Kindersley Fly-in breakfast is coming soon
The Kindersley Flying Club is bringing back their ever-popular fly-in breakfast, which will take place at the Kindersley Regional Airport on Sunday, September 19, from 9:00 to 11:30 a.m. The Saskatchewan Aviation Museum will also be bringing their WWII-era Tiger Moth plane for demo flights and will also offer rides.
Traditionally, the fly-in breakfast is held during Goose Festival weekend; however, chairman of the Kindersley Flying Club, Monte Sheppard, explained that they had planned the event before they knew that Goose Festival was going ahead in the last weekend of September.
The breakfast coincides with the Flatlanders Speedway racing weekend. Since Sunday’s races don’t start until shortly after noon, the fly-in breakfast will be a welcome addition as a community event. The Kindersley Air Cadets squadron is in charge of cooking the breakfast, which will serve as a fundraiser.
the museum for conducting classes.
Danit explained that the squadron just found out they can start up again and hold their registration on September 16. She guessed there would be fourteen students returning, but they do have room for more. “We cover the general area around Kindersley, including Kerrobert, Coleville, Eatonia and Alsask,” Danit explained, and they’re hoping to participate in this year’s Goose Festival parade.
Most people are aware that Air Cadets assists students in obtaining their pilot’s licence, but it offers much more. “Members can do survival, marksmanship, or a music program,”
Danit said. “We have an interest for just about everybody; it’s not all about flying. There’s class time and hands-on stuff as well.” Air Cadets meet at the Kindersley museum Thursday evenings.
event at Kindersley will preserve Saskatchewan’s rich aviation history and help generate interest in flying. JOAN
also possibly looking at bringing a North American Harvard Mk. IV, from the WWII era,” Monte said.
Commanding Officer Danit Vass said their parent committee will be taking charge of the breakfast, and some of the officers will be helping out. Funds raised will go towards paying for extended costs such as storage space and rental space at
Sheppard, who also helps out with the Kindersley Air Cadets, explained that the mandate of the Kindersley Flying Club is to promote and generate interest in aviation. “We’re hoping to stir some interest in some potential pilots,” he said.
The Flying Club hopes the WWII-era DH82 Tiger Moth will pique some interest in flying for people in our community. “The Aviation Museum is
The Tiger Moth was the plane used to train most fighter pilots for Canada and bomber pilots in WWII. More than 3,000 Tiger Moths were built back in the day, but only a few remain, many of which are not operational.
Now a handful of pilots at the Saskatchewan Aviation Museum have learned how to fly this biplane and can offer rides to the public. A ride in this plane allows the passenger to feel the wind in their face from the open-air cockpit and
experience flight as it was in the WWII era, as they enjoy a short tour of the town.
Many Allied pilots were sent to bases across Canada to learn how to fly, including RCAF Station Saskatoon, now known as Diefenbaker Airport. And today, pilots are still learning how to operate the old controls to earn the interest of the public and keep that part of history alive. Any funds generated go towards maintaining the planes and keeping them in operation.
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Eston senior attributes her good health to keeping active
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Shelagh Vance is a regular and familiar face in the community of Eston, having lived in her home there since 1963. However, Shelagh’s very active lifestyle at the age of 94 is very uncommon and quite extraordinary.
“I have a grass cutting service I’ve been doing for the last seven years. I cut people’s lawns and cut grass at a couple of acreages. I’ve got my own tractors ... three tractors and a garden rototiller,” Shelagh explained nonchalantly as if this was a commonplace activity for someone her age. “This is the first year I haven’t had a garden; I was too busy with too many other things.”
This senior citizen is also employed locally.
“I’m still employed by Sarcan; I do their month end books,” she said.
The Sarcan depot in Eston opened in 1989, and Shelagh started her employment with the company the following year. She said she used to paint the exterior of houses and farm buildings, an activity which she “truly loved.”
“I connected with Communities In Bloom and been with them for about twenty-one years. I just keep busy,” Shelagh
said, stating the obvious.
Shelagh’s Scottish accent lingers on from her formative years spent in Scotland with her family during the World War II era. She had just turned twelve years old when the war started. It wasn’t long before her school was evacuated, and Shelagh was sent to a small village, where she lived with strangers. All the students were separated from their families.
Her school had been evacuated because it was too close to the dockyards, which were often bombed. The school was then turned into a firstaid post.
“I didn’t see my parents for four years,” she explained. “We didn’t have electricity or a phone.” Her parents were told where Shelagh was living but were unable to see her. “My mother was a nurse, and my father was a first aid warden, making sure people had their blinds drawn properly. Even if you struck a match, the planes could see it from the sky. We were so badly bombed that we didn’t have any glass remaining in our house.” Finally, after four years, her father managed to acquire sufficient funds to bring Shelagh back home.
After completing
her education, Shelagh worked as a lab tech in Scotland for approximately eight years. But her life would soon change.
“I had a brother in the Air Force, and he was in Canada training fighter pilots in Moose Jaw,” Shelagh said. “He married a Canadian, and when the war was over, he came home for a while. He didn’t like the weather in Scotland and made my dad promised he would come and visit in Canada when his dad retired.”
Just as he had promised, Shelagh’s dad took his family to Canada for a visit. “We came here as visitors, but I liked it so much I never went back to Scotland,” she said. Shelagh was 30 years old when she moved to Canada in 1957.
Once in Canada, she realized how damp, foggy and misty it was in Scotland, where an umbrella was “your best friend,” and your clothes were always damp. “I didn’t realize it until I came to Canada, and it was so warm, and the sun was so bright. It was like stepping out of a door into magic!” Shelagh said. In time, she even got used to Canadian winters. “As long as you’ve got a cozy house, you’re OK.”
