Tribute to Dr. Stewart Holmes
JOAN JANZEN Your Southwest Media Group
The community of Eston and surrounding district was saddened last week to hear of the passing of Dr. Stewart Holmes, who served the community of Eston for many years. He was not only their doctor but a good friend as well.
He became a doctor in 1930 at Winnipeg, Man. He returned to Eston to help his dad, Dr. Samuel Holmes, in his private medical clinic. After 88 years, the family-run medical clinic closed in 2018; Dr. Holmes had retired four years previously at 86 years.
Many of his patients drove a considerable distance to see him, as he always made a heroic effort in determining a correct diagnosis, making referrals to specialists when necessary. All the specialists knew him in Saskatoon.
Even after retiring, Dr. Holmes still phoned some of the senior citizens in Eston to check up on them.
He maintained a strong sense of community and found it difficult to slow down after being accustomed to being on call 24/7.
He attributed his love of the work and his dedication to the people of Eston and district for keeping him going all those years. That dedication included accompanying many patients on ambulance rides and making the occasional house call. While many people choose to retire at 65 years of age, Dr. Holmes once said, “At age 65, I was in my prime!”
Everyone in the community is sure to have a personal story to recall about Dr. Holmes. Years ago, two junior high students challenged the good doctor to give the definitions of the most difficult words they could find. The doctor met the challenge by accurately defining each and every word.
One man recalls being hurt while working on a cultivator and sliced his head open. As a result,
he had to have his head shaved before receiving stitches. Dr. Holmes leaned back, then leaned forward with his hands behind his back, pacing back and forth in his typical fashion. Responding with his unique sense of humour, he told his patient, “The stitches don’t run at a high cost, but the hair cut does.”
Eston and area residents said he was a true rural doctor. Someone observed that no matter what your background was, he treated everybody with respect and honour. He gave first-class care to the people of Eston and the area, and he was well-loved as a result. His patients said if you called him in an emergency, he would be there immediately.
Dr. Holmes described his many years of service as a stimulating experience. As for his many patients, they thought of him as a caring doctor and an equally caring friend, who will be dearly missed.
Kindersley RCMP have a quiet Halloween
The Kindersley RCMP report having a calm and quiet Halloween with no major incidents reported over the weekend. ‘We had a very safe Halloween night with a handful of calls, but none of them related to Halloween itself’ stated Staff Sergeant Kevin Peterson. ‘Our members were patrolling throughout the afternoon and evening and we can report that we spotted some fantastic costumes out there’ Peterson went on to say.
Between October 25th to November 1st, Kindersley RCMP responded to 46 calls for service*. These calls included, but were not limited to, 1 flight from police, 3 failing to comply with court orders and 1 missing person call.
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.
KCS fundraiser supports community
Kindersley Composite School supports local farmers and promotes healthy food choices by participating in their “Peak of the Market” fundraiser. This will be their third season in which they can raise funds while giving back to their community.
Customers may purchase bundles of locally grown vegetables for personal use, or the purchased bundle can be delivered to food banks in Kindersley or Saskatoon. They can also be donated to the Christmas hamper campaign, where they will be distributed to people in need.
Heidi Marchant, from KCS, said this is a win-win situation because not only are customers supporting KCS, they are providing healthy food for people in need during the holiday season. Vegetables available are carrots, onions, potatoes, parsnips and cabbage. Customers have a choice of two bundles worth $15 or $25.
Fifty percent of the proceeds from these reasonably priced bundles will go towards student activities and programs. Orders are due no later than Friday, Nov. 19, and produce will be available for pick up on Wed., Dec. 1. Customers can either order online at www. farmtoschool.ca/shop/products, by email - heidi. marchant@sunwestsd.ca, or in person at KCS by filling out an order form. Any donation orders made online will go directly to the Saskatoon Food Bank and Learning Centre.
Dr. Stewart Holmes captures with his typical stance, pacing with hands behind his back.
100-year anniversary of the poppy
JOAN JANZEN
Did you know people started wearing poppies a hundred years ago, in May of 1921? Poppies grew on the battlefields around gravesites after the end of the First World War. The poppy pin became an international symbol of remembrance after the Royal British Legion was founded.
