Camping Accommodations Available on a First Come, First Serve Basis Visit eatonia2020.com for information & to purchase tickets
Long term care homes receive donations
THURSDAY, JUNE 30:
Scavenger Hunt • Movie in the Park
FRIDAY, JULY 1:
The Creeland Dancers • Dean Smith Band Fireworks • Time Machine
Wheat Kings Ball Game Ball Park Grand Opening
SATURDAY, JULY 2:
Pancake Breakfast • Parade Show & Shine
Centennial Marketplace
Eatonia Centennial Cabaret presents: The Steve McQueen Band featuring Mitch Larock & The 4:54 Band
Friday & Saturday Supper
Catered by Jackie’s Delicious Delights
SUNDAY, JULY 3:
Pancake Breakfast • Sunday Service Community Jam Session • Farewell BBQ
The Kindersley branch of the Superannuated Teachers of Saskatchewan has decided to disband and disperse the funds available in their account. Sharon Price, the group’s vice-chair, said, “We made a motion to disband the chapter and another motion to disperse the funds.” A motion was made to give $1,300.00 to each of the long-term care facilities in the surrounding communities.
This amount was given to Eatonia Oasis Living, Heritage Manor (Heartland Health Region) in Kindersley, the Eston Lodge (via Caring Hands), and Pioneer’s Haven in Kerrobert. Krystal Bazylinski, Manager at Pioneer’s Haven, expressed appreciation for the generous donation to their Resident Upgrade Project. The funds will be used to upgrade their kitchen and dining room facilities.
Joe Kurtz from Kerrobert presented the donation. Joe has been president of the board for the past 24 years and is a regular visitor at the Haven. Joe decided to step down from his position, and the board’s treasurer, who lives in Eston, also decided to step down.
Price said they sent out an email to generate interest but had no response. “No one was willing to take on those roles.”
Kurtz said, “There are 76 members on the record, but many are elderly or have moved away.” Upon retirement, teachers are invited to join Superannuated Teachers, but Kurtz noted “younger teachers who retire are not joining.”
“In the last few years, the membership has really dropped off. It used to be quite active with a large number; it was a good way
to stay in touch. We had meetings four times a year,” Price explained. The retired teachers would meet at lunchtime, and would go on a trip on the last meeting of the year in June. “But lately, we haven’t had anyone coming out,” Price concluded. While the disbanding of the group is unfortunate, these four long-term care facilities deeply appreciate the donations received. Krystal Bazylinski said, “We have happy hearts that this will help us in our project, and the support is amazing to have.”
JOAN JANZEN
Your Southwest Media Group
Joe Kurtz, representing the disbanded Kindersley branch of Superannuated Teachers of Saskatchewan, presents a donation of $1300 to Pioneer’s Haven Resident Upgrade Project to resident Mervin Norris.
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Cora Knuttila, Administrator at Eatonia Oasis Living (left) receives a donation of $1300 from retired teachers, Anna Jensen, Betty King and Sharon Price, representing the disbanded Kindersley branch of Superannuated Teachers of Saskatchewan.
Sheila Nunweiler (left), representing the disbanded Kindersley branch of Superannuated Teachers of Saskatchewan, presents a donation of $1300 to Cheryl Molnar, representing Heritage Manor.
Career Opportunity
Public Works General Labour
Appliocation Deadline: Until position has been filled
The Town of Eston is looking to fill a full time, permanent Public Works position. Reporting to the Director of Public Works, this person will assist with general operation of the Public Works department including transportation, landfill, and various other operations. The typical schedule is Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm. Periodic on call and shift work may be required. Training, professional development benefit and pension package available.
Duties:
• Maintenance functions at the shop and other Town facilities
• Maintain public parks and grassed areas including litter and waste removal
• Mow, whipper snip, pull weeds, rototill, street maintenanc, parks and Town properties
• Work with the Public Works crew on various property development, demolition and construction projects
• Assist with community recreation, campground waste collection, street maintenance, water and sewer, and landfill operations
• Operate and maintain equipment including backhoe, grader, sweeper, mowers, sanding truck, tandem truck and landfill compactor
• Other projects and duties as assigned
Qualifications
A criminal record check and class 5 driver’s license are required, with a willingness to upgrade to a 3A. The successful candidate must be self-motivated, work well with a team and independently, possess good customer service skills, and be community focused.
Applications
For more information or to submit an application, including cover letter, resume and references, contact the Town Office by email at cao@eston.ca, by phone at 306-962-4444, in person at 111 4th Ave SE, or by mail at Box 757 Eston SK S0L 1A0.
Volunteers are the heart beat of Eston
This year, National Volunteer Week is April 24-30, 2022. Volunteers bring heart to our Saskatchewan communities; one of those communities is Eston, where a group of ten dedicated volunteers form Communities in Bloom (CiB). The volunteers are Doreen Reaburn, Leslie Kraft, Ellen Owens, Desi Beckstrand, Edna Williams, Rita Tessier, Barb Christians, Valarie Mohan, Shari Collinge, and Loreen Buskell.
Valarie Mohan was one of three members of the group who took the time to answer a few questions about volunteerism. She is the president of CiB, and Doreen Reaburn is the secretary. Valarie has been a member since CiB started back in 2000.
To kick off this year, CiB has joined in with Pitch In Canada, a national organization to hold a Community Clean Up Day on Friday, April 29. “The school has agreed to help with a clean up morning,” Valarie explained. “Each grade will be sent to a different area of town.” The Town of Eston provides a trailer to collect the debris, and hotdogs will be served in front of the school from 11:15 to 12:15 p.m. The public is also invited to help out with the clean up.
CIB held its first meeting of 2022 to plan the upcoming year and continue with the projects they have implemented. “We don’t have a lot of young members, so we don’t add on new projects,” Valarie noted.
She said it’s quite common to find CiB volunteers volunteering their time and talents in other groups as well. Valarie should know because not only is she an active member of CiB, but she is active on the United Church Board and is a group leader in the Lions 95.
Shari Collinge is another lady who donates her time to help out with CiB. “I’m one of the worker bees,” she said. “There’s about six of us who are on the watering rotation, and we keep an eye out for things that need a touch up around our flower beds.” If there’s work to be done, a message is sent out to inform the group.
“I don’t have a lot of spare time,” Shari said, and that’s understandable since she also helps out at the Eston Museum, where she is the secretary and calendar chairperson, as well as helping out with other museum fundraisers.
“I look after the collections and build the displays. We also have a display cabinet at the bank that is changed occasionally. So far this year I’ve spent about 50 hours building displays for the museum.”
Shari, along with a group of volunteers, worked together to refurbish the outside of the homesteader’s shack and cleaned up the interior. All their hard work is preparation for the museum’s opening day on May 26.
One of the group of ten volunteers at CiB is Loreen Buskell. She said she started volunteering so she could get out and meet people. Loreen has been a member of CiB since 2010. “Leslie orders all the flowers. We plant the baskets and gardens around town. We maintain everything, do the weeding, build anything that’s needed, and take turns watering all summer,” Loreen said. “We have a great time together. It’s a blast!”
“I also ran the Bizarre Bazaar fundraiser for the museum for six years,” Loreen continued. Loreen said she put in 60 hours to organize this event beginning at the end of August until the event was held in the first week in November. However, she no longer helps with this event due to employment commitments.
Although that is a significant volunteer contribution, Loreen has also been a member of the Legion for the past seven years. “My dad was in WWII. We do suppers once a month and raffles, built a new addition on the hall, and are building a ramp for wheelchair accessibility,” Loreen explained.
“I also helped organize Canada Day,” she said. “I was never home; I was volunteering so much.” Valarie Mohan called Loreen ‘the labourer’ in the CiB group, because she provided the muscle.
“Val is so great at organizing at CIB as president. Doreen is our secretary, and the rest of us are just members. We’re happy that way,” Loreen concluded.
These three ladies give us a glimpse of the huge contribution made by the volunteers in Eston. They truly are the heartbeat of the community! Be sure to express your gratitude during Volunteer Appreciation Week!
This position may evolve into a permanent full-time position. The successful applicant must be a self motivated individual and must be able to work independently. This position requires some heavy lifting and extended periods of time standing. Computer experience would be an asset.
Please reply by submitting a written resume to: Kindersley Bearing (2008) Ltd. P.O. Box 249 - 12th Ave East, Kindersley, Sask. S0L 1S0 or email to kindersleybearing@sasktel.net
Valarie Mohan
Shari Collinge
Loreen Buskell
JOAN JANZEN
Your Southwest Media Group
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Are we thinking about consequences?
