Kindersley folks spotted this plane being transported down the highway Tuesday at noon. It was an unusual sight, as the WWII plane was being transported to a museum in Lethbridge, Alberta. The first of the “Three Fokketeers” is a private F-28 that made its journey back to Alberta. According to the Time Air Historical Society, this aircraft visited Amsterdam many times, and is a treasured bit of Dutch-Canadian history.
By Joan Janzen
This year the staff at Royal Lepage in Kindersley received awards and recognition for their work throughout this past year. The annual awards were given out at the office last week. “They represent a lot of hard work and dedication that our Agents put into helping families buy and sell property,” said Bill Larocque, broker at Royal LePage Wheat Country Realty.
According to Bill, the awards are given to Agents who are the top Agents working with Royal LePage in the Saskatchewan market. “Awards run from Agents in the top three percent to the top 25 percent of Royal LePage Agents in Saskatchewan,” he explained.
Pam Busby and Jen McLean both received Directors Platinum Awards.
Amy Greenwood was the recipient of the Sales Achievement Award. Receiving the Master Sales Award were both Donna McLay and Colby Houle, and Mary Kloster received the Diamond Award.
“I have to give special mention to Janet Harris, our Office Administrator,” Bill said. “She keeps the office moving forward, works with the Agents in their day to day responsibilities and makes sure all documents are in order, complete, and filed on time. What else does she look after? Everything!”
Janet said she’s very proud of the people she works with. It appears the team at Royal LePage, not only works well together, but enjoys working together, and families in Kindersley and area are the beneficiaries of their efforts.
As a result of a complaint that was brought to the Kindersley RCMP’s attention two residents of Eatonia were arrested and charged in relation to a kidnapping investigation on October 2nd. The following charges were laid:
• Justin Williment and Erin Mitchell were each charged with one count of Kidnapping under section 279(1.1)(b)(a) of the Criminal Code and one count of Forcible Confinement under section 279(2) of the Criminal Code.
• Justin Williment had an additional charge of Assault laid against him under section 266 of the Criminal Code.
Both parties will be back in Provincial Court in Kindersley on October 19th.
In addition to the Kidnapping investigation Kindersley RCMP responded to a further 50 calls for service during the week.
As a result of several recent enquiries the Kindersley RCMP Detachment would like to remind area residents if you receive a phone call you believe to be a scam or fraudulent, you can report it to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre. You can report by phone (Toll free: 1-888-495-8501) or online here: https:// www.antifraudcentre-centreantifraude.ca/
report-signalez-eng.htm 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.
It’s not every day I get the chance to talk to a Saskatchewan celebrity, so I was pleasantly surprised when Quick Dick McDick returned my call. Although he doesn’t consider himself to be of celebrity status, he has made quite a name for himself on social media as a rural comedian.
His agriculture-themed videos are not only funny but often informative as well, getting something like 44,000 views. His unique flavour of comedy has prompted people to ask him to make public appearances at both small town and city venues. One of his upcoming appearances will take place in Eston on November 19.
“There’s been a few people from small towns reaching out to me; I’m trying to get out to smaller towns. I want to let people know I’m a real person and meet people,” Quick Dick says. He often mentions his stomping grounds at Tuffnell, Sask. with a population of 10 souls. “There’s Tuffnells everywhere in the world,” he said.
He mentioned an Alberta artist that did a Never-Ending Highway Tour. “They would perform anywhere, and I thought that was the coolest thing I ever heard,” he said. Now he’s doing much the same, as he visits “places that are off the map.”
“If we can go there and have some fun and make people laugh, let’s do it,” Quick said. “It’s easier to pack a lot of stuff in a five-minute video, but I’ve never had a problem being in front of a crowd. I do extremely well in rural settings.”
His rural audiences can personally relate to his small-town brand of humour. Whether he’s speaking publicly or making a video, he is the same Quick Dick McDick. He dedicated a recent video to the struggle with cell service in Saskatchewan, as he’s out on the prairies trying to find a high spot to gain cell service. Finally, he climbs on top of a bin, however, the ladder falls to the ground leaving him stranded.
Quick Dick tries calling his dad for help, but his dad shut his phone off while it was charging. A few minutes later, Quick is happy to hear the glorious rumble of his dad’s half-ton and frantically waves to get his attention. However, his dad smiles, waves and drives on by, saying, “Quick always waves at me when I drive by.”
All of Quick’s videos conclude with a list of credits. It’s there that you see Quick Dick McDick is credited as the writer, producer, editor, costume designer, casting, sound engineer, camera holder and production designer. He readily admits he does everything himself, although he is finally getting someone to help with his merchandise sales. Folks in Eston and area will have the opportunity to hear Quick’s stories in real-time. Kim Lane, Eston’s Economic Development Officer, explained that the evening event was planned when the Eston 4-H sponsored Quick’s visit to the school earlier in the day to talk about safety. Not only does Quick Dick make adults laugh, but he’s also comfortable connecting with children. He frequently speaks to students and does his own
Little Quicks videos.
“I like doing kid’s videos; they’re fun to do. We can learn some stuff together while interacting with kids and parents,” he said.
What will Quick be talking about to the adult crowd in Eston? “Most parts of my live stuff is more to get people to laugh at ourselves; we take ourselves too seriously. People post what’s going great, but I like to highlight breakdowns and laugh at situations instead of getting upset,” Quick said. “It’s changed how I look at things; it’s almost an out
for me. I’ll think, ‘this really sucks.’ And then I’ll think ‘this would make good video content.”
