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January 2013

The HonorableHerbert O. Sparrow, C.M., D. SC.

1930 - 2012

Local born & raised ‘Senator Herb’passed away in September of 2012and left behind a tremendous

legacy.Herb’s Funeral Service was held on Fri-day, September 14 in North Battleford.The following is an excerpt from the eu-logy read by his son Ken Sparrow.

Herb..... The Star Phoenix oncecalled him a “Renaissance Man.” Forclose to half his life he was “The Sena-tor.” The University of McGill honouredhim with “Dr. Sparrow.” To his family hewas “Dad”, “Grandpa” and “Uncle Herb.”To most people he was just “Herbie.” ButJust Who Was Herb Sparrow? As PeterTarnowsky quipped at Herb’s roast,“Herb made such an impact as a Senatorthat you can go anywhere in Canada –East coast, West coast, North or Southand ask anyone about Herb Sparrow, andthey’ll all say the same thing: “Who thehell is Herb Sparrow!” Bank teller, CarSalesman, Restaurateur, Entrepreneur,Farmer, Rancher, Garbage Man, Excava-tion and Trucking, Land Developer, Gen-eral Store Owner, Politician, Gold Miner,Old-School Stand-Up Comedian in thevein of his friend and hero Red Skelton.Kinsmen, Mason, Shriner, Honorary Ro-tarian, and always The Entertainer. He’sbeen called “the champion of the littleguy”, and the “lone wolf senator.” Obvi-

ously, Herb was a “workaholic.” Manyworkaholics have trouble delegating. NotHerb. It may have been all his politicalexperience, or as a city alderman, or withthe Kinsmen Club; but wherever helearned it, Herb was a master at gettingpeople to do things to help him with hisprojects. Personally, I think he got histraining conning us kids to work for him.Every one of his kids, most of our child-hood friends, and most of his grandchil-dren have been tricked with the classic –“who wants to go on a picnic?” He wouldthen take his minions out to the ranch topick rocks. Of course there was always areward – KFC – at the end of the job.And many times he would drag us out tochase cattle that had escaped theirfences, or move cows between pens. I re-member selfishly asking him one Christ-mas day, as we chased cows most of theday through the north end of the city, ifwe could take Boxing Day off. Of course,it wasn’t all work. There were ski trips tothe mountains, and he loved our cabinthe lake. But to Herb, hanging out on thebeach was not very productive. So to jus-tify it he started a lakefront develop-ment, and spent thousands of hoursmanually cutting reeds in the lake andcleaning and grooming the beach – usu-ally in his bikini brief underwear that hethought passed as a bathing suit. And ofcourse he press-ganged his kids and

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‘Senator Herb’

Editorial Yogi Berra may havebeen the greatest prophetof them all with a quote like “It’s hard to makepredictions, especially about the future.”As we ring in the new year, and look back on2012, was it the year that anyone predicted? For those that interpreted the Mayan calendar ina particular way, maybe not. Mind you, how canyou trust a prediction for the demise of our civi-lization by one that didn’t even see their owncoming !Last year brought events that may not haveended the world, but like every other year, havecertainly changed the world forever.The citizens of Syria that have seen 60,000 ofthier fellow citizens killed must feel they are liv-ing through the end of the world.The thousands of people that were devastated byHurricane Sandy must have surely thought theend of the world was coming.It was a dark year for the family of Lorry AnneSantos of Saskatoon who’s world ended in herdoorway when gangsters got the wrong address.

And how can we even imagine the heart-breakinganguish of the families of the innocent victims ofthe horrific massacre at Sandy Hook school inNewtown. The world, as they knew it earlier thatmorning, surely did end.

These events were not specifically predicted byanyone, but could we not say that in some waywe all saw them coming ?

The unrest in the middle east has been going onfor generations.The severe weather effects of global warminghave been exposed by scientists for year.Every community, including Saskatoon, experi-ences increased violence with growth.And for as long as the majority of Americanshave had a distorted interpretation of the 2ndAmmendment, and continued to ignore thehealth and welfare of thier population, they havelived with increasingly shocking and devastatingattacks on themselves, by themselves.

The world we live in is not a collection of randomevents that we wish someone could predict for us.Rather it is the continuously evolving result ofour own past actions. Whether generations ago,or mere days, what we create one day, forever be-comes our world the next.

No one has the ability to predict the future of theworld, but we all possess the even greater power,and dare I say responsibility, to create the futureof the world.If mankind is willing to learn from the profoundresults of its previous decisions, we will be able tomove forward by making better ones.And if we don’t.......... I predict 2013 will be much like 2012.

Happy New Year.

