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Primal ScreamMötley Crüe’s Vince Neil raises an arm and a

cheer before the more than 3,000 rock fans

who went to Spectra Place for a dose of hair

metal on Saturday night. For more see A3.

Estevan property owners are going to have to dig deep when they pay their taxes this year.

City council passed the 2013 mill rate at Monday’s regular meeting and announced that property taxes for both commercial and residential property in Estevan will rise by two mills, or roughly 10 per cent. The increase is expected to bring in an additional $1.7 million in tax revenue.

Mayor Roy Ludwig said the increase, which is the largest single hike in years, was due to the major rehabilitation project on the north section of Highway 47 through Estevan. As The Mercury has reported previously, the City and province have reached a cost-sharing agreement to repave the dilapidated sections of the road. The project is now estimated to cost around $4 million.

Ludwig said council did not arrive at the decision lightly but felt they did not have a choice with such a big project on their hands.

“We did a lot of soul-searching and count-less meetings. We have been talking about this since last year actually,” Ludwig said following

Monday’s meeting. “At the end of the day we needed the money to do the job, we knew we had to do the job, and although the province is

coming to the table to help us, we have to have the monies in place.”

Although the City has been fi ghting to keep

up with their infrastructure work over the past decade, council has largely frowned on the idea of a large tax hike in one year. Ludwig said with so many needs on the infrastructure side it was felt a large increase was the only way they could begin to get control of the situation.

“It’s not something that anybody likes and it’s not something, believe me, that we took lightly but at the end of the day, to start to get ahead of the game, it’s something that was necessary.

“Looking forward, we can set aside some money and unless something unforeseen comes up, we will be looking at not only paying our debt down but also putting serious monies aside for doing our infrastructure work. We are hoping that moving forward we can go back to incremental increases, I would say half a mill a year is what I would like to see, but it will depend on where we are at when that time comes. But after this sizable increase to get control of our infrastructure defi cit, we do see things calming down.”

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Residential and commercial

taxes taking big jump in 2013

It appears the future of a curbside recycling pro-gram in Estevan is as clear as mud.

The City held an open house Thursday evening in the lobby of Spectra Place to present residents with the cost of the various options they included in a recent request for proposals. The

meeting also allowed for residents to voice their opin-ion on what direction they would like the City to take.

There was certainly no shortage of opinions ex-pressed during the 90-min-ute event, which was domi-nated by complaints about the current automated gar-bage pickup system oper-

ated by Regens Disposal, who also took its share of heat.

When all was said and done, it was clear that the roughly 75 people in at-tendance were in favour of recycling but were largely against a curbside pickup program for either recycling or garbage.

Mayor Roy Ludwig said the anger towards any type of curbside recycling program is something the City will take seriously as they move forward in their decision making process.

“That is a serious is-sue that we will have to explore,” he said. “We will enter into discussions with

Regens and see what we can do because obviously it is a serious issue and has to be addressed.”

The City issued the RFP earlier this year and although three businesses picked up information, only Regens Disposal submitted a proposal.

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A1 ⇠ Ludwig added that if the Highway 47 project wasn’t on their plate this year, council could have raised taxes by half a mill but would have been limited as to how much work they could complete this year. He said that wasn’t palatable to council or to residents who have expressed a desire to see tangible progress on road repairs.

Still, it remains to be seen how residents and busi-ness owners will react to such a large increase in a year in which a number of people saw their property assessments increase sharply. Asked if he felt it was fair to force such a big hit upon taxpayers in one year, Ludwig reiterated

the increase was the only way to start making progress.“We have to start getting serious with this, we hon-

estly do,” he said. “As unsavoury as this is to all of us, this council does not see any other choice.”

Ludwig said the need to rehabilitate Highway 47 also forced council to make tough decisions in other areas. He noted the scheduled work on the south portion of Milne Crescent was pushed until 2014, which saves them $600,000. As well, they will only do one lift of pavement in the parking lot of the Estevan Leisure Centre in 2013, which should them save them $400,000. The money al-

located for both jobs will now go towards the Highway 47 project.

The 2013 budget was also presented at the meeting and the City is projecting a surplus of $459,857.

Ludwig said council put a great deal of work into the budget, going through it four different times to get to the fi nal document.

“We did a lot of cutting on the budget, capital espe-cially. Operations, you can only cut so much. We went over the numbers and saw what we needed for highway improvement and the money just wasn’t there.”

A1⇠ That places the City in somewhat of a bind as the local com-pany’s proposal did not include plans for back lane recycling and as the only bidder, they are in the driver’s seat.

“We left it out there to the contractors as what options they would give us. As you know, Regens, with their big trucks do not want to go in the back al-

ley. But again, we are go-ing to have that discussion and pursue those issues and see if we can’t make it happen because for (a lot of homes) it simply won’t work in the front.”

The proposal from Regens included fi ve dif-ferent options and the price for each. Sticking with the current program of back alley garbage pickup in most of the city would cost

$7.35 per household each month. Going with the current garbage program and curbside recycling would cost $12.35 per household. A combined front street garbage and recycling program was the cheapest option at $8 per household. The fl at rate for front street garbage pickup was $5.35, while recycling was $5.

Despite hearing the

cos t s and how much cheaper front street pickup was, those in attendance remained adamant in their stance with a number not-ing that in their area of the city front street pickup was not feasible as there was no room for a recy-cling container. Other im-

pediments such as heavy traffi c, narrow streets and congested streets were also presented.

Ludwig said many of the concerns presented are valid issues and because of that a “one size fi ts all solution” is not likely to be found.

“At the end of the day we are going to have to have some front yard and some back yard pickup to make this work for our citizens,” Ludwig said. “We have until July until the (current) contract is up, so in between now and July, we are going to have to have some serious dialogue with Regens, iron out the difficulties with Regens, fi nd out the solu-tions and then work to a proper solution.”

Ludwig said the City also plans to speak with Regens about the com-plaints raised against the company at Thursday’s meeting.

“I was taken aback about the amount of nega-tive comments towards Regens. That’s why we re-quested the ones with con-cerns come through City Hall so we can track them and follow them through to the natural conclusion and fi nd out what the is-sues are so we can address them because Regens do work for us, they are our contractor, and we want them to be our contractor in a responsible fashion.”

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Southeast Saskatchewan lost one of its education and administration advocates and community volunteers this past week with the passing of Garry Hammett, who died in a tragic two-vehicle collision near Carlyle last Thursday afternoon.

Hammett was driving an

eastbound van when it was in a collision with a westbound commercial truck on High-way 13.

Hammett, the lone oc-cupant of the van, was pro-nounced dead at the scene. Two men in the commercial vehicle were taken to hos-pital for treatment and later

released. Hammett was well

known in educational cir-cles in the southeast, hav-ing served several terms as a trustee on local, district and regional school boards including his most recent election to the board of the South East Cornerstone

Public School Division as the representative for sev-eral regional schools. He also served as a mayor and councillor for the Town of Bienfait for several years.

Hammett, 63, is sur-vived by his wife, Margo and children Garry Jr. (Kerrie), Regina; Rodney (Rebecca),

Regina: Nicole (Brad) Friars of Bienfait and Chris (Jenna) of Estevan, along with sev-eral grandchildren.

Funeral mass was cel-ebrated on Tuesday, May 7 at St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church in Estevan with Rev. Peter Nijssen of-fi ciating.

Accident claims life of community leader

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Mill rate increase to generate $1.7 million

Curbside recycling and garbage pickup not popular

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Thirty-two years after they formed in Los Angeles, the group once described as the world’s most notorious rock band proved Saturday night they can still bring it.

Mötley Crüe lit up Spectra Place with a 90 minute assault on the senses before a sold out audience of well over 3,000 people. Tearing through a set that included their catalogue of hits and a couple of new tunes, the legendary quartet put together a show that won’t soon be forgotten for more than a few reasons.

Aside from the performances of Möt-ley Crüe and Big Wreck, the show will be remembered for the actions of an unruly fan after a 40-year-old Manor man ran on the stage and knocked guitarist Mick Mars to the ground.

Although the incident got the bulk of attention post-concert, it did not seem to dampen the enthusiasm of fans who enjoyed what was the biggest show in Spectra Place’s brief history.

Billed as a rock carnival, the concert proved to be exactly that, as Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx, Tommy Lee and Mars were accompanied by a team of dancers and a stage show that included everything from trapeze artists to a roller coaster.

After entering through the crowd in what is de-scribed as the Death March, the band opened with the song Saints of Los Angeles before rolling through hits such as Wild Side, Shout at the Devil, and Same Old Situation.

Among the highlights of the show was Lee’s drum roller coaster. With his drum kit attached to a massive circular structure, Lee played his solo while spinning around on the roller coaster and even hanging upside down for a period.

After hitting its peak during the solo, the concert was cruising towards a strong fi nish before getting derailed somewhat by the incident with the fan. The band took a short break to ensure that Mars was OK but returned and closed with Dr. Feelgood and Kickstart My Heart.

The Toronto-based Big Wreck provided the open-ing act for the show, marking their second appearance in Estevan in roughly six months. Their set was similar to the last show as they focused on songs from their current album Albatross while throwing in a couple of past hits including The Oaf.

The next major concert scheduled for Spectra Place is July 8 when The Tragically Hip come to Estevan.

Mötley Crüe rocks Estevan

The Crown and defence have very different sentencing ideas in the case of a man who won’t abide by his conditions.

The Crown is asking to put Dominic Threinen in jail for 60 days for not complying with his probation orders. Threinen was supposed complete 80 hours of community service, abide by a curfew and not consume alcohol or attend bars, but has various breaches, as well as having completed just 18 hours of community service and missing appoint-ments with his probation offi cer.

Threinen appeared in Estevan provincial court on May 6.

He was placed under the conditions following a break and enter, and the Crown prosecutor said they are tired of “wasting our limited resources,” on someone they accuse of “thumbing his nose at the justice system.”

Threinen’s Legal Aid lawyer Greg Wilson countered that a jail sentence would be grossly disproportionate to the charges. With no new substantive offence, he said the Crown

could ask for Threinen to serve the rest of his 18-month suspended sentence in jail, but there has been no request from the Crown’s offi ce.

Presiding Judge Karl Bazin noted the pre-sentence report was a negative one.

“The PSR says he’s going to do whatever he wants,” said Bazin, then asking defence, “What are we going to give him? There aren’t many options.”

Wilson said his client requires another chance at pro-bation and paying fi nes, and if breaches continue, then jail could be considered an option.

If Bazin decides jail would not be appropriate, the Crown suggested they would seek to put Threinen on house arrest.

Bazin reserved his decision until May 27. In other court proceedings, a matter involving the

improper storage of guns came before the court. Adam Bachorcik was charged with careless use of a

fi rearm following an incident in December 2012. Bachorcik was changing a fl at tire on his vehicle when police found him.

He pleaded guilty to the charge, but after hearing the facts, Bazin refused to accept the plea. When police, who received a call about a truck driving in a fi eld, arrived they inspected the vehicle, fi nding ammunition in the truck as well as rifl es on the fl oor of the truck.

Bachorcik told the court the rifl es had to be moved in order to get his spare and he placed them under the seat. While he was working on the tire, he left the rifl es under the seat.

Bazin suggested Bachorcik speak to a lawyer about the matter and it was adjourned until May 27.

Jennifer Schaff also appeared in court on Monday. She is charged with fraud of more than $5,000, after allegedly defrauding a third party between May 9 and Dec. 16, 2012. Her matter was adjourned until May 27 as well.

Crown seeking 60 days in jail for breaches

It was billed as the biggest show to hit Spectra Place and it delivered as expected.

However Saturday night’s Mötley Crüe performance was tarnished somewhat after a member of the audience stormed the stage and knocked over the band’s guitarist, Mick Mars.

The bizarre sequence of events took place towards the end of the concert. Mötley Crüe was just fi nishing the song Primal Scream when the man, whom the Estevan Police Service said is a 40-year-old from Manor, jumped on stage.

Mercury sports editor Josh Lewis was seated behind the man and noted that he gained access to the stage from one of the ramps that stretched out from the sides of the stage to the crowd.

“The guy slipped in behind the closest security guy at the corner of the stage,” Lewis said. “My fi rst thought was that he was security and was going to break up a fi ght or something but obviously not.”

After reaching the stage, the man collided with Mars and knocked him over. He then proceeded towards lead singer Vince Neil but was tackled by the band’s bodyguards and other security personnel. With the man on the ground, bass player Nikki Sixx delivered a kick to his face before he was led off the stage by security.

The assault was particularly alarming as Mars suffers from a chronic medical condition called ankylosing spon-dylitis, which limits his mobility and causes him chronic pain. The disease also forced him to have hip replacement surgery. Ironically, it was also his 62nd birthday.

