Tragic week in west-central region
Legislative
Ken Francis, MLA Kindersley Constituency
Constituency
Unit 5, 1001 Main St. PO Box 2620 Kindersley, SK S0L 1S0 Phone: 306-463-4446
kfrancismla@gmail.com
Fatal house fire at Madison
Around 2:30 a.m. on August 25 Kindersley RCMP, along with Kindersley and Eston Fire Department responded to a house fire on the 100 block of 2nd Avenue Southwest in the community of Madison, Sask. Upon arrival, the house was fully engulfed in flames. Later that morning firefighters located one deceased person inside the residence. The residence was destroyed.
Kindersley RCMP are working with the Saskatchewan Coroners Service to determine the identity of the deceased individual; however, preliminary investigation has determined it may be the adult male homeowner, who has not been located by police.
Kindersley RCMP and Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency fire investigators are investigating.
ATV rollover claims life
Kindersley RCMP responded to a serious rollover involving an ATV in the community of Tramping Lake around 6:30 p.m. on August 25. Kerrobert Fire Services and Kindersley EMS also attended. The lone adult female driver of the ATV from Tramping Lake (formerly the Netherhill area) was pronounced deceased at the scene.
The investigation into the fatal ATV rollover is ongoing by the Kindersley RCMP.
Highway #7 fatality near Alsask
On August 25, 2021 at approximately 6:45 a.m., Kindersley RCMP were dispatched to a collision on Highway #7, east of Alsask.
Investigation has determined that an RV and a car collided. Both vehicles caught fire. The driver of the car, a 40-year-old male from Saskatoon, was declared deceased on scene. His family has been notified. The driver of the RV received non-life-threatening injuries.
Highway #7 was closed for approximately 7 hours for initial investigation. It is now open.
Kindersley RCMP and Saskatchewan RCMP Forensic Collision Reconstruction Unit officers continue to investigate.
A house fire in Madison in the early morning hours of August 25 claimed the life of an adult male, presumed to be the 72-year-old resident. | PHOTO BY KATE WINQUIST
Kindersley’s Ron and Brandi Cales receive Good Deeds Award
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It’s always great to hear about someone in the community who has received special recognition. This was certainly true when Ron and Brandi Cales of Panago Pizza in Kindersley were the Maple Leaf Foods Good Deeds Award recipients. Maple Leaf Food Service recognizes good deeds in foodservice.
If you walk into Panago Pizza, you will be sure to receive a friendly greeting from either Ron, Brandi or a staff member. They are not only generous with their smiles, but they offer generosity towards local organizations who ask for help. Maple Leaf said, “Serving up smiles with slices is how Panago in Kindersley decided to #DishGoodDeeds in their community.”
They went on to say, “Ron and Brandi Cales have gone above and beyond to support their community.” The couple was nominated by their business development manager and notified of their award on July 27. They were one of six businesses across Canada to receive the monetary award.
“It was a very nice surprise,” Ron said, about the award which they shared with another Panago store. Ron and Brandi have operated Panago in Kinders-
ley since October 2013, and have always helped out in their community wherever they could. “We feel you have to give back. Without volunteers, the world doesn’t go very far.”
Ron explained that Panago encourages giving to communities as much as possible. “When we first started doing it, it was a little here and there, and then we started to put our name out there more and more, giving more and more. It felt great. Giving to these small events helps them out as much as they help you out down the line,” Ron said.
Supporting the “shop local” campaign is important to Ron and Brandi, and they try to help out as best as they can, both in Kindersley and in the smaller sur rounding communities. “All those little communities need the support just as much as the bigger places,” Ron said, adding that giving to those events enables that organization or sporting group to help out, creat ing a positive chain reaction throughout the commu
nity.
Ron and Brandi like to be involved in everything that’s going on in town and want to be involved with people outside of Kindersley who support their business. “We want to support everyone who supports us,” Ron concluded.
Shawn Finlay arrested
Kindersley RCMP were advised by the Edmonton Police Service on August 17th that Shawn Finlay, who was wanted on several warrants in Kindersley, had been arrested in their area. Finlay remains in custody for his charges in Edmonton after which he will remain in custody to deal with his outstanding charges in Kindersley.
Further to Finlay’s arrest Kindersley RCMP responded to several other calls during the week which included one assault with a weapon complaint, one drug related call and several mischief complaints.
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.
Kindersley Photographer’s Gallery keeps on growing
A Kindersley man’s long-time passion for photography inspired him to be one of the individuals who started the Kindersley Photographer’s Gallery Facebook page. Twelve years ago, Doug Elmhurst from Kindersley started the ‘Gallery’ along with former Kindersley resident Laura Wyman. Since then, the page has grown to include 584 members.
“It’s a selective group of people interested in photography and people who lived in Kindersley at one time. Some of the photos go back to 2013,” Doug explained. Doug is involved in the administration of the page.
Doug’s love of photography began when he took a photography class in high school and has been expanding ever since. “I always wanted to be an artist, but I’m not that good, but I am OK at taking a photo,” Doug said.
Having travelled extensively throughout the years, going to such places as Hong Kong, India, China, England, France and more. “The times I enjoyed most taking photos was when I was sailing down the Nile,” he said. Doug has taken most of his travelling photos with his small Canon SX. However, he recently acquired another new camera. Nevertheless, he has come to realize there’s much more involved in taking a great photo than having an expensive camera.
“You have to be at the right place at the right time,” Doug said. He recalled admiring a photo an elderly friend had taken. When he asked what camera she
used to take the photo, she told him she had used a disposable camera. “I learned it’s not so much about having an expensive camera; it’s whatever your eyes see,” he said. “Another friend told me to think like a child when taking a photo. Don’t always stand; get on your knees. There’s been a few people who have inspired me.”
Doug also has photos on the weather network. “I have lots of photos on there. I have 284 pages of pictures there. Most viewing I get are photos of flowers. I get up to 60,000 views,” Doug said. “I did a photoshoot on the town dam, and in one day, I had over 3,000 views. It’s all about Kindersley and the beauty that we have here. There’s lots of beauty in Saskatchewan.”
One of his best photo experiences took place at an old ghost town north of Harris, Sask. “I see everything artistically. I just want to share what I see and the beauty this area has,” he said. “From the stone wall to the Great Sandhills, there’s lots of good material.”
