Andrea’s 3R’s Shop celebrates 30 years in business
JOAN JANZEN joanjanzen@yahoo.com
David J.
ESTON - There’s a popular little store located in Eston, Sask. called Andrea’s 3R’s Shop. The store, situated at 138 Railway Avenue, has been in business for 30 years.
Plans are to celebrate this milestone during the week of August 23rd to 27th.
Margaret Olorenshaw, the owner, said, “We’ll have refreshments and snacks on hand for people to come in and celebrate the 30th anniversary. I will also have a draw each day for a gift certificate from an Eston business so that we can celebrate and also support our local businesses.”
Margaret said they opened in 1991 when Andrea left school. “Andrea has Cerebral Palsy, is unable to speak, and we were told she would never walk.” However, Andrea walks into the Shop each weekday and enjoys watching all the activity. “We call her the manager because she manages all of us,” her mom chuckled.
The family opened the little Shop for Andrea’s sake, and it grew from there. As Andrea looked on and smiled, the Shop continued to grow. “It grew way more than we expected,” Margaret said, adding that the Shop consists primarily of items sold by consignment, with some articles donated.
The Shop has been at the exact location for thirty years. “We thought we’d use the back shop for repairing for our other business (Olorenshaw Farm Service), but we ended up needing it for Andrea’s 3R’s,” Margaret said. The community and surrounding area have
been very supportive of their business, but people come from all over to shop at the store, with the guest book being signed by people from Edmonton and Saskatoon.
“We never know what’s going to come through the doors,” Margaret said regarding the merchandise that comes into the Shop. There certainly is a wide assortment of inventory available since the Shop accepts almost everything except clothing. “We take whatever we can’t use to Value Village,” Margaret concluded.
You’ll find Andrea’s mom working at the Shop every Saturday. During the remaining weekdays, she is working at Oloren-
shaw Farm Service. Their capable staff handles things at the Shop during the week. Ellen Owens works Monday and Tuesday, while Kathy Herbert works Wednesday to Friday. Duncan King also comes in on Wednesday and Thursday to help out. They’ve also had two long-time former employees, Heather Kraft, who worked at the Shop for sixteen years, and Joyce Hodgson, who worked there for twenty years.
“We appreciate all the support we get from our community and area, and we’re very happy with the support we receive from more distant places,” Margaret concluded.
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RCMP REPORT
Fatal two-vehicle collision west of Fiske
FISKE - On Thursday, July 29, 2021, at approximately 10 a.m., Rosetown RCMP Detachment responded to a two-vehicle collision between a semi and an SUV on Highway 7 west of Fiske, SK.
Rosetown Fire Department and Ambulance also responded. The two occupants of the SUV were pronounced deceased at the scene. The driver and sole occupant of the semi was provided medical assistance by paramedics and was taken to nearby hospital for treatment of what were described as minor injuries.
Initial investigation indicates that the semi was travelling eastbound and the SUV was travelling
westbound along Highway 7 west of Fiske when the SUV crossed over the centre line, entering the oncoming traffic lane. A head-on collision resulted.
The cargo of the semi spilled and police confirmed it was not dangerous.
The Saskatchewan Coroners Service and an RCMP Traffic Analyst attended the scene.
Highway 7 remained closed with detours in place for the majority of the day as the scene was cleared and the investigation took place.
The highway has since reopened to traffic.
The investigation is ongoing.
Kindersley RCMP focus on traffic safety
Kindersley RCMP would like to remind the public to be patient and follow the direction of signs and workers in work zones. Work zones are clearly marked with orange signs to show you’re entering a construction area and black and white signs showing the reduced speed limit. With the warmer weather, there are many different work zones in the Kindersley Detachment area and Police will be regularly patrolling them to ensure the safety of the workers and the public. Fines for speeding in a work zone begin at $246 and may include a loss of demerit points.
In addition to this month’s campaign, Kindersley RCMP responded to a further 43 calls for service from July 20th to 26th which included, but was not limited to, one Mental Health Act call, two suspicious persons calls, two traffic collisions and two assault calls*.
If you need to report any suspicious activity in your community, please contact the Kindersley RCMP detachment by calling 306-463-4642 or their local police service. Information can also be provided anonymously through Saskatchewan Crime Stoppers by calling 1800-222-TIPS (8477) or submitting a tip online at www.saskcrimestoppers.com.
Online Crime Reporting can be accessed at: https://ocre-sielc.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/saskatchewan.
*For more information on the calls to service please contact the Kindersley RCMP detachment.
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New restaurant opens in downtown Kindersley
JOAN JANZEN joanjanzen@yahoo.com
KINDERSLEY - Highway Host in Kindersley held their grand opening on August 7th. Located at 215 Main Street, Ali Haider and his staff opened their doors for business on Sunday, July 25th. They look forward to meeting all their new customers and serving them a variety of East Indian, Canadian, Italian and Greek cuisine and homemade pie! They had a meet and greet offering free coffee and desserts for everyone.
Highway Host is the sister company to their restaurant in Rosetown, which goes by the same name. They have a reputation for delicious food made with fresh, local and seasonal products. They are open from 11 am to 9:00 pm daily.
Grade 12 student enjoys summer gig at Museum
JOAN JANZEN joanjanzen@yahoo.com
KINDERSLEY - A group of kids were pumped about getting together at the Kindersley Plains Museum on Thursday, July 29 for some fun at the day camp the museum was hosting. Staff member Shelby Rublee and the other staff were available to help make it a fun experience for all the kids.
Shelby started working at the museum in late May and will be going into Grade 12 at Kindersley Composite School in September. She enjoyed helping out with the day camp, which included crafts, games, soccer, outdoor bowling, and
the kids got to create their own sundae.
“Overall, it’s a fun day for the kids and for us girls at the museum, too,” Shelby said. Not only did Shelby enjoy helping out with the day camp, but she has enjoyed working at the museum and learning more about Kindersley’s history.
“I really didn’t know much about Kindersley’s history, but I got offered this job, and as time goes by, I learned a lot,” she said. “You meet lots of people, and I love everybody I work with.” Shelby also appreciates the daily social interaction with visitors who come to the museum.
L-R: Ali, Rajwant, Arshdeep and Anil are happy to begin serving their customers at Highway Host Curry House in Kindersley.
PHOTO BY JOAN JANZEN
Shelby Rublee enjoyed working at the day camp held at the Kindersley Plains Museum.
| PHOTO BY JOAN JANZEN
OPINION
CHECK IT OUT with Joan Janzen
Famous people were censored throughout history
peaking into his master’s bedroom said, “I’ve been barking for the past 20 minutes and you keep telling me to shut up. Anyway ... your car is gone.”
aren’t the only ones who are being silenced; cen sorship has been alive and well throughout history. Benjamin Frank
novation; we are in the realm of extremism. “The fact that I’m even having to have this discussion is quite frankly a disgrace,”
Don’t be surprised if those who are being ridiculed and censored are the next generation of world changers. After all, we have seen it happen throughout history over
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It’s hot and there’s no rain in sight, and yet my dedicated writing students sit and write all day, and listen to me say, over and over, “we need to choose our words carefully. If we want to get our point across or describe a scene, we need to slow down and take care and not be afraid to wait for the just-right phrase to form itself in our brains.”
