Rosetown readies for festival weekend
BY IAN MACKAY
Animals take the stage for the Rosetown Community Theatre’s offering during the Harvest Family Festival this weekend.
The troupe presents two showings of The Fairy Tale Network, on Friday evening and Saturday afternoon, at the United Church.
The festival runs from Friday to Sunday, with most activity occurring downtown on Saturday, starting with a pancake breakfast at the Anglican-Lutheran Church hall.
The parade follows, starting at 11 a.m. The festival market opens in the United Church halls and downtown activities include bouncy amusements, Ol’ McDales petting zoo, face-painters, a ballon twister, “games for all ages” plus vendors tempting people’s taste buds.
Those who donate a non-perishable food item to help “Cram the Van” for the Rosetown and District Food Bank receive wrist bands that admit them to the children’s activities.
The Fairy Tale Network “is about a group of creatures that are trying to put on some shows that will keep the network that they work at going,” director Danielle Hunter said. “They chose some classic fairy tales. It’s pretty funny, we think.”
All ages will find it amusing, Hunter said. “It’s funny for parents and it’d be funny for kids, too.”
The theatre group has several children serving as “the Busy Bees who change the background and bring in certain props,” she said. “It’s really fun
to have kids involved. It makes it really special.”
No one actor is a star in this production, she said.
“I feel like a lot of people get kind of equal time,” Hunter said. “There’s not one standout star. That’s kind of nice for everybody.”
The cast includes Jay Porter as the Cat and Dean, Cindy Cerniuk as the First Mouse and Goldilocks, Charlene Krahn as the Second Mouse and Mama Bear, Jan Coffey-Olson as the Third Mouse, Marlene Pollard as Little Yellow Riding Hood, Evolet Welter as the Wolf, the Big Bad Wolf and Stuffy Waiter, Oleh Hrypa as Jimmy, Allan Hettrick as Sausage and Papa Bear and Michelle Hettrick as Mother Pig and Baby Bear.
Everleigh Olson, Freya Nichols, Rowan Nichols, Sofia Hrypa, Matvij Hrypa, Carson Forsyth and Coen Forsyth make up the Busy Bees and Susan Wiebe is the stage manager.
Happening on Friday are the VIP pumpkin decorating contest at the Legion hall, with a barbecue lunch starting at 11 a.m., and the revealing of Rosetown’s citizen of the year around noon.
That evening, the Under the Lights football game stars the Rosetown Royals against the Unity Warriors and the Curse of the Pumpkin Town haunts the museum grounds.
Among the other Saturday events are a new, three-on-three basketball tournament in St. Andrews Park, which continues on Sunday, while the Lions Club’s beef supper occurs at the Elks hall and a fireworks show west of the AGT Centre, starting at 8 p.m., brings the day to a
thunderous close.
On Sunday, the first runners leave the Youth Centre for the Harvest Hustle fun run at 9 a.m., going two, five or
10 kilometres, then drivers bounce their Tough Trucks back and forth across the north end of the sports grounds, beginning at 1 p.m.
JUST FOR FUN! Brynn Gordon of Harris and Spirit weave through the poles during the pole-bending portion of the final Just for Fun Gymkhana of the season last month. They finished in 30.932 seconds. PHOTO BY DAVID MCIVER
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Share the Warmth grants available
SaskEnergy is once again offering $100,000 in grants through its Share the Warmth program to help Saskatchewan’s most vulnerable people during the winter.
Community organizations that provide food, shelter, clothing and mental health services can apply for up to $1,000 each. Applications for the 2025-26 program are open until Oct. 31, 2025.
“Share the Warmth is a powerful example of community spirit in action,” said Mark Guillet, SaskEnergy president and CEO. “We’re proud to support the organizations that care for those who need it most.”
Last year, grants went to 106 programs in 104 communities, helping more than 105,000 people. Since 2013, Share the Warmth has provided more than
$500,000 to more than 500 projects provincewide.
For the second straight year, SaskEnergy is committing $100,000 to the program.
“One of our biggest challenges as a non-profit is securing funds to operate our emergency shelter,” said Joanne Gislason, board chair of Meadow Lake Homeplate Shelter Coalition Corp. “A Share the Warmth grant made a meaningful difference, ensuring people coming in from the cold not only had shelter, but also a hot meal.”
SaskEnergy will also host Share the Warmth Days in early 2026 with grant recipients to celebrate the program’s impact. Event details will be released later.
More information is available at saskenergy.com.
CORRAL COLLECTION: Outstanding antique, classic and special vehicles from around the province, such as this mid-1950s Ford Fairlane and the late-1960s Ford Mustang fastback behind it, arrived for the “car corral” held in conjunction with the
to half the northern lot.
Dusty Wheels rolls out vintage gems at indoor show
BY IAN MACKAY
An early fastback was one of the outstanding vehicles displayed by members of the Dusty Wheels Auto Club during their annual indoor show on Sept. 28.
Kim Sothman from Elrose was shown as the owner of the 1939 Chevrolet Master Deluxe 2-door Business Coupe that husband Trevor bought in the eastern United States around 15 years ago.
When they bought it, the coupe was “almost exactly” as it appeared at the Dusty Wheels show, Kim said. “The only thing we did on it: it used to have a bench seat, we put in buckets. That’s pretty much it.
“My husband saw it online,” she explained. “It looked really good and he made an offer and he got it. We got lucky - it was really good.”
They don’t drive it much, she said.
“We haven’t had it out for a really long time,” Sothman said. “We got it out for Elrose Homecoming (in late July). We had to put a new battery in it because it hadn’t been driven for so long. So it’s been kind of fun this year, but just for the last month.”
It’s been to Brandon and back, Swift Current and to Biggar twice, she said.
“A lady in Moose Jaw used it for a wedding vehicle,” she added. “She was friends with one of our daughters and she wanted a vintage vehicle and my daughter said, ‘We’ve got one.’ ”
“We have a lot of choice but this is one of my faves,” Sothman said. “It’s very loud, it’s very fast and it can be temperamental like old girls can be,” she said. “But it’s pretty good.”