Kindersley RCMP focus on school zones
As Wednesday marks the beginning of the school year Kindersley RCMP would like to remind drivers to be mindful of the school zones in their communities. ‘The start of the school year is always a busy and exciting time, as part of the start-up process we like to get the message out to drivers to start thinking about driving safely in school zones.’ stated Staff Sergeant Kevin Peterson. ‘You will notice an increased presence by our officers in school zones to monitor speeds and stopping for pedestrians over the next month and throughout the school year’ Peterson went on to say. Kindersley RCMP were kept busy over the last week with investigating two fatal vehicle collisions as well as one fatal house fire all in the span of one
day. All three files remain under investigation.
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.
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Her parents soon immigrated to Canada as well, and they all lived in Saskatoon. At Saskatoon, Shelagh was employed at the University of Saskatoon in the Department of Bacteriology, where she worked for seven years.
However, Shelagh preferred small-town living, so when a job as a laboratory tech in Eston came up, Shelagh applied and moved to Eston, where she said it was “a lot more friendly and more to her liking”. She worked at the community clinic for three years.
In Eston, Shelagh enjoyed curling in all the small towns in the area. “I’ve had a good life,” she said. “I’m maybe not as fast as I used to be, but the nurse comes once a month, and I get a B12 shot. So far, I’m healthy and in good shape.”
Shelagh said she has people who are “big treasures” in her life and attributes her good health to keeping active. “You’ve got to keep going; that’s the secret. You can’t sit down and moan about it,” she concluded. “I’m active, even in the wintertime.”
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Aparent’s survival tip was to always remind her son to stuff hotdogs in his back pockets whenever he went snowboarding, so the rescue dogs would find him first.
All the world wished they had helpful survival tips to offer as they watched the chaos in Afghanistan unfold, keeping track of the number of rescues taking place. Throughout it all, there’s been private organizations that have reached
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out to help, one of which is the Nazarene Fund, a non-profit organization.
Glenn Beck, a national radio host, said there’s been an amazing response from the international community, who have offered to take people in. Although Zimbabwe is a struggling country, it has offered to help out in this way by taking 1000 people. Other groups are urging citizens to seek refuge in Pakistan and other countries.
Beck made a call for people to help the Naz-
arene Fund by raising funds, and the call received an amazing response. The listening audience donated over $22 million in just three days, to fund the evacuation of Afghan refugees. Not much later that amount had increased to $28.6 million. This was achieved without the assistance of the mainstream media.
It didn’t take long for Beck and the Nazarene Fund to line up twenty 757’s, which were ready to go. As of Friday, August 27th, they had res-
cued 5200 people.
David Barton (who helps run Nazarene Fund) reported on the ground in the Middle East as part of the rescue operation. Transportation for himself and Glen Beck had been generously provided by donors.
“Because we were on the ground we made some instant decisions that made a difference, which enabled several thousand people to be rescued,” Barton explained.
with, want to help but are very nervous. “It’s a battle of good versus evil,” Beck said, as he described their efforts to rescue Afghan Christians.
David Barton said, “There are thousands of people outside the gate. I will emphasize this is not because of the lack of America’s military capability. We could go outside the gate and take care of this and clear this in a heart beat. This is an administration decision. This really is an administration created crisis; it’s not a military crisis. Military could end this at any point in time. We would like to get a lot more people out, but the state department has shut that down.”
“We’ve been able to arrange special countries to receive at least 4100 people. The State department has blocked us all along the way. Several times we had planes take off that they grounded. Yesterday we had a plane going into Macedonia. They called ahead and told Macedonia not to take that plane even though they had cleared the plane for take off. By being on the ground we’ve been able to find other countries to take these people. We’re not telling who these countries are because we don’t want the state department shutting them down.”
The state department has not explained why they are calling ahead to places and telling countries not to accept planes. However, Beck said, “We are America, not our government. When they can’t do it, private citizens step up to the plate.”
Glen Beck added that some of the countries, which the organization has previously worked
Everything has been a battle concerning this rescue mission, Glen Beck noted. Someone said this is an important event in world history, and they want to make a difference, and hope to rescue 7,000 people.
A Washington-based lobbyist, Robert Stryk said the Brits and South Africans have also been heroic in rescuing citizens, pledging their time, money, and sometimes even their lives for the cause. Many of these private sector teams, while busy organizing flights, say the US government is blocking their efforts
David Barton said this is a huge transition for these people. “They are taking a bag of their belongings, sometimes no belongings at all, getting on a plane, don’t know where they’re going or how they’re going to live. They’re just getting out of Kabul. They’re stepping into a culture and life they can’t even imagine. This is the most traumatic upheaval anyone can experience in their life. They’re leaving a lot behind and they need a lot of prayer.”
Seven years ago, I decided I’d start my life over as a monastic. I was exhausted from life. I’d had a good run as both a radio writer-broadcaster, and as a half-decent girlfriend, I told myself. Now was the time for me to turn to my great love – writing.
The owners of Val Marie’s Convent Inn granted me a writer residency, complete with the former Mother Superior’s basement cell as my sleeping quarters. And so began my life as a kind of feral nun, living in solitary communion with Nature and the Divine. I would apply myself to the page, living undistracted as a monk in this Dark Sky Preserve gateway to Grasslands National Park, where the deer and the antelope still roam and play, and where it is so quiet the acoustic ecologist Gordon Hempton pronounced it the quietest place in North America.
