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Monday, September 16, 2019 • Volume 135 Number 51 • Moosomin, Saskatchewan

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BY KEVIN WEEDMARKThe 2019 federal election is un-

-ties did not all have candidates

in southeast Saskatchewan and southwest Manitoba—Souris-Moose Mountain and Yorkton-Melville in southeast Saskatch-ewan and Brandon-Souris and

in southwest Manitoba—at the start of the election.

the Conservatives, who won

of Canada has candidates in all

But in all four, when the elec-tion was called Wednesday

in recent elections, they have all

Souris-Moose Mountain

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BY KEVIN WEEDMARKMullett’s Home Hard-

ware in Moosomin is looking for volunteers to help plant 75 trees at the Southeast Integrated Care Centre in Moosomin on Friday, September 27.

Robert Mullett of Mul-lett’s Home Hardware said that he decided to make use of the program through Home Hardware to provide trees in the area around the hospital.

“There are products that we sell in the store that a percentage goes into this fund. Every year you can apply for it. You have to come up with a proposal and apply for funding.

“Neepawa, Manitoba last year planted 50 trees and had eight volunteers.

“Selkirk planted 18 trees but had 130 volunteers.

year as a Home Hardware and the hospital is need-ing some trees, I thought this would be a good idea.

“We’re getting 75 trees and there will be two dif-ferent areas that will be planted—a strip along the west of the hospital and one corner of the prop-erty.”

The Moosomin and District Health Care Foundation has done

some landscaping around the SEICC, planting rows of spruce trees along the north side of the property along Wright Road, but more trees are needed on the west side of the prop-erty, where the new trees will go.

“We’ll plant some along where the fence line used

to be and also in the back corner,” said Mullett. “We’re shelterbelting the west side, and when people look out, they will have a nice row of trees.”

There are about 30 proj-ects approved through the Home Hardware/Tree Canada program across the country each

year.About $2,800 worth of

trees are being donated for the SEICC.

“We want to get a group of volunteers out that day. We’ll have coffee for them. If we get 75 volunteers, each person can plant one tree. Anyone interested in volunteering can simply show up at the Southeast Integrated Care Centre, at the intersection of Wright Road and Saunders Road, Friday, Sept. 27.

“We’ll have shovels there, we’ll have the area staked for each tree, so it will be marked, a stake for a willow for example, so the volunteers need to just get a willow, take it to a stake marked for a willow, pull the stake out, plant it, pack it, put the stake back in, then twist tie it to the stake.”

The tree planting will begin at 1 pm Friday, Sept. 27.

Mullett said he is hop-ing to do another tree project next year, and “We’re working with Home Hardware on some funds to do some other things in town. If they’re offering us these things and it’s good for Mooso-min, why wouldn’t we do it?”

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BY KEVIN WEEDMARKA consultant working on

Community Plan will be at the September 17 meeting of the Moosomin Chamber of Commerce and will be looking for input from lo-cal businesses.

Megan Jones of P3A Part-nership will be present at the meeting, providing an overview of the OCP and zoning bylaw process and outline what input she is looking for from chamber members.

Plan Jones is working on will set out the direction of Moosomin for the future and identify priorities and opportunities for commu-nity growth.

Jones has already met with town council, town staff, and a few chamber members and found a lot of overlap on what are seen as priorities for the com-munity.

She will present what she has learned so far about the priorities for the town. The zoning plan will help de-termine how future growth is handled.

RECC proposalMoosomin recreation

director Mike Schwean will present a proposal on establishing a RECC Com-mittee involving Mooso-min Parks and Recreation, the Moosomin Chamber of Commerce, Moosomin Economic Development, and community groups.

The proposal is to have one committee that would help with major commu-nity events.

Detailed information on the proposal was sent out to Chamber members in advance of the September 17 meeting.

SpookaramaThere will also be discus-

sion of Spookarama at the September 17 Chamber of Commerce meeting. Spoo-karama is an annual Hal-loween Dance organized between McNaughton High School, the Student Council, the Chamber of Commerce, and the RCMP. The dance is free to attend and prizes are offered as a way to keep the kids at the event and out of trouble on Halloween night.

Cork and BoneJarrod Slugoski of Cork

and Bone Bistro will attend the September 17 meeting to introduce himself and explain the plan for Cork

and Bone Bistro, opening soon in Moosomin.

The September meeting is set for 11:45 am Tuesday, September 17 at the Can-alta Hotel meeting room in Moosomin.

Candidate meeting Oct 8

The Chamber of Com-merce is planning an all-candidates meeting for Oc-tober 8 over the lunch hour at the Canalta Hotel.

All candidates for the federal election in Souris- Moose Mountain will be invited to attend.

All candidates meet-ings are an opportunity for chamber members to get to know the candidates, and for candidates to get to know the community.

So far there are three can-didates in Souris-Moose Mountain—Conservative Robert Kitchen, Phil Za-jac of the People’s Party of Canada, and Travis Patron of the Canadian National-ist Party.

Meeting this Tuesday:

Business input soughtat Chamber meeting

2019 federal election underwayContinued from front

In the 2015 election, Kitchen was elected with 70 per cent of the vote, the NDP was second with 13.68 per cent of the vote, and the Liberals were third with 13.53 per cent.

Yorkton-MelvilleThere are only three candidates in

Yorkton-Melville—Conservative Cathay Wagantall, Ryan Schultz of the People’s Party of Canada, and Stacey Wiebe of the Greens.

In the 2015 election, Wagantall was elected with 59 per cent of the vote, the NDP was second with 20 per cent, and the Liberals were third with 18 per cent.

Brandon-SourisThere are four candidates in Brandon-

Souris—Conservative Larry Maguire, Joseph Lussier of the People’s Party of

Canada, Bill Tiessen of the Green Party, and Rebecca Hein of the Christian Heri-tage Party.

In the 2015 election, Maguire won with 50 per cent of the vote, the Liberals were second with 37 per cent, and the NDP was third with six per cent.

Dauphin-SwanRiver-Neepawa

There are four candidates in Dauphin-Swan-River-Neepawa—Conservative Dan Mazier, Frank Godon of the People’s Party of Canada, Katharine Storey of the Green Party and Jenni Johnson of the Christian Heritage Party.

In the 2015 federal election, Conserva-tive Robert Sopuck won with 46 per cent of the vote, the Liberals were second with 30 per cent, and the NDP were third with 12 per cent.

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dates in the local ridings on their policies in this campaign.

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Nutrien layoffs will not affect RocanvilleBY KEVIN WEEDMARK

Nutrien is planning to temporarily lay off workers at three of its Saskatchewan potash mines, Nutrien Rocan-ville.

The company said Wednesday that it expects to take production downtime at its Allan, Lanigan and Vanscoy sites during the fourth quarter of 2019.

Between 160 and 250 employees at each mine are ex-pected to be laid off for roughly eight weeks, although the shutdown may be shorter depending on market de-mand.

The production downtime is in response to a short-term slowdown in global potash markets, according to a Nutrien press release.

Despite the current market conditions, the Saskatoon-based fertilizer company says it remains positive on potash demand for 2020.

“We remain focused on a gradual ramp-up of pro-duction to meet demand and to ensure we operate the

world,” Nutrien said in a statement.Nutrien said if all three facilities were idle for eight

weeks, production could be reduced by roughly 700,000 tonnes and annual earnings could be reduced by US$100-$150 million.

China suspends potash importsWill Tigley of Nutrien told the World-Spectator Thurs-

day that overseas market conditions—including China suspending the import of potash September 1—led to the inventory shutdowns.

“There are two big things—the recent softening in de-mand that was due to really weak palm oil prices in Indo-nesia and Malaysia that lowered potash import demand in 2019, and the other one is the temporary suspension of potash imports into China which started on September 1.

2019 that we had.”He said he doesn’t know what led to China’s temporary

suspension of potash imports.“I don’t have insight into that. That might be something

more for the Chinese government to answer.”

Lots of factors in temporary closuresTigley said there are lots of factors that go into deciding

which mines will temporarily cease production.“We look at our entire network of mines throughout

the province and it’s not an easy decision. There are plen-ty of considerations to go in to which ones we have to

Lanigan and Vanscoy.”

Rocanville low-cost producerTigley said that Nutrien Rocanville is the low cost pro-

ducer among Nutrien sites in Saskatchewan, which is one of the factors the company looks at when deciding where temporary shutdowns will take place.