On Sunday, Mars took to Twitter to thank his fans

for their concerns and well wishes and inform them that he was OK. Mars added that his bodyguard suffered two broken ribs in the melee.

The incident cast a shadow on what was an otherwise great evening, as the band performed to a sold out crowd. News of the story was also quick to spread, as it hit the Internet on a number of news sites as well as the popular celebrity gossip site TMZ. A video showing the incident as it transpired was placed on YouTube Sunday but was deleted later in the day.

The Estevan Police Service said in a press release Monday that after he was detained by security, the man was turned over to the EPS who transferred him to their cells. As of Monday, no charges had been laid but the EPS is continuing to investigate the matter.

Incident mars Saturday’s concert

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Tommy LeeNikki Sixx

“My fi rst thought was that he was

security and was going to break up

a fi ght or something but obviously

not.”– Josh Lewis

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As water worries con-tinue in several places around the province, the Estevan area and Souris River watershed is han-dling the gradual runoff very well.

With temperatures heating up April 27 and 28, a cooler start to May helped slow runoff in the southeast. With the warm temperatures over the weekend and early this week, the southeast snow-melt ended without much to worry about.

Patrick Boyle of the Saskatchewan Water Se-curity Agency said all the snow in the Souris basin has melted without caus-ing any major issues.

“ W h e n w e h a d a peak run through on Long Creek, it was cut off by the diversion channel and was still well below what we had forecasted,” he

said. “No issues with Raf-ferty or Alameda. The melts went off without any problems and now we’re back to just normal water management operations and getting the reservoirs back to their full levels.”

Infl ows to Boundary peaked last week, Boyle said, adding that on April 29 they were at 120 cubic metres per second (m3/s)and down to 80 m3/s on April 30. Outflow from Boundary was at about 50 m3/s last week, but on Monday was down to 0.5 m3/s.

After an Apri l 30 snowfall in the southeast, there were concerns about potential water problems, but the fair weather put those issues to bed.

“The good thing about this is that it’s a lot better that it’s snow and not rain. We don’t want any of it but

if we had to pick, we’d take snow,” said Boyle last week. “The reason being is that rain has heat in it, so if you have rain coming down on snow it can accel-erate your snowmelt rate.”

Cooler temperatures helped slow the runoff for much of the spring. When the heat did appear late last week, there wasn’t too much snow left to melt.

“The prolonged run-off period here has prob-ably helped us out. The Souris Watershed overall

is in recession and fl ows are being managed to refi ll the reservoirs. Essentially it’s done and we don’t expect any issues. We’ve seen everything that’s go-ing to happen there,” said Boyle.

Boyle said we’re at the mercy of Mother Nature when it comes to watching the snow melt in the spring and the runoff into the water systems. Though it felt like a long winter, the conditions made for tame water runoff.

“The impact of the runoff really depends on how much precipitation has fallen and where it has fallen,” said Boyle, noting the snowfall from April 30 didn’t have much impact on peaks and other areas that had already melted. “It will just fl ow down the recession of those peaks.”

Flows out of Bound-ary and Rafferty are down to about nil because the WSA wants the reservoirs to be fi lled for the summer.

The WSA was looking

at infl ow assessments to Rafferty Reservoir from the Souris River, and de-termining whether to di-vert some residual fl ows from Long Creek into Rafferty and away from the Boundary Reservoir. Because Boundary isn’t designed for flood stor-age, it has very little to do with peak flow in Long Creek, which fi lters into the reservoir. Those fl ows are being diverted into Rafferty, which is still be-ing refi lled.

Representatives from Sun Country Health Region’s (SCHR) rural and urban communities got together in late April for an information workshop regarding physician recruitment and retention.

Representatives from Saskdocs, the College of Phy-sicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan, the University of Saskatchewan College of Medicine and the Labour Market Development Department of the Saskatchewan Ministry of the Economy were on hand to explain their respective roles in recruitment of doctors as it would relate to the SCHR.

“We believe this session will give communities a better idea how we can work together on the settlement/retention part of recruitment,” said Don Ehman, vice-president of human resources and recruitment for SCHR.

“Retention is important for all areas of our staff recruitment process but particularly so in recruiting doctors because they are in demand all over the conti-nent,” he said.

“Doctors have the most fl exibility to move any-where. We have to work hard to convince them to come here to practise,” SCHR has recruited over two dozen doctors in recent years, but many stayed only a short time.

“The advice from these provincial agencies, for us

and for the local communities, is to concentrate on set-tling the doctors and their families if we want to retain them for a longer time. Our friendly communities are key to that settlement process,” said Ehman.

Brenda Taylor of Saskdocs told the group that exit surveys show 48 per cent of doctors cite family reasons as the primary motivation for leaving the province over the past fi ve years. The workload, on-call requirements at hospital emergency departments, weather and lack of support are the other main reasons for departure.

“We can’t do anything about the weather, but we can make sure our doctors practise among larger groups rather than in isolated single practices,” said Ehman.

“We can try to integrate the doctor and his/her family into the community where they live and we can try to match them better with the community. We can help local groups provide support systems that assists doctors and their families to move comfortably into Saskatchewan. In that way, we can make what we call a ‘soft landing’ for them.”

SCHR’s human resources department plans to hold regular meetings within each catchment area of the re-gion to support community recruiters and jointly work toward progress on recruitment in their area, as well as to discuss plans for retention programs.”

Souris watershed back to normal water operations

Sun Country holds doctor recruitment/

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Raff erty Dam is seen releasing water in May 2011. (File photo)

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Now you really can help someone else walk a mile in your shoes.

Kicking your old kicks to the curb isn’t necessary when you give them away and hopefully, the new wearer will be able to walk many miles in your unwanted shoes. Maybe your child grew out of their pair quickly or maybe you unknowingly bought the previous year’s fashion and couldn’t wear them for more than a couple of occasions. It doesn’t matter to Soles 4 Souls Canada, who are on a million shoe mission to give shoes to needy people in Canada and around the world.

The organization seeks to collect one million shoes in each province in Canada. For Saskatchewan, that’s about one shoe per person, and the charity does accept one shoe of a pair, in case you have lost the its match, in the hopes that some day they will be able to fi nd a suitable second to complete the pair.

Jacqueline Garbutt is an organizer of the local Soles 4 Souls effort, which is running throughout the month of May, and said they already have a couple of garbage bags full of shoes that have been donated. The group accepts new or gently used shoes.

“As long as they can be worn. We’re not looking for anything with big holes in them,” said Garbutt. “Kids shoes that

kids grow out of, shoes that you bought and wore a couple of times and didn’t like them, we will take anything from slippers to sandals to running shoes to work boots to pumps. Whatever you have in your closet.”

All donated shoes will go wher-ever they are needed, either remaining in Canada or getting shipped off to any other country with people in need.

“A lot of them go to Third World countries where people can’t afford shoes,

or to hurricane victims or tsunami victims and other natural disaster victims,” said Garbutt. “They also do a lot of work with charities across Canada, (giving shoes) to people who are going back to work and have been unemployed for awhile and can’t afford a new wardrobe and certainly can’t afford to go out and buy shoes.”

Domestically, she added that shoes go to women’s shelters as well as victims of fl ooding and other natural disasters in Canada.

Garbutt noted they accept all sizes as well, from toddler shoes up to 14 EEE.

“It’s something that everybody has,” she said. “If you don’t have a pair of shoes (to give) we’ll take cash donations as well.”

A donation of just $1 buys a brand new pair of shoes for someone.

“I’m really looking forward to hav-ing to sort out a mountain of shoes. I’m one of the guilty ones. I have to through my closet this weekend. They’re going to a good cause, and they’re not going into a landfi ll.”

Shoes may be dropped off at the Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate offi ce’s outside entrance at the mall. There is a box by the door to accept shoes. For more information, contact Garbutt at 306-634-5900.

May is the month to give shoes away

It has been confirmed, the Time to Twin commit-tee members in Estevan and Weyburn are ready to take their program to the next level, which in this case, means a public forum.

Marge Young and Lauralie Ireland, two of the most vocal and active members of the Time to Time group, said they don’t know what kind of reception is in store for them, but they felt it was time to see if there is any

kind of public support or renewed interest in the idea of twinning High-way 39 and Highway 6 (south) from North Portal to Regina.

The meeting is sched-uled for Tuesday, May 21 in the Days Inn Plaza in Estevan, starting at 7 p.m.

“Yes, we’re nervous, we haven’t stepped into anything like this before,” said Young.

The public session has been set to follow the committee’s scheduled

meeting with Saskatch-ewan’s Minister of High-ways and Infrastructure, Don McMorris on May 14. There will be four committee members plus MP Ed Komarnicki mak-ing the trip to Regina on that day.

“It has come this far, we are at a place now where we have to ask ourselves ‘where do we go from here?’ We’re beat-ing the drums for twin-ning and some people have come forward to say

they’re backing the idea, but we need something more now,” said Young.

Interest in the project is growing in the social media platforms that the Time to Twin committee is operating, but they are hoping that with a face-to-face public forum, there will be some people out there who will bring some constructive ideas to the table.

Young said that Spec-tra Credit Union CEO Tim Schroh has agreed to act as

moderator for the event. “We don’t want it to

become a meeting where people just get up and complain about how bad it is. We know how bad it is; we’ll need to hear some suggestions as to what can be done about it,” said Young, adding that the ideas promoted will probably come from the general public and maybe from the politicians. The invitation is wide open to include elected officials and public administration types at all levels.

The agenda for the meeting is being set and Young said she expected it will not be a lengthy one, but hoped it will be

fruitful in terms of helping the committee establish a target which could ulti-mately lead to a commit-ment from the provincial government to set a date for the building of a four-lane highway from North Portal to Regina.

“It’s still is, and will always be about safety, so-cial and economic needs. We’ve lost 55 people on this piece of highway al-ready,” said Young. “It’s time for us to do a little brainstorming, time to find out what can be done to move it forward, or find out if the people are even interested in moving it forward,” she said in conclusion.

Time to Twin group taking it to the people

It has been a long time coming, following two postponed shows, but the Dustin Ritter Band is set to perform in Estevan on Friday.

Last scheduled to ap-pear on March 15, some bad weather kept the Regi-na band at home that day. Ritter appeared solo at the Estevan Art Gallery and Museum in March 2012 and is the next artist to play the After Dark/After Hours concert series, this time with his band.

Ritter was accompa-nied in 2012 by Regina’s Chris Matchett who played a separate set following Ritter’s performance.

The band’s new al-bum, Drunk and Drown-ing, will come out this spring, and many of those

songs Ritter hopes to try while they are here.

“We just got it sent off to get mastered, so we’re just waiting for that to get finished and then we’re sending it off to get pack-aged, and we should have it by April, I’m hoping,” said Ritter in an interview earlier this year.

The band’s Facebook page noted the album ar-rived on April 17.

The Regina band fea-tures Ritter alongside Orin Paquette playing lead gui-tar, Jon Fearnside on bass, and newcomer Cyprian Henry on drums.

“The one really cool thing about the art gallery is when we played there last time, it’s like the most attentive audience I’ve ever played to. My buddy

played there and said he felt like a comic genius because everybody kept laughing at everything he had to say, which made him feel great,” said Rit-ter.

A sampling of some of the band’s music can be found through their Facebook page.

Friday night’s perfor-mance at the art gallery begins at 8 p.m.

Dustin Ritter Band to play at EAGM

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Volume 111 Issue 1

In this day and age when so much of the Saskatchewan economy is being driven by the private sector, it’s easy to forget the value of the province’s Crown corporations.

With increased retail sales, record export trade, booming oil and potash revenue and even a strong agricultural sector where producers no longer have to sell their wheat through a government agency, it’s easy to assume government owner-ship is passé.

At best, the Crown corporations aren’t top-of-mind among Saskatchewan voters who are betting on the ongoing success or our resource sector. At worst, the Crowns are seen by some as a rather antiquated notion of the previous NDP government, all too eager to jack up rates to pay high public sector salaries.

Some may even wonder if the Crowns still serve a pur-

pose, or whether we would be better off selling the lot of them.Heck, there will soon be two full-service private liquor

stores in both Regina and Saskatoon - yet another example of Saskatchewan people departing from the age-old notion here that government ownership is better.

Well, whether government truly needs to be in every business - including liquor retail - is a reasonable question. That one of the new “private” liquor storeowners in Saskatoon will be a Co-op store says much about how our thinking is changing.

But when it comes to the more basic question of the value of Crown Corporations, no one should understand their worth more than Saskatchewan Party MLAs now in government.

Nor should Sask. Party MLAs who now represent all of Saskatchewan’s rural voters underestimate the value of the service the Crowns are providing to their constituents.

The value of the Crowns to the government, as well as Saskatchewan taxpayers, was best expressed in the 2012 Crown Investment Corp. (CIC) annual report that showed $479 million in overall profi ts that will translate into $364 million in dividends.

