Times
Last Mountain Serving The Last Mountain Area Since 1908
Volume 103, No 29
Publishers Lance and Vicki Cornwell Box 340, Nokomis, SK. S0G 3R0 Single copy price: $1.00
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Nokomis without long weekend Hendry in Stanley Cup finals water and sewer service
It’s every young hockey two games of the series in player’s dream – to play in the Chicago. Stanley Cup final and have a Jordan Hendry was raised chance to win it all and hoist in Nokomis and began his Lord Stanley’s cup in victory! career as a young athlete That dream is one step closer playing minor hockey there. and within reach for local As a Bantam he played AA player Jordan Hendry, as the Bantam in Naicam, followed Chicago Blackhawks defeat- by a year as AAA Midget in Tisdale. He then ed the San Jose Sharks in four ...a chance to moved on to Jr. in North Battlgames straight win it all and hoist A eford and then to to move into the final round Lord Stanley’s cup Alaska on scholarship. His next of the Stanley in victory! step was to the Cup playoffs. Hendry’s NHL career has AHL with Norfolk in 2006. included 92 regular season Jordan became a free agent games with three goals and signed to a two year contract nine assists for 12 points in the NHL by the Chicago and 36 penalty minutes. The Blackhawks in July 2006. He 26 year old defenseman has was re-signed in June 2008 averaged eight minutes 15 for a second two year contract seconds of ice time per game and becomes a restricted free during the playoffs, with five agent at the end of the 2010 shots on goal, having played season. Hendry’s parents Lois 12 games as of the end of the third round of playoffs against Mortenson and Ron Hendry both reside in Nokomis, the San Jose Sharks. Hendry and the Chicago and without a doubt, all eyes Blackhawks host the Phila- in the community and Last delphia Flyers in the final Mountain area will be glued round of the run for the glory to TVs throughout the series, on May 29 and 31 in the first cheering him on with pride!
The two pumps being repaired at the sewage lift station are at the bottom of this twenty-foot deep concrete shaft beneath the lift station. More pictures on page 4. “It was an unfortunate combination of circumstances,” explained Nokomis Mayor Fred Wright. “With all the rain we’ve been having recently, there’s been a lot of water flowing through the storm drains and sewer system, and then people have been running their sump pumps to drain off extra water. Add to this the fact that sometime prior to this, one of the two pumps in the sewage lift station had quit, leaving only one pump to handle all the extra load. And then, that single pump gave out on Saturday. It was just a bit of bad luck that it happened on a long weekend.” As a result of the pump breakdown at the Nokomis sewage lift station, the town had to shut off the water supply to residents and businesses to prevent more water from being drained into the sewer system while repair parts were being shipped in from out of province. The national long weekend holiday resulted in shipping delays, so as a result, on Thursday, May 27, the town was still waiting for some parts to arrive. The town had contracted with Acme Sewer Services out of Regina to pump sewage from the system to help keep up with the outflow from the town. To accommodate residents and businesses who required water to remain open, the town turned the water supply on for several hours
each day, and then turned it off again over night, as the town’s maintenance personnel continued to work on fixing the pumps. Mid-afternoon Wednesday, May 26 the water was turned on again, and then turned off at about 8:00 p.m. in the evening. It was turned on again Thursday morning at about 8:00 a.m. Mayor Wright said (as of noon Thursday) the plan was to leave the water turned on as staff worked on repairing the lift station pumps. A ‘boil water advisory’ was delivered to town residents and businesses on Thursday afternoon. Mayor Wright emphasized that there was not a problem with the water quality, but that the Saskatoon Health Region’s policy in such cases is to err on the side of caution, and advise residents to boil water for drinking until water quality tests can confirm that the water is indeed safe. The lack of water over the May long weekend, and extending into May 25, 26 and 27 placed a significant burden on the staff and patients at the Nokomis Health Centre, as they struggled to keep up with the inconvenience of not having running water. The manager of the Health Centre told Last Mountain Times that the staff did an extraordinary job of maintaining services, using bottled water for drinking and food preparation; and hauled-in bulk water was heated on stoves by the
staff, and then used to give patients warm bed-baths. Bucket water was used for flushing the toilets. Fortunately the staff was able to keep up with the workload, and although the lack of running water was a huge inconvenience the patients were never in danger, and none had to be moved to other facilities. The students at Nokomis School were the unexpected
beneficiaries of the water situation. Classes were cancelled on May 25 and 26 while the water was turned off, but it was back to the books on the 27th. School officials say the water fountains will be turned off, and the students will drink bottled water during the ‘boil water advisory’ period, and there will be additional use of hand sanitizers and extra caution in general.
Graduation 2010 William derby school Pages 11-15
Silton Silhouettes present ‘Cirque du Silton’
Silton Silhouettes dance club enjoyed another successful season of dance, culminating in the annual recital ‘Cirque Photo by The Natural Look - Photography by Lavonne Gorrill. du Silton’ in early May. Story and more pictures on page 10.