“You’ve got to do some kind of good when you get a platform,” Quick said. Consequently, he’ll be making his way to Eston in November to bring a smile to kids at the school and later to the adults, as funds are raised for the ice surface project and other projects in Eston.
As you listen to Quick Dick, you’ll realize he loves Saskatchewan and truly appreciates the people who live here.
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JOAN JANZEN joanjanzen@yahoo.com
Ifound this little nugget funny ... Q: How do you know China has free speech? A: No one says otherwise.
North Americans are finding they need to defend their right to exercise free speech on the internet. Even comedians are censored for their humour. American comedian, JP Sears says he has became very insecure with the reliability of You Tube. “I saw so many
people getting censored and then it happened to me,” he said. He even got censored for making fun of conspiracy theories, because You Tube said the video violated community guidelines.
In response, the comedian made a video apologizing to You Tube for exercising free speech, as he sat with arms and legs bound up, unable to move.
Dave Rubin, host of
“The Dave Rubin Report” on You Tube, said, “For
the first few years of You Tube you were your own boss. But slowly, when you start talking about free speech and anything politically incorrect, you start getting pressured.”
Someone who has experienced an unbelievable amount of pressure and a lack of freedom, is Yeonmi Park, a North Korean defector who lives in the States. She was able to escape to China at the age of thirteen, sold in the sex trade, and began her treacherous journey to
South Korea, then America over the period of several years. When she arrived in Texas, she was shocked by many things that seem trivial to people who enjoy freedom.
“When I was walking on the street I was so shocked to see a puppy being pushed in a stroller,” she said. She had never even seen a baby stroller in North Korea. She thought people were crazy when she saw entire sections in grocery stores dedicated to pet supplies.
“Here dogs have more toys than I had ever imagined in my life as a child,” she said. “When people don’t have to worry about surviving, they are able to take care of vulnerable pets. You can only do that in a country where you enjoy prosperity, and I came to really appreciate how beautiful it was.”
blankets on the floor. “I literally thought I was walking into a palace. It was like going around an amusement park for me,” she said about being in an American home.
The third most shocking sight for the North Korean girl was the bathroom shower. “In North Korea I took a bath a few times a year. In winter the river is frozen, and it’s the children’s job to bring water home in a pail. Everybody washes in the same bowl of water.”
The next most shocking sight for Yeonmi was an elevator. “I looked at high rises and wondered how people walk all the way to the top, and then I discovered in America the electricity rarely goes out,” she said.
She said it’s common to see children dying on the streets in North Korea, but no one feels sorry for them. “Not because North Koreans are inhumane; that’s what a harsh environment does to people,” she explained.
North Koreans who live on the 70th floor have to walk all the way up from the ground floor every day. They do this while hauling water, laundry and coal up the stairs.
Secondly, Yeonmi was shocked to see houses with multiple rooms. In North Korea, six people live in one room where they eat and sleep on
The North Korean defector was shocked to see everybody had the ability to have a passport. “All I ever wanted was a passport,” she said. “Only the leader in North Korea has the right to have a passport. It gives you the freedom to go wherever you want.”
With all of these new found freedoms, she was amazed at how much hatred her fellow university students had for their country. She said her fellow students didn’t seem aware of the definition of the word ‘oppression’. To her it seemed like a game to them to see who could be the most oppressed by almost anything that offended them.
“People who are actually oppressed don’t even know they are oppressed,” she said, referring to the people in her home land. “If you know you’re oppressed, you’re not really oppressed.”
North Koreans haven’t even heard of the term ‘free speech’. They do not choose to be silent, but are pressured by the government to remain silent. Are North Americans choosing to remain silent?
“We can never tell anyone about this place,” I say to my friend as we stand in awe under the hill that from far away looked like a mountain. For years now I’ve gazed upon the mountain hill that rises from the bottom of empty Bear Paw Sea. And every time I come upon it I get a feeling of wild surmise.
Wild surmise is that mix of wonder and curiosity and appreciation that comes over a person when faced with something mysterious, most often a natural phenomenon. The feeling is tenuous and yet permanently perspective altering. You want to both rush toward its source, and that the same time you don’t dare get closer in case the spell breaks.
The term comes from a poem by John Keats called “In Looking into Chapman’s Homer.” Keats and a friend were reading translations of Homer aloud to each other one night when he suddenly felt a sensation overcome him. “I felt like some watcher of the skies,” he writes, “when a new planet swims into his ken/Or like stout Cortez when with eagle eyes/ He stared at the Pacific – and all his men/Looked at each other with a wild surmise”. The men, when silent in their state of awe, were spying land
– new land. And though it’s worth noting they planned to conquer the land, at that moment, they were simply creatures experiencing a new reality, like astronauts landing on the moon.
It could be that the mountain-hill, darker than any other hill in the area, is, in fact a sacred place for indigenous people. And that would be another good reason to keep a respectful distance. All I know is, I experienced a familiar yearning that arises in certain places ( the deep south of Saskatchewan being one and the American South being being another). I get an intense sense of intense déjà vu. As if I can almost hear the ancestors comprising the rocks and plants and animals talking to me and shepherding my steps.