But what do you tell students when, even if they do speak considerately, accurately and from the heart, via their poetic brains, they still get harassed, harangued, threatened, bullied, teased and abused by anonymous internet trolls? When so much of what gets posted online seems to indicate that hitting below the belt in order to serve an agenda, sell a product or become an influencer appears to be the function of language, how do you successfully champion a dignified and mature quest for clarity, engagement, and connection?
It’s convenient to blame recent world leaders for leading the charge on the desecration of language, but the truth is, ever since we went online, we’ve lazily and repeatedly been replacing action with reaction. Whether we are woke or broke, a bleeding heart liberal or a right-wing fundamentalist, a conspiracy theorist or a tik-tok junkie, online communication comes most often in the form of “mindless chains of anonymous insults and inarticulate
It was very bad week for the Saskatchewan NDP — largely, because the NDP are very bad at the game of politics.
If you have just awoken from a 30-year slumber, this may come as a shock to you.
For whatever you might think about the Saskatchewan NDP philosophy that’s often been at odds with the oil sector and modern-day Saskatchewan agriculture, most would acknowledge New Democrats were rather good at the political game.
The NDP managed to hold office for 16 years after the demise of the Grant Devine Progressive Conservative government by reminding voters how bad that government really was and by somehow being able to relate to voters.
But the NDP’s talents clearly diminished in the early years of this millennium, soon surpassed by the new guard of the Saskatchewan Party that quickly proved to be far better at the
In Praise of Taking Care in the World of the Quick and
controversies,” as Jaron Lanier, the author of “You Are Not a Gadget” puts it. Every summer I teach writing to a group of teens. I love them and I love the work, even though I fall into bed around 7pm every night, exhausted from an intense day of creativity, feedback and dramatic content. (They’re teens, they’re misunderstood - nobody has been through what they are going through, so murder and mayhem and intergalactic escape abounds. And frankly, who can blame them?)
I hope they learn a thing or two about words. How, when you get down to it, great writing is just one beautiful word after another, which means of course, finding the precise word for the specific situation.
I hope, most of all, that when they call someone a “friend” they “met” online and “share” their work with that “friend”, that they embody friendship.
I hope they wholly understand that friendship means more than clicking a “like” or “unlike” button, that sharing takes time, listening, tolerating and compassion even if understanding is harder to come by.
Humans share themselves, not just cute memes, emojis, opinions and insults. And meeting people involves being in the same room with them, involves all the senses, including integrating the various scents of espresso, a recent rainfall, an unshowered body, even the oc-
casional fart.
Lanier opens his book with a dedication to the person reading it because, today, words are “minced into automatized search-engine keywords within industrial cloud computing facilities located in remote and secret locations around the world. They will be copied millions of times by algorithms designed to send an advertisement to some person somewhere who happened to resonate with some fragment of what I say. They will be scanned, rehashed and misrepresented by crowds of quick and sloppy readers” into anonymous comment sections, text messages and twitter streams. But words and books, he reminds us, are written for people. “You have to be somebody before you can share yourself.”
I recall my university days when Marshall McLuhan prophesized that technology
By Madonna Hamel • madonnahamel@hotmail.com
would connect us all and hence transform the planet into a Global Village. I wrote and performed a retort to McLuhan, calling the piece “Global City.”
I wrote it out of a familiar panic that arose in my body every time a gifted speaker spouted something extremely clever and seductive, yet dangerously askew. Even then I knew that McLuhan was trying to give a highly impersonal technology a warm and fuzzy feel.
“A village is a physical place, in space and time, NOT a facsimile, NOT a nice idea,” I wrote, not knowing that one day I would live in a village and experience the physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual reality of my own words.
Today I’d add: a village is a feet-in-dust, horses-in-thefield, tumbleweed-tumbling-by reality. A village is a group of people who know each other, each other’s kids, and each other’s vehicles. Villagers attend each other’s grads, weddings, baby showers and funerals. They dance at Christmas dances and eat pancakes at charity breakfasts and volunteer for everything from the fire brigade to the bar at the bonspiel. They know everyone’s birthday and anniversary because it’s on the local calendar and the phonebook is a 14x11 handout you can pick up every January at the grocery.
Twenty years later I was working as a reporter, inter-
Sask. NDP very bad at politics
political game in this province.
This has been the Saskatchewan political story for the past 20 years now. And judging by what we saw in the last week or so, don’t expect this story to change any time soon.
Let us begin with a seemingly innocuous social media post of Saskatchewan New Democrat enjoying a few beers at the first Saskatchewan Roughrider game of the season.
Even if you don’t partake in the self-indulgent world of social media, you likely have heard about this selfie post that the party removed from its social media feeds almost as quickly as it put it up.
No, the NDP MLAs and others in the picture were not in violation of any rules. All were of legal drinking age. And given that masking/social-distancing requirements had been removed long before the game, there was actually nothing wrong with the fact none of them were wearing masks in
the photo.
Or at least, there would be nothing wrong with it, if you weren’t members of a political party who described this very game as a potential super-spreader event because Premier Scott Moe who had removed masking requirements and had not insisted on vaccine passports. If you were sincerely worried this was as super-spreader, why were you
viewing Derrick de Kerckhove, McLuhan’s heir apparent and author of “The Skin of Culture; Investigating the New Electronic Reality.” A “big reversal between the conscious and unconscious realms is happening right now,” he said. The computer is smarter than us and way, way faster. “It will be interesting to see how technology will outperform humans and how it will take care of things like the environment and poverty and genetic engineering,” he mused, not seeming as disturbed as I was by his words. But don’t worry, he added. “We’re not there yet.”
We’re there now.
Today Lanier tries to explain how quickly “computers have gotten a million times more powerful” since he became the father of virtual reality, not so long ago: “It’s as if you kneel to plant a seed of a tree and it grows so fast that it swallows your whole village before you can even rise to your feet.” But no logarithm can replenish a soul like walking under a prairie sunset. No virtual reality can swallow a fleshand-blood village, nor “cloud facility” contain its heartaches and joys. The only clouds we care about here are the ones we stand under as we watch and waiting upon them for rain. Thankfully, even in a world ruled by “the quick and the sloppy,” we still know how to wait.
there? And why would you be happily posting selfies? Might it not have been wise to sit this one out at home?
If there are COVID-19 infections stemming from this game, can the NDP now legitimately criticize government policy?
Even a lot of New Democrats got how horrible this looked, although there were just enough defending the social-medial posting to reinforce the notion this party was behaving hypocritically.
In a desperate attempt to use to social media to demonstrate they were ordinary folk, what the New Democrats, mostly managed to remind many of what they don’t like about these New Democrats — that they are virtue-signalling politicians seemingly not all that interested in abiding by their own supposed principles.
Not long after NDP MLAs issued an apology for perhaps sending the wrong message with their selfie, they were
hit with the more bad news: Long-serving MLA Buckley Belanger was resigning his Athabasca seat to run as a federal Liberal candidate.
Of course, this decision was Belanger’s alone. But given that Ryan Meili and others in the party were quick to praise Belanger, they didn’t exactly express anger at a defection to Justin Trudeau’s team.