The car club didn’t offer prizes this year as the show was, with one exception, restricted to members only because of the uncertainty that upgrades to the AGT Centre would be finished in time. The exception was a 1970 Mercury Marauder X-100 formerly owned by Merv Dawe, an original Dusty Wheels member, that Jim Angus from Harris now owns.
Other pre-Second World War vehicles on display included a 1929 Chrysler Series 50 Coupe and 1928 Chevrolet coupe, both owned by Duane Kidd, Bob Gardner’s 1929 Gardner, Bill Etter’s 1923 Ford T-Bucket, Barry Churchman’s 1928 Chevrolet Sedan, David Saville’s 1928 Ford Model A hot rod and Neil Mick’s
own, during the 40th annual Dusty Wheels Auto Show on Sept, 28 at the AGT Centre. To the right stands Mel Swyryda’s 1953 Ford Coupe.
1936 half Chevrolet, half Ford rat rod.
Churchman, an original, continuous member of the club who organized the show, sounded pleased with the response.
He said that three Eliminators told him about the last time they’d staged an indoor show in Swift Current. It drew 15 cars and eight were Dusty Wheels vehicles, they reminded him.
“We said we’d never put on another car show, then you put on one that’s fantastic of members-only cars,” he said they told him. “Some of the guys are proud of their cars and they finally got a chance to put them in an indoor car show, which makes them very happy. It is amazing to come to a car show of members only.”
As for the members, “I honestly believe they were quite surprised that (their vehicles) looked so presentable in that type of atmosphere,” Churchman said.
“The car corral was fantastic,” he added. “The support we got from out-of-town clubs and true car guys was amazing.” Clubs were advised it was a members only show but that they would be “more than welcome to participate in the car corral,” he said.
“They all felt that they’d wanted to participate because it’s hard to believe that a small town can successfully put an indoor car show on for 40 years,” he said.
“The new cement and the rink atmosphere was fantastic,” Churchman added.
Kim Sothman from Elrose poses with the 1939 Chevrolet Master Deluxe 2-door Business Coupe that she and husband Trevor
Dusty Wheels Auto Club’s indoor show. The vehicles filled the southern part of the AGT Centre parking lot and took up close
PHOTOS BY IAN MACKAY
Just a gal from Glidden
Ink-stained and hooked: Confessions of a newspaper addict
BY KATE WINQUIST
Some people collect figurines. Others cram their basements with antiques or hockey cards. Me? I collect newspapers. And not in the “line the cupboard shelves with them” way. I buy them. I run them. I practically breathe newsprint. (No, really — ask my husband.)
I’ve been tangled up in printing longer than I care to admit. Let’s just say I remember paste-up wax and leave it there. After graduating from Medicine Hat College in 1990 with a diploma in Visual Communications, I jumped straight into newspaper life as a graphic designer and layout artist at Robins Southern Printing in Lethbridge. Three years of college, eight bucks an hour, and my first gig was with The Farmer-Stockman AD-Visor. Yes, it was every bit as old-school as it sounds: darkroom work, t-squares, paste-up and mechanicals. (There’s that wax again.)
From there, it turned into a full-on paper chase: Medicine Hat Shopper, The Shaunavon Standard, owner of the Gull Lake Advance, then Managing Editor of the Maple Creek News and Maple Creek Advance-Times. That’s where I was when
Covid hit. A hefty wage cut nudged me back toward Kindersley — The Clarion had recently closed its doors, after all. So on my 51st birthday, I gave notice. Less than a month later — Canada Day, no less — I was packing up for home.
QUOTABLE
Thanksgiving is a time to reflect on the many things we have to be thankful for, not so we feel guilty about what we have that others don’t, but to be genuinely grateful for our blessings.”
Michael Josephson, U.S. lecturer & former lawyer (1942- )
MEDITATION
“How sweet are Your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!” — Psalm 119:103
Born and raised on a farm near Glidden (hence the name of this column), I graduated from Kindersley Composite in ’87. When the pandemic rolled in, I circled back to my roots and launched Your Southwest Media Group. By July 6, the first issue of Your West Central Voice hit the stands. Then came more papers: The Oyen Echo in January, followed by The Weekly Bean and The Kerrobert & District Chronicle in October. At that point, even I had to admit my “hobby” was starting to look suspiciously like an obsession.
And just when I thought I was done, Stewart and Richard Crump asked if I wanted to take over The Rosetown Eagle. At first, I politely declined. Even I have limits. Or so I thought. Stewart circled back in September, and by the 17th we had a deal. Suddenly, I am publisher and editor of a paper that’s been around since 1909. It’s been a whirlwind — picture a roller coaster, but with more paperwork. Thankfully, Ian MacKay and David McIver are staying on as contributors, and I’m thrilled to be adding some new voices. The timing, naturally, was impeccable: my first week coincided with both a Canada Post strike and Fire Prevention Week. Nothing like trial by
fire (and delayed mail).
One thing you’ll notice: no Rosetown office, at least for now. Buying the Eagle building didn’t make sense, so we’ll find a cozier spot down the road. Until then, email and phone will do the trick. This is your paper. If it matters to you, it matters to us. And if you’re posting your events on Facebook, consider tossing them our way too.
When I’m not wrangling deadlines, you’ll probably find me roaming backroads with my camera, blasting music, or yelling at the TV over the Roughriders, Blue Jays or Maple Leafs. (Yes, the Leafs. Don’t judge. Two out of three isn’t bad.) At home in Kindersley, my husband Robert, our dog Pablo and our cat Scrat tolerate my ink-stained hobby. Our three grown kids — Devin, Kalen and Jaidyn — cheer me on, though I suspect they’re also wondering if there’s a 12-step program for their Mom who can’t stop acquiring newspapers.