I know, I sound like a kook. WooWoo, as one friend calls it. So, I’ll hold up on the mystical stuff. Let’s just say that I revere this mountain-hill. I won’t tell people where it is. They will have to discover it for themselves. And I don’t assume I ever lived on that hill in a past life. I’m not that interested in who or what my soul inhabited before I got here; I have enough on my plate figuring out my soul is up to now.
But I will say that on that day, just four days ago, my friend and I decided to get closer. And that required losing sight of the mountain-hill for a moment while we descended into a small valley. The valley itself was alluring, partly because I am certain no one has visited it in a very long time. Although its worth noting that this park was once private ranchland, you will not find any wayward wheatgrass to mar its ancient beauty.
The day was warm and not at all windy. Sandhill cranes migrated overhead all day long, sounding like a thousand purring baby frogs. You have to look way high up to see them, higher than you would to spot migrating geese, and sometimes
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they are so high they cannot be spotted, which just made the day more magical as I attributed the crane calls to the hill beckoning us toward it. When I finally got to the base of the hill two things struck me. First, the hill was not black or even dark brown. It was the colour of dried clay. And though it was steep, it was in no way daunting. In fact, it had a benign, comforting feel. It’s three gentle hills sat above me like three graces, or three grandmas, content and calming. The second thing that struck me was that there was an eagle’s nest on the third hill. How was it I hadn’t noticed it earlier? I asked aloud. It’s huge and unmistakable and yet up until that moment it was invisible to me.
I recall being told once by a visionary that once you become aware of a thing you cannot become unaware. The thing that up until now was invisible is now highly visible and you can never go back to unseeing it again. It could have been Black Elk who first introduced me to this idea. Or it could have a Franciscan monk, or a Jungian poet. It’s a reality for most mystics and dreamers. But for most of us we go through life passing by revelation after revelation,
too busy to witness their gift and gentle nudging into another level of awareness. I sat under the hill for a long time. And then I ventured up it. I wanted to see if there was an eagle in the nest. I made my way up to the top, my friend waited and watched from below. I leaned over and peaked into the nest but could see nothing. Then I made my way to the other peaks. The second was a bit lower but the wind up there was fierce. The third, a little tougher to get to because of a dropping step and narrow corridor, glittered. It was covered in crystals. I wanted to explore but I was being buffeted by a wind like a school yard bully. I had to fall to my knees and scooch down the slope before I toppled over, saying thank-you, thank-you, thank-you all the way down. We stood for a while before heading back to Val Marie. Every hundred yards or so we looked over our shoulders with a wild surmise to see if the nest was still there. And it was. And, as far as I know, still is. We left an apple and the rest of a roll of cough drops as a thank-you. But we need to get tobacco and sprinkle it all over the place, I told my friend. And whatever we do, we can’t tell anyone.
Saskatchewan saw 58 October COVID-19 deaths before the halfway point of the month.
As noted by the Saskatoon Star Phoenix’s Phil Tank, at this rate October will surpassing the 153 reported deaths in January that has been the province’s deadliest month.
The figure is even more alarming when compared with other Canadian jurisdictions: Saskatchewan’s COVID-19 death rate in the past week is three per 100,000 — far surpassing other Canadian jurisdiction now facing a serious fourth wave outbreak. The rate in Alberta, New Brunswick and the Yukon Territory in this time frame was two deaths per 100,000 people while the national rate was one death per 100,000.
This is a death rate that is 21 times that of Nova Scotia.
So bad are the recent numbers that Saskatchewan is now creeping up on other jurisdictions that were hammered by COVID-19 in the early going.
After avoiding the high death counts suffered in Quebec and Manitoba where the first and second waves ravaged nursing homes, Saskatchewan is now fifth among provinces in the per capita death rate at 63 per 100,000 people behind Alberta (64 per 100,000) and Ontario 66 per 100,000. The national rate is 74 per 100,000 driven by those high early numbers in Quebec (133/100,000) and Manitoba (88/100,000).
Yes, we all can hope that things will soon turn around.
The problem, however, is the numbers suggest that this won’t happen for a while.
Recent record Saskatchewan hospitalizations and ICU admissions (the full complement of 79 ICU beds in the province were filled with COVID-19 patients as of the writing of this column) will, sadly, produce result in more deaths.
Moreover, those people now hospitalized or now recovering fromCOVID-19 may suffer long-term effects of the novel
coronavirus even after they do recover.
And those who are also suffering in this province will also include those now missing surgeries, organ transplants and treatments and therapies because an overwhelmed hospital system simply can’t deal with them and the number of pandemic patients coming in for longer hospital stays.
Unlike in the first, second and third waves, the fourth wave has turned COVID-19 into something other than a disease that quickly killed the
aged and those with health issues. While those 80 years and older still account for 45 per cent of all Saskatchewan COVID-19 death, that is now significantly less than the nation average (around 66 per cent).
In short, the fourth wave has hit harder and hit younger people harder. And, tragically, this was likely avoidable.
While July only saw 10 deaths, the rate tripled to 29 in August and triple again to 97 in September.
This was during the summer when warmer weather — including an unseasonable warm September and October — slowed down transmission.
But it was policy decisions that really account for these numbers.
As we marked Thanksgiving Day Monday last week with record hospitalizations and filled ICU beds, the day also marked three months since the July 11th “re-opening of Saskatchewan” in which the
province ended all masking, social distancing and public gathering restrictions.
The planned announced in May seemed wildly popular — especially given that it meant the summer would see full attendance at Roughrider games and some sense of normalcy.