Why a monastic? Well, I knew one had to be alone to write, and one should write at least five hours a day and read for the rest. And I didn’t want the diversions of the city, nor the endless round of errands and duties a family life exacts from married folks. No, I would dedicate myself to writing as not just a chosen employ, but as the vocation I believed it to be.
Writing is hard, it takes intense focus, you have to come up with something completely new and original every day. And you may not see the shape of the thing for several years.
The agony of facing the blank page and settling into the long editorial process makes any diversion secretly welcome.
My friend Avril the other day walked into my apartment after I assured her she wasn’t interrupting me in the midst of a revelatory poetic frenzy.
“Oh dear”, she said, scanning the room. The carpet was vacuumed, the dishes washed, all the pillows on the couch were neatly arranged. “I’m so sorry.” In one glance she could see where I’d been putting my time and energy all morning: housecleaning, not writing. Out here on the Grasslands I don’t get many visitors, so it’s been nice having Avril around to share meals with. In fact, I saw how isolated I’d become.
Long before Covid I’ve been living alone, tap-taping on my computer keys, sometimes with only Chopin for company. But lately, especially on days when I write nothing worth keeping, I feel deeply alienated. Not even the large Mary statue on my coffee table, rescued from the Catholic Church when it closed, can ease my loneliness. Hell, she looks lonely, with her perpetual down-
ward gaze of sympathy for the rest of us.
I thought I wanted to be a desert mother, one of those early mystic women who joined their desert brothers in ascetic prayer and fasting in the days of Jesus (who, some say, was also one of the desert fathers), because my ancestor, Marie Morin, was Canada’s first nun and first published author. She wrote The Annals of Ville Marie (now Montreal), a diary I hold dear to my heart and near to my desk. Marie Morin was a Hospitaller - a nursing nun. Her and her pals started the first hospitals in Canada. And the first schools. Her diary is full of encounters with mostly men: Iroquois, Huron, soldiers, farmers, colonists, governors, intendents, priests, and bishops. In the 1700s Marie Morin and her fellow sisters administered to everyone, equally.
Herd Animal
By Madonna Hamel • madonnahamel@hotmail.com
I know nuns aren’t seen in a good light these days, and for obvious and good reason, but the nursing nuns of New France were a courageous and rebellious lot. They were determined to provide succor to everyone in pain, and if that meant going over the heads of the men who tried to corral them, then so be it. My ancestor’s motto was: “Courage becomes a charm. You become heroic – you grow into it without realizing.” You become heroic by doing, not by thinking about doing, nor by waiting for courage to suddenly present itself. You act yourself into new thinking, new being; you don’t think yourself into it.
And so, I would act by tap-tapping away for hours on end, like all great writers do. I wouldn’t think about all the ways I need everything to be just so before I can write; I would write as is. And when, as happened to me yesterday, after spending $2000 I don’t got on a crown, only to have the whole tooth removed a month later, due to an abscess, I don’t think about how unfair it all is, I perform the courageous act of tap-tapping away on my computer, doubling down on my efforts to pay off the loss.
Still, I have no idea how those monks and nuns did it when the joy of the solitary shifted to the pain of loneliness.
Moe failed to lead this summer
Personally, when catastrophe befalls and fear hounds, I need someone to whine to. And how do people who live in villages do it? “Well, for one thing,” a nun friend explained to me, “monks are not alone. They are surrounded by their brothers. Monks and nuns live in a community, and we work, cook, clean in community. We may not be married, but sometimes”, she confided, “it’s like living with nine spouses!” What you’re thinking of is a hermit, not a monk, she said. And that’s a hard, lonely, unstructured existence.
And as for this village: who’s alone? People are surrounded by mom, dad, grandma, grand-dad, cousins and nieces, nephews, great-grandchildren etc. They have their whole family, around them, or within an hour’s drive! These ranchers know, they too are herd animals.
I’ve come to realize that there’s no point having talent or imagination if you have no one with whom to share the fruits of your labour and give you a chance to develop character through sharing, and other exchanges. Goethe wrote, “talent develops in quiet places”, but we develop “character in the full current of human life.” While the imagination requires solitude; character requires human society.
Whoever said the easy part is winning but the hard part is governing aptly described life in politics.
And one can surely sympathize with the predicament politicians like Premier Scott Moe often find themselves in, like the current one in which they have to appease diametrically opposed sides of COVID-19 issues.
But here’s the thing: There are some issues in which there is no political compromise that will keep each side a little unhappy.
Nor should there be on something like COVID-19 where the right thing is following the science and medicine — even if that means saying and doing things that some aren’t going to much like.
As suggested, getting elected is the easy part — especially in a province where you have an amazing solid base of rural and even city suburban seats and no real credible threat from your nearest political opponent.
Likely, the smart long-term political move for Moe and his government this summer would have been to simply lead.
While it might not have been popular with the less rational who are still refusing to get vaccinated because of something they read on the Internet, it would have been widely popular to most. (Even those who can’t get vaccines for medical reasons might have likely appreciated.)
Moe needed to take a firmer stand this summer. That is what leadership is all about. He needed to be more of a leader this summer and, at times, he clearly wasn’t.
In fairness, it’s not as if Moe or his Saskatchewan Party government didn’t promote getting vaccinated. In fact, they have been rather vigilant vaccine advocates, promoting the positives of vaccines. There really is no denying this.
But there’s also no denying that true leadership required Moe and company to do much,
much more than politely suggest you should be vaccinated. Leadership required them to be unequivocal — to send a no nonsense message that it would socially unacceptable for people to not continue to their part in the fight to stop the fourth wave of COVID-19. They needed to talk consequences — not choice.