Taking on The Eagle wasn’t part of the plan. But then again, hobbies have a way of getting out of hand. Here’s to the next chapter — complete with deadlines, headlines and plenty of ink under my fingernails.
A clip from a newspaper advertisement when I worked in the production department of The Shaunavon Standard in 1992. I was 23 and full of vim and
Iran’s missing uranium shows limits of military might
INTERNATIONAL OPINION
With Gwynne Dyer
Three months have passed since “Operation Midnight Hammer” saw seven American B2 bombers drop 14 “bunker-buster” 14,000-kilogram massive ordnance penetrator bombs on Iran’s nuclear enrichment facilities.
But where is the highly enriched uranium that was, theoretically, the key objective for this operation?
“Iran’s key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated,” United States President Donald Trump exulted on June 21. It was a “spectacular military success, the likes of which the world has not seen in many, many decades.” But he always talks in superlatives. It means nothing.
The fact is that the stuff you could actually make nuclear weapons with is still missing. Iran had 408 kilos of highly enriched uranium, enough for nine or 10 atomic bombs if the regime chose to go that route, that’s probably hidden safely away.
Iran has about 8,400 kilos of uranium enriched to 3.67 per cent purity. That’s the normal level for use in commercial nuclear reactors and, in 2015, Iran signed an international agreement promising not to exceed it. Even when Trump unilaterally pulled the U.S. out of that deal three years later, he didn’t claim that Iran was actually breaking that promise.
President Trump reimposed sanctions on the Ira-
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nians in 2018, including secondary sanctions forcing other countries not to trade with Iran. The country’s economy shrank, so did popular tolerance for the regime and Ayatollah Khomeini’s regime searched desperately for a way to bring counter-pressure on the countries that had abandoned it to Trump’s tender mercies.
Since Iran hadn’t been breaking any rules, it couldn’t win the other parties back to the deal simply by mending its ways. Maybe it could frighten them into ending the sanctions instead. Starting in 2021, therefore, Iran began enriching its uranium beyond the permitted level of 3.67 per cent.
The Iranians thought they were just “sending a message.” They were only enriching a few hundred kilos of uranium and they carefully informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) of every baby step they took up the enrichment ladder: five per cent, 20 per cent, 60 per cent. They even showed the IAEA inspectors where and how they were doing it.
This was obviously a form of blackmail, not a mad dash for nuclear weapons, but the Iranians overestimated their audience. The dimmer members of the audience assumed that Iran really was trying to get nuclear weapons. Others knew better but pretended they believed that because it gave them a pretext for attacking Iran.
“Bibi” Netanyahu was in the latter category and he can almost always get Trump to do what he wants. The American bombers went in, and so did lots of Is-
raeli strike aircraft. Iran’s centrifuges, the heart of the enrichment process, were largely destroyed. So were the lives of 1,190 Iranians and 28 Israelis). However, the 408 kilos of highly enriched uranium that Iran had produced as a bluff was not destroyed. It was all removed before the American strikes arrived.
Eight days passed between the first Israeli strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities, which wouldn’t have harmed the HEU, and the U.S. strikes on June 22, which could have. During those days, Trump emitted a stream of social media posts threatening to kill Iran’s supreme leader and demanding Iran’s “unconditional surrender.” The Iranians had plenty of warning.
The HEU is stored in canisters about the size of a scuba tank so they’re easy to move and the whole 408 kilos could be loaded into a few small trucks in a matter of moments. Hide them in garages all over the country and Iran’s bluff is still as good as ever - which isn’t very good.
Or, if you’re crazy, start making nuclear weapons. You could turn the HEU into a couple of big, heavy bombs without enriching it further - 60 per cent U-235 will do at a pinch. Enrich it to 90 per cent if you still have some centrifuges tucked away somewhere and it will give you nine or 10 better, more compact bombs.
Why have the Iranians not done that already? Because they’ve all known since childhood that Israel has hundreds of nuclear weapons and the U.S. has thousands. They’re all crazy, but that makes the Iranians a bit less crazy than the Israelis and the Americans.
Six win races, 13 qualify for provincial meet
BY DAVID MCIVER
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Thirteen local and area students finished well enough—including winning three races—to qualify for the provincial cross-country meet, thanks to their showings at the district meet in Kyle on Wednesday.
Three younger runners also won races at the meet.
The top 10 in each event can advance to the provincial meet, scheduled for Saturday at the Deer Park Golf Course on the outskirts of Yorkton.
Jordan Merrifield of Rosetown Central High won the four-kilometre senior girls race in 17 minutes, 53.62 seconds. Sage Gilroy of North West Central School placed fifth among seven runners.
Absent at Kyle was the senior boys district winner from 2024, Corbin Wiens of Rosetown Central. He had prior obligations, said Royals coach Krista Wenaas. Teammate Luke Harrington finished seventh in that race.
Matthew Christofides, also of North West Central, finished fifth among eight senior boys.
Makenzie Crofts of Dinsmore Composite placed second in the junior girls race. Fellow Wildcat Harlie McNeely finished fourth of five runners.
Sam Ellis, also of Dinsmore Composite, placed sixth among that many junior boys.
Harper Kampen of Rosetown Central High outran 11 other intermediate girls over three kilometres to win their race, finishing in 12:23. Jana Duvenage of Elrose Composite finished second. Arabella Gilroy placed seventh.
Oscar Minogue, another Elrose Eagle, won the three-kilometre intermediate boys race in 12:20.84. Naim Robertson of Rosetown Central High finished second. Caelum Shipman of North West Central placed seventh among 10.
Intermediate-age runners must be in Grade 9 to attend the provincial meet, and that information for these six students wasn’t available at press time.
Eva Wiens of Rosetown Central High finished fourth in the two-kilometre under-13 girls race. Heili Duvenage of Elrose Composite placed eighth among 18 runners. Fellow Eagles Leandre van Zyl and Wilmien Schutte also took part, as did Edie Toner, Audyn Gilroy, and Hanna Weese of North West Central.