Ken Sowter, Editor

p.s. Nighty Night Merv

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grandkids to help him with thatproject too. Now this might soundlike Herb was tough on his childrenand grandchildren. Nothing could befurther from the truth, but I’m suresometimes we thought he was;mostly because he expected you toknow how to act and how to react tosituations, just because you were hisfamily. He led by example, and youwere expected to learn and follow.He wanted the best for his childrenand their children, never wantingthem to do without, but wantingthem to learn how to work to achievetheir goals independently. He wasproud of all his kids, and all of hisgrandchildren. And he was totallyenthralled with his great grandson,Ezra. Herb was my hero. He accom-plished so much, and he helped somany people. But he told me thathis life had been blessed. He hadbeen helped along the way by somany generous individuals, that hefelt it his duty to “pay-it-forward” byhelping others. He spoke of GeorgeTucker, the retired farmer andReeve of Meota for 30 years. Afterweeks of negotiating and question-ing, pestering and test driving he fi-nally bought a car from Herb, andthen came back to buy cars for allhis sons. George became his friendand mentor, pushing him to open a“drive-in” restaurant, and helpinghim financially. Roy Morrison , hisboss in the car business, friend,mentor and partner in the KFC inMinot, North Dakota was another.Colonel Harland Saunders , PremierRoss Thatcher , his Kinsmen bud-dies, his political pals and manyother people in the community notonly influenced him, but gave himmoral, intellectual, and financialhelp along the way. Some of them, ortheir children or grandchildren maybe reading this and for Herb, Loisand our family, we thank you. Fromthose amazing people, and from hisown burning desire and sense ofpurpose, he grew into the Herb thatwe knew and loved. He was tena-cious, passionate and totally com-mitted to everything he did. Herbwas Dean of the Senate – the longestserving Senator when he retiredafter serving 37 years. He was ap-pointed by Lester B. Pearson in 1968at 38 years of age, at the time, theyoungest Senator. He sat in the Sen-ate through 8 Prime Ministers andwatched 315 Senators come and go.When asked why Prime MinisterPearson appointed him to the Sen-ate, he said “You have to be wealthy,good looking, well educated, andbilingual – but they couldn’t findanybody like that so they appointedme.” In 1969 he worked on the Spe-cial Senate Committee on Poverty.As research he went undercover, asa homeless man with $1.50 andsome food stamps and lived a fullweek on “skid row” in Vancouver,living with the street people. Heserved as Deputy Chairman of theSenate Finance Committee, memberof Senate Committees for ForeignAffairs, Mass Media and Trans-portation and Communications. AsChairman of the Agriculture, Fish-eries and Forest Committee, he re-leased the 1984 report on soil

conservation, “Soil at Risk: Canada’sEroding Future.” It became the mostpublished report of any governmentcommittee report, ever, distributingover 50,000 copies across Canadaand around the world. For the next10 years Herb travelled acrossCanada attending close to 1000meetings spreading the messageabout the dangers of soil erosion. Ata retirement ceremony for Herb inthe Senate, Senator Lorna Milnesaid that after a few weeks in theSenate, she went home and told herhusband Ross, an accomplishedAgricultural Engineer and politicalveteran, about this senator whoseemed friendly enough, but clearlywalked to the beat of his own drum.She said, “Let me share with youwhat Ross said about Senator HerbSparrow:” “This man has done moreto improve the ecology of the entireworld than any single person in his-tory. His report of the Senate Agri-cultural Committee called Soil AtRisk, changed completely the waythat farming is done in the deep, drysoils of the Canadian Prairies, theAmerican Midwest, the Pampas ofArgentina and the Steppes of Russiaand Ukraine. Herb has made a dif-ference, a difference that has trans-formed agriculture forever.” In 1990Herb teamed up with Dr. DavidSuzuki to do a segment on “The Na-ture of Things” on the issue of soil

conservation. He was the first Presi-dent of Soil Conservation Canadaand he continued his work to protectthe land and the environmentthroughout the rest of his life. At hisretirement, when speaking to theSenate, Herb stated that, “My familywas young when I first came to theSenate. While here, away fromhome, the children would fight aboutwho got to sleep with their mother.This fighting had to stop, so I askedthem to not request that they sleepwith their mother while I was away.Upon my return, they came to theairport to meet me. I had just gottenoff the plane and was in the arrivalsarea when one of my little guyshollered, “Daddy, Daddy, Daddy, noone slept with Mommy while youwere away!” Here are a few excerptsof his response to the Senate at his35th anniversary: “Honourable sena-tors, thank you very much. I do ap-preciate your kind remarks. Yes, Ihave been here for 35 years, and Ican say that, in all that time, I don'tregret one day that I was here. Thatday was September 25, 1970. That isthe day I do not regret being here. Iwill use this opportunity to give youa bit of my background, something Ihave not had the opportunity to doin the 35 years I have been here.The headline of the news report atthe time of my birth read: "Mrs.Sparrow gives birth to a child." Itwent on to indicate that I was bornin a manger and that my sex lifebegan at an early age because thereport read: "Mrs. Sparrow is in sta-