This was not the responsibility of the Saskatchewan Roughriders or their landlords at Regina Exhibition Associ-
ation Ltd. (REAL) that’s responsible for Mosaic Stadium, Evraz Place and the Brandt Centre. They really have no meaningful way of enforcing vaccine that — according to what Moe and Health Minister Paul Merriman have kept telling us — are matter of personal choice. Accepting that no level of government could force people to take the vaccines, the province under the province under the authority of the Public Health Act could have imposed restrictions that would have required proof of vaccinations and/or recent negative COVID-19 tests before entering large gatherings.
It was not up to REAL or the ‘Riders to impose such restrictions or perhaps further ones on mask-wearing — especially at indoor events.
Nor should municipalities (towns, and small and large cities) or school boards been solely responsible for imposing vaccine passports or mask use on public transit or in hockey rinks, gyms and schools.
Yet this is exactly what has happened in the absence of provincial government leadership.
That we are consistently registering 250 to 300 COVID-19 cases a day in Saskatchewan with a rising death toll is disturbing. This is happening with three-quarters of the adult population vaccinated — about five per cent more than the generously low goal set for firstdose vaccinations when they became among the first provinces to re-open everything. It isn’t overstating things to suggest things are far more serious for the unvaccinated than they’ve ever been. Sadly, it was preventable with better leadership.
We needed leadership this summer that was adamant and relentless. We needed a government unafraid to follow the advice of its doctors and unafraid of taking a little heat for doing so.
Moe didn’t give us that leadership this summer.
MURRAY MANDRYK Political Columnist
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Goose Festival has always been a team effort
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People in Kindersley and surrounding communities are once again looking forward to the upcoming Goose Festival. This will be the 49th year for this event, which is a testimony to the team effort and community spirit which continues to thrive.
Glen Sitter was the president of the Chamber of Commerce in 1972, and reminisced about the first Goose Festival which took place in 1972 on October 5th, 6th and 7th. In subsequent years, the festival was scheduled for late September because “it was getting too cold, so they moved it to September,” Glen noted. “I was the president
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of the Chamber for one year, which was usually the case years ago. Goose Festival was planned as a promotion for the town, getting people into town, and celebrating harvest.”
Although Glen couldn’t recall who suggested calling the event Goose Festival, he did say goose hunting was very popular back then. “In those days there were a lot of hunters coming up to hunt geese; people from the States came to hunt,” he said. “Pretty big names from the states used to come here. Three of the actors from Bonanza came to hunt - Michael Landon, Pernell Roberts and Dan Blocker. Dan Blocker came up here for years and years to shoot geese. There were other high profile people who came to hunt, but those three came up quite often.”
Ronald D. Johnstone, pastor at the United Church in 1972, was chairman of the program committee of the Chamber of Commerce. In the October issue of The Clarion he said the businesses and organizations got into the spirit of the event and made the festival a success. In fact, twelve businesses in town offered draws for a variety of prizes.
Glen, who owned and operated Sitter’s Transport at the time, was also involved in the festival ever since it first started. “I was quite involved in anything that went on,” he said. “I was also on town council at the time.” After his presidency, Glen was on the board of directors of the Chamber for a number of years.
“At one time, I had eighteen or more cars in the parade and in the car show that was held in the afternoon. I put the tops up on the convertibles sometimes. One year it was so cold you could hardly stand it with a parka on, but it warmed up
in the afternoon.” Glen, who has been a long time car enthusiast and collector, remembers scrambling to find enough drivers to drive the cars he had in the parade. He remembered that the car show was held at various locations throughout the years ... at the mall parking lot, inside the rink, downtown, and out at the dam. “I’m absolutely encouraged that this is still going on. For a lot of years that was one of my favourite things,” Glen said, referring to the parade and car show.
According to details described in the October 18th, 1972 issue of The Clarion, the first ever Goose Festival included numerous activities. The Kindersley Lions hosted a teen dance at the school and served a pancake supper to 200 people. Ninety-eight children participated in a vegetable modelling contest, with creations ranging from Cinderella’s carriage to a hippy potato and a marrow man from Mars.
The Bonnie Blue Bells Pipe Band from Saskatoon played in the parade, at the hospital, nursing home, Sunset Lodge and on the street during Goose Festival. Three hundred and fifty visitors came to view 75 entries in an art display in the town hall, and five hundred people turned out for the Bavarian Festival and dance sponsored by the Klipper Hockey Club and Recreation Association. The Kinsmen passed out 87 turkeys in their carnival and turkey shoot, while the Legion was busy serving almost 900 Gooseburgers throughout the three days of festivities.
In 1972 the Sask. Wildlife Association sponsored a pit digging and camouflage contest. Hunters also weighed in their prize goose for the daily bird contest.
Now here it is 2021, and Glen is still actively involved in the Goose Festival. “This year, the museum will have as many tractors as we have running in the parade, which will probably be seven or eight,” he said. “The Mayor, Rod Perkins and Ken Francis volunteered to drive a tractor in the parade. They always rode in a convertible and now they want to drive a tractor, which is a really good idea.” He also said the guys at the museum spend a lot of time and effort keeping the old tractors at the museum running.
The Goose Festival parade has also been running continuously, except for an interruption in 2020, and another in 2018 when the parade was cancelled when the town woke up to four inches of snow on Saturday morning.
“Overall, Kindersley Goose Festival has been very well received by the town. It started as a team effort and continues to be a team effort,” Glen concluded.
Photo: Recognize this fellow? It’s Glen Sitter, Chamber of Commerce President in 1972, which was the first year of the Kindersley Goose Festival.