In late 1914, the fields of Northern France and Flanders were once again ripped open by guns blazing and fighting. Once the conflict was over, one of the only plants to grow was the poppy, a perennial plant.
A French woman named Anna Guerin championed the poppy as a symbol of remembrance, resulting in the Royal British Legion ordering 9 million poppies in 1921 to use
for fundraising. In 1922 a British army officer established the Poppy Factory in Richmond, England, where disabled former soldiers made silk poppies. To this day, the factory employs disabled veterans producing wreaths for the Royal family and Royal British Legion’s annual Poppy Appeal.
Many history buffs credit Canadian surgeon and soldier John McCrae for popularizing the poppy when he wrote the poem “In Flanders Fields” during World War I. Canada became the first country to support the poppy as a symbol of remembrance on July 6, 1921.
In November 2021, the Royal Canadian Legion distributed 20 million traditional poppy pins across Canada. The poppies aren’t sold but are offered for distribu-
tion or donation. No dollar value is placed on the poppy; instead people make a donation, and the funds raised are used locally.
In recognition of the 100th year of the poppy, the Royal Canadian Legion (RCL) has made available a commemorative coin from the Royal Canadian Mint, a stamp from Canada Post, and the Legion has unveiled a digital art initiative called “The Immortal Poppy.”
Approximately $17 million is raised every year in Canada through the Legion’s poppy campaign. This year a replica of the original cloth poppy pin from the First World War has been produced. It is very different from the lapel poppy of today and is made available this year as a special commemorative item.
Vimy Pilgrimage finalist goes to Ottawa
Jill Dobbin, a Grade 11 KCS student, has been selected as a finalist for the 2021 Vimy Pilgrimage Award. The award recognizes the actions of young people who demonstrate an outstanding commitment to volunteer work through positive contributions, notable deeds, or bravery that benefits their peers, school, community, province or country.
While the recipients weren’t allowed to travel to Vimy Ridge for Remembrance Day, Jill, along with the remaining nineteen ward winners from across Canada, will travel to Ottawa from November 8th to 12th. The other winner from Saskatchewan is a student from Lucky Lake.
The trip to Ottawa will be an awesome privilege for the winners,
which consists of a fully funded educational program to study Canada’s tremendous First World War effort. The program features daily visits to important sites, including memorials and museums and a se-
ries of conferences and discussions, as well as participation in Remembrance ceremonies.
Jill said she believes there are two ways to reach future generations through active commemoration. First of all, she said we can find examples every day of freedoms we enjoy because of the sacrifices that were made on our behalf. Secondly, we can benefit by focusing on lost soldiers as fellow human beings with families and personal lives lost.
Jill is an example of a young person who is dedicated to community service, who is interested in the importance of Canadian history. Congratulations, Jill on a well deserved award! We can’t wait to hear all about your trip to Ottawa!
The Legion’s 100 year anniversary commemorative poppy.
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OPINION
CHECK IT OUT with Joan Janzen
Injustice is like a grain of sand
“History repeats itself, but in such cunning disguise that we never detect the resemblance until the damage is done.”
- Sydney J. Harris, an American journalist who lived from 1917 - 1986.
As Remembrance Day dawned, I listened to a number of Holocaust survivors tell their stories.
A male survivor recalls attending his first day of school in 1934, at which time Hitler had been in power for a year. From that time forward, privileges were taken away from the Jewish people. They were prohibited from going to any public facilities such as theatres, restaurants and even some grocery stores.
“I saw one movie by the time I was 18 years old,” he recalled. Within a few years, he wasn’t allowed to attend school and high school graduates were forbidden from attending university.
“After 1936, Jews were not allowed to use public transportation, and it became impossible to have a normal life,” he said. They were unable to congregate in groups and were forced to wear a star, which was sewn on to their clothing. They were labeled as “traitors”.
Jews experienced censorship and were not allowed to have newspa-
pers or radios, so there was no access to communication from the outside world. On November 9, 1938 “all hell broke loose” he said, as stores and synagogues were set on fire.