Felix Minogue of Elrose Composite won the three-kilometre under-13 boys race in 12:33.94. Teammate Julian Lehmkuhl placed 10th among a field of 22.
Mareike Duvenage, also of that school, finished fifth in a field of 30 under-11 girls. Marline Duvenage placed 10th. Dinsmore runners Riley Broom, Wyatt Noonan, Hallie James, Emree Blumer, and Harley Watt, and Ruby Robbie of North West Central likewise competed.
Five area runners placed in the top 10 of 31 runners in the under-11 boys race. Parker Billett of Dinsmore Composite won the two-kilometre race in 8:13.72. Matthew Crofts, another Wildcat, finished less than three seconds behind. Grover Minogue of Elrose Composite placed third. Hudson Weese of North West Central finished fifth. Teammates Everett Laturnus and Benson Hilderman, Elrose Eagles Cliff MacDonald, Andries Duvenage, Zandré Jonke, Henrix Parson, and Stian Schutte, and Dinsmore runners Colton Noonan and Britton Billett also ran.
Sports
Dinsmore Wildcats dominate home court at Rock the Block volleyball tournament
BY DAVID MCIVER
Host Dinsmore Composite teams won the junior boys category, reached the junior girls final, and made the senior boys and girls semifinals of the Rock the Block volleyball tournament, held in the rink and high school on Sept. 27. Each category featured five teams.
The junior boys Wildcats defeated the Beechy Blazers in two sets in the final. Their junior girls counterparts lost their final in three sets to the Davidson Raiders.
The senior girls Wildcats, a co-operative team with Elrose Composite, lost a semifinal to the LCBI Bisons in two sets.
The Elrose Composite senior boys team also fell short in a semifinal, losing to the Cabri Cougars in two sets.
The junior boys Wildcats, first with a 7-1 set record after the round robin, defeated the Elrose Eagles 25-15, 25-15 in the final. The Wildcats had beaten the Davidson Raiders 25-14, 2512 in a semifinal.
The Eagles, who finished the round robin with a 3-5 record for fourth place, beat the Beechy Blazers 25-22, 26-24 in
Ali Morrison of the Dinsmore Wildcats bumps the volleyball during the junior girls semifinal match at Dinsmore Composite School during the Rock the Block tournament on Sept. 27. The Wildcats defeated the Beechy Blazers 26-24, 27-25 to advance to the final, which they won.
PHOTO BY DAVID MCIVER
the other semifinal. The Blazers had finished with a 5-3 record for second in the round robin, ahead of the 4-4 Outlook Blues,
This was the sixth edition of Rock the Block, first held in 2016.
the Eagles, and the 1-7 Raiders.
The Dinsmore junior girls took Davidson to a third set in the final. The Raiders won the first set 25-18. The Wildcats, third with a 4-4 record in the round robin, came back to edge them 26-24 in the second. The Raiders, 8-0 in the round robin, won the decider 15-9.
The Wildcats had beaten the Beechy Blazers, who were second at 5-3, in two sets in a semifinal. The Raiders beat Kenaston, fourth at 3-5, in two sets in the other semifinal. The Biggar Blazers had gone 0-8 in the round robin.
In senior girls action, the Dinsmore-Elrose Wildcats lost to the LCBI Bisons 25-14, 2522 in a semifinal. The Wildcats had finished the round robin 4-4 for fourth place.
The Kenaston-Loreburn Kodiaks, winners of the previous weekend’s Rosetown
tournament, beat the Bisons 25-22, 25-13 in the final. The Kodiaks, who went undefeated with an 8-0 round robin record, had defeated the North West Central Wildcats from Plenty 25-10, 25-18 in the other semifinal. The Bisons had split into two squads for the round robin—LCBI White (6-2 for second) and LCBI Red (2-6)—and then combined for the playoff round. Because of that, North West Central, 0-8 in the round robin, became the fourth playoff team.
In the senior boys competition, the Wildcats, 6-2 for second place after the round robin, lost a semifinal to the Cabri Cougars 25-19, 26-24. The Cougars defeated the LCBI Bisons 21-25, 27-25, 17-15 in the final. The Bisons had beaten the Eston Mustangs 25-14, 25-20 in the other semifinal. LCBI had topped the round robin with a 7-1 record. The Cougars went 4-4 for third, followed by the 3-5 Mustangs and the 1-7 Davidson Raiders.
“We have been building this team for the past few years,” said Chelsea Billett, one of the junior boys Wildcat coaches. “We undoubtedly have
a skilled group of Grade 8-9 boys who are fantastic leaders and exceptional players, but we also have Grade 5, 6, and 7 boys who are quickly adapting and learning the game at a very fast rate. I couldn’t be more proud of this young group for capturing gold at our home tournament!” Billett coached the team with Kristin Ward.
Taking advantage of the visiting teams—156 players and coaches listed in the program— parents and others, about 500 people overall, Dinsmore hosted a town-wide garage sale, the Kinettes’ fall market, and the Dinsmore library book sale.
This was the sixth edition of Rock the Block, first held in 2016. After 2017, the tournament took a four-year break. When it restarted in 2022, organizer Lance Morrison scheduled it for the last weekend in September to coincide with the community garage sale, hoping it would fall after harvest and before the rink got too cold. “Putting all the events together seemed to be very successful,” said Morrison. A fish vendor at the market sold out by 2 p.m. “It is really becoming a big day for Dinsmore.”