The NDP are likely to retake Athabasca in a by-election. And after both Sask. Party MLAs Warren Steinley and Corey Tochor abandoned their provincial seats for successful runs as Conservative MPs, one might think abandoning your seat is for a better political opportunity is less of an issue.
But it’s highly problematic for Ryan Meili’s NDP caucus when one of its 13 members so easily transitions to the federal Liberal caucus.
At the very least, it shows how bad the Saskatchewan NDP is at the political game.
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Urlacher will be inducted into the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame
Neil Urlacher was born on April 20, 1937 in Macklin, Saskatchewan, the youngest of 15 children. The family made their home on the family farm near Denzil. Sports was a significant part of the Urlacher family.Neil played baseball, hockey, volleyball and curling in school. In 1955 he attended St. Thomas College in North Battleford, where he played baseball, hockey and football. In 1959 Neil moved to Neilburg where he played baseball with the Neilburg Monarch in the North Saskatchewan Baseball League. Here he met and married Doris Wagner. They had four children, Cindy, Darwin, Regan and Carson.
Neil played a total of sixteen [16] seasons from 1960 until he retired in 1976, with the Neilburg Monarchs. During this time, Neil’s passion was baseball. He played in the outfield and was a sure glove on the defensive side, but dominated as a batter. After his sixteen year career with the Monarchs, he ended with an impressive .325 batting average, having led in many offensive categories during that time. In 1960 he tied first with Art Stone for most home runs during the season.
In 1961, when the Monarchs won the title,
Neil finished amongst the leaders with a .356 batting average.
In 1962, his batting average was .344 and was the individual standout winning the slugging championship with a .667 slugging percentage. He also led the league with 62 total bases, 7 home runs, 32 RBI’s and tied with John Ford and Ken Nelson for the most base hits at 32.
In 1963, Neil led the regular league season with 27 runs, 66 total bases, 8 home runs and 23 RBI’s, tied for first with 33 hits alongside Jim Wiley. Neil was an All Star game player in 1963.
In 1964 he led the league with 14 doubles. Opposing teams began to recognize Neil’s hitting abilities and started pitching around him. Neil was, again, an All Star player, helping win the game by belting a home run.
In 1965 and 1966 Neil
showed his patience at the plate by leading the League with 27 walks. In 1965 Neil was called upon as a replacement player by the Unity Cardinals in their series final against the North Battleford Beavers. Unity won 7-4 with Neil hitting a grand slam in the fourth inning.
In 1969 Neil placed second in the batting race, finishing the year with a .372 batting average behind Rich Householder with an average of .403. In 1970 he tied for second in the League with 10 doubles. Over the course of the 1960’s, Neil racked up 19 stolen bases.
With a strong arm in the field, speed running bases and being a very powerful hitter, Neil Urlacher was a great baseball player!
After retiring from competitive baseball, Neil decided to give back to the community by coaching his son in the minor hockey leagues then later the senior league teams. Neil felt that home runs and goals were the fun part of the game but the true aspect of sport is the people and the friendships made over the years. Neil now resides in Okotoks, Alberta.
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A three-day Vacation Bible School kicked off on
Redemption Baptist Church in Kindersley. The theme was “Come Sail With Us” and the children gathered each morning from 9:00 to 11:00 am. | PHOTO BY JOAN JANZEN
Leader’s “Walk for Alzheimer’s” was top fundraiser in the southwest
JOAN JANZEN joanjanzen@yahoo.com
LEADER - Most people enjoy getting out and going for a walk, and it’s even more enjoyable when those people are doing it to help contribute to a worthy cause. Brenda Brehm from Leader was happy to report that the walk in Leader on May 29th to raise funds for the Alzheimer’s Society was a huge success. In fact, it was the top fundraiser in the southwest part of the province.
“Over 35 people participated. I was blown away by all the support!” Karen said. The participants ranged from kids all the way up to seniors. “My mom, who is 87, participated. She didn’t walk as far as everybody else, but that didn’t matter. The kids were really into it! Some went the whole five kilometres. I can’t praise the people in our community enough.” After the walk’s completion, a local business served the participants free coffee or tea.
“There were so many more challenges doing the walk this year because of the restrictions. I set the walk up as a last-minute thing and was amazed by how many people responded!” Karen said.
The Alzheimer’s Society of Saskatchewan is based in Regina. Its mandate is to empower all people to live well with dementia while funding research into prevention, cures and quality of life. They have all kinds of support groups available, including online groups, a caregiver group, spousal group, early-stage support group, as well as offering all types of learning series.
“Awareness of this disease is so important,” Brenda commented. “There are video conferences and other resources available to make living with Alzheimer’s easier on families and for the person who has it.”
Participants gathered together to participate in a Walk for Alzheimer’s on May 29th. Over 35 people participated in the fundraiser, which was the top fundraiser in southwest Saskatchewan. | SUBMITTED PHOTO
Alzheimer’s has affected Karen in a very personal way, as her husband was diagnosed with the condition, however, she said it’s amazing how many tools there are to help people with Alzheimer’s. Some of those tools use music since music utilizes both sides of the brain. Many Alzheimer’s patients are still well able to play an instrument and remember lyrics to songs.
“My husband could never dance until he had Alzheimer’s,” she said. Now he can step perfectly in time to the music, doing all sorts of dance moves. “I
couldn’t believe it! Music therapy is a big thing with Alzheimer’s!” Karen noted. “I think we have to take the stigma away from Alzheimer’s. My call has always been to include people with Alzheimer’s as much as possible. It’s the little things that make a big difference.”
The Alzheimer’s walk that took place at Leader was one of those things that helps make a big difference. A big shout out to the people in Leader for all their support!
The 57th Annual Sandhill Rodeo took place on August 7 & 8 at the Lancer Rodeo Grounds. Close to $5,000 was raised during the live auction in front of “The Saddledome”. Donnie Peacock was the auctioneer and the rodeo announcer for the event.
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2021 The Canadian Cowboys Association Finals Rodeo Kicks off Busy Slate of Events
Along with the Robertson Implements Championship Rodeo, the Canadian Cowboys Association (CCA) announces a full week-end of action coming up in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, September 24-26, 2021. With last year’s event having been cancelled because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the finals rodeo event committee is welcoming everyone back for a community celebration dedicated to preserving our western heritage and family values. The CCA Finals Committee invites everyone to a week-end filled with entertainment and attractions. During this 3-day event, Magnus Newland Arena will feature 4 rodeo performances. Over 90 athletes from the Canadian Cowboys Association (CCA) participate in bareback riding, saddle bronc riding, steer wrestling, team roping, barrel racing, bull riding, plus - novice bareback, novice saddle bronc, novice bull riding, junior girls barrel racing, junior steer riding, and breakaway roping. All will be competing for their share of the prize money and the 2021 championship title. Rodeo performances are: Friday, Sept. 24th 7:00pm; Saturday 25th 1:00pm and 7:00pm and Sunday 26th, 1:00pm. The action at the Magnus Newland Arena isn’t all visitors have to look forward to. The CCA Finals Committee announces a number of activities happening at Kinetic Exhibition Park. Head on down to the barns and arenas to take in the activities of the Swift Current Ag & Ex Ranchman’s Ridin & Recitin’ and the Junior Livestock Show; the stockade building is hosting a commercial trade show; around the venue we have the Food Truck Wars; the Palliser Building will be rocking with a boot-stompin’ rodeo Cabaret featuring Tyler Lewis and Buckshot - What a great way to Re:Imagine, celebrate and showcase our western heritage during National Culture Days 2021 on the Prairies. Everyone is excited! Dust off your boots, and join us at Kinetic Exhibition Park, Swift Current SK. For more information checkout the websites: City of Swift Current, Swift Current AG & Ex and/or the Canadian Cowboys Association. Tickets for the Canadian Cowboys Association Rodeo performances start at $20 and are on sale now at 306-778-2787 or www.swiftcurrent.ca/ caa . Trade Show Applications: 306-773-2944: SWIFT CURRENT AG & EX THE SHOW WINDOW OF THE SOUTHWEST kineticpark@swiftcurrent.ca
Stay up to date with details at www.swiftcurrent. ca/cca. www.canadiancowboys.ca If you are interested in becoming involved in the CCA Event Finals Rodeo as a sponsor or volunteer please call 306-778-2787 or email communityservices@swiftcurrent.ca
Sports with Bruce Penton
Ignore ‘forgettable - Canadian Olympians shine
Time to backtrack after lamenting last week about the ‘forgettable’ Olympic Games in Tokyo.