Ayoungsterwas being reprimanded for his behaviour by his dad. “Young man, didn’t you consider the consequences for your actions?” The son responded, “How am I supposed to think about consequences before they happen?”
Likewise, our government is not thinking about the consequences of the policies it implements. MP Leslyn Lewis, who has a masters in environmental studies, said, “I have seen first hand that good intentions don’t always equal effective policy. Punishing and taxing a person doesn’t result in saving the planet.” Neither will the planet be saved by the Liberals’ plan to introduce new taxes of up to $4,000 for people who buy a truck.
Punishing Canadians under the guise of a worthy cause, is becoming increasingly popular. The worthy cause is the government’s push to get to net zero emissions. Canadian Minister of Environment Steven Guilbeault said provincial fuel tax breaks “go against our efforts to fight climate change”.
In a National Post article, Rex Murphy wrote, “Canada has one purpose only, one duty as a country: to save the great globe of our common earth from inexorable climate doom.” PM Trudeau announced his new targets for Canada’s carbon-dioxide emissions at a recent visit to Vancouver, before partaking of a Liberal fundraiser dinner with a price tag of $1,675 a plate.
While Canada’s government is determined to lead the way in the fight against climate change, other countries like India, Saudi Arabia and China are not paying attention. An economist, Bob Murphy
observed that the rationale of taxing carbon to make it more expensive so households and businesses are motivated to use something else, will cause pain for Canadians and scale back our standard of living.
A comparison could be a theatre owner complaining about too much popcorn on the floor. In order to solve the situation, he drastically increases the cost of popcorn, rather than hiring someone to clean the popcorn off the floor. Another comparison could be the government solving the problem of higher vegetable prices, by suggesting people find something to eat rather than vegetables. However the logical solution would be to grow gardens and produce more vegetables locally.
Murphy also noted that reducing emissions in Canada will have no effect world wide, while the rest of the world, particularly developing countries, won’t care about their pledges. As evidence, China continues to unveil coal fired power plants.
“The policies that are being advanced don’t make sense, even if the threat of climate change is as bad as activists say it is,” Murphy said. “The way they are going about it is much more harmful than it needs to be. The irony is, while all the focus is on policies that won’t do much, it’s distracting away from potential solutions that would work.” He said there’s plenty of privately funded research teams looking at things like seeding the ocean so more algae grows, absorbing more C02, while the Fraser Institute in Canada shows the actual numbers to try and contain hysteria on this topic.
Europe went green, but are
now preparing to ration energy. Germany quickly phased out coal and nuclear power, leaving it dependent on unreliable wind energy and imports from Russia. Nevertheless, an opinion piece in the National Post noted that Canada is doing the opposite of what it should be doing amidst what is going on in the world.
Canada also relies a great deal on foreign imports, and is doing exactly what Germany did ... moving away from domestic oil production. Instead of acknowledging this, our government has announced further restrictions,
and our Prime Minister refuses to learn any lessons from these events. Our Energy Minister claims we need to decarbonize our society, including transportation, oil and gas, aluminum, as well as the cement and auto sectors, without any regard to the cost for the consumer.
Green energy is offered as the solution for everything, even the war in Ukraine, which is dubbed as carbon heavy activity. The government’s way of thinking seems to be - Canada needs to be an example, for other countries to follow. But they’re not following.
Winston Churchill said, “When great causes are on the move in the world, we learn that we are spirits and not animals and that something is going on in space and time which, whether we like it or notspells duty.”
Canadians need to contemplate what would happen if our government’s cause and policies resulted in Canada no longer using Canadian oil and becoming completely dependent on oil from other countries. What would happen to our economy? Is Churchill right when he said we have a duty, whether we like it or not?
Devine election changed Saskatchewan
the right-wing vote in the province and allow the NDP to win.
Forty years ago this week, Saskatchewan changed forever by electing Grant Devine’s Progressive Conservatives.
In the past four decades since that night of April 26, 1982, many have argued the Devine legacy wasn’t so grandiose. After all, Progressive Conservatives no longer exist, swallowed up in the August 1997 creation of the Saskatchewan Party by the merger of Liberals and PC MLAs into one unified party.
And when most think of the Devine government legacy, few positives immediately come to mind.
The Devine/PC run lasted less than a decade, crushed in the October 26, 1991 election that saw its whopping 55-seat win in 1982 reduced to a mere ten seats. By the 1995 election, that would be cut in half to five seats and third-party status in the Saskatchewan legislature, surpassed by the woefully Liberal.
By 1999, the PCs only existed on paper, running the minimum ten decades needed to register as an official party — an agreement with the Sask. Party so as not to split
In its decade in office, the PC government presented ten straight deficit budgets — the last of which in 1991 didn’t even pass.
Devine’s waning days in office were spent warding off a potential caucus revolt over “Fair Share, Saskatchewan” — the policy that would have shipped 1,500 Regina-based civil servants through communities throughout the province.
Those ten straight deficit budgets forced the province to the brink of bankruptcy, adding roughly a billion dollars a year to public debt. The dire financial straits were the auspice for the then-Roy-Romanow-led NDP government to take drastic austerity measures that included the closure/conversion of 52 rural hospitals and the Plains Health Centre just outside Regina.
But much to the PC government’s discredit, it is the largest criminal scandal in Canadian history for which it is best remembered.
On April 10, 1992 — a decade after its historic win and mere months after the PC’s equally historic loss — officials at a Regina CIBC branch would drill into an unclaimed
safety deposit box containing 150 one-thousand dollar bills. This would set off an RCMP investigation that would eventually see 19 PC staff or MLAs charged. The court proceedings would produce 15 convictions. Add two other former PC MLAs charged and convicted of separate offences, and the Devine government was saddled with a legacy of corruption.
It has been easy for many — especially, many New Democrats — to suggest this is all there was to the Devine government. History, however, tells us otherwise:
In nearly 31 of the 38 years prior to the Devine election, Saskatchewan was ruled by a Co-operative Commmonwealth Federation (CCF) or NDP government. Saskatchewan was best known as the first jurisdiction in North America to elect a social democratic government.
In the 40 years since, Saskatchewan has been ruled by conservative governments for almost 25 years. There’s little to suggest this will change any time soon.
Former political columnist and author Dale Eisler chronicles in his new book From
Left to Right: Saskatchewan’s Political and Economic Transformation this province’s
shift from the left to the right.
Notwithstanding its scandal and bad fiscal management, Eisler cites that election night as the pivotal moment when the province changed.
“His government was tainted. There’s no doubt about it. But that doesn’t mean it wasn’t transformational,” Eisler said in an interview. “Those two things can exist together ...
“What he did was pretty damn significant.”
Eisler noted how the Devine government was the vanguard for both today’s free-market approach to agriculture and to the end of publicly owned resource Crown corporations in oil, gas, mining resources and potash.
These are the things that have transferred Saskatchewan’s economy.
Devine also made way for a change in which the majority of centre-right voters became loyal to a general philosophy rather than a specific party.
Forty years ago, he changed this province.
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My sister and brotherin-law and I left their home for our afternoon hike just as the box arrived in the post. “It’s The Book Box!” my sister squealed. The Book Box has become a ritual for me since I’ve discovered a warehouse book company with a quirky selection of books I send myself or a family member every few months. This particular selection contains the Lissa Evans trilogy, novels about life in pre-and post WWII London during the Blitz. I convinced my sister her book club would love Old Baggage, the first in the series, about an aging suffragette alarmed at the behaviours of young women in the late 1920s. Evans mixes history, humour and imagery with
a gentle touch. I devoured the sequels “Crooked Heart” and “V for Victory.” I would not have known about her if not for stumbling upon her books on the site.
The site is the next best thing to a favourite out-of-theway secondhand shop. And while it cannot replace the experience of hours spent perusing the dark shelves of dusty shops, it does put the reader in the position of having to take what she can get. And I like to read that way. It’s as enriching and exciting as walking around a new town without a map: I inevitably come upon a pleasant surprise that I’d otherwise never have encountered if I’d armed myself with a list and an itinerary. (However, if you are in Swift Current, check out the SPCA bookstore!)
In art school, I had a mentor, a painter in his eighties, who encouraged us to wander through libraries and shops and randomly pull books from their shelves – allowing ourselves to be seduced by covers, bindings or haphazard positioning. Random, spontaneous encounters often lead to delightful and even career-altering discoveries, he said. My older sister refers to this sort of book-choosing as bibliomancy. Before grabbing the alluring book, she will pose it a question and then flip open to find
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Bullying is a problem
This past week another child died from bullying at school. It happened in Edmonton, but it is happening all across the country.
Do you realize you have a major problem in Kindersley? The teachers and the principals at your local schools must be aware of it and know who the bullies are? Nothing is being done about it. There should be consequences for their actions, suspension from school at the very least.