“The lower cost does help Rocanville but when we make decisions like this it has to be across the network and so we look at a number of factors, and costs may not be the only thing. We try and make the decisions like this on how it will play out in our network of six mines.”

Rebound in demandwould shorten shutdowns

Tigley said a rebound in the potash market could short-en the shutdowns from the announced eight weeks.

“We’re really hoping that this layoff might be shorter than eight weeks. It all depends on how the market de-mand unfolds.

“The softness (in demand) does not change our positive medium- to long-term demand on potash projections. We continue to see the potash demand growth at a rate of like 2.5-3 percent per year as the world produces more food and that has been consistent with all of the releases and the announcements we have made.

“We will continue to stay focused on the gradual ramp up of production to meet sales demand and focusing on the next gen potash program that we’ve implemented to make sure that we remain the most safest, most reliable

“Right now the market conditions are the main chal-lenge. I think everything else is as expected. Other than that I think we’re just hoping for some positivity next year and we’ll see what that brings once we get through this shut down.”

Saskatchewan taxes among highestTigley said the taxes on potash in Saskatchewan are

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“The continued success Borderland Co-op has experienced over the years is completely due to the tremendous support of our members and customers, and for that we thank them,” said Jason Schenn, CEO/General Manager of Borderland Co-op.

“We’re a truly local business that proudly delivers goods and services to our customers and members, so being named on a province-wide list like this means a lot. Many things have changed over the years, but our values and principles

creating new opportunities and investing in our communi-ties.”

In total, 26 Saskatchewan-based retail co-ops are included on the SaskBusiness list. They’re also joined by Saskatoon-based Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL), which placed second in the rankings.

Combined, FCL and these retail co-ops had sales of almost $13.7 billion in 2018. Two other local co-ops made the list. Ad-vantage Co-op in Redvers was ranked 96th on the list and Hometown Co-op in Broadview was ranked 98th.

Borderland Co-op is a retail co-operative that has served Southeast Saskatchewan for more than 80 years. Today, Bor-derland Co-op serves more than 7,800 members—and many more customers—in Moosomin, Rocanville, Whitewood and

-land Co-op has returned more than $6.5 million to its mem-bers in cash back and equity, while contributing over $500,000 to community organizations and initiatives.

-derland sales were around $17 million annually, and we’ve grown from $17 million to $70 million over the course of 12 or 13 years, so pretty strong growth through those years,” he said. “Of course we’ve had strong mining, a strong ag sec-tor, strong consumer growth because of what’s been going on in the area. We’re fortunate to live in such a strong area economically.”

What does he think is the main factor in the growth?

“One of the biggest things is being involved in the com-munity,” he said, “having a commitment to the community. We rarely, if ever, say no to any group or organization that’s looking for support to do something good for the community. We’re always there, part of the community fabric. You hope community support means something to people in the area

“We’re also continually evolving, always investing in our facilities, always looking for new ways to grow the operation and support our members in whatever way we can. We’ve

Right now we’re investing in our admin project to support all the support staff we have. We’re crammed into our existing building and we need more people. We have to have facilities for them to work comfortably.

“We’re expanding into new lines as well. Hopefully in 18 months we will be up and running in the liquor business. Hopefully the food project will come around as well. We’re looking at options for expansion of our food store in Mooso-min, too. We try to serve the community as best we can. As long as our members keep supporting us and shopping lo-cal, that bodes well for our future as well as the community’s future.”

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With the federal election

small business owners are calling on the federal par-ties to include measures that support economic growth in their platforms. The Cana-dian Federation of Indepen-dent Business (CFIB) is de-livering nearly 9,000 signed letters from small business owners across the country as it meets with major party leaders.

“Small business owners are an important voter de-mographic and they are al-ready engaged in the coming election,” said CFIB presi-dent Dan Kelly. “They want to see all parties put forward measures that address their biggest concerns around af-

-nancing. They’re not asking for government handouts, but they are looking for care-ful consideration and com-mon-sense.”

In their letters to the fed-eral parties’ leaders, small

business owners ask to them commit to:

Reducing the costs of hir-ing and training by lowering

introducing an EI holiday for youth between the ages of 15

Addressing the growing tax burden by slowing down or halting additional CPP in-creases after 2019

Repealing the federal car-bon tax and instead working

a way to address climate change that minimizes any negative impacts on small businesses

Making it as easy to sell a business to a family member as it is to a stranger

Cutting red tape in poli-cies, guidelines and legisla-tion, and improving govern-

ment servicesSupporting family-run

small businesses by exempt-ing spouses from the new in-come splitting rules

Reversing new rules on passive investment income

Putting in place a plan to balance the budget within

Earlier this summer, CFIB released its Small Business Platform with detailed poli-cy recommendations on how these goals can be achieved. CFIB has presented its rec-ommendations to MPs, Min-isters and senior representa-tives from all major parties as they prepared their of-

-cluding recent meetings with Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh.

“Small business owners create jobs, support their communities and keep the Canadian economy running. It’s time to listen to them and commit to measures that help them succeed. We look forward to a spirited cam-paign from all parties and will be watching closely to ensure that small business priorities are front and centre leading into Election Day,” added Kelly. “CFIB will be there to make sure the next government makes good on their promises.”

CFIB announces election priorities

John Gormley

Election campaign anything but boringtrite but voters will decide the outcome of the election, not pollsters or pundits. Public opinion polls are, at best, trend indicators and this election begins with the govern-ing Liberals and opposition Conservatives close; the NDP in third place but further behind than usual and the Green Party on the heels of NewDems.

Contrast to four years ago when early campaign polls had Tom Mulcair’s NDP leading, a few points ahead of the governing Stephen Harper Conservatives, and, in third place, the Justin Trudeau Liberals well back in the 25 percent popular support range.

By election day 2015, the NDP had tumbled from nearly 35 percent support to 19.7 percent, the Tories see-sawed

Liberals soared to 39.5 percent and a majority govern-ment. Without a doubt, this fall’s campaign will see voter movement.

Second, parties can plan for unknowns but they cannot predict. The latest chapter in the SNC Lavalin scandal, for the Liberals, may not be as easily dismissed as the recent

-ties use sophisticated digital and social media platforms to reinforce the age-old principles of I.D.—identifying people who will vote for them—and then GOTV, or “get out the vote”. Often the party with the highest conversion

-ally come to the polls and vote—will win.

The undecided factor also matters. As recently as two weeks ago, the Angus Reid Institute reported nearly one-half of Canadian voters (mainly women under 35) are un-committed or “moveable”. But analysts are often vexed by people—usually young—who state that they are un-decided but then don’t actually vote.

age, range from 67 percent to higher.The last election, record high young voter turnout of 57

percent propelled “sunny ways” Justin Trudeau to power. Whether this time young voters still share the same en-thusiasm is an open question, challenged by four years of Trudeau’s record, ethical breaches, declining trust values and performance issues. Then question, do younger vot-ers stay home or opt for another party?

Winning political parties are good at identifying and

voters where the party is strongest—previously identi-

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education, occupations and interests that may align them closely with one party over another.

Once the strongest support base is canvassed the cam-paign keeps moving toward softer support and moveable or undecided voters.

Fourth, vote splitting will matter in this campaign. Prof. Jim Farney, University of Regina political scientist, points out that so-called progressive, or left wing, voters com-prise about 60 percent of people casting ballots, while po-

Team Trudeau, whose legislative record and political brand have been to the left of traditional Liberals, will be vying for space in many ridings against a struggling NDP and ascending Green Party. In Quebec, add the rurally strong Bloc Quebecois into the mix.

On the conservative side, Andrew Scheer has less com-petition, although the Bloc in some Quebec ridings can split Tory votes and it remains to be seen if the upstart People’s Party of Canada could damage Conservatives in ridings where there’s a close race against Liberals.

And, as always, Canada’s three largest provinces are important: Ontario’s 121 seats will feature competitive races in suburban Toronto and southwestern Ontario; a couple of dozen of Quebec’s 78 seats may get interesting with the NDP collapse and emergence of the Bloc and

enviro-left, may see some unexpected outcomes.The only certainty about this campaign is that it will

not be boring.

Saturday, September 7 was a typical day for us. We dropped by the Touch A Truck event in Moosomin be-fore heading to Tantallon for the annual Duck Derby. Meanwhile we had a reporter over at Wawota cover-ing a threshing day there. These community events are about raising money, having fun, and being part of a community.