ble condition and Baby Sparrow isholding his own. When I was inGrade 5, I remember coming homefrom school and saying to mymother, "Mother, was I adopted?"She said, "Well, now that you are 18,I might as well tell you the truth.You were adopted, but they broughtyou back." Another thing I remem-ber is coming home and asking, "Fa-ther, will you take me to the zoo?"He said, "Son, if the zoo wants you,they will come and get you." I wishmy father was alive today so that hecould know I got to the zoo here allby myself.” Throughout his life HerbSparrow received many honours andawards for his service. He wasawarded the Order of Canada, theUnited Nations EnvironmentalLeadership Medal and an HonoraryDoctor of Science from McGill Uni-versity, The Soil Conservation Soci-ety of America Honour Award andthe H.R. Macmillan Laureate Awardin Agriculture. He received Hon-orary Life Memberships in the Kins-men Club, Rotary International andthe Agricultural Institute of Canadaand Honorary memberships in theCanadian Legion and Canadian So-ciety of Soil Science. He was Hon-orary President of the CanadianAmateur Baseball Association andHonorary Chairman of Telemiracle15. He received an Exceptional Serv-ice Award, Salvation Army Canada

and the Battlefords and district Citi-zen of the Decade Award, 1989. Ear-lier he received the Junior Chamberof Commerce Outstanding YoungMan of the Year Award and theVanier Young Man of the YearAward. He was Inducted into theSaskatchewan Agricultural Hall ofFame, The North Battleford Wall ofFame, the Saskatchewan BaseballHall of Fame, and the CanadianConservation Hall of Fame. Herbwas a true entrepreneur. In 1955,while he was a car salesman withMorrison’s Chrysler, he opened “theRanch House”, the first Drive-inrestaurant in the Battlefords. In1958 the Ranch House became the3rd Kentucky Fried Chicken Fran-chise in Canada, and the 11th inNorth America. Eventually he alsoowned several KFC’s in NorthDakota and another in MeadowLake. He began farming and raisingcattle in the mid 1960’s. He ex-panded into the Excavation andGravel Hauling business, waste dis-posal, a General Store in Meota andland development. He even tried hishand at gold mining with hisfriends, the late Shorty Ranger andBill Bonter. Herb’s avocation was asa speaker – he was a stand-up come-dian of the old school. His passionwas to protect the land for futuregenerations. But his compassiondrove him to tirelessly work to helpthe less fortunate in our society, par-ticularly the children. He was co-founder of the first school formentally handicapped children in

the Battlefords, convincing ColonelHarland Sanders to be a contributorto the school. When Brenda Sparrowtold him that there were kids at theschool so hungry that they wererummaging through garbage cansfor food, Herb launched a food pro-gram. His staff at the Ranch Housewould prepare lunches and LindaLight would deliver them. Then hestarted a breakfast program, payingthe noon supervisor to come in earlyto make breakfast for the children.From 1988 to 2004 they delivered159,530 meals. This program ex-panded to provide food through theBoys’ and Girls’ club during thesummer months, feeding 30 to 50kids every day, and eventuallythrough the Salvation Army, provid-ing food to children and adultsthrough the food bank which he wasinstrumental in establishing. Heworked tirelessly to organize work-ers for the Salvation Army Kettles.This year he provided a donationand negotiated matching funds fromthe City of North Battleford to helpkeep open the homeless shelter atthe Battlefords Indian and MetisFriendship Centre. And over theyears he helped countless people inour community when they needed itmost. Herb suffered a great manyhealth issues over the last numberof years, and he had become veryaware of his mortality. But thatnever shook his resolve, ambition tohelp others, or his sense of humour.He often joked that he had (funeraldirector) Bob McKay on speed dial.When Brenda asked him once whathe'd like said at his funeral hereplied, "Oh look he's moving!" 2years ago, on September 4th, Bryanwas getting his boat ready to pullfrom the lake. Mom and Dad were atthe cabin, so he asked them if theywanted to go for one last boat ride.When they got back to land, Herbsaid – “Thank god – I thought thatwas going to be my LAST ride.” OnAugust 28th, one of his worse fearscame true. He suffered a stroke thatrendered him speechless, and unableto swallow. When Bryan found himat home, and he couldn’t talk, Bryantold him he’d phoned for an ambu-lance, but Herb got up, put on aclean shirt, and refused to ride inthe ambulance. Bryan drove him tothe hospital and he insisted on walk-ing into emergency, he would notallow them to put him in a wheel-chair. Rob met them there, andwhen the doctor asked, “when washe last normal?” Rob said, “Thirty-five years ago.” And Herb manageda smile. We all thought he would re-cover from this stroke, but his bodywas just too worn out from years offighting heart disease. And at theRoyal University Hospital, nine dayslater, on September 6th, 2012 at8:30 in the evening we lost our hus-band, dad and grandpa; our uncleand our friend. And the country losta true patriot and a genuine hero.

Our family would like tothank the Battlefords Funeral Serv-ice, the Battlefords Detachment ofthe R.C.M.P. and the many friends,relatives and dignitaries who hon-oured Herb with their attendanceand condolences.

The Honorable Herbert O. Sparrow, C.M., D. SC.

“Renaissance Man”

TOWN OF ASQUITHAsquith Town Council held its regularmeeting on Tuesday, December 11. 2012.Council received notice that the divisionof Sask Environment that has Environ-mental Protection Officers (EPO's) over-seeing the water aspect of municipalitieshas changed its name to the Water Secu-rity Agency. An EPO was out to do aninspection of the Town's water plant andthe lagoon. The Town is compliant in allareas.The snow we received in December hascertainly kept our public works employ-ees busy removing and clearing the snow.Thank you to those individuals whomoved their vehicles to allow proper re-moval of snow from the streets.A huge thank you to John Dahlseide whohas single handedly been putting ice in atthe outdoor rink and making it a funrecreational area for the youth in thearea!! Hats off to you, John!The Town has received notification fromCIBC that they will be starting to chargethe Town for electronic payments madeby their members to the Town of Asquith.