Parents and students should be educated on the long term effects of bullying. Support is at bullyingcanada.ca, text or call 1-877-352-4497. Help is available 24/7.
Parents, call the RCMP when your child is bullied. A. Watson and E. Beck West Vancouver B.C.
Graffiti at the Community Walking Trail
On the morning of April 19, some disturbing, offensive graffiti was found on the bridge at Kindersley’s Community Walking Trail. This type of behavior is NOT acceptable as everyone deserves to feel welcome in our community. If anyone has any information regarding this incident, please call 306-4632675.
the Editor are most welcome! email: kate@yoursouthwest.com or mail to P.O. Box 727 Kindersley, Sask S0L 1S0
the answer in the first phrase her eyes land on.
Today so many of our choices are made for us. From music to movies to meals to friends - technology has done a great deal of the footwork for us, removing chance, “curating” our lives according to algorithms and check boxes. So, The Book Box is my antidote to a choreographed reality. It’s neither an expensive nor dangerous risk. I’ve received as many as eleven books for 45$. (After 45$ shipping is free.) And it’s the gift that just keeps giving: from the moment you receive the Canada Post white card to the tearing open of the flaps to the oohing and awing as you lift the golden eggs from their cardboard nest to the settling into the couch for a month’s worth of reading.
Home from our walk, we fetch the mail and rip open the box. And here’s what we find:
1) A graphic comic book interpretation of Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Raven,” a gift for my nephew, who is an illustrator, 2) My sister’s book club book, “Old Baggage” (2017) plus the sequel. 3) “Light the Dark” (2018) “Writers on Creativity, Inspiration, and the Artistic Process.” The book asks authors from Marilynne Robinson to Jeff Tweedy to Billy Collins the question: What inspires you? Collins says he’s inspired
The Book Box
by poetry’s loyalty to intimacy in a day and age when people post “every banality from I’m going out for pizza to Joe is passed out on the couch.” In this book, I know I will find new writers whose novels, poetry and memoirs I will seek out. 4) “Soul of A Citizen” ( 1999, 2010) by Paul Rogat Loeb. Here’s a book I’ve been meaning to read since 1999. The subtitle is “Living with Conviction in Challenging Times.” I’ve been meaning to read it since I noticed that we humans were, as a collective, no longer referred to by media and academia as “souls” or even as “citizens” but were spoken of as “consumers.” (Today, thanks to technocracy, we are referred to as “users.”) I grabbed it when it showed up on the site.
5) “Places and Names” (2019) by Elliot Ackerman. Ackerman once worked in special ops for the US Marines. One day, as a journalist, he found himself in a Syrian refugee camp, sitting across from a man who fought for al-Qaeda in Iraq. A conversation ensued. This is not a book it would occur to me to look for, but I am very glad to have found it. As one reviewer says: “Ackerman’s voice is the voice of someone who knows too much; read him at your own risk, ignore him at your peril.”6) “Indian Givers”, by Jack Weatherford.
Subtitled “How Native Americans Transformed the World”, (1988, 2010). This book, in its second printing, sets the historical record straight as to where Western notions and practices of democracy, medicine, urban planning, etc. came from. 7) “The Lost Diaries of Susanna Moodie” (2017) by Cecily Ross. This is a novel (so it has no lengthy explanatory subtitle) which cleverly takes its cues from a real diary and expands on the inner life of its author.
8) “My Name is Mary Sutter,” (2011) by Robin Oliveira. Mary Sutter is about a young midwife who wants to be a surgeon at the outbreak of the American Civil war. She is constantly rejected until the war, and the horrific loss of life and lack of care - no serious preparation or thought was given to bedding or water or even food for the wounded - pushes her immediately into the world of emergency medicine.
Books are my friends. But they are no replacement for precious time spent with family. And so, I spent the next couple of days hanging out with the people I love. In our conversations, we talked about how some of our favourite books came to us, left behind in a hotel room or laundromat. That’s the idea behind The Book Box: always leave some room for the unexpected delight!
Tough To Talk About, But Here Goes!
HARLAND LESYK
Your Southwest Media Group
Asyou go about your daily life, have you noticed that the retail landscape is changing rapidly? So many of the businesses that I frequent have self-serve checkouts. I go pick up my item for purchase, walk over to the checkout, scan, pay and bag my item in the bag I purchase, then walk to my vehicle and go home. Wow. Real easy, right? Real convenient, right? Why do you suppose this is the way things are going now? The quick and easy answer is “Follow the money.” Less employees mean more money for the big companies because the bottom line just got sweeter.
Not only that, I don’t even have to go into some stores anymore because now there is curbside service. Order online, arrange a time to pick up items, and then boogie over and get my stuff. Less and less human interaction all the time. Again - follow the money. Remove the human element, and the bottom-line get’s better.
Here’s another one. Shop at Amazon. Let’s cut out the human contact even more. Just place an order, pay and wait for your goodies to show up at the door the next day. You may or may not even see
the person that brings your parcel. It’ll likely be sitting on your step by the time you reach the door after the doorbell rings. Slick as all get out, right? Again the human quotient has been removed, and your life just became a little less busy. You can’t get better than that.
Do you think all this convenience is good? I’ve had many conversations about this with friends and family, and one of the common refrains is, “What’s the big deal? There’s nothing we can do, so why sweat it.” Honestly, all this convenience scares the crap out of me. Try as I may, I cannot see how these things make our community stronger or better. Because of the nature of my business, the advertising
business, I get to talk every single day to small business owners. Guess what? It’s getting tougher and tougher for these folks to keep their heads above the waterline. Jobs for trained individuals in tech, trades and health professions are in high demand, and that is all well and good, but the jobs that are being replaced by the convenience factor aren’t coming back anytime soon. Most homes operate on fairly tight budgets, and when part of the income in these homes gets eliminated because there are fewer entry-level jobs out there, the pressure gets even bigger.
I must never forget that small business is an integral part of everything that makes my life better. They support our sports organizations, our service clubs and our quality of life, and they deserve the opportunity to do some business with me. I like people for the most part, and I want to interact with people. Chew the fat and make small talk. Call me old-fashioned if you like. That’s okay. If you would like to comment on this topic, feel free to do so. I’d like to hear from you.
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The Saskatchewan Traveller
BY TRUDY & DALE BUXTON
We continue south on highway 21, the south part of this highway is certainly not as good as the north part, highway is chopped up a bit.
Our first community we run into is Liebenthal.
Liebenthal is named after a German community of Liebenthal and was predominately settled by German settlers, who mostly came from Kansas.
There is a Sacred Heart Catholic Church and a community hall and the community is considered as the southern gateway to The Great Sandhills.
Liebenthal is governed under the R.M. Of Happyland, which is named after a settler in the area who was so happy to be able to live in a free open space that he called it “happy land” and the name stuck.
Just north of Liebenthal is the historic site of St.John’s Separate School and Miniature Church. St.John’s operated as a church run school until it was closed in 1965.
The Blumenfeld Roman Catholic Church, which is just north and east, is a two story church built in 1915 is still used today for weddings and a yearly pilgrimage.
Next up we make a right hand turn on highway 321and head for Burstall.
Burstall is a town of about 300 people and was named after General Burstall who had lost his life defending our country in WWI.
The first settlers arrived in and around 1910 and the village was incorporated in 1921.
The rail line was laid in 1920 and is
the last station on the CPR line from Leader running southwest into Alberta.
Burstall has a natural gas company that employ’s much needed jobs in the area.
Burstall is very much an agriculture town and once had as many as five grain elevators to handle the wide variety of crops in the area.
Baseball is a very popular sport in Burstall and the town has a team that plays senior baseball in the Sask/Alta league, the team was West Divisional champs in 2017.
When visiting Burstall make sure you stop at the Burstall antique store. This store is very unique as you find a trinket or two, have a great cup of coffee or even some fresh baking. The antiques in the store are really nice and if you have a chat with the owner, she has stories that will keep you entertained for hours. Brian was happy as he was able to get a Harley Davidson trinket to take home.
Visiting this store was a highlight so far on this trip, a great stop.
As we continue on highway 321 we get into Alberta and hang a left on highway 41.
The first community we pass is the Hamlet of Hilda.
Hilda was named after the infant daughter of the first post master in 1910.
Hilda still has a population of around 45 with not many services left in the community, by the pictures it is certainly looking like a ghost town like other small communities on the prairie.
Stay tuned for more adventures ...
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Store is a must stop on your way through the town!