Doug enjoys spending time at the walking trail in Kindersley. “I’m out at the walking trail in the winter, summer, fall and spring, even during hail storms. I’ve got thousands of pictures from morning photos to late in the evening,” he said.
Although he doesn’t consider himself a storm chaser, he did find himself stuck in a storm last week. “We came to D’arcy, and there’s always a storm front that goes through there, and I got some good photos of the storm front coming in,” he said. “I’m just a radical photographer. That’s what I call myself.”
Doug Elmhurst
JOAN JANZEN joanjanzen@yahoo.com
Doug Elmhurst captured the ominous clouds over Kindersley last week.
OPINION
CHECK IT OUT with Joan Janzen
A look back at a family with 27 children
JOAN JANZEN joanjanzen@yahoo.com
Couples who have numerous offspring say they wish people wouldn’t think they were clever when saying, “Don’t you know what causes that?”
I stumbled across an episode of a really old television show called “I’ve Got a Secret”, where special guests would remain anony-
mous while a panel of four well-know individuals would guess their “secret”. It was an American show, but this particular episode, which aired in 1959, had a Canadian as their featured guest. A humble, unassuming man appeared, who was identified as Heliodore Cyr, a potato farmer from New Brunswick. Apparently this was his third time
to appear on the show. His secret was the upcoming birth of his 27th child! He had previously appeared on the show on the occasions of the birth of his 25th child and his 26th child. Heliodore said his oldest son was 30 years of age, and had seven children of his own.
Many people, besides myself, watched the episode and commented on social media. One
individual explained that only nineteen of the 27 children survived to adulthood. Numerous other individuals who commented were great great grandchildren of Heliodore Cyr’s offspring. One individual said she was the great great granddaughter of number 17, Florence, and another said his great great grandmother was number 26 in the sequence of children.
One comment posted said, “I married Heliodore’s great great granddaughter. He must be responsible for thousands of people!”
Married for thirty-one years, all of the children were born to he and his wife, Marie-Elise. Interestingly, all his children were single births and his wife lived to be 80 years of age.
The host of “I’ve Got a Secret” noted the couple didn’t have electric appliances, and awarded them an electric washing machine, stove and fridge. However it’s unknown whether the couple even had access to electricity at that time.
Heliodore was also given a carton of cigarettes as the host continued to puff on a cigarette throughout the show, all of which helped to emphasize the stark contrast to our modern day existence. The host and celebrity panelists were always polite, didn’t express any negative comments or offer him birth control suggestions. Although they were shocked by his huge family, and probably didn’t approve, they never expressed their personal disapproval.
But let’s fast forward to 2021 and the contrasting situation in Canada where Bill C-233 (law restricting sex selective abortions) was voted down at second reading with a vote of 76 in favour and 209 against. Many Canadians are also unaware that abortion in Canada is legal at all stages of pregnancy (regardless of the reason) and is publicly funded as a medical procedure under the combined effects of the federal Canada Health Act and provincial health-care systems.
Heliodore Cyr would have been far more surprised than the panelists on the show, if he had been able to catch a glimpse of Canada in 2021.
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There’s a lovely little lake at the bottom of a hill that leads to a campsite somewhere in the Cypress Hills. (I resist sharing the name because I selfishly want to keep it a secret.) This past week my sisters and sisters-in-law, six in all, spent our days paddle-boarding during the day and laying on the deck at night, watching The Persiads blaze and sprinkle across the sky. Throughout the night fish leapt from below the surface, catching hovering insects, or maybe just wanting a glimpse of the star show.
All week young men and old men, husbands and wives, launched rowboats and canoes into the middle of the motorboat-less lake to catch trout. “Here is an activity blending silence and stillness with immersion in nature and anticipation of supper,” I thought. At night, in my tent, I dipped into a book called “Your Inner Fish”, by paleontologist Neil Shubin. By examining fossils and DNA Shubin discovered that our hands resemble fish fins. Our head is organized like that of a long extinct fish. In fact, the simplest way to teach students the nerves of the human head is to show them the state of affairs in sharks.
For a while now I’ve been wanting to take up fishing. I remember a disastrous fishing trip we took as children. My
father bought rods for all six of us kids, but ended up spending most of his time unhooking lures from a rock and trees, or tangled in hair, and occasionally, gingerly, from a crying child’s bare shoulder. I can still hear my mother’s refrain as we left the house, a warning left unheeded, yet issued no less than a hundred times, by her and every mother worth her weight in band aids: “Don’t go putting someone’s eye out with that thing!” (I noted that she chose to stay home and read.)
I’ve fished at the end of a couple of wharves in my life. In the Carmanah Valley on a lake surrounded by first growth trees my beau and I sat mirrored in a lake so still we saw our own bodies in the water catching ourselves. In fact, never caught a thing. Which seems strange when you consider the only way anyone can get to the lake was by float plane. We strapped our canoe to the plane, stayed for a week, then paddled out along a river that led to the sea.
We considered ourselves fairly adept at wilderness living, but we could not fish to save our lives. It might have something to do with bait. The truth is, I was half-hearted about catching anything. I did not want to be responsible for hooking the inside of a happi-
ly swimming creature’s cheek, in the same way I did not like having a jagged hook snag my bare shoulder as a child.
I’m not sure why I’m considering giving fishing another chance. Perhaps it has something to do with living in ranch country, where it’s harder to dismiss local meat-eaters as heartless anthropocentrists. Over the last seven years I’ve participated in a few herdings, nudging cows and calves along in an ATV. I’ve attended half a dozen brandings, where the consumption of “prairie oysters” is a serious rite of passage. I could see why city gals, working for the park, fell for cowboys adept at roping and riding, leaping on and off their horses as if they were couches.
I once watched a father and son negotiate a complicated
COVID-19 shows need
A year and a half into this COVID-19 pandemic reveals we’ve clearly been exposed.
We have been exposed to a way of thinking driven by political selfishness. Ill-informed silliness might now be a greater threat to our long-term well-being than COVID-19 itself.
Yes, we are allowed differing views on matters.
We live in a democracy that allows us to express political view of our choosing —something we are now doing during another federal election.