As a result, starting in February, mem-bers of CIBC will not be able to electroni-cally pay their utility and tax bills to theTown of Asquith. Those ratepayers whoare being affected by this change of policyshould contact their branch of the CIBCto further discuss it with them.The Town of Asquith has contractedPrairie Wild Consulting to create an Offi-cial Community Plan and a Zoning Bylawfor eighteen thousand dollars. Consulta-tions will begin in 2013.Mayor Maddin, Councillors Lysyshynand Dumont and Administrator Crosswill be attending the 2013 SUMA Con-vention. Councillors Beal, Gamble andLysyshyn will be attending the NewlyElected Officials Workshop.Asquith Town Council passed a resolu-tion supporting Motion M-400 moved byMP Mylene Freeman to protect the waterand public health of our rural communi-ties by supporting one or more govern-ment financial support programs.This office sincerely wishes all a wonder-ful New Year and all of the best in 2013.

TOWN OF DELISLEDelisle Town Council held a regular

meeting on December 11. Councilgranted Sask Power an easement for in-stallation of electrical services to the newtwenty lot residential subdivison in thenorth end.Upon approval of the business enterpriseby Council or the Planning & Develop-ment Committee, the Town will acceptdeposits of $2500/lot to reserve lots in theSouth Industrial subdivision.Council accepted the 2013 Town Insur-ance Policy from SGI Canada as pre-sented.2013 Business Licenses are due March 1,2013. Anyone operating a business fromother than a commercial property withintown limits is required to obtain a busi-ness license. Christmas Tree pick up will be Jan 12.Place your tree at the front of your prop-erty. Trees with decorations or bags willnot be picked up.

RM OF VANSCOYNo Report This Month

VILLAGE OF VANSCOYWinners for the Home / Yard ChristmasDecorating Contest – 1st – Ed & Cecile StGermaine; 2nd – Darcy & Barb Brissette;and 3rd – Crystal Lee. Congratulations toall the winners.Residents who have not provided anemail address to the office to receive util-ity billings should call the office at 668-2008 or email their address tovanscoy@sasktel.net

Utility billings aregenerally availablewithin the first fewdays of the month,and can then beemailed immediatelyafter printing. Theoffice will hold util-ity bills until the15th for pickup bythe resident.Online banking isalso available withall of the majorbanks. Please callthe office for your ac-count number priorto setting up the ac-count with yourbank.The Village will ac-cept cheque, cash,debit and onlinepayments for utilityand tax payments.We do not accept

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Teens are very vulnerable tocrime and, unfortunately, be-come victims of crime more

than any other age group. They ex-perience all the same crimes thatadults do-from property crimes to re-lationship violence, assaults, andbullying. How parents and otheradults respond can make a big dif-ference in how teens cope with andrecoverfrom the event.Trauma and victimization affect peo-ple in different ways. It is importantto watch for rapid behavior changesthat can be indicators of victimiza-tion and trauma, for example: achild who was always deeply con-cerned about looks and appearance,who stops being interested in howpeople view her; a strong studentwho no longer is interested inachievement; or a child who now ex-presses fear about doing something,such as taking the bus, attendingschool, or going somewhere fre-quented in the past.Things that can help:Remain calm in front of your teen.Remember that your teen will beaware of and affected by your reac-tions.Focus on what your teen needs.Avoid being judgmental. Everyonemakes mistakes. Everyone makesbad decisions.This NEVER means it's all right forone person to harm another.Just listen-let your child vent anddon't try to have answers for every-thing.Ask your child to talk about how heor she reacted to the event.Accept that your teen may be actingdifferently, but set appropriate lim-its. Forinstance, your teen may be express-ing a lot of anger, but it is still inap-propriate forhim or her to throw things, breakthings, or be violent.

Give your teen time to process whathappened.Help your teen mobilize his or herown resources-friends, teachers,coaches, siblings,and other family members who canbe supportive.Good things to say:Nothing you did (or didn't do) makesyou deserve this.I'm glad you told me.How can I/we help you feel safer?I love you.I'm proud of you.This happens to other people. Wouldit help to talk with some of them?I'm sorry this happened.I believe you.I'll support your decisions.Things NOT to say:This wouldn't have happened if youhadn't ..........!I told you not to: go to that party,date that person, hang out withthose people.Just forget it ever happened.Get over it.This is private. Don't tell anyonewhat happened.Explore options for addressing thesituation with your child. Optionsfor addressing safety and holdingperpetrators accountable for thecrime include:Contacting victim service providersfor emotional support, safety plan-ning, and more information aboutother resources and legal rights.Reporting to police and beginningthe criminal justice process.Reporting to school authorities.Accessing mental health and med-ical services.Exploring support options for youand your teen, both individually andtogether, can be very helpful in thehealing process. Local victim serviceproviders, mental health programs,or religious organizations can oftenwork with the victim, family, andfriends to help you through thistime.