Included in that total were profi ts of $159 million, $130 million, $107 million, $82 million and $52 million for Sask-Power, SaskTel, SaskEnergy, SGI and the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority, respectively. Even Information Services Corp., the land titles Crown that the government is trying to sell, made a tidy $21-million profi t.

While not necessarily a record for the Crowns, 2012 may very well have been the most profi table year that did not

involve the sale of assets. For a Sask. Party government that recently got another

tongue lashing from the provincial auditor for keeping two sets of books, it’s these Crown profi ts that are now balancing the general revenue fund (GRF). After all, this is a government that did not set aside one nickel in its March GRF budget for fl ooding.

But the value of the Crowns goes well beyond bailing out politicians when it comes to the balance sheet. Their greatest value is providing services to Saskatchewan people - especially rural people - that they might not otherwise get.

We have frequently explored this topic when discussing the perennial money-losing Saskatchewan Transportation Company. But it may be a surprise to some to know that even profi table Crowns are providing services that the private sector does not.

Take SaskTel for example, which competes with private land, cellular, Internet and television signal providers. Private suppliers do not provide 4G high-speed Internet outside of the cities or any Internet services to First Nations or communities of less than 150 people. However SaskTel, as a publicly owned enterprise, does do this.

And, of course, its cellphone service simply covers a far wider rural area than any private cell provider.

Admittedly, the Crowns are not perfect, as anyone who has dealt with them will attest.

But both the Crown corporations’ profi ts and their wide mandate for service make them less out-of-date in Saskatch-ewan than some may think.

Valuable Crowns

still in fashion

I might be wrong here, and I have been reminded by the bride on occasion that I have been known to stumble in the assess-ment departments, but I have arrived at the conclusion that we are coming to accept less and less from more and more.

Allow me to explain my theory and observations first, before you kick this column into the corner.

My thoughts were triggered by an observation made by a business analyst who brought out statistics gathered from studies conducted by IBM and other com-panies, which indicated that 70 per cent of changes in initiatives in government and businesses simply fail.

That includes things like mergers, quality improvements, effi ciencies, cost-cutting moves, customer service enhancements and so on.

Why? Well, it seems as if we have

become a society in Canada that is now accustomed to accepting less from more.

How often have you heard administrators spout the old line that the experiment in introducing

efficiencies into the workplace was going to work this time be-cause … wait for it … “we learned a lot from the previous attempt.”

Right? So what have they done? Or

what will they do? They simply reset the base-

line to accept less, which will enable them to assess the second, third or fourth attempt as success-ful. In other words, they cheat the system.

And what the heck, if you are the one setting the parameters for success, you don’t need to accept anyone else’s assessments. So the brain trusts will simply pursue their own madness and biased stances, comparing themselves with other failures so they can look good.

They centralize corporate or government activities supposedly to increase efficiency while in reality, all they’re doing is ap-pointing more administration to

manage a mess. Then they raise debt limits, or print more money, or hire more people to deliver less with more and deem it successful … because they said so. Look, the job is getting done isn’t it? It might take more people, more money and more time, but it’s getting done.

No problem with being la-belled as a loser in the game, because we allowed them to set their own benchmark. If it was too high before and you didn’t reach it … you lower it the next time around, measure yourself against other losing entities, and declare you actually reached your self-proclaimed target.

Aim for the sky? Well, how about the under-

ground parking lot?It made sense to me anyway. I mean even I can consider

myself a total success, so long as you’re willing to let me do the measuring. And it seems like the people who are demanding the effi ciencies are willing to accept less than a best effort as the new normal.

What does that say about us as a society? Probably not much … but good enough, I suppose.

Oh, that’s good enough

The fact that Estevan does not have a good multi-material recy-cling program remains a major embarrassment to the city.

What might be even more alarming is that after a public meet-ing last week on recycling, Estevan seems no closer to a recycling program.

Roughly 75 people turned out for Thursday’s public meeting in the lobby of Spectra Place and the consensus among them was near unanimous; they are in favour of recycling provided the recycling bins are placed in back alleys, not curbside as the plan currently calls for. In spite of the fact it would actually save them money, the people in attendance were also against moving garbage collection to the front of homes.

It was tough to get a sense at the meeting if the reluctance to a curbside recycling program was simply just a byproduct of the disdain many people have towards the idea of front yard garbage pickup. There is no doubt that was the case with some of the people in attendance who clearly spend too much of their time focused on their garbage.

Whatever the case, there is really no argument that the City of Estevan needs to institute some type of recycling program and just because there is an objection to curbside pickup, that doesn’t mean they should throw the proverbial baby out with the bathwater.

To accomplish that goal there will have to be some kind of a compromise from both those who are against the program and the City itself.

As muddled as the picture was after Thursday’s meeting, one thing that was obvious is there is not going to be a one size fi ts all solution.

As some people pointed out at the meeting, there are areas of Este-van where there are so many vehicles along the street there is no room for a recycling bin, let alone the possible addition of a garbage bin.

It will be incumbent upon the City to do the legwork and fi nd out what areas of Estevan are not feasible for curbside pickup and what areas are. It was mentioned at the meeting that the contract as presented was for blanket curbside pickup so the City will also need to work with Regens Disposal to fi nd a solution. It was mentioned at the meeting that because they were the only contractor to submit a bid, the City did not have a pile of leverage. While that might be true, Regens also has to be willing to work with the City and residents for the common good.

As for those vehemently against any form of curbside pickup, they too, are going to have to compromise. If you want recycling and a curbside program is the best way to proceed, then they are going to make something of a sacrifi ce.

This prevailing argument that the bins belong in the alleys just because is not enough to scrap a potential recycling program.

A comprehensive recycling program for Estevan is well past due. To make it happen, people on both sides of the argument are going to have to work together. We’ve shown what can happen in our com-munity when all sides pull together towards a common goal. We hope this becomes another positive example.

Compromise must

be reached

Norm Park

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The Editor: If you are afraid on Highways 39 and

6, you are not alone. Our Time to Twin Highways 39 and

6 (south) committee began its work in 2009. Since then the average daily traffi c counts continue to increase on these two stretches of highway, drastically.

The Ministry of Highways and Infra-structure has informed us about the traffi c counts between Bienfait and Estevan: June 2011, average daily traffi c was 790 two-ton and larger trucks. In September 2012, the average daily traffi c included 1,500 two-ton and larger trucks. This is a 90 per cent increase in heavy truck traffi c and constitutes a total average daily traf-fi c count of 6,900 vehicles.

Many residents in southeast Sas-katchewan who use Highway 39 feel unsafe with good reason due to the in-creasing number of semis, tractor trailer units and oil tankers. A majority of these large vehicles have no other option but to travel in convoys due to the sheer number of them travelling on these highways.

This winter there were at least seven fatalities that included larger vehicles that occurred on southeast Saskatchewan highways. That means there are seven families’ lives that were forever changed this year. By twinning Highway 39 and

6, some of these tragedies could have potentially been prevented. It’s time we take steps needed to reinvest in the com-munities that are generating so much revenue for our government.

The oil boom in this area has brought a lot of prosperity to this region and gen-erated a lot of revenue for different levels of government. It’s time the governments start providing the safety to the families and communities they serve.

We continue to push our Saskatch-ewan government to use a portion of their highway infrastructure budget to twin Highway 39 and 6 south, thereby providing a safer highway. This does not include passing lanes. Passing lanes will save money but not lives.

Our Time to Twin committee con-tinues to ask all residents along these highways to write, phone, e-mail, text, Facebook or tweet their local MLA, Minister of Highways Don McMorris and Premier Brad Wall and tell them what is happening to you on these highways and how you feel about the passing lane option.

Sincerely, Marge Young, EstevanDustin Hockey, WeyburnOn behalf of Time to Twin Committee.

Time to Twin team will stay the course

The Editor:Given the fragile state of the global

economy, trading nations like Canada should be doing all we can to increase legitimate cross-border and international commerce. I know first hand that our government gets that: our government is pursuing an ambitious, pro-trade plan that is facilitating more trade and commerce, and less red tape at the border. Our commitment to free and open trade has helped Canada weather the global economic downturn better than other G-7 nations.

It is in that spirit that we strongly op-pose a border fee proposed by our closest trading partner and neighbour.

President Barrack Obama’s 2014 budget request to Congress proposes to study the feasibility of charging a fee to anyone crossing the American border by land. Such a fee would be very ill-advised as it would hurt the $1.9-billion in trade that fl ows between our two countries every single day, including the signifi cant trade and shipment of goods at the North Portal crossing in our community.

This government believes that the

proposed U.S. border fee would be bad for jobs and bad for the economy.

A number of U.S. politicians whose districts are in border states have already vocally opposed such a measure. Some of these opponents are in the president’s own party.

Decision-makers in Washington should consider the damaging impact of this job-killing border fee. Indeed, this kind of fee has been proposed before and not enacted. We lobbied against the fee then, and we will continue to strongly make our case for open and free trade at the border.

That’s why the government is vigor-ously advocating against such a proposal — from cabinet ministers to Canada’s front-line diplomats. We continue to work with the Obama administration to implement the Beyond the Border Action Plan to im-prove the fl ow of people and goods across the border. That should continue to be our focus. People in both countries will benefi t.

Ed Komarnicki, Member of Parliament, Souris–Moose Mountain

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Someone or something is listening.

Six hundred and thirty somethings.

Just south of this city lies one of the most extensive permanent seismic arrays to

be used for tracking carbon dioxide movement in the subsurface.

It’s part of the Aquistore project and the seismic array is the fi rst in the world to be used for CO2 monitoring.

Aquistore is an indepen-dent research project built to demonstrate that the storage of carbon dioxide 3.4 kilome-tres deep is safe. By storing liquid CO2 in a saline sand-stone formation, Aquistore will demonstrate the scien-

tifi c and economic feasibil-ity of reducing greenhouse gases through dedicated CO2 storage.

The project is warm-ing up for a busy summer of 2013. The 2012 opera-tions focused on the drill-ing and evaluation of two heavily instrumented wells, an injection and observation well, which are the deep-est in Saskatchewan. As interest grew, over 250 in-ternational visitors came to see this world-class project. The implementation of a monitoring, measurement and verifi cation program was also undertaken, of which the permanent seismic array is the critical component.

To build the seismic array, 630 geophones were installed around the project site.

Geophones, said Aquis-tore’s top research scientist Don White of Natural Re-sources Canada, “are very sensitive listening tools. They measure ground vi-brations used to image the Earth’s structure in a manner similar to medical ultrasound imaging.”

While geophones and seismic surveys have been used for decades to defi ne and illustrate the subsurface of the planet, Aquistore is the fi rst project of this kind to implement seismic moni-toring aimed at tracking and observing the movement of CO

2.

Installation of this inno-vative sparse array happened in March of this year on a 2.5 by 2.5 kilometre grid. The 630 geophones were installed at a depth of 20 metres. The installations will serve as both an active and passive source of monitoring and can be activated using various man-made sources of vibrations to monitor activ-ity. Of all available remote monitoring systems, the use of sequential seismic imag-ing at the Aquistore site will provide the highest defi nition of C02 in the subsurface.

The permanent array is now collecting data for Aquistore, allowing the proj-ect to establish monitoring baseline before C02 injec-tion and to track any minute movements of the subsur-face. Following the initial installation, a baseline test survey was conducted. Data from each of the 630 geo-phones was gathered, and the Aquistore team continues to process and analyze results.

Continuing into the rest of the year, Aquistore moves closer to its goal of injecting C02, which will be captured at the nearby SaskPower Boundary Dam Power Sta-tion and transported via pipe-line to the Aquistore site. Once injection begins, the permanent seismic array and its 630 geophones will listen and observe the C02 3.4 kilometres below the surface. The array should provide the

clearest and most accurate information possible on the subsurface movement of C02.

Aquistore and Natural Resources Canada have been working collaboratively to take advantage of the tech-nology. White and his team have been out in the field during the past month, con-ducting additional baseline field-work. In one test, a group of geophones was lowered to the bottom of the injection well while a sound source was lowered into the observation well. This source produced sound waves that were then picked up by the geophones in the injection well. This allows for a de-

tailed image that shows the geology within the reservoir and the cap rock which seals the injection zone.

A second test of the permanent seismic array was hindered by this year’s overwhelming snow pack, therefore the saline survey is now scheduled to take place later this month. These seis-mic tests are a regular occur-rence, said White, although the schedule will depend on the C02 injection schedule.

“In general, the surveys are repeated after time inter-vals in which the cumulative amounts of injected C02

have increased signifi cantly. We anticipate repeating the surveys every 12 months for the fi rst years of monitoring.”