That said, this election campaign about selfish political opportunism seems a very good place to start this conversation.
The federal Liberal minority government called this campaign in the middle of summer and amidst a pandemic because it wanted to cash in on goodwill it gained by spending large sums of tax dollars to fight this pandemic.
Sure, one doesn’t expect more vulnerable minority governments to fulfill their fouryear mandate or even attempt
to do so.
But upon calling an election, one should expect all to campaign with integrity. That means honest accountability to public everywhere in this nation. Sadly, we are instead seeing as leaders flitter about the country, holding very few accountability sessions with reporters.
This lack of campaign integrity applies to all political stripes and certainly to Liberal leader Justin Trudeau, whose one stop in Saskatchewan saw him remain on the airport tarmac taking virtually no questions from local reporters.
One of those questions he clearly isn’t answering is why he is threatening to claw back health care funding specifically to Saskatchewan that allows private MRIs in a very limited way. Four other provinces do similar things with private MRIs, but they happen to be in places like Atlantic Canada where the Trudeau Liberals are legitimately fighting for seats.
Given that such silly selfish
A Good Catch
By Madonna Hamel • madonnahamel@hotmail.com
calving. My friend and I were warned to stay out of eye-view and ear-shot of the anxious mom. I offered a towel for the baby but was refused because the mother would be confused by the strange scent in the cloth, not something I considered.
I’ve seen men head out in thirty below temperatures to a search for a calf in a snowstorm. Thanks to my patient friend Ervin, who took me under his wing as sort of a public service, I have learned about the behaviours of critters great and small. Ranchers are aware of the joys and sorrows of not just mothering cows, but nesting owls, sick pigs, scared chickens and wounded coyotes. Animals are cared for, witnessed, understood and above all, respected. I have stood on the other side of a fence, the only barrier between myself and a bull, and felt the animals’ presence. His energy is palpable, the density of his muscle unfathomable, respectable.
Children out here see a lot of death. They lose horses, dogs, cats and rabbits to predators, accidents, and disease. Some have had to kill their own animals. I’ve come to understand that the lives of ranching people are intertwined and entangled with the animals with whom they live.
Last night I literally walked into a dead Bambi. The poor speckled creature was either hit by a vehicle or attacked by a coyote. Or both. One of its legs was chewed off and half its body cleaned to the ribs. I’ve walked the grasslands and come across more than one dead bison, thousands of maggots busily devouring his hide, doing what maggots do. The poor fella lost out to a stronger and probably younger male while battling over a female.
“If you could catch one of them boys you’d do well,” I was told recently by someone who persists in the belief that a single woman is always on the lookout for a man. And, as an artist of simple means, I would not only do well- read: come into money- but be wise to cast my line in the direction of a member of the visiting highway road crew. It’s the advice of ages; we are herd animals and meant to pair off. But I do not heed the unasked-for advice. No doubt I’m perceived as either too picky, too troublesome, or just not appealing enough. Still, if I tried harder, used the right lure, pursued with more earnestness, well, I just might get lucky. Christ was a fisher of men, I wanted to say. Not me. I am here for the silence and the stillness, I’m here to find my “inner fish”.
for more integrity; less silliness
politics emanating from our political leadership, it might seem wrong to blame those in the public for simply following suit.
But 18 months into this COVID-19 fight, it should be obvious by now that selfish political views serve no one. Sadly, some still don’t seem to get it.
Recently, my long-time friend and colleague Rob Vanstone, sports editor of the Regina Leader-Post, wrote a
brilliant and bold column suggesting the 3-0 Saskatchewan Roughriders are certainly at the bottom of league when it cones doing their part to fight COVID-19.
Vanstone note that Saskatchewan is only one of two CFL teams not requiring their fans to be double-vaccinated before going to games. With the Edmonton Elks now having postpone and potentially forfeit a game because of COVID-19 outbreaks, one might think this would be a very big deal to teams.
Noting that neither Premier Scott Moe’s Saskatchewan Party government, the Saskatchewan Health Authority nor the City of Regina have shown the leadership they should, Vanstone urged team itself to show a leadership role.
The column was mostly appreciation by the majority of you who have taken the personal responsibility to do your part and get vaccinated. However, it also received too much response from those
who argue that their right not to get vaccinated means they can simply carry on as they please. Evidently, they seem to believe that going unmasked and unvaccinated to large gatherings where they risk catching COVID-19 or spreading it to others.
Those arguing “my- bodymy-choice” (one can only wonder if they truly apply that to other social issues) further argue this is their constitutional right. It isn’t. All public venues require health and safety restrictions, making it especially ridiculous to argue this affords them rights because the ‘Riders and Mosaic Stadium are publicly owned.
And if one still thinks your “freedom” allows you skirt around such rules, please feel free to pay your own “free” medicare bills or the hospital care of others you inflict. Or perhaps just choose more reasonable and less selfish and silly.
MURRAY MANDRYK Political Columnist
Positive health care changes are coming to Eston and the R.M. of Snipe Lake in the near future
Positive health care changes are coming to Eston and the R.M. of Snipe Lake in the near future.
R.M. Administrator Brian Shauf, who is the liaison between local government and the Saskatchewan Health Authority, announced recently that, starting in early September, there will be physician services three days a week at the medical clinic located in the Eston Health Center.
Shauf said that Dr. Olawale Franklin of Rosetown will be in Eston on Thursdays, and his associate Dr.Adeoluu-James will provide medical services on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
Office hours will be 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on the days the doctors are in Eston.
Appointments can be made by calling the local health centre; calls will be forwarded to the doctors’ office in Rosetown, or residents can
call the Rosetown and District Primary Care Centre directly to book.
The local health committee and the SHA have worked for more than a year to achieve this outcome, Shauf said. “We are delighted to be able to announce regular and consistent physician services for our local area.”
Medical Services
available three days per week starting in September.
He said that the town and district have been served by locum physicians for more than a year now. “These were good doctors who gave high-quality service,” he said, “ but with different doctors coming and going, there was no
continuity of service which even the locums said we should have.
“I would like to thank the local SHA personnel for their efforts over the past 20 months in providing us with a consistent medical service by booking a series of highly trained locums while also working with us to provide consistent medical service.