On Monday in Esterhazy, another successful fun-draising golf tournament was held, bringing in more than $200,000 to go toward replacement of the town’s hospital and care home. Events like this, with com-munity members raising funds and raising funds and raising funds, is how we build health care infrastruc-ture in rural communities. In Moosomin it was a long grind and years of fundraising, but the Southeast Inte-

On Wednesday in Moosomin it was the Cook-Off Challenge, a small event where two businesses went head-to-head trying to prove who is the better sand-wich maker, and raise some money for the communi-ty. A couple of hundred people came out to show their support on a cool, cloudy day, and everyone had fun.

This past weekend we were planning to attend the Rocanville Threshing Day, where volunteers open the Rocanville museum to the community, put on some great displays, and raise some funds for the museum, followed by the Moosomin Shrine Club’s 20th anni-versary, followed by the Community Challenge Sun-day morning, another annual community event.

Coming up in the next couple of weeks, we have a tree planting event at the SEICC in Moosomin, on Friday, September 27, where volunteers are needed to help plant trees to green up the area to the west of the hospital, and on October 11 there is a fundraiser for Terry Ireland to help with medical costs, much like the fundraisers that have been held scores of times across the area, whenever anyone is in need.

It’s events like these that make our rural communi-ties what they are.

The kids having fun pulling out the ducks for Tan-tallon’s Duck Derby, the organizers working hard to make sure the Esterhazy golf tournament was a success and that the total available for a new facility continues to grow, the volunteers using elbow grease and real grease to get the threshing machine going at Rocanville over the weekend, the people that showed up to support a couple of businesses trying to raise money for charity through a lunch in Moosomin last Wednesday, the people who are going to show up to plant trees for no reason other than to make their com-munity a better place and make sure that there’s a nice view out the hospital windows, the people who are going to show up to help a neighbor in need at the Terry Ireland fundraiser—those are the people who make small communities what they are.

And, a couple of researchers have concluded, they are making their lives better and happier at the same time.

A research study that examines levels of life satisfac-

tion across more than 1,200 Canadian neighbourhoods shows that people in rural communities are generally much happier than people who live in cities.

Some of the factors that appear to matter most are affordable homes, short commuting times and—most importantly—a sense of community belonging.

The study was conducted by John Helliwell and Hugh Shiplett of the University of British Columbia and Christopher Barrington-Leigh of McGill Univer-sity. The study shows that many in rural areas are hap-pier than their urban counterparts, even those with

“Incomes used to be thought of as the primary source and determinant of happiness, but it’s clear that’s not the case,” Helliwell says. “It’s important to be able to feed yourself and provide yourself with ne-cessities, but beyond a certain point, a higher income doesn’t stack up to having good friends and family nearby.

“We knew from earlier work that cities were system-atically less happy than rural regions,” Prof. Helliwell says. “Now we’ve split up the cities and discovered there’s an astonishing range of neighborhood-level happiness within each city. Some of the happiest city neighborhoods are almost as happy as the happiest re-gions in rural areas.”

In Toronto, for instance, the happiest neighborhood fails to achieve the life satisfaction achieved by Can-ada’s cheeriest places—rustic communities such as Hope, B.C. (8.62), Souris, PEI (8.58) or Neebing, Ont. (8.94), where incomes may not be as high as in Toronto but people generally seem more content.

The top 20 per cent of happy neighborhoods don’t

neighborhoods in terms of household incomes or un-employment rates.

What does vary is how strong an attachment people feel to their community.

The areas where people feel a sense of attachment to their community, where they feel involved in their community, where they feel there are opportunities for community involvement, are among the happiest areas in the country, and southeast Saskatchewan and southwest Manitoba show up as very happy places in the researchers’ data.

So next chance you get to volunteer or support a community event, don’t worry, be happy, get in-volved, and you will not only make your community a better place, according to these researchers it will help make it a happier place as well!

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In our opinion:

YouTube knocking down Canada’s

protective cultural wallCanada’s creative lobby may have turned its back on the world

but that doesn’t mean Canadians are joining them in their quest to hide behind a big wall of regulations aimed at protecting them from foreigners.

A recent study by Ryerson University’s Faculty of Communication and Design, entitled Watchtime Canada: How YouTube Connects Creators and Consumers, contains enough data to have progres-sive thinkers wondering if there’s any need at all for the regulatory ramparts behind which many—but not all—Canadian programmers have huddled for more than two generations.

The study outlines how YouTube and the creative opportunity it -

ly-entrenched industry lobby groups to convince people that online streaming is a threat to the nation and its culture.

These allegations, sadly, have been reinforced by agencies such as the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commis-sion (CRTC) in its 2018 Harnessing Change report.

The fact the Ryerson study hasn’t been more broadly embraced is likely because few, if any, of those YouTube-created jobs belong to dues-paying members of ACTRA, who along with their French-language colleagues at Union des Artistes successfully lobbied until Melanie Joly was removed as heritage minister.

Joly had maintained a progressive, 21st-century view that involved adaptation to the opportunities that global online access creates.

-less of what the public wants—would prescribe scripted dramas of the type that employ many actors regardless of how many people watch them. This is what their president, David Sparrow, recently told Britain’s Broadcast magazine about the Internet:

“We’re not anti-streaming services but this concept that we al-low foreign services to move into Canada and not pay for access to

a long time ago—our airwaves belong to Canadians.”I’ll leave it to you and perhaps others chanting “build that wall” to

determine just how the Internet and “airwaves” belong in the same sentence.

Nevertheless, his point articulates the huge divide between the comfort the status quo seeks to maintain and the entertainment that consumers desire.

The Watchtime Canada report, meanwhile, highlights the enor-mous commercial success many Canadians have enjoyed on You-Tube, outside the walled garden of the ‘system.’

“Just a few Canadian YouTube celebrities, all with billions of views, include music artists Justin Bieber and Shawn Mendes; Lilly Singh, a lifestyle and comedic sensation who recently signed on to be a late-night host on NBC for her eponymously named show A Little Late With Lilly Singh; Evan Fong (VanossGaming), a top video gaming channel and one of YouTube’s top earners; GigiGorgeous, the plat-form’s top transgender creator; Lewis Hilsenteger (Unbox Therapy), the platform’s top technology channel; and Gregory Brown and

“Some Canadian channels have become so successful they have become production studios, including WatchMojo and Super Simple Songs.”

The report lists 21 value propositions, which it summarizes in four

• Seventy per cent of Canadian YouTube consumers rank YouTube

• While YouTube costs an estimated $6 billion-plus per year to maintain, the platform is free for creators and consumers, incurring no technological or administrative cost to Canada’s media ecosys-tem.

• YouTube has facilitated the rise of a new group of 160,000 Canadi-

traction to monetize their channels. These YouTube entrepreneurs have created nearly 28,000 full-time equivalent jobs for themselves and others. Fifteen per cent of YouTube channels generate more than $50,000 annually in gross revenue; 12 per cent generate $75,000 or more; nine per cent generate $100,000 or more; and six per report $150,000 or more.

• Canadians value the diversity they see on YouTube.-

pended primarily on government for their care and feeding may be that “88 per cent of Canadian YouTube users do not actively seek Canadian content” and “65 per cent believe that no government or other organization should determine what they watch.”

government has in mind for them in a year or two.This editorial was written by Peter Menzies, a former newspaper pub-

lisher and vice-chair of the CRTC. Although he advises tech companies on regulatory policy, the views here are his own.

Rural Canadians much happier than urban dwellers

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Terry is a former Welwyn and Rocanville resident who now lives in Moosomin.

She was diagnosed with osteo-porosis and rheumatoid arthritis and what was supposed to be a simple medication change has escalated into a whirlwind of health complications and ap-pointments.

While Terry was being switched onto a chemo medica-tion to treat the rheumatoid, she developed shingles. During her bout with shingles, she devel-oped foot drop, causing her to

foot. In combination with dam-aged knees from arthritis and foot drop, she was left with no choice but to be in a wheelchair.

In February of 2019, her doctor discovered she had an enlarged abdomen and upon further in-vestigation, an aortic aneurysm was detected.

To date, Terry has had seven trips to Regina and two trips to

Yorkton, with many more trips to come. She has a long road to recovery.

Ruth Desjarlais, Terry’s daughter, and Alma Ducharme

supper and dance for Terry on Friday, October 11, in hopes to help cover the cost of Terry’s medical trips, as well as the costs of making her house in Mooso-min more wheelchair accessible.