This survivor said, “Everybody felt it was their patriotic duty to report Jews for small infractions, even children. There was no court that would uphold your rights.”
Air raids took place twenty-four hours a day, but Jews were not allowed access to bomb shelters. People huddled in shelters would not let any Jews in.
Hedi Fried is another survivor who had been telling her story for thirty years. “In the beginning people didn’t want to listen to what happened,” the woman said. She eventually became a psychologist, and reminisced about growing up in a small town, living peacefully with all kinds of minorities, but things quickly changed.
“An injustice is like a grain of sand in your hand. You can’t feel the weight of it,” she said. “But injustices have the tendency to multiply. As long as life isn’t at risk you continue; you live with it. But injustices become more and more, and in the end you can’t bear it. That’s why it’s
important to act while there’s still time. And if one compares then to the present, there are so many similarities.”
Looking at the world she experienced déjà vu. “What I see is small, and the things that I once saw are big. There are so many similarities and it could happen, maybe not the same way,” she mused. “What is true has become a lie. Is it true that Auschwitz never happened?”
After the war, elementary students in Germany were not taught about the camps.
Louise Mirrer, president and CEO of the New York Historical Society, said “Anti-Semitism was introduced at the earliest possible moment in the education of children.”
Eventually people became desensitized and even the most well-meaning people thought comparing Jews to a poisonous mushroom seemed normal. She noted the goal of Nazi propaganda was to demonize Jews and to create a climate of hostility and indifference toward their plight. As early as August, 1920, Hitler compared the Jews to germs, stating that diseases cannot be controlled unless you destroy their causes.
One survivor said he tells his story so it won’t
happen again. But he also said, “People are cruel. They want to have their own way and it can happen if condoned by politicians. The only message I have to give anyone is to be on guard.”
Survivor Hedi Fried observed, “It may look terrifying but we can’t be scared. Take the bulls by the horns; fight against it.”
She sited education as a long term solution, not ing young people need to learn how to be more ac tive, to be there for each other, have more empa thy and hopefully have a moral compass.
I’ll let you pause and reflect on these stories which were told decades ago. Lest we forget and allow history to repeat itself.
You can contact me at joanjanzen@yahoo.com
Kindersley Remembrance Day Service
The Kindersley Legion welcomes everyone to join them in their upcoming Remembrance Day Program on November 11th. At precisely 10:30 a.m. everyone who wishes to participate in the parade, will depart from the Legion Hall at 118 - 2nd Avenue East. Floyd Akre will be bringing his horses and joining the parade.
The parade will make its way to the cenotaph at Baker Park on Main Street, where the Remembrance Day service will begin at 11:00 a.m. Anyone wishing to lay a wreath is asked to contact Dave Burke at 306-460-8389 or Scott Holloway at 306460-4688.
The Legion is hoping for favourable weather during the Remembrance Day Program. They are also planning to live stream the service to Caleb Village and Heritage Manor.
The Legion’s poppy campaign is well underway, so be sure to get your poppy in honour of our veterans.
“I hate to say it, but I haven’t laughed that hard in ages,” admitted one of the local ranchers, standing in line at the luncheon table. We were at a funeral reception. What they call a Celebration of Life in some parts. (Later, I told my friend, Avril, I wanted some heavy-duty grieving at my funeral. “At least for the first week. Then you can celebrate me after you mourn and wail.” “Gotcha,” she said, “all-out keening, I’ll remember that.”
Our community hall, The Palais Royale, has seen little activity lately. No movies or dances and only one wedding reception in two years. And last week, we had a talk on snakes given by a young woman from our park, Grasslands National Park, dedicated to winning the public over to her favourite reptiles. Snakes are cool, she said, pointing to a pair of sunglasses, an icon for cool, and proceeded to tell stories about some drama-queen snakes she knows. She won me over, and I offered some snake stories of my own.
was emitting. And there it was, hunkered into a coil, hiding and warning me and my snake-shy hiking friends to stay away. I brought them over to get a look.
“Snakes are as afraid of you as you are of them,” said the Grasslands park woman. “So, don’t buy the vicious lies you hear. But don’t get too close. There’s so much misinformation because of cultural prejudice against snakes. Any questions?” But nobody had any, so I pulled out a list. “You certainly came prepared,” she commented. “Dahling, you’re the cultural event of the season,” I replied.
were married.)
