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BY JOAN JANZEN
A couple of kilometres east of Fiske is a 40-acre plot of land owned by Kendall and Rebecca Siemens and their two school-aged daughters. While the family is busy throughout the year, harvesting their garden is momentous.
The super-sized garden is 20,000 square feet or close to an acre. A gardening book suggested 1,300 square feet of garden space was enough land to sustain a family of four. If that’s true, this family’s garden can feed many people.
For that very reason, they have named their home quarters ‘Haven’, which is defined as a place of safety and refuge offering favourable opportunities. It’s an appropriate handle for their property.
“We pick a family to help out every year,” Rebecca said. “We’ve had an extra family living on our property for two months. I always have stuff on hand if someone needs something.”
‘Stuff on hand’ is an understatement. This year, they have harvested 9,000 pounds of tomatoes and expect to fill a truck box with corn cobs. “We sell a little bit of produce, but we feed a lot of people,” Rebecca said.
Six freezers, a cold storage room, a 40-gallon cooking pot, and an innovative drying platform suspended from their garage ceiling on a pulley system are all part of their processing centre. The freezers are filled with vegetables, homemade perogies, fries, hash browns, pepperoni sticks, sausage, chicken nuggets, and much more. She also makes her own pasta and flour. “I make flour out of whatever I can including corn and peas. We try to purchase as little from the grocery store as possible,” she explained.
When I asked what else the ‘Haven’ includes, she responded, “Let’s take a look”, and off we went on a tour. The garden had an abundance of everything: 4,000 corn plants, 300 onion plants, 600 garlic plants, squash, zucchini, red, green and hot peppers, celery, romaine, carrots, beets, peas, potatoes, tomatoes, pumpkins, cucumbers, spinach, beans, Swiss chard, and eggplant. Only the brussel sprouts, cabbage and cauliflower got attacked by beetles.
“Kendall does all the seed research, planting and quantities,” she explained. The seeds are purchased in bulk, and compost and egg shells are used as fertilizer for the light, sandy soil. Water comes from an aquifer ten feet underground.
Their daughters are assigned daily chores, and anyone on the premises is commissioned to help out with the harvest. It’s all hands on deck to get the work done.
A mini orchard is also on their property, which produces pears, raspberries, apples, and plums. This bounty is transformed into jam, preserves, and fruit leather. A wide assortment of herbs grows in the family’s sunroom.
The three boxes of bees that are close by pollinate the garden. Last year, they produced eight jars of honey. She described them as low maintenance, but it’s a relatively new project, and she’s still learning.
Besides the garden, there are also animals on the property. “I have 150 chickens that are ready to go,”
Rebecca said. Laying hens are the lucky survivors. There are five ducks who form the ‘bug control squad’ and nine kittens who will grow up to be part of the ‘mouse patrol.’ There are also dogs, ten pigs, three turkeys and three goats.
Two of the goats have been affectionately named after the girl’s uncle and aunt. “The goats ram into everything,” Rebecca said. Therefore fences are made of wooden pellets, and easily replaced.
“We have 30 acres of pasture, which is used for bales,” she said. They make small square bales, which are easy for her and the girls to handle.
But it’s not all work at the “Haven”; there’s fun and relaxation as well. At the back of their property, they have a fishing hole stocked with fish. Their youngest daughter calls it the “ocean,” a name that seems to have stuck. And a fire pit surrounded by chairs is a testament to many evenings spent sitting around a fire.
Rebecca is a visionary. A greenhouse is planned for the near future, and she has plans for a pathway to connect the gardens and the “ocean’. “It would be a peaceful getaway for visitors, and kids can come and see how vegetables grow,” she said.
“Overall, it’s healthier food and saves money,” she concluded. It’s also an opportunity for adults and kids to learn skills that have been lost, like gardening, preserving vegetables and making bread and sausage.
BY KATE WINQUIST
KINDERSLEY - The Kindersley Skatepark is designed to be a safe haven for the community, offering a space for outdoor events and providing kids an opportunity to learn new skills and build confidence.
This expansive 20,000 sq ft park will be strategically situated in a spacious area between the Dog Park and Ditson Drive, ensuring easy access and an attractive layout for passersby. It will feature 12,000 sq ft of rideable terrain, complemented by landscaping, trees, and artwork from local artists.
Our vision includes establishing a new venue for schools and local organizations to utilize, which will foster summer camps for children and strengthen community ties in an outdoor setting. The design will also incorporate features for winter activities, allow-
ing kids to play and stay active even in colder months. By achieving our fundraising targets, we hope to install lighting for both the skatepark and the dog park.
This project will be developed through community collaboration, instilling a sense of pride among all participants, users, and visitors. As the only facility of its kind in the region, it promises to attract families and businesses to Kindersley.
The fundraising goal is $1.2 million for the facility and sponsorship packages are available in all ranges. Cheques are to be made out to the Town of Kindersley and donation receipts will be provided.
For more information, please visit the Kindersley All-Wheel Park page on Facebook or contact Tyrone at 306-460-6687. Additionally, you can find more details on the Town of Kindersley website regarding the project and donation options.
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BY JOAN JANZEN
The Canadian soldier returned home and said to his wife, “I survived IED’s, RPG attacks and extreme weather conditions.”
His wife countered, “I raised both of our kids for a year by myself.”
“You win,” the wise husband responded.
I also found this comparison interesting: Being a nice guy is like the Canadian military - cute, innocent, isn’t taken seriously and will never get any action. Unfortunately, at the present time, our military isn’t being taken seriously.
In previous articles, I’ve reviewed some of the wasteful government spending. This week, we’ll look at the lack of government spending on our military.
Canadian filmmaker Aaron Gunn has produced an informative documentary entitled “Forsaken Warriors: How Trudeau Broke Canada’s Military.” Having served in the Canadian Army Reserves for three years, Aaron is passionate about our military.
In an online interview, he said, “I don’t think the government is serious about national security. There should be no higher priority for the federal government, but it seems to be an afterthought at best.”
Aaron’s documentary takes its viewers on a historical journey to see how we arrived at this crisis. During the First World War, headlines read, “Canadians play a part in Great Victory; the poppy is still worn in recognition of that war. Likewise, Canada played a decisive role in WWII, proving to be a professional body that made a serious contribution.
At that time, Canada’s military was a dominant force worldwide, with the fifth-largest army, fourth-largest Air Force and third-largest navy. In stark
contrast, in 2023, our Air Force was rated 30th largest in the world, and our Navy was 20th largest.
In the 1980s, Canada’s anti-aircraft guns were vintage WWII, and planes were propeller-type. There were defence budget cuts, and the military was in a state of repair.
The decade from 1994 to 2004 was referred to as the “Decade of Darkness.”
Newly elected Jean Chrétien scaled back defence spending and consigned much of Canada’s national security to the US. Military bases were closed, and training was curtailed. Brian Mulroney’s contract to replace Canada’s 30-year-old helicopter fleet was terminated, costing taxpayers $500 million in cancellation fees.
Aaron travelled to the Royal Canadian Military College in Kingston and talked to college professor Christian Leuprecht. The professor recalled, “Submarines were bought from the UK for $700 million, and then we spent $4.1 billion to make them seaworthy. At that point you might as well have just bought a new submarine”.
In the mid-2000s, Prime Minister Paul Martin, followed by Steven Harper, acquired new armoured vehicles, modernized the Canadian Navy, commissioned a national ship-building strategy, and the Air Force purchased the super Hercules.
Peter MacKay, who was Defence Minister at that time, said planes were twice as old as the pilots. In 2010 the Harper government announced the F-35 purchase for the Air Force joining other Allied Nations in selecting the new fifth-generation fighter jets. Delivery was to be in 2016, but by then there was a new government.
It didn’t take long before the new Prime Minister made an announcement. The headline read: “We will not
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buy the F-35 fighter jet”. Peter MacKay described it as “political interference” because the previous government had given the directive. Shortly after, another headline read: “Canada to buy fleet of 30-year-old fighter jets from Australia in snub to US”.