ROSETOWN FIRE RESCUE BRIGADE
Allan Otterspoor 2018
Hayden Macknak 2021
Jason Cledgett 2019
Steven Megaw 2022
Jonah Wipf 2025
Dustin Grey 2019
Mike Moreside Captain
Lydia Anderson Assistant Chief
Brendan Paproski Captain • 2014
Ken Franklin Fire Chief • 1985
Yaroslav Baiev 2025
Brett Herbert Deputy Chief • 2017
Edward Grant 2024
Cody Torrance Fire Fighter
Greg Friesen Fire Fighter • 2011
Disha Choudhury Fire Fighter • EMS
Jackson Calwell Fire Fighter
Jim Hunter Fire Fighter • 2021
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Dane MacDonald Deputy Chief
Jim Wilinski Fire Fighter • 2021
Mark Torrance Fire Chief
Rob Hopkins Fire Fighter
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Petrus Coetzee Fire Fighter • EMS
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Touchdowns, thrillers and broken fingers: Area football week delivers it all
BY DAVID MCIVER
Last week the football teams in this area split games, suffered serious injuries, won a cliffhanger and lost what must be a record-setting shootout.
The senior Rosetown Royals defeated the Maple Creek Redmen 52-20 in Maple Creek on Thursday, beat the visiting Kindersley Kobras 19-13 in a nine-aside exhibition of backup players on Sept. 29, and lost a night game 24-15 in Unity on the 26th.
The Royals conclude their home-and-home exhibition series in Kindersley on Tuesday and then host the Unity Warriors in the Harvest Festival Friday Night Lights game.
The North West Central Wildcats lost 53-36 to the Kerrobert Rebels in Plenty on Thursday. The Wildcats play in Biggar on Thursday.
The Rosetown Junior Royals edged the Junior Blazers 38-36 in Biggar on Wednesday. The Jr. Royals host Kindersley in a night game on Wednesday.
The Plenty Junior Wildcats lost 108-84 to the visiting Eatonia Spartans last Tuesday. The Jr. Wildcats play in Unity on Wednesday.
Mark Mofolasayo, Boyd Anderson and Malcolm Ledding each had a rushing touchdown in Maple Creek, said Royals head coach Mitchell Wintonyk. Scoring details weren’t available.
The defence “played well as a unit,” he said.
Against the Kobras, Gage Nickason and Cohen Wickett each rushed for a touchdown, and Justice Zacharias scored another major on a reception. Tom Fortin and Mitch Nunweiler rotated at quarterback, said Wintonyk.
Noah Petrie rushed for one Kobra touchdown and caught a pass from quarterback Maddox Garret for the other.
In Unity, Ledding and Harper Willis both scored rushing majors.
Village of Wiseton Administrator
The Village of Wiseton is seeking applications for part-time Administrator. Ideally, the administrator will work 1 to 2 days per week. Council is willing to accommodate a flexible work schedule to be negotiated with the successful candidate.
The Administrator reports directly to the Council and is responsible for the day- to- day operations of the municipality in accordance with provincial legislation and the bylaws and policies set by Council.
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played some, as did Mofolasayo and others, said the coach.
“We faced a season’s worth of adversity in the first half of that game and didn’t throw in the towel,” said Wintonyk.
“Early in the third quarter we were down 24-0 and the kids never gave up and just kept picking away at the score. If we can take care of business against Maple Creek, we get another shot at them at home,” he said. Having got the win over the Redmen, “it is set up to be a fun game on Friday at home,” he said.
The Rebels’ running game “beat us up,” said North West Central assistant coach Logan Rieger. The Wildcats lost starting safety Cole Sittler within the first two plays of the game and, two plays later, also lost starting quarterback Chase Halter, said Rieger. With the two backups, they made it a close game, down only by a touchdown until near the end, he said. The Rebels “just kept pounding the ball on us” and scored two more touchdowns. Halter, who is in Grade 12, is out for the year, having torn a hip muscle, said Rieger.
Cohen Phillips, the Rebel quarterback and middle linebacker or safety, scored all or almost all of their touchdowns and intercepted two passes, he said. Phillips is “probably the best player in our league,” said Rieger.
The game in Biggar was close throughout, said Jr. Royals head coach Kent Carlson. The teams traded touchdowns in the first half.
Henry Wiens rushed for two touchdowns, and Asher Purcell and Emery Carlson each rushed for another. Carlson also passed to Purcell and Wiens for two more majors.
Owen St. John, Nixon Dyok and Caleb Woudwijk did “phenomenal” blocking all game, “punctuated by a huge block by Caleb to help us keep the ball at the end of the game and allow us to run out the clock,” said the coach.
The entire defence “played great,” said the coach. Despite playing a new position, Brandon Friesen sacked the quarterback twice and blocked a punt.
During the game, Royals starting quarterback Alex Nickel broke a finger in his right hand, which is his throwing hand.
Backup Sam Cadieux
Carlson picked up “a huge first down” on a broken play with three plays remaining to allow the Royals to take a knee to hold on for the win, he said.
Their defence did a good job to limit the Blazer offence, said Kent Carlson. Ryder Lundberg “was a menace” for Biggar, rushing for four touchdowns in the first half and one in the second half, he said.
Lundberg also played defence and “caused a lot of trouble,” said the coach.
That 108-84 game had “not a lot of defence,” said Jr. Wildcat head coach Morgan Rousseaux. Emerson Summach got most of the Plenty rushing touchdowns. Teagan Swan may have rushed for two majors, said Rousseaux. One player got every Spartan touchdown. “He was a man amongst boys out there,” he said.
Ryder Summach (L), Joseph Bouclin (96) and Jasper Adnam (background) of the senior Rosetown Royals run to tackle Noah Petrie of the Kindersley Kobras early in the second half of a nine-a-side exhibition here on Sept. 30. They and other Royals limited Petrie - who scored both Kobra touchdowns - to a three-yard gain. The Royals won 19-3. The teams conclude this home-and-home exhibition for back up players in Kindersley on Wednesday night. PHOTO BY DAVID MCIVER
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David McIver
100 years ago – Oct. 8, 1923
Burglars broke in to Gledhill’s Drug Store on Sunday night, Oct. 4. They got in through a window on the north side by removing a storm window and breaking the catch. It was believed that narcotics were missing.