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SCHOOL NEWS

Welcome to a new month and a new year! We hope everyone enjoyed theholidays. Our annual Christmas concert was held on December 18th andwas once again a big success. The members of our Glee Club went on theirtour on December 19th and did an excellent job, everyone had a great time.Vanscoy band students performed at Lord Asquith School in the PrairieSpirit West Band concert and all represented our school very well. Stu-dents are still on the go with basketball, and they are having a successfulseason so far. The girls are hosting a basketball tournament on January12th. The next few months are going to be filled with many exciting events.Everyone is looking forward to what is to come. By Keesan Corey, Amy Blom and Braden Rein

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Happy New Year from Delisle Composite! As we look toward the end of themonth, it brings the end of the first semester. Final exams will be writtenin grades 10-12 on January 25 to 31. Semester turn around day is February1 (no school for students.) The new semester starts February 4 and reportcards go out on February 8.Before Christmas, the DCS Lifeskills group did a "Christmas Wish" and or-ganized winter coat collection for the "Coats for Kids" organization. On De-cember 20 they went to W.P. Bate Community school and delivered over 45coats ! The kids really enjoyed a tour and had a chance to look in at some oftheir ESL classes. They came away feeling really good about helping thoseless fortunate than ourselves and hope to do something again next year.In sports, both senior and junior curling teams have started up in January.It is a short season with playdowns occurring already in February! The bas-ketball teams have all been busy. Here are some brief updates. The seniorboys basketball team was away at a tournament in Birch Hills on FridayDec. 21st. The senior girls and boys played at LCBI December 12. Prior tothat the senior girls were in Humboldt Dec 8, and the boys in Borden. Thehome tournament for both of these teams is on February 8 and 9. Confer-ence playoffs begin in early March.For the junior teams, the junior boys won their third straight game againstStobart high school in Duck Lake before Christmas and remain undefeatedfor the season. The junior girls are also having an amazing season. Theyhave been busy, travelling to tournaments as far away as Meadow Lake. Attheir own home tournament before Christmas, the "Tuff Turf Classic", thegirls beat Waldheim 93-18, beat Clavet 68-6, but lost a really close one inthe final against Warman 37-40. Players of the games for Delisle were: Syd-ney, Lauren, and Bailey. Looks to be an exciting spring for all of our DCSbasketball teams!Congratulations to the December Rebels of the Month. Senior rebel: JeffShirley, Junior rebel: Kristy Robichaud, and team rebel: Junior Boys Bas-ketball.Good luck to all students in the last few weeks of semester one, and for suc-cessful final exams!

DELISLE COMPOSITEIt is hard to believe that we are nearing the end of December, and that NewYears is right around the corner. The coming year promises many excitingevents for students and adults alike of Pike Lake School and community.Indeed we can already feel the anticipation and joy all around us as we looktowards celebrating the 100th anniversary of Pike Lake School on Saturday,June 8, 2013.In order to spread the word for the Pike Lake School Centennial Celebrationwe are excited to announce that the Pike Lake Community Facebook Page isnow up and running. The Facebook page can be found be searching under"Pike Lake Saskatchewan." We encourage everyone who has an accountwith Facebook to "Like" the page. By doing so, it will show up on your page,and hopefully entice those who visit your page to check it out and perhaps"Like" it themselves. This a great way of branching out and connecting withas many people as possible whom have been a part of the history of PikeLake School.In hopes of raising money to put towards the cost of the Centennial Cele-bration, there will be a "Silent Auction" held at the Steak Night Fundraiseron Thursday, January 31, 2013 at 6:00 p.m. Pike Lake Community Hall.Robin's Nest will be catering and tickets are available at the Pike LakeSchool and through School Community Members for $25.00. Your ticket in-cludes supper and an entry into our main door prize draw. There will alsobe a 50/50 draw and a raffle draw on that night. If anyone would like to do-nate a prize to be auctioned off at this event, please feel free to contact theschool. We would greatly appreciate any and all contributions!As a final note, we will be having a bottle drive in January, and we wouldlike to invite everyone to save their bottles over the holiday season to sup-port the cost of the Pike Lake School Centennial Celebration. We will becollecting all refundable bottles at the school from Thursday, January 3rd toFriday January 18th. The Pike Lake School community would like to extenda sincere thank-you to all those who are able to support the efforts of theCentennial Committee to make the Centennial Celebration of Pike LakeSchool a tribute to the wonderful learning that has occurred over the onehundred years of education that has happened in Pike Lake School.As we sign off for the year of 2012 all of the members of Pike Lake Schoolwould like to wish everyone a safe and happy holiday season. Once all thepreparations are complete, we hope you have an opportunity to slow downand enjoy all the special moments, reflect on the year gone by and to de-light in all the wonderful possibilities that the 2013 year could bring!Dates to Remember:• Jan.3-Classes Resume• Jan.8-Opposite Dress Day/ Hot Meal• Jan.9-Jim Settee Presentation @1:00 p.m.• Jan.14-No School for students• Jan.17-SCC Meeting at 3:30 p.m.• Jan.27-Family Literacy Day• Jan. 31- Centennial Celebration Steak Night Fundraiser and Silent Auc-tion 6:00 p.m.