Canada had a spectacular second week. Let’s call it unforgettable.
Swimmer Penny Oleksiak made Canadian Olympic history, winning three more medals to boost her career total to seven, making her the most decorated Canadian Olympian ever.
Damian Warner of London, Ont., now lays claim to being the greatest male athlete in the world after breaking the 9,000-point barrier for an Olympic record and winning gold in the decathlon, the event that truly separates the men from the boys, or the true athletes from the pretenders.
“When you go through the whole battle of the decathlon and finally finish and you get the result you were looking for, there is no greater feeling,” Warner said in a Sportsnet.ca story. “This is a dream come true.”
Still on the track, we’re calling Andre De Grasse of Markham, Ont., the world’s fastest man after he finished third in the 100-metre sprint, and took gold in the 200 metres. Normally, the title of the world’s fastest man goes to the
100-metre gold medal champ, but since the Italian winner, Lamont Marcell Jacobs, has had some steroid rumours swirling around him, we’re going to anoint De Grasse with that title.
And finally, the Canadian women’s soccer team followed up its emotional semi-final victory over the United States by beating Sweden in the gold medal game on penalty kicks, putting a bow on the fabulous career of 38-year-old Christine Sinclair who, if she lived in a soccer-mad country, would be enveloped in Gretzky- Jordanor Messi-type hysteria.
So yes, the 2020 Olympics held in the summer of 2021 has been rather spectacular for Canada, which finished with 24 medals and stood an impressive 11th in the overall standings, ahead of such countries as Brazil, Cuba and Spain. Overall, Canada finished with seven gold, six silver and 11 bronze medals, the most ever by our country.
So, unforgettable? You bet. Our athletes did us proud and Canadians get to watch them in action again in three years’ time, in Paris, France.
• Janice Hough of leftcoastsportsbabe.com, on the Dodgers’ burgeoning payroll: “Will LA start selling beer on
the instalment plan?”
• RJ Currie of sportsdeke.com: “According to a U.S. study, outdoor activity may improve mental health. Unless the activity is watching the Baltimore Orioles.”
• Golfer Phil Mickelson, in a tweet to Olympic gold medallist Xander Schauffele: “Can’t wait for you to mark your ball with the Gold Medal in one of our matches! I’ll totally respect it cuz that’s something I would do.”
• Humourist Steve Burgess of Vancouver, on Twitter while travelling across Saskatchewan: “It’s part of Canadian history that every Prairie town has its Chinese restaurant. In Val Marie, Sask. (home of Bryan Trottier) it’s in the Val Marie Hotel. Food is good and there’s optimism the TV will be fixed in time for Friday’s Riders’ game.”
• Comedy writer Alex Kaseberg: “Damian Warner set an Olympic record 9,018 points to be the first Canadian winner of Olympic Decathlon. Being Canadian, Warner spent his time during the medal ceremony apologizing to the silver and bronze winners for beating them.”
• Kaseberg again: “In Tokyo, Bruce Springsteen’s daughter, Jessica, did not make the Olympic equestrian jumping finals. It turns out, when it came to jumping, Jessica’s horse was born to run.”
• Norman Chad, on his Gambling Mad offering on Twitter: “Synchronized swimming is a Broadway musical under water.”
• Chad again, on the Olympics ignoring his favourite sport: “No bowling in the Olympics? No Olympics in my home.”
• Bob Molinaro of pilot online.com (Hampton, Va.): “The Buffalo Bills apparently are threatening to threaten that they’ll shuffle off to Austin, Texas, if the city doesn’t use taxpayer money to cover the entire cost of a new stadium. That’s a bad bluff. Austin al-
ready has a pro football team — the Texas Longhorns.”
• RJ Currie again: “Happy Birthday to Angels’ all-star outfielder Mike Trout. It seems like only yesterday you were a minnow.”
• Another one from RJ Currie: “The CFL season kicked off last night without preseason games, with the expected mistiming, bad reads, botched calls and confusion over Canadian rules. And that was just TSN play-by-play man Rod Black.”
• Headline at theonion.com: “Loyal Russell Westbrook Fan Tired Of Buying New Jersey, Relocating Whole Family Every Year”
• Another theonion.com headline: “‘I Want To Be In The Olympics Someday,’ Says Delusional Kindergartner Already 4 Years Behind In Elite Training”
• This really happened, from fark.com: “Astros’ Alex Bregman, en route to a game, sees a broken down car on the side of the road. Stops to help the driver who happens to be wearing, wait for it, an Alex Bregman jersey.”
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Kindersley Stallions force deciding game in NSRBL finals
Play of the year candidate?
If those reactions could talk, they’d be telling you just how horizontal Ethan Hilbig got to snag a rocket down the line at first base. | PHOTOS BY KATE WINQUIST
The North Saskatchewan River Baseball League finals will go to a winner-takeall game three after the Kindersley Stallions Baseball came away with a 7-5 win at Berard Field tonight over the Standard Hill Lakers. The number one ranked Lakers won game one handily 11-0 on Wednesday night. Game three will be played on Monday, August 16th at 6:00 PM in Standard Hill. #GoStallions
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Glad’s Barn has hosted many community gatherings
JOAN JANZEN joanjanzen@yahoo.com
Glad’s Barn, located on Gladys McCarthy’s farm just outside of Kindersley, continues to be a popular community gathering spot. One of the last remaining bank barn structures serves as the perfect venue for various functions.
Recently, two talented musicians held a concert at Glad’s Barn. Dara Schindelka, a singer-songwriter from northern Saskatchewan and Terri Hokness, performed for an enthusiastic audience on Sunday afternoon, July 25th. Thirty enthusiastic listeners well-received Dara’s powerful lyrics and soulful melodies at the outdoor concert.