Garnet Thompson, son of Mr. and Mrs. James M. Thompson, narrowly escaped fatal injuries. Thompson was driving a laden grain wagon to town from the Yuill & Smith farm. He’d been walking beside the wagon for a while and then decided to get back on the seat. In trying to do so, he slipped and fell. The wagon went over both feet – crushing foot bones – and an arm. The driver of a nearby wagon hurried him to town for medical attention. 80 years ago – Oct. 4, 1945
“Flier who saved Ceylon” read a headline. A. Abbott of north of Herschel had written to the Winnipeg Free Press about an article. The article seemed to credit one airman for the warning that Allied forces at Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) got on April 5, 1942 of an attack that day by aircraft from a large Japanese fleet, similar to that on Pearl Harbour, Hawaii.
That warning, sent by a flying boat of Royal Canadian Air Force No. 413 Squadron, allowed most of the British Eastern Fleet – the reason for the attack – to get away. Shortly after sending that warning, fighter planes shot down the flying boat, resulting in the deaths of three of its nine-man crew, including the navigator, Abbott’s son, Pilot Officer Arthur Abbott.
The Free Press article, headlined “Flyer who saved Ceylon,” focused on pilot and squadron leader Leonard Birchall, a survivor. A. Abbott sent to the Free Press a copy of a letter received unsolicited from the air station commander at Colombo, Ceylon. The efforts of Arthur Abbott and the rest enabled others to prepare, wrote Wing Commander George Butler. Also, Arthur Abbott “was very popular with the men and officers of this station and his death will not pass unforgotten,” wrote Butler.
70 years ago – Oct. 6, 1955
The board of trade turned over the matter of a proposed home for the aged to the Lions Club and that of Santa Claus Day to the Elks.
The hospital nurses’ residence was the scene of two get-togethers. Staff honoured brides-elect Doreen Duggan, RN, and Anne Zeilinski, RN, and the hospital auxiliary did the same for Ellen Huck, leaving after nine years as housekeeper.
50 years ago – Oct. 8, 1975
Three new businesses had started. Sno Pro Sports owners Don Anderson and Ken Auckland opened an Arctic Cat and Suzuki showroom in the former Graham Hardware building. Rosetown Roofing and Carpet occupied the former Dale’s Plumbing building on Second Avenue. Dwayne Williams, formerly of Dundurn, handled the roofing. Jeff Dubyk, originally of Hanley, looked after carpet.Raye Low opened Low’s Sewing Centre, for Singer sewing machine sales and service, adjacent to Low’s Sporting Goods.
Marion Drummond of Rosetown retired after 17 years as public health nurse in Kerrobert, Elrose and Kyle areas.
30 years ago – Oct. 2, 1995
Attention deficit disorder has been around for centuries, Dr. Declan Quinn told about 50 parents and teachers here. Rosetown School Division officials had brought Quinn, a child psychiatrist from Saskatoon, to speak about it.
Spooky reads for every age
BY BRITTANY BOOTH Rosetown Librarian
Check It Out
It’s officially October, which means it’s time to celebrate anything and everything Halloween-themed!
For kids, we have a series of adorably spooky reads. Younger children can read along as storybook character Bad Kitty navigates the trials of being a scaredycat, or they can help a little vampire figure out what’s been keeping him awake at night.
Older kids can dive into the haunting world of R. L. Stine’s Goosebumps or explore strange and spooky real-life tales.
Adults can also enjoy some non-fiction ghost stories that are sure to interrupt their sleep, or they can descend into fictional worlds of vampires and demon hunters.
The Widow by John Grisham (thriller)
In rural Virginia, Simon Latch is making just enough as a local lawyer while his marriage slowly falls apart. When elderly widow Eleanor Barnett walks in, Simon is excited to secure his richest client yet. Eleanor needs a new will, and her recently deceased husband left her a fortune that no one knows about. After Eleanor is hospitalized following a car accident, Simon finds himself accused of murder.
Despite making it illegal, Rosetown’s new traffic bylaw hadn’t deterred cyclists from riding on sidewalks. Mayor Alma Dubé said she’d received numerous complaints. One woman said she was almost struck by a bicycle. Sgt. Fred Matchett wanted RCMP officers to speak at the schools about it, he told town council. Repeat offenders may see their bikes taken away, said Matchett.
20 years ago – Oct. 3, 2005
Alchemy of Secrets by Stephanie Garber (fantasy)
Most students don’t believe the professor’s lessons on local legends and urban myths, but Holland St. James believes in magic. Holland hopes to use her thesis to prove that some of old Hollywood’s most infa-
mous deaths were murders committed by the devil. As Holland searches magical Los Angeles for an ancient object that could help, she feels drawn to a stranger— but everyone seems to be lying to her, and he might not be any different.
Remain by Nicholas Sparks and M. Night Shyamalan (romance)
Tate Donovan’s sister told him on her deathbed that she could see spirits tied to the mortal realm. After being released from a psychiatric facility for severe depression following her death, Tate travels to Cape Cod to design his friend’s summerhouse. When Tate meets Wren, the two forge an immediate connection that is threatened by Wren’s past.
Last Rites by Ozzy Osbourne (non-fiction)
In just a few weeks in 2018, Ozzy Osbourne went from being hospitalized with a finger infection to having to abandon his farewell tour—and all public life— as he faced near-total paralysis from the neck down. In this shocking and bitterly hilarious story, Ozzy reflects on his extraordinary life and career, his family, and reuniting with Black Sabbath for the final time.
Bog Queen by Anna North (historical fiction)
When a body is found in a bog in northwest England, Agnes, an American forensic anthropologist, is called to investigate. But this body isn’t like any she’s ever seen. Though it died more than 2,000 years ago, it’s almost completely preserved. Soon, Agnes is drawn into a mystery from the distant past, called to understand and avenge the death of an Iron Age woman who is more like her than she knows.
Beechy student adds youth voice to provincial education decisions
A Grade 12 student from Beechy School represents the Sun West School Division on the provincial Education Department’s Youth Council.