While the geophones continue to listen, the world watches. Aquistore’s seismic program is the fi rst of its kind and so the project continues to attract interest from inter-national research partners, with the visits beginning again in May and June. The demonstrations will include deep saline C02 storage, economics and monitoring requirements developed by the Aquistore project since they are of global interest and application.

With this project, Aquis-tore is helping Saskatchewan reduce greenhouse gas emis-sions and lead the way in C02 storage in Canada and the world.

The entire project is be-ing conducted by the Petro-leum Technology Research Centre (PTRC) of Regina, a world leader in the study of geological storage of carbon

Aquistore project takes next big step

An artist’s rendering of the Aquistore well and under-

ground sensor placements.

An Aquistore sensor prior to being buried.


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They make sure everyone has a safe trip to school, watching their younger peers to help them cross the streets in order to get safely to class on time.

They are the elementary school safety patrollers.

Six of those patrollers were selected to attend the 2013 annual Safety Patrol Jam-boree in Regina from May 2 to 4. A student was chosen from each of the elementary schools in Estevan, with Emily Alexander representing Spruce Ridge, Tanissy Ser-nick of Pleasantdale, Dezaray Findlay of St. Mary’s, Jace Carlisle of Sacred Heart, Treybias Kolke of Westview and Ryan Duckmanton of Hillcrest attending the jamboree together.

The patrollers were selected for dis-playing leadership, enthusiasm, maturity, promptness and dependability.

“The police offi cers on the street are happy to see you out there,” Sgt. Kevin Reed told the group of young safety patrollers, thanking them for their efforts before they headed for Regina last week.

As part of the jamboree, the students attended a number of events and had tours of the Legislative Building, Government House, the RCMP Training Depot and the Saskatchewan Science Centre.

Chaperoning the students was Const. Braden Lonsberry, the Estevan Police Ser-vice school resource offi cer.

The wind-up dance for all safety patrol-lers will be May 29 at the Days Inn Plaza.

An EPS press release noted “This dance is an opportunity for us to show our appreciation to all the patrollers for the great job they do during the school year in all weather conditions.”

Local safety patrollers off to jamboree

A selection of local student safety patrollers were off to Regina for the two-day

Safety Patrol Jamboree last week. From left are Braden Lonsberry, Jace Carlisle,

Dezaray Findlay, Ryan Duckmanton, Emily Alexander, Treybias Kolke and Tanissy

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Once again travellers entering Canada, hoping to dodge a few extra dollars in taxes, ended up paying signifi cantly more for their transgressions after their schemes were un-covered by Canada Border Services Agents at border cross-ings in North Portal and the Estevan Highway in March of this year.

CBSA agents report that one good example occurred on March 1 when a Saskatchewan resident importing a motorhome declared its value at US$21,500.

CBSA offi cers conducted a routine secondary exami-nation and found an Internet listing for the motorhome and after contacting the sellers, determined the motorhome had actually been purchased for US$36,500 and therefore had been undervalued at the port by $15,000.

The motorhome was seized and only returned to the purchaser after he had paid a penalty of $8,485.13 to retrieve it. If the motorhome had been correctly declared, the taxes owing would have amounted to just over $771.

In other border related incidents, CBSA offi cers reported that on March 3, a United States resident sought entry into Canada to work in Alberta.

While attempting to enter Canada at North Portal, it was noted he had previously been granted work permits in Canada, but background checks also revealed a recent conviction for driving while under the infl uence of alcohol, so he was refused entry.

The man returned to the port a couple of days later seeking to obtain documents to apply for a pardon so CBSA offi cers explained that he was not eligible to apply for a pardon, but he was advised on how to properly apply from outside Canada once he became eligible. He then returned to the U.S.

On March 6, a commercial truck driver from Wisconsin arrived at the port of entry and when a background check was made it was revealed the man had previous convictions including child abuse and three counts of battery so he was refused entry into Canada.

On the same day, a North Dakota-based commercial driver was refused entry due to a serious criminal record that included theft of government property, obstructing police and probation violation. He, too, was returned to the U.S.

On March 12, a South Dakota resident operating a commercial truck was referred for secondary examination based on his vague responses to a series of primary ques-tions. While examining the sleeper area of the transport truck, CBSA offi cers found a disassembled .40 calibre handgun. The gun was seized and the man paid a $1,000 penalty before returning to the U.S.

Several suspected cannabis products were located in a vehicle being operated by a Saskatchewan resident who was returning to Canada on March 18. The items included 226 grams of suspected cannabis spray, 453 grams of suspected cannabis balm and 5.2 grams of suspected marijuana plant material. The items were seized along with the man’s vehicle. Following the payment of a $2,650 penalty, the vehicle was released.

On March 20, CBSA offi cers seized an undeclared stun gun from a Minnesota man who was attempting to enter Canada as a visitor. The man paid a $500 penalty and was allowed to proceed with his trip into Canada.

On March 24, a Colorado man was refused entry due to his having several serious offences listed on his record including sexual assault, assault, false imprisonment, kidnap-ping, battery and possession of cannabis. He was returned to the U.S.

A New York resident who had been refused entry into Canada on previous occasions was once again denied entry at the North Portal Port on March 26. Further checks

revealed he had been convicted of such offences as sexual assault, unlawful imprisonment, introducing contraband into a prison, burglary, assault and disorderly conduct. He was returned to the U.S.

March 19 took on extra signifi cance for seven CBSA employees at North Portal when they were presented with Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medals.

The employees were recognized for their signifi cant achievements and continued contributions to Canadians. The recipients included director Kevin Hewson, superintendent Scott Kienlen, superintendent Tim Fogarty, superintendent Greg Arnott, chief Wayne Brown and CBSA offi cers Richelle Perkins, Nedra Yurkowski and Tina Longney.

Several international travellers turned back at borderCanada Border Services Agency report

Traffi c volumes at two international border cross-ings decreased slightly in March of this year compared with March of 2012, said Lisa White, Canada Border Services Agency communi-

cations and media relations offi cer.

The year-over-year de-cline, she suggested, was probably due to several winter storms that struck the region in March, curtailing

travel signifi cantly. The traffi c count at the

North Portal Port, the busi-est in the province, totalled 22,378 travellers in March of this year compared with 24,697 in March of 2012.

These travellers arrived in 5,622 regular vehicles and 10,297 commercial trucks. This was also a decrease from the previous year when 11,326 commercial trucks were counted in March, along with 6,259 regular passenger vehicles.

The numbers were also down at the Estevan High-way Port, although not as signifi cantly as North Portal.

The Estevan Highway Port showed a total traveller count of 4,267 in March of this year, which was quite similar to the March count in 2012 when 4,297 travellers were counted.

There were 2,470 regu-lar passenger vehicles reg-istered at the Estevan High-way Port in March of this year plus 447 commercial trucks. Last year in March, there were 2,537 regular vehicles counted plus 584 commercial trucks.

Several travellers were refused entry into Canada when they arrived at the North Portal crossing point. There were a variety of rea-sons for the refusals includ-ing 29 for criminal records and 22 others who were seen as non-genuine visitors or people who failed to supply proper documents.

At the Estevan High-way Port, 11 people were refused entry, with 10 of those being denied due to previous criminal activities and issues.

Traffi c count at border down in March

A photo of some of the illegal substances confi scated

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A geothermal power production model before year’s end might just be possible thanks to the recent announce-ment that Natural Resources Canada and SaskPower have expressed an intention to contribute a total of $2.2 million toward a deep well geothermal project in southeast Saskatchewan.

The announcement was made by Saskatoon-based Deep Earth Energy Pro-duction (DEEP) and its president Kirsten Marcia (nee Muir), a former Estevan resident and vocal advocate for this green electrical power production model that can produce a baseload of power for the provincial electrical grid.

Marcia, a geologist, was in Estevan in December of 2011 promoting the project and seeking interest from local developers for her initial fi ve megawatt $5 million power plant that would serve as a model for a more ambitious $25 million, 50 megawatt plant. She said at the time she hoped to have the fi rst phase underway by 2013.

With the $2.2 million committed to fund the front end engineering design study on the economic and technical vi-ability of geothermal as a source of clean electricity generation, that work can proceed.

Marcia said earlier that selecting the southeast Saskatchewan sector was a natural choice since the underground knowledge base in this part of the province is huge.

She noted that with over 35,000 oil wells drilled, “there isn’t much that isn’t already known about what’s down there.”

Natural Resources Canada will be providing $1 million through its ecoEII program and SaskPower is on tap for $1.2 million following a successful completion

of negotiations with DEEP and the front end engineering study review that will in-clude reservoir tests and a cost breakdown for the next phase of the project.

Joe Oliver, Canada’s minister of natural resources said, “Through the ecoENERGY Innovation Initiative, our government is investing in innovative clean energy technologies that create jobs, generate new economic opportunities and protect the environment.”

The fi ve megawatt power plant would be located near Estevan and provide power from a hot aquifer located three kilometres down. Five megawatts is enough power to provide electicity for 5,000 homes. The environmental impact is the equivalent of removing 8,016 cars and their emissions from local highways.

The plant will be sustainable since it uses renewable resources and Marcia pointed out that similar plants produc-ing hundreds of megawatts of power are already in operation in the United States, Mexico and in 24 other countries. She also pointed out that geothermal produced bas load supply, unlike solar, wind and hydro which can only remain operational if weather conditions allow. It is cost com-petitive with coal and gas fi red plants and has the smallest environmental footprint since the typical plants are housed in buildings no larger than a Quonset. Since geothermal units do not require any fuel, they are not subject to commodity price fl uctuations.

At the original presentation, Marcia said the project contains a six to eight year payback and surface rights issues had already been cleared. Plant operation would require just one or two people, with as many as 40 to 60 people being involved in the actual construction.

Geothermal electricity project steps closer to reality

Kirsten Marcia

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The weekend was especially busy for members of the Estevan Police Service (EPS) with several events being staged in and around the city which increased the need for additional vigilance and policing action.

The extra activity began as early as the night of April 30 when a 22-year-old man was arrested and charged by police for production of a controlled substance as well as possession of a controlled substance exceeding 30 grams.

Police were called to an apartment building by the owner who was requesting their assistance in dealing with a problem tenant.

The matter turned into a controlled substance in-vestigation and the deployment of a search warrant that eventually led to police dismantling a grow operation and the seizure of a quantity of marijuana parapherna-lia and other equipment used for the production of the contraband plants.

The man was taken into custody and appeared in court the next morning before being released with a May 27 court date.

Police were also asked to look into an alleged as-sault incident that occurred at a residence during a party.

On May 2, EPS members were asked to look into a complaint of a motorcycle running in a garage in the neighbourhood. Police checked with the bike’s owner who noted he was doing an engine check to track down a problem. He was warned about the city’s noise bylaw.

Police were then called to a lounge to check into a report of an intoxicated man who was asking patrons for drugs, or asking them if they knew where he could get some drugs. The 48-year-old subject became agitated when police arrived, so he was removed by police and arrested for being intoxicated in public. He was held in cells until sober.

May 3 became a day for bylaw enforcement action pertaining to illegally parked vehicles, barking dogs and a hit and run investigation.

Police also received a report of a vehicle driving by a school bus while the bus had the stop arms and

fl ashing lights activated. This investigation continues. The night before, EPS members reported that

they investigated an accident involving a vehicle that had slowed down to allow a person in the downtown crosswalk to cross the street. A person driving a vehicle behind the slowed-down vehicle was distracted and ran into the back of the vehicle that was yielding to the pedestrian.

Police later impounded an unregistered vehicle and the driver was charged with driving while suspended.

During that same shift, EPS members charged a 36-year-old driver for driving while impaired and driv-ing while his blood-alcohol content was over .08 per cent. He now has a June 17 court date.

On the night of May 4, EPS members attended to a noisy party complaint, arrested a 50-year-old Estevan man for public intoxication, attended to a local lounge in response to a report of a man causing a disturbance and handed a 23-year-old driver a 24-hour driving sus-pension following a roadside check.

The activity was just beginning, however, as shortly after this, a 42-year-old Ituna man was charged with driving while over .08 and his 47-year-old passenger was arrested for being intoxicated in a public place.

An ongoing dispute between the owners of neigh-bouring properties attracted police attention during the next shift. The dispute occurred in the north central area of the city. Both owners were spoken to separately in an attempt to mediate the situation. They eventually agreed to work out their differences in a positive manner.

A report of a blond-haired man in a black hoodie breaking into vehicles in the north central part of the city was looked into. The suspect fl ed the area when he noticed the complainant tracking him.

A 48-year-old Macoun woman was arrested for causing a disturbance at a concert in Spectra Place. She was lodged in cells for several hours before being released.

A 34-year-old Winnipeg man was arrested after

he was observed consuming illegal narcotics inside a cabaret venue. He was lodged in cells until sober and this matter remains under investigation.