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Leader Ministerial hosts successful Vacation Bible School
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There were a lot of kids looking forward to attending Vacation Bible School at Leader, which was hosted by the Leader Ministerial Association. Volunteers from five local churches participated in the VBS, with Cassy Bredeson as the director.
“I think we had 85 registrations,” Cassy said, which is a significant turnout of children. They began celebrating the event every morning beginning on August 23rd right up until August 27th. Children who were old enough to attend play-school were eligible to attend, up to children aged 12 and 13 who served as helpers.
“It was a mixed age group,” Cassy explained. “The older ones just naturally help with the little ones, then it’s a natural progression to help volunteer when they get older.”
This year’s VBS was entitled “Rocky Railway: Jesus power pulls us through!” Cassey said it was a trains in the mountains theme, which included outdoor games, Bible stories, science experiments, snacks, crafts and songs. One of the best parts included fun songs that the kids like to listen to again and again. Cassey has three of her
own children attending the VBS, and she said they always looked forward to going back the following day.
“We go through a company that writes the curriculum and then we gather the materials. This is my fifth year as director. Same volunteers come back every year and they know what they’re doing. I’m guessing we have about 25 teen and adult helpers,” Cassy said, noting they like to involve helpers from all the participating churches.
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Long time 4H leaders emphasize its numerous benefits for kids
JOAN JANZEN joanjanzen@yahoo.com
Two Kindersley district residents have been involved in the Dusty Riders Light Horse 4H Club for many years and offer riding lessons on their farm located at Pinkham, Sask. Dianne and Helmut Lowenburger are familiar faces in this community. They are both retired teachers whose teaching skills are now being utilized in a different format.
4H is one of Canada’s largest youth organizations. Along with local 4H Leader Janet Krogstad, Helmut and Dianne are waiting to see how the year will proceed for the 4H Club. “Janet will be contacting 4H Canada to see if the restrictions have been lifted. If it’s going to be another year like last year, we’ll pause for a year,” Dianne Lowenburger said. “Last year, we were active in a very limited way but did manage to have kids come and ride in groups of three and held one business meeting.”
The local 4H club has eleven students, ranging in age from 6 years to 17 years. Diane said members can be as old as 21, but once students finish high school, they move on to other pursuits. At this point, the club has not yet planned a reorganization meeting.
Helmut and Dianne have been involved with 4H since 1972 and have had a lifelong love of horses. “When Helmut and I got married, we bought horses instead of furniture,” Diane admitted. After Diane retired from teaching, she became more involved in 4H, either as a leader or a project leader, both time-consuming positions.
“There is a lot of groundwork involved before a student begins to ride. Someone walks along with them as they lead the horse, and there is a big emphasis on safety,” Dianne said. She noted the Kindersley club was the first club in the area to make riding helmets and boots mandatory.
Besides their involvement in 4H, the couple has been in the horse business for many years, offering riding lessons on their farm. “We have both an outdoor arena and an indoor arena, so lessons go on during the winter,” she said. They currently have a dozen regular students, children aged nine years and older, and adults. Dianne helps with the riding lessons, but her husband is the primary instructor.
“Helmut has been a very successful coach; he’s very good at his job,” Diane said. “Many of his students have become provincial champions. He’s actually on his third generation of students in some families, having taught the grandparents, parents and now the children.” Most of those families are local, but some come from Leader and as far away as Medicine Hat.
Most of the couple’s students own their horse, although the Lowenburgers have a few horses for students to ride. “We have three horses that are suitable for beginner riders, so we’re limited on taking students who don’t have their own horse,” Dianne explained. The three horses are a bit older and well-trained. They own a total of nine horses.
“We train our own horses. Very seldom do we have a horse that bucks. Everything is done in such a gradual way that we usually don’t have an issue with a horse
getting frightened and running away or anything like that. By the time a person gets on, the horse already knows how to walk, trot and canter,” Dianne said.
Both Helmut and Dianne compete in about eight to twelve shows a year; however they didn’t compete this past year. They’ve also hosted horse shows in their yard for several years.
Both riding lessons with the Lowenburgers and the 4H club involve definite structure and opportunities for the students to grow and improve their skills. Diane listed many benefits for children who belong to a 4H club, one of which is developing a child’s confidence. “There’s a huge transition from the time they are nervous to the point where they say ‘I’ve got this!’ And that confidence impacts every aspect of their lives,” Dianne explained.
The children also develop social skills as they work together and support one another. They also create empathy for animals, learn how to care for a horse and equipment responsibly. They also need to practice punctuality, showing up on time for their lessons.
“4H promotes good citizenship, caring for one another and supporting each other. It’s a great organization and a great opportunity for kids,” Dianne concluded.
Helmut Lowenburger far left, Dianne Lowenburger second from right, with 3 students.
Sports with Bruce Penton
Dechambeau, Koepka should be left off team
The world of golf needs shaking up, so how great would it be if U.S. Ryder cup captain Steve Stricker said ‘to heck with the rules, I’m leaving Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka off this year’s team.’
Unfortunately, he apparently can’t do that, so the two golf stars embroiled in a year-long childish rivalry will be wearing the same uniform and apparently cheering each other on as the Americans try to win the Cup on home soil Sept. 24-26 at Whistling Straits in Wisconsin.
DeChambeau and Koepka have both performed well enough over the past two years to accumulate enough Ryder Cup points to automatically qualify for the team, bringing into question what sort of chemistry the 12-player team will have in trying to stem the recent tide of European dominance.
Stricker says the war between the two is over. Sure, and I’m vacationing next week in Kabul.