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OAKDALE NO. 320 PUBLIC NOTICE
Public notice is hereby given that the Council of the R.M. of Oakdale No. 320 intends to adopt bylaws under The Planning and Development Act, 2007 to amend Bylaw No. 2-2011, known as the Zoning Bylaw.
BYLAW 5-2022:
Intent :
The proposed amendment will define and regulate garden suite dwellings.
Affected Land:
Garden suites are proposed as a discretionary use in the Agricultural District (A) and the amendment will affect all land within this district.
Reason:
The reason for the amendment is to allow for a second residence on sites less than 80 acres in size in the Agricultural District (A).
BYLAW 6-2022:
Intent :
The proposed amendment will define public utility uses and identify in each zoning district which public utility uses are permitted, discretionary, and exempt from permit approval.
Affected Land:
The proposed amendment will affect all land within the incorporated area of the Rural Municipality.
Reason:
The reason for the amendment is to accommodate a proposed flare gas power plant and clarify the regulation of public utilities throughout the Rural Municipality of Oakdale.
PUBLIC INSPECTION
Any person may inspect the bylaws at the R.M. of Oakdale No. 320 office, 200 Main Street, Coleville, SK, during regular office hours. Copies of the bylaws will be made available.
PUBLIC HEARING
Council will hold a public hearing on May 9, 2022 at 11:30 a.m. at the R.M. of Oakdale No. 320 office, 200 Main Street, Coleville, SK . The purpose of the public hearing is to hear any person or group that wants to comment on the proposed bylaws. Council will also consider written comments received at the hearing or delivered to the undersigned at the R.M. office before the hearing.
Issued at the R.M. of Oakdale No. 320 on April 25, 2022.
Gillain Lund Administrator
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Toxicity and salt effect from fertilizer can damage canola seed and seedlings, and reduce the return on investment for seed. One way to increase canola emergence rates is to keep all fertilizer out of the seed row – except for a starter rate of phosphate.
Notice of Preparation of Assessment Roll
R.M. of Chesterfield No. 261
Notice is hereby given that the assessment roll for the R.M. of Chesterfield No. 261 for the year 2022 has been prepared and is open to inspection at the office of the assessor from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on the following days:
Monday to Friday, April 25th to May 27th, 2022
A bylaw pursuant to section 214 of The Municipalities Act has been passed and the assessment notices have been sent as required.
Any person who wishes to appeal against his or her assessment is required to file his or her notice of appeal with:
Saumya Vaidyanathan, The Secretary of the Board of Revision Western Municipal Consulting Ltd. Box 149, Meota, SK S0M 1X0 by the 27th day of May, 2022.
Any person wishing to discuss the notice of asessment or potential appeal, may contact the assessor at:
R.M. of Chesterfield No. 261 Box 70, 205 Main St., Eatonia, SK S0L 0Y0
Dated this 25th day of April, 2022.
Tosha Kozicki, Assessor
The risk of seed-placed fertilizer comes from the nitrogen component of ammonium phosphate, ammonium sulphate and all nitrogen fertilizers. Ammonia can damage crops through direct toxicity while nitrate will damage seedlings by desiccation through the salt effect. Potassium fertilizers also have a high salt index and should not go in the seed row.
Why is phosphorus the exception?
Phosphorus supply during the first two to six weeks of canola growth is critical to achieve optimal yield. Given that phosphorus availability is reduced under wet, cold conditions, canola benefits from a seed-placed supply of phosphorus fertilizer.
But not too much. Apply just enough to give each seed equal access to starter phosphate prills or droplets but not so much that the ammonium reduces emergence. A seed-placed rate
equivalent to 20 lb./ac. of P2O5 (~40 lb./ac. of monoammonium phosphate) will balance those two objectives. This approach shows the interactions of the Right rate at the Right time in the Right place as part of 4R Nutrient Stewardship.
How to reduce the nitrogen risk
Under some circumstances, growers can safely apply a little extra ammonium phosphate or nitrogen fertilizer with canola seed. Factors that reduce the risk from seed-placed nitrogen are:
Seedbed moisture. Water dilutes the concentration of nitrogen molecules around the seed and seedling, and disperses nitrogen molecules throughout the soil. This moisture reduces fertilizer concentrations around the seed.
Fertilizer source. Polymer coating or urease inhibitors slow the release of ammonia and ammonium from urea. Seed bed utilization (SBU). High SBU – which can be achieved with wider openers and narrow row spacing – will lower the risk because seed and fertilizer are spread over a larger area.
Soil pH. Lower soil pH reduces the risk from seed-placed nitrogen. That is why safe rates are generally higher in Saskatchewan and Alberta than in
Notice of Preparation of Assessment Roll
Village of Prelate
Notice is hereby given that the assessment roll for the Village of Prelate for the year 2022 has been prepared and is open to inspection in the office of the Assessor from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon and 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. on the following days:
Tuesday to Thursday, April 26 to June 1, 2022
A bylaw pursuant to section 214 of The Municipalities Act has been passed and the assessment notices have been sent as required.
Any person who wishes to appeal his or her assessment is required to file his or her notice of appeal with:
The District Board of Revision Secretary Mr. Brad Goldade Prelate, Sask.
Dated this 25th day of April, 2022.
Jennifer Baldwin Assessor
Manitoba.
Soil texture. Heavy (clay) soils lower the risk and light (sandy) soils increase the risk.
Test the safety of seed-placed rates
These factors don’t eliminate the risk entirely, so a large percentage of fertilizer will still have to go outside the seed row to give canola seeds a safe place to emerge and contribute to yield. To test the effect of seed-placed fertilizer, turn off seed-placed fertilizer runs for a 100-foot strip in some fields. Mark these areas and then go back and do plant counts early in the season to compare treated and untreated strips. The Nutrient Management section at CanolaEncyclopedia.ca has more on the placement of fertilizer (under each macronutrient heading), and a chapter on the 4R stewardship practices – Right source of fertilizer used at the Right rate, at the Right time and in the Right place. For a more detailed version of this article, look for “Right rates for seed-placed fertilizer” at canolawatch. org/fundamentals. While there, please sign up to receive our timely Canola Watch agronomy emails. –Warren Ward is an agronomy specialist with the Canola Council of Canada.
Notice of Preparation of Assessment Roll
R.M. of Deer Forks No. 232
Notice is hereby given that the assessment roll for the R.M. of Deer Forks No. 232 for the year 2022 has been prepared and is open to inspection in the office of the Assessor from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon and 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. on the following days: Monday and Wednesday April 25 to May 25, 2022
A bylaw pursuant to section 214 of The Municipalities Act has been passed and the assessment notices have been sent as required.
Any person who wishes to appeal against his or her assessment is required to file his or her notice of appeal with:
The District Board of Revision Secretary Ms. Saumya Vaidyanathan,
The Secretary of the Board of Revision PO Box 149, Meota, SK S0M 1X0 by the 25th day of May, 2022.
Dated this 25th day of April, 2022.
Kim Lacelle Assessor
New digital speed sign coming to Leader
The Leader Town Council’s Protective Services Committee has recently purchased a new digital speed sign for the Town of Leader. This was made mention of in the April 2022 Town of Leader News Bulletin by Councilor Kyle Prosser. Purchased with the aid of the Provincial Traffic Safety Grant through Saskatchewan Government Insurance (SGI), this digital speed sign will be mobile, with the ability to move it to various street locations and higher-risk collision areas around the Town of Leader.
The aim of the Provincial Traffic Safety Grant from the SGI website is to “stimulate and support local, collaborative action that will increase traffic safety awareness.” The digital flashing speed sign will serve as a visual reminder for motorists to slow down and will be helpful near the local businesses and at busier locations, such as the North Allowance Road.
The digital speed sign will indicate the speed of approaching motorists in real time, and will be an educational and preventative tool for residents and those driving in the different locations, to reduce their speed and be aware of how fast they are travelling. Various studies have shown that digital speed signs serve to reduce the speed of motorists by twenty to thirty percent on average, and have a greater impact than static speed signs, as motorists tend to maintain a slower speed well after they have passed the digital speed sign.
The digital speed sign is anticipated to arrive and be operational by the end of May of this year. There will also be new flashing amber beacon lights for the Leader Composite school zones: a friendly reminder for everyone to slow down and be mindful of school children in and around the school zone area. These speed reduction initiatives should help in reducing potential collisions and increase traffic safety awareness.
Kindersley RCMP partners with area businesses to deter catalytic converter theft
Catalytic converter theft has been on the rise over the past year in Saskatchewan. Saskatchewan RCMP received 173 reports of thefts of catalytic converters in 2021. That is up 810% from 2020, when there were only 19 reported thefts.