The fundraiser consists of supper, a silent auction, and live music by Ruth Desjarlais and Joe Theriault, as well as other local musicians. The event will take place at the Moosomin Legion Hall.

Desjarlais says it was just one thing after another with her mom after a simple medication switch.

“It kind of just started in De-cember,” she says. “She was sup-posed to switch her medication and then all of a sudden a whole bunch of other things started to happen. She developed shin-gles because the chemo drugs knocked her immune system down, and then during the time she had shingles she developed this foot drop which we had

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ure out why her foot was going numb, she broke her foot, so for 10 weeks she was in a cast.

“It’s kind of just a whole bunch of things, it’s not just one

Ruth says the problems start-ed to pile up to a point where she felt she needed to reach out for help for her mom.

“She tried to get home care but the money she has for her pension goes toward her trips, so she can’t afford essential things,” says Ruth. “It would be nice if we could get home care for her but then she can’t afford the trips.

“We are looking to see if she can get a bath lift. she can’t get in and out of the tub. So we mover her from Rocanville to a wheel-chair accessible house in Mooso-min. She can’t do stairs.”

Ruth says they are estimating a bath lift will cost around $700.

She says when her mom was diagnosed with an aneurism on top of everything else, it was a shock.

“What we didn’t expect is that she would get shingles and foot

drop and break her foot, and then the aneurism on top of that is a pretty big shock,” she says.

Terry will be having surgery for her aneurism and will need to be in the city doctoring on a regular basis from now on.

Ruth says her father is 79 years old and also has his own health problems to contend with, mak-ing it hard to care for his wife.

“It would be nice to start elim-inating some of those stresses for him as well. If we can accom-modate mom’s health, then just as a whole, it might help every-body,” says Ruth.

Donations for Terry are being accepted online via a Go Fund Me page (search for Fundraiser for Terry Ireland), and silent auc-tion items for the fundraiser are being accepted at the Border-

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MNP’s First Cook-Off Challenge last Wednesday in Moosomin has raised $2,048 with about 200 meals sold. On Wednesday, MNP went head-to-head against Nixon Elec-tric—people could try a sandwich from each competitor and vote for the winner. “We thought it was a huge suc-cess,” said Corie Wudrick-Mohrbutter of MNP. “We were happy with the attendance. I thought both businesses did a fantastic job with their grilled sandwiches. There were huge efforts that went into it, and kudos to both teams.

“I’m very proud of our local MNP team. It was a huge undertaking for the entire team. They did great. We deliv-ered to the community a very tasty sandwich, and much appreciation to the Nixon team for stepping up for this competition. Both teams had lots of work to do to get ready for the event and serving 200 people, but I think both teams had a lot of fun.

“It was an excellent turnout. The weather wasn’t ideal, but there were some farmers in attendance, and if the sun was shining they wouldn’t have been able to attend. It was nice to see some of our farm clients come out.

“MNP did win, but there were lots of votes for Nixon as well. There were lots of tie votes. We did indicate the winning team was going to donate the proceeds to their charity of choice, but given the response to the Nixon sand-wich, we will consider a consolation prize or a portion of the proceeds toward Nixon’s charity of choice as well. Nix-on’s team stepped up and gave the community a delicious sandwich that was well liked by many of the voters.”

MNP’s chosen charity was the Moosomin Fire Depart-ment, while Nixon’s was Moosomin Palliative Care in memory of Delbert Nixon.

“We likely will see a second annual event next year, but we have to have a willing competitor, it’s a huge undertak-ing for businesses to do this,” said Wudrick-Mohrbutter.

From left, Kyler Beckett, Cory Hafner and Dale Nixon were grilling loaded taco grilled cheese sandwiches for Nixon Electric at the Cook-Off Challenge.

Ken Schneider, left, and Mark O’Rourke of MNP were grilling pulled pork sandwiches at the Cook-Off Challenge Wednesday.

About 200 people came out for the MNP Cook-Off Challenge last Wednesday in Moosomin. The event raised more than $2,000. Above, some of the crowd out for lunch Wednesday. Below right, the lineup for food at noon.

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Wilson harvest relives the pastBY ED JAMES

Ken Wilson and his family farm about 11 miles south of the community of Wawota and are very much like others farmers in the area except for a special event that they have held every Septem-ber for the past four years. The event is what Ken calls, “The Old Tyme Harvest” and this year it was held on September 7. It is a gathering of friends and neighbors from all over the area who have a love of historical farming equipment.

The Wilson family have a wonderful collection of tractors, combines and threshing machines that have been restored to their former glory days, but then Ken and his son’s Kevin and Colton take it one step further by taking in a grain crop that they have planted for the old-time harvest demonstra-tion. However, the situation gets even better as fel-low collectors bring by their vintage farm equip-ment and vehicles.

The events started at 11 am and with the help of baling wire, duct tape and a few well placed bangs with a heavy hammer, the vehicles are off

-age of drivers of all ages who want to experiences driving these open air rigs that do not have the

systems of today’s combines!

The crowd in attendance was a bit down this year, perhaps because of the cooler, overcast weather conditions. However, what the event lacked in numbers it made up for with the enthu-siasm and involvement from those who came out. But if you needed a break, the ladies of the Wawo-ta United Church “Raise the Rafters” group were on hand with refreshments and a quiet place to sit, eat or just visit.

Some of the people who came out were seniors who, back in the day, had used these types of farm machinery, and the looks in their eyes or the smiles

If there is a single event each year that causes the most joy, it’s the opportunity to climb up on the full hay racks and fork the sheaves of grain into the antique separator. These machines take a lot of preparation to get them ready with the lineup of the power tractor, the placing of the long canvas pulley belt on the machine, checking for the cor-

around the threshing machine with an old fash-ioned oil can to lubricate the many moving parts. Once these things are done the many volunteers of all ages, male and female, start forking in the bundles of grain as the machine rattles and clanks.

From the far end of the machine, there is a steady

mound to jump into if you are feeling like a kid

up the bright green wagon. Back in the day when

be hitched up and it was off to the nearest coun-try grain elevator. There is a rhythm between the workers and the machine that is only broken when there is a clog in the machine, a change of workers or the arrival of a new wagon of sheaves!

Also on display that day were a selection of hand-made replica steam engines, the type that were used many years ago. These models were a labor of love in their exact detail and operation! For many years the gathering of winter hay was carried out by collecting it loose, putting it in a hay wagon taken to the barn, where the lift from the top peak of the barn would lift it up and store it in the barn hay loft. However, in the early 1900s the

of these machines was brought out for the week-end event and it was a far cry from today’s bale makers. This machine was powered by a pulley belt from a tractor, the straw was manually fed into the machine and thick wooden boards were placed at various intervals for the size of square bale you wanted.

But wait, there is more work to be done! As the bale is pushed near the exit chute, workers have to feed long, thin metal wires through the moving bale so it is tied together. Overall it is a long, slow process, but things have improved, so the bales of today look like large,white marshmallows sitting

Near the end of the day I had a few moments to talk to the senior Mr. Wilson who said that he was happy with the day’s events and could un-derstand the smaller crowds, given the weather. He was very grateful for all those who came out to help, and those who brought items to display. He felt it was important to see and remember the old types of farm machinery and those who take the time to restore them and keep this special farm-ing history alive. He closed by saying that he and his sons and many friends plan to do it again next year, to keep the history alive.

At the end of the day it was still cool and over-

low in the sky, a sure sign that winter is on the way and the many farmers will be spending many long hours to get their crops off in machinery that is a lot quicker and more comfortable. However, even the newest equipment breaks down at the most in-opportune time!

Ken Wilson on a vintage binder being driven by son Kevin.An overall view of the threshing.

Loose stalks of grain going into the separator with dust blowing out the spout.

Children picking off grain kernels to make grain gum.

A vintage threshing machine driven by Kevin WilsonThe three Wilson men. At far left on the binder is Ken Wilson. In centre is

Colton, and at far right is Kevin on the antique tractor.Paul Kapell of Kenossee Lake holding up his son Andy to check out the

grain hopper. Grain spilling into the grain wagon.

The end result of the separator—grain ker-nels going into the grain wagon and straw blowing into a big pile.

Kevin Wilson driving a vintage steel-wheeled Farmall tractor with Colton Wilson on the wagon.

An early 1900s square baler that had to be hand fed and the binding wire pulled in at the ends to secure the bale.

Marilee Simmons of Redvers and Rick Kaminskas of Prince Albert throwing sheaves into the separator.

Wire being fed into the square bale maker.