“They assured me that the team and the country … is their (top priority),” Stricker said in a Sports Illustrated story. “They say it’s not going to be an issue, and I believe them. I trust them.”
While the U.S. has an overall 26-14 lead in the biennial competition, the European side
has been far better recently, winning four of the past five and nine of 12.
Stricker is saddled with six automatic picks, and gets to choose six wildcards. Is it possible he could break with tradition and eschew two of the ‘automatic’ picks and choose eight wildcards? The PGA of America probably wouldn’t give him such authority, but if he were able to send both Koepka and DeChambeau to their rooms without supper for the Ryder Cup weekend, much of the golf world would cheer.
The two have been nitpicking at each other on social media and in person in a variety of childish ways and are at the point now where they can’t be civil to each other. How can that situation be allowed to transpire in a competition where ‘team’ plays such a pivotal role in the results? Stricker will probably orchestrate a huge pre-event hug and have them swear that bygones are truly bygones, but it would have all the authenticity of Donald Trump and Joe Biden spending a weekend together in the Hamptons.
If a hockey coach can bench a star player for insubordination, a Ryder Cup captain should be allowed to take similar action. It would be great if Stricker were to leave DeChambeau and Koepka at home and
have them show up in 2023 in Italy with their pettiness and grudges a long forgotten thing of the past.
• Comedy writer Brad Dickson of Omaha: “To go to a Tulane football game you’re going to need to show proof of vaccination AND wear a mask. Meanwhile, Memorial Stadium in Lincoln is adding special ramps and seating so Covid patients on ventilators can attend the games.”
• Bob Molinaro of pilot online.com (Hampton, Va.): “The whittled list of new names for the Washington Football Team, according to CBS Sports, includes Armada, Brigade, Commanders, Defenders, Presidents, Redhogs and Redwolves. This is an easy one for me. I hate them all.”
• Comedy guy Torben Rolfsen of Vancouver, on po-
tential new homes for Arizona Coyotes: “Quebec City was mentioned as a possibility, but Commissioner Gary Bettman’s office said the NHL is still at least a decade away from European expansion.”
• Patti Dawn Swansson on Twitter, commenting on a reporter’s statement that it was easy to get into and out of BMO Field in Toronto when the Argos played host to the Blue Bombers: “Well duh. The official head count was 9,866 in a 25,000-seat facility. It’s not like they were trying to squeeze 24 circus clowns into a VW Beetle.”
• Jon Nedry on Twitter, in a sarcastic reference to Major League Baseball’s new extra-inning rule: “Next year’s MLB extra innings rules: Start with three players on base, you can’t pick them off, the batter will hit off a tee, the centerfielder will be blindfolded, and only the catcher can wear a glove.”
• Sportswriter Mike McIntyre of the Winnipeg Free Press, being truthful: “If someone were to give a scouting report of my (golf) game, it would probably read something like this: Good attitude. Tries hard. Zero actual talent. FORE!”
• Bob Molinaro again: “Tuesday was the 32nd anniversary of Pete Rose’s banishment from baseball for betting on games and his own team.
Rose lives in Las Vegas and works for an online service that picks games for bettors. Of course he does.”
• Comedy writer Alex Kaseberg: “The Washington Football Team has narrowed its choice of new names. Sadly, the Internet poll’s chosen name, Footbally McFootballface, did not make the cut.”
• Kaseberg again: “Pfizer renamed the COVID-19 vaccine Comirnaty. The only thing you can say about the name Comirnity is that it is better than the name Redskins.”
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Klippers bolster marketing presence with new hires
The Kindersley Klippers have some new hires to drive branding and marketing for the hockey club.
Part of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League, the Klippers recently announced the addition of Mark Gasper and Kindersley’s own Connor Tate.
Gasper, a Rosetown native, takes over the Marketing Manager position from Drew Soderberg, and Tate is taking on social media, video and digital productions.
“I’m really excited to be here, and to get this season going. Within a few weeks, we’ll be back in full swing,” said Gasper.
“We have training camp this weekend, and a big season ticket drive going on. This is an exciting time.”
Gasper is part of an elite hockey family, headed by patriarch Doug, who is the current General Manager of the WHL’s Brandon Wheat Kings. He was also the Western Canadian amateur scout for the NHL’s Vancouver Canucks.
Son Mark – at just 31 – has scouted both for his father with the Wheat Kings, for the SJHL in Weyburn and in Spokane over the years.
“I’ve wanted to get into hockey full-time for a few years, and I am really interested in the business side,”
he said. “I understand the game, and I just wanted to ensure I was more well-rounded.
He saw the job posting, applied, and was initially excited because it was just minutes from his hometown.
“It’s just a really nice fit. I don’t have to uproot and go somewhere else. The job was very appealing to me,” he said.
“The players are all starting to come in now, and they seem like good kids. The coaching staff is awesome. Ken is knowledgable, and he wants the Klippers to succeed,” he said.
Gasper is excited for what he can bring to the team, and thinks he has what it takes to succeed.
“I’m a people person, and growing up in a small town made me learn quickly about respect. I can manage personalities,” he said.
“Hockey runs through my whole family, and it’s definitely in my blood. This is a great opportunity.”
Gasper praised new hire Connor Tate, and the work he’s been doing with social media and production for the team. Tate himself sees this as a chance to prove himself.
“This is a great opportunity for both myself and the Klippers. Social media has power, and when used the right way it can present good opportunities. It can
keep the community engaged,” he said.
He said the role came out of conversations with Team President Brett Sautner.
“I didn’t apply, as this came out of talks with Brett. My past work helped me transition into this. I like to be creative, and this was a way to help them with their brand,” he said. “I went to school for business, but the Internet raised me. I understand social and focus on doing good work.”