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own hook, as he called it. Its own surprise twist.
At the funeral reception, the slideshow songs were about legacies, what a guy would like to have said about him after he left the world. Which is basically that, as the Canadian band Emerson Drive puts it, he: “led a good life, loved a good wife, always helped somebody in trouble.”
“I can’t do this,” we’ve all said, or will say, one day when someone we love dies. This song says I’ll be there; even when you can’t see me, you’ll feel me.
Country songs are unabashedly sentimental, and many go too far. Or not far enough. But the ones that work bring us together over a shared human feeling, usually a feeling of hurt.
Judy put together a slide show of family photos of Blaine and his family and friends, set to a few country songs, tearjerkers that crack open the toughest of old cowboys and farmers. Earlier that morning, I watched part of the slideshow while dropping off my matrimonial squares. The songs brought me back to my days travelling with my ex’s blues band.
I counted five rattlers, one bull and a handful of dead garter snakes this summer on The Butte. One rattler I located by its rattle, which blended almost seamlessly into a choir of frenetic crickets giving a last concert of the season. I passed it, then walked back to the bush from which the sound
Blaine Clement was not yet sixty. Ranching friends came from far and wide to the funeral reception. The hall was packed. People wore masks. We followed protocol. Still, there were far too many leftover egg sandwiches, chocolate chip cookies and peanut-butter squares because of a fear of germs. But the reception committee had done its duty. Every woman in town made up a loaf of sandwiches or a tray of squares. Men were asked to bring a jar or two of pickles. (This always makes me laugh. The men I know around here make better sandwiches than I do. They’ve been packing lunches for the range since they were teens and making lunches for kids since they
On our long drives between shows, the only music we listened to was country. Because that’s where all the stories are, he said. An African American, he got his first gig playing guitar and touring with a country band throughout the states. Check this out; he would say whenever Randy Travis or Trace Adkins came on the radio.
Another was a song I hear played often at funerals and weddings, a testament to the universality of a good story, Forever and Ever, Amen. The chorus pretty much describes every social gathering in our village: “…old men sit and talk about the weather/ … old women sit and talk about old men.”
My favourite line goes: “They say time takes its toll on a body/Makes a young girl’s brown hair turn grey/ but honey I don’t care/ I ain’t in love with your hair/ if it all fell out/ I’d love you anyway.” (After a day of trying to review an academic text full of jargon like “the potential generativity of subjective rubrics for decolonial theorizing,” it doesn’t get better than a good ol’ country song.)
After the songs came the laughter. Jimmy got up and told some stories about his best friend at the behest of the family. There were stories about hockey games and curling mishaps, broken machinery and Aunt Joyce’s pies. There were stories about childhood pranks and nicknames, about herding cattle and helping out. And one about snakes. Jimmy made us all laugh, and then he had the good grace to weep,” to fold like a cheap tent,” as he put it.
That’s how it’s done.
In those days, it was Three Rugged Crosses; You’re Gonna Miss This and Carrie Underwood’s Jesus Take the Wheel. Each story had its
And just in case we weren’t already weeping, Luke Combs sings, “Just Cause I’m Leaving doesn’t mean I won’t be right by your side. I ain’t goin’ nowhere.”
Good stories both crack us open and hold us together. They carry us through the hard times. They remind us that we are as afraid of others - and all their potential germs - as they are of us. Stories break through our crusty and stoic barriers, crumble grudges, and help us to love each other, again and forever and ever, anyway.
Klippers rebound with five wins in seven games
With parents weekend on the horizon in the SJHL, the young Kindersley Klippers team is feeling a spark.
With a 5-1-1 record in their last seven, the Klippers have catapulted to a .500 record and are in the top half of the league standings.
In their game on Nov. 2, the team was felled 2-1 in a shootout, but held their own against league leaders, the Humboldt Broncos.
“The Broncos embarrassed us on home-ice early in the season, and it was amazing to play this much better against them,” said Assistant Coach Mitch Topinka. The team was beaten 5-1 at their West Central Events Centre in Kindersley on October 2nd.