Julia Wiens is one of 12 high school students from throughout the province who will “help shape Saskatchewan classrooms with their ideas, insights and leadership” during the new academic year, a department statement said.
president.
Wiens also maintained high academic standards, worked part time and took piano lessons, the Sun West statement said.
Each new member “has embraced the opportunity to be a leader within their schools and communities,” said Everett Hindley, the education minister. “Their perspectives are essential in helping shape a more responsive and positive education system for all Saskatchewan students.”
Mould discovered in the curling rink would be removed that week, said Mayor Dubé.
Wiens was an “outstanding member of the Sun West student leadership program” last year, helping develop many communications projects, a school division statement said. She has been part of the student leadership team at the school since Grade 8, most recently as
Members of the council will take part “in several meaningful discussions” with department officials to express their ideas on such education-related priorities as policies, curriculum and programs.
Every day your memories come our way. Always loved and missed. Your family
Peter Thrush and Fred Staples, driving a team of horses pulling a scope, excavate the Anglican Church basement circa 1919. Construction of the church began with excavating the basement and preparing cement footings. Various old Rosetown abodes appear in the background.
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Vince Marty sets the volleyball while teammate Liam Anderson watches. They and the rest of the Royals were playing a Lucky Lake-Beechy-Kyle team in the round robin of the senior boys volleyball tournament here on Saturday. The teams split sets here and met again in the final with the Royals winning in two close sets.
Sr. boys win own tourney
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Despite it only going two sets, the final was close at the Rosetown Central High senior boys volleyball tournament on Saturday. The host Royals defeated Lucky LakeBeechy-Kyle 26-24, 26-24. “And we were close with them the whole day,” said Royals coach Dana Bergerman.
It was a really good tournament, a really good game,” said Bergerman. Lucky Lake-BeechyKyle placed first with a 5-1 set record after the
round robin which consisted of two-set matches among the teams, who also included the Eaton Spartans and Biggar Blazers.
In their round-robin match, the Royals won the first set 27-25 and lost the second 25-19.
The host team, who went 5-1 for second, defeated the 2-4, third-place Blazers in a semifinal 2519, 25-17. The Spartans went 0-6.
The Royals included “a lot of Grade 12s, so it was nice for them,” said Bergerman.
Volleyball team improving
The junior girls A team at Rosetown Central High took part in tournaments in Biggar on Sept. 20 and in Lucky Lake on the 27th.
The team finished second in Biggar, having lost in the final, and placed third in Lucky Lake, said coach Craig Vanthuyne.
The girls played well in both tournaments “and have shown improvement in both skills and systems we are using,” said Vanthuyne.
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Kalli Bacon, Kensie Cowan, Rachel Dobson, Tayler Foursha, Avery Hawken, Nora Hayes, Taylor Inverarity, Harper Kampen, Jersie Lyric-Schmidt, Gracie Rawson, Georgia Starosta and Payten Wade make up the team.
The school’s junior B team had just as much action scheduled for September, having a tournament at
Elizabeth Middle School in Kindersley and the Biggar tounament.
Sara Brisbin, Kinley Cairns, Eva Churchman, Kathryn Claffey, Kaylee Cowan, Elayne Foursha, Emmy Herbert, Emily Johnson, Andrea Kahovec, Brooke Moreside, Jessica Murdoch, Zaphyra Norheim, Hailey Stanek, Hadley Wickett, Janie Wiebe and Eva Wiens comprise the junior B Royals.
Bowling
The house round for the Trio Challenge tournament will be held on Oct. 18-20, said Penny Andersen of the local alley.
Bowling is “doing good but there’s alway room for more,” and that’s not just in regular league bowling, said Andersen.
Any people interested in just sparing should stop in or phone, she said.
Pool
The pool league at the local alley started up on Oct. 26, said Andersen.
The new Rosetown Eagle has landed — just in time for National
The Rosetown Eagle has a new owner. Kate Winquist, of Your Southwest Media Group, has taken the helm. She also publishes papers in Kindersley, Kerrobert and Oyen, so she’s no stranger to the business. Fittingly, her first edition in Rosetown coincides with National Newspaper Week — a celebration of the essential role newspapers play in communities across Canada.
From coast to coast, local newspapers deliver vital information, connect neighbours, and strengthen democracy by providing original, fact-checked content. National Newspaper Week, held this year from Oct. 5 to 11, is a chance to recognize that role and spark meaningful conversation about why journalism matters.
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Cindy McRae and Carol Gates won twice playing bingo at the seniors centre last Tuesday.
Joyce Morin, George Patenaude, Terry MacDonald and Eckhard Wiebe also won games.
Whist leaders were: 1.
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Steph Grondin won at cribbage on Wednesday, with Christine Paquette second and Wendy Clayton third.
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Pumpkin Chai Muffins
Ingredients
2 large eggs, room temperature
1 cup canned pumpkin purée
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup split red lentils purée
1/2 cup canola oil
1/2 cup unsweetened apple juice
2 tsp pure vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup large-flake oats
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp ground ginger
1/2 tsp ground cloves
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp cardamom
1/2 cup pumpkin seeds
Preparation
Preheat oven to 350F (180 C). Place rack in the centre of oven. Line a muffin pan with papers. In a large bowl, whisk together eggs, pumpkin purée, brown sugar, lentil purée, canola oil, apple juice, and vanilla until smooth. In another large bowl, stir together remaining dry ingredients. Add wet ingredients to dry and stir just until incorporated. Scoop into muffin cups to about three quarters full and sprinkle with pumpkin seeds. Bake for 20-23 minutes, until tops spring back when lightly touched and a toothpick inserted in centre of comes out clean. Let muffins cool in pan on wire rack for about five minutes, then remove them from pan and let cool completely on rack. Preparation time: 15 min.; total time: 35 min. Makes 12 servings, 260 calories each.