A 36-year-old Moose Jaw man was arrested for be-ing intoxicated in public at a cabaret in the north central area of the city that same night. He was lodged in cells until regaining sobriety.

Police then fi elded a 911 call from a distraught 29-year-old woman who indicated she required police assistance. She was unsure of her exact location, but with further conversation and investigation she was located and transported to St. Joseph’s Hospital for further care.

A 21-year-old Estevan man was arrested later on in the evening for being intoxicated in a public place, the cabaret in the north central area of the city. He resisted arrest and now has a court date.

A 32-year-old man from Lampman called EPS that same night requesting assistance. The man, who was in distress, was located and transported to the Estevan Police Service station where emergency medical service attendants paid him a visit and subsequently transported him to St. Joseph’s Hospital for further care.

EPS members were also asked to look into the theft of a vehicle from the north central area of the city that evening.

On May 5, police received a report of a domestic dispute in the south central part of the city. A 39-year-old woman and 33-year-old man were involved in the dispute. The man was taken to the Estevan Police Service station while the female came to the station on her own. The two in the dispute left the station separately and no further action was required.

A report of a fi ght breaking out among several men in the central part of the city was responded to by police. A vehicle containing two of the men was located as it was leaving the area. The investigation revealed that three co-workers had become engaged in a physical confrontation, but all participants had left the area so no further policing action was required.

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“I was looking pretty good the first few laps, and then five or 10 laps

in everybody started passing me and I was kinda getting depressed

there. I just found a good line, I guess.”— Tyson Turnbull on how he won the mod feature at Estevan Motor Speedway’s

season opener on Saturday.

“I don’t see any reason why we’re not competing for the provincial

title again this year.”—Estevan Haulers head coach Kent Phillips on the team’s odds of repeating last

year’s provincial bantam AA championship.

The good news for the Estevan Tarpon Energy Big Dogs is there’s nowhere to go but up.

The junior lacrosse team got their season started on a sour note on Friday, losing 33-7 to the Regina Rifles in the Queen City in Prairie Gold Lacrosse League action.

The Big Dogs’ home opener is Saturday when they host the Yorkton Bull-dogs at 7 p.m. They also play host to the Saskatoon Steelers on Sunday at 2 p.m.

Dylan Smith led the team on Friday with two goals and fi ve points, while Rhett Handley netted a goal and four points.

Mark Moriarty, Ty Cur-rie and Tanner Froese were also among the Big Dogs’ scorers.

But it was a game to forget for Estevan.

“ W h a t d i d n ’ t g o wrong?” said head coach Evan Handley. “The first four or fi ve minutes were actually pretty close, with both teams playing their fi rst game of the year. It was back and forth, lots of scrambling, both sides turning the ball over.

“Then they started to execute their offence. Like I said at the start of the year, if we do not do well defen-sively, we are not going to be successful.”

Handley noted that with an arsenal of offen-sive weapons, including last year’s league scoring leader Tristan Frei, it’s tough to limit the Rifl es’ scoring chances.

“It’s going to be really

hard to keep that team off the scoreboard. We took a ton of penalties, deserved or not ... and they capitalized. They did a really good job on their power play,” said Handley.

“It’s one of those games you take out and throw away and say, ‘that’s the best team in the league and if we don’t stay out of the box, that’s what’s going to happen.’”

Despite a rough first period, Handley felt his team got better as the game went on, with the power play be-ing a bright spot.

“We started playing better in the second period. Our power play did pretty decent. We buried at least three power play goals. We moved the ball around quite well on our power play.

“Cole MacCuish did really well for his fi rst game ever. Isaac Elder did some good things out there, Ryan Kenzie played well, Ty Cur-rie played really well and got a nice goal. Ryan Juhlke did really well. He played tough defence and moved the ball up the fl oor a couple of times.

Dustin DeBruyne took a match penalty during the game and is facing a sus-

pension.Handley said the Big

Dogs simply need to be better defensively in order to improve.

“We need to keep the ball out of our net and that starts with our defence, so that they’re not having breakaways and 3-on-1s and having free shots.”

He added that they have to play “a lot meaner.”

The team will play an exhibition game against the senior Impact team tomor-row night.

Both games this week-end will be played at Spectra Place.

The Impact opened their PGLL regular season on Saturday and Sunday in Saskatoon against the Brewers. Scores were not available at press time.

Tyson Turnbull didn’t take the easy road to victory on Saturday.

After hanging out near the leaders earlier in the race, Turnbull passed Dave Dease with six laps to go and hung on to win the modifi ed feature at the fi rst race program of the year at Estevan Motor Speedway.

“(Dease) just showed me the line, I guess. I’m usually up there, but I thought there was no way you could run like that up there (considering the track conditions), but he proved me wrong. I had to drive up in front of him to get the lead, but that’s the way you have to do it sometimes,” said Turnbull, the defending modifi ed champion at EMS.

But in order to earn his fourth career victory at Estevan, Turnbull had to make adjustments earlier in the feature.

“I was looking pretty good the fi rst few laps, and then fi ve or 10 laps in everybody started passing me and I was kinda getting depressed there. I just found a good line, I guess.”

Mike Hagen would finish second, followed by Ed Turnbull.

There was a very lengthy stretch near the end of the race with no cautions, although Turnbull said he wouldn’t have minded a yellow fl ag after he got into lap traffi c.

“I could’ve almost used a caution when we got into lap-pers there. I got by the one guy and then we got to Jim Harris and they gave him the blue fl ag, the move over fl ag. I was on the outside and they gave him the move over fl ag and he was in the middle. I wanted him to move over to the bottom, not to the outside, so I damn near went right off the end of the track.”

Meanwhile, Gregg Mann dominated the stock car class

on Saturday, winning both the feature and his heat in a walk.Mann had the pole for the stock feature and led from

start to fi nish.Still, he said he would have preferred it play out differ-

ently.“I’d rather come by a few guys and then know what

they’re doing, and how their speed is. When you start out front, you really don’t know who’s got what line on you. You could be running a line that’s going away and the other guy’s found something better.

I made a good choice, I went up high, and it worked for me up there again,” said Mann.

Mann has a new motor in his car and he said the vehicle was set up for success.

“We spent a lot of time with the car over the winter. We took what we had last year at the end of the season, we were set up real good, and added a few more things to it to make it a little better. It seems to be working for us,” he said.

“It’s a real nice car to drive and it was really working. Whatever I wanted to do with it on the track, whether it was dry or tacky, the car would do what I wanted it to do.”

Minot’s Brock Beeter won the hobby stock feature, taking the lead midway through the race.

Keith Cassidy had been in the lead up to that point, hav-ing taken the pole, but he spun out on a turn and eventually fi nished ninth.

Beeter credited the victory in part to staying away from collisions like that one.

“It’s mainly just staying out of trouble, keeping away

from the cars in front of you. Take your time, take it easy, it’s a long race, don’t get yourself in trouble early. I had trouble in the heat race. I went off Turn 1 and 2 in the heat race, so I learned my lesson there, so I didn’t want to do that again,” he said.

“The car was handling good on the wet track. I was hop-ing for a caution at the end because the track was really starting to come in and become really fast, but I was in so much lap traffi c I couldn’t really stretch the legs on it.”

The next race program at EMS is on May 17.

Big Dogs smoked by Rifl es in opener

Turnbull grabs late lead for mod winMann, Beeter also win features on opening day at Estevan Motor Speedway

Dylan Smith, seen here winning a faceoff during a

game last year, scored fi ve points for the Estevan

Big Dogs on Friday in a 33-7 loss to the Regina Rifl es.

(File Photo)

MODIFIEDTyson Turnbull, 10TMike Hagen, 27XEd Turnbull, 10EHTravis Hagen, 14Dave Dease, 10DLes McLenehan, 29MMarlyn Seidler, 7Ryan Harris, 18Kelly Bauman, 66Joren Boyce, 67

STOCK CARGregg Mann, 95Austin Daae, 17Rocky Alexander, 99Jordan Durward, 2DDustin Byler, 97James Frayn, 456Tim Klassen, 43Robert Pickering, 8Tanner Matthewson, 12N/A

HOBBY STOCKBrock Beeter, 48BEric Sinness, 88Brad King, 43Gary Goudy Sr., 7Blaine Durward, 12DChris Dukart, 20Dylan Crozier, 8DCory Evans, 33Keith Cassidy, 74Kiana Stepp, 81

Here are the top 10 fi nishers in each class at the race program at Estevan Motor Speedway

on Saturday:

EMSEMS Stats Stats

It was a battle of two No. 10s in the mod feature on Saturday. Tyson Turnbull (right) took the lead from Dave Dease with six laps left and won the race.

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Nearly 150 participate in Coal Country RunThe annual Coal Coun-

try Run was staged in Bien-fait on Saturday, with the 141 participants enjoying great weather for the event.

The 10-kilometre divi-sion saw 62 people register, while 54 ran the fi ve-kilo-metre race.

There were also 17 children in the kids’ mini-mile pledge race, and eight others in the 5K bike-a-thon.

Jody Harris was the top overall runner in the 10K division, with a time of 49:43.

Braden Brock was also a challenger, but got mixed up on the course direc-tions, resulting in his total distance being short of 10 kilometres.

Brock did win the male under-16 category, however. There were no participants in the female

under-16 category. In the 16-30 age group,

Brad Brown took top spot

on the male side, while Brady Johnson was the win-ner in the female category.

In the 31-44 age group, Tom Copeland won the male title, and Harris was the winner in the female category.

Randy Dyck and Cathy Burton were the winners for ages 45-55, while Tim Perry and Peggy Rohatyn won the over-56 categories.

In the 5K division,

Levi Clampitt was the top fi nisher in a time of 21:37. He was in the 16-30 age group.

Noah Perkins and Hayley Dechaine were the winners in the under-16 cat-egory, while Keena McK-night won the female 16-30 group.

Rodney Phillips and

Candace Wheeler were the top runners in the 31-44 categories, while Lorraine Schlamp took top spot in the 45-55 female group. There were no entrants in the male 45-55 or male 56 and over categories.

Debby Knight crossed the fi nish line fi rst among female 56 and over entrants.

Meanwhile, the 25 kids entered gathered $4,199.25 in pledges for the Bienfait Memorial Arena.

The top two pledge gatherers were Kyler Dutka and Barrett Fleck, combin-ing for $2,188.25. The third highest pledge collector was three-year-old Sade Olson.

The fastest male mini-mile runner was Brad Graves, while Calissa Lockerby was the top fe-male mini-mile athlete.

Each kid was presented with a medal and a T-shirt for their participation.

A free brunch was provided for 5K and 10K entrants, and the Weldon School Community Council provided a barbecue for the kids and spectators.

This year’s Coal Country Run, a fundraiser for Bienfait, attracted a total of 141 offi cial runners for the fi ve

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Although they lost quite a few core players from last year’s provincial championship team, the Estevan Sherritt Coal Haulers believe they can make another run at a title in 2013.

With star pitcher Carson Perkins, several other key return-ees and a group of newcomers who can make an impact, the bantam AA baseball club isn’t dimming its expectations at all.

“I don’t see any reason why we’re not competing for the provincial title again this year,” said returning head coach Kent Phillips.

The Haulers kick off their regular season in the Baseball Regina bantam AAA division on Sunday with a doubleheader in Swift Current.

Their home opener is on Tuesday against Weyburn. Game time is 6 p.m. at Cactus Park.

The team’s losses include pitcher Brandon Hutt, who dominated last year’s provincial championship game on the mound and at the plate, along with Colton Gingras, Mitchel Clark, Bailey Lonsberry and Preston Hutt.

But Perkins, entering his second year of bantam, is reach-ing speeds of 84 miles per hour and Phillips believes he is the top bantam-age hurler in Saskatchewan.

“The top pitcher in the whole province will be on our team, so there’ll be nobody that can touch him,” he said. “(84 mph) is unheard of at the bantam level.”

The Haulers’ pitching staff also includes three players who can throw in the low-to-mid 70s range.

Of the 12 players who made the team, nine can pitch, with Phillips looking for the same kind of depth on the mound that helped last year’s team win provincials.

“That’s going to be one of our strengths, for the simple

reason that we do have some guys with live arms and we also have a lot of arms. Once you start getting into tournaments and provincials, having those extra two or three pitchers that other teams don’t have is key to getting into the later provincial rounds,” he said.

Kyler Phillips will be another pitcher expected to eat up a lot of innings.

The Haulers have added four players from Carlyle, where there is no AA program this year.

They include Brady Third, Kyle Sargent, Dalton Loustel and Josh Brown. Phillips is excited about Third, in particular.

“Without even playing a game yet, I have him fi gured in as my leadoff batter. That kid is always on base. You just can’t get him out, he’s so darn fast.

“With four of the new guys being second-year players, I’ve got quite a few expectations for them too, because they know what AA ball is all about.”