“We weathered the first 10 minutes this Friday, and we capitalized and got up by a goal. We led for a period-and-a-half, and their goal came off our mistake on a face off.”
He says mental errors are still difficult for the team, but that overall play has improved.
“These things happen, and our game against Humboldt was fastpaced, and we played right along with them,” he said.
“Matthew Pesenti (our goalie) stood on his head, and our guys came up big. We wanted to win, but we were happy to get a point and we’re continuing to climb.”
After a rough start to the season, the Klippers are clipping along at a fast pace, and taking advantage of their chances and speed.
“We’ve been playing well. We said from the start, we’re a fast
team and we’re finally going after it. Our last six-or-seven games, things have been clicking. We had those injuries, and we’re close to a full lineup now. Guys are back, and it certainly helps,” he said.
“The buy-in has been working, and our penalty kill is first in the league in shorthanded goals. With our hard word, we’re figuring things out.”
Topinka says they’ve been considered underdogs all year, but he’s never felt that was true.
“We started slow and we hit that injury bug, and it hurt us. We could easily be 12-4 on the year with a full lineup, but that’s what we’ve been dealt. The boys are coming along,” he said.
“It’s just so nice to see. It’s a matter of capitalizing on games we should win and surprising other teams in the league.”
Topinka had praise for the points leader on the team, Tylin Hilbig, who has 14 points in 17 games played in his rookie season.
“Tylin works really hard, and he’s doing really well on a line with Aidan Bangs and Matthew Maz-
zocchi. It almost seems like those two are brothers, because they always know where each other are. Tylin finds a way to slide in there and capitalize so well,” said Topinka.
“He’s always in the right spot at the right time. He’s coming up big and is a big body in front of the net. I think he’s one of the best net-front guys in the league, he has great hands, and he’s a huge piece for us this year.”
Hilbig says that the team is hot, and having many players back from injury has had a huge impact.
“Even picking up the shootout loss against Humboldt was really big. We’re hot right now, and I’m really happy,” he said.
“I’m loving getting to the net and into the dirty areas to pick up the garbage. I have amazing linemates, and I think my size is helping me win battles.”
After a rough start, the 5-1-1 spark is something Hilbig and the team are proud of.
“You can tell everyone is just meshing together and feeling better about things. It’s helping our confidence,” he said. “We started off rough, but having it all come together now is a really good sign.”
As the Klippers head into the weekend, they’ll be playing in front of their parents and pushing for dominance and more push in the standings.
“This is a huge weekend. The main thing is we get four points, make sure we play a full 60 minutes, and keep the speed up startto-finish,” he said.
SERM Conservation and Leader RCMP Conduct Check Stop
By Mallory Cawthra
On Saturday, October 30th, 2021, SERM Conservation Officers (Saskatchewan Environment and Resource Management) teamed up with the Leader RCMP Detachment to conduct a random check stop on Highway 21, just North of the Town of Leader. Check stops are conducted at frequent intervals in different locations, in order for law enforcement members to enforce road safety with vehicle drivers and motorcyclists.
Law enforcement are on the lookout for various offences, including impaired and distracted driving, failing to wear a seatbelt and speeding. Visibility and presence within the community are an important way for SERM and the RCMP to speak with and educate the public on road safety and hunting regulations.
During the check stop, SERM and the RCMP carried out compliance checks primarily in regards to the following Provincial and Federal statutes: The Traffic Safety Act, The Firearms Act, The Wildlife Act, The Cannabis Act, Alcohol and Gaming Regulations and Criminal offences. The check stop started at 2:00 p.m. and ended at 6:00 p.m., providing for lots of opportunities to stop and check various vehicles travelling north and south on Highway 21. With the holiday season approaching, remember to buckle up and drive sober as impaired driving is one of the leading causes of auto fatalities in Saskatchewan.
JORDAN PARKER
Your Southwest Media Group
CORPORATE SERVICES ASSISTANT
TOWN OF KINDERSLEY
JOB POSTING
The Corporate Services Assistant is an out-of-scope position with the Town of Kindersley at the busy, fast-paced Administration Office. The primary duties of this position are to be the first point-of contact for customer service, cash receipting, accounts payable, and cemetery record processing.