MacKay’s description of “political interference” proved to be accurate. He noted that in 2022, the government purchased the same F-35 jets they had cancelled in 2016 at a higher cost. “But that was just the tip of the iceberg,” he added.
The documentary highlighted the layers of bureaucracy in Ottawa, which slow processes down and result in years of waiting to replace equipment. An Ottawa Citizen headline in April 2024 read: “Canadian military to destroy 11,000 World War-era pistols.” It took twenty-five years to replace the pistols. During those years, they were paying captains, majors, and colonels to look after the problem.
In contrast, MacKay reported that during the Afghan war, tanks were purchased in six months and helicopters in nine months. “All because the government wanted it done,” he explained.
Aaron spoke to the former commander of the Canadian Army and former Liberal MP, Andrew Lesley. Lesley said, “The Armed Forces are in a state of disrepair and crisis. This is far worse than the Decade of Darkness, and it’s going to take another decade to get out of it.”
He continued to say, “They sent crates of firearms to Ukraine, but soldiers here don’t have the equipment to
train or the money to do what they need to do.”
A May 2024 CBC headline read: “State of Canadian Armed Forces’ combat readiness growing worse, government report warns.” In February 2023, a suspected Chinese spy balloon flew over Canada, but Canada didn’t have the capabilities to shoot it down.
Even though the Canadian military relaxed entry requirements to boost recruitment, Andrew Lesley said, “We’re 16,000 people short of establishment, regular and reserve, the lowest in over 35 years. How do you replace those with 20 years of service who do all the training?”
The Prime Minister recently promised that 2% of GDP would be spent on defence, but Peter MacKay is skeptical. “It’s not the first time he talked a big game but fails to follow through,” he said. ‘The recent budget has all the facts, and in 2025 the Armed Forces is taking another budget hit.”
Aaron travelled to Washington DC where he discovered Canada’s international reputation is also taking a hit. Officials in Washington suggested Canada should be kicked out of the G7.
These are conversations that are happening, Aaron explained while being interviewed. “The allies are frustrated, and we can’t even protect our own borders right now. But it’s something we have to turn around.”
All that government waste and extravagant spending could be infused into the military, which so desperately needs funding and attention. Now, that would be a win-win situation.
BY MADONNA HAMEL
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Sometimes wisdom lies in knowing what we cannot do, what we are not able to absorb. We may be accused by others of “living in denial,” but denial often serves a purpose. Too much truth all at once can be a harsh blow.
Twelve-step programs are famous for their handy life-preserver acronyms, and one of my favourites for ‘denial’ is: “Don’t Even (K)now I Am Lying.” Over time, I have come to believe that: “to everything there is a season.” In this moment I may be confused or frightened, but “all will be revealed in due time.”
Then there are those moments when you can no longer bluff, bluster or push your way through. You just face the reality of the moment or suffer the consequences. Your entire being is hollering for you to accept the boundaries of your life. I experienced this on a snorkelling expedition on a tropical isle, when I apparently gave the instructor the impression that I knew what I was doing. He pointed to an underwater cave and suggested I follow him as he dove down and out the other side of the cave through a smaller opening. I hesitated. I really wanted to do it, and maybe twenty years ago, I would have. But at 61 and a few pounds heavier, I became terrified at the prospect of getting my butt stuck in the cave and drowning right there at the bottom of The Caribbean.
When I consider the prospect of realizing my limits, I often think of the story of the novelist Graham Green. He became a Catholic convert later in life and was transfixed by the story of Padre Pio, the Italian priest who received stigmata and was reported to have appeared before WWII pilots, warning them to fly back to base when enemies were near. Greene went to great lengths to get an audience with the padre, but when he finally received it, flew to a village in Italy to meet the man, he suddenly backed off. He wrote later that he could not keep the appointment because he was not prepared for how meeting Padre Pio would change his life.
Hanging out with my brother Doug, whose life has been turned upside down by a stroke and all the attendant changes he is forced to make, each one of them a big fat Unknown, we’ve been looking to spiritual and psychological writings for solace and direction. While I turn to the mystics, he turns to his beloved Carl Jung.
Recently, we came across a story about Jung’s travels in Italy. “I have travelled a great deal in my life,” wrote Jung. “And I should very much have liked to go to Rome, but I felt that I was not really up to the impression the city would have made upon me. Pompeii alone was more than enough; the impressions very nearly exceeded my powers of receptivity. I was able to visit Pompeii only after I had acquired some insight
into the psychology of classical antiquity.
“In 1912, I was on a ship sailing from Genoa to Naples.
As the vessel neared the latitude of Rome, I stood at the railing. Out there lay Rome, the still smoking and fiery hearth from which ancient cultures had spread, enclosed in the tangled root-work of the Christian and Occidental Middle Ages. There classical antiquity still lived in all its splendor and ruthlessness.
“I always wonder about people who go to Rome as they might go, for example, to Paris or to London. Certainly, Rome, as well as these other cities, can be enjoyed esthetically, but if you are affected to the depths of your being at every step by the spirit that broods there, if a remnant of a wall here and a column there gaze upon you with a face instantly recognized, then it becomes another matter entirely.
“Even in Pompeii, unforeseen vistas opened, unexpected things became conscious, and questions were posed that were beyond my powers to handle.”
In 1949, Jung was finally ready to take on Rome. But then, while buying his ticket, he fainted. After that, any plans for a trip to Rome were once and for all laid aside.
After spending days visiting doctors, therapists and hyperbaric chambers, after long nights of tossing and turning and ceaseless praying, it occurs to me that Jung’s description of classical antiquity applies to the here and now as well: Life, with its “unforeseen vistas,” is full of “splendor and ruthlessness” and we need to advocate in our own favour for more splendour, less ruthless.
There is nothing harder than watching a loved one in pain. All I can do is speak on behalf of simple pleasures. This morning, we will check out a local diner we passed on a country road on our way to my brother’s appointment. Tonight, we will go back to a pub where the waitress has the same name as one of our sisters. I will soak in a hot bath.
The last thing I want to do is speak of gratitude when I am angry at the circumstances before us, and yet, treasuring what we do have eases the grief in our hearts. It also makes us accurately aware of the suffering of others. It is unfathomable to imagine going through these trials alone. Ultimately, we will have to broach the final hurdle and the last unforeseen vistas by ourselves. But for now, I am grateful for our big and close family.
Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about the generations of rural families who live within 40km of each other. While urban folk may joke about the preponderance of cousins and “inter-marriage,” the truth is, staying close makes more sense. Even nomads travel in groups, in family units. Nothing can replace the sanity and solace of life-long friends and having family close by. Nothing replaces company when the unexpected becomes conscious, vistas open, and the hidden becomes known.
KALEN COCKS ADVANCES TO PROVINCIALS! The first official SWAC sport playoff, golf, was postponed due to torrential rains, but was finally held on Monday, September 23 at the Cypress Hills Golf Course. Over 50 golfers from grade 9-12 took part in the competition. Kalen Cocks from Leader Composite School finished third with a score of 86 and advanced to the SHSAA Provincial championship at Northern Meadows in Goodsoil, which was scheduled for this past weekend.
It’s going to be a sad beginning to the 2024-25 National Hockey League season as the Aug. 29 death of all-star winger Johnny Gaudreau is going to overshadow the traditional start-of-season thrills.
BY BRUCE PENTON Sports Columnist
31-year-old Gaudreau, who racked up 743 points in 11 seasons and was one of the most popular players in the league because of his diminutive stature, electric skating and deft moves, was killed when mowed down by an alleged drunk driver while Gaudreau and his brother Matthew, were out cycling the night before their sister’s wedding. Matthew died, too.
So when Columbus opens its new season at home on Oct. 15 against Florida Panthers, it will be a solemn occasion. Tributes will be made; a video presentation of Gaudreau’s life and hockey career will be shown. Tears will flow. Such a tragic ending to a life with so much promise.
The sentiment won’t get any more pleasant on Nov. 29 and Dec. 3 when the Blue Jackets meet the Calgary Flames in a home-and-home series. Gaudreau played the first nine seasons of his career with the Flames, joining Columbus in the summer of 2022 as a free agent. Both cities lay claim to Gaudreau, and for good reason. He had five 20-plus goal seasons with the Flames and was their undisputed team leader. Columbus was where he chose to continue his career so he could be closer to his family in New Jersey.