The Haulers are also adding a pair of pitchers from last year’s peewee Tornados team in Brett MacMurchy and Hunter Piche.

Phillips said the team’s success this year will come down to what they can do at the plate.

“It’ll all depend on hitting. I think defensively we’ll be fi ne, and we’ve got the pitching. It’ll depend on whether we can manufacture runs at key times.”

He’s also hoping last year’s championship experience will be a benefi t to the returning players.

“It gives them renewed confi dence too. We got to play an extra month of ball that we don’t usually play, due to going to westerns,” said Phillips, adding that it also gave the Carlyle players an extra reason to play in Estevan instead of Weyburn.

Haulers aiming to repeat as champs

Pitcher Carson Perkins will be relied on heavily by the

Estevan Haulers this season as their ace. (File Photo)

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Six badminton play-ers from Estevan Com-prehensive School did well enough at regional playoffs on the weekend to advance to provincials.

Regionals were held in Oxbow.

Carter Daoust and Dustin Doerr earned gold in boys’ doubles for ECS, while Paige Collopy and Jolan Lingelbach won gold in mixed doubles, defeat-ing another Elecs duo in the fi nal, as Calder Clark

and Harley Doerr took silver in the same event.

The three doubles teams will compete at provincials in Wilcox this weekend.

Sydney Mellom and Keya Rode of Oxbow fi n-ished in second place in the girls’ doubles event, losing to a team from Cu-par.

Other regional play-offs on the weekend were held in Swift Current, Canwood and Saskatoon.

Six from ECS heading to provincials

Six ECS athletes are headed to the provincial

badminton championship in Wilcox this weekend.

Back row, from left: Lindsay Collins (coach), Dustin

Doerr, Carter Daoust, Jolan Lingelbach, Paige

Collopy. Front row: Harley Doerr, Calder Clark.

(Submitted Photo)

Race DayTravis Peery leads a pack of several cars around Turn 4 during the

modifi ed feature on Saturday at Estevan Motor Speedway.


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None of the feature winners at Estevan Motor Speed-way on Saturday came as much of a surprise to anyone.

Tyson Turnbull picked up his fourth career feature win at EMS. Although he doesn’t have a ton of wins under his belt, he’s a constant threat and is the defending modifi ed champion — not entirely of his own doing, but we’ll not rehash that again.

Turnbull has shown in the past he’s able to come from way back to fi nish high — look at championship night last year, where he came from 25th to fi nish second — and he did that again. Turnbull started in fourth, but fell back a bit before making a charge to the front.

In the stock car division, Gregg Mann was in a class of his own all day, dominating his heat and then going wire-to-wire for the win in the feature.

Mann hasn’t managed a season championship yet, but he’s fourth all-time in stock wins at EMS with fi ve, and he’s most defi nitely a threat to win it all this year.

In the hobby feature, Brock Beeter grabbed the lead when early leader Keith Cassidy got involved in a wreck, and he never let it go.

Beeter won both hobby features during the season-ending doubleheader last year and continued his streak in the 2013 opener. He now has fi ve career wins at EMS.

Most importantly, the Speedway didn’t get an un-wanted surprise like they did so often last year.

There wasn’t a raindrop to be seen all day, and that

allowed the 2013 season to get off to a far better start than last year, when the fi rst four race days of the year were rained out.

The afternoon race program worked out great, al-lowing fans to enjoy some great weather and then head to the Mötley Crüe concert in the evening.

Speaking of surprises, needless to say, Mick Mars got a big one on his 62nd birthday.

***I was pleasantly surprised with the Toronto Maple

Leafs’ play in the second and third games of their series against Boston, but I’m afraid they’re still in over their heads.

Game 1 was an unmitigated disaster where NHL defencemen completely forgot how to play the position.

That’s all I’m saying about that.The Leafs rebounded in Game 2, earning a win in

Boston, something I never thought they would do. Not only that, Phil Kessel fi nally scored an even-strength goal against his former team for the fi rst time in four years.

The Bruins have owned Kessel ever since he left, and that was a huge breakthrough moment. Randy Carlyle also did a great job of getting him away from Zdeno Chara, despite not having the last change.

Kessel would score again in Game 3 on home ice, but despite a third period they couldn’t possibly have dominated more, the Leafs fell 5-2, with the Bruins add-ing an empty netter.

The Leafs’ biggest issue is the bad giveaways. Other than that, they played extremely well Monday night, sending 48 shots at Tuukka Rask. I don’t know how they managed not to score during that huge fl urry in the later stages of the third, but they played well enough to win on most other nights.

I’m more confi dent than I was at the beginning of the series, especially with the heart the Leafs showed in Game 2, but it’s still going to be a steep uphill climb.

Contact Josh Lewis at 306-634-2654 or [email protected]. If you’re going to tackle someone in Mötley Crüe, how much of a coward do you have to be to go after the one with a debilitating bone disease?

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Estevan Minor Baseball will honour members of the 2008 KPC Blazers at the Western Major Baseball League game being played in Estevan on June 10.

The Blazers won the Western Canadian midget AAA championship that year.

A pre-game ceremony will be held at Lynn Prime Park prior to the WMBL game between the Weyburn Beavers and Yorkton Cardinals. Game time is 7:10 p.m.

Three players are now members of the Beavers and “it was a natural fi t to celebrate their success at the same fi eld where they captured the title,” said an EMB press release.

The Blazers defeated British Columbia 9-4 in extra innings to win the championship.

The WMBL game will also feature a draw for a trip to see the Toronto Blue Jays.

Beavers players will return to Estevan on Tuesday and Wednesday to provide free minor ball clinics at Cactus Park.

The 2008 Blazers team was coached by Mel Mur-ray, Kelly Panteluk, Greg Fieber and Carl Henneberg.

The roster was made up of Riley Panteluk, Dylan Lafrentz, Jordan Blanchette, Kris Keating, Riley Spen-cer, Grant Henneberg, Dylan Hauk, Brendan Phillips, Cody Cairns, Josh Naka, Jordan Fieber, Devon Car-riere, Derek Wallace, Dylan Hauck, Evan Zerff, Logan Calanchie and Chris Untereiner.

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The Southeast Legacy Twins had been scheduled to kick off their regular season on Saturday with a doubleheader against the Saskatoon Giants.

However, the games in Saskatoon were post-poned and will now be played on July 7.

The season opener for the midget AAA baseball club will now come on Saturday, as the Twins host a doubleheader against the Moose Jaw Devons at

Lynn Prime Park. Game times are 1 and 3 p.m.

After that, the Sas-katchewan Premier Base-ball League club heads to Regina on Tuesday to play the Regina Athletics.

There are fi ve Este-van players on the Twins’ roster, including out-fielder Tanner Odgers, infi elders Austin Orsted, Colton Gingras and Logan Hertes, and catcher Jolan Lingelbach, as well as Lu-cas Lafrentz of Bienfait.

Gingras and Hertes are rookies.

There are also four

players from Weyburn and one each from Carnduff, Tribune and Oxbow.

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A couple of friends got together for a day of fi shing on the Boundary Dam reservoir on Sunday and fi nished around 5 p.m. with $1,500 in offi cial prize money to show for their efforts.

Ralph Smart of Estevan and Rom Hedges of Antelope, Mont., fi nished well ahead of their nearest challengers in the 2013 Walleye Classic at Boundary Dam, thanks mainly to the fact they landed two fi sh that weighed in at well over four pounds each.

Their fi ve fi sh total in the catch and release tournament came in at 15.82 pounds, relegating the team of Cody Degelman and Mychal Toth to second place with their 8.78 pounds of fi sh caught in the one-day event that began in the early morning on the fi rst offi cial fi shing day in the new season.

The tournament had been placed in jeop-ardy with recent water releases from Boundary to accommodate possible fl ood conditions in southeast Saskatchewan, but those fears were allayed and recent spring runoffs left the lake level more than adequate for tournament needs as 48 boats containing two-person teams went out in the water in two fl ights.

“We had 50 entries, but two teams were no-shows,” said Estevan Wildlife Federation president Mike Halirewich, who credited a team of over 20 volunteers for making this year’s event a smooth success.

Smart and Hedges not only collected the $1,200 in fi rst place prize money in the tourney, but they also picked up the $300 cash prize for bringing in the largest fi sh, a 4.4 pound specimen.

Degelman and Toth received $900 for their second place finish and the Estevan father and son team of Mark and Josh Michel received $600 for their third place fi nish with a total catch of 8.58 pounds.

Finishing off the list of cash prize winners were Joel Campbell and Richard Panchuk with $400 for fourth place with 8.10 pounds of fi sh followed by Brad and Darren Frater who re-ceived $300 for 7.80 pounds and fi nally, Alen Nicholson and Nick Bennett who picked up $200 for 7.78 pounds of fi sh.

This year’s winning team compared fa-vourably with most of the main prize winners of the past except for last year’s winning com-bination of Dave Fawcett and Lorne Garland who brought in a total of 17.56 pounds.

The fi shers were pleased with the weather conditions as temperatures soared and winds remained calm. And while the Boundary Dam waters proved to be a bit murky due to the recent churning caused by the runoff and

release actions, it didn’t seem to bother them, or the fi sh.

Local and visiting sportsmen and women will next be able to turn their attention to the upcoming Bass Master challenge, the annual bass fi shing tournament slated for these same waters on June 15.

Halirewich said the catch and release tour-nament was a big success on the fi sh survival front as well. He said only one fi sh was lost in

the whole tournament. The EWF president said since the rules

regarding the fi shing season have changed, next year’s tournament will be held on the fi rst Saturday following the offi cial opening day date of May 5, which will be a Monday.

“We can’t operate a tournament on a Monday, we wouldn’t get the volunteers we’d need, so it was a unanimous decision to hold this tournament on the fi rst Saturday after the season opens.”

In the past, the fi rst offi cial fi shing day in each new season was the fi rst Saturday in May.

Halirewich said he didn’t expect the slight change would affect many fi shers in the tournament.

“Besides, it seems that about 80 per cent of the people who enter are returnees. They like this tournament and they keep coming back,” he said.

Thoughts of expanding the event to include more teams and boats have been con-sidered and rejected, he said.

“Those doing the fi shing feel that 50 boats is enough for this body of water, especially when you take into consideration there are a few dozen other boats out there doing some fi shing who aren’t in the tournament,” he said.

Getting all 50 boats launched in the early morning and then docked and loaded up at the end of the tournament becomes a logistical challenge, even with two docks available to handle the fl ow.


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It appears senior base-ball will be played in Este-van this year after all.

The existence of the Estevan Tower Wolves was in serious jeopardy earlier this spring when no one could be found to manage the Saskota Base-ball League team. They also didn’t have enough players.

It seems both issues have been resolved.

Layne Wolos will be running the Wolves this year. He said he didn’t want to see the team miss a year or more in the Sas-kota league.

“I just feel the guys have given up their time in the past to look after it, and it’s one of those

things where you don’t want to let it get to the point where it falls by the wayside. I talked to some of the guys and we thought we had enough players to put together a team,” said Wolos.

“We’ve go t some younger players coming up from midget next year, six or seven of them, so we felt that if we could keep the team going that there would be more the next year.”

The Wolves play their first regular season game on May 23 against the Arcola Threshers.

The team has 14 play-ers right now, though they are looking for more. Any-one interested in suiting

up is asked to contact Wolos at 306-421-4247. The Wolves will be hold-ing open practices in the near future.

Wolos said another factor in keeping the team going was that the play-ers didn’t want to let the diamonds at Lynn Prime Park go underused.

“With the new ball diamond being (put) in place a few years ago, a lot of guys felt, being a community thing, that we wanted to keep it going. We’ve had a competi-tive team in the past, and it’s always good to keep things going so (playing on a senior team) is an option for future players,” he said.

Tower Wolves will play ball again

Better Homes and Gar-dens Real Estate Signature Service will be holding a celebrity golf tournament in Estevan on May 24.

All proceeds from the event at the TS&M Wood-

lawn Golf Club will go to the Estevan Kinsmen.

Former and current Saskatchewan Roughriders Roger Aldag, Wes Cates, George Reed, Geroy Si-mon, Gene Makowsky, Chris

Szarka, Jeremy O’Day, Scott Schultz and Don Narcisse will be in attendance along with members of the Riders’ cheerleading team.

People can also bid to play golf with the celebrities.

Participation is limited to 120 people and the tour-nament will get underway at noon. Golfers must register by Friday.

Tickets are $100 each and available at Better Homes and Gardens in the Estevan Shoppers Mall, or from any Estevan Kinsmen member.

Tickets include supper, but not cart rental.