To help ensure the efficient and effective operations of the Town Office, this position may be cross trained in a number of functions related to clerk positions, including but not limited to accounts receivable, payroll, utilities, and taxation.
Qualifications, Skills & Education
• Post-secondary education in clerical or administrative studies or 2 years of related experience
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite with an emphasis on Word and Excel, and email
• Excellent attention to detail
• Excellent interpersonal skills, and ability to work with senior members of the administrative team, and capable of fostering and maintaining effective working relationships
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong public relations skills
• Dedicated to ongoing learning and professional development
• Able to work flexible office hours
Please submit a detailed resume and cover letter: Town of Kindersley, Box 1269, Kindersley, SK SOL 1S0 Email: JENNA.L@KINDERSLEY.CA • Fax: (306) 463-4577
We would like to thank all applicants for their interest in this position; however only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
Black and Blue
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BY JORDAN PARKER https://parkerandpictures.wordpress.com/
Available On Netflix
This is a surprising portrayal of race, police brutality and an unsettling climate.
Writer-director Deon Taylor is largely known for thrillers like Traffik and The Intruder, but with Black and Blue, he goes deeper than he ever has.
It follows a rookie female New Orleans police officer who is forced to choose between toeing the line and being honest about a murder she sees, committed by two corrupt cops.
well, Danny DeVito, and David Straithairn.
It’s one of the absolute best movies I’ve ever sat through, and you’ll love it too. Guaranteed.
Minari
Available On Prime Video
Writer-director Lee Isaac Chung creates a stunning, resonant film with Minari.
He found himself with a nomination for Best Directing and Best Original Screenplay for this sensitive portrayal of a Korean family who start over in Arkansas in 1980.
His fortune quickly turns – and turns again – as he goes from hero to suspect in the bombing, and his entire family is put at risk because of it.
The FBI harasses him and the media turns him into a villain as he tries to prove his innocence.
Director Clint Eastwood creates this riveting drama that will absolutely floor you from start-tofinish.
more of your favourite Dynasty-style soap.
If you’ve not seen Yellowstone yet, I urge you to stop sleeping on it, because it’s one of the best shows on television.
It follows a ranching family – leading an absolute empire – in Montana, and the fight they face against others pushing for their land or fortune.
That said, it’s the fighting within the tumultuous family that creates most of the tension and intrigue.
Working with A&W is more than just sharing a love of great burgers. By joining our team you’ll be on the front lines, helping us change the fast food landscape. From eliminating plastic straws, to root beer made with all-natural flavours, to being the first national restaurant chain in Canada to offer the plant-based Beyond Meat Burger, we’ve never been the kind of company to sit back and wait for change to happen. For us, it’s all about doing the right thing for our food, people, community and environment.
Our location in Kindersley, Saskatchewan is now hiring for all full-time and part-time team member positions (cooks and cashiers). We are looking for motivated individuals, with a strong sense of community and pride for the work they do. As a team member your main responsibility is to ensure that our guests’ expectations are exceeded on every visit!
As an A&W Team Member you receive: • A competitive
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Naomie Harris and Tyrese Gibson give great performance and elevate the material, and Frank Grillo is always a lot of fun as a baddie.
Black and Blue explores difficult themes, and it’s a crowd-pleaser that’s timely and tackles difficult subject matter sensitively.
L.A. Confidential
Available On Netflix
Told like a violent, noir version of Sunset Boulevard, this incredible dark drama about Hollywood is a classic film.
It follows three cops in 1950s L.A. As they investigate murders and each go through their own methods to try and crack the case.
Director Curtis Hanson creates a nostalgic movie – one that nabbed Oscar nominations for Best Picture and Director – and it’s one of the best throwbacks to old tinseltown I’ve ever seen. This dark drama is a spellbinding watch.
Featuring a Best Actress Oscar-winning performance from Kim Basinger, she gives an amazing performance, and is joined by pros Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, James Crom-
The patriarch toils on the land trying to start a farm while the mother attempts – often unsuccessfully – to make friends and create a new life and home in a place she’s unfamiliar with.