A working display of historic hand-made miniature farm equipment built by Don Halloway.


Jaedyn Moore received bronze for General Proficien-cy in Grade 10 for the third highest average.

Taryn Haubrich received silver for General Proficiency in Grade 10 for the second highest average.

Jenna Klinger received bronze for General Proficiency in Grade 11 for the third highest average.

Kerry Roe received silver for General Proficiency in Grade 11 for the second highest average.

The award for top senior female athlete went to Sun-nette Kamffer, left, and Madyline Barry, right.

The Grade 10 High Achievement award win-ners for 85-plus averages. Back row, from left: Marga-reth Tan, Ashley Kormos, Jaedyn Moore, Kaitlyn Ja-cobi, Taryn Haubrich, and Cassidy Griemann. Front row: Sydney Schenn, Dominic Orr, Sunnette Ka-mffer, Elliot Martens, and Cloe MacDonald.

The Grade 11 High Achievement award win-ners for 85-plus aver-ages. Back row, from left: Jenna Klinger, Kadence Meredith, Dharma Boutin, Madyline Barry, and Nigel Metzger. Front row: Mon-ica Van der Merwe, Kerry Roe, Ashley Holloway, Declan McCormac, and Jhade Acuna.

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The McNaughton High School Grade 10-11 Awards were held on Friday, Sept. 6.

The Grade 10 General Proficiency Award for the highest average went to El-liot Martens and the Grade 11 General Pro-ficiency award for highest average went to Kadence Meredith.

Taryn Haubrich and Jaedyn Moore re-ceived silver bronze for second and third highest averages in Grade 10, while Kerry Roe and Jenna Klinger received silver and bronze for second and third highest aver-ages in Grade 11.

Following are the full award results:

ELA A10 MEDAL AND CERTIFICATES1. Elliot Martens; 2. Sunnette Kamffer; 3.

Abby Glenn, Dominic Orr

ELA B10 MEDAL AND CERTIFICATES1. Taryn Haubrich; 2. Elliot Martens; 3.

Cassidy Griemann, Ashley Kormos, Jae-dyn Moore

ELA 20 Medal and Certificates1. Kadence Meredith; 2. Kerry Roe; 3.

Jhade Acuna

HISTORY 10 MEDAL AND CERTIFICATES1. Elliot Martens; 2. Jaedyn Moore; 3.

Sonja Evans-Sheane, Sunnette Kamffer, Emily Mannle

HISTORY 20 MEDAL AND CERTIFICATES1. Kadence Meredith, Kerry Roe ; 2. Jen-

na Klinger, Jhade Acuna; 3. Monica Van der Merwe

WORKPLACE & APPRENTICESHIP MATH 10 MEDAL AND CERTIFICATES

1. Kaymenn Fawcett

FOUNDATIONS & PRE-CALCULUS 10MEDAL AND CERTIFICATES

1. Ashley Kormos; 2. Sunnette Kamffer, Elliot Martens; 3. Taryn Haubrich, Marga-ret Tan

PRE-CALCULUS 20 MEDAL AND CERTIFICATES1. Kerry Roe; 2. Kadence Meredith; 3.

Kayden Kessler

FOUNDATIONS 20 MEDAL AND CERTIFICATES1. Ashley Kormos; 2.Taryn Haubrich,

Sunnette Kamffer; 3. Elliot Martens, Jae-dyn Moore

FOUNDATIONS 30 MEDAL AND CERTIFICATES1. Kerry Roe; 2. Kadence Meredith; 3.

Jenna Klinger

SCIENCE 10 MEDAL AND CERTIFICATES1. Ashley Kormos, Elliot Martens; 2.

Taryn Haubrich, Sunnette Kamffer; 3. Jae-dyn Moore

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE 20MEDAL AND CERTIFICATES

1. Taryn Haubrich; 2. Jaedyn Moore; 3. Sunnette Kamffer

HEALTH SCIENCE 20 MEDAL AND CERTIFICATES1. Kadence Meredith; 2. Kerry Roe; 3.

Jenna Klinger

PHYSICAL SCIENCE 20MEDAL AND CERTIFICATES

1. Kerry Roe; 2. Kadence Meredith; 3.

Jenna Klinger

COMPUTER SCIENCE 20MEDAL AND CERTIFICATES

1. Elliot Martens; 2. Declan McCormac; 3. Maya Petreny

BIOLOGY 30 MEDAL AND CERTIFICATES1. Kerry Roe; 2. Kadence Meredith; 3.

Jenna Klinger

WELLNESS 10 MEDAL AND CERTIFICATES1. Elliot Martens; 2. Taryn Haubrich,

Sydney Schenn; 3. Jaedyn Moore

COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA 10MEDAL AND CERTIFICATES

1. Kerry Roe; 2. Taryn Haubrich, Jenna Klinger, Sydney Schenn; 3. Jaedyn Moore

COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA 20/30MEDAL AND CERTIFICATES

1. Kadence Meredith; 2. Justine Wolf

VISUAL ARTS 10 MEDAL AND CERTIFICATES1. Kadence Meredith; 2. Jenna Klinger; 3.

Kerry Roe

VISUAL ARTS 20/30 MEDAL AND CERTIFICATES1. Primo Oroyo; 2. Jhade Acuna

PHOTOGRAPHY 10 MEDAL AND CERTIFICATES1. Kadence Meredith; 2. Kerry Roe; 3.

Jenna Klinger

PHOTOGRAPHY 20/30MEDAL AND CERTIFICATES

1. Ashton Istace; 2. Adele Boast

CAREER & WORK EXPERIENCE 10MEDAL AND CERTIFICATES

1. Ashley Holloway, Elliot Martens; 2. Jackson Sinclair; 3. Dharma Boutin

CAREER & WORK EXPERIENCE 20/30 MEDAL AND CERTIFICATES

1. Blake Rasmuson; 2. Cody Stephen-Bowey

AGRICULTURE 30 MEDAL AND CERTIFICATES1. Catherine Riffel; 2. Kaymenn Fawcett,

Katelyn Margetts; 3. Emily Taylor, Monty Driver

PSYCHOLOGY 30 MEDAL AND CERTIFICATES1. Madyline Barry; 2. Brayden Sweet; 3.

Grace Willms, Baylee Glasser

OUTDOOR EDUCATIONMEDAL AND CERTIFICATES

1. Madyline Barry; 2. Dharma Boutin; 3. Grace Willms

ENERGY & MINING 10MEDAL AND CERTIFICATES

1. Sunnette Kamffer; 2. Colleen McPhee

COMMERCIAL COOKING 10MEDAL AND CERTIFICATES

1. Elliot Martens; 2. Nicole Taylor; 3. Jae-dyn Moore

COMMERCIAL COOKING 20/30MEDAL AND CERTIFICATES

1. Nicole Taylor; 2. Cortney Jeffers; 3. Sa-die Tucker

HOME ECONOMICS 10MEDAL AND CERTIFICATES

1. Justine Wolf; 2. Dharma Boutin; 3. Lynice Holmstrom

HOME ECONOMICS 20/30MEDAL AND CERTIFICATES

1. Monica Van der Merwe; 2. Baylee Glasser, Ashley Holloway; 3. Justice Bou-tin, Grace Willms

INDUSTRIAL ARTS 10MEDAL AND CERTIFICATES

1. FV Santos; 2. Kye McGonigal, Dono-von Dingman; 3. Chenoa Dingman

INDUSTRIAL ARTS 20/30MEDAL AND CERTIFICATES

1. Monty Driver; 2. Levi Horn; 3. Cutter Reid

SENIOR FEMALE ATHLETES OF THE YEAR Madyline Barry and Sunnette Kamffer

GRADE 10 HIGH ACHIEVEMENT CERTIFICATES (85+ AVERAGE)

Cassidy Griemann, Taryn Haubrich, Kaitlyn Jacobi, Ashley Kormos, Sunnette Kamffer, Cloe MacDonald, Elliot Mar-tens, Jaedyn Moore, Dominic Orr, Sydney Schenn, Margareth Tan

GRADE 10 GENERAL PROFICIENCYGold: Elliot MartensSilver: Taryn HaubrichBronze: Jaedyn Moore

GRADE 11 HIGH ACHIEVEMENT CERTIFICATES (85+ AVERAGE)

Jhade Acuna, Madyline Barry, Dharma Boutin, Monty Driver, Ashley Holloway, Jenna Klinger, Declan McCormac, Nigel Metzger, Kadence Meredith, Kerry Roe, Monica Van der Merwe

GRADE 11 GENERAL PROFICIENCY Gold: Kadence MeredithSilver: Kerry RoeBronze: Jenna Klinger


McNaughton High holds Grade 10 and 11 Awards

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Elliot Martens received the Grade 10 General Proficiency Award for the highest average.