In partnership with local businesses, Kindersley RCMP is looking to help deter would-be thieves by creating the ‘You Etch It. We Catch It!’ program. Through the program, participating local businesses can, at the request of the owner, engrave the last 8 digits of a vehicle’s vehicle identification number (VIN) onto its catalytic converter, free of charge.
Officers, on occasion, have caught suspects with catalytic converters in their possession, however they have been unable to prove they were stolen. This has also meant the RCMP were unable to return them to their rightful owners due to a lack of identifying information. With the VIN etched onto the catalytic converter, it greatly increases the likelihood that criminals committing these crimes can be held accountable for their actions.
The Kindersley area has had relatively few reports of catalytic converter theft. “That’s a trend the Kindersley RCMP would like to see continue,” says Staff Sergeant Kevin Peterson, Detachment
Canadian Capitalism
You buy a cow, thinking to feed it up and sell it at a profit. The government sends an inspector out to ensure it is properly tagged and documented. Since you have no money to pay for the inspection, the government takes a hindquarter. Gophers eat off your pasture and the government inspectors, who check to make sure the little critters are gophers and that your application for gopher poison is legitimate, take another hindquarter since you have no cash to pay their fees. Refused gopher poison, you attempt to register your rifle. The associated permits, registrations, gun cabinets, trigger locks and psychiatric assessments force you to sell a front quarter to pay the requisite fees. In order to fulfill its mandate of funding NGOs, the government takes a front quarter to fund PETA which is running an anti-milk campaign targeting school children. Government environmental officials confiscate the cow’s a--hole, since Canada intends to be a signatory of the Kyota Accord, therefore requiring elimination of greenhouse gas sources (remarkably, the a--hole shows up several months later as a strong contender for M.P. in one of the Ontario ridings newly created under redistribution). Since you have no cash, no pasture and your cow is unable to walk to market, you butcher the cow to feed your family. The government reclassifies you as a hobby farmer since you sold no product, sues you for tax evasion since you ate the cow, and denounces you in parliament as an inefficient producer not worthy of being in business.
Submitted by Gordon Stueck Leader, Sask
Gergely on the birth of their son, Gus Patrick on September 24th.
Commander for Kindersley RCMP. “Our Detachment would like to be proactive and try and prevent these types of thefts in our detachment area before it becomes a problem.”
Current participating businesses include:
• Energy Dodge
• Fountain Tire
• Integra Tire
• Kindersley Mainline King of Trucks
• Tisdale Ford
Any other businesses who wants to participate can contact the Kindersley RCMP Detachment and any member of the public who wishes to have their catalytic converter etched may contact a participating business.
Alcoholics Anonymous
Monday: Kindersley AA Meeting
8:00 PM, Legion Hall
Tuesday: Brock AA Meeting
8:00 PM, Vesper Club
Tuesday: Leader AA Meeting
8:00 PM, Leader United Church
Wednesday: Eston AA Meeting
8:00 PM, St. Andrew’s United Church
Thursday: Kindersley AA Meeting 8:00 PM, 401 - 1st Avenue West
Friday: Kindersley AA Meeting
8:00 PM, St. Olaf’s Lutheran Church
Narcotics Anonymous
Tuesday: Kindersley NA Meeting 7:30 PM,
Sports with Bruce Penton
Accolades for Leafs’ Matthews well deserved
SomeWestern Canadians tend to disparage Maple Leafs superstar Auston Matthews, taking exception to the Tiger-like hype he receives from the national talking heads at Toronto-based networks, but that disparagement should end. The guy’s a beast.
Matthews has a solid grip on the National Hockey League’s Rocket Richard trophy, which goes to the player scoring the most goals. Matthews had 58 goals in the Leafs’ first 72 games, a pace that would bring him close to 70 season’s end. Seventy-goal seasons lie ahead.
Give him the RR trophy, and give him the respect he deserves.
Just like in Edmonton, where the offensive duo of Connor McDavid and Leon Draisailtl carry the bulk of the offensive load for the Oilers, the Leafs have a two-headed offensive monster, too. Matthews and linemate Mitch Marner, both of whom have been solidly entrenched among the NHL’s top 10 scorers this season, guide the Leafs’ fortunes.
Unfortunately, neither of the two high-scoring duos seems to have the required support to rally their teams to long playoff
runs. Both the Leafs and Oilers have relatively weaker secondary scoring groups, which makes it easier for opponents to key on the two superstars. Tight checking is a playoff staple, and Matthews will have to be inventive to find some open ice to take the Leafs on an extended playoff run.
But overall, his play in 202122 has been sublime. He was the first NHLer to hit the 50goal mark. He scores with a big shot, deft, in-close stickhandling, great stickwork for tipins, or just bulling his 6-foot-3, 205-pound body into the crease after loose pucks. He now owns the Leafs’ franchise record for most goals in one season. and is only the third Leaf to surpass 100 points in a season.
Matthews’ value to the Leafs has been recognized by pundits who discuss Hart Trophy (most valuable player) candidates. He regularly logs between 21 and 25 minutes of ice time and when he’s not scoring, he’s dishing the puck to Marner, or Michael Bunting, or William Nylander, or back to the point to Morgan Rielly, as his wholesome assist total would attest.
Matthews, who grew up in
Arizona and may go down as the greatest American-born player in NHL history, is only 24, and already has impressive career totals. He made a huge splash in his first NHL game, scoring a hat trick in 2016-17’s season opener. Since then, he has had goal-scoring seasons of 40, 34, 37, 47, 41 and whatever total he hits this year, perhaps mid- to high-60s. While McDavid’s overall speed and skill puts him on a pedestal above all other NHLers, there’s nothing wrong with owning the title as the game’s best goal-scorer.
And the Leafs are lucky to have that guy in their lineup night after night.
• Janice Hough of leftcoastsportsbabe.com: “There are relationships that don’t last
as long as the last two minutes of a close college basketball game.”
• Tim Hunter of KRKO Radio in Everett, Wash, on why he’s hoping the Seahawks trade for Baker Mayfield: “I mean, we’d be getting a quarterback AND someone to take care of the stadium. What a deal!”
• ESPN’s Bill Walton, to The Oregonian, on positive influences in his life: “My wife, Lori, is always right, 30-plus years of marriage. She’s always right. Like John Wooden. He was right. I just didn’t know it.”
• Jason Lloyd of The Athletic, on quarterback Deshaun Watson, facing a number of civil suits over alleged sexual transgressions, being traded to Cleveland: “Watson comes with more baggage than Delta Air Lines.”
• Mike Bianchi of the Orlando Sentinel, on Twitter: “Pretty pathetic that #Lakers coach Frank Vogel had to find out he was being fired on Twitter rather than hearing it first from the team’s president of basketball operations LeBron James.”
• Greg Cote of the Miami Herald: “NBA playoffs with no
LeBron. Is that even legal?”
• Comedy writer Alex Kaseberg: “Scottie Scheffler won the Masters and was awarded the Masters green jacket, arguably the ugliest garment in sports. In fact, the only green sports apparel that is uglier has the name New York Jets on it.”
• Headline at fark.com, after Raiders’ QB Derek Carr signed a contract extension: “Carr gets extended warranty.”
• Another one from fark. com: “Lakers GM Rob Pelinka explains what qualities he’s looking for in a new head coach. First quality is whoever LeBron says is coach.”
• Patti Dawn Swansson, on Twitter, after an animal-rights activist tried to glue herself to the floor during an NBA playin game in Minneapolis: “So, for those of you who’ve been wondering all these years, now you know why they call it Crazy Glue.”
• Amateur golfer Lewis Fraser, on Twitter: “The good news: I putted like Scottie Scheffler today The bad news: it was like him on the 72nd hole at Augusta National.”
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Justen Close making waves in Minnesota hockey
Goaltender Justen Close has had a breakout season with the University of Minnesota Gophers.
With a trip to the Frozen Four and an unbelievable performance, Close finds himself the talk of the town.
“It’s been a really interesting season. Since it ended, it’s been interesting looking back. We can take some real positives from our play,” he said.
The team dropped a 5-1 game to Minnesota State in Boston, Mass. to end the season. But they finished with a 2612-0 record, missing out on the championship game versus Denver.
“It was a difficult loss, but the team stepped up, and we’ve played well all season. I’m really just resting now and not thinking about the next season too much yet.”
The support and love Close – who played three seasons for the Sr. Kindersley Klippers – has received from home has helped him.
“It’s just been awesome. There have been a lot of texts and calls. Family and friends have been watching the games. I hope people enjoyed them as much as I did,” he said.
He recalls playing for the Klippers in the SJHL from 2016-2019 as an incredible experience.
“It was always just a lot of fun. Playing for your hometown team is a hard experience to beat. I had a lot of good teammates and coaches,” he said.
