of North America, pasture is simply not available at certain times of the year, so the harvesting, storage, and distribution of alternate feedstuffs are necessary.

Back in the day, ranchers would cut hay and pile it in the field to be hauled home by horse-drawn sleigh in the winter. Forking hay over their head onto a hayrack each day kept them in shape; no additional exercise was necessary.

As cereal crop production took on greater prominence, an oat crop

would be seeded, some of which would be cut and bundled by a binder as “green feed” and the rest left to mature into grain and straw.

I hate to admit it, but I am actually old enough to have been sent out to stook bundles one fall when the ground was so wet it appeared to be the only way we would get our feed in was to leave the square baler in the shed.

When I graduated high school, the mowerconditioner and round baler were just coming into their own, but it was too late for me though, as we stacked over 10,000 square bales in +30C weather that summer.

Swath grazing became popular with a

cereal crop swathed late in the fall to allow cows to find their meal under light snow cover.

My uncle was one of the first in the district to adopt the practice, but he simply said it allowed him to go deer hunting when the season opened!

Today, many cow-calf producers seed corn for winter grazing and supplement it with freechoice minerals.

For backgrounding and custom feeding operations like ours, silage is king, whether it be corn or cereal grain in origin.

Tonight, I learned at least one progressive feedlot operator is piloting a hemp/pea mixture to maximize the amount of protein and dietary fibre available.

Last week I spoke with a client who has utilized hybrid fall rye in their regenerative agricultural program.

Seed in mid-summer, graze once in the fall,

then silage or harvest late the next spring in time to plant a second short-season cereal.

We stumbled on to cover crops for late su mme r /f a l l gr a z i ng when converting tired hay land back to cultivated acres by using a “cocktail” mix of plants including turnips, radishes, and assorted annuals.

Our cow/calf pairs came off their summer pasture and proceeded to munch on the twofoot-high offering until all that was left was ground which looked like it had been rototilled for a garden.

So much to learn, so little time!

Vern McClelland is an associate broker with RE/MAX of Lloydminster and an active partner in his family’s livestock operation.

Comments on this article are welcome either by emailing vernmcclelland@remax.net or calling 306-821-0611.

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SGI reports strong financial results in a challenging year MERIDIAN SOURCE STAFF

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While the COVID-19 pandemic posed significant challenges, the Saskatchewan Auto Fund and SGI CANADA remain resilient and financially strong, according to SGI’s annual reports which were tabled today in the provincial Legislature.

The Saskatchewan Auto Fund is the selfsustaining, compulsory auto insurance plan administered by SGI on behalf of the province.

Exceptionally strong investment earnings and lower-than-anticipated collision claims enabled the Auto Fund to provide SGI’s largest ever rebate program to registered vehicle owners, and implement enhanced injury benefits for its most seriously injured customers. In addition, SGI focused on promoting traffic safety, through campaigns like “Could You Live With Yourself?” and “Everything Else Can Wait.”

“The past year demonstrated that SGI can adapt quickly to serve its customers,” said Minister Responsible for SGI Don Morgan.

“Like most businesses, the COVID-19 pandemic tested SGI in new ways, and I’m proud of how the company worked to put the safety of customers and staff first, while still managing to be fiscally stable and responsible.”

Other Auto Fund highlights for 2020-21 include: - $285.0 million in rebates to customers; - $785.5 million in claims paid; - $988.7 million in gross premiums written; - $156.9 million in discounts to customers through the Safe Driver Recognition (SDR) and Business Recognition programs; - $18.9 million in net

storm claims; Saskatchewan became the first jurisdiction in Canada to offer Mandatory EntryLevel Training (MELT) online for Class 1 (commercial) drivers; $1.3 million was provided to 116 communities across the province, through the Provincial Traffic Safety Fund Grant, to fund traffic safety projects like speed display signs, crosswalk and intersection improvements, speed bumps and more; - Saskatchewan was the first province to resume driver’s licence road tests, keeping applicants and examiners safe by using an innovative trail vehicle method; and - Continued progress on traffic safety, with 2020 recording the second-lowest number of auto collision fatalities in Saskatchewan in the last six decades.

SGI CANADA sells property and casualty insurance in the competitive markets of Saskatchewan, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario and British Columbia.

In 2020-21, SGI CANADA’s financial performance was very strong, allowing SGI CANADA to provide a record $87.0 million dividend to the Government of Saskatchewan.

“SGI CANADA exceeded its targets in the past fiscal year, but along with a strong financial performance, the company also found new ways to care for its customers,” Morgan said.

“The company implemented relief measures in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, offering customers deferrals and alternative payment options, as many faced uncertain financial situations.”

Highlights for SGI CANADA in 2020-21 include: - $172.1 million net

income, with a pre-tax return on equity of 43.1 per cent; - Record underwriting results led by oper-

ations outside of Saskatchewan; - $128.7 million in investment earnings; - $1.1 billion in direct

premiums written, including $445.6 million (42 per cent) written outside Saskatchewan; - $78.4 million in

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Fire ban issued for all of Saskatchewan Due to hot, dry conditions and an extreme

fire risk that covers most of the prov-

ince, the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency

(SPSA) has issued a provincial fire ban

for Crown lands, provincial parks and the Northern Saskatchewan Administration District, effective immediately.

The fire ban includes any open fires, controlled burns and fireworks.

Many municipalities already have fire bans in place. The SPSA encourages all municipalities to examine the fire risk in their area.

“We know that this is a popular weekend for camping and outdoor activities, but due to the extreme conditions across the province, implementing a fire ban was a necessary decision,” SPSA Vice-President of Operations Steve Roberts said.

There are currently 18 wildfires burning in the province. To date, Saskatchewan has had 202 wildfires, which is slightly over the fiveyear average of 195.

Anyone who spots a wildfire can call 1-800667-9660, dial 9-1-1 or c o ntac t th e i r c l o se st SPSA Forest Protection Area office.

People can find the latest fire risk maps and municipal fire ban map at www.saskatchewan.ca/fire.

Established in 2017, the SPSA is a Treasury Board Crown Corporation responsible for emergency management, Sask911, SaskAlert, the Civic Addressing Registry, wildfire management and fire safety.

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CULLEN FROM PAGE 12

Fact is, many gardeners have learned to enjoy the quiet contemplation that is part of the weeding experience which is why early in the morning or late in the evening when the birds are singing is the best time to weed with a hoe – and appreciate your garden, imperfections in all.

Mark Cullen is an

expert gardener, author, broadcaster, tree advocate and Member of the Order of Canada. His son Ben is a fourth-generation urban gardener and graduate of University of Guelph and Dalhousie University in Halifax. Follow them at markcullen.com, @markcullengardening, and on Facebook.

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