Riders coming

for tournament

Adam Ziegler of the Estevan Tower Wolves throws a pitch during a Saskota

Baseball League game last year. (File Photo)

Smart and Hedges top them all at Walleye Classic

Ralph Smart (left) of Estevan and Rom Hedges from Antelope, Mont. teamed up

to catch these two four-pound plus walleyes in the Boundary Dam reservoir on

Sunday which helped them accumulate nearly 16 pounds of fi sh, giving them fi rst

place in the Estevan Wildlife Federation’s annual Walleye Classic. The 4.4 lb. fi sh,

the biggest of the two, also gave them the winning cheque for having caught the

biggest fi sh in the tourney.

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The Estevan Rotary Club celebrated in style last Friday night, marking its 90th anniversary with some special guests and a few awards along with entertainment.

One of the special guests, Lieutenant-Gov-ernor Vaughn Solomon-Schofield, perhaps said it best when she said the club was a fi ne example of “the power of communal effort.”

She said as a represen-tative of the Queen who knows something about public service, she quoted Elizabeth II as noting that “the greatness in a country is measured by what it gives to the world.”

“So that’s you,” said Solomon-Schofield, in speaking to the Rotarians and about 150 of their guests who had gathered in the Days Inn Plaza for the banquet and celebration.

The evening’s program included the awarding of eight honourary Paul Harris Fellowship certifi cates and a keynote address from Pe-ter Peters, a former health services executive who is currently serving Rotary as president of the Canadian Rotary Collaboration for International Development.

Solomon-Schofield, during her brief address, noted that local Rotarians

focused not only on mak-ing a difference on the home front, but also on the international scene.

“You make a differ-ence here in Estevan and around the world,” she said.

MLA Doreen Eagles and Estevan Mayor Roy Ludwig also brought greet-ings, with Eagles saying when the name Rotary comes up she immediately thinks of such things as exchange students, the an-nual carol festival and the well known Rotary Park, which is part and parcel of the larger Woodlawn Regional Park.

Ludwig pointed out the club’s strong volunteer base and the fundraising efforts over the years that have benefited the com-munity.

Wayne Claypool, a former Estevan club mem-ber and former district governor, brought greet-ings from current district governor Rick Hubbs, who was unable to attend due to flood problems in his home community of The Pas, Man.

Kim Thorson brought greetings from the Wey-burn Rotary Club, which was the group that spon-sored the fi rst Estevan Ro-tary Club back in 1923.

John Johnson also

brought greetings and a plaque of recognition and congratulations from the Estevan Lions Club.

Current club president Brian Pilloud provided an historical summary of the club’s many achievements over the years on both the local and international fronts, suggesting that on more than a few occasions Rotary has been able to bring community stake-holders “to the table” and they soon expected to do that again.

The honourary Paul Harris Fellow Awards are named after the man who founded Rotary in 1905. The fellowship program began in 1951.

The local club pro-vided a $1,000 donation in the name of each of the Estevan and area recipi-ents: Stacy Grunert, Alan Hamann, Evelyn Johnson, Evelyn Mansuy, Gary St. Onge, Art Beselt and Eric and Erna Pullam.

Each of the recipients, it was said, has contrib-uted to the community in diverse ways, but all have done so with a positive ap-proach in whatever project they have tackled.

In his keynote address, Peters noted that “Rotary is not about kings and rulers, but rather building stepping stones.”

Peters compared the privileged lifestyle his young granddaughter Mia enjoys compared with a youngster living in poverty in a Third World country where one million children die each year before they reach the age of fi ve.

“They live in worlds of forced labour, child prosti-tution, refugee camps. They live in a world where 17 per cent of the population can’t read and 18 per cent never have decent drinking water,” said Peters, adding that one-seventh of the world’s population don’t have toilets, “another small attack on human dignity.”

So Rotary comes to

that situation with a spirit of fellowship and assis-tance with 34,296 clubs and over 1.2 million members.

“We do our stuff to-gether,” he said.

Peters added that Ro-tary does their work in a spirit that politicians would be better advised to follow, that being a spirit of friendship, honesty and forthcoming attitude to deal with issues in an environ-ment of partnerships.

“We’re in the business of partnership and in learn-ing to do the dance and how to respond when we get there and we’re willing to listen to what they have to say,” he added.

On the international scene, Peters noted that Rotary was on the cusp of eradicating polio from the Earth in a spirit of partner-ships, with just 22 cases reported this year.

His advice in his clos-ing remarks was to “build, don’t tear down even though it’s easier to tear down.”

The program closed with musical entertainment from the Estevan A Cap-pella Singers.

Rotarian Cory Prokop served as emcee for the evening’s busy agenda, which also included the introduction of visiting Rotarians.

Rotary club celebrates 90th year in style

Eric and Erna Pullam

Honourary Paul Harris Fellow recipients from Estevan who received certifi cates on Friday night are pictured with presenter Saskatchwan’s Lt. -Gov. Vaughn Solomon Schofi eld.

Gary St. Onge

Art Beselt

Evelyn Johnson

Evelyn Mansuy

Alan Hamann

Stacy Grunert

“We do our stuff together.”– Peter Peters, President of the

Canadian Rotary Collaboration

for International Development.

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The oldest unit in Saskatchewan’s coal-fi red electrical power generating system has been shut down for good.

Unit No. 1 at Boundary Dam Power Station was retired in late April according to information released by the com-pany in early May.

The unit, which produced up to 62 megawatts of gen-erating capacity, was deemed to be too old and too small to warrant conversion to a carbon dioxide capture program similar to what is currently underway on Unit No. 3, which is newer and capable of supplying up to 110 megawatts of

electricity after retrofi tting. Another aging unit, No. 2, which is as old as No. 1, be-

ing commissioned in 1960, is also slated for retirement in the near future. That will probably be sometime after Unit No. 3 is put back into service with the CO2 capture equipment fully implemented and operational.

Mike Zeleny, Boundary Dam’s former general manager, who has moved over to the transition and operation side for the re-introduction of Unit 3, said “Unit 1 will be made safe from an environmental perspective and will remain in that state. There are no immediate plans to dismantle it at this time.”

Robert Watson, CEO for SaskPower, said that “Sask-Power is making unprecedented investments to ensure the electricity system is environmentally sustainable and ready for the future.”

He added that coal has been and will continue to be a reliable low-cost source of power since the $1.24 billion carbon capture project at Unit No. 3 will bring the company into a new era of clean coal technology and production.

New emission standards take effect July 1, 2015 and Units 1 and 2 just could not fi t into a refurbishment schedule in time, plus they are older and smaller units.

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ity in partnership with Hitachi Ltd. at nearby Shand Power Generating Station. This is a $60 million project with the two companies sharing the construction costs equally. It will be ready to accommodate neutral platform tests for electrical power vendors by mid-2014, said Watson. These vendors will be able to test, verify and improve their own post-combustion technologies in a commercial environment.

Boundary Dam, in the meantime, now has a total gen-erating capacity of 766 megawatts after discounting the 62 megawatts that Unit 1 used to bring to the table.

Retiring the old unit means the removal of about 350,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions while not negatively impacting SaskPower’s ability to supply all the electrical power needs for customers.

Say goodbye to Unit 1 at Boundary Dam

Robert Watson, CEO of SaskPower

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Mary Joan HowardMary Howard, late of Frobisher, Sask. passed away sud-

denly on April 17, 2013 at the age of 86.Mary is survived by her husband, Lyle Howard; children,

Brian Howard, Frobisher, Sask.; Janice (Melvin) Hannah, York-ton, Sask.; Heather Howard, Frobisher, Sask.; Jim (JoAnne) Howard, Alameda, Sask.; Grandchildren: Jordan (Chantelle) Hannah, Jillian Hannah, Samantha and Jessica Howard; Great Grandson Connor Hannah; siblings Jack Sabroe and Irene Gib-son, Edmonton, Alta., as well as numerous nieces and nephews.

Mary Joan Howard was the born October 1, 1926, in Portal, North Dakota to Ernest and Mary Sabroe. She was the eldest child of six.

Mary spent her early years on the farm south of Frobisher and attended Erniwin School. In 1938 the Sabroe family moved into Frobisher when her father Ernie became the postmaster.

After fi nishing her Grade 12 schooling in Frobisher, Mary worked in Shapiro’s store and after the passing of her father, in 1949, started working at the Frobisher post offi ce, fi rst as part-time then 21 years as Post Mistress. Mary retired in 1991 after 42 years associated with the post offi ce.

On January 23, 1952, Mary married Lyle Howard. Mary and Lyle celebrated their 61st anni-versary this past January. Mary enjoyed life. She was a great cook who took the time to prepare all the special things her family enjoyed. Spring always was a special time of year for Mary as she looked forward to starting her tomatoes. This year the tomatoes that were started by Mary, will be lovingly planted by her family.

Mary was always proud of her Danish heritage. Her father Ernest, who had immigrated as a young man from Denmark to Canada, spoke often to Mary about his family remaining in Denmark. One of Mary’s great pleasures in life was her trip to Denmark, Sweden and Norway to observe fi rst-hand what her father had loved.

In the last few years, as her health declined and she was unable to do the things she most enjoyed, she always managed to be optimistic and looked to the good in life. Her favorite saying was “If you can’t say something nice then don’t say anything at all.”

Mary will be remembered as a quiet, kind, faithful wonderful person who will always be in our hearts.

The Funeral Service for Mary was held April 23, 2013 at 11:00 in the Frobisher Union Church with Don Britt offi ciating. A family interment followed in the Frobisher Cemetery. Urn bearers were Brian and Jim Howard.

Those wishing to make donations in Mary’s memory may do so directly to STARS Air Ambulance or the Frobisher Union Church.

Arrangements entrusted to Hall Funeral Services, Estevan.

Jennie DerenMarch 24, 1931 - April 28, 2013

The family of Jennie Deren is saddened to announce her passing on Sunday, April 28, 2013 in Regina at the age of 82.

Jennie was predeceased by her husband, Andrew Deren; her parents, Peter and Julia Kazuik; siblings, Mike Kazuik and Steve Kazuik; and son-in-law, Graham Langford.

She is survived by her lov-ing family: June Horsman of Re-gina, Paul (Cheryl) Deren of Es-tevan, Donna (Richard) Jasper of

Regina, Bill Deren of Bienfait, Lil (Randy) Olynyk of Regina, Linda (Barry) Mitchall of Regina, Delmar (Virginia) Deren of Stoughton and Joy Langford of Regina; grandchildren and great grandchil-dren, Nicole (Greg) Bawden (children Emma and Matthew) of Pilot Butte, Jennifer (Mike) Brown (sons Carter and Finley) of Milestone, Brent (Carlie) Jasper (son Easton) of Regina, Christelle (Kelly) Batty (daughters Averi and Kailee) of Regina, Deren (Hilary) Olynyk of White City, Darcy (Larrah) Olynyk (daughter Callie) of Regina, Kel-cie Deren-Mitchall of Regina, Doug (Tracey) Deren (sons Cole and Jett) of Minot, Kris (Tammi) Deren of Invermere and Lindsay (Brant) Dammann (children Sierra and Cooper) of Creelman; sisters-in-law, Berva Kazuik of Estevan and Anne Deren of Medicine Hat, as well as numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.

Prayers were held on Thursday, May 2, 2013 at 7:30 p.m. in the Chapel of Hall Funeral Services, Estevan, with Doug Third of-fi ciating.

Funeral Mass was celebrated on Friday, May 3, 2013 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Monica’s Roman Catholic Church, Bienfait, by Rev. Peter Nijssen. Interment followed in the Bienfait Cemetery.

In lieu of fl owers, those wishing to make donations in Jennie’s memory may do so directly to STARS Air Ambulance, 2640 Airport Road, Regina, Sask., S4W 1A3 or online at www.stars.ca

Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Hall Funeral Servic-es, Estevan.

Thank YouSpecial thanks to Sun Country EMS, STARS Air Ambulance, Dr. V. Pillay and the nurses at RGH Unit 5A for all their kindness and compassionate care they offered during this diffi cult time. A heartfelt thank you to Fr. Peter Nijssen and St. Monica’s Parish, Bienfait for the wonderful celebration of our mother’s life. Thank you to Doug Third for leading the prayer service, the choir for leading the music and Dustin Hall for the solo, the readers, those who prepared the slide presentation, the pallbearers, St. Monica’s C.W.L. for a lovely lunch, Bienfait Legion and Hall Funeral Services for going above and beyond with your care and compassion. We would also like to thank those who called, sent food, fl owers, cards, memorial dona-tions, and those who travelled short and long distances to be with us. We are so grateful for such wonderful friends. If we have neglected to acknowledge anyone, please forgive us.- The family of Jennie Deren

Virginia Angela WeinrauchVirginia passed away at Parkridge Centre on Tuesday, April 30, 2013, at the age of 68. She is loved and remembered by her daughters, Angela Foster and Tamara Sifton; son,

Kim (Catherine) Foster; grandchildren, Jason, James, Niketa (Ryan) Hitchens, Joel and Aaron Graham; siblings, Randy (Donna) Johnson, Colette Johnson (Fred Swan), Gail (Terry) Robin-son, Warren (Simone) Johnson and Wesley (Barbara) Johnson.