By early July, Moe was off to attend the Calgary Stampede with Alberta Premier Jason Kenney who congratulated his Saskatchewan counterpart on his early re-opening.
Well, in the three months since then, Saskatchewan has experienced 32 per cent of all its COVID-19 cases and 31 per cent of all its deaths.
Meanwhile, the October Angus Reid poll shows Kenney’s popularity has plummeted to a mere 22 per cent in Alberta and Moe’s popularity is now at an all-time low for a Saskatchewan Party premier at 43 per cent.
It appears choices made by Moe’s government are catching up with him.
DOUGLAS SCHUH
September 8, 1927 - Eatonia, Saskatchewan
October 10, 2021 - Calgary, Alberta
It is with sad hearts that we announce the passing of John Schuh of Calgary, AB at the Foothills Medical Centre on Sunday, October 10, 2021 at the age of 94 years.
Jack was born in Eatonia, SK on September 8, 1927 and grew up on the family farm south of La Porte. As a young man he was very adventurous, fixing and riding old military motorcycles and old cars. He later became interested in flying and in the late forties, he traded a car for an airplane, “Rudolph”, and became a “Flying Farmer”. He joined the Saskatchewan Flying Farmers in the early fifties and started a long passion for aviation that influenced many people to follow in his footsteps. When he
wasn’t farming or flying, he ran a distributing business in Saskatoon and a coin laundry in Drumheller. Jack met the love of his life Patricia at a church dance in Calgary and was swept away. They were married on November 21, 1953 and pulled a travel trailer behind a 1952 Chevrolet to Florida for their honeymoon. Jack was a member of the Eatonia’s Lion’s Club an original member of the Calgary Winter Club where he enjoyed curling and many other activities with his family. Jack had a passion for eating and love family get-togethers for the big meals and ice cream. He was very creative when it came to cooking breakfast omelettes! In recent years, health issues took away his mobility but he kept his wits and appetite until the final days. Of all of Jack’s accomplishments he was most proud of his family, and he deeply cared about their lives. He will always be remembered for his storytelling and will be greatly miss by all his family and friends.
Jack is lovingly remembered by his wife of 68 years Patricia, his five children, Bob (Cathy), Mike, Tim (Yvette), Julie (Dave), and Tricia (Mack); nine grandchildren, Chris, Danny, Travis, Lindsay, Kelsey, Breanne, Lara, Cassidy, and Jackson; and two step-grandchildren Colton, Amelia and Corey. Jack was predeceased by his parents, Rhine and Ella; and sister Jeanette.
Funeral Services will be held at McINNIS & HOLLOWAY (Chapel Of The Bells, 2720 Centre Street North, Calgary, AB), on Saturday, October 16, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. A Private Graveside Service to follow. Those attending will be asked to confirm one of the follow-
Public notice is hereby given that the Council of the Town of Eatonia intends to adopt a bylaw under The Planning and Development Act, 2007 to amend Bylaw No. 5/16, known as the Zoning Bylaw.
INTENT
The proposed Zoning Bylaw amendment will:
• Provide for a reduced minimum rear yard site requirement for accessory buildings existing prior to July 30th, 2017
• Rezone proposed Lot 12, Block 19 from partially IND – Industrial District and partially R1 – Residential Single Dwelling District to IND – Industrial District
• Rezone proposed Lots 13 – 17, Block 19 from partially IND – Industrial District and partially R1 – Residential Single Dwelling District to R1 – Residential Single Dwelling District
REASON
• To accommodate accessory buildings that existed prior to the passing of the Zoning Bylaw.
• To facilitate zoning bylaw compliance in an existing subdivision.
PUBLIC INSPECTION
Any person may inspect the bylaws at the Town Office, located at 202 Main Street, Eatonia, SK between the hours of 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. on Monday to Friday, excluding statutory holidays. Copies of the bylaws are available at the Town Office at a cost.
PUBLIC HEARING
Council will hold a public hearing in conjunction with their regular meeting at 7:00 p.m. on November 9, 2021 at the Town of Eatonia Council Chambers – 202 Main Street, Eatonia, SK to hear any person or group who wishes to comment on the proposed bylaws. Council will also consider written comments received at
ing, (A) COVID vaccination (date requested), OR (B) a negative COVID test (within 72 hours), OR (C) Medical exemption AND valid government identification (with name & date of birth) OR (D) Under 12 years of age. Family and friends who are unable to attend in person are invited to join John’s service streamed live on the day of the service. Condolences, memories and photos may be shared and viewed at https:// mhfh.com/tribute/details/34300/ John-Schuh/obituary.html
If friends so desire, memorial trib-
utes may be made in Jack’s name directly to the Mount Royal Aviation Scholarship Fund, www.mru.ca/JackSchuh.
The family would like to thank the staff on unit 42 at the Foothills Medical Centre for their care and compassion in making his last days comfortable. In living memory of Jack Schuh, a tree will be planted in the Ann & Sandy Cross Conservation Area by McINNIS & HOLLOWAY FUNERAL HOMES, Chapel of the Bells, 2720 CENTRE STREET NORTH, CALGARY, AB T2E 2V6, Telephone: 403-243-8200.