He noted that Dr. Franklin has already held several clinics in Eston and said that “the local health committee looks forward to welcoming Dr. Adeolu-James to the community.”
A firm date has not been set yet for the three-day-a-week practice to commence in Eston, but Shauf said it will be in early September. He said the committee will host an informal event at a later date, so the community has an opportunity to welcome the two doctors.
Full Council minutes can be found at eston.ca/council-minutes/
• Pavement Patching to commence in the fall of 2021
• SafeSidewalks Canada to do assessment for future planning and fix high traffic hazards for residents’ safety
• Water Meter Project aim for completion in 2021
• Physiotherapy Services to commence in Eston, stay tuned for more information as the details get worked out
Few reminders from the town
• Reminder, the traffic bylaw states that 96 hours parking limit on streets
• Please ensure trailer slides and trailers are not blocking visibility causing safety hazards
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Young entrepreneurs supply prizes for Cereal Kids Rodeo
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The kids who participate at the Cereal rodeo love to receive prizes, therefore it was very fitting that two young entrepreneurs from the area supplied some handcrafted awards.
Peachy’s Bee Balm
Ten-year-old Ava Kuhn from Peachy’s Bee Balm, based out of Acadia Valley, supplied fifty all natural lip balms as prizes.
Ava launched Peachy’s Bee Balm in the spring of 2020. Her mom, Yolanda Kuhn said it all started earlier that year when Ava insisted she wanted to help the homeless. However living in Acadia Valley made that somewhat challenging. Nevertheless, the youngster made a bunch of crafts and went door to door selling them to people around town.
Ava and her mom checked out the women’s shelter in Medicine Hat, and Ava decided that was a cause to which she wanted to contribute. Because Ava had been experimenting with different lip balm recipes, her mom looked up some recipes which used all natural ingredients and it just started from there. Her company, Peachy’s Bee Balm was born. Peachy has been Ava’s nickname since she was a baby.
Now Ava donates 25 percent of her earnings to the Medicine Hat Women’s Shelter. So far she has been able to donate $275 to this worthwhile cause.
“It takes me about an hour to make a batch of 50 tubes,” Ava said. “I think it’s fun, but my mom thinks it’s too much and I need to just be a kid.”
As far as she knows, Ava is the only kid who has her own business. “But I have a friend who cuts people’s grass,” she said.
When Ava’s not making lip balm, she enjoys being involved in dance and gymnastics and “BUGGING MY BROTHER”, she exclaimed.
“I’m going to take a babysitter’s course,” she said. “But I hope I can keep my business going.” She currently sells her lip balms out of her home, through her Facebook page and at The Store in Acadia Valley.
MK Performance Ponies and Braiding
Kayl Hankins, who is in Grade 8, and his
sister Maysa, in Grade 5 from Stettler, operate MK Performance Ponies and Braiding. While Kayla makes tea towels and crafts, Kayl braids halters.
Cereal Rodeo ordered 23 halters for prizes, three of which Kayl donated. He also makes bucket hangers and cavesons, which are adjustable and tie like a rope halter.
“The rope I buy is marine double braided nylon and is tested in strength and doesn’t fade like polypropylene rope. All my rope is 100 percent Canadian made,” he said. That’s important to Kayl. He has a selection of fifteen to twenty different colours, and 100 different colours of the nose band, providing a lot of different colour combinations.
Kayl and his sister started their business venture about a year and a half ago. “It took me three hours to make a halter when I first started; now it takes me about an hour,” he said, saying he learned how to braid at 4H Day in January of 2020. “I did it a little bit and then thought I could sell them.”
Now Kayl’s braided products have sold from coast to coast. “I’ve sold to all the provinces except Quebec,” Kayl said. He also had sales to the United States and “we just sent one to England”. Kayl estimates he sold 350 halters so far and has easily made 500. Much of
his business comes from his Facebook page and Instagram page.
Of course Kayl’s mom helps out as well. “Braids need to be burned, melted at the end so they can’t be undone. She does all that,” Kayl said. “She runs everything to the post office, orders the rope and pays for it with her credit card, and I pay her back.”
Because Kayl and his family travel a lot to rodeos, he is taking his schooling online, which allows much more flexibility. “If I get my school work done by noon, I can make halters the rest of the day,” Kayl said. He uses every opportunity to braid halters ... while watching TV or You Tube and while he’s travelling on the road.
Both Kayl and his sister like to ride and train ponies. Proceeds from his business sales have been used to pay for a stud fee for his horse. He also bought a hunting bow, and he and his sister bought a horse, and still have money in the bank.
Business is looking good, with customers requesting more products such as neck ropes for calf roping and cattle halters. “But I haven’t had time to design those yet,” Kayl said. Nevertheless he says he plans to continue his business for a long time. After all ... “I’m just getting started,” the 13-yearold said.
Ava Kuhn whips up a batch of natural lip balm.
Kayl Hankins with one of his braided halters.
Klippers prospects prep for training camp
The Kindersley Klippers are set to welcome players to the rink for weekend training camp on September 3.
Assistant Coach Mitch Topinka eagerly awaits getting a look at what new and returning players have to offer in terms of talent.
“I’m really excited. We have so many guys returning, and we lost five due to them ageing out of the league,” he said.
“But I’m feeling good about the young guys we’ve brought in. Our scouting staff really did their homework. It’ll be cool to see what they put together.”
There are five new players and a veteran coming to camp, and Topinka says everyone has to hustle for their roster spot.
“Things change. The players come to camp, and we see how everything goes. I never say we have a full roster because how hard the guys work determines that” he said.
“We want the guys coming here and working for their spots. We are so privileged to have amazing young and returning players, and no one will take this for granted.”
Topinka himself is just going into his second year and says he couldn’t be happier with the choice he made.
“I was going through contract talks, and I was in Manitoba. Things weren’t working out. The Director Of Player Personnel said the Klippers were looking for an assistant coach, so I called Head Coach (Ken) Plaquin,” he said.
“We talked for a half-hour, and I knew I wanted to be with this organization. When he offered me the job, I hopped aboard instantly. It’s a small oil community, we all know each other, and it’s an opportunity I couldn’t say ‘no’ to.”