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PIKE LAKE PRESCHOOLI hope everyone enjoyed their holidays and stayed warm and healthy! Nowit’s time to get back into the swing of things. December was a special monthfor the preschoolers. The 4-year olds had so much fun with the Kinder-garten class practising their song for the Christmas Concert. Both classesdid a fantastic job singing at the concert! The 4-year olds finished up theirhealth theme talking about emotions and feelings and how to deal withthem. They also learned about what happens during winter. Both groupsmade many Christmas crafts to learn about the colour red and the number4. On our last day of school, the two classes joined together for a Christmasparty where we sang Christmas songs, made Christmas crafts, playedChristmas games, and had a special visit from both the Kindergarten classand the man in red himself!January will find the classes learning about the number 5 and the colourwhite. The 4-year olds will have a lot of fun learning about the 5 senses andthe 3-year olds will have an outdoor snow day (if the weather cooperates!)and an indoor day learning about the season of winter.Until next month, stay warm!

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Food for Thought

The fate of theunion move-ment in both

Canada and the USis in question. Rightwing governments,as a matter of politi-cal principal, work todiminish the powerof unions. In someways private sectorunions have been thearchitects of theirown fate throughtheir antics and cor-ruption during thepeak influence of theauto workers andtrucker’s unions.Nevertheless, almostanyone with asmidgen of a sense ofsocial justice willagree that the unionmovement has a

vital service to pro-vide to society.As for strikes, whichare the principal an-noyance to the gen-eral public, thetrades and serviceunions are normallyconstrained unlessseverely provoked.The same cannot besaid of the publicsector unions whichcan face down gov-ernments throughtheir withdrawal ofservices which po-tentially can unseatthe party in power.The battle ground ofthe pro- and anti-union forces centerson such issues asright-to-work legisla-tion which not only

cuts the legs fromunder a union butbleeds away uniondues. There is alsothe issue of unioniz-ing a new companywhere the employer,the supporters andthe anti-unionistsjostle within the gov-ernment regulations.All sides would pre-fer some vote otherthan 50% plus onethat would favourtheir interests.Some employers andtheir employee’sunion have foundways to work to-gether to improveworker’s conditionsas well as increasingproductivity, as op-posed to the usual

antagonistic situa-tion that leads toconfrontations.Union busting isalive and well evenin those countriesthat presume to beprime examples ofdemocratic gover-nance. Of course,some of the blamemust go to unionsthat can’t see theiremployer’s gain ben-efits them.

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‘Rodeo is Alive and Well in our Community’

Lorne Knittig hasgrown up withhorses his whole

life. He began ridingwhen he was threeyears old and has neverlooked back. He has al-ways owned manyhorses and now keepsthe tradition alive withhis own family. Whenhis daughter, Laura,took an interest inrodeo, specifically bar-rel racing, in 2005,Lorne found himselfbeing drawn into thesport as well. As he sup-ported his daughter by

taking her around thecountryside to manyrodeo events, he decidedto get involved as well.He began wrestlingsteers and has neverbeen able to shake thebug. In the past 6 yearsLorne has won a ProRodeo in Medicine Hat,Alberta as well as CCArodeos in Pearson, Man-itoba and Council,Saskatchewan.Lorne suffered a neckinjury during an eventin 2011 and was forcedto miss the rest of theseason.

Last year he was backbetter than ever and bythe end of the seasonhad become the KCRA2012 Steer WrestlingChampion.Rodeo has become a bigpart of Lorne’s life, as ithas for many peoplearound our community.“There are tremendousamount of people in-volved in rodeo, righthere in our community”,says Knittig.”“Just within the RM ofVanscoy area we likelyhave over 100 peoplethat compete actively in

some way. I personallyknow of two steerwrestlers, four ropers,three bull riders andover 20 ladies that arebarrel racers,like my daugh-ter.”Lorne’s daughter,Laura, has ex-celled in rodeoherself, qualify-ing for the JuniorGirls Barrel Rac-ing at the 2010Canadian West-ern Agribition.“I love that thisis something I

can do with my daugh-ter that involves usspending many qualityhours together eachyear. How many dads

get to say that?”Lorne and Laura planto be competing againin 2013.

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On November 25th ourmembers created beau-tiful homemade browbands, mane or tailclips and rhythm beadsfor our horses. We usedrecycled beads fromnecklaces, bracelets,and other jewelry.After making our craftswe had some snacksand talked about ourfundraising projects,our next project meet-ing and other upcomingfun activities.

Do you like gettingyour hands gooey andsticky? Well SandyHills 4H club is all forit! On December 9ththe club met at ourproject leader’s house(Yanko house) to make

delicious cookies forour horses. We tried afew recipes but the bestone, according to ourhorses, was:

Ingredients:1 1/2 cup of wholewheat flour1 cup uncooked oats orbran1 cup molasses1 cup shredded apple1 cup shredded carrot

Note:Siana Ryan, one of ouryoungest memberscame up with the ideaof adding some Christ-mas spirit into thecookies so we added atiny bit of crushedcandy canes.