By Mallory Cawthra
If you’re looking for an adventure on a clear day, look no further than Checkerboard Hill. Located approximately 17 km northwest of Leader, Saskatchewan, views of the South Saskatchewan River Valley are worth the drive/hike. Checkerboard Hill culminates at a “dead-end” on Checkerboard Hill Road, complete with a checkered dead-end sign (possible name inspiration?). The cliff’s edge is enclosed with cattle fencing, and you’ll notice multiple sign boards on posts, providing historical information related to the surrounding area.
The view includes the South Saskatchewan River Valley, coulee in the hills where hunters used to drive buffalo, Bull’s Forehead (a river bend), and Red River cart tracks that are still visible on the North side of the river (as per the signage). The site should be visited in the Summer or Fall, to truly appreciate the unobstructed, breathtaking view.
One of the signs reads: “In 18701880, many Metis lived near the South Saskatchewan river. They carted furs on the Fort-Walsh-Battleford Trail and later on the Swift Current-Edmonton Trail”. The sign further explains that the Metis left the area with the introduction of the railway and the disappearance of the buffalo, which was an integral part of
their livelihood.
Another sign describes how in 1914, W.T. “Horseshoe” Smith built the largest barn in North America, but it was taken over by a Trust company and dismantled in 1921. There is a replica of the barn on the original foundation: four miles west and six miles north of Leader - unfortunately the Smith Barn site is currently closed. Further reading revealed that from 1907-1911, there used to be a two-man Royal North West Mounted Police detachment called “Montgomery Landing Detachment,” near the South Saskatchewan River crossing.
It should be mentioned that there is a yellow sign at Checkerboard Hill that forewarns of rattlesnakes in the area. A sign board states that the prairie rattlesnake is a threatened species in Saskatchewan; the surrounding area is a natural habitat of the rattlesnake and human disturbance and habitat destruction threaten their existence. It can be surmised that they are unlikely to frequent the area when humans are nearby, but if you hear a rattle, be alert! In short, Checkerboard Hill is a must see while touring Southwest Saskatchewan, and worth going back if you’ve been before!
By Joan Janzen
You can tell Halloween is just around the corner when you walk by the home of Roxanne Atkinson and family on 2nd Avenue East in Kindersley. There you will find a spooky playground scene displayed on the Atkinson front lawn.
According to Roxanne, her family has been decorating their yard for the Halloween festivities since they moved here in 2010. “Every year, myself, my husband and three kids all make our own little designs. Then we have a family meeting where we go through them all and pick our favourite ones,” Roxanne explained. “This year, we chose my daughter Brooke’s idea.”
The family comes up with a new idea every year, with each family member contributing their skills and talent to their endeavours. “We build and make our own stuff. Most of the dolls are made of pipe and
stuffed with pillows. My husband built all the playground equipment out of scrap wood, and we kept going to the Salvation Army and picking up things,” Roxanne said.
The planning, selecting and building all take a considerable amount of time and effort, so they usually start the process in August. “It’s a family activity,” Roxanne noted. The kids all help make things, and help their dad build the various pieces, and then paint them.”
“We try to decorate the first weekend in October and then take it down the weekend after Halloween,” said Roxanne. “Everybody usually loves it, and people tell us about their favourite ones.”
Roxanne said lots of people stop by to have a look, and others say their kids insist their parents drive by throughout the month so they can see it. “After all,” Roxanne concluded, “That’s why we do it.”
One of the two most successful teams in Major League Baseball this season will have a longer winter than they may have been expecting.
San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers met in a National League ‘semi-final’ (a divisional playoff series) after racking up the two highest win totals over the 162-game regular season.
The two strongest teams in baseball meeting so early in the playoffs seems unfair, but they could never meet for the World Series championship, so it’s best they got it over with early.
This, however, is Djokovic-Federer in the first round of Wimbledon; or the Stanley Cup on the line in an October game. It’s just so wrong.
The pre-season favourite Dodgers lived up to their April hype by winning 106 games, even without the services for more than half the season of one of their ace pitchers, Trevor Bauer, who got mixed up in a messy legal situation involving domestic abuse.
The Giants, meanwhile, were the big surprise of 2021, winning 107 games after most pre-season ‘experts’ gave them virtually no chance of contend-
ing. One prognosticator with apparent inside information pegged them as the 26th-best team (out of 30) going into regular-season action.
The way the playoff system unfolded, the Dodgers and Giants wound up meeting each other in the first round (after the one-game wild-card contest), while two lesser-ranked teams, Milwaukee Brewers (95 wins) and Atlanta Braves (88 wins) met in the other divisional matchup.
On paper, the Dodgers were the better team, with more bigname pitchers, more multi-million-dollar free agents and trade acquisitions, and an aura of recent success (eight consecutive first-place finishes in the NL West). San Francisco, meanwhile, boasted a rag-tag unit of aging players, a pitching rotation put together from a relative scrapheap, and an ability to get the big hit at the right time. A team winning 107 out of 162 games can’t do it all by luck, and manager Gabe Kapler, who lost more than he won during his two-year managerial stint in Philadelphia, was suddenly Casey Stengel/ John McGraw reincarnated.
The Dodgers are the big cor-
poration, with a glitzy board of directors and tens of millions in earnings; the Giants are the corner-store operation with Ma and Pa in charge. Joe and Mary Baseball Fan were no doubt cheering for the Giants to carry on with their fairy tale season.
• Headline at theonion.com: “Injured Jaguar Praying It’s Season Ending”
• Roberto Castro, on Twitter: “If you wake up today and your job feels impossible, just remember there is a team of people selling Jacksonville Jaguars tickets, suites, and hospitality packages.”