Forward Mason Svarich is heading in from the St. Albert Raiders. The 18-year-old notched four goals in four games last season in a shortened pandemic year.
“I’m excited to be back. They were ready to commit to me from the start, and that meant a lot to me,” he said. “I’ve talked to Head Coach Plaquin, and it seems like a good system. I’m really pumped.”
Svarich’s father owns a gym in their hometown Spruce Grove, AB. He’s been going five-to-six times a week to get stronger and is getting back into skating. He can’t wait to be back playing the game he loves after a long hiatus.
“This year, I’m just more excited than nervous to get back onto the ice. I just want to play the best I can, control what I can control, and play my best,” he said.
Kindersley-born 18-year-old Tylin Hilbig is looking forward to camp with his hometown team.
“It’s awesome to be at home this year and try out for the Klippers. We should have a good squad here,” he said. “Since I moved to Kindersley in Grade 5, I’ve wanted to play.”
“I always hoped I could do this, and I wanted to grow up and be a Klipper. I’m going to love playing for a hometown crowd.”
Hilbig has been preparing for this the entire summer.
“I’d like to think I have a good chance. I’m skating with them right now, and I did the summer camp. It’s
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fun being able to have little guys that look up to you. I went to Klipper camp myself as a kid, so it’s nice to run it now,” he said.
Forward Josh Danis is ready to get things going this season.
“I can’t wait. I’m so happy to be with the Klippers, and I can’t wait to skate with these guys. It’ll be a blast and a hard camp,” 18-year-old Danis said.
“It was such a hard year with six games, and I can’t wait to get back out there. It’s been eight months in the making. The last game was in November. I just want to get into the action.”
He said he has a good feeling about Kindersley and coming to play in the town.
“I love this organization. Coach Ken seems great, and it’s only four hours from my hometown Calgary. It’s a great arena, and seeing how the players are, I hear wonderful things from alumni,” he said.
“The town will be behind us for the whole season. I’ve never experienced it like this, and I can’t wait for that feeling. I’m happy to try out, and I think we’ll be a really strong team.”
Assistant Coach Topinka says bringing high-end players into camp bodes well for the upcoming season.
“Hockey is a huge part of this community, and everyone coming wants to be here. This community is behind us, and our players want to win as Klippers,” he said.
“Especially with the Centennial Cup being hosted in Saskatchewan this year, we’ll be pushing as much as possible. It’d be great to see two teams from this province at the end.”
ROSETOWN KARATE
Well, it’s Back to School time again and that means it’s Back to Karate time too!
First classes on Tuesday Sept. 7th
Beginners and Yellow Belts - 5:45 PM Orange belt kids and up - 6:30 PM Adults and Advanced - 7:30.
Annual membership fee - $55 training fees run about $60/month with discounts for more than 1 family member training and for multiple months paid.
Please print out a copy of our membership application (available on our website: www.rosetownkarate.ca), fill it in and either e-mail it to randy.wheatland@sasktel.net or bring it to the first class.
As usual, beginners should be 7 years and up and are welcome to try up to 3 classes before deciding if they would like to continue.
Payment arrangements can be handled on class nights.
Looking forward to seeing all our friends from last year and maybe a few new faces as well! randy.wheatland@sasktel.net Cell (306)831-7669
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Sports with Bruce Penton
Votto boosts Hall of Fame credentials
Larry Walker and Ferguson Jenkins are almost guaranteed to have some Canadian company in baseball’s Hall of Fame a few years from now.
Toronto’s Joey Votto nearly guaranteed election to the fabled Hall by surpassing the 2,000-hit mark in a mid-August game for the Cincinnati Reds, and showing no signs of slowing down.
Next stop: 3,000 hits?
Anyone who amasses 3,000 hits is a shoo-in for Cooperstown but even if the 38-yearold Votto falls short of 3,000, he has the credentials in other categories — particularly the important on-base percentage, in which he was the NL leader seven years in a 10-year span — to one day share space in the hallowed Hall with baseball’s all-time greats. (A story in The Athletic says the only other major leaguers to lead their league in OBP seven times or more are Ted Williams, Babe Ruth, Rogers Hornsby, Barry Bonds and Ty Cobb … not too shabby a list to join.)
Votto, who will turn 38 in September, needs only about 150 more hits to surpass Walker as the most prolific Canadian hitter in Major League Baseball history. That should be no problem, considering the Reds’ first baseman discovered something in his approach to hitting
earlier this year that should bode well for two or three more years of stardom for the Reds.
The 2021 season has been one of Votto’s best, at a time when it appeared his skills were diminishing and his career might be winding down. With 28 home runs in mid-August (17 in his first 33 games after the all-star break), Votto was on pace to surpass his career high for dingers — 37 in 2010. He smacked 36 homers in 2017, but then slipped to 12, 15 and 11 over the next three seasons.
Votto was struggling in similar fashion late last year until he completely revamped his approach to hitting, and the results were almost immediately apparent. A Sports Illustrated story says Votto’s average was an anemic .191 last August when he “did not just tweak his setup and approach at the plate. He overhauled it.” Since then, his numbers have been sensational. His slugging stats trail only four of the game’s best young stars — Fernando Tatis Jr., Shohei Ohtani, Ronald Acuña Jr. and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. — and earlier this year he belted a homer in seven straight games, one shy of the MLB record.
The Reds were wise to sign Votto to a 10-year contract seven years ago, meaning he’s tied up for 2022, 2023 and 2024. By then, not only will he have
sailed past Walker to be the alltime No. 1 Canadian hit leader, but he’ll have an unobstructed path to Cooperstown, N.Y.
• Pre-round trash talk from golfer Phil Mickelson, prior to a practice round with journeymen Harry Higgs and Keith Mitchell, saying he’d be using a ball with a logo of himself on it: “It’s from when I won the Masters. What are you guys using?”
• Jay Hart of Yahoo.com, on what former Detroit Lion QB Matthew Stafford is out to prove now that he’s a member of the Los Angeles Rams: “That he’s a Tier 1 QB when given the keys to something with a little more pizzaz than a Ford Taurus.”