4H ReporterTeig Yanko

Sandy Hills LightHorse 4H Club

4 - H NewsVanscoy Multiple 4-H

Vanscoy Multiple 4-Hhad another meetingon November 26th.During this meeting wecovered how to make amotion, RochelleWright was niceenough to explain andgive a demonstrationabout motions. Thenmembers reported onwhat happened in theclub the last month.Vanscoy Multiple hasvolunteered to host theDistrict 22 publicspeaking competitionin late February. Wehelped out with theVanscoy Ag SocietyTurkey Bingo in No-vember. Vanscoy Multi-ple 4-H is going toorganize a scavenger

hunt as part of the AgSociety Fair. We’reholding our Christmasparty on December15th at the Pike LakeHall. We are holdingour club public speak-ing competition on Feb-ruary 9th, 2013. Weare going to be sellingraffle tickets soon forour Easter raffle. Firstprize is a Wii U, secondprize is a printed gen-erously donated by KimRose, whose daughtersare in the club, and thethird prize is a big bas-ket of Easter goodies.Tickets will be avail-able from any member.That’s all from VanscoyMultiple 4-H.

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Asquith is a car-ing town, full ofgood neighbors.

The community ofAsquith has proved itby their tremendous re-sponse to OperationSanta! Groceries, toys,knitted mitts andtoques and cash dona-tions were received, al-lowing OperationSanta to make Christ-mas and grocery ham-pers.

This year we providedhampers and groceriesto TWELVE familyunits, in which therewere 32 children. Peo-ple who received thehampers have ex-pressed thanks againand again. You met aphysical need andtouched many hearts!

Money received wentdirectly to the hampersand was spent at localmerchants.

Organizations that wewould like to thankspecifically are: TheAsquith BaptistChurch, The AsquithLegion, The UnitedChurch, St. Theresa’sParish, Asquith Elks,the Asquith Royal Pur-ple, Asquith Lodge AF& AM, the B.L.R.A.,Lord Asquith Schooland students. A spe-cial thank you has to goout to the Asquith Gen-eral Store and theAsquith Co-operativeAssociation, who spe-cial ordered in somestaples and who alsodonated some of thefood stuffs!! You guysare great!!

Individuals who madecash donations wereGerry Anderson, HelenSchriek, Jim Theriault,Dave Anderson, Har-vey and Dorothy Bur-well, Tamarie Hudon,Fran Stanek, Mel Mo-

line, Sandra Braun,Crystal and Doug Hau-grud, Darleen Warren,Ray Hesselberg, Jackand Liz Picketts andseveral anonymousdonors. Thanks to Johnand Eva Rempel whodonated turkeys, choco-late bars and pizzacoupons!! Many com-munity members do-nated wonderful toysthat the children willvery much enjoy open-ing this Christmas sea-son. The AsquithBaptist Church do-nated a space for sort-ing and distributingthe hampers. A specialthank you goes out toLeona Dumont for herbeautiful hand knittedtoques, mittens,scarves and slippersthat many of the chil-dren will find so veryuseful this cold Christ-mas season.A special thank yougoes to the elves Josh

and Sandra Goetz,Jason Ottman, Gail Er-hart and Kurt Erhart,Lloyd Cross and Dar-ren Kraft for sortingand delivering theChristmas hampers.Their hard work en-sured that those in ourcommunity who neededthe hampers receivedthem.

We hope that the spiritof “Operation Santa”will be a continuingsuccess in 2013.Asquith and the sur-rounding area is a won-derful community andwe thank you for yourhelp and support inhelping Christmas be alittle bit brighter formany in our commu-nity!

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Operation Santa says Thank You !

With the Christmasseason upon us, we arereminded time andagain of how fortunatewe are to call a placelike Saskatchewanhome. Ours is aprovince where youknow your neighboursand you are there forthem when they needyou. We are knownacross the country forour rich tradition ofvolunteerism; helpingthose less fortunate.As family and friendsdraw near, it is impor-tant we remember justhow special this placewe live in is.2012 was anotheramazing year forSaskatchewan. Theprovincial economy re-mained one of thestrongest in Canada.Our government an-nounced its fifth con-secutive balanced

budget. We continuedto make historic invest-ments in the infra-structure a growingprovince needs – high-ways, schools andhealthcare facilities.We made further in-vestments in programsand services importantto you and your family– all within the contextof a balanced budget.23,000 more peoplenow call our provincehome, pushing the pop-ulation to an all-timehigh of 1,086,564.Growth like thatmeans we are well onour way to achievingone of the ambitiousgoals we set in theSaskatchewan Plan forGrowth released thisfall: a population of 1.2million by 2020. For our government,the Growth Plan wasan important mile-stone. In it, we laid outour vision to keepSaskatchewan strong