“I’ve been nothing but thankful for that experience. I have so many incredible memories from that time.”
He also loves playing with the elite Gophers squad. Prior to this season, he had only appeared in four games during two NCAA campaigns. But he
backstopped 22 games this year.
“A lot of this team is just really fast and skilled. They continued to progress throughout the post-season as well,” he said.
“We learned to win tight games, and it got to the point where practice making saves against these guys was hell, but the games were fun.”
Close won Men’s Breakthrough Athlete of the Year at the Golden Goldys, a University of Minnesota awards ceremony honouring athletes who have had incredible years. He was happy to win and to help his team this year.
“It feels good to contribute and to support my teammates. They have my back, and I have theirs,” he said. “It’s been amazing to lay with them, and it’s been a fun season.”
The Gophers team also took home Team of the Year, and Matthew Knies was named Male Rookie of the Year. Big Ten Coach of the Year was Bob Motzo.
The team went to the Frozen Four for the first time since 2014, and Close was excited to be part of the experience.
“I’ve never been to Boston, so it was a great experience. The city was awesome, and it was a great environment,” he said.
“We had higher goals than playing just one game, but we were able to take a lot away from it.”
Close is heading into his final year at the university and has big aspirations for next year.
“As a team, we definitely want to get back to the Frozen Four. But right now, we are taking time to wind down,” he said. “Looking forward to next season, though, there’s a lot of excitement.”
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BY BRIAN ZINCHUK
Plowing into a snow drift and Elon Musk’s take on full self-driving
In the midst of the worst blizzard we’ve had in a few years in Estevan, my daughter got a call. Her friend’s dad was stuck, in town, less than a mile from our place. Could we help?
Absolutely. I told both kids to pile into the F-150 to come along. They were going to learn how to tow someone out. As Spencer is in driver training, and Katrina’s about to go out on her own, there was no time like the present to learn some real-life skills.
So we all put on our snow pants, heavy winter boots, parkas and gloves. We made sure we had the heaviest tow strap and a couple clevises, just in case. The three ball hitch was on the back, and a second was under the seat. We were ready.
And then we drove two blocks in nearly total whiteout conditions. The snow was already around 10 inches in depth, so far, and winds were gusting 90 kilometres per hour. The city had thankfully run graders down most of the streets, making a quick single pass so the streets could be at least partially passable (something I never saw when I lived in Saskatoon, which doesn’t believe winter exists). But between the Esso and hospital, at the very edge of town, the whiteout hit and I plowed into the snow bank left by the grader and drifting. It went right to the top of the hood of the truck – at least three feet.
This is where the kids got to learn about getting someone unstuck. Unfortunately, it was now us.
The wind was howling, and visibility was dropping to zero at times. We had to get out of there quick, lest someone pile into us from behind. We all took to shovelling.
Thankfully, a paramedic my wife works with pulled up with his Jeep Cherokee and offered to give us a pull, or what Quick Dick McDick refers to as a “Saskatchewan Yank.”
Try as he might, the Jeep, combined with my efforts in the Ford, only got us a few feet. Then a lady who I believe was named Marilyn pulled up in a red Ford F-150 and offered to give us a pull. We swapped out the Jeep, she backed up, and gave several mighty tugs. I directed Katrina, in the driver’s seat, while I stood beside the truck. After about six tries, we were freed.
As soon as we disconnected we pulled into the adjacent Esso lot, hoping to still make it to our planned rescue attempt. We just got past the pumps and got high-centred again. This time we shovelled, and shovelled some more. Then I cut open a sandbag and put sand beneath the tires. Rocking wasn’t working, until Katrina gave it her best push, and combined with the rocking, we got loose.
By this time, the guy we were hoping to rescue had already been rescued, and we turned around for home, not stopping lest we get stuck again. It was definitely a learning experience for all, me included.
The same day, Elon Musk spoke to TED. In a recorded segment at the beginning of it he talked about the issues they are having developing full self-driving, as in the vehicle does all the thinking, period.
Chris Anderson, the host, asked, “Five years ago, the last time you came to TED, I asked you about full self driving and you said, ‘Yep, this very year I’m confident that we
will have a car going from LA to New York without any intervention.”
Musk replied, “I don’t want to blow your mind, but I’m not always right.”
Anderson pressed, “Why has full self driving in particular been so hard to predict?”
Musk said, “I mean, the thing that really got me, and I think it’s gonna get a lot of other people, is that there are just so many false dawns with self driving, where you think you think you’ve got the problem, have a handle on the problem, and then, nope. Turns out, you just hit a ceiling. Because what happens, if you were to plot the progress, The progress looks like a log curve. So, it’s like a series of log curves.
Describing a logarithmic curve, he continued, “It goes up sort of, you know, sort of fairly straight right, and then it starts tailing off. And you started as a kind of negotiating diminishing returns. In retrospect, they seem obvious. But in order to solve full self-driving properly, you actually just you have to solve real world AI (artificial intelligence).”
Musk added, “Yeah, because you said, what are the road networks designed to work with, the desire to work with a biological neural net, our brains and with vision, our eyes. And so in order to make it work with computers, you basically need to solve real world AI and vision. Because we need cameras and solid neural nets in order to have to have self driving work, for a system that was designed for AIs and biological neural nets. You know, we, I guess, we put it that way. So, like quite obvious that the only way to solve for self driving is to solve real world AI and sophisticated vision.”
He later said, “These may be infamous last words, but I actually am confident we will solve it this year.”
But he demurred, saying another year could go by, with it not happening.
That got me thinking: If we mortal humans had a tough time navigating in the middle of a blizzard, how on earth will a camera-equipped Tesla, even a Cybertruck, navigate? And LIDAR doesn’t really work very well in snow, as it is literally shooting lasers like radar; lasers that will bounce off the snow.
Now, the argument could be made that neither man nor robot car/truck should have been out in that weather. And you may be correct. But right up until that point we were able to handle it, until we couldn’t. Would an AI vehicle not even try? What happens when they take away the steering wheel on these mechanical monstrosities, and a storm hits?
I’ve argued before that any camera-based self-driving is bound to get bunged up by dead bugs coating the cameras. Similarly, bad snow storms are going to negate a lot of self-driving capability. Would a self-driving Tesla be able to navigate down the one-grader-pass streets we had? Or in 10 inch snow otherwise?
The future may be coming, but it’s a long ways to go. And the richest man in the world is still having problems with it.
Brian Zinchuk is editor and owner of Pipeline Online. He can be reached at brian.zinchuk@pipelineonline.ca.
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The Long Kiss Goodnight Available On
This movie is pure action madness, and I loved every singular second.
The Long Kiss Goodnight follows an amnesiac woman who wakes up pregnant with no memory. Eight years later, Samantha has moved on in a small town with her daughter and partner.
But her past comes back to haunt her when Samantha’s violent history begins to come back to her. She and her new family soon find themselves in danger.
With a script from Lethal Weapon scribe Shane Black and strong stylings, a rollicking soundtrack and awesome action sequences under Renny Harlin’s direction, this is an incredible one.
Add in a cast that includes Geena Davis, Samuel L. Jackson. Craig Bierko, and Brian Cox, and we have a winner.
The Grizzlies Available On Netflix
This is one of the best films to ever come out of Canada, and it’s such an important subject.
It follows Inuit students in a small Arctic town where the suicide rate is the highest in North America. When they’re introduced to lacrosse, things start to change for the better.
Director Miranda de Pencier – known for producing Beginners, TV hit Anne With An E and more – does a great job with this splendid little film.
There are some great performances here, but it’s truly an ensemble effort with a cast that’s up to the challenge.
This is a sensitive, wonderful little Canadian picture that needs to be seen.
Chasing Amy Available On Prime Video
I’ve recommended this one before, but if you haven’t managed to catch it yet, this gem is back on Prime Video.
Kevin Smith’s best film of all time, and a movie that was way ahead of its time, it tackles LGBTQ issues with sensitivity and more depth than you’d expect.
Many of our cultural ideals have changed, but this story about a man who falls in love with a lesbian and learns a few lessons about himself is beautiful nonetheless.
Holden falls for Alyssa despite knowing he has no chance due to her sexuality. Her entrance into his life stirs of questions of attraction, lust, and more than a few interesting ideas that shake up Holden and his comic book partner Banky’s lives forever.
Ben Affleck gives one of the best performances of his career, and he’s joined by Jason Lee, Joey Lauren Adams, and the hilarious Dwight Ewell.
It’s a bit behind the times, but it’s a really fantastic film that still packs an emotional wallop.
My Spy - Available On Netflix
I try to get in one movie for the kids each round, and this one should do the trick.