It’s a sensitive look at the family dynamic and the way immigrants were treated upon their arrival to the U.S.
Steven Yeun – of The Walking Dead fame –showed another side of himself here, and nabbed an Oscar nomination for his efforts as a man who wants the best for his family.
But the best performance in the film, bar none, goes to Yuh-Jung Youn, who won an Oscar for her portrayal as feisty grandmother Soonja.
It’s hilarious and a beautiful film at the same time, and hits all the right notes. One of my favourite foreign-language films of the last decade, you simply have to see it.
Richard Jewell
Available On Netflix
This true story is based on the real-life 1996 Atlanta Olympics bombing plot.
It follows ambitious-but-haphazard security guard Richard Jewell, who foils the bombing plot at the Olympics.
Paul Walter Hauser truly arrives with this starring role, and he’s joined by Sam Rockwell, Olivia Wilde, Jon Hamm, and Kathy Bates, who was nominated for an Oscar for this one.
It underperformed at the box-office and was largely ignored, but people will soon realize the intensity and grit of this one.
Yellowstone
Available On Prime Video
As we ready for the fourth season on Sunday, it’s time to get ready for
Oscar-winner Kevin Costner, Luke Grimes, the incredible Kelly Reilly, West Bentley, scene-stealer Cole Hauser and Kelsey Asbille are all part of a wonderful ensemble cast.
They’ve built a huge show on the back of writer Taylor Sheridan’s (Wind River, Hell Or High Water) intense script.
I cannot wait for the new season, and this show just continually keeps getting better.
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5 The "R" of Roy G. Biv
8 Watch without downloading
14 Trouble-free, as a guarantee
16 "___ here!" ("Poltergeist" line)
17 One who might ask, "Need a lift?"
David
19 -a-Highway (litter cleanup program)
Kindersley Denture Clinic
20 Lighter brand
21 Baby bloomer?
22 What it all adds up to
24 Result of a failed Breathalyzer test: Abbr.
25 Stolen item on a diamond
26 Crash sound, in the comics
29 One who might ask, "Need a hand?"
Alcoholics Anonymous
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Narcotics Anonymous
32 Knucklehead
34 Hotel units: Abbr.
35 Unwell
36 Vancouver hockey players
38 Piddlier
42 Ringside ruling
43 Robert Service's McGee
44 Hockey helmet fastener
45 One who might ask, "Need a job?"
50 Wad you don't want in your wallet 51 "To a Mouse" and "To a Louse" 52 Aspirin initials 53 Rimouski rooster 55 Burlesque neckwear 56 Rodeo bucker
58 Meets by chance, with "into"
62 One who might ask, "Need a break?"
65 Standards of perfection
66 Take a chomp out of 67 Kenney, MacKay and O'Toole, e.g.
68 Designer inits. 69 Scotch miss
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Rose City Memorials Ltd.
Family Owned with Pride since 1961
CHRISTEL HANKEWICH Memorial Specialist 306-463-9191
Christel has helped families with their monument needs for over 30 years.
Granite Monument Specialists Dedicated to Quality Craftsmanship and Service
1933
Community Owned, Full-Service Funeral Home
• Pre-planning • Monuments • Grief Support
• Only crematorium in the west-central area
Eston Branch 615 Main Street S. 306-962-4442
Kindersley 801 - 9th Street West 306-463-2659
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Kings of the court! Eston hosted the Junior Boys Volleyball Districts on October 30. After
in play, the boys had a 2-1 record. Eston won the semi-final match against the team from Loreburn / Kenaston, taking the match in three sets. In the final, Eston played Dinsmore. Eston won
close sets, winning the championship 2-0. |
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.
Sports with Bruce Penton
Oilers’ powerplay nearly unstoppable
Words of advice for National Hockey League players to consider: Never ever be caught by a television camera singing the national anthem; water only, no vodka, in your on-bench water bottle; make sure you get paid in U.S. dollars instead of Canadian; and don’t take a penalty against the Edmonton Oilers.