A Kindersley native, Tate is excited for the opportunity to work in his hometown.
“I grew up as a hockey player, and I love the game. As a kid, going to Klippers games was a highlight. Now that I’m a bit older, I can get involved in a new way,” he said. “I’m looking forward to getting things going and opening up some eyes.”
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Mark Gasper (top) and Connor Tate
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Tuesday: Brock AA Meeting
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Tuesday: Leader AA Meeting
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Wednesday: Eston AA Meeting
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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.
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Wednesday
27. Hunch
5. African animal, shortly
6. Citrus beverage
7. Land
8. Urban problem
9. Got word
10. Become a member of
11. Powdery
16. Roof of the mouth
20. Popular street name
21. Hitch
22. Unusual
23. Hawaiian necklace
29. Parlors
31. Spurned
33. Dirty Harry, e.g.
34. Abel’s mother
35. Cozy place
37. ____ Quixote
39. Revere
40. Poison
41. Change, as text
43. Sing like the Swiss
46. Signs
48. Sharp-witted
51. Admiration
52. Witch
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THE LUCKIEST SIGNS THIS WEEK: SCORPIO, SAGITTARIUS AND CAPRICORN
ARIES
You’ll have a lot on your plate at work and several small tasks to handle. You’ll manage to close a deal or settle a dispute that requires great leadership. This will prove quite profitable, and you’ll be proud of yourself.
TAURUS
You’re going to showcase yourself in some way and attract attention with your charisma. You’ll take the time to spoil yourself, revamp your wardrobe or even get a makeover, either following a promotion or simply because you want to.
GEMINI
You’ll spend time with your family or at home. You might also decide to invest in doing a regular activity with loved ones that brings you joy and helps you unwind. It might take a long time to negotiate with certain people.
CANCER
Not this 8. Take off, as clothes 12. Service charge 13. Roomy 14. List of dishes 15. Roofing material 17. Breakfast flakes
28. Zeroes in 30. Make ready to publish
31. Lodging house
32. Scored on serve
HOW TO PLAY:
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
18. Type of snake 19. Remorse 21. Bridge payment 24. Milky stone
26. Lacking moisture
36. Brink 38. “The ____ Boat” 39. Finished dinner
42. Single 44. Unfold 45. Game tile with dots 47. To each his
49. Yoked beasts
50. Salad-bar items
55. Ice arena
56. Female wool-givers
57. Noah’s transport 58. Wraps up 59. Printer’s term 60. Cheerful DOWN 1. Fore’s opposite 2. Ocean
3. This lady 4. “____ the night before . . .”
25. Group of judges
HOW
53. Historical epoch
54. Heaven
You won’t hold your tongue, and your words are likely to be misunderstood. You’ll inevitably have to lead by example so that people understand what you mean. Affection must be part of a healthy and balanced relationship.
LEO
A few unexpected expenses will suddenly arise. Fortunately, you’ll be able to negotiate a loan with your bank to avoid further tightening your belt. In order to get what you want, sometimes you need to take matters into your own hands.
VIRGO
There’s plenty of action coming up, and you’ll soon accomplish an outstanding feat. A decent raise awaits you after a shakeup at your company. Remember, promptness is key in a relationship based on mutual respect.
LIBRA
Some reflection will be necessary before you put a project into action. You might not always consult others, even if your decisions involve them. Your sense of team spirit needs to be improved, including with your partner.
HOW TO PLAY:
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.
SCORPIO
Responsibilities and stress will dominate much of the week, and you’ll need to take the time to rest. Otherwise, your health might give you a sign to slow down. A bit of meditation or relaxation would do you good.
SAGITTARIUS
Even with a demanding schedule and various personal and professional obligations, remember to make time to unwind. Visit loved ones you haven’t seen in a while. A lunch with coworkers will be enjoyable.
CAPRICORN
If you’ve been neglecting your romantic relationship lately because of work, you’ll consider taking a trip to reconnect with your feelings and with each other. A definitive solution will finally arise to deal with a family conflict.
AQUARIUS
There are a lot of emotions in the air. You might be moved by a particular situation such as a child’s achievement, whether it’s taking their first steps, graduating or landing their first job.
PISCES
You’ll weigh the pros and cons for some time before making a decision. Even if you have all the information you need, your instincts will lead you to the best solution. If you’re single, you may receive a marriage proposal.
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This fantastic music-based film is going to hit you hard, and leave you with some existential questions by the end.
Yesterday is the unique story about a down-on-his-luck musician who feels like he just can’t seem to break through.
He loves his craft but doesn’t see a way to make a living with his passion.
But when Jack wakes up one morning, he soon realizes he’s in a parallel universe where famous British band The Beatles never existed.
Jack ‘copies’ their songs, unbeknownst to anyone else, as he’s the only one with knowledge of who the foursome even were. He soon catches on, and becomes a household name.
But can anything gold ever stay?
Directed by Oscar-winning Danny Boyle and written by Love, Actually scribe Richard Curtis, this is a hugely entertaining film.
Himesh Patel and Lily James are both fantastic, and it poses some interesting questions. If you’re a music lover, it’s definitely worth a look.
Elizabethtown -- On Netflix
One of the most-maligned movies of the 2000s, I will always stand up for this romantic comedy.
Writer-director Cameron Crowe made a quirky, offbeat endeavour that served as a huge departure from crowd-pleasers like Jerry Maguire and Almost Famous, and I applaud him for taking the creative leap.
It follows a man facing a difficult time in his life whose problems are compounded when he must go back to his small hometown for his estranged father’s funeral.