But while the dark cloud surrounding the death of Gaudreau will put a damper on the start to the new
season, life and hockey season must go on. And the action starts this Friday, when the first two regular-season games are played in Prague, Czech Republic. New Jersey Devils and Buffalo Sabres play twice in the European city before the rest of the ‘real’ season begins the following Tuesday, Oct. 8, with three games.
Oddly, the first of those Tuesday games is an afternoon tilt in Seattle where the Kraken take on St. Louis. Normally, games on the West Coast are the final contests of the day, but the Kraken have a unique 1:30 p.m. game to open the season, followed by the Bruins at Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers and then another west region game, Connor Bedard and the Blackhawks playing the first NHL game in Salt Lake City. In case you weren’t taking notes in the offseason, the Arizona Coyotes were sold and moved to Utah, where they will be known by the inspiring name of ‘Utah Hockey Club’. Almost certainly, headline writers across North America will shorten the name to Utah HC in no time.
Those three Oct. 8 games are scheduled as they are so that ESPN, which has the NHL rights in the U.S., can televise an NHL tripleheader to start the season. They don’t have Connor McDavid on opening night, but they’ve got the next best thing, Bedard, and the defending Cup champs on the schedule.
And even though Columbus is not playing on opening night, Johnny Gaudreau will almost certainly be properly memorialized.
• Unnamed Chicago White Sox fan, staring at thousands of empty seats at a recent game at Guaranteed Rate Field, texted a buddy and said: “I’ve seen livelier wakes on a Monday night.”
• Comedy guy Torben Rolfsen of Vancouver: “The Blue Jays need to buy a bullpen in the offseason.”
• fark.com headline: “Broadcaster Joe Buck drives a golf ball into his wife hard enough to break her
ankle. With that kind of driving, he should lose his licence.”
• Jack Finarelli at sportscurmudgeon.com, after another sexual assault allegation against Cleveland QB Deshaun Watson surfaced: “Deshaun Watson needs a bridge over troubled waters again.”
• Bruce Arthur of the Toronto Star, after New Orleans beat Dallas Cowboys 44-19: “In such fractious times, I am always grateful when we can come together and enjoy the Dallas Cowboys getting absolutely pantsed.”
• Super 70s Sports, after New York Jets beat New England 24-3: “The Jets were obviously prepared in all phases of the game tonight because their coaching staff used a multi-colour pen to write each phase in a different colour like a 7th grader from 1986.”
• Mike Bianchi of the Orlando Sentinel: “Did you see Saquon Barkley drop that easy catch on a swing pass that would have secured the victory for the Eagles over the Falcons on Monday night? It just goes to show you can take the player off of the Giants, but you can’t take the Giants out of the player.”
• Bianchi again: “Five words best describe the quarterbacking crisis in the NFL: Andy Dalton vs. Gardner Minshew.”
• Baseball stats from Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun: “Blue Jays have the fourth highest payroll in the American League and the fourth highest number of losses this season.”
• RJ Currie of sportsdeke.com: “After claiming the baseball hit his foot, Jose Altuve of the Astros took off his shoe and sock to let the umpire see his tootsies: “To prove he had toed the truth.”
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BY GREG BUCHANAN
So, what do you think of the NFL’s new kickoff rules? Same here. (Dumb)
It’s difficult to believe that a group of reasonably intelligent men got together and thought this convoluted thing was a good idea.
Let’s put it this way: The new rules were inspired by similar rules used in the XFL — which is now defunct. In other words, the NFL is taking lessons from the losers. The XFL, by the way, merged with the USFL to form the UFL, and that league uses — yep, you guessed it — the traditional football rules for kickoffs.
So, here’s what we have to endure for the next few months before they punt this cockamamie thing and start over again. At least 19 players, by rule, are not allowed to move during a kickoff until the ball lands in the “landing zone” or in the kick returner’s hands.
They stand frozen in place, in two long lines, looking up at the ball.
Picture a giant foosball table. The net result for fans is the same: score, followed by a TV commercial, followed by a boring, go-through-the-motions kickoff, followed by another TV commercial, and … rinse and repeat.
It’s about as exciting as the Parliament channel.
The new kickoff rules are so convoluted that it takes several paragraphs just to explain them. Story after story was written on this subject during the offseason. You’d have thought they were explaining quantum mechanics.
Rule No. 1 for rules: Keep it simple.
The NFL has been around for 105 years, and the league is still trying to figure out what to do with kickoffs. The NFL has tweaked kickoff rules, changing and changing rules for touchbacks, kickoffs out of bounds, the kickoff spot,
the formation, kicking tees, etc again.
There are two fundamental problems with kickoffs: They are routine and boring, and they are dangerous.
The kickoff features unnaturally large, strong, fast men running full speed at each other as soon as the ball is kicked. What could go wrong?
It is also remarkably uneventful. The kickoff is a high-risk, low-reward play — a high risk of injury, with very little payoff for the fans or the return team. Whether it is fielded by the return man or downed, it pretty much always ends up with the ball placed at or near the 20-yard line (the average return was 23 yards last season).
NFL took a step backward with the rule that allows players to push ball carriers forward.
The chances of a return for a touchdown are about the same as hitting the jackpot in Las Vegas.
The NFL announced the rules changes this way: “To address the lowest kickoff return rate in NFL history during the 2023 season and an unacceptable injury rate on kickoffs prior to that, NFL clubs have approved a new kickoff rule for the 2024 season.”
How has it worked out? The results are in. I found these stats; 63.5% of the kickoffs resulted in touchbacks — not much different than last year’s record-setting touchback rate of 73%. Only three were returned for more than 40 yards, one for a touchdown.
Here’s an idea: Just end it. If the kickoff is so dangerous and unworkable, just kill it. Start each possession by placing the ball on the 20-yard line and let the offence take it from there. Otherwise, leave it alone. But what do I know? I’m a CFL guy, and I still have not figured out why up here we’re still over the Rouge.
SWIFT CURRENT, SK – In October 2021 an international student recruitment and admissions partnership was established between multiple regional colleges under the umbrella of Saskatchewan Colleges, with a collective goal to enhance the reputation of Saskatchewan regional colleges in the international student market. In its three years, the legacy project has helped recruit over 900 international students from more than 30 countries to the partner institutions. Great Plains, North West and Suncrest colleges are proud to continue building on this success and announce the addition of Carlton Trail College to the Saskatchewan Colleges partnership.
“Welcoming Carlton Trail to the Saskatchewan Colleges partnership will allow us to build from our foundational knowledge and collective expertise to successfully attract international students to rural Saskatchewan,” explained Great Plains College’s Vice-President, Programs and Students, Keleah Ostrander. “It will also enable Saskatchewan Colleges to grow its recruitment and admissions capacity in a collaborative and cost-effective manner.”
“Colleges in rural Saskatchewan collectively pride themselves on providing personal, positive educational experiences for their students that have a strong pathway to employment in areas of provincial need such as healthcare, trades, and early childhood education,” said Kami DePape, Vice-President of Partnerships & Innovation at Suncrest College.
Dr. Eli Ahlquist, President and CEO at North West College echoed this sentiment, stating “With increased
scrutiny and changing policy within the international education landscape, the partnership is integral to ensure we continue to attract international students and in turn, enhance domestic access to programs, enriching the experiences of all learners on campus, and educating more skilled graduates that will contribute to our communities and the economy.”
Recruitment efforts for all four institutions will begin in October 2024, led by Saskatchewan Colleges Manager of International and Admissions, Kristy Sletten, along with support staff from each partner college.
“We are pleased to have earned our Designated Learning Institution status this year, allowing us to join this partnership,” said Amy Yeager, President and CEO of Carlton Trail College. “We look forward to working with Great Plains, North West and Suncrest to bring the first international students to Carlton Trail next fall.”
For more information about Saskatchewan Colleges, including program and admissions information for the 2025-26 academic year, please visit https:// saskcolleges.ca/.