• Bob Molinaro of pilotonline.com (Hampton, Va.): “So after three hours of tailgating
in the Las Vegas sun, alcohol-fueled Raiders fans will be asked to show proof of COVID vaccination before entering the stadium. What could go wrong with that?”
• Columnist Norman Chad, on Twitter: “I love the Field of Dreams concept, I love the Field of Dreams buildup, I love the Field of Dreams setting, but then…. It’s just another MLB game that takes forever to get from a 1-0 count to a 2-2 count.”
• Phil Mushnick of the New York Post: “How I know I’ve recovered from a head injury: 1) short-term memory has returned, 2) long-term memory has returned, 3) short-term memory has returned.”
• Comedy writer Alex Kaseberg: “The Jacksonville Jaguars cut Tim Tebow after his comeback attempt as a tight end. It turns out as a tight end, Tebow was a tremendous baseball player.”
• Kaseberg again: “A tissue that a tearful Lionel Messi wiped his nose with in his press conference to announce he is leaving Barcelona, sold at auction for $ 1 million. This brings new meaning to blowing your money.”
• Scott Ostler of San Francisco Chronicle, in a pre-game tweet to allay concerns to fans about the 49ers’ rookie quarterback: “Trey Lance playing catch pre-game. He’s 14-for-14!”
• RJ Currie of sportsdeke. com: “My sister-in-law’s terrier will bark when it sees baseball on TV. Honest. Except when the Orioles are on; then it rolls over and plays dead.”
• Headline at fark.com after tennis starts shuts down his eason due to foot surgery: “Rafael Nadal ends his 2021 season due to foot fault.”
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Announces its 12th ANNUAL PUBLIC FARM SALE 960 Valley Road (Saskatoon, SK)
Friday Sept. 10th 9:00am - 5:00pm
Saturday Sept. 11th 9:00am - 4:00pm
TREES, SHRUBS & SHELTERBELTS
For further information visit: www.lakeshore gardencentre.com
Ard Law Office closed to new business
JOAN JANZEN joanjanzen@yahoo.com
Ard Law Office has served Kindersley and the surrounding area for over four decades, conveniently located at 116 Main Street. Robert Ard, QC, moved to Kindersley in May of 1980 immediately following graduation from the University of Saskatchewan College of Law and has resided in Kindersley ever since. He has over 40 years of experience in real estate law, mortgages and leases, wills and estates, pensions, family law and divorce, accidents and personal injury, criminal law, civil litigation, and corporate law.
“Kindersley has been an ideal place to practice law. It has a large trading area, making it mandatory to have a wide knowledge of all areas of law, not just a specialized area, which has kept work interesting and enjoyable,” Robert noted.
During Robert’s practice, he attended court in all levels of Saskatchewan Courts in many of the
judicial points in the province and on several occasions in the Alberta Courts. He’s also appeared in court as an expert witness and was appointed as Queen’s Counsel in December of 2009.
Robert considers himself fortunate to have had the opportunity to meet so many people throughout his years of practice. “I am grateful to the people of the area who have supported my practice over the years, and particularly the staff I have had, who have truly been the operating force of the office,” Robert said.
Ard Law Office has been closed to new business since June 30, 2021; however, Robert and his staff continue to work daily, as ongoing files are completed. “There is no finite date set for having these files completed since we have to wait for Revenue Canada to complete their assessments,” Robert explained.
Robert grew up in the Yukon and North West Territories, attending Whitehorse and Fort Smith pri-
mary school. “My father was transferred to Ottawa where he worked in the G Division staffing office at Depot Division. I completed grades 8 and 9 in Ottawa and finished high school at Martin Collegiate in Regina,” Robert said. After high school, he worked for a year to save funds for university tuition and living costs at the U of S.
Not long after moving to Kindersley, Robert married his wife, Bernie, in September of 1984, at Flaxcombe, where coincidentally, Robert’s great-great-grandfather is buried. Today Bernie and Robert have three children and two grandchildren.
Although Bernie and Robert have no plans to move anywhere, they plan to spend more time in Arizona in the winter, travel in the summer, and spend more time with their grandchildren. “Our main plan is to keep busy doing things we did not have the time and opportunity to do previously,” Robert concluded.
Detachments in west central Sask ask the public to lock vehicle doors
After seeing an increase in vehicle thefts and thefts from vehicles, detachments in west central Saskatchewan are asking their local communities to keep their vehicle doors locked and valuables removed. The Onion Lake/Turtleford/Maidstone areas have received reports of at least one vehicle theft per day within the past week and a half – which is significant when it involves several smaller communities. Many complainants let police know their vehicle may have been unlocked at the time or had their keys inside.
“We don’t want anyone to fall victim to a crime of opportunity. This is a reminder to remove keys and valuables from your vehicles,” shares S/Sgt. Ken Burnouf. “It’s not enough to put your vehicle keys, or anything valuable, in a cup holder or behind a visor, you must remove them from your vehicle and lock the doors. We must all work together to mitigate crime in our communities. We need the public to take that extra step to help keep their vehicles safe by securing them appropriately.”
Even having spare change kept in your vehicle can make it a possible target. Always remember to remove your garage door opener from your vehicle – if it is stolen, it can mean someone has access to everything inside your garage and even your home if it’s connected to your garage. S/Sgt. Burnouf also notes that stolen vehicles may be connected to other criminal activity, and it’s important to ensure you make a report to police if your vehicle is stolen.
If you need to report something missing, or if you see any suspicious activity, report it to Turtleford RCMP at 306-845-4520, call 911 in an emergency, or call 310-RCMP in non-emergencies.
A reminder that some complaints such as damage/mischief to property under $5,000, theft of bicycle under $5,000, theft under $5,000, theft from vehicle under $5,000, lost or found property and damage/ mischief to vehicle under $5000 can be reported online to the RCMP here: https://ocre-sielc.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/ saskatchewan/en
BIG RACK SUMMER BLOWOUT SALE!
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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
COMING EVENTS
PRAIRIE CROCUS QUILT GUILD will be meeting on Tuesday, September 14 at the Pensioners Hall - 3rd Avenue East, Kindersley at 7:00 PM. Please join us for lots of quilting fun. For more information contact Donna Boyd 306-463-4785.
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.
FOR SALE: Completely furnished one bedroom condo, second floor Caleb Village. For inquiries contact Bob at 306463-9708.