By going home, he begins to remember his roots and forge a new reason to be happy, thanks to a plucky stewardess.
The cast is incredible: Orlando Bloom and Kirsten Dunst are a fantastic odd-couple match, and Alec Baldwin is scene-stealing as a shark employer, and Susan Sarandon, Bruce McGill, Jessica Biel, Paul
Schneider and Judy Greer round out the cast.
It’s certainly weird, and definitely off-kilter, but that’s what makes it unique. I love this movie, and I hope you will too.
Rabbit Hole – Available On Prime Video
One of the most jaw-dropping, difficult films I’ve ever watched can be witnessed in the intense Rabbit Hole.
It’s a unique, difficult story about a couple in a broken marriage, torn apart by the tragic event that upended their lives.
To make matters worse, matriarch Becca is grieving in ways that gravely hurt her partner Howie.
From acclaimed director John Cameron Mitchell – who made the insightful Shortbus – comes this hugely underrated gem.
Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart are both fabulous. The former was nominated for an Oscar, mostly due to her work onscreen with a young, revelatory Miles Teller.
This is an unforgettable, unapologetically heartbreaking voyage you’ll have trouble shaking.
The Bone Collector – On Netflix
It’s not particularly slick, and yet The Bone Collector has always found a way to send a chill down my spine.
Based on the famed book from Jeffrey Deaver, it follows a quadriplegic former homicide detective who is trapped in a hospital bed with a nurse caring for him in his apartment day and night.
He is tasked with helping a young, brazen female rookie cop try to find a terrifying serial killer in New York City.
I think it’s the top-notch cast, top billed by Denzel Washington and Angelie Jolie in her prime, that really sells this one.
Queen Latifah, Michael Rooker, Ed O’Neill, and Bobby Cannavale also round out a cast that’s stunning for a genre film like this.
With some slick visuals and skill-
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ful work from lauded director Phillip Noyce, this one manages to be a cut above the others, despite a by-thenumbers plot.
City Of Lies – Available On Prime Video
It’s incredibly disappointing that the fervour and rumours surrounding Johnny Depp’s marriage to Amber Heard derailed the possibility of this film being a hit.
It follows two detectives investigating the murders of famous rappers Notorious B.I.G. And Tupac Shakur, which remain unsolved in real life to this day.
The outspoken music icons have not received justice for their gun deaths, and conspiracy theories have run wild for years.
This is a heck of a movie from helmer Brad Furman, the man behind The Lincoln Lawyer, and he puts a rugged look to the subject matter.
After Johnny Depp – one of the leads – allegedly got in a physical altercation on-set, this flick got buried. Part of it undoubtedly also has to do with Depp’s current legal troubles stemming from his ex-wife’s accusations he was abusive.
It’s incredibly unfortunate that his personal issues doomed this film – featuring the best performances from Depp and co-star Forest Whitaker in years – into oblivion.
It is one heck of a character study, and it left me thinking and wondering about these cases for days.
Kindersley resident pursues his love of diving
While many people have enjoyed camping in Saskatchewan this summer, some have ventured outside of the province to enjoy their hobbies. Kindersley resident, Jonah Janzen, took up scuba diving back in 2012 and has since travelled the world, diving everywhere he could. Having dived in Thailand, Greece, Israel, Cambodia, Indonesia and Mexico and most recently, Canada.
Some of his most incredible encounters were with whale sharks, a species of whale reaching up to 60 feet in length, manta rays, which have a span of up to 9 feet wide and even a World War II shipwreck named the USS Liberty. Other species worth mentioning are octopus, stonefish, pufferfish, manta shrimp, sharks, stingrays, turtles, jellyfish, frogfish, lobsters, barracuda, eels and cuttlefish. “Some of the tropical ocean species are venomous and blend into their surroundings very well. “To spot them is like a treasure hunt,” Jonah said.
In 2020 and 2021, the local diver began to pursue diving in the colder Canadian waters. “I wasn’t expecting much,” he said, “I didn’t get to see the big schools of fish, but what I did see surprised me.” He spotted species such as octopus, flounder fish and stonefish. In Nanaimo, B.C., he spotted a Puget Sound King Crab. “The crab was bright orange and purple,” he described, “The most beautiful crab I never knew existed.”
Earlier in August, he and his wife Kyla drove to a location north of Vancouver, where he went diving in the Pacific Ocean. Unlike diving the warmer waters in a wet suit, he learned about dry suit diving, which is more suitable for cold water. Divers wear a dry layer of clothing underneath their suits, and the suit seals at the wrists and neck.
“Drysuit diving is a little more technical. Instead of using a self-inflatable vest, called a buoyancy control device, your entire body suit becomes the BCD,” Jonah explained. A valve similar to a giant
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bottle cap located on the shoulder can be set to regulate the desired air pressure needed to maintain neutral buoyancy. During his training, he learned how to manage problems that were likely to occur. “You dive in a laying down position with your knees bent upwards. If enough air accumulates in the lower part of the suit, you can find yourself beginning to float feet up,” Jonah said, “As your depth decreases, the air expands even more and can send you like a balloon to the surface feet first.” Jonah explained an almost cloudy layer of water separates the warmer surface water from the cold water. “At the surface, the water temperature was 18 degrees. After passing through the thermocline, the water instantly turned to 11 degrees. It almost shocks you. Once in the colder water, the visibility increased a lot,” he said.
“Wreck diving was great!” Jonah added, an experience he enjoyed while diving near Vancouver. But it looks like there will be many more diving pursuits ahead
FREE groceries through the
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.
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Local scuba diver, Jonah Janzen has travelled the world.