BY JOAN JANZEN
It was cool and windy outside. However, the Coleville Fire Department extended a warm welcome to everyone who came out to enjoy the delicious lunch on Thursday afternoon, September 26th. Fire department members were busy cooking burgers while people streamed into their building. It was
also a good opportunity for parents to take their kids out for lunch.
For only $5.00, hungry visitors enjoyed a burger or hotdog, drink, salad, and chips. What a deal! Baytex Energy donated all the supplies. Amongst those in attendance was Kim Gartner from Macklin, the Saskatchewan Party candidate for Kindersley-Biggar.
an afternoon show for long-term care residents. The evening program, supported partly by The Pumpkin Growers, featured a special appearance by local resident Alan Hudec before JJ took the stage. The Leader & District Arts Council was thrilled to have their first performance showcase the newly installed stage curtains and upgraded lighting. PHOTOS
Swimming competitors from decades past. Even though this photo was taken fifty years ago, in 1974, you may still recognize some of these members of the Kindersley Lions Swim Club. They represented northern Saskatchewan at the provincial swimming competitions held in Swift Current in the summer of 1974. Pictured were: front row (l-r) Jeff Strachan, Darla Dorsett, Coach and Jackie Clark;
The Prairie Crocus Quilt Guild hosted their bi-annual Quilt Show during Goose Festival Days on Saturday at St. Paul’s United Church. Such beautiful work! The Prairie Crocus Quilt Guild meets on the second Tuesday of each month from September to May at 7:00 PM at the Kindersley Seniors Centre. All levels of quilters and quilt enthusiasts are welcome. If you are interested in joining the group or would like more information, please contact Regan Overand at 306460-6467.
BY JOAN JANZEN
The Empress & District Historical Society hosted another entertaining event at the Empress Train Station. The Whistle Stop Supper, the final event for 2024, had a sold-out crowd on September 21st.
Sixty guests enjoyed listening to old rock and roll and country performed by the duo Sleepless Nights from Redcliff. Board member Cathy Cocks said the couple had performed in Empress at a pub night last August and were so popular they decided to bring them back. Everyone was obviously excited about the event, as tickets were sold out by mid-August. The small group of
board members pitched in to help with decorating, set up, take down, and serving food. After supper, the tables were pushed back to make room for a dance floor, and everyone had a good time.
The funds raised go into the maintenance fund. Cathy said, “Every time you have a fundraiser, you want to raise money; however, having a community event is the priority.”
The band members agreed as they posted this comment: “A wonderful evening was had at the Empress Train Station. Great food and friendly folks”.
The Empress CPR Station is an Alberta Heritage building. Its style is unique and stands today exactly as it did in 1914, right down to the original colour.
• RCMP received a Mental Health Act complaint. Members spoke to the subject of complaint.
• Police received a complaint of fraud but there was insufficient evidence to proceed.
• Members are investigating a complaint of an individual damaging a motorcycle.
• A 42-year-old male from Unity was charged with Extortion by Libel after Members received a complaint of harassment.
• Members issued a 72-hour roadside suspension during a traffic stop.
• RCMP received a complaint of disturbing the peace. Members spoke to the subject of complaint.
• CN Police reported a railway crossing malfunction near Tramping Lake. Reported for information purposes.
• Police received a report of a vehicle collision with a deer. There were no injuries. Reported for insurance purposes.
• CN Police reported a railway crossing malfunction in Unity. Reported for information purposes.
• Members are investigating a complaint of a break and enter at a residence.
• RCMP received a complaint of a stolen truck. This matter is still under investigation.
• Members conducted a wellbeing check at the request of a family member.
• There were also three traffic complaints and one false 911 call.
• RCMP acted as mediators in a family dispute.
• Police received a complaint of harassing communications. This matter is still under investigation.
• Members received a complaint of uttering threats but there was insufficient evidence to proceed.
• RCMP received another complaint of uttering threats but there was insufficient evidence to proceed.
• Police received a complaint of defamatory libel. Insufficient evidence to proceed.
• Members are investigating a complaint of assault.
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• RCMP received a complaint of disturbing the peace. Members removed the subject of complaint from the premises and issued a verbal warning. The complainant requested no further action be taken.
MACKLIN RCMP
• RCMP received a complaint of fraud. This matter is still under investigation.
• Police received a complaint of disturbing the peace. Reported for information purposes.
• A 34-year-old male and a 37-yearold female from Macklin were both charged with Fail to Comply with Release Order after Members conducted a curfew check.
• RCMP received a complaint of uttering threats but it was unfounded.
• Members attempted a traffic stop and the vehicle fled from Police. This matter is still under investigation.
• Police received a report of an abandoned vehicle. The vehicle had been stolen from Lloydminster. This mat-
ter is still under investigation.
• RCMP received a report of a neighbour dispute. This matter is still under investigation.
• Members are investigating a complaint of harassing communications.
• Police received another report of a neighbour dispute. This matter is still under investigation.
• There was also one traffic complaint.
Persons with information about crimes being committed in the Unity / Wilkie/ Macklin areas are urged to call the Unity RCMP detachment at (306)228-6300; the Wilkie RCMP at (306) 843-3480; or the Macklin RCMP at (306) 753-2171. If you wish to remain anonymous, you may also call Saskatchewan Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477, or *8477 on the SaskTel Mobility Network. Crime Stoppers will pay up to $2000.00 for information which leads to the arrest of person(s) responsible for any serious crime. Crime Stoppers is anonymous and does not subscribe to call display, nor are your calls traced or recorded.
You can also submit a tip online at www.saskcrimestoppers.com
Remember these Plenty grads? These Plenty grad students celebrated their graduation in September of 1974. Check out all the men in plaid!
Front row (l-r): Carol Bell, Rita Zinger, Calla Rowan, Laurie MacDonald, Sheila MacCrimmon, Linda Swan, Lori Woods, Carol Hooper. Middle row: Victor Hamilton, Greg Kelly, Gerry Royal, Robert Klassen, Donald Saxton, Murray McMillan, Brian Westman, Wayne Larson, Tim Deschner. Back row: Wally Rechenmacher, William Olson, Dwight Markland, Pat Horton, Jim Radke, Elwood Martens and Kim Ford. Missing was Cornelia Moore. PHOTO KINDERSLEY CLARION, SEPTEMBER 1974
On September 26, 2024, at approximately 6:30 p.m., Biggar RCMP received a report of a collision involving a semi and a CP train approximately one kilometre south of Highway #4 on Woods Road in the RM of Biggar, SK.
Officers responded along with local fire and EMS. The driver of the semi was declared deceased by EMS
PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that nominations of candidates for the offices of:
Mayor: Town of Kerrobert Number to be Elected: One
Councillor: Town of Kerrobert Number to be Elected: Six will be received by the undersigned on the 9th day of October, 2024, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at 433 Manitoba Avenue, Kerrobert, Saskatchewan.
and during regular business hours on September 10th to October 8th, 2024 at the Kerrobert Town Office at 433 Manitoba Avenue, Kerrobert, Saskatchewan.
Nomination forms may be obtained at the following location: Kerrobert Town Office located at 433 Manitoba Avenue, Kerrobert, Saskatchewan and on the Town of Kerrobert Website: www.kerrobert.ca under Public Notices.
Please note that a Public Disclosure Statement specific to the TOWN OF KERROBERT must be included with the nomination forms. Additionally, as per Bylaw 1058-20, a Criminal Record Check must accompany the nomination forms. These forms and/or information regarding them can be obtained at the Kerrobert Town Office and on the Town of Kerrobert Website: www.kerrobert.ca
Dated this 10th day of September, 2024. Tara Neumeier, Returning Officer
at the scene. He has been identified as a 57-year-old male from Biggar, SK. His family has been notified. No other injuries to rail operators were reported to police.
Biggar RCMP continue to investigate with the assistance of a Saskatchewan RCMP collision reconstructionist and CP Police from Moose Jaw.
PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that nomination of candidates for the offices of:
Mayor: Town of Luseland
Councillor: Town of Luseland
Number to be Elected: six (6) will be received by the undersigned at the Town of Luseland Municipal Office, 503 Grand Ave. in Luseland, SK during regular business hours from September 16th, 2024 to October 8th, 2024 and on Nomination Day, October 9th, 2024 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Nomination forms may be obtained at the following locations:
• Town of Luseland Municipal Office, 503 Grand Ave., Luseland, SK
• OR on the Town of Luseland’s Website at: www.townofluseland.com
Dated this 30th day of August, 2024.
This photo, taken a decade ago in 2014, captures a memory from the Luseland Bible Camp. It was the second year the camp had held their Princess for a day activity. Women and girls of all ages had the opportunity to be princesses for a day during the Luseland Bible Camp’s Princess Tea held at the end of the camping season. During the royal affair, princesses dressed in their finest with some donning gowns and enjoyed tea and dainties.
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Betts Drilling Rig 4 was one of the last brand-new drilling rigs built in this country, for use in this country. And that was back in 2014. This is what it looked like back then, when it was nice and shiny.
PHOTO BY BRIAN ZINCHUK
I don’t know if anyone else has noticed, but while we weren’t looking, a significant portion of our industrial base got hollowed out. And we will likely live to regret it.
While at the Lloydminster Heavy Oil Show Sept. 11-12, Mark Scholz, longtime president of the Canadian Association of Energy Contractors (CAOEC) took the stage as part of an industry association panel. Mark’s been president of the association for a long, long time, and oversaw its transformation from its previous name as the Canadian Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors. As he noted on stage, they are drilling for more than oil these days. Those same drilling and service rigs the association represents drill for natural gas, but also helium, lithium, potash and geothermal wells.
That’s precisely why Pipeline Online is “Saskatchewan’s Energy News,” not “Saskatchewan’s Petroleum News.” I’ve been present and documented the drilling of oil, helium, lithium and geothermal wells. No one drills for gas in Saskatchewan anymore, but maybe some day I’ll be around for a potash well.
But do to all that work, we need the heavy iron to drill the holes. And, like other parts of Canada’s industrial base, the domestic ability to build the equipment has withered on the vine.
It’s something I’ve been worried about a long time. Scholz and I have discussed it many times over the years. On Sept. 12, he told me, “I’m actually very, very worried about our capability as a country to build drilling rigs, in particular, whether it’s in Saskatchewan or Alberta, because there’s no business case for it. As I said, we haven’t seen a rig built in over 10 years. So speaking with rig manufacturers, actually, as of last, last week, that equipment is going to be built in the United States and shipped up to Canada.”
A few rigs have been built, he noted, but they went to Saudi Arabia or Alaska. They didn’t join the Canadian fleet.
We’ve seen this before in Canada. During the Second World War, Canada went from a pitiful navy to the third largest in the world, after the US and UK. But now, our shipbuilding capacity is almost laughable. Our national shipbuilding strategy, announced under Stephen Harper way back in 2010, has yet to build one replacement destroyer for our deteriorating fleet. As for commercial shipbuilding – forget it. If you want a big ship to ply the oceans of the world, you go to South Korea, China or Japan. Forget about Canada.
While ships are important for getting our product to market, since they are on the ocean, anyhow, contracting them from foreign shores and foreign flags isn’t that big of a deal. But oil production is the biggest industry in Canada. While most of it is oilsands, conventional oil production, thermal oil production and all gas production still required drilling.
The price shocks that hit in 2014 dramatically changed the industry, causing oil producers to push drillers to become much more efficient. And they have. The reality is Canada produces a lot more oil now than it did in 2014, with less than half the rigs. Saskatchewan has maintained relatively flat production in that time, but seen our rig counts fall from 110 during the busiest season to closer to 40.
We’ve been able to do that because we had a lot of iron around, but when you simply stop building new iron, eventually you wear out your fleet. And we have done just that – stopped building.
(Update note: Bear Drilling of Nisku put recently retrofitted rigs into the field over the last few years. But according to the CAOEC and Bear Drilling, they were not new rigs.)
Sooner or later, the people who did that sort of work have found different work. Maybe some of it is in upgrades and maintenance. But the institutional knowledge for new-build construction has surely scattered to the winds.
When I moved to Estevan in 2008, we had a factory building drilling rigs, right here, in this small town. I made a fair bit of money taking photos of shiny, brand new rigs as they went to work on their first holes for proud owners of those rigs. But that factory is long gone. And more importantly, the industrial hub of Nisku is no longer punching out rigs for the Canadian market, either. Is there any capacity left to build new rigs?
And the remaining iron we have is slowly wearing out. Those shiny rigs I took photos of over 10 years ago aren’t so shiny anymore. While you can get decades out of a rig, eventually everything wears out. And we won’t have much oil, gas, helium, brine lithium or potash without them.
Canada needs to wake up, and realize we need our own industrial capacity, on this and many other fronts, lest we be left behind.
Brian Zinchuk is editor and owner of Pipeline Online, and occasional contributor to the Frontier Centre for Public Policy. He can be reached at brian.zinchuk@pipelineonline.ca.
BY TIM SHOULTS
There’s something about getting hit over the head with a copy of your own newspaper that really focuses your attention.
Many years ago, as a young reporter at a weekly newspaper in Jasper, Alta., I wrote an overly snarky front page headline about one of our councillors losing in the municipal election. I thought I was being clever, but really, I was being crass.
I happened to be at the local post office grabbing my mail at the same time as that councillor was getting his newspaper out of his own mailbox. He unrolled it and looked at the front page. Then he rolled the newspaper back up, walked over to me and whacked me over the head with it.
Thankfully it was a small paper, so it didn’t hurt.
But I learned later that it did hurt that councillor very much – his playful protest was his attempt to cover up deep humiliation.
I’ve never forgotten it. I feel ashamed of it again as I type this. And it’s come to
mind many times since when I’ve been tempted to get too clever with a headline or an opening paragraph. It’s an example of what not to do.
But it’s also an example of what makes local journalism, done by local
reporters, so very important.
I’ve often said over the years that one of the things I appreciate most about community journalism is that the people we write about, and write for, are all around us. We’re not in some ivory tower in Toronto opining on things; we’re in the council chambers, on the sidelines at the sports fields, at countless community events. (And in the post office.)
That makes us accountable for our work in a way that someone writing from far away can’t be. And our work also makes the institutions we cover –your local governments, your school boards – accountable to you.
Hundreds of communities across Canada have lost that accountability already as Facebook and Google absorb the local advertising revenue that used
By Ashley Vercammen, Illustrated by P Aplinder Kaur
Published by Home Style Teachers
SHELLEY A. LEEDAHL
Of the several books I’ve read by Saskatoon writer, publisher and teacher, Ashley Vercammen, Where Could My Baby Be? is among the best. Vercammen’s selected motherhood—in its myriad incarnations—as the subject of a children’s book, and she’s done so with both a generous and a gentle eye.
The illustrated softcover opens with the suggestion that the book “is perfect for sparking conversations about motherhood with your little one,” and I agree. I’ve been reading and reviewing children’s books for decades, and this is the first I’ve read that presents such a wide lens re: mothering, and how “there are a lot of ways to do it!”. P Aplinder Kaur’s initial illustrations show a woman breastfeeding (age-appropriate depiction for young readers); a woman changing the diaper of an ac-
tive baby; an expectant mother having an ultrasound; and an anguished-looking doctor giving a seated woman—face in hands, supportive partner standing behind with his hands on her shoulders—the news she does not want.
This introductory page pulls no punches: “Being a mom is hard work!” In the following pages we’re introduced to a variety of women, some visibly pregnant, like red-dressed Verda, who is “so excit-
to pay the salaries of local journalists. Hundreds more communities are at risk.
If you’re reading these words in your local community newspaper or on its website, there’s still a chance to keep those local voices in your community. If your local newspaper has a subscription, please buy one. If they accept voluntary contributions or sell memberships, please get one. If their model is still fully advertising supported, please support the local businesses that support them – and let those businesses know that’s what brought you to them.
Real people writing real news about the place where you live means real accountability. We need your support so we can be accountable to you.