“I have had dances, yoga workshops, family reunions and a wedding reception at the barn,” Gladys said. “It’s become the local community gathering spot. It’s very accessible. I’ve had people from Saskatoon, Manitoba, Loverna, Kerrobert, Brock, Eatonia and Alberta come for activities at the Barn. People always bring friends and relatives.” The Barn is located approximately four
miles east of Smiley and half-mile south.
Originally constructed in 1920, the bank barn was built on a bank or hill, enabling cattle to walk in from the pasture, while the loft was used to store bales and hay.
“I grew up here. I didn’t live here for many years but moved back in 1997. My mom had moved into Kindersley, and my dad had passed away, and nobody was living on the farm. I brought my chocolate business back to the farm, and I became a wholesaler of chocolate,” Gladys explained. “We had to redo the barn’s foundation, but the loft part is original.”
The lower part of the Barn is used for gatherings and receptions, and dances are held in the loft. Gladys has hosted fourteen barn dances since the renovations were completed in 2005. Although the Barn is perfectly suited for summer use, it is not suitable for winter.
Gladys looks forward to having many more community gatherings in her Barn.
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Hay purchasing fraud
Caution - Hay purchasing fraud / Scam Saskatchewan RCMP and Live Stock Services Saskatchewan have become aware of several producers in Saskatchewan who have been the victim of fraud while attempting to purchase hay.
This message is intended to be a caution to any producers in Saskatchewan who are looking to purchase hay. Adds placed on social media and other buy/sell platforms have been posted by fraudsters who are requesting immediate payment prior to the buyer seeing the hay or being in a position to take delivery.
Several producers sent funds and then learned the seller was a scammer and did not have the hay. This is a reminder to ensure everyone take steps to ensure
transactions on-line or over buy/sell platforms are conducted in a safe manner. The best practise is not to send funds, until you are in a position to confirm the product / items are legitimate and delivery has been established.
Please contact your local RCMP or Police detachment if you or anyone you know have been a victim of this type of scam.. If you have information related to this advisory please call your local RCMP Detachment or Livestock Services Saskatchewan @ 306-546-5086.. If you have information related to this advisory please call 310-RCMP for immediate response, or you can call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).
Commitment of $119 million in direct support for drought affected cattle producers
FARMLAND FOR SALE BY TENDER
R.M. OF PRAIRIEDALE, NO. 321 NE & NW 23-33-25 W3rd
Closing date for Tenders is August 20, 2021. Possession date August 30, 2021
• Highest tender or any tender not necessarily accepted.
• Offers must exclude G.S.T. or any other levies which may be payable by the purchaser.
• Purchasers must rely on their own research and inspection of the property.
• 2021 crop is wheat
• Purchaser is entitled to balance of 2021 land rental ($7,000)
• 32 x 24 heated shop
• 30 x 26 barn
• 36 x 26 wooden shop
• 40 x 60 quonset
• 3 x 1650 bushel bins available as they are emptied
• house
• 10% of Purchase price must accompany tender which will be returned if tender not accepted.
• Surface Lease rental is excluded until September 1, 2026;
• Offers should clearly state land description and total offer
Forward Tender to: Sheppard & Millar
Barristers & Solicitors
113-1st Avenue East Box 1510
Kindersley, Saskatchewan, S0L 1S0
Attention Mark L. Millar
Please include file 21-6210 when submitting tender.
Last week, the Honourable David Marit, Minister of Agriculture and Minister for Saskatchewan Crop Insurance, on behalf of the Government of Saskatchewan, announced a commitment of $119 million in direct support for drought affected cattle producers under the AgriRecovery program. The program will provide a per head payment to help maintain breeding stock by providing cash to help offset the extraordinary costs producers have incurred this year to purchase feed and access water. The federal government is requested to provide an additional $178 million for a total program of $297 million.
Saskatchewan Cattlemen’s Association (SCA) Chair Arnold Balicki commented: “Since it crossed over from being “a late year for rain to start” to “a year when the rain did not come,” SCA has been working with our provincial partners and the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association on suggested solutions to bring to governments. Today’s announcement of up to $200 per head of breeding cattle (pending federal agreement) is a
welcome response to our request. Not only were we looking for something that allows flexibility for cattle producers, we were looking for something that keeps Saskatchewan cattle producers on an even playing field with neighbouring jurisdictions. Knowing that initial $100 per head is coming will help producers plan and take action.”
Balicki continued:
“This funding is a good complement to the existing BRM programs. It will help address this extraordinary year. This year the dry area is so widespread and so severe that costs and challenges are beyond usual and what existing programs can address. That’s why we requested a per head payment and I am glad to see the response.”
“I recognize that this program does not address all the feed and cost challenges faced by backgrounders and feeders or cow calf producers. SCA will continue to work on assessing what can and needs to be done.” Balicki continued: “We are glad to have an Ag Minister and government that are open to working with industry and that responds
when the need is what it is today. We will also work with the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association as we need the federal government to step in to match the commitment of the Saskatchewan government.”
Balicki concluded:
“My heart goes out to
all producers working through this awful year. I have spoken to many and the hurt is widespread. SCA will continue working on every Saskatchewan cattle producer’s behalf to promote and develop the industry and to advocate for solutions to challenges as they arise.”
Notice of Preparation of Assessment Roll
Village of Brock
Notice is hereby given that the assessment roll for the Village of Brock for the year 2021 has been prepared and is open for inspection in the office of the assessor from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on the following days: Monday to Friday, August 4, 2021 to October 4, 2021.
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/her assessment is required to file his/her notice of appeal with:
Aileen Swenson
The Secretary of the Board of Revision
Gord Krismer & Associates 31 Wilkie Rd. Regina, SK S4S 5Y3 aileen.swenson@sasktel.net by the 4th day of October, 2021.
Dated this 16th day of August, 2021. Charlotte Helfrich, Assessor
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CONDO FOR SALE
FOR SALE: One bedroom condo at CALEB VILLAGE in Kindersley. Main floor unit with 9’ ceilings and gated access to private entrance. New vinyl plank flooring and dishwasher. Large individual storage area included with the unit. Asking price $240,000. Contact Susan 306-430-7636 or Glenn 306-463-7407 for more details.
FARMLAND FOR SALE
1/2 SECTION located approximately 4.5 miles north and east of Sibbald. One block together includes yard, house, 3 car garage, quonset and granaries. Land also includes 2 rent paying gas wells. Private sale. $504,000. Contact: 403-816-9088 for more info.
FOR RENT
ROOMS FOR RENT. $500. Includes all utilities. Call Tim Schuh at 306-460-9292.
FOR SALE
INTEGRITY RANCH LTD. Market Lamb for sale! Locally grown, provincially inspected. Boxed freezer lamb for sale by the pound. For more information contact John or Kelsey Beasley 403-857-9236 or 403-857-9959. Email: Kelsey@integrityranching.com
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Clownin’ around
Bullfighters share a laugh between contestants in the Junior Bull Riding event at the Sandhill Rodeo on Sunday, August 8th south of Lancer.
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, 113 Main Street
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WEEK OF AUGUST 1 TO 7, 2021
LUCKIEST SIGNS THIS WEEK: LEO, VIRGO AND LIBRA
ARIES
You’ll have to make time for your family. Your children or elderly parents need you. You won’t hesitate to give them your full attention and display your devotion. Love will be felt deeply by sharing small moments.