• Bob Molinaro of pilotonline.com (Hampton, Va.): “The White Sox vs. Astros series had 77-year-old Tony La Russa matching managerial wits with
72-year-old Dusty Baker. Could be the storyline of the next Clint Eastwood movie.”
• Greg Cote of the Miami Herald, in a column defending second-year QB Tua Tagovailoa and trying to tone down fans’ unrest: “Tagovailoa’s apparent crime, if I understand it correctly, is that he is not Justin Herbert.”
• Comedy writer Brad Dickson of Omaha: “Nebraska 21-Northwestern 0 (first quarter score, 56-7 final). This is what happens when the Huskers play a team where the players actually have to go to class.”
• Columnist Norman Chad, on Twitter: “Texans QB Davis Mills, at the half, is 1 of 7, 3 yards, 2 INT. He has a passer rating of 0.0, last achieved by Napoleon when he invaded Russia.”
• Columnist Mark Cannizzaro of the New York Post, on Jacksonville coach Urban Meyer in the wake of a viral video showing the coach and a young woman dancing provocatively: “Right now, it appears Urban Meyer has about as much credibility inside the Jaguars’ locker room as Oscar Mayer.”
• Dwight Perry of the Seattle Times: “Mick Jagger, in
Charlotte, N.C., for a Rolling Stones concert, dropped into a small bar for a drink the night before and nobody recognized who he was. ‘Why couldn’t that have been me?,’ asked Jags coach Urban Meyer.”
• RJ Currie of sportsdeke. com: “Reuters reported a hunter aiming at a moose accidentally shot a senior in a distant house. I’m surprised the NY Jets let Zach Wilson go hunting.”
• Currie again: “Three signs your NFL squad is having a bad season: 3. Mom sells her season tickets — before your first game; 2. Fans petition the Commissioner to play all home games in London; 1. The gift shop’s bags come with eyeholes.”
• Steve Simmons of Sun Media: “The Tampa Bay Rays remind me of high school chemistry: I can watch the experiments, I just can’t explain them.”
• Another one from Simmons: “There is no doubt about this: This is the worst season in Edmonton Elks history.”
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We salute those who fought for our freedom so we may live in peace. This special edition of Your West Central Voice is dedicated to the men and women from our region that so bravely served our country. Some of them paid the supreme sacrifice. They were more than soldiers, they were sons and daughters, husbands and fathers. They came from towns and hamlets that are no longer. We can never begin to repay them, but we can remember them, every ONE of them.
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The SJHL Showcase left the Kindersley Klippers roster bumped and bruised.
Seven of their players were unavailable over the weekend due to injury and one suspension, leading to two losses to the Flin Flon Bombers.
Goalie Brett Sweet and the Klippers may have defeated the Bombers on October 5, but this weekend saw them get blanked during the first weekend tilt 4-0.
“In the showcase last week, it was my first win in the SJHL. Things didn’t go as well on Friday. We had a couple tough bounces that resulted in goals and some mental errors,” said Sweet.
“We played a strong game, and we were all over them in the first period. But as the game went on, Flin Flon ganged up on us. They don’t let off the gas as a team.”
He says their tenacity makes the Bombers a difficult team to play against.
“They finish every check and don’t give up. It’s the way they’re coached, and even if they’re ahead on the score board, they keep going,” he said.
“They make you fight the entire game. It’s hard to play against them physically and mentally.”
Matthew Mazzochi was suspended for his hit from behind, and players Jaxon Georget, Austin Lamotte, Ethan King, Ryan Jessey, Hunter Larocque, and Ethan
Mack were all out.
“We had a lot of injuries on the weekend, and we had to actually move a D-man to play forward,” said Sweet.
It was special teams that Sweet said needed more work, an issue that has plagued the Klippers early in the season.
“We need to stay out of the box. We keep taking offensive zone penalties we don’t need to take,” said Sweet.
He himself had a Delay Of Game penalty on Friday, which was incurred after he went behind his net to grab his stick, but the puck came back into the Klippers zone. Facing two attacking Flin Flon players, he covered the puck behind the net, leading to a whistle.
“You can’t do that and I understood that. When I talk about us staying out of the box, I’m part of that group,” he said.
Assistant Coach Mitch Topinka says the missing players was a huge factor in the outcome on the weekend.
“It wasn’t an ideal situation, but that’s adversity that we’re going to have to deal with. There are some hurt shoulders and concussion issues,” he said.
“The guys haven’t played in a year. They aren’t used to this kind of contact. If you don’t have a few injuries, you’re not playing hard or tough enough.”
Topinka said if they had their full lineup, he feels they wouldn’t have been outscored like that.
“We wanted those four points, or a chance to split points. I don’t think the outcomes from the weekend would have happened that way,” he said.
“We have some big games coming up, and our record is 3-6. We aren’t that hockey team, and we need to pick it up,” he said.
Centre Noah Lindsay has recorded six points in nine games this season, and said it was a tough weekend. But he sees a bright chance.
“It gives other guys an opportunity to fill roles they necessarily wouldn’t be in with a healthy roster. They can prove themselves,” he said.
“We need to focus on consistency, and with a lot of young guys in the line-up, we have to come prepared to play 60 minutes. Even though the weekend was tough, it was a confidence booster too because there were periods where we controlled play. Everybody’s excited for the guys to get back.”