Tim Shoults is the publisher of the St. Albert Gazette and vice-president of Great West Media, which operates community newspapers and websites across Alberta. He has worked with weekly and daily community newspapers across Western Canada as a reporter, editor, publisher and executive for 25 years.
ed to be pregnant,” and some not, like mauve-clothed Muriel, who’s attending her surrogate’s ultrasound appointment. Muriel explains surrogacy in child-speak: “That means the doctors help my baby grow inside a different person”.
Adoption’s addressed from the perspective of both an adoptive parent, Laural (“I found my baby all the way across the world!”) and from a woman who gives her child up for adoption because—as the illustrations suggest— studies and low finances would make parenting too difficult.
We also meet Gabriella, a stepmom who moved into that role “when [her] babies weren’t really babies anymore,” and whose “kids live with … their biological mom sometimes”. There’s also a foster mom, and here the text and illustration work especially well together. The foster mom says: “Sometimes I see my babies again, and sometimes I don’t. We draw a picture together to make saying goodbye a little easier”. The block of text is superimposed over a living room
setting, where the foster mom’s looking through an album of painted handprints. This scene has personal meaning for this reviewer; my parents fostered twenty-five children while I was growing up, and mostly, we never saw them again. I’m guessing that most mothers and would-be mothers should be able to relate to this book. There’s a grandmother included, too, and Melody, a dog mom. “I have some similar responsibilities to a mom,” she says, but her baby’s kisses “are a little wet”.
As with other of Vercammen’s books, she leaves space at the end for children and parents to include their own writing and art. Here two pages are dedicated to anyone who wants to “Write a letter to [their] child about how [they] became their mom,” and another two blank pages to “Draw a picture with your child of things that make you both happy”. Delightful!
This book is available at your local bookstore or from www.skbooks.com
BY JOAN JANZEN
Wheatland Libraries hosted Teepee Teachings at the communities of Plenty and Kindersley on Tuesday, September 24th. Plenty Wheatland Library invited Jasmyn Albert to conduct her first hands-on learning workshop at North West Central School in Plenty for students from grades 1-12.
That same afternoon, Jasmyn taught two more workshops at the Norman Ritchie Community Centre, hosted by the Kindersley Library. The first session at 1:30 p.m. was attended by five classes of students from Westberry Elementary School and Elizabeth Middle School. The workshops were made possible thanks to the support of Sask Lotteries and SaskCulture.
Jasmyn is an Indigenous educator and artist from Saskatoon who engaged her audience in the meaningful process of building a teepee. The teepee she used for her workshop was made by her kokum (grandmother) over forty years ago.
Although Jasmyn grew up having huge responsibilities taking care of her three younger siblings while her mother struggled with addiction, her kokum was an important influence in her life. She told her many stories of their way of life.
These stories were relayed to her while they were driving to the berry patch or while they were cutting down teepee poles. Jasmyn has been sharing these stories and values with others
believing everyone is equal and carries greatness.
since she was 15.
“I was really fortunate growing up and learning about our way of life,” she said. After participating in one of her workshops, a 92-year-old woman approached her and said it was the first time she had heard about the good things about her people’s way of life. She had missed out on this teaching for 92 years.
Jasmyn explained that the first three poles used in setting up the teepee represent respect, obedience, and humility. Respect for others and yourself. Obedience to follow the rules and care for the land and others. Humility, which is
The process of building a teepee was a family affair. Jasmyn’s kokum stressed to her granddaughter that how you’re feeling and how you think goes into whatever you make. So while the children helped build the teepee, Jasmyn asked them “What do you want to feel in your home?”
The teepee or home was where families learned by watching others. They learned love by being shown love. Family is vitally important, but family was absent at the residential school where her grandfather grew up. He was separated from family and wasn’t shown love.
“If you don’t have love and learn
how to care for each other, then the whole community crumbles,” Jasmyn said. “We need to adapt and change to survive.”
Family is a support group that helps meet the needs of others. To illustrate, she said that in their language, the word “aunt” means “almost mom,” and the word “uncle” means “almost dad.”
“We were taught to share everything. I always say Indigenous people were the original minimalists,” she laughed.
“Despite not having much, my mom always gave.”
Love, hope and strength are needed to continue on through life. Now Jasmyn spends her life teaching others how to live these values in our modern world.
Prairie West Historical Society (Eston Museum) would like to thank everyone who attended or helped on Canada Day. Special thanks to Tina & Daniel Bertram who served up the BBQ lunch, Central Plains Co-op Ltd. who supplied hotdogs, buns, and balloons for the kids and the Eston Car Club who graciously held their car show adjacent to the museum grounds. Also thank you to Donna and Sandy who supplied the ice cream and served it with help from Marie.
Thank you all for supporting PWHS.
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Public notice is hereby given that the Council of the Rural Municipality of Milton No. 292 intends to adopt a bylaw under The Planning and Development Act, 2007 to amend Bylaw No. 2017-08 known as the Zoning Bylaw.
INTENT
It is proposed that the Zoning Bylaw amendment will be:
• Addition of clause to site size restrictions in the Agriculture Resource District (AR) that Council may accept a greater site size if it is to include existing physical features (like shelterbelts) or if the subdivision doesn’t consume prime agricultural land.
REASONS
• Facilitate and provide appropriate development standards for the subdivision of agriculture land in the Agricultural Resource District (AR)
PUBLIC INSPECTION
Any person may inspect the bylaw at the Municipal Office, located at 20 1st Avenue North in the Village of Marengo, between the hours of 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Monday to Friday, excluding statutory holidays. Copies of the proposed bylaws are available at the Municipal Office.
PUBLIC HEARING
Council will hold a public hearing on October 8th, 2024 at 8:30 a.m. at the Marengo Municipal Office, 20 1st Avenue North in the Village of Marengo, to hear any person or group that wants to comment on the proposed bylaw. Council will also consider written comments received at the hearing, or delivered to the undersigned at the Municipal Office before the hearing.
Issued at the Village of Marengo this 24th day of September 2024. Lisa Ensor, Administrator
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BY JOAN JANZEN
September 25th was a big day for the West Central Crisis & Family Support Centre. That afternoon, staff and board members celebrated their 40th anniversary and the grand opening of their new facility.
The afternoon started with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, after which guests were invited to sit on the deck, where Mayor Rod Perkins, Reeve Lionel Story, and Board Chairperson Lori McManus offered greetings.
“Forty years is a big deal!” Lori said. Because they faced many challenges along the way, Thursday’s windy weather seemed symbolic of the adversity that had been overcome.
Lori thanked both past and present board members and staff, who go where the need is. She also thanked the Town of Kindersley, the Chamber, for helping to get the roof shingled, and the RM for helping to finish the basement. Also on the list were contract workers, most of whom donated their time, as well as the project manager and local businesses.
Executive Director Michelle Weber said they cover a huge area on a regular basis. They have received many donations throughout the years, some property-based, some financial, and some program-based.
“The vision is this is the first of five buildings to go on the property,” she explained. She described the facility as a multi-complex building housing visitation and interview rooms.
“We don’t ever thank big enough to everyone, but we can open our doors and show you the facility,” she said.
Guests were ushered into the building to enjoy cake and refreshments and tour the building.
The east side of the upper level is the clinic side, which includes offices, a board room, rooms for counselling, waiting rooms, visiting rooms, and interview rooms. The west side of the upper level is residential and includes bathrooms, a living room, a staff support room, an intake room and a kitchen.
The downstairs includes offices, four bathrooms, a family resource room, a board room, storage, a janitor’s room, a maintenance room, a therapeutic room and a laundry area.
“We focus on how to create growth in programs,” Michelle said. Those programs help people face their own challenges: job losses, increasing cost of essentials such as food, gas and utilities, family dysfunction and substance abuse.
While the staff and board extended thank yous, it was obvious that the “biggest thank you” goes out to each and every staff member who serves such a wide area.
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• Rosetown RCMP received a complaint of a suspicious person in Harris. Members patrolled the area but could not locate the subject of the complaint.
• Kyle RCMP received a report of a motor vehicle collision with a deer on Highway 4. There were no injuries - reported for insurance purposes.
• Rosetown RCMP received a report of an erratic driver on Highway 7. Members located the vehicle and gave the driver a verbal warning.