Kadence Meredith received the Grade 11 General Proficiency Award for the highest average.


Touch A truckTouch A TruckA Touch a Truck event was held in the Moosomin Celebration Ford parking lot on September 7. Hosted by the Moosomin Family Resource Centre, there were lots of excited

kids who got to play on tractors, combines, quads, fi re trucks, ambulances, and other equipment!

Above left: Tucker and Sawyer Matichuk on the fi re department’s ladder truck. Above right: Jihu Cho standing on top of a combine.

Above left: Layla and Dana Jones in the fi re truck. Above right: Teddy Apperley poses for a photo in front of a cool car designed by Gayle’s Autobody in Wapella.

Above left: Peyton Glass in the fi re truck. Above centre: Olivia Brooks (top) and Emily Brooks (bottom). Above right: Amara and Elizabeth Loewen in a quad (top photo) and Noah Overand, Reid Jarvis and Grayson Taylor in a quad (bottom photo).

Cassidy Griemann and Kevin Weedmark photos


Moosomin Rec ReportMike Schwean, Recreation Director • 306-435-3622 • [email protected]

Tim Hortons SmileCookie Campaign

Once again we are so fortunate to Tim Hortons’ Smile Cookie Campaign for supporting our Tim Hortons Outdoor Eventplex. This year’s funds go towards im-provements on the deck as well as ground level.

If you have never had a chance to view the park … please make a point of it as it is beautiful. The campaign this year goes from September 16 to September 22. A portion of all cookie sales go to-wards our amazing park.

Also please note you can pre-order cookies and pick up fresh and ready. Please check this week’s Town of Moosomin for details.

Contact us at ….With the changing of the sea-

sons we have shut down our summer facilities and are now busy getting our winter facili-ties up and running—always an exciting time for us! Here are the best addresses and numbers for our various facilities!

Conexus Communiplex: Open for the season Thursday, October 10. Bookings at [email protected] or 306-435-3622

Conexus Convention Centre: Open year round. Taking book-ings for 2020, 2021 and beyond. Centre bookings at [email protected] or 306-435-3622

Nutrien Sportsplex: Open for the winter on Friday, November 1. Private bookings year round at [email protected] or 306-435-3622

Moosomin Curling Rink: Open for the winter late October. Bookings at [email protected] or 306-435-3622

Conexus Communiplex NewsThere is lots booked in to what

should be an absolute zoo at the Plex this winter. Just the way we like it!

Here is a listing of special events already booked for 2019:

October 12: Casey O’BrienOctober 11-14: Jeff Cole 4 on 4

Hockey TournamentOctober 18-20: Jeff Cole 4 on 4

Hockey TournamentOctober 21: Skating Club be-

gins yearly skatingOctober 25-26: Nixon Electric

Adult Rec Hockey TournamentOctober 27: Brian Elder Goal-

tending ClinicNovember 2-3: Midget Rang-

ers Hockey TournamentNovember 2: SHA On Ice Of-

November 2: U18 Girls November 8-11: Minor Hock-

ey WeekendNovember 9: SJHL Junior

Hockey–Weyburn @ Notre DameNovember 16-17: Atom Rang-

ers TournamentNovember 23: Minor Hockey

Coach ClinicNov 30-Dec 1: Pee Wee Rang-

ers Hockey TournamentDecember 7: Minor Hockey

Goaltending ClinicDecember 14-15: Bantam

Rangers Hockey TournamentJanuary 11-12: Squirt Rangers

Hockey TournamentFebruary 1-2: Novice Rangers

Hockey TournamentMarch 8: Moosomin Skating

Club Carnival DayMarch 13-15: Rec Hockey

League–Year End TournamentMarch 25-28: 2020 Iron Man

Tournament

Big Hockey NewsWe are extremely excited to an-

nounce the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League will be making an appearance at the Communi-plex for the second consecutive year.

Coming on the heels of the Weyburn Red Wings OT win in 2018 over the Notre Dame Hounds, the two teams will hook up a second time.

The game will go on Saturday, November 9 at 7:30 pm. Wey-burn Red Wings vs Notre Dame Hounds.

The game will be held as part of Moosomin Minor Hockey weekend. Watch for ticket details and sponsorship opportunities.

More Hockey NewsIf you haven’t noticed by now

I love the rink season—I love planning it and I love the events that go with it! So . . . coming up on November 2, we have the U18 Provincial Girls team stopping here to practice and have a lunch as they are headed to Winkler on their way to the National Cham-pionships.

This will be a fantastic oppor-tunity for the young females in town to get out and see the level they aspire to achieve. The team management welcomes any young gals who would like to get out and meet the U18 team. The gals will be skating from 12:15 to 1:15 pm with a lunch to follow.

Minor Hockey NewsMoosomin Minor Hockey

have held their online registra-tion, and early indications have numbers off the hook! If you missed out and are still inter-ested in registering a player for the upcoming season you can go to either of these contacts: Email [email protected] or online at http://moosominminorhockey.com

Skate MoosominLike Minor Hockey our Skat-

ing Club is busy getting ready for their 2019/2020 season. If you would like further information please contact Melissa or Debbie at the following email addresses:

Melissa Holman at [email protected]

Debbie Bochek at [email protected]

Moosomin Senior Rangers

Word on the street is the Boys of Winter have been doing some off season work and are excited to get the season under way. Can’t be certain until you get the smell of the uniforms, but my guess is this will be a very good hockey team this winter!

The club is currently looking for the following: Potential play-ers for the 2019/2020 season

Executive members for the 2019/2020 season

Game day workers for the 2019/2020 season

Blue Moose Lounge volunteers for the 2019/2020 season

For information please contact one of these individuals:

Ross Shaw at [email protected]

Peter Nabholz at [email protected]

Paul Stapleton at [email protected]

Recreation Hockey League

If you have a team interested in being part of a new Rec Hock-ey League, we would like to hear from you. Our goal is to get six to eight teams for 2019 and have teams play four to six games over the season. Teams can then

expand on their schedule as they

This is not a “wins/losses” league as scores will not be re-corded, however we would plan on having a year-end tourna-ment in March.

If any teams out there are in-terested, please give me a call at 435-3622.

Upgrades at Nutrien SportsplexIn the next two weeks or so you

will notice a 4 X 8 reader board when entering the parking lot at Bradley Park. We would like to offer our most sincere thank-you to our local Senior Club who covered the cost of this $30,000 addition.

This board will not be an ad board but rather used only to promote events upcoming at the Nutrien Sportsplex, Conexus Credit Union, Conexus Conven-tion Centre and Bradley Park. Will be a tremendous addition at the Park!

Nutrien SportsplexThe winter season at the Nu-

trien Sportsplex is also just around the corner. Our season

day, November 1. It will be an exciting year at the Sportsplex as well as we have an absolute ton of programming this coming winter.

Nutrien Sportsplex Winter Programming

If you are looking to keep active this winter, check out the list of opportunities at the Sportsplex. An absolute treasure chest full of options and oppor-tunities.

MONDAYClosed: Private bookings onlyEarly Bird Walking: Gym Side,

6-8 amRediscover Fitness: Gym Side,

8:30-10 am Walkers: Gym Side, 10 am-1

pm Moosomin Senior Club: Bowl-

ing Alley, 9 am-12 nnLowes Recreation Therapy:

Gym Side, 3:45-5:15 pmRoxanne Moreau Exercise:

Gym Side, 6:30-8:30 pmTUESDAY

Closed: Private bookings onlyWalkers: Gym Side, 6 am-1 pmMoosomin Senior Club: Bowl-

ing Alley, 1-5 pmKristen McAuley Kickboxing:

6-8 pmWEDNESDAY

Closed: Private bookings onlyWalkers: Gym Side, 6 am-1 pmExercise Classes: Gym Side,

7-8 pmPickleball: Gym Side, 7-9 pm

THURSDAYOpen to the public: 4 pm to

closeEarly Bird Walking: Gym Side,

7-8 amRediscover Fitness: Gym Side,

8:30 am-10 pmPickleball: Gym Side, 1-3 pmMen’s and Ladies Golf: Gym

Side, 5 pm-CloseFRIDAY

Open to the public: 11 am-closeCorporate Night Golf: 5-9 pmChristmas Party Season

SATURDAYOpen to the public: 11 am to

closeChristmas Party Season

SUNDAYOpen to the public: 11 am to

closeChristmas Party Season

Nutrien Sportsplex Christmas Parties

The Sportsplex has quickly be-

come a go-to place for Christmas parties of all sizes. We offer a ton of activity opportunities, a com-plete bar menu, and can even or-ganize a caterer on your request. No party is too small and few are too big!