TAURUS
10. Flat-topped hill
11. Watched 19. Offense 20. Frolicsome
Halt 22. Bean curd 23. Rough file 24. Astonishment
You might go back to school, or at least sign up for a brief but rewarding course. Even though it’ll require considerable effort and you don’t have much time to spare, you’ll reap the benefits very quickly.
GEMINI
26. Appropriate 27. Hill’s companion
At work, you’ll likely put in some extra hours and be paid handsomely for it. This extra effort will earn you a promotion and put you in the good graces of upper management. In your love life, romance is in the cards.
28. Self-images
29. “____ Be Cruel”
ACROSS
1. Suitor
5. Bonfire residue
8. Base-runner’s goal
12. Like
13. Large antelope
14. Toe the line
HOW TO
15. Squeal
PLAY:
16. Ambition
17. Meet defeat
18. Exclude
26. Bestowed
30. Certain prepositions
31. Grumpy’s pal
33. Past 34. Scout’s shelter: 2 wds.
36. Criminal
38. Tiny
CANCER
If you’re about to make a fresh start in your professional life, you’ll finally be on the path to a rewarding career. Your salary will be impressive and allow you to save more. Most importantly, you’ll be able to loosen up and find happiness.
52. Farm animals
53. “____ the Lonely”
LEO
54. Certain evergreen
55. Cattail, e.g.
You’ll be inspired. You’ll manage to define your priorities and visualize your future. You’ll have a realization about a new path to follow, and you’ll have the opportunity to learn about a new culture.
DOWN
VIRGO
39. Most impolite
40. Bent
Fill in the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the numbers 1 through 9 only once. Each 3x3 box is outlined with a
20. Beseech
21. Put through a sieve
24. Bitter brew
25. Some amphibians
43. Snack place
44. Incline
45. Brother’s sib
46. Londoner’s farewell: 2 wds.
50. Tip slightly
51. Debate side
1. Howl 2. ____ out (make do)
3. Be ill
4. Disburden
5. Encore!
You’ll have to organize an event in accordance with safety restrictions. It’ll only takes a few words to restore the peace with those around you. In your love life, changes need to be made in order to strengthen your connection.
LIBRA
6. Temper tantrum
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ARIES
32. First number
35. Jackson bill
37. Newspaper bigwig
Your sense of esthetics will reach new heights as you create one masterpiece after another in your daytoday life. Your patience will pay off for one reason or another, and you’ll be able to work some magic in your relationship.
You might decide to plan an intriguing getaway. You need a vacation, and you’ll need to prepare for it well in advance to make it happen and ensure it’s an unforgettable experience.
TAURUS
Big projects always come with a bit of anxiety, but perseverance is the key to success. Don’t be afraid of change; it’s good for you. Your emotions will be running high, so remember to take a step back and calm down.
47. Wood cutter
You might spend part of the week at home. If you have young children, you’ll have a lot of responsibilities on your plate. A situation at home will require your attention. If you’re single, you’ll have a surprising encounter.
48. Kind of shirt
GEMINI
49. “Stand ____ Deliver”
You’ll have a lot of running around to do, and it could take longer than expected. Don’t turn down invitations to relax and have fun from friends and family members. You need to let go. Selling your house would be quite profitable.
CANCER
You’ll find solutions for financial problems, even small ones. Don’t hesitate to consult friends and professionals so you can get all the facts straight. You’ll receive funding for a project.
LEO
You’ll have a lot going on in the weeks ahead, and time will fly by. You’ll put your imagination to good use. At work, a project will soon be worth its weight in gold. You might need to get some rest to better channel your energy.
VIRGO
Even though time is in short supply, your perseverance and determination will lead you across the finish line. At work, you need to enjoy what you do in order to feel like you belong. Some reflection on the matter is required.
GEMINI
Before making a decision that affects several people, it’s important to consult them and get their consent. At work, you’ll likely reach a beneficial agreement after a long negotiation process.
CANCER
It’s time to take care of yourself. By changing some of your habits, you’ll have more energy and be able to share your love of life with others. However, some effort will be required to restore your health.
LEO
You’ll find yourself in the spotlight. You’ll take charge of a group or stand up for your community. You’ll prove to be an important figure to those around you, which will do wonders for your selfesteem.
VIRGO
If you have young children, you’ll be focused on the backtoschool season. You might end up moving or make major changes to your home. If you’re single, it’ll be love at first sight.
LIBRA
Across
Otherwise
Product pitches
You’ll be promoted after a colleague resigns.
7. Bustle
8. Shout
A new lifestyle will lead to some great and, at times, surprising accomplishments. Relatives will invite you on a short trip that will go a long way to recharging your batteries.
9. Clarinet’s relative
SCORPIO
A multicultural project in your community will capture your attention. You’ll also sign up for one activity after another. Despite your shy and reserved personality, you’ll follow through on your ideas and achieve your goals.
SAGITTARIUS
It takes time and patience to realize your dreams. After all, Rome wasn’t built in a day. Collaboration is a great tool to advance your projects, ambitions and goals. Sometimes, it’s necessary to tear things down in order to build.
CAPRICORN
At work or elsewhere, you’ll have to exercise your patience to reach an agreement. You can’t keep bickering with people. If you have a legal matter to settle, you’ll likely win your case.
AQUARIUS
If you’ve been struggling with health issues, your doctor will finally find the right treatment. At work, you can expect a promotion. Your significant other will have some tender, romantic words for you.
PISCES
You’ll be proud of a significant achievement. You might save someone, even if it’s just by listening to them at the right moment. This will earn you their eternal gratitude. However, someone else might take advantage of your generosity.
LIBRA
Regardless of any restrictions in your area, there’s bound to be an event in which you have to deal with numerous people. Your expansive imagination will allow you to create a masterpiece, much to your amazement.
HOW TO PLAY:
SCORPIO
You won’t hold your tongue, and you’ll give voice to opinions that others are keeping to themselves. This will end up correcting an unpleasant situation. You’ll find solutions when faced with a precarious financial situation.
SCORPIO
Concocted
Fill in the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the numbers 1 through 9 only once.
On one’s ____ (alert)
Egg-shaped
“Wish You ____
Time is in short supply, and you’ll have no choice but to remain organized. You’ll need to let go of a fair amount of stress afterward. Additionally, it’s a good idea to take some time to reconnect with old friends.
SAGITTARIUS
You might want to take a little vacation before the end of the summer. Pay attention to the details involved in a longterm or workrelated project. Afterward, you’ll let your hair down and have some fun.
CAPRICORN
Each 3x3 box is outlined with a darker line. You already have a few numbers to get you started. Remember: you must not repeat the numbers 1 through 9 in the same line, column or 3x3 box.
Emotions will be running high, and you might overreact. Be careful with money, as you’ll be tempted to make a few impulse purchases. If you treat yourself, do so in moderation and try to be reasonable.
AQUARIUS
After a promotion, it’s a good idea to buy new clothes to match your new position. You’ll invest in your image for both personal and professional reasons. You want to look good in any situation.
PISCES
You’ll find yourself with several fires to put out. You’ll be generously rewarded for your efforts though. For example, you might get an impressive promotion. Your love interest will express some form of commitment.