• Kyle RCMP received a complaint of a suspicious vehicle on Highway 7. Members located the vehicle, but there was no suspicious activity to report.
• Kyle RCMP received a complaint of uttering threats in Beechy. There was insufficient evidence to proceed.
• Rosetown RCMP received a noise complaint in Rosetown. Members spoke to the subject of the complaint, and nothing further was required.
• Rosetown RCMP received a report of an erratic driver on Highway 7. However, members were unable to locate the vehicle.
After a long battle with cancer, it is with a loving heart we said goodbye to our dad at the age of 85 years young.
• Rosetown RCMP received a report of a motor vehicle collision with a deer on Highway 4. There were no injuries - reported for insurance purposes.
• Rosetown RCMP received a report of theft of household items in Rosetown. There was insufficient evidence to proceed.
• Rosetown RCMP received a report of a suspicious vehicle near Lucky Lake. Members were unable to locate the vehicle.
• Rosetown RCMP received a complaint of a suspicious person in Elrose. Upon member arrival the subject of complaint was gone.
• Kyle RCMP received a report of an erratic driver on Highway 4 near Elrose. Members located the vehicle and spoke to the driver.
There were 60 traffic-related charges issued, 2 911 misdial calls, and 2 false alarm calls. Police are asking anyone with information about these or any other crime(s) to please contact the Rosetown RCMP at 306882-5700.
February 27, 1939 - August 18, 2024
He was loved and predeceased by his parents Norman Alfred Gropp and Tillie Hecker who were married at Prelate, Saskatchewan in 1937, and Don’s wife of 36 years Elizabeth (Betty) Helman-Gropp who passed in 2015.
His life was surrounded by younger brother Gerald (Lydia) Gropp and their children Nadine (Pryce) Wood from Minneapolis-Saint Paul and their children Larson and Ailsa, Nannette (Stacey) Peterson from Calgary, Alberta, and their twin sons Thomas and Adam. Naomie (Keith) Sanheim from Calgary, Alberta, and their daughters Vanessa and Serena.
Donald had a half sister Kathleen O’Connor (Randy Mackey-deceased) from Saskatoon, Sask and her daughter Amanda (Jason) Marien from Saskatoon, Sask. and children Dylan, Aiden, and Cohen. Jordan Mackie from Saskatoon Sask. and children Kendall, Leighton, Saige and Alex.
Donald also had half brother James O’Connor (Heather) from Merritt, B.C., and their child Justin O’Connor (Lynnea) from Kelowna, B.C.
Donald’s extended family includes his devoted step daughter Marie (Jack) Schneider from Davidson, Sask. with their children Jesse (Jenn) Schneider from Regina Beach, Sask. with their children Jace and Jaiden. Clayton (Danielle) Schneider from Davidson, Sask., with their children Ashton, Noah, Lily, and Luke. Wyatt Schneider (deceased) from Davidson.
Devoted step daughter Wyonne Wicks (Wesley) from Waldeck, Sask. with their children Chelsea (Kent) Westrom from Red Deer, Alberta with their children Johna, Lundy, Elliot, and Oliver. Tanja Wicks (Zac Wolfe deceased) from Waldeck, Sask., with their children Zerek and Viennley Wolfe.
Fred (Brenda) Helman from Sceptre, Sask. with their children Waylon (Linsey) Helman from Okotoks, Alberta and their children Marek and Maddox. Chris (deceased) and Ronda Helman from Martensville, Sask., with their children Brooklyn, Wyatt, and Jake. Josh Helman (Trish) from Medicine Hat, Alberta., with their children twins Hayden and Hunter, and Criss. Jenna (Aaron) Krien from Burstall, Sask., with their children Rhea, Callie and Booker.
Roy and Terrie Helman from Glaslyn, Sask., and their children Greg (Charity) Helman from Bragg Creek, Alberta, with their children Ava and Rowan. Jennifer (Shane) Meikel from Martensville, Sask., with their children Tyler and Carlee Roy. Don’s bachelor home was a mobile home overflowing with children of all ages for the rest of his
CRAIG - Dora Minnie
Craig nee Forrest passed away at Pasqua Hospital on Wednesday, September 4th, 2024, at the age of 84.
September 4, 2024
Dora was born to Aubrey and Alice Forrest in 1940, in Nova Scotia. In 1961 she married the love of her life, George; and together they had 4 children; Tanya, Donna, Bruce and Karen. They lived
most of their lives in Nova Scotia raising their children, eventually moving to Pinkham, SK. In 2005 George passed away and Dora started dividing her time between Alberta and Saskatchewan living and spending time with her children and grandchildren. She gave much of her life to raising her children as well as some of her grandchildren. Dora enjoyed knitting, sewing, painting and doing crafts; but most importantly she loved her family.
A service was held for Dora at the Kindersley Funeral Home Chapel on September 10th, 2024, and she was laid to rest beside her husband in the Kindersley Cemetery.
September 10, 2024
Glen was born and raised in Kindersley, Saskatchewan. He lived with his family at 204-1st Ave. E. until moving into a new home that his father had built on 6th Ave. W. Glen graduated from McKenzie High in 1960 and worked as an automotive engine rebuilder for Bowman Bros. Ltd. He was transferred to the Rosetown branch in 1961.
In May of 1962 he married his high school sweetheart (Pat Cudmore). Their first daughter Glenna Crystal was born on October 19, 1962. The family moved back to Kindersley in 1964 to help Glen’s father with a coin laundry and dry- cleaning service.
Glen and Pat’s son James William (Jamie) was born Oct 6th, 1964.
Glen then began to operate the local ambulance service for the Kindersley Union Hospital (very parttime) and started helping Earl Joyce at the Kindersley Community Funeral Home part- time.
Glen also looked after the cemetery during that time. He entered the funeral business and worked in Weyburn from 1965- 1967 and then apprenticed as licensed funeral director at the Saskatoon Funeral Home (1967- 1971).
Their second daughter Judith (Jodi) Lynn was born on July 9th, 1971.
Glen went to work as head technician in the Dept. of Anatomy at the University of Saskatchewan Medical College (1971-1973). Following this, he managed three funeral homes, an ambulance service, and monument sales in Kindersley, Kerrobert and Eston, Saskatchewan until 1980. His next venture was a retail shoe store ( House of Shoes) with his “best friend”, Pat. During 1980-1985 he began working for Pioneer Life and recruited about fourteen agents throughout southwest Saskatchewan.
During this time, he was also actively involved in the Lions Club, Chamber of Commerce, Town Council and served as the Mayor of Kindersley for a time.
Glen and Pat sold the shoe store and moved to Regina in 1985 as the Pioneer Life Insurance District Manager for southern Sask., recruiting and training a staff of approximately 70. Pioneer Life was sold to Crown Life in 1988 and all management positions were eliminated.
Finally, he was attracted to the hospitality industry and spent 22 years working in hotel management in Prince Rupert, Calgary and finally Kelowna, where he managed The Royal Anne Hotel and then the Okanagan Seasons Resort. Glen was actively involved as a Director and Vice President of the Kelowna Hotel Motel Association from 20052014.
Glen and Pat celebrated 47 years of marriage, in May 2009. They had three children, four grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
Pat passed away July 24, 2009, following a short, but hard- fought battle with cancer, followed by another loss of their oldest daughter, Glenna, on February 3, 2011 at age 48.
Glen “retired” from the hotel business in 2014 when the Prehofer family sold the Okanagan Seasons Resort that he managed for them. After a month of golf in Yuma, Arizona, Glen returned to Kelowna and started working again for the Prehofer family as a Property Consultant. This was supposed to be a part- time job, but he soon found that looking after about nine different properties takes considerably more than part-time!
An old friend from Kindersley “waved” at him on Facebook. Glen and June Rousson hadn’t seen each other for about 35 years. June had lost her husband to cancer and was experiencing the loneliness of being a widow, as Glen was. He finally officially retired at age 79, in 2022!