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63 Banister end post
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67 Evening in Paris
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69 Utter, in the Bible
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It is with broken hearts that we announce the death of Elden James Croshaw on October 8, 2021 at the Cypress Hills Hospital in Swift Current. Elden left behind the love of his life, Marj (Dezort) of 60 years, his brother Cliff, his daughter Verna (Perry) Robinson, and sons Barry (Arlette) and Rick. He also left behind 5 granddaughters –Nicki, Lori (Kyle), Tara, Maddison (Jerad), and Riley; 1 grandson – Dillon (Kelsey) and 5 great grandchildren – Tucker, Freddie, Jacoby, Eva and Robi along with several
nieces and nephews. Elden was predeceased by his brother Ken. Elden was born in Pierceland and moved to Eston with his family at the age of 4 in 1943 and spent the rest of his life in a community that he loved and devoted his life to. Elden attended Kelsey Institute of Technology where he earned his Mechanic Diploma and eventually getting his Journeyman papers. After his studies in Kelsey, he held down several different jobs and during this time he met that woman that he would spend his entire life loving – Marj. Mom and Dad were married on April 1, 1961 and spent the next 60 years in wedded bliss. Elden started working for the Town of Eston in 1959 and become Foreman in 1966 where he worked endless hours until his retirement in 2001. Dad took tremendous pride in his work at the town and held those same proud feelings toward the community of
HEIT, Eugene December. 3, 1939 – September 30, 2021
Eugene Anthony Heit, beloved husband of Audrey Heit of Kindersley, passed away at Heritage Manor at the age of 81 years. He was the loving father to Miles (Debbie) of Medicine Hat, AB and Kevin (Joanne) of Saskatoon, SK. He will also be dearly missed by 3 grandchildren; brothers, Ray (Janice), Martin (Mona) and Don; sisters, Agnes (Larry) McGarth, Doreen Kopp and Denise Schmidt; as well as numerous nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his parents; and 2 brothers-in-law. Eugene, born in Tramping Lake, was raised on a farm outside of Tramping Lake. He then moved to Kindersley where he started working for the
Eston and its residents. When Dad was not at work he spent countless hours as a coach for Rick and Barry’s baseball and hockey teams; as one of the board members at the Eston Riverside Park (in later years he was known as the Pool Boy) helping with the completion of the AGT Community Center by volunteering hundreds of hours painting, pulling electrical wire and building the bleachers during its construction and as a member of The Rambler Hockey Executive. You knew that if Dad got involved in a project you could count on him to see it through properly.
Dad took great interest in all of the endeavours of his children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. He loved to watch them play their various sports and would follow all of us to every corner of the province to support us. Dad was a family man through and through and was a proud father, father-in-law and
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Papa. His best times were always ones surrounded by his family.
Our Mom was the single most important part of Dad’s life. His love for her was a love for the ages – complete devotion and undying love. They were each others foundation and were a shining example of what love should look like.
Despite his health struggles in these last years, he was still quick with a joke and an attempt to get a smile out of everyone around him. Dad was our electrician, plumber, mechanic, carpenter, mentor and protector and he will be so clearly missed by all of us.
There was a graveside service on Saturday, October 16 at 11:00 with lunch following at the Wheatland Plus 50 Club. Donations in his memory can be made to the AGT Community Center’s “Rock the Foundation” project to restore the ice plant and skating surface.
RM of Kindersley and the RM of Oakdale. After retiring, Eugene enjoyed going for coffee with friends, spending time with his grandchildren and restoring the antique tractors at the Kindersley & District Plains Museum. He was honoured to be nominated as Kindersley Citizen of the Year (2016) and even more honoured to have a building named after him at the Kindersley & District Plains Museum. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, October 23, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. at Hillcrest Funeral Home. Memorial donations may be made directly to the Saskatchewan Cancer Agency or to the Kindersley & District Plains Museum. To view the livestream of the funeral and to leave condolences, please visit www.hillcrestmemorial.
Pat Kosolofski passed away at the age of 67 on Saturday September 25, 2021. He is survived by his wife of 39 years Gwen, his children Kyla and Eric, his four grandchildren Vanessa, Rylan, Dayson and Kaiden, his brother Randy (Joanne) as well as his uncle, aunts, sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law and his many cousins, nieces and nephews. Pat was predeceased by his mother Rose, father Peter and sister Linda. Pat was born December 24, 1953 at Prelate, Saskatchewan. He moved with his family to Kindersley in 1969. Pat met his wife Gwen in Kindersley and they married May 21, 1982. He tried his hand at many jobs through the years; he worked at Department of Highways, Wyman’s, Galbraith Powerline, Reg’s Autobody, owner of Scorpion Koatings and was a bus
driver for the school division. For several years Pat was involved with the Kindersley Minor Sports hockey board and the men’s night golf committee. His interests and hobbies included hunting, fishing, riding and building motorcycles, golfing, watching the local hockey games and making sausage and beef jerky. Summers were spent at the lake, the river or a road trip on his Harley to Sturgis. A Celebration of Life was held September 30, 2021 at Norman Ritchie Community Centre. Interment was in Kindersley Cemetery.