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.
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5. Fearful wonder
8. Load
12. Brave person
13. Trim, as a lawn
14. Sheltered nook
15. Thanksgiving dish
16. Mine shipment
17. Back end
18. Desert floor
20. Land surrounded by water
21. Exhausting
24. Soda ____ 26. Change to fit 27. Gamblers
31. Floral wreath
32. Appear as a ghost
34. Contest 35. Most peaceful
37. Occurrence 39. Unruly kid 40. Sips 41. Current measures, for short
44. Fair: hyph.
45. Golfer’s target 46. That dude 47. Tosses
51. Bloodhound’s clue
52. Prior to, in poetry
53. Nobleman 54. Evergreen shrubs
55. Married 56. Waiter’s aid DOWN 1. Reserved 2. Iced ____ 3. Branch 4. Busybody 5. Between 6. Part of a sentence 7. Female sheep 8. Handwriting
9. On one’s ____ (alert)
10. Egg-shaped
11. “Wish You ____ Here”
19. Song of praise
21. Fine powder 22. Hunch
23. Fence 24. Corral 25. Aquatic mammals
27. Except 28. Kitchen hot box
29. Skating arena
30. Tennis-game units
33. Certain snake 36. Stingy people 38. Purple flower 40. Having an arched ceiling 41. Sailor’s call 42. A la ____ 43. Farm implement 44. Regal form of address
46. Chop down 48. Rowing device
49. Bikini top 50. Tricky
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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 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.
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WEEK OF AUGUST 29 TO SEPTEMBER 4, 2021
THE LUCKIEST SIGNS THIS WEEK: LEO, VIRGO AND LIBRA
ARIES
You’ll have a lot of running around to do. Whether it’s at work or at home, there’ll be many details to sort out. You might also be let in on a surprising secret. New friendships will form spontaneously.
TAURUS
You might finally get the green light to finance a project. You may consider starting your own business from home with a family member. Inspiration and intuition will point you in the right direction.
GEMINI
A lot of things are happening at once, but you might still feel like things aren’t moving fast enough. You’ll have some great ideas to suggest, which will impress your significant other.
CANCER
Your health might hold you back a bit. However, this situation gives you an opportunity to pause and get a better perspective on your personal and professional future. Spirituality will become a big part of your life.
LEO
Not this
Take off, as clothes
Service charge
Roomy 14. List of dishes
Hunch
Zeroes in
Make ready to publish
Stress is everpresent, but it’s also a source of energy that can help you be more efficient. It’s when you find yourself up against a wall that you can work miracles. You’ll experience love at first sight, which may leave you confused if you’re not single.
VIRGO
Roofing material 17. Breakfast flakes 18. Type of snake 19. Remorse 21. Bridge payment
Lodging house
Scored on serve
Brink
At work, you’ll be handed new responsibilities that don’t match your skillset. Fortunately, taking on this challenge will be what gets you promoted. It’ll also help you get approval for a new and exciting project.
LIBRA
Finished dinner
Single
Unfold
You’ll be inspired to go back to school and get a degree. With this new knowledge, you’ll be able to build a better future. A romantic getaway could give your relationship a boost of energy.
SCORPIO
You’re in a rut at work and could do with a change. It’s just a matter of making a plan and taking steps to redirect your career path. Being bold will have a positive effect on you and your longterm goals.
SAGITTARIUS
It’s always easier to get along with people if you don’t have a personal relationship. One of your children will give you a hard time about the way you discipline. If you’re tactful, you can manage to resolve a major conflict.
CAPRICORN
There are many details to consider this week. At work, you’ll be in charge of an event that brings together a lot of people, and communication may not be easy. Fortunately, your patience will pay off.
AQUARIUS
Your leadership skills will be needed at the office or elsewhere. You might have to overcome your fear or a lack of selfconfidence. Afterward, you’ll be considered a hero, or at least your accomplishment will be touted for a long time.
PISCES
One of your children could slow you down this week, and you’ll have to rush to get to an appointment on time. It might be the right moment to sell your home; there’s too much empty space now that your children are living on their own.
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13 Hours – Available On Netflix
While most of us were watching John Krasinski hone his comedic skills as Jim on The Office, he was keeping a huge secret.
Turns out the funnyman is a pretty versatile, incredible actor. We now know – due to his work in A Quiet Place and other films –how great he can be. But this war actioner was really the first taste.
It also marks the most mature effort from director Michael Bay, best known for big, dumb action movies like Transformers, Bad Boys and a host of others.
From Mitchell Zuckoff’s book comes this compelling story of an attack on a U.S. Compound in Libya, and the team trying to sort everything out.
Krasinski is stunning here in the lead role, and he’s in good company with stars Pablo Schreiber, James Badge Dale and David Denman.
It’s a thrilling picture that will grip you from beginning to end.
The Peanut Butter Falcon -- Available On Netflix
Words can’t describe how much I absolutely adore this heartwarming little movie.
It’s a tender portrayal of a young man with down-syndrome named Zak, who desperately hopes for the freedom to live his own life.
He’s living at a care home –with a well-meaning staff member named Eleanor – but he soon runs away to fulfill his dream of becoming a famous wrestler.
He meets a wayward, troubled soul in Tyler, and they form an unbreakable bond.
Writer-directors Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz create one of the most adorable films in two decades, and it’s irresistible, quality filmmaking.
With a cast that includes Shia LaBeouf, Dakota Johnson, Bruce Dern, Thomas Haden Church and Jon Bernthal, this is a stacked affair.
But it’s newcomer Zack Gottsagen who’s the heart and soul of this one, and he makes every moment worth it.
Our Friend – Available On Prime Video
No movie made me bawl last year quite like Our Friend, an intimate and moving portrayal of love and friendship.
When Dane met beautiful, successful Nicole, he fell for he almost immediately. But his affection wasn’t returned in the same way.
However, the two did the seemingly impossible – they became lifelong friends and forged a bond that would come to include her husband Matt.
Based on an article real-life professional writer Matthew Teague wrote about his experience, this film follows Nicole’s bout with cancer, and the lengths Dane goes to in order to be there for the family.
This is a career-defining performance for Jason Segel, best-known as part of the crew that did movies like Knocked Up, Superbad and more.