With that in mind we are now offering our early bird pricing for parties. That pricing includes:

Entire Building: Includes ev-erything! $550

Leisure Centre Side Only: In-cludes four simulators and court area. $450

Leisure Centre Half Side: In-cludes two simulators/one pick-le ball court. $250

Half Building: Three bowl-ing lanes/two simulators/score board and more. $250

Bowling Alley: Bowling, shuf-

Book ASAP to avoid disap-pointment. We have already be-gun to book in parties. To date half a dozen have already been booked. It really is great value and a great time, but you need to act quickly to get dates you

completely. Here is a list of dates already booked in:

November 23: Booked the en-tire facility

November 30: Half building booking

December 6: Booked the entire facility

December 7: Booked the entire facility

December 13: Half building booking



Nutrien Sportsplex Walking FOBs

Key FOBs are now available for the Sportsplex walking track

FOBs will allow you entry into the Sportsplex to walk during times of the day when there are no staff at the facility (i.e. morn-ings). During regular hours (when there are no private book-ings) you can access the walking track without a FOB. For infor-mation please contact Patti at 435-3622.

Walking Programs atNutrien SportsplexOur winter walking challeng-

es have been such a hit and the talk of the province at recreation conferences. We have developed ever increasing walks in which patrons are challenged to walk a given distance.

TransCanada Challenge which patrons needed to walk the dis-tance between the Saskatchewan and Alberta borders. Dozens completed the challenge.

Our next challenge was the Pa-

distance from Saskatchewan to

and more patrons completed that walk, which was amazing.

Coming in 2019 will be the longest walk yet as we will in-troduce the “March to Mexico” as the distance will cover 3,400 miles. This may seem like a long, long ways, but our walkers are an amazing group and I have little doubt we will have walk-ers entering Mexico sometime in April of 2020!

We will offer more informa-tion on this walk in the coming month!

March to Mexico City

Our newest, longest and most

begins at Moosomin and ends at Mexico City! Here are your destinations along the 2,900 mile walk:

• Moosomin to Sherwood Bor-der Crossing: 84 miles

• Sherwood Border Crossing to Bismarck, ND: 174 miles

• Bismarck to Pierre, SD: 210 miles

• Pierre to Scottsbluff, Neb.: 328 Miles

• Scottsbluff to Lexington, Neb.: 240 Miles

• Lexington to Wichita, Kan-sas: 347 Miles

• Wichita to Dallas, Texas: 364 Miles

• Dallas to San Antonio, Texas: 273 Miles

• San Antonio to Monterrey, Mexico: 297 miles

• Monterrey to San Luis Po-tosi, Mexico: 319 miles

• San Luis Potosi to Queretaro, Mexico: 129 Miles

• Queretaro to Mexico City: 135 miles

Welcome to Mexico City, your 2,900 mile walk has been com-pleted!

Volleyball—Conexus Convention Centre

our volleyball standards in-stalled at the Conexus Conven-tion Centre. This will allow us to play both basketball and vol-leyball in the Convention Centre. Our next goal is to get four pickle

Boy when we envisioned the Convention Centre back in 2008, we envisioned a multi-activity centre, and we sure got that one right!

2019/20 GymnasticsJodie Dunham is also busy

planning the upcoming season for gymnastics at the Conexus Convention Centre. If you are in-terested in acquiring information on the program you can contact

com.

2019/20 Curling Season

We are now taking teams for the 2019/2020 Curling Season. Leagues include:

Celebration Ford Ladies League

Red Barn Men’s LeagueFederated Co-op Farmers and

FriendsTo register or for information

please email or phone the Rec-

sasktel.net or 306-435-3622.

Upcoming Curling Events

Boy oh boy our local Curling Club has an exciting couple of years ahead of it with multiple BIG events. Here is a snapshot of some of the events the club will play host to:

November 4-6: Provincial Su-perannuated Teachers of Sas-katchewan Bonspiel

February 7-9: Curl Sask South-ern Men’s Senior Playdowns

February 28-29: Saskatchewan High School Athletic Association (SHSAA) 2020 Senior Girls Re-gional Bonspiel

March 18-28: 62 Annual Ca-

Championships 2021

ANNUAL BONSPIELSNovember 23-24: Ladies Bon-

spielJanuary TBA: Farmers Bon-

spielTBA: 2019 Men’s Bonspiel


Immigration a boon to Canadian tennisCanadian politicians may be debating the merits or

shortcomings of immigration during the upcoming fed-eral election, but Canadian tennis fans are giving a solid thumbs-up to the idea of welcoming people from other countries.

Had there been tough restrictions on immigration

of families named Andreescu, Raonic, Shapovalov, Au-

in our country, let alone bringing sporting glory to our home and native land.

The latest headliner is Bianca Andreescu, a 19-year-old who was on the fringes of the sport as little as 10 months

-lowed that up with a victory at the Indian Wells tourna-ment in Palm Springs in March, and then won the Rogers Cup title in Toronto in August when health issues forced

Andreescu stunned the tennis world with a straight-set

too: $3.85 million (U.S.)It may not have happened had the Andreescu family,

carrying the totality of their belongings in two suitcases, not moved from Romania to Canada, where Bianca was born.

young, and it was in Pitesti, Romania, where she started

a few years later and Bianca was 11 when she became in-volved with Tennis Canada.

top Canadian tennis players:• Toronto’s Milos Raonic, who missed this year’s U.S.

Open due to injury, was born in Yugoslavia (now Mon-tenegro) and is of Serb heritage. His parents, worried

Brampton, Ont., in 1994, when Milos was three.

in our country, was born in Canada, but his father emi-grated from Togo, and married a Quebec woman.

made it to the third round of the U.S. Open, was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, the son of Russian-Israeli citizens Tessa

Aviv when the Soviet Union was collapsing, later settling in Canada.

Canadian male. His parents Milos and Mila escaped the

Immigration, it seems, has been good for the fortunes of Canadian tennis. Say tennis fans from coast to coast: Keep ’em coming.

forward Darren McCarty says marijuana saved his life. -

phy.”• Comedy writer Bill Scheft, on Twitter: “BREAKING:

from Crimson Tide to Crimson Storm Surge.”• Late night funny man Jimmy Kimmel, discussing

want to see The Mets win the World Series.”• Dwight Perry again: “Steamboat Geyser in Yellow-

the longstanding record set by Woody Hayes.”• Janice Hough of leftcoastsportsbabe.com, on the

sponsored by Minute Maid.”• Bob Molinaro of pilotonline.com (Hampton, Va.), on

Bruce Penton

MOOSOMINTOWN OF MOOSOMIN

701 Main St. • Box 730 Moosomin, SK, S0G 3N0

E-mail: [email protected]: 306-435-2988

Fax: 306-435-3343

PUBLIC WORKSDanny Grainger - Town Foreman

306-435-7111 (cell)

Mike Stein306-435-7062 (cell)

RECREATION OFFICEE-mail: [email protected]

Phone: 306.435.3622Mike Schwean - Rec Director

306-435-7578 (cell)Catherine Mannle - Assistant Rec Director

306-434-7579 (cell)

LANDFILL HOURSJanuary 1 - April 30

Tues. - Sat. 12 noon - 3:45 p.m.Sun. & Mon. CLOSED

May 1 - May 30Tues. - Sat. 12 noon - 6:45 p.m..

Sun. 12 noon - 5 p.m.Mon. CLOSED

June 1 - September 30Tues. - Sat. 12 noon - 6:45 p.m.

Sun. & Mon. CLOSED

October 1 - October 31Tues. - Sat. 12 noon - 6:45 p.m.

Sun. 12 noon - 5 p.m.Mon. CLOSED

November 1 - December 31Tues. - Sat. 12 noon - 3:45 p.m.