Careerwise, there’s a good chance you’ll be courted by the competition. You’ll likely run around trying to help a family member. As for matters of the heart, someone close to you could make a declaration of love that leaves you stunned.
SAGITTARIUS
It’s time for a fresh start. A new job or a new direction in life is on the horizon. You’ll be excited about all the opportunities that come your way. In your love life, there won’t be a shortage of romance.
CAPRICORN
You’ll need a second cup of coffee before you start your workday. If you’re dealing with health issues, you’ll find the right treatment to give you the quality of life you desire. Stress can be a source of energy at times.
AQUARIUS
You’ll have no choice but to confront the obstacles in your path. You may have to negotiate with several people at once, which could be stressful. You’ll develop new friendships and expand your social network.
PISCES
Either at work or elsewhere, things will feel urgent and like they needed to be done yesterday. A few people close to you will get you to take a step back. It’s a good idea to set a longterm goal for yourself or your relationship.
THE
THE LUCKIEST SIGNS
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THE LUCKIEST SIGNS
AQUARIUS
PISCES
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Indian Horse – Available On Netflix
There is perhaps no film more timely hitting Netflix right now than Indian Horse.
It follows young Indigenous man Saul Indian Horse as he makes his way through a rough, tumultuous life.
He goes through the residential school system and finds solace in playing hockey. The 1970s-set film focuses on the ingrained racism and absolutely horrific difficulties faced by Native Canadians.
Saul’s fight against alcoholism, poverty and the oppression his people have faced their entire lives marks this difficult, poignant film.
The acting from Ajuawake Kapashesit, Wayne Baker, Sladen Peltier, and Michiel Huisman are incredible. But it’s Forrest Goodluck as 15-year-old Saul who really makes an impressive mark.
Directed by Stephen S. Campanelli and based on the novel by Richard Wagemese, it’s a portrait of a life everyone has to see to believe.
47 Meters Down -- Available On Netflix
As this film was sold by Dimension Films to Entertainment Studios, it seems 47 Meters Down got lost in the shuffle.
The film hit the Internet long ago for pirating, under the title In The Deep. But someone at the new company knew they had a hit on their hands. After star Mandy Moore hit it big again with show This Is Us, the shark film was released in the summer of 2017.
With the new title, it became an unexpected success and grossed $44.3 million in the U.S. And Canada, becoming an indie hit and spawning a sequel.
It was a tumultuous production and release, but frankly, I found 47 Meters Down absolutely terrifying.
When two sisters vacationing in Mexico decide to go sightseeing underwater in a shark cage, they become trapped in the bottom of the ocean when the chain holding them to the boat breaks.
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Surrounded by predators and running out of oxygen, they must find a way to get to the surface safely.
Co-writer and director Johannes Roberts uses the darkness of the ocean and some slick cinematic tricks to make this one distinctive in the genre.
Mandy Moore, Claire Holt, and a supporting turn from Matthew Modine mean strong performances for this creature feature.
It may not hit the same heights as Jaws or Deep Blue Sea, but for pure freaky entertainment, you can’t go wrong with this one.
Hostage – Available On Prime Video
It’s not really a stretch to say Bruce Willis’s 2000’s actioners that haven’t exactly lit the world on fire.
But of all the films on his resume in the last 20 years or so, this home invasion thriller Hostage stands out.
When a wealthy family is taken hostage, a former hostage negotiator comes to the scene. He’s facing a lethal dilemma – his family has also been taken. Does he try to save his own or save the family he’s never met?
It’s a well-executed film that has a far more twisty plot than you’d expect from that logline.
Willis is at the top his game, and it helps that he’s surrounded by some familiar, incredible talent.
Kevin Pollak and Rumer Willis are on-board, as are villains Ben Foster and Jonathan Tucker. It’s a formidable cast and they work well.
I really love this movie, and
even if it can be formulaic, it’s got some incredible action sequences and everyone is at the top of their game.
The King – Available On Netflix Timothee Chalamet is one of the most talented young actors working, and his Netflix film The King is a triumph all the way around.
Writer-director David Michod – known for hits Animal Kingdom and The Rover – makes an accomplished sword-fighting epic here.
When Hal – a young prince whose father, the king, ruled with a terrifying iron fist – becomes king, he has to deal with the wreckage his father left in his wake.
Now crowned King Henry V, Hal must rule the kingdom while dealing with his tumultuous personal life.
The performances make it. Chalamet is incredible, Robert Pattinson is formidable, and supporting stars Ben Mendelsohn, Joel Edgerton and Dean-Charles Chapman are all engrossing.
It’s an epic worth writing home about, in every single sense.
A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood – Available On Prime Video
I think I was one of the only people in my circle not excited for this movie when it came out. But this wonderful, absolutely warm tale actually took me by surprise. It follows the true story of journalist Lloyd Vogel as he plans to write a story about Fred Rogers, and the unlikely friendship that forms as a result.
Tom Hanks is a revelation as Rogers, the entertainment icon and certified nice guy. He absolutely embodies him, and earned an Oscar nom for Best Supporting Actor as a result.
With actors like Matthew Rhys, Chris Cooper, and more aboard, it’s a lovely ensemble. But make no mistake, it’s Hanks who owns this one.
This will pull right at your heartstrings, and it’s one of the most sentimental, purely beautiful films I’ve seen in a long time.
Good people, good food, and good times on trail ride
JOAN JANZEN joanjanzen@yahoo.com
Tourists can choose from numerous modes of transportation while on vacation, but there are a small group of individuals from the Netherhill/Brock area who love to get out their horses, wagons and saddles and head out on a trail ride.
riders headed out on July 19th.
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Lionel Story and his daughter Jodi Story, Larry Benjamin and Duffy Ham are part of a local group who has been going on trail rides for many years. Lionel said he’s been going on trail rides for about twenty-five years, and his daughter Jodi also followed the trail at least ten years ago.
Those trail rides have taken them to many scenic locations, including Kananaskis and west of Rocky Mountain House. “We go to a lot of different places,” Lionel said. “We’ve been going to Montana for four or five years. This time we just happened to be at the east block of Grasslands National Park because someone wanted to check it out; we’ve been to Cypress quite a few times.” The
Touring the countryside in wagons became popular years ago when people were recreating some of the trails that pioneers and the Northwest Mounted Police used from Manitoba to Fort McCleod. Now Lionel takes his wagon pulled by his draft horses. The wagon serves as sleeping quarters and a place to prepare meals, but it’s also used to haul essential supplies, like food and beer for those hot days on the prairie. Although some of the wagons on the trail are modified for a more comfortable ride, Lionel said his isn’t, so it can be a bumpy ride on the trail.
Loaves and Fishes offers hearty soup and bread at no charge.
The trail boss is in charge of the route, while the wagon boss is in charge of organizing the location of the base camp where everyone camps for the night and from which the riders depart for daily rides over four or five days.
(Soup is packaged and frozen, just thaw & heat)
“There’s a lot of organizing involved,” Lionel said.
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The organizing includes ensuring water, firewood and bathrooms are provided at the base camp. They also need to get permission from landown-
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Loaves and Fishes offers hearty soup and bread at no charge.