A Memorial Service will be held at a later date. Arrangements in care of David Schurr

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Remember Your Loved Ones with a Memorial Tribute in The Mercury

Children’s Book Week is being celebrated in Estevan this week and it includes an appear-ance and reading by author Lois Peterson in the Estevan Public Library on Friday, May 10 start-ing at 1 p.m.

Canadian Children’s Book Week has been supported by TD Canada Trust for 35 years now and the company has again sponsored a series of appearances by Peter-son as well as Lizann Flatt.

The theme for this year’s

celebration is All the Bookshelf’s a Stage: Celebrating the Perform-ing Arts.

The celebration in the past has introduced thousands of chil-dren to some favourite authors, storytellers and illustrators and encouraged them to explore the benefi ts of getting lost in the pages of a book.

This year ’s theme allows children to explore once again, this time giving them an oppor-tunity to provide some creative

expression without the nerves that come with getting on stage.

Flatt or Peterson will be mak-ing their way not only to Estevan, but also to Tisdale, Nipawin, North Battleford, Meadow Lake, Moose Jaw, Rouleau and Weyburn as part of the tour this year.

Other authors will be touring through Alberta, British Colum-bia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories and Nova Scotia as part of the TD tour that

is also supported by the Canadian Children’s Book Centre, a non-profit organization founded in 1976, dedicated to encouraging, promoting and supporting the reading, writing and illustrating of Canadian books for young read-ers. Their programs help teachers, librarians, booksellers and parents select the best for young readers.

Over 35 authors and illus-trators will be speaking to over 25,000 students during the week-long tours.

Children’s book tour and author

Lois Peterson hit Estevan on Friday

By Peggy BoltonTrinity Tower Correspondent

Nowadays we constantly hear: Be active - exercise, walk, participate. With this in mind, I started a new daily workout routine ... everyday I do diddly-squat.

All kidding aside, there is a young lad down the street who caught my attention shortly after we moved here. This boy s always outside in his free time, shooting pucks at a net in their driveway. Clearly he is not entrapped by today’s electronics. Very often a man I assume is his dad is out there playing with him. I do not know them, but I really admire their energy be-ing spent in participaction.

Susanne Widenmaier and her grand-daughter, Virginia, visited with Susie’s sister, Eva Farnden at the Villa in Oxbow on April 27.

Les and Judy Crandall left for a month’s vacation during which they will

visit family in New Brunswick.We welcome Ann Zohner who moved

here from her residence in Estevan. We look forward to meeting you, and hope you enjoy living at Trinity Tower.

Lyall and Peggy Bolton are visiting relatives at Macklin, Lloydminster and Shaunavon.

Luverne and Dianne Bod went to Colonsay where they attended their grand-daughter’s dance recital. They are so proud of Kianna, as she was recognized as the most improved dancer, out of the 40 danc-ers who participated. Luverne and Dianne said, “It was a great weekend.”

At the Hi-Risers meeting, it was de-cided not to have potluck over the summer. Patio parties will be held every second week, starting May 28, with each fl oor taking a turn. Our wonderful manager, Dianne, has a Mother’s Day tea planned and a Father’s Day breakfast. Our resident gardeners, Judy and Debby, will be plant-

ing when the weather smartens up. Plants and donations for the purchase of plants are provided by the residents. The next meeting of the Hi-Risers will be held on Sept. 4.

I am really appreciating everyone who is giving me news items and who has agreed to be profi led. It makes this job so much easier. Thanks, people!

This week, I would like to introduce you to a very friendly woman, Hilda Eagles. She is always smiling, and has a great sense of humour. Hilda is the secre-tary for the Hi-Risers. She wrote:

“Hello everyone. I was born in Este-van, raised on a farm four miles northeast

of Macoun, and remained there until mov-ing to Estevan. I attended Macoun School, being transported by sleigh and horses in the winter, pony and bike in the summer. We were married in November 1947 - a bitterly cold and muddy day. My mother and siblings moved to Estevan and we carried on mixed farming. We raised six boys and one girl, who have all spread their wings into various vocations. When Rea passed away, I remained on the farm for one year and then moved into Trinity Tower, which I have never regretted. If you want a place to live where people are kind and forgiving, get your name on the list. - Hilda Eagles.”

Trinity Tower community happenings

60 and Over Club notesSubmitted by

Shirley GrahamClub Secretary

What do you get if you cross a lion with a parrot? I don’t know either, but if it wants a cracker, you better give it one!

Our jam session will be held on Sunday, May 12 beginning at 2 p.m. and run-ning until 5, with lunch and a free-will donation. This is also Mother’s Day, so bring her along with you.

Here are the winners of the bridge played on

Wednesday, May 1: Com-ing fi rst was Bernie Col-lins, second place went to Al Fellner, and taking third was Wilma Tedford.

The regular monthly meeting was held on Thurs-day, May 2 after which cribbage was played. The following were winners: Art Friesen took fi rst place, Nick Morsky came in sec-ond, while third went to Jake Fichter.

There was a very nice group out for the cribbage tournament on Saturday, May 4. First place winners

were Colin Renwick and Gary St. Onge, second went to Doris Heidinger and Helen Parish, and placing third were Charlene Ander-son and Al Fellner.

Ole and LenaOle and Lena went out

for supper in a very nice restaurant. The meal came, but Lena wasn’t eating. Concerned, the waitress asked, “Is there something wrong with your meal?”

“Oh, no,” said Lena, “I’m just waiting for the teeth.”

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Friday, May 10:• Estevan Regional Nursing

Home Mother’s Day Tea - Nursing Home Dining Room - 2 to 4 p.m.

Saturday, May 11:• Estevan Farmers Market -

Indoors at the Estevan Shoppers Mall - 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

• Relay for Life Expo - Estevan Shoppers Mall - 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Craft & Home Business Products, Slide show of past relay events; Sign up for this year’s relay (team or volunteer).

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By Catrina MoldenhauerMidale Correspondent

A celebration of life was held for Darla Yurkowski (Carl-son) on Friday, April 26 at the Midale Civic Centre. The Civic Centre was packed and the family was overwhelmed with all of the support they have received since the accident. Darla passed away at the age of 44 as the result of an accident on Highway 39 just outside of Midale on April 18. Darla leaves behind her husband, Todd Yurkowski of Halbrite; seven chil-dren, Jeremy (Billie Joe) Troendle, Chantel Carlson, Cole Tro-endle (Latisha Glenn), Brooke Troendle, Dawson Troendle, Charitee Troendle and Chevy Yurkowski; fi ve grandchildren:

Pierce, Lane, Baillie, Kira and Colton; her parents, Bazel and Darlene Carlson of Midale; sisters, Marla(Harvey) Brasseur of Midale and Charlene Carlson (Steven Duffy) of Yorkton; brother, Adam (Glynis) Carlson of Macoun, along with nu-merous nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.

Midale Central School’s front entrance foyer has been transformed into a Reading Area for the elementary students. It has a nice fl oor mat and some great chairs where the teach-ers and students are able to sit, relax and read. The school is requesting that no messy footwear be worn and to please keep food and drinks out of this area.

The elementary track and fi eld day will be held on Friday, May 31. There will be no school on Friday, June 7.

For those students in Grades 1-6 who are struggling with or wish to improve their math and reading skills, Math Club is scheduled for May 15, May 27 and May 29, while Reading Club will be held May. The end of May marks the end of the clubs for this year.

Midale Lions Club steak fry is happening on Saturday, May 25 at the Midale Seniors’ Centre. The event will be ca-tered by Lionel Wanner from Goodwater. Tickets are available at Bernie’s (Midale Variety Store), Midale’s Conexus Credit Union and Tumbleweeds. Cost is $25/person. Cocktails start at 5 p.m., with supper at 6 o’clock. This is a fundraiser for community projects, so please come out a support a worthy cause!

Mainprize Market Place will again be running once a month in the Pederson Building at Mainprize Park. Markets are scheduled for May 25, June 15, July 13 and August 17. For tables contact Julie Van Alstyne at home or e-mail [email protected].

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By Betty BaniulisNorth Portal

Correspondent

Pat and Trish Barker recently returned from a three-week holiday in Europe where they cruised around the western Mediterranean with friends from Ontario for 12 days, then visited with Trish’s cousin in Spain.

The bridge club met at the home of Dorothy Fuchs on April 29 with two tables in play. Arva Walters took high honours, with second high going to Brenda Schindel.

Born to Todd and Kim Baniulis of Saskatoon on May 3 at 10:10 a.m., a son, Ethan Todd; a brother for Olivia. He weighed nine pounds, and was 21 1/4-inches long. Proud grandparents are Moe and Sharon Eauclet of Sas-katoon and Darryl and Cheryl Baniulis of Coronach; great grandparents are Joe and Betty Baniulis, North Portal.

Betty and Joe Baniulis and Maxine Amos of Oxbow drove to Carievale on May 2 to attend the funeral of a friend, Maurice Chester, held at the United Church there.

North Portal newsBy Betty Ribling

Outram-Torquay Corre-spondent

Happy birthday to Ross LeBlanc whose birthday was on May 4. Also cel-ebrating birthdays were Mi-chelle Yergens, Esther Man-tei and Margaret Daoust.

On Sunday, April 28, Club D.J. (David and Jona-thon) held their windup ac-tivities at Trinity Lutheran Church in Torquay. The club ran Monday after-noons from 4:15 to 5:30, starting in mid-October. Twenty-two children were registered. The three main components of the club were Bible time, games and crafts. The camp director was Cindy Daae, Darwin

Daae directed the games, Stephanie Pederson directed the crafts, and Shannon Daae directed the singing. They were thankful for the help of many parents. A car rally was held to celebrate the ending of the children’s club. They used their club cars that they had designed and decorated to race on a wooden track. A short pro-gram consisted of the chil-dren singing songs and re-citing Bible verses. Awards were given for work they had completed throughout the year. Fifty-six chil-dren and adults were in attendance for this exciting event. They plan to resume again next fall.

If anyone is interested in hosting a fi ve-day Bible

Club in their backyard this summer, please contact Cin-dy Daae at 306-923-2221.

There is one more month of play school in Torquay. They close at the end of May and plan to resume again in October.

Joe and Christine Pyra of North Battleford spent last weekend visiting at the home of Jeff and Heather Pyra and family.

Sympathy is extended to the family and relatives of Viola Halvorson who passed away at the age of 95. Interment was at Trin-ity Lutheran Cemetery at Torquay.

Congratulations to Re-becca Duncan who was recognized at an awards ceremony for the literary

and poster contest winners that was held at the Estevan Legion on April 18. Re-becca entered in the primary coloured poster category and received fi rst place at the branch, zone, district and provincial levels. Her poster was then sent to the national level. William Duncan placed second at the branch level.

Julia Klatt has returned home from a band trip to Chicago. They left on April 24 and returned April 29.

Don and Faye Mantei and Farah and Travis Klatt and family attended the wedding celebration and dance for Faye’s nephew Brandon (Paula) Lohse on Saturday, May 4 at the Le-gion Hall in Weyburn.

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The 11th volume of a series of post Second World War recollections told in narrative style has now reached the public, said au-thor Marie Donais-Calder.

The Other Side series, a tribute to her late father who served in the Canadian mili-tary’s engineering division in post-war Germany, takes readers into The Other Side of Liberation in this latest volume of work.

“And again, I have heard more stories. I got to meet those from the Neth-erlands who befriended Ca-nadian troops who helped liberate that country,” said Donais-Calder.

“Then I met Jack Van

Vaals from Langenberg who befriended Canadian soldier Cliff Schnell and whose family spent years trying to track him down and yet they were only a few miles apart. Cliff died a few years ago, but now Jack Van Vaals and the Schnell family will be getting to-gether at the book launch-ing party we have arranged in Moose Jaw on June 1,” said Donais-Calder, who said this is just the most recent tie-in to her ongoing series that has been fi lled with side stories that never cease to amaze her.

In fact, it turns out Van Vaal is pictured on the cover of The Other Side of Lib-

eration as one of the chil-dren who lined the streets for the Canadian troops as they marched into Holland. The photo appeared in the Franeker Friesland newspa-per and a copy of the photo has become a part of the latest book’s cover.

These coincidences keep happening, she said, as the story about her father

remain fi rmly etched in her own memory.

So Jack Van Vaals, who was there when the Canadian soldiers arrived, will be at the book launch. The Dutch and Canadians have a unique association that continues to this day,” Donais-Calder said as she set up the display of all 11 easy-reading books that

deal with the topic of war, its devastation, post war challenges and healing, at the May 4 Farmers’ Market in Estevan.

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