It should be noted that back in the 1950s, the NHL revised its rules to allow expiration of a penalty if the player’s team was scored upon. Prior to that, the violator served the full two minutes, no matter how many goals the other team piled up, and it was all because of the Montreal Canadiens and their Rocket Richard-led powerplay being so effective that game-changing two- and three-goal outbursts during a two-minute power play were commonplace.
So here we have the Connor McDavid-powered Oilers’ powerplay that has proven to be close to unstoppable during the first few weeks of the 2021-22 season. Around the end of October, the Oilers were scoring goals on 47.8 per cent of their extra-man opportunities, and the offensive ex-
plosion was part of the reason for the teams’s 6-1 start.
More than half of McDavid’s points have been coming on the power play. He and Tyson Barrie man the blueline, both of them streaking here and there to get open. Leon Draisaitl and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins play on the wings and either Zach Hyman or Jesse Puljujarvi creates havoc in front of the net. It is a nearly unstoppable unit that creates nightmares for opposition netminders.
Last year’s Oilers’ powerplay unit scored at an 18-percent clip. Normally, the best powerplay percentage over a season is in the mid to high20-per-cent range. The NHL record is from 1977-78, when the Habs scored on 31.88 per cent of their chances. The Oilers will obviously cool down from their mid-40-per-cent range as the season progresses, but McDavid said he has been working on improving a few aspects of his already sublime game, and one of those improvements is the ‘one-timer’ shot from the right face-off circle. He has already scored a couple of powerplay goals with that move and if he perfects it, more individu-
al records, and Oiler victories, could be on the horizon.
“I would not want to be defending that (powerplay), especially seeing the reports you’ve got McDavid practicing one-timers on his offflank,” former NHLer Bryce Salvador said on a radio show. New Oiler Duncan Keith, who is 38 and has been around the NHL scene for 17 years, gets a great view from the bench this year and said “I haven’t seen a powerplay like that before.”
Few other people, except those who remember 1977-78, have either.
• RJ Currie of sportsdeke.com:” Last offseason, the NFL and its Players Association settled on a policy change: competitors who test
positive for marijuana will no longer be suspended. Call it a joint agreement.”
• Patti Dawn Swansson, on Twitter: “A pair of sneakers Michael Jordan wore way back in 1984 sold at auction for $1.472 million. Apparently it was $1,471,990 for the shoes and $10 for a box of Odor-Eaters.”
• Boston Globe sportswriter Kevin Paul Dupont, on Twitter: “Good news for Leafs fans: Border will open soon and they can see some decent hockey in Buffalo.”
• Spotted on Facebook: “She asked me to tell her three words every girl wants to hear, so I whispered ‘Go Habs go.’”
• Buster Olney of ESPN, on Major League Baseball’s ‘opener’ strategy: “The opener will gradually move toward extinction, like the Wildcat formation, Theranos, or Kanye’s presidential bid.”
• Columnist Norman Chad, on Twitter: “Full disclosure: We did use the tomahawk chop at my second wedding ceremony. Man, was I fired up come that honeymoon night.”
• Comedy writer Alex Kaseberg: “There is a new
show on Apple TV starring Kevin Durant called ‘Swagger.’ Don’t confuse this with the show about the New York Jets. That’s called ‘Stagger.’”
• Dwight Perry of the Seattle Times: “So whose bright idea was it to tell Braves pitcher Charlie Morton to break a leg before Game 1?”
• Steve Simmons of Sun Media: “Marcus Semien has hired Scott Boras as his agent. Don’t know if that’s a good thing or a bad thing for the Blue Jays but know it’s an expensive thing for somebody.”
• ESPN’s Chris Fowler, after Oregon defensive end Kayvon Thibodeaux uttered an expletive on live TV: “Thibodeaux did a Thi-bo-don’t.”
• TheScore.com, on Chicago’s 0-5-1 NHL start: “The Blackhawks are like the Titanic: They looked good until they hit the ice.”
• Kaseberg again, via Twitter, on the Raiders reeling off two lopsided wins since the firing of coach Jon Gruden: “The Jets should search their coach’s computer for offensive emails.”
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Power Skating School