An amazing connection resulted over the next 6 years, and they shared their lives together in Kelowna. June’s family became like his family over those years. Her children Dennis (Silvia), Donald, Randy (Lee-Anne), Michelle (Allan), and Cherie, along with her grandchildren, were a big part of their lives along with Jamie, Jodi and her family, and Glenna’s family. They were free to travel and visit them. June says her children, and grandchildren loved him like a Father and Grandpa.
Glen and June never expected this union could possibly happen, but they spent their days making each other happy, travelling to Arizona in the winters, June sewing all year round and Glen fulfilling his golf obsession all year round! Life was good after 9 years of loneliness!
He died suddenly in their home in Kelowna on Sept 10, 2024.
Memorial Service was held in Kelowna on Sept 15th and in Kindersley on Oct 4,2024
In one of the stars, I shall be living. In one of them, I shall be laughing.
ALSASK
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18
• Dart Tournament 6 PM at Alsask Lions Hall
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26
• Haunted House at the Alsask Recreation Centre 8 PM - 12 AM. Admission: $15. Recommended age 12+. All are welcome. Beer gardens on site until 2 AM.
BURSTALL
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6
• Burstall Fall Supper 4:30-6:30 PM at the Burstall Community Hall. Adults: $20; 12 & Under: $10; Pre-school: $3. Sponsored by Burstall Recreational Facilities.
D’ARCY
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4
• Welcome back to D’Arcy School BBQ 6 PM at D’Arcy Elementary School.
DENZIL SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26
• Bones and a Meal sponsored by Denzil Rec Board. Steak Supper served from 5-6 PM. Bones starts at 5 PM. $180 per team (includes steak supper). For more info or to enter call/text Mike (306) 753-7343, Tanner (306)-753-7137.
• Denzil Fall Fair & Market 11 AM - 3 PM Denzil Community Hall lower level.
- Eston Wheatland Centre Chase the Ace - Draws every Wednesday at the Centre. Ticket sales 4-7 PM. Draw at 7:30 PM. See our Facebook page for details. Lic#LR23-0068. - Wheatland Centre Potluck Supper fourth Friday of each month 6 PM. $5.00. Bring your own utensils. Coffee & tea provided.
- Wheatland Centre Bingo - 1st & 3rd Thursday of the month 7 PM. Regular Bingo plus Bonanza, 50/50 Draw. Must be 14 years of age. Call 306-962-7117 (ask for Linda) for more info. - Drop-In Basketball Thursdays 7:30-9:30 PM at ECS Gym. Minimum 12 years of age. No charge. Contact Jesse to be added to a group text for the program 306-583-9087.
FLAXCOMBE
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26
• Flaxcombe’s 2nd Annual Fall Steak Supper. Cocktails 5 PM. Supper 6 PM. Please contact the Flaxcombe Community Club (Facebook) or by email: flaxcombecc@yahoo.com. RSVP by October 13.
HOOSIER
- Sunday Service Hoosier Community Church 10:30 am at the Community Hall. Contact Joel Hamm 306-460-7056 or Curtis Kornelson 306-460-7327.
KERROBERT
OCTOBER 7-10
• Kerrobert Minor Hockey Power Skating 1 hour sessions at Kerrobert Memorial Arena. Trained by: Trach Power Skating.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11 - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13
• Harvest Festival 2024. Stay tuned for more information coming out soon!
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23
• 2024 Annual Town Hall Meeting 7 PM at the Prairieland Community Centre (216 McPherson Street).
- Kerrobert Courtroom Gallery featuring Joanne Fagnou Bolen & Olivia Maney “Passing” Show runs until October 28. Gallery Hours: Weekdays 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3
• Grand Opening of the Kindersley RCMP Detachment 10 AM.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4
• Celebrate the launch of Roxana Spicer’s “The Traitor’s Daughter” Book reading by the author 7 PM at the Norman Ritchie Centre. Tickets: $15/person. Books available for purchase.
• SJHL Iron Horse Kindersley Klippers vs Humboldt 7:30 PM at the Inter Pipeline Arena.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8
• Kindersley & District Arts Council (KDAC) Annual General Meeting 7 PM at the Norman Ritchie Community Centre. Everyone welcome!
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9
• SJHL Iron Horse Kindersley Klippers vs Notre Dame 7:30 PM at the Inter Pipeline Arena.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11
• SJHL Iron Horse Kindersley Klippers vs Estevan 7:30 PM at the Inter Pipeline Arena.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12
• SJHL Iron Horse Kindersley Klippers vs Estevan 7:30 PM at the Inter Pipeline Arena.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19
• Kindersley’s 41st Annual Ducks Unlimited Banquet “Starry Nights” 6 PM at the Elks Hall. Dinner, drinks, games, auctions and fun! All proceeds go towards Ducks Unlimited Canada’s conservation efforts.
• Triple Goddess Market from 11 AM-5 PM at the Kindersley Legion Hall.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26
• Caleb Village Fall Craft & Trade Fair 12 - 4 PM. Everyone is welcome.
- Parkinson’s Support Group Meetings are held the second Wednesday of the month 1:30 PM at 401 - 4th Ave West (New Life Church). Everyone welcome! For more info call Nancy at 306-463-4514.
- Monday Night Jam Sessions at the Norman Ritchie Community Centre. Doors open at 6:30 to set-up, then the fun begins at 7-11 PM. Call Keith 306-460-8633.
- Interested in a support group for weight management? TOPS meetings; every Monday at 6 PM in the Kindersley Senior Centre OR contact Jill at 306-463-4210.
- PickleBall Outdoor Season meets Monday & Wednesday evenings 6:30 PM and Friday mornings 10 AM at the WCEC outdoor rink. Cost is $50 for the season or $5 drop in. More info call Barry 306-460-8356.
- Fit Fighter Group Class. Helping individuals with Parkinson Disease, Fibromyalgia, MS, Arthritis and mobility issues. Monday, Wednesday, Friday 10 AM at Anytime Fitness. Call
Karen 463-3607 for more info.
- The Prairie Crocus Quilt Guild meets on the second Tuesday of each month from September to May at 7 pm at the Kindersley Seniors Centre. All levels of quilters and quilt enthusiasts are welcome! If you are interested in joining the group or would like more information, please contact Regan Overand at 306-460-6467.
LIEBENTHAL
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20
• 3rd Annual German Supper at the Community Hall. Sittings at 4:30 and 6 PM. Advance tickets only. Deadline: October 13. For tickets or info call/text: Cheryl 306-662-7368, Joan (306) 661-8075 or Randy (306) 628-7775. Also available at Dirks Pharmacy in Leader. Raffle draws. Music by Kangaroo Rats 6:30-9:30 PM.
LUSELAND SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5
• Movie Night at the Luseland Salvador Homecoming Hall 7 PM. “Inside Out 2”. Free admission plus popcorn and a drink. Sponsored by Luseland Credit Union.
Recurring events at The Luseland Pioneers Club: PUBLIC
- Every Monday 2-4 PM Coffee
- Last Monday of the month 2-4 PM Pie ’n Ice Cream MEMBERS
- Monday-Saturday 8:30 AM - Noon, Coffee, Pool, Cards, Visiting
- Tuesday 1-4 PM Cards
- Tuesday 7-10 PM Games
- Wednesday 1-4 PM Cards
- Thursday 1-4 PM Cards
- Third Friday of the month Birthday Lunch at noon.
MAJOR
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20
• Major’s Hands at Work annual Fall Supper from 5-6:30 PM at the Major Hall. Take out is available. OCTOBER 23 - NOVEMBER 13
• Major Play Pals Christmas Green Fundraiser. Contact Bailey Kemery at 403-700-7145 to order.
NETHERHILL
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5
• Meet the author, Roxana Spicer, at her hometown Netherhill Hall 2 PM for a casual wine and cheese party and book reading of “The Traitor’s Daughter.” Books & Book Signing Available.
SMILEY
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27
• Smiley Fowl Supper 5-7 PM. Adults: $20; 12-18 yrs $15; 11 & under $5.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1
• Smiley Ladies Fashion Show. Advance tickets only $45. Cocktails at 6 PM followed by supper and fashion show. Call 306-838-4213, 306-838-2023, 306-460-9372, 780915-0318.