and growing. We com-mitted to investing afurther $2.5 billion ininfrastructure over thenext three years, lower-ing business taxes anddoubling the value ofour exports by 2020.The Growth Plan alsooutlined our govern-ment’s direction to im-prove healthcare andeducation, build grow-ing and safe communi-ties and improve thelives of people with dis-abilities.The purpose of growthshould be to build abetter quality of life forall Saskatchewan resi-dents. Our GrowthPlan will do that.Looking ahead to 2013,there are already posi-tive indications. Thelatest economic outlookfor next year suggestsSaskatchewan’s willhave the highest rate ofgrowth in Canada. Themost recent job num-bers seem to support

that prediction – in No-vember, 540,000 peoplewere working inSaskatchewan; a newall-time high. Notonly were there morepeople working, therealso fewer people look-ing for work.Reflecting on the pastyear, we are remindedhow blessed we are tobe living inSaskatchewan. As agovernment, we havetaken action to ensurethe benefits of growthare used to improve thequality of life for youand your family. Withthe New Year will comenew challenges, butwith your help and onthe solid foundationprovided by ourGrowth Plan, we areconfident thatSaskatchewan will con-tinue to move forward.Merry Christmas andHappy New Year!

December 18, 2012Randy Weekes, MLA

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The regular sea-son is quicklycoming to a close

with the Bruins havingonly 6 away gamesand 2 home games leftin January before theplayoffs.On Friday, January 11,2013 they will host El-rose, game start 8:00pm and Friday, Janu-

ary 18, 2013 they willhost Dinsmore/LuckyLake, game start 8:00pm. Be sure to watchfor posters advertisingthe playoff rounds, asthey will be posted assoon as the games arescheduled.The Bruins would liketo give a big thank youto everyone for making

this years Silent Auc-tion a huge success.There were a total of42 businesses and 23individuals/groups whograciously donateditems to be auctionedoff. The Bruins wouldlike to give tremendousthanks to those who or-ganized the event,worked during it, set

up and took down thetables and chairs.Lastly, but not least,thanks to those whoopened up their walletsand purchased itemsand baking goods.

Hope to see you at thenext home game.

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would like to take thisopportunity to thankthe Saskatchewan As-sociation of Agricul-tural Societies andExhibitions (SAASE)and Sask Power fortheir sponsorship of theClean Team Program.This year we were able

to support the localyouth group; TheVanscoy Multiple 4-HClub. This youth groupparticipated in theSpring horticulturepresentation and thePerennial Exchange,the Vanscoy & DistrictSummer Fair, TheGymkhana and LightHorse Show, and theChristmas Turkey

Bingo. They helpedwith set up, clean upand take down as wellas any other jobs theycould help with. Theseyouth were vital inmaintaining thegrounds and facilitythroughout the events.The Vanscoy Multiple4-H Club will be receiv-ing a monetary amountto use for activities in

their clubs. The Clean-Team program is athree year programthat will continue tosupport our youth aswell as supply recycleand garbage barrelsand T-shirts to ourevents. Thank you toboth SAASE and SaskPower for this greatcollaborative program.

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(December 19, 2012) --Federated Co-opera-tives Limited (FCL)achieved record sales of$8.8 billion during2012, an increase of 7per cent from the previ-ous year. It also re-ported net earningsfrom operations of $827million for the fiscalyear ended October 31,2012.The Saskatoon-basedcompany, owned by 230retail co-op membersacross the West, expe-rienced sales growth inall its strategic busi-ness sectors – energy,food, home and build-ing supplies, crop sup-plies and feed.“These are remarkableresults given the in-creasing competition inthe marketplace,” saysCEO Scott Banda. “Thesuccess achieved is acredit to the founda-

tional investmentsmade the past fewyears in maintainingour competitive advan-tage and the excep-tional service providedby the 20,000 dedicatedemployees who work inthe Co-operative Re-tailing System.”Banda added, “Fornearly a century, co-opshave built a reputationon being the local busi-ness that cares aboutour members, our com-munity and our world.By putting people’sneeds at the forefront,demonstrating value,returning profits to ourmembers, and support-ing local causes, wecontinue to earn thetrust and respect of ourneighbours in the com-munities where we liveand work.”Of the $827 million innet earnings from oper-

ations, $527 million isbeing returned toFCL’s 230 retail owner-members in the form ofa patronage allocation.The remainder of theearnings is retained inFCL to fund futuregrowth initiatives andcapital requirements.During the past 10years, FCL has pro-vided a patronage allo-cation of $3.8 billion toits member retail co-ops. This money helpslocal retail co-ops passalong cash and equityallocations to the morethan 1.5 million indi-vidual co-op membersacross WesternCanada. Local retail co-ops also invest a por-tion of the FCLallocation in improvedservices and capitalprojects in 500 commu-nities in WesternCanada.

For its part, FCL in-vested $1.3 billion incapital projects in2012, including: com-pletion of the Co-op Re-finery Complex SectionV expansion in Regina;the continued expan-sion of the Saskatoonwarehouse; and, con-struction of the newCarseland petroleumterminal near Calgary(scheduled for comple-tion in 2013). In addi-tion, FCL supportedinitiatives to upgradehundreds of facilitiessuch as food stores, gasbars, and home andbuilding centres acrossWestern Canada.FCL is the largest non-financial services co-op-erative in Canada, withsales revenues thatplaced it as the 51stlargest company inCanada in 2011.

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