Sun. & Mon. CLOSED

RECYCLING CALENDARROUTE A:

Homes on Broadway Avenue and north:

SEPTEMBER 16 & 30

ROUTE B: Homes south of

Broadway Avenue:

SEPT. 23 &OCT. 7

MAYOR: Larry Tomlinson 306-435-7943

COUNCILLORS: Chris Davidson 306-435-7914

Ron Fisk 306-435-3504Murray Gray 306-435-9062Jason Miller 306-435-6849

Garry Towler 306-435-7595Greg Nosterud: 306-435-9406

SPORTSPLEX CHRISTMAS PARTIES!

We are taking Christmas party bookings at the Sportsplex for 2019.

Please check this week’s recreation report for further information.

FOR BOOKINGS CALL US AT 306-435-3622

If your team is interested call the Rec Offi ce at

306-435-3622

MOOSOMIN COMMUNIPLEX NEWS

WINTER SEASON KICKS OFF

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10If anyone is looking to book ice please contact 306-435-3622 or e-mail

[email protected]

RECREATION HOCKEY

The Nutrien Sportsplex has quickly become a go to place for Christmas Parties of all sizes. We offer a ton of activity opportunities, a complete bar menu and can even organize a caterer on your request. No party is too small and few are too big!

WE ARE OFFERING OUR EARLY BIRD PRICING FOR PARTIES:ENTIRE BUILDING

Includes everything!$550

LEISURE CENTRE Includes 4 Simulators

and Court Area$450

LEISURE CENTRE 1/2 SIDE

Includes 2 Simulators and 1 Pickle Ball Court

$250

BOWLING ALLEYBowling, Shuffl eboard,

Pool, Cards$250

1/2 BUILDING3 Bowling Lanes,

2 Simulators, Shuffl eboard & More!

$250

2019

Smile Cookie®

Pre-Order Form

100% of the proceeds from the Moosomin Location of Tim Hortons Smile Cookie Campaign are going to the Town of Moosomin in support of improvements at Brad-ley Park and construction of a new centre court gazebo.

From September 16 - 22, guests who purchase a freshly baked Smile Cookie for $1 pls tax will be donating to a great cause, with the full dollar being donated!

To pre-order Tim Hortons Smile Cookies, complete this form and submit it to your nearest participating Tim Hortons Restaurant, no less than 48 hours before your specifi ed pick-up date and time.

Number of Cookies (12 cookies per box) _______________________

Name: _____________________________________________________

Address: ___________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________

Phone: ____________________________________________________

E-mail: _____________________________________________________

Pick-Up Date: ______________________________________________

Pick-Up Time: _______________________________________________

ONE WAY RIDE is from your Home, Lodges or Hospital/Long Term Care Lodge to the Downtown Area OR from Downtown Area to Home, Lodges or Hospital/Long Term Care Lodge. Call 306-435-9777 for pickup.THANK YOU for your continued support! The MOTOH Commitee meets every third Tuesday September - June

MOTOH HOURS OF OPERATION: 8:00 A.M.-4:30 P.M. MONDAY TO FRIDAY

MOOSOMIN ORGANIZATION FOR TRANSPORTATION OF THE HANDICAPPED

PRICES: BUS PASS: $40 10 RIDES ONE WAY

SINGLE RIDE: $5 ONE WAY RIDE

Monday, September 16, 2019 The World—Spectator — Moosomin, Sask. 17

Fundraiser forTerry

Ireland

Friday, October 11, 2019

Moosomin Legion HallCocktails 4:30 p.m | Supper 5 p.m. | Silent AuctionLive Entertainment to follow with Ruth Desjarlais & Joe Theriault

and other local Musicians

$25/Ticket

Silent Auction items can be dropped off at the Borderland Co-op Administration Offi ce in Moosomin or

contact Ruth at 306-645-0006 or 306-434-5975

Tickets can be purchased from Ruth Dejarlais or at The World-Spectator in Moosomin

Terry has been diagnosed with osteoporosis and rheumatoid arthritis and is wheelchair bound, and is suffering several medical complications, including foot drop

and an aortic aneurysm. All money raised will go toward travel costs for medical appointments and making Terry’s house more wheelchair accessible.

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Enbridge makes $5,000 donation to Redvers Fire DepartmentEnbridge made a $5,000 donation to the Redvers Fire Department on Wednesday. The money will be used to help the fire department purchase

self contained breathing apparatus (SCBAs). From left are Gary Radtke, Emergency Response Co-ordinator with Enbridge, and Chris Hamel, Manager of Area Operations with Enbridge, presenting the donation to Redvers Fire Chief Brad Hutton, as well as Brenden Gaudet, Lee Kyle, and Cody Chorney with the fire department.

Terry Fox WalkEsterhazy High School held a Terry Fox walk/run on Friday, Sept. 13.

The walk was held on the nature trail that runs alongside the golf course, and was approximately 3.5 km. Shayna Zubko photos


At the TantallonDuck Derby

There was a great crowd on hand for the 2019 Tantallon Duck Derby! Because of the slow current in the Qu’Appelle Riv-er, the ducks were placed in a pool, and the first eight ducks to be scooped out by the kids were win-ners. The corporate ducks were placed in a bounce tent and bounced around by the kids. The last one in the bounce tent was the winner.

The winners of the duck derbey were as follows:

$1000: Betty Gur-ney

$600: Garnet Howie$400: Lois Lomenda$100: Tracey Bom-

boir, Morley Lowe, Fred Odgers, Daryl Godwin grandkids, Debbie Howie.

Corporate winner: Rick’s Mechanical

50/50 for $649: Natalie Lowe.

Above left: Harper Pritchard from Esterhazy helps haul some of the corporate ducks to the bounce tent. Above: Eva Lowe sliding down the bounce tent slide with one of the corporate ducks. Below left: The ducks floating in the swimming pool waiting to be chosen. Below: The kids stirring up the ducks in the pool. Bot-tom left: The kids getting ready to toss the cor-porate ducks out of the bounce tent. Bottom right: The dunk tank was very popular that day!


Moosomin RCMP Report

BY SHAYNA ZUBKOThe newly developed Esterhazy 500 x 120 dog park is

it is being used frequently anytime from early in the Although the park is already open and getting used of-

raise funds for future improvements and to make the

Esterhazy dog park is up and running

BY SGT SCOTT FEFCHAKThat was a gloomy week last week with

Tickets and warnings

dreariness of the weather for a number of

Speeding x 11; Disobey Stop Sign x2; Drive

Fender bender, rollover

Traffic reportsabout an impaired driver headed east-

spoke with the teenaged driver who apol-

Suspiciousvehicle reported

no way against the law although it would

ask why they almost hit the other or more

I might try doing that with my wife next

911 misdial

Collision with mooseing a headlight and damaging the hood of

Mental health call

We had a family member report a loved

however the individual did not meet the

What we think should likely be done

Dogs locked up

Your members noted there was ade-

ensure the proper authorities are made

School visits

Person walking onhighway was inCanada illegally

An individual was reported walking in

He was arrested and Immigration In-

Arrest for domestic assault, firearms seizedation where tensions were high and an as-

Sgt gets a break

of right now I have no idea who will be

anything else that I usually have to pay at-

Mayor Grant Forster at the new dog park. A couple of dogs running and playing at the new dog park.

Reach 28,000 households in Southeast Saskatchewan and Southwest Manitoba

Next issue: October 18 • Deadline: October 9

Call 306-435-2445 • www.plainandvalley.com


Esterhazy Culture DaysThe Esterhazy Community Museum hosted their weekly farmers mar-

ket and barbecue Friday along with Culture Days. This was a celebration of cultures which exist in the Esterhazy area.

Right: Valerie Knutilla and Liz Domoslai represent the Finnish Histori-cal Society and were sharing traditional jam, homemade butter, and pre-serves.

Above: Marlise Gauer is a German immigrant who enjoys sharing her heritage with others. Shayna Zubko photos

To book an ad in any of these features call Kara at 306-435-2445

or e-mail [email protected]

Fall Agriculture Feature

Reaches 7,000 households and farm boxes in

Southeast Saskatchewan and Southwest Manitoba!

Published September 23DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 18

Get Involved!Looking for new members?

More volunteers? Encourage people to

Get Involved with your club, group, or organization!

Published September 30DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 26

Women in BusinessA tribute to local women in

business in the region. Each ad includes a photo and a

bio on the business owner

Small Business WeekTell the story of your small business!

Each page includes a half page ad and a half page story

on your business!

Mining, Energy & Manufacturing FeaturePays tribute to these three industries

in our area, and includes ads from local businesses in these industries, and businesses that

provide services to these industriesPublished September

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