Casey Affleck is great in an understated role, and Dakota Johnson once again proves she’s far more than Fifty Shades of Grey let her show.
Director Gabriela Cowperthwaite creates an earnest, sensitive film that will leave you absolutely breathless.
Blade Runner – Available On Netflix
This incredible film – underappreciated in its time – is the best film Ridley Scott ever made, and a crowning achievement for Harrison Ford.
The sci-fi tilt follows a Blade Runner, basically a bounty hunter, whose job it is to track down and kill replicants.
When four steal a ship in space and return to Earth to find their
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creator, he’s forced to go on a long journey to stop them.
Considered one of the best films of all time now, the visual stylings are absolutely breathtaking, even nearly 40 years later.
Ford is amazing, and Rutger Hauer is electrifying in his villainous, iconic role.
This is one of those movies I could watch 1,000 times and never get tired of. It’s a true cinematic classic that any film lover really needs to see.
Mindhunters – Available On Prime Video
This is one of the most outrageous, incredible B-movie flicks of all time, and I’ve loved it for nearly 20 years.
When trainees doing an FBI stint in psychological profiling find out someone among them is a killer, a game of cat-and-mouse ensues.
Directed by Renny Harlin – who made the incredible Deep Blue Sea and has a penchant for actioners –it’s a hugely entertaining tilt with some genuine surprises.
The cast is really, really great. Val Kilmer, LL Cool J, Christian Slater, Kathryn Morris, Clifton Collins Jr., and Jonny Lee Miller head things up here.
It’s a suspenseful, thrill-a-minute ride that I can almost guarantee you’ve never even heard of before.
Crystal Scribner December 10, 1963 - August 18, 2021
Crystal was born to Diane Freed on December 10th, 1963 in Yorkton, Saskatchewan. She spent her early childhood in Dubuc, Saskatchewan with her mother, grandmother, Grandpa Donovan and other members of the Freed family. Crystal’s aunts played a huge role in her life from day one. Crystal, her brother Vince and mother moved to British Columbia when Crystal was five years old. She attended elementary school in Surrey and Burnaby. She attended high school in Van-
couver through Grade 10. While in Vancouver she was active in gymnastics, Brownies, dance and cheerleading.
In the summer of 1979, Crystal headed to Foam Lake, Saskatchewan for a summer holiday at her Aunt Donalda’s. During that visit she made the decision to make that her home. She became the new member of the family. She was quick to make friends, despite the challenge of coming from the big city to life in a small town. She formed friendships there that lasted a lifetime. She completed her Grades 11 and 12 and graduated at Foam Lake High School. She also taught gymnastics while there. It was while she lived there that she would meet her future husband, Micheal Psovsky. Soon after graduating, Crystal moved to Regina to work and lived with her long time friend, Cindy Dmyterko.
Howard, Muriel “Mert” (nee Judin)
March 8, 1930 – Kindersley, SK
August 21, 2021- Calgary, AB
It is with heavy hearts that the loving family of Muriel announces her peaceful passing at the age of 91 years.
She is survived and will be missed by her daughters Bev (Rick) Anderson, Sue (Dave) Mortimer, Jan (Don) Klimosko, Shelley (Earl) Harriman and their families, grandchildren and great grandchildren as well as by her sisters-in-law Marg and Ev, and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was born and raised in the Kindersley area and married Doug Howard in 1950 where they built their life together on the farm south of Kindersley. She was a proud farmer’s wife and participated fully in farm life. Mert and Doug also enjoyed many winters in Weslaco, Texas.
Mert had a passion for many things including travel, quilting,
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Mike and Crystal were married in Kuroki, Saskatchewan in 1988. Shortly after they married they moved to Kindersley. Crystal worked as a service advisor at the GM dealership from 19882005.
The couple welcomed their first son, Shayne into the world, October 2nd, 1990. Their second son, Mathew, was born February 11th, 1992.
Crystal remarried May 6th, 2005 to Floyd Scribner.
She enjoyed keeping her yard in meticulous shape, golfing, travelling and a love of drag racing. Crystal quickly gained respect for her racing abilities and any opponent that took her lightly was likely to find out the hard way. She was also dedicated to the well being of her home race track “Saskatchewan International Raceway” and volunteered on several projects. Her personality, sense of humour and energy
needlework, gardening, and crafting. She was always involved and took many leadership roles in UCW, Quilters’ Guild, Weight Watchers, and 4-H. She had a great sense of humour and loved to socialize. She valued her community and was always busy organizing or participating in various events. Mert treasured her many lifelong friends and neighbours.
Her greatest roles were that of wife, mother, and grandma and those are the hearts that will
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gained her many friends wherever she was.
In December, 2016, Crystal was diagnosed with terminal gastric cancer and given eight to ten months to live. Her determination, stubbornness and strong will gave us much more time than that and for that we were blessed.
Crystal was predeceased by her brother, Vince (2016) and cousins Launa Simpson (2018) and Tim Freed (2021).
She is survived by her mother Diane Freed, her husband Floyd Scribner, sons Shayne and Mathew Psovsky, stepson Lindsey (Shelby) Scribner, granddaughter Leah, brothers Scott (Robin) and Shayne (Angie) Peacock, father of her sons - Micheal Psovsky and many aunts, uncles, nephews and nieces.
A celebration of her life was held August 28th at 1:00 p.m. at the Norman Ritchie Centre, Kindersley.
miss her the most. Her family and grandchildren were a great sense of pride and joy for her.
Her last years living with Alzheimer’s were difficult. A heartfelt thank you to the staff at Bethany Harvest Hills for the care and compassion shown to Mom. A very special thank you to Mom’s companion and friend Kim, who was her angel on Earth.
Donations in Muriel’s memory can be made to Gordie Howe C.A.R.E.S. (Center for Alzheimer’s Research and Education Society) https://gordiehowecares.com or to St. Paul’s United Church in Kindersley @ Box 238 Kindersley, SK SOL 1S0.
A private family celebration of Muriel’s life will be held at a later date.
“We never truly lose the people we love deeply. They live on in our hearts and minds forever. They leave a footprint never to be erased”.
& Family Support Centre Inc.
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.