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At this really sad time, we would like to thank our sisters, brothers, their families, friends, Laurie and Sandie, coworkers and neighbours. We could not have gone through Pat’s passing without you. You will always be in our hearts. Also to the Leader Hospital staff and ambulance, Kindersley Funeral Home, everyone for the food, flowers, gift cards, donations and well wishes. We are so ever grateful. - Gwen, Kyla, Eric; Grandchildren Vanessa, Rylan, Dayson, Kaiden; Randy and Joanne
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SASKATOON, PRINCE ALBERT – In early September, the provincial government made a string of announcements regarding forestry resource allocations and, most significantly, the restart of the Prince Albert pulp mill.
The company behind that last announcement is Paper Excellence, and they were a last minute addition to the Saskatchewan Industrial and Mining Suppliers Association (SIMSA) Energy Forum on Oct. 6.
What does a forestry company have to do with an energy forum, you might ask? Paper Excellence is going to be generating its own power, and feeding the surplus to the grid.
Carlo Del Monte of Paper Excellence spoke to the conference via Microsoft Teams, as the conference had to move online due to issues regarding the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
“Paper Excellence is actually a relatively young company. We have locations primarily in Canada, however we do have mills in France and Brazil as well,” Del Monte said.
“We have seven manufacturing facilities in Canada, going from coast to coast. We have 2.8 million tonnes of production and $2.4 billion in annual sales.
“Most of our production is in what we call ‘market pulp.’ To this is our feedstock. That’s what is used in the production of printing paper, tissue towel and board.
“The elevator pitch for our product is northern wood fibers are quite a strong wood fiber, and paper makers around the world will use that and blend it with lower-cost hardwood fibers, to create their products. Really, what we’re selling is a renewable reinforcing product.
He continued, “In addition, we do also produce printing and packaging and specialty papers, primarily in our mills in British Columbia. Our headquarters are in Richmond, B.C.”
He said they contribute $3.7 billion to the Canadian economy per year. It’s a company that has grown primarily by acquisition.
In Saskatchewan, they have the mill at Meadow Lake which produces mechanical pulp, with 190 full-time employees and $400 million in economic contribution.
“I think one of the things we’re very proud of is the unique partnership with the
Meadow Lake Tribal Council and Mystic Management on the fiber supply, and the wood going into the mill, with very strong Indigenous partnership and management.”
Residual business
“The pulp business is effectively a residual business, in that the highest and best use for harvested wood is dimensional lumber.
That creates the highest value. It sequesters carbon for the longest time. However, when you take a tree and mill it, you get about 50 per cent of that volume as dimensional lumber, and the rest of it is chips. So we take those chips and turn them into pulp, which can go into products. In addition, during harvesting, there are a number of trees a sawmiller can’t do anything with, be it due to rot, or shape or size or what have you. And we will also chip those whole.”
He said an integrated forest economy needs both milling and pulp production, and they’re very symbiotic.
As for the mill at Prince Albert, he said it started up in 1968, and then in 1981, was taken over by the Government of Saskatchewan. Weyerhauser came in in 1986 and purchased the mill, built and started up the paper machine a few years later. In 1992, Meadow Lake mechanical pulp started up. Then in 2006, the Prince Albert mill shut down. Domtar entered the scene in 2007 and purchased the mill, but it remained down. “Paper Excellence came in and purchased the Prince Albert mill, and really, the plan at that time was to make dissolving pulp,” Del Monte said.
That’s more of a chemical feedstock, and goes into the production of rayon, as opposed to paper. But in 2014, China imposed duties on the importation of that product from Canada. “And that basically killed the project,” Del Monte said.
In 2021, a non-compete clause on the production of pulp for paper grades expired. “We confirmed our fiber allocation
from the Government of Saskatchewan, and so now we can continue our engineering work,” he said. “Right now, we’re looking at our next phase. Our next major milestone is securing our environmental permits, and we are in discussions with the Ministry of Environment.”
He said their commitment to government is to start construction by the second quarter of 2022, with a goal of making saleable pulp by the end of 2023.
The company is looking at 220 to 250 direct mill jobs at the site. “But the real big employment is really the indirect, and induced, employment,” Del Monte said, “And a lot of that really comes from the fiber supply, both in terms of harvesting and trucking.”
Partnerships and suppliers
“What we’ve learned, as an industry, is our business relies on being on the landbase, and therefore, Indigenous partnerships are critical to our success.”
When the mills is operating they’re going to need key inputs like commodity chemicals. They use a lot of oxygen, for instance.
Other chemicals are used for bleaching the pulp. Another process is caustic. They use sodium hydroxide, chlorine dioxide, lime rock and quick lime, all material that’s trucked or railed in.
Specialty chemicals are brought in on totes.
Del Monte said, “In terms of energy, we burn natural gas in our kiln, and maybe some propane for igniters and such. On the electricity side, our design will be a net exporter of electricity. So we will be generating more electricity than we will consume at the plant.
“The overall load will be in the order of 30 to 35 megawatts, and we will produce on the order of 50 to 60 megawatts, basically through the incineration of biomass on the site and then through steam turbines. Some of that steam will get extracted for processes. He noted on the maintenance services side, they will run pressure vessels, and boilers, so they will need boiler inspection and repairs. Non-destructive testing will also be required. The lime kilns require brick and refractory work.
There will be a need for heavy duty equipment at the yard. Electric motor rebuilds will be common, as will the need for vacuum truck and high-pressure cleaning. It will be a 24/7 operation, with a planned outage usually in April, during breakup.
Brian Zinchuk is editor and owner of Pipeline Online and can be reached at brian. zinchuk@pipelineonline.ca
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