It won’t change your world, but it’s a pretty funny little romp for parents and kids alike, and should be a decent time.
My Spy is about CIA worker JJ, who finds himself undercover to surveil a family. But he finds himself stuck with the young girl in the family as he attempts to do his job.
Dave Bautista is frankly hilarious and charismatic in the lead. This one didn’t get seen much due to coming out around the pandemic, but it was a fun one for sure.
Chloe Coleman and Bautista are really adorable together, and make a great onscreen pair.
All The Old Knives
Available On Prime Video
This incredible political thriller caught me by absolute surprise.
It follows CIA agent Henry, who returns to see his ex-lover and fellow agent Celia after a long time apart. But his visit isn’t romantic in nature.
He’s been sent by work to uncover some truths about a failed rescue attempt from a terrorist attack years prior. But as motives shift, so do allegiances.
The cast is what ensures this thriller stays riveting and interesting. Chris Pine and Thandiwe Newton are absolutely electric together.
They’re joined by Laurence Fishburne, Jonathan Pryce, Ahd, and David Dawson. It’s one heck of a thrillride.
Ave. West,
1. U.S. PRESIDENTS: How many presidents have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize?
2. MOVIES: Which Disney character’s catchphrase is “To infinity and beyond!”?
3. GEOGRAPHY: How many permanently inhabited territories does the United States have?
4. MYTHOLOGY: What is the name of the Greek goddess of chance?
5. U.S. STATES: How many states call themselves commonwealths?
6. HISTORY: How many people worldwide were killed by the Black Death pandemic in the 1400s?
7. SCIENCE: What layer of air is closest to Earth in the atmosphere?
8. TELEVISION: Which animated TV comedy includes the fictional school Springfield Elementary?
9. ADVERTISING: A sales clerk named Lily promotes which company in advertisements?
Trivia Test Answerst 1. Four. Barack Obama, Jimmy Carter, Woodrow Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt; 2. Buzz Lightyear, “Toy Story”; 3. Five (American Samoa, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam and Northern Mariana Islands); 4. Tyche; 5. Four (Kentucky, Massachusetts, -Penn sylvania and Virginia); 6. Estimates range from 25 million to 200 million; 7. Troposphere;
8. “The Simpsons”; 9. AT&T; 10. “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy”
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SCHWENGLER - Mary (Schneider) Schwengler died at the age of 93 years and 6 months on April 15, 2022, in Regina, Sask. She is survived by her four daughters, Blanche (Joe) Warbeck of Regina, SK; Bernadette (Ray) Nelson of Aberdeen, SK; Val Neadow of Quesnel, BC; and Joan (Randy) Janzen of Kindersley, SK; and 11 grandchildren: Shelley (Scott) Banks of Calgary, AB; Sherry (Darryl) Meier of Regina, SK; Robert Warbeck of Regina, SK; Holly Newson of White City, SK; Jackie Nelson of Saskatoon, SK; Carla (Ryan) Norman of Aberdeen, SK; Sarah (Spencer) Kirby of Scout Lake, SK; Chad (Lisa Miller) Neadow of Quesnel, BC; Brittany Neadow of Calgary, AB; Jordan Janzen of Kindersley, SK and Jonah (Kyla) Janzen of Kindersley, SK.; 17 great grandchildren, Koi and Kalani Banks; Luke, Chloe and Eden Argue; Summer, Grace, Tyler, Julia and Josh Norman; Charlie and Vance Kirby; Damon, Gavin and Hannah Newson; and Mykia and Jaycee Neadow; 2 sisters-in-law, Rose Schneider of Medicine Hat and Darlene Winter of Leader, SK; and numerous nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her parents, Jacob and Eulalia Schneider; husband, Albert Schwengler; son-inlaw, Ted Neadow; brothers and sisters-in-law, Eligor Schneider, Mike (Rose) Schneider, Frank (Betty) Schneider and Tony Schneider.
Mary was born October 17, 1928 on a farm near Fox Valley, SK, and attended Keeville School. She married Albert Schwengler, November 4, 1947, and they moved on to the Schwengler homestead at Liebenthal, SK where they farmed for many years. Mary and Albert had four daughters: Blanche (Oct. 20, 1948), Bernadette (May 3, 1953), Valerie (March 20, 1956), and Joan (June 2, 1960).
Mary was always helping out on the farm, planting a huge garden, hauling grain, picking rocks, cleaning granaries or reading a manual while Albert was repairing machinery. There were also chickens to butcher and homemade butter and buns to be made.
Mary and Albert moved into their newly built home at Burstall, SK in 1978. Albert passed away suddenly on April 3, 1979. Mary lived in Burstall until she moved to an apartment in Leader in 2010. In June of 2019 she moved to a suite in Green Falls Landing in Regina, SK.
After retiring, she enjoyed baking, quilting, and knitting afghans. She was also an avid reader. While living in both Burstall and Leader, Mary was well known as the “lady who walked a lot”. At the age of 90 she was still walking around the perimeter of Leader. Mary passed away two weeks after being diagnosed with terminal cancer.
A celebration of life will be held some time in June at Medicine Hat; the date to be announced later.
BURTON - God sent the Angels to take Alma home on Palm Sunday, April 10, 2022. She will be forever lovingly remembered by Arnold her husband of almost 60 years, son Michael Burton (Lori- Ann), daughters, Shelley Fuchs (Wayne), Lynette Feiffer (Thane) and Leanne Proctor (James).
G reat-grandchildren Navada, Errett and Wyatt Nagel, and Knox Marshall. She leaves behind a large extended family and so many dear friends.
Alma was raised in a large family of nine children with her parents Peter and Irene Hoffart at the helm. Her many stories of growing up on the farm will be fondly remembered. She graduated from Saint Angela’s Academy and went on to teachers college and started her teaching career in St. Walburg Sk.
She met Arnold in Vanguard Sk in 1962 and they married August 24th 1963 . They started their family in Calgary AB then moved to Leader in 1970 and have been part of the community ever since.
Alma taught in Leader and area for several years and continued to substitute teach when she moved on to cook at the Western Senior Citizens Home (WSCH). She is still greatly remembered by many of her students as Mrs. “B”.
Her career at WSCH spanned 23 years and in that time she made so many lasting friendships and held the residents near to her heart. She was always making sure they received their meals just the way they liked. She was famous for her strudel, kucha, elephant ears and potato salad.
Alma was involved in many community groups and activities as her children grew up, but her focus was the Church and her Catholic faith. Her strong belief and love for the Lord carried her through life’s ups and downs.
She was involved with the CWL and was on the Heritage Committee for Blumenfeld Church since 1983. She thoroughly en-
joyed leading tours and the Annual Pilgrimage. She was also on the Leader Library Board since 2014.
Family was Alma’s life! She will be so dearly missed.
She was ready to greet the Lord and her faith gave her much comfort, as her courageous journey with cancer was reaching its final destination. Alma was so brave and gracious throughout with a reminder to “always be kind” as it doesn’t cost a thing.
We love you and are so proud of you, such a wonderful wife and ever loving Mom. Mom leaves to Cherish her Memory
Siblings - Richard (Yvonne) Hoffert , Delores Meuchel (Edwin), Wilfred (Delores) Hoffart, Ronald (Sharon) Hoffart, James (Alice) Hoffart, Karen Holmstrom, sister-in-law Diane Hoffart.
Alma was pre-deceased by her parents, Irene & Peter Hoffart, sister Vicki Bischoff, Brother George Hoffart and brothers in law Don Holmstrom and Rhinny Bischoff.
Condolences may be offered to the family at www. binkleysfuneralservice.com
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EATONIA
Saturday, May 28
• Eatonia Chamber of Commerce Community Garage Sale 9:00 am - 2:00 pm
Friday, June 17
• Prairie Oasis Fitness Club presents An Evening With Mitch Larock 5:00 pm Eatonia Community Hall. Beer Gardens and BBQ. Silver collection at the gate.
Friday, Saturday & Sunday, July 1-3
• Eatonia Centennial (1920-2020). Visit eatonia2020.com for information and to purchase tickets.
Saturday, July 2
• Show & Shine 11:30 am - 4:00 pm Main Street. Prizes & Trophies. $15 entry fee. For more information call 306-4607767.
ESTON
Wednesday, April 27
• April Youth Group (Junior) Outside Games
Friday, April 29
• Community Clean-Up Day starting at 10:00 am
• April Youth Group (Senior) Egg Drop
Saturday, April 30
• Eston 95 Lions Ladies Night Out
Saturday, May 7
• Umpire Clinic. Register at www.baseballsask.ca. Contact Bret at recreation@eston.ca for any questions.