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Judge set to deliver verdict in Rosetown man’s Christmas Eve confrontation
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A judge is to give his verdict today (Tuesday) in Kindersley in a trial involving Derek Skene, 49, of Rosetown.
Police charged Skene with assault causing bodily harm after learning about an altercation in a local back alley on Dec. 24. A man reported later that he’d suffered a small puncture wound to his chest after Skene fell into him. A security-camera video, taken from near Skene’s back door, showed the accused holding onto a dog jumping around on a leash before falling into the man.
Judge Bruce Bauer, slated to preside at Kindersley provincial court on Tuesday, saw six photos of the damage to the victim and his clothing during the Sept, 25 provincial court trial at the Elks hall. The exhibits included a photo of a hole in a T-shirt the victim said he’d received that evening for Christmas. Skene didn’t testify.
The man hadn’t noticed the wound until later, he testified. He’d been at a family gathering, where he drank one beer, and was returning home in the back seat of a vehicle, he testified.
Skene almost stepped into the path of the vehicle and began yelling at it, the video appears to show. Moments later, the video showed three people walking toward him. The victim was challenging Skene to fight while they traded insults, the victim testified.
The incident happens soon after, then the accused runs between the people back to his residence, where the victim remained outside yelling at him. The ac-
cused was yelling from the door, the victim said. This lasted for 20 to 30 minutes as he waited for a police officer to arrive, he testified.
However, a serious accident west of town kept available officers busy, he said. Police later called and told him to go home. The victim went to the police station the next day to make a statement, where some of the photos were taken, court heard.
“There was no question that bodily harm occurred,” Judge Bauer said during the defence lawyer’s argument. The lawyer argued that the contact was unintentional and that the contact “looks like a stumble and push.”
• Judge Bauer fined Martha Gatfield, 60, of Medicine Hat a total of $1,299 for doing 159 km/h ($899) in an unregistered vehicle ($400 instead of $580) on June 14 near Harris.
The woman said she didn’t realize how fast she was going on her way to a celebration of life for a friend of her family, asking for a reduction in the speeding fine.
Judge Bauer refused, telling the woman she posed a “significant danger” to herself and others on the road and that people going that fast can face a criminal charge of dangerous driving.
Gatfield also said that her ex-husband had always handled vehicle registration, that she assumed it expired at the end of the year and “was surprised” when she learned it had expired at the end of April.
• Judge Bauer fined Hedye Hajforoush, 50, of Biggar $500 instead of $843 after listening to her explanation for going 154 km/h on Highway 4 north of Rosetown on April 24.
• The judge fined Dibin Baby, 27, of Prince Albert $304 for after the man said he was going closer to 134 km/h than the 154 km/h that police clocked him at near Rosetown on July 11.
• Judge Bauer fined Boran Son, 47, of Winnipeg a total of $300 - $150 on each charge - when the man pleaded guilty to speeding and driving with a passenger under 16 years old not wearing a seatbelt. The accused said the boy didn’t want to wear the seatbelt. The voluntary fines were $280 for speeding and $175 for the seatbelt violation.
• The judge fined Jason R. Mitchell, 48, of Cranbrook, B.C., $300 instead of $580 for driving an unregistered vehicle here on July 14. Mitchell said that Alberta didn’t send him a warning that the registration was about to expire.
• Judge Bauer fined Cody D. Smith of Onion Lake $200 for driving near Harris on July 13 when his licence was suspended.
• The judge fined Noel Isorena, 44, of Saskatoon $184 for going 117 km/h near Rosetown on March 8 in issuing a default conviction when the man didn’t show up for his scheduled trial.
• The judge fined Ashrap Snaa, 27, of Saskatoon $150 instead of $194 for going 122 km/h near Zealandia on June 14.
• Judge Bauer fined Satman Singh, 31, of Airdrie, Alta., $150 in agreeing to a resolution worked out by a prosecutor that gave the accused an official speed of 109 km/h. Police clocked the man’s vehicle going 130 km/h, for which the voluntary fine was $210, on May 17.
• Renee L. Tetrault, 60, of Vernon, B.C., was fined $150 with an official speed of 115 km/h in agreeing to a resolution worked out by a prosecutor. Tetrault’s vehicle registered 132 km/h on police radar near Tessier on July 29. The voluntary fine was $288.
• The judge fined Carman V. Wilcox, 57, of Stalwart, Sask., $150 instead of $206 for going 108 km/h in an 80-km zone here on June 14.
• Judge Bauer fined Jocelyn H. Sabit, of Kylemore $150 when the woman pleaded guilty to driving near Fiske on July 13 when her licence was suspended. The woman said the suspension notification went to her former address and that she’d paid the outstanding amount the next business day.
ROSETOWN / KYLE RCMP
Mischief, traffic and well-being checks keep officers on the move
From vehicle mischief to child custody disputes, Rosetown and Kyle RCMP had a busy week responding to a range of incidents across the region.
Officers kicked off the week on Sept. 26 with a well-being check in the RM of Lacadena, followed by a mischief complaint involving a motor vehicle in Rosetown. The following day, a local business reported a gas-and-dash incident, which remains under investigation, and police also responded to a breach of peace complaint in Harris.
Well-being checks continued throughout the week in Rosetown and the RM of St. Andrews, highlighting ongoing community concerns. On Sept. 29, police investigated a driving complaint on Highway 7 near Fiske, though officers were unable to intercept the vehicle. A harassing communications complaint was also reported, but there was insufficient evidence to proceed.
Sept. 30 saw RCMP mediating a child custody dispute, while Oct. 1 brought another mischief complaint—this time involving a backhoe in the RM of St. Andrews. The week wrapped up with a well-being check early Oct. 2.
In total, officers issued 86 traffic-related charges, handled two false alarm calls, and reported no mis-dials to 911.
Police are reminding residents to stay vigilant and report any suspicious activity. Tips can be submitted directly to the Rosetown RCMP at 306-882-5700 or anonymously via Saskatchewan Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or www.saskcrimestoppers.com.
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