(Soup is packaged and frozen, just thaw & heat)
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ers to cross any land that is privately owned. This year there was the added concern of not wanting to start fires, so campfires were not permitted, but that doesn’t stop the riders from getting together every evening.
If there are a lot of wagons, they make a circle at the base camp. According to Lionel, riders range in age from kids to 80-year-olds, both male and female. “If rides are well organized, there could be ten to twenty wagons, and by the weekend, there could be as many as 100 outriders joining in,” he said. “Most kids ride, and there are games organized for them in the evening. This time they were playing in the water tanks.”
There’s the usual preparation each day. The riders generally get up early, look after their horses, put on the coffee, have breakfast and prepare their lunch for the day. Then the horses have to be watered and harnessed. “It takes some time,” Jodi said. “We travel up to five to six hours each day. This one was so hot on the horses and riders, so we didn’t go too far.”
Jodi said, although it was a bit smokey, the view of the landscape was very pretty. “Some places remind me of the Drumheller badlands,” she said. And of course, there are lots of rolling hills, prairie grass, and Fort Walsh is always interesting.
At the end of the day everyone gets together, enjoy a potluck supper and there’s usually someone who brings their guitar to provide entertainment. Lionel said, many times if they’re close to a town, they would use a hall or barn to have a supper and dance complete with a live band.
The small group from Netherhill tries to go on a trail ride a couple of times each year. “We enjoy horses and people. A lot of the same people return, and we make a lot of good friends from different areas of the province,” Lionel said. “It’s always nice to meet some new faces too, and we communicate often with the people we meet. It’s a neat little community of people.”
Going on a trail ride consists of three important components: good people, good food, and good times.
FERSCH, Lorraine Marie Odelia (nee Carpenter)
On Friday July 16, 2021 Lorraine Fersch passed away in the Elrose Heath Centre at the age of 87 years. Lorraine will be remembered by Daugher Shirley Fersch (Dick Abrahmian) and her children Joanne, Destiny, Nayiri, Sevan. George Fersch (Krista), Joyce La plume and daughter Rae-anne, Roy Fersch and children Skylar, Cheyenne, Dakota and Russell Fersch. Son in law Frank Glenn (Adele) children Justin and Byron. Great grandchildren Emma, Alex and Alexia Elstad. She will also be remembered by her brothers and sisters, numerous nephews and nieces, cousins and neighbours. Lorraine was predeceased by her husband Frank Fersch, daughter Adele Glenn, grandson Joel Fersch, brother Raymond Carpenter, brother in laws Ken and John Fersch, sister in laws Marion Fawns and Anne Greenwood. Her Father and mother Leo and Angelique Carpenter. She was born in Leoville, SK which was named after her dad Leo Carpenter. After his passing they moved to Rosthern, then she moved to Plato to work for different families in the area like the Jackson, Mohan and Holler families. She then started to be a live-in cook and maid for John, Frank and Ken Fersch. Which would be the last job she would do as she married Frank Fersch in 1955, which lasted until 2008 when Frank passed away. They had 6 children. Lorraine was legendary in the area for cooking huge meals at every lunch and dinner, didn’t matter if it was at the kitchen table or out in the field delivering meals during seeding or harvest it was always a feast and left with a full belly if came into the house for a visit. Always had a huge garden that she spent every morning in the summer working on.
HAMILTON - It is with sadness the family of Irene Hamilton announce her passing on August 6, 2021 at the age of 86 years.
Irene was born on the farm at Guernsey, SK on August 2, 1935 to Martha and Ewald Reinke, the youngest of seven children.
At 17, she bravely caught the train to the unfamiliar town of Eston where she immediately landed a job as a telephone operator. She soon met and married Tiny Warren and they set out to raise their family and build their home on the
farm until his unexpected death in 1980. With a farm to carry on, Irene and Cliff put their heads and hearts together, a determined mother-son team that successfully planted and harvested several crops in the following years.
In 1984, she married Hubert and the two of them built a loving home in Eston where they lived until Hubert’s death in 2004. While farming was never far from her mind, Irene spent most of her time raising and growing alongside Henry’s five youngest children, who were still at home.
Following Hubert’s death, she moved to a condo in Rosetown, where - as her health permitted - she bowled, sang in the United Church choir and became an active member of the Stewart Manor community. Over the last several years, Irene enjoyed the friendship of Ken Kahovec, who was a significant part of the family who cared for and about her.
She was predeceased by her parents, five brothers and one sister, two husbands; William (Tiny) Warren in 1980 and Hubert Henry
One of her biggest and proudest accomplishments of her life besides her family was the creation of the Greenan History book as she only went to school until a very young age before she started working.
She loved volunteering and helping others. When her and Frank moved to town in 2002 she automatically started volunteering at the Elrose Heath Centre- Lodge. She volunteered there, helping “the old people” until the day before she moved in to the lodge herself.
She loved chatting and talking with people, bingo, game shows and the soap opera “another world”.
A huge thank you to the incredible staff at the Elrose Health Centre for all they do very every individual that is in that facility.
The Funeral was held Tuesday July 20, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. at the Elrose Catholic Church.
Donations in memory of Lorraine can be made to the Elrose Health Centre-Lodge and the Elrose Fire and Ambulance Services. To leave online condolences please visit shanidarfuneralservices.com.
Arrangements entrusted to Amanda Starosta.
Hamilton in 2004, she is survived by one sister-in-law Wilda Hungerford of Eston and three children: Cindy (Bernard) Mullis of Rosetown, Joanne (Clinton) Erickson of Elk Point, AB and Cliff (Lynne) Warren of Eston; seven grandchildren: Tanya (Clint) Ringdal, Darrell (Kyla) Mullis, Paul (Rachel) Erickson, Douglas (Sandra) Erickson, Curtis Warren, Kelli (John) Warren and Brady Warren; nine great-grandchildren: Belle, Cade, Cohen, Aidan, Kaitlyn, Logan, Savannah, Connor and Hailey; eleven step-children and numerous step-grandchildren.
A Celebration of Irene’s life will be held on Monday, September 6, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. at St. Andrew’s United Church in Eston with Reverend Jo-Ann Hills officiating.
Donations in memory of Irene may be made to the Rosetown & District Health Centre Foundation Inc, P.O. Box 653, Rosetown, SK, S0L 2V0. To send online condolences please visit shanidarfuneralservices.com. Arrangements entrusted to Amanda Starosta.
West Central Crisis & Family Support Centre Inc.
OUTREACH SERVICES
We now have established Satellite Offices in two surrounding communities. On Tuesday, there is a counsellor in Kerrobert and on Wednesday, there is a counsellor in Eston.
Please call 306-463-6655 to make an appointment.
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FREE groceries through the
Program
We are excited to tell you about a new program in Kindersley called FoodMesh, a collaboration between Kindersley Christian Fellowship and Buy-Low Foods. This program makes free groceries available to individuals in need by collecting surplus food and groceries from local stores.
Please see the details below on how you can access this program and get free groceries. Everyone is welcome and this program is operating every week.
When: Every week on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday at 7:00 p.m.
Location: Christian Fellowship Church (East Door) 800 - 12th Ave. E., Kindersley, SK
Please bring a grocery bag or box with you.
For more information, please contact Kindersley Christian Fellowship at 306-463-6146 or Barb at 306-460-9304.