Thursday, May 26
• Prairie West Historical Society opening day tea 2:00 pm
• The Heritage Gallery at PWHS has our elevator photo collection by photographer Jack Mah on display. Available for viewing from May 26 to June 11 when the museum is open for the season. Artwork from Holly Wallace and Christine Code will be on display.
Friday, June 10 - Sunday, June 12
• Summer Kick-Off 2022. Slo-Pitch Tournament, beer gardens, kids activities, food trucks, pancake breakfast, music and much more.
Sunday, June 12
• Eston Market 10:00 am - 3:00 pm at the Eston AGT Community Centre.
Saturday, June 18
• Eston Caring Hands annual Community Garage Sale 8:00 am - 2:00 pm. Please call Rickie Nash 306-280-8640 to be on the map. $10 / Location. Pick up your maps at Eston Jubilee Lodge Gazebo $1 each. BBQ Burgers and drinks 11:00 am1:30 pm. Bake Sale 9:00 am - 1:30 pm.
Saturday, June 25
• Come and Go Reception for Connie (Etter) McConnell artshow, in the Heritage Gallery at PWHS; June 25th from 2:00 to 5:00 pm, and will be open to viewing on July 1st. Friday, July 1
• PWHS is hosting their annual July 1st celebration, complete with lunch, including cake and ice cream, and music! Lunch will be served starting at 11:30 am. This year we will be hosting a car show as well.
LEADER
Wednesday, April 27
• Leader COVID Immunization Clinics 1:00 - 5:00 pm Leader Integrated Health Care Facility. Please book your Pfizer of Moderna appointment online at www.saskhealthauthority. ca or by calling 1-833-727-5829. Walk-ins will also be accepted.
• Book Club at the Leader Library 7:00 pm. The book for this month is “The Stranger in the Lifeboat” by Mitch Albom. Saturday, April 30
• St. John Babysitting Course 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Leader Community Centre. Call Rochelle to register or for more information.
Saturday, May 7
• Sandhills Boxing Club 2nd Annual South Saskatchewan Classic in Leader Saturday, May 14
• Donut Dash 2022 fundraiser for the Leader Walking Trail.
* Pickleball every Sunday from 4:00 - 6:00 pm at LCS Gymnasium
* Leader and Surrounding Communities Food Bank - 3rd Thursday of each month 3:00 - 5:00 pm at Leader Alliance Church. Call 306-628-4320 or 306-628-3977 for more information.
LUSELAND
Wednesday, April 27
• Luseland School Open House & Student Show-Offs 3:306:30 pm. Families of all students in Grades K-12 are encouraged to attend. Come-and-go format.
Thursday, April 28
• Luseland School Open House & Student Show-Offs 5:008:00 pm. Families of all students in Grades K-12 are encouraged to attend. Come-and-go format.
Wednesday, May 4
• Spring Yard Waste Pick Up. Have your bags out in the street by 8:00 am. Please keep bags under 40 lbs and have your branches tied in bundles for easy pick up and use clear or paper leaf bags.
Saturday, May 7
• Luseland Community Garage Sale 9:00 am - 4:00 pm. Maps and BBQ available at the Legion Hall. Luseland Pioneers Club is accepting donations from the community for any “stuff” you want to get rid of.
• Farmers Market at the Luseland Salvador Hall
Monday, May 9
• Luseland Pioneers Club is having Pie-n-Ice Cream from 2:00 - 4:00 pm. Everyone welcome.
Wednesday, May 25
• Spring Yard Waste Pick Up. Have your bags out in the street by 8:00 am. Please keep bags under 40 lbs and have your branches tied in bundles for easy pick up and use clear or paper leaf bags.
KERROBERT
Now until May 27
• Kerrobert Courtroom Gallery Art Show “Common Ground”
Wednesday, April 27
• Parent & Tot & Storyteller Reading 2:30 pm at the Library. For more info call 306-834-5211
• Spring Clean pick up for bagged leaves and branches. Only bags in clearn bags will be picked up. Pick up will be done in the front of . Call the Town Office at 306-834-2361
Friday, April 29
• KCS Spring Clean Up Day
Saturday, April 30
• Fire Department Hockey Draft. Check out the Kerrobert Fire & Rescue page for info.
Sunday, May 1
• Sieben’s School of Dance at the PCC
Monday, May 2
• Hunter Safety Registration. Call Marli for more info 306834-4440
Wednesday, May 4
• Spring Clean pick up. Call the Town Office at 306-8342361
Saturday, May 7
• Mother’s Day Tea 2:00 - 4:00 pm at the Seniors Hall
Saturday, May 14
• Kerrobert Seniors Centre Town Wide Garage Sale & BBQ. Free maps available at 9:00 am at the Seniors Hall. BBQ from 11:00 am - 1:00 pm. Contact the Town Office for more info or to register 306-834-2361.
Wednesday, May 18
• Kerrobert Seniors Pie & Coffee Social at the Seniors Hall 2:00 - 4:00 pm
Thursday, May 26
• SWG Author Reading. Call the LIbrary for more info 306834-5211
Friday, May 27
• CiB Flower Planting Day (Tentative)
Saturday, May 28
• Minor Ball Day
event
Sunday, May 29
• Rec Ball begins. Check out the Kerrobert Slow Pitch League Facebook page for info.
Tuesday, May 31
•Kerrobert & District Agriculture Society 4H Days
KINDERSLEY
Now until April 30
• Kindersley Composite School SLC Toy Drive to help Kinley Hildebrandt in her quest to collect toys for the children’s hospital! There will be a box in the lobby for students and staff to drop off NEW toy donations. Donations will be given to Kinley to deliver to JPCH in Saskatoon.
Monday, April 25
• Regular Meeting of Kindersley Town Council 7:00 - 8:00 pm. Join us in person in Council Chambers or view the livestream here: https://kindersley.civicweb.net/portal
Wednesday, April 27
• AWANA Boys and Grils Club 7:00 - 8:30 pm at Kindersley Alliance Church (74 West Road). Stories, songs, games and learning about God’s word. For everyone KindergartenGrade 6. Contact Kindersley Alliance Church 306-463-6568 or kacoffice7@gmail.com
Friday, April 29
• Cuba Fundraiser at Clearview Community Church (819 Main St) 6:00 pm. Supper & Silent Auction. Free will offering. All proceeds go to Cuba Medical Mission. Call Ruth 306460-9911or John 306-460-7970 for more info.
Saturday, April 30
• Spring Fling 8:30 am - 1:00 pm at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church Hall. Breakfast & lunch served. Homemade desserts, Frozen Perogies / Cabbage Rolls for sale, Bake Table, Raffles, Garage Sale items, Clothing.
• Texas Hold ‘Em Tournament. A fundraising event brought to you by Kinder Kollege Child Care Centre. 8:00 pm - 2:00 am at the Kindersley Legion. Doors open at 7:00 pm. $50 buy-in. One $50 re-buy. Midnight lunch. Must be 19 years or older. Call 306-463-5435 (8 am - 5 pm) or 306-604-1492 (5 pm - 10 pm) for more information.
Thursday, May 9
• Kindersley Regional Park AGM at the Kindersley Golf Club in the lower room main floor 7:00 pm.
Saturday, May 14
- Bike Rodeo 1:00 - 4:00 pm. The Town of Kindersley has partnered with local RCMP for an afternoon of learning and fun at the West Central Events Centre. Parents must be in attendance for children under 12.
Sunday, May 15
- Kindersley Wildlife Federation Lunch & Awards at the Range. Call Dan for more info 306-463-7207.
Tuesday, May 17
• Household Hazardous Waste Collection 1:00 - 6:00 pm at the West Central Event Centre parking lot. This program is open to residents of Kindersley and the surrounding area. For more info vist: https://www.productcare.org/products/ hhw/saskatchewan/ Thursday, May 19
- Kindersley Playschool Open House & Registration Night 6:30 - 8:00 pm at St. Paul’s United Church basement. Thursday, May 26
- Kindersley & District Arts Council presents “Joe Trio” at the Norman Ritchie Community Centre 7:30 pm.
Friday, May 27
• Great Plains College 2022 Graduation & Recognition Ceremony Kindersley Inn Ballroom. RSVP by May 13. to kindersley.office@greatplainscollege.ca or 306-463-6431 for more info.
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, June 2, 3, 4
- 29th Annual Kindersley Rodeo September 22, 23. 24 and 25
- Goose Festival Days!
* Kindersley Clay Busters Trap Shooting every Wednesday (6:30 pm) and Sunday (2:00 pm) at the Kindersley Wildlife Federation Range. Your first round is on us, each round after that is $5. Contact Jeff Vass 306-460-5